Before you start rolling your eyes and whispering Nerd Alert!, I want to prove to you that Comic-Con is no longer simply a convention for fanboys and comic book dorks. It has become the largest pop culture experience in the world, and no bigger candy store for this particular girl.

The casts and creative teams from several cult and popular TV series’ will be on hand to dish with advance scoop of the next season:

• 24
• American Dad
• Battlestar Galactica
• The Big Bang Theory
• Bones
  
• Chuck
• Dexter
  
• Doctor Who
• Dollhouse (new from Joss Whendon)
  
• Eureka
• Fringe (new from JJ Abrams)
  
• Futurama
• Heroes
  
• Knight Rider
• Kyle XY
• Lost
• The Middleman
  
• The Office
  
• Prison Break
• Pushing Daisies
  
• Robot Chicken
• The Sarah Silverman Program
  
• The Simpsons
  
• Stargate Atlantis
• Terminator:  The Sarah Connor Chronicles
  
• Torchwood
• The Venture Brothers
  

Here is my tentative schedule…

Wednesday, July 23 (Preview Night)

• Screening of the pilot episode of Fringe

Thursday, July 24

• Exclusive sneak peek at Kings, the new Ian McShane (Deadwood) show; panel will be moderated by Greg Grunberg (Heroes), and features Q&A w/the cast

• Q&A with the cast of The Middleman and executive producer (and former Lost writer) Javier Grillo-Marxuach
  

• Sneak peek at True Blood, the new HBO series from Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball

• Exclusive look at Dexter, followed by a panel w/the cast, moderated by TV scoop diva Kristin Dos Santos of E! online

Friday, July 25

• Entertainment Weekly’s The Visionaries: Showrunners, featuring Lost executive producers Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof, Josh Schwartz (Chuck & Gossip Girl), Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies) and Josh Friedman (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), moderated by EW’s senior writer/Lost guru Jeff ‘Doc’ Jensen

• Behind-the-scenes look at Bones, followed by Q&A with the entire cast

Saturday, July 26

• Lost panel; Cuse & Lindelof will discuss Season 4 and field questions from fans (and perhaps offer a hint or two about Season 5) [obviously this is my top priority and I will be waiting in line for many hours to secure a seat; I'm hoping that some of the cast make surprise appearances and that I can somehow get a chance at the mic...all worth missing out on The Office and Heroes panels]
  

• Pushing Daisies screening and Q&A w/cast

• Fringe Q&A with the cast, JJ Abrams and writers Roberto Orci/Alex Kurtzman (Alias, the new Star Trek film)
  

Sunday, July 27

Dear pop culture blog:

It’s obvious that I have been neglecting you, but you can blame your sister and many other summer distractions.

1. I am growing out my hair. It’s big.
2. I’ve been working on branded swag…for the Lost blog. Sorry!
   
3. I am attending Comic-Con next week.
4. I launched a logo revamp design contest, for you!
5. I have failed to see any of my wish list films in theaters.
6. Summer TV blows.

Feel better? I sure do.

If you are as bored with summer television programming as I am, you have probably also been seeking other mediums for entertainment.

Other than that, here is my current weekly TiVO lineup:

• The Next Food Network Star
• Weeds
• The Middleman
• Burn Notice
• Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List

Kind of sad.

Let’s get right to it.

If you are an artist and are interested in submitting a logo, there are two simple elements I am seeking to incorporate:

• The name JOpinionated
• The inclusion of both TV and film related icons; bonus points for music

Style-wise, I am fairly open to almost anything (as long as it is an obvious visual nod to pop culture).

I will be posting all submissions, so please let me know if you would prefer to keep your name private.

The deadline is August 31, 2008.

What is the reward for the winner, my favorite new logo? Your name and a permanent link to your site here (if you have one), and, oh, 3 seasons of one of the following shows on DVD:

ENTOURAGE

• Jamie-Lynn Sigler (Meadow from The Sopranos) will play herself and date…Turtle.
• Jeffry Tambor (George Bluth from Arrested Development) will also appear as himself.

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

• Jason Street (Scott Porter) and Smash (Gaius Charles) have been demoted from regular to recurring characters.

RESCUE ME

• Michael J. Fox is rumored to have been cast as a new interest for Tommy’s ex, Janet. I just can’t see it.

SCRUBS

• MJF is also going to make another appearance at Sacred Heart next season.
• Dirt has been canceled, freeing up Courtney Cox to appear as the new Chief of Medicine.