Whiz of the Web: Friday Fried Onions

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets.

• Comic-Con! Mysterious things happen there (via). Awesome Eric Powell art on the wall (via). Dark Horse unveils its publishing slate, and it includes a Dr. Horrible one-shot (via). Pretty hilarious Cabin in the Woods teaser posters (via). Who to follow on Twitter for your SDCC fix. A look at a limited edition Paul Pope print available at the Con. A flowchart guide to Comic-Con. Wired has video of the Con. One of the most buzzed about events at SDCC yesterday was the screening of 25 minutes from James Cameron's Avatar. Cinematical has more details about the movie. io9 documented the models, noted what it took to get into the screening (lots of waiting), and described the footage in detail. If that's not enough for you, you can also read Sci Fi Wire's description of the footage, a transcript of the Q&A with James Cameron, and the extremely positive fan reaction. Also, 15 minutes of the film will be screened in 3D at IMAX theaters worldwide on August 21st for free! Also making a splash at Comic-Con: Tron! The new film is called Tron: Legacy, and Cinematical has the details. There's more on it over at SciFi Squad, plus a poster for Jonah Hex. io9 again has a detailed description of the Tron footage, and Super Punch has concept art. Seth Rogen unveils the Green Hornet's car, and Michel Gondry raps about it. More photos of Comic-Con. The South Park tower defense game in action. A big thumbs up for District 9, plus new images. Kristen Bell on Astro Boy. An English language sequel to Tetsuo: Iron Man?! Tim Burton confirms that Dark Shadows is next for him. Marvel says it's taking a break on huge crossover stories once Dark Reign is done, and DC says it's bringing classic sci-fi back to Superman. The best fight scene from Dollhouse, and disturbing G.I. Joe dioramas.
• Q&As with Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen about The Prisoner. Check out the awesome posters!
• Amusing Doctor Who poster.
• Last Exit to Nowhere has some sweet hats for sale. (Via)
• We usually avoid io9's Morning Spoilers, because... well, spoilers! Hello! But this one includes a few details about the plot of the Asteroids movie, and that we just had to check out.
• 202 Star Wars T-shirts. We would like one of each, please. (Via)
• Hands on with Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2.
• The Japanese have built baseball-playing robots. Quick, we need to build our own! We cannot have a baseball-playing robot gap! (Via)
• A car the blind can drive.
• Top ten geeky things you don't know about romance writers.