Jonathan Hickman discusses the summer's biggest comic event, Secret Wars, his other Marvel work (Avengers, Fantastic Four), and any of many acclaimed Image comics (East of West, Pax Romana, Manhattan Projects, The Dying and The Dead).
Sunday July 12, 2015 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Room 7AB
Jeff Smith discusses all things Bone, his Eisner Award-winning science fiction thriller RASL, the new series TUKI Save the Humans. Also, learn about a new citywide cartoon festival he is helping to build in Columbus, Ohio known as CXC.
Get up close and personal with the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Magicians trilogy, which is currently being filmed as a TV series by Syfy. Lev Grossman will read, talk, and answer questions about any and all aspects of his work, no holds barred.
Sunday July 12, 2015 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Room 7AB
What does it mean to have a signature art style? Is it better to be distinctive or to be a chameleon when it comes to comic art? Moderator Jessica Tseang (comic book historian) leads a lively discussion with all-star artists David Aja (Hawkeye), