Harry Knowles returns to Comic-Con after nine-year absence

By Borys Kit

Call it the Return of the King

Harry Knowles, head geek of Ain’t It Cool News and to many of the nerd nation, is back at Comic-Con for the first time after a nine-year absence.

In a wheelchair due to several ailments and occasionally thinly disguised in a fez, Knowles is here as a guest of Gene Simmons, who invited him to moderate Thursday’s Radical Publishing panel.

His ailments are partly what kept him away from the Con, he said. He also said he actually gets more done during Comic-Con working out of his Austin home than by being here; he can easily oversee and coordinate his journalist minions and post more efficiently than if he were here.

And it’s easy to see why: in areas ranging from the Hall H to the late night parties to the convention floor, Knowles found himself being paid tribute from Hollywood players like Jeff Robinov and John Jashni to filmmakers like Zack Snyder to the Captain America t-shirt-wearing geek who told Knowles he was an inspiration.

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Interesting point of view, and it is true that the fans will show enthusiasm for films just because they are there, but Comic con can also be a temperature gauge for how something will do. The first Iron Man panel showed that there was more than just modest interest in the film, which went on to success. On the other hand, The Spirit which by all accounts had a large Comic Con presence and a pedigree in the form of Con favorite Frank Miller was sniffed at by the fans at the con and went on to tank.