Yesterday’s SDCC Live Tweets: 2012-07-15

• #DC New Wave – Tony Bedard: "I'm more excited to work on Beowulf than I am to work on Green Lantern!" #SDCC #
• Dan DiDio – "Now is not the right time to bring back Superboy Prime." But open to bringing him back eventually. #DC #SDCC #
• Fan just donated to http://t.co/Lse6F4dg at #DC Next Wave panel. Dan DiDio just matched it! Yay! #SDCC #
• Last year's Batgirl stalker of #DC panels just showed up and thanked panel for steps to increase female contributions to titles. #SDCC #
• But Batgirl stalker still doesn't feel there's parity. #DC #hearditbefore #SDCC #
• Dan DiDio – "greatest successes of new 52 are Swamp Thing and Animal Man." #DC #SDCC #
• James Tynion IV -no current plans to crossover Nightwing and Talon immediately. But Batman's feelings on Talon will be made clear. #DC #SDCC #
• OMAC's origins will be in DC Universe Presents issue 0. #DC #SDCC #
• Will Team 7 book tell origins of "skinny Amanda Waller"? Nope. In New 52, she's just thin now, says Dan DiDio. #DC #SDCC #
• Scott Snyder – Look to Gail Simone's Batgirl for stories with James Gordon, Jr. #DC #SDCC #
• Panel will neither confirm nor deny New Gods popping up in New 52. #DC #SDCC #
• Scott Snyder – "I can't promise" Tim Drake won't die. He will play a big part in Bat Family/Joker storyline. #DC #SDCC #
• Bobbie Chase says Team 7 will explore Black Canary' origins in New 52. #DC #SDCC #
• Sitting in Room 6DE getting ready to live tweet #DC Original Graphic Novel panel (phone permitting) at 11:15am PDT. #SDCC #
• We Can Be Heroes – how to give to the cause: http://t.co/c7E7UGV2 #
• #DC OGN panel is opening with Anthony Bourdain summarizing #GetJiro and how book came to be. #SDCC #
• Not sure why Bourdain keeps getting his panties in a bunch re: Monterey Jack on tacos. I've seen Rick Bayless do it. Settle down. #DC #SDCC #
• Geoff Johns has just learned that some restaurants have dedicated wine rooms. Johns-"Are they like this?" Bourdain-"Drunker." #DC #SDCC #
• Geoff Johns would like to see Batman fight a sushi chef. #DC #SDCC #
• Geoff Johns – "We didn't want to see a Batman who can do everything" yet. It was liberating. #DC #SDCC #
• Johns -summarizing Batman: Earth One. Also says he's begun work on sequel w/ Gary Frank for end of next year. #DC http://t.co/j5iZDryW #
• JMS – now discussing how a young Clark Kent makes a life for himself in Metropolis in Superman: Earth One. #DC #SDCC #
• Superman! #DC #SDCC http://t.co/AocKq6qU #
• Shane Davis – design of The Parasite in Superman: Earth One was influenced by examining mosquitoes and other insects. #DC #SDCC #
• JMS – "The world isn't sure what to do w/ this Superman." Some think there needs to be a way to kill him. Sets up later events. #DC #SDCC #
• Panel has now gone to fan Q and A. #DC #SDCC #
• JMS – Happy working on Superman: Earth One in current GN format. Geoff Johns agrees. Enjoys lack of constraints. #DC #SDCC #
• I would lay even money Bourdain is doing this panel under the veil of a giant hangover. Very sedate and staring blankly. #DC #SDCC #
• Bourdain says, yet again, that his favorite part of San Diego is…Mexico. #DC #SDCC #
• J. Michael Straczynski has given the whole room permission to call him "Joe". #DC #SDCC #
• JMS and Shane Davis having excellent debate about whether Superman would fight dirty if the fate of the world is at stake. #DC #SDCC #
• Geoff Johns – Riddler story for Batman: Earth One sequel is influenced by Zodiac killer. #DC #SDCC #
• Ok. Reached the end of #DC OGN panel. Stand by for live tweets from Before Watchmen panel, starting at 12:45pm PDT. #SDCC #
• @markeithhost I don't think he's here. Coward. #
• Dan DiDio on Before Watchmen – There is something about it that attracts attention and conversation. Quality has exceeded expectations. #DC #
