G4 airing Comic-Con '07 Preview

G4, the cable network for gamers and all the stuff they love, is again covering Comic-Con this year, expanding to two-hours live from the floor each night from 7-9 p.m. ET. To prepare, a Preview special has been airing on the channel (and will continue to air today and tomorrow -- that's as much as my program guide shows for the next week). The hour-long special, hosted by cabler regulars Blair Butler and Chris Gore, includes several pieces aired in the channel's coverage of last year's con and the N.Y. Comic-Con, and some other material both new and old such as interviews with Zack Snyder (new — I think) and Frank Miller (old).

While it's great to see a cabler actually bringing cameras into Comic-Con and broadcasting the show to people who can't be there, I do wish the material was more interesting than talking to (and making fun of) people in costumes and glib or snarky intros to even more glib or snarky comedy skits — all of which gets very old, very very quickly. With everything that's going on at the con, there's a tremendous opportunity to cover stuff besides the movie panels, which will be covered by  pretty much every other entertainment news show anyway. Comic-Con offers such depth and variety of creative material, it would be great to see them talk about, you know, comicbooks, artwork and even toys. Last year, they did interview Marvel editor in chief Joe Quesada, but it wasn't a terribly deep or interesting interview. Getting say Warren Ellis or Jeff Smith or Grant Morrison or Larry Young or even some of the people making their own films on the show has potential to be far more interesting and much cooler than what was on the preview special.