The Machete movie cast and director Robert Rodriguez will be offering free tacos at the parking lot at 5th and J in San Diego today from 5 to 8PM. Party to follow with DJs and dancers and more free tacos plus free tequila and cerveza. A limited amount of t-shirts and posters are to be given away plus exclusive footage from Machete will be shown on a giant outdoor movie screen!

@MayorSanders tweets: San Diego: What would you include in the Top 10 List of Reasons Comic-Con Should Stay in San Diego? We’ll retweet the 10 best. Be creative! (LINK)

@MayorSanders tweets: Coming up: San Diegans give @Comic_Con their Top 10 Reasons Why the Show Must Go On in San Diego #ComicConSanDiego (LINK)

@MayorSanders tweets: #4 RT @binarywolf When he’s not in his cave, Bruce Wayne’s favorite place to stay is the Hotel Del Coronado! (LINK)

Complete List of the Top 10 Reasons Why the Show @Comic_Con Must Go On in San Diego (hash tags are #mayorsanders and #comicconsandiego):

Here are a few of my favorite sources of info for Comic-Con:

Need Last Minute Tickets?
Official eBay address of San Diego Comic-Con International.

Comic-con Real-Time Search Results
Tweetgrid allows you to follow several Comic-Con hashtags with automatic updates.

Twitter
The Official Twitter for Comic-Con.

Guide for Families
Comic-Con 2009 Guide for Families by Alexandra Hart

We wanted to know, among other things, does a family that goes to Comic-Con actually stick together? Is everyone in the family interested in animation, comic books, video games, and science fiction? This question and more were posed to a family in San Diego that was willing to share their animated interests and navigation strategies with us and with you.

Comic-Con Hot Spots
Google Map of restaurants, nightlife and after parties to take in during the Comic-Con weekend.

After Parties
Signonsandiego’s Entertainment Guide

SDUT’s Comic-Con Guide
San Diego events, photos, video, maps, parties.

Vicarious Comic-Con
Web Series Guide to Comic-Con

We’ll be sending down a small army into the belly of beast to report the gushy details and leaks from everything web series at Con. To help prepare, we’ve whipped up a list for all web series junkies to tag along or live vicariously.

YouTube Videos
YouTube Comic-Con channel

Comic-Con Videos
San Diego Source Media Archives

Official Comic-Con Site
The official site is here and you get can get the latest news via the rss feed here.

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