• Dan DiDio – Before Watchmen work "isn't a sprint; it's a marathon." #DC #SDCC #
• JMS – Twilight Lady in Nite Owl book works in "underground sex industry". Will hook up w/ Dreiberg. #DC #SDCC #
• David Finch variant Nite Owl cover. #DC #SDCC http://t.co/0ePVib3Y #
• Quentin Tarantino showed up to announce Django Unchained comic book, with story stuff he didn't get to include in his movie! Woo! #DC #SDCC #
• Darwyn Cooke – "I'm now working in an area I've never worked before…challenge is driving me." #DC #SDCC #
• Darwyn Cooke on Minutemen – "Read it carefully and don't jump to conclusions." #DC #SDCC #
• Amanda Conner – says she's done a lot of research on Haight Ashbury and 60s rock and roll to prepare for Silk Spectre. #DC #SDCC #
• Amanda Conner has just thanked Darwyn Cooke for giving the audience the mental image of Jimmy Palmiotti showering right now. #DC #SDCC #
• Darwyn Cooke – says Amanda Conner's work on Silk Spectre has "elevated it". #DC #SDCC #
• Just noticed the Darwin Cooke is wearing a Ferris Aircraft baseball cap to this panel. #DC #SDCC #
• Dan DiDio on whether there'll be an "After Watchmen" – fan reaction and reception will determine if that would happen. #DC #SDCC #
• Darwyn Cooke – "it took me two years to commit" to Before Watchmen. #DC #SDCC #
• The #SDCC Center does not have enough spare internets to Tweet our Tarantino pics. #SanDiegoInternetsFamine #
• Getting ready to live tweet #Marvel #AVX panel in room 6BCF at 2:45pm PDT. Hopefully, I'll have good internets! #SDCC #
• Already Arune Singh has gone out of way to put down Batman movie over Avengers movie appro po of nothing to open panel. #Marvel #SDCC #
• Only actual writer present at #Marvel #AVX panel is Christos Gage. Everyone else is editorial. #SDCC #
• Christos Gage refuses to take sides in #AVX so he can more clearly get in characters heads as a writer. #Marvel #SDCC #
• #Marvel says you can play as the Phoenix Five on Facebook's Avengers Alliance game now. #SDCC #
• Well, Phoenix Five except for Namor. I guess he's not on Facebook. #ImperiousGuess #Marvel #SDCC #
• Rehashing #Marvel #AVX Babies announcement from yesterday's Cup o' Joe panel now. #SDCC #
• Now reannouncing #Marvel #AVX Consequences by Kieron Gillen. Will be five issues w/ different artist for each issue. #SDCC #
• At end of #AVX Axel Alonso says one of the teams will need new leadership. Please be a hint that Cyclops dies. Please! #Marvel #SDCC #
• #Marvel NOW will be Augmented Reality equipped to work with any device connected to internet. Also, not a reboot. #Marvel doesn't reboot! #
• Wow, I really wish this @Marvel #AVX panel was actually about #AVX + not a State of the #Marvel Union panel. We heard this stuff yesterday. #
• And now we kick over to fans and their questions at the mic. #Marvel #SDCC #
• Axel Alonso – "Death + resurrection are some of the most exciting things to explore in (cont) http://t.co/d1RmVYxd #
• Domino and Deadpool will be active in #Marvel NOW. #SDCC #
• Uncanny X-Men 19-20 will focus on Colossus. Script described as "chilling". #Marvel #SDCC #
• Fallout for kid/teen characters post #AVX will be found in Wolverine And The X-Men. #Marvel #SDC #
• #AVX 5 will be important to the story of Storm and Black Panther. #Marvel #SDCC #
• Where are the #Marvel architects at these panels? No Fraction,Gillen,Bendis,Aaron, etc.Most #Marvel panels staffed by editors. Infuriating. #
• Kudos to Christos Gage, Nathan Edmonson and Sam Humphries for being writers that have come to #Marvel panels. #
• Other #Marvel writers are sending the message that they can't be bothered or don't care about fans by being no shows. #
• @Comicverses Think he's still on Winter Soldier. Bummer, though. I meant to get to @ImageComics panel. #
• @Mother_Box ping. ping. ping yourself! #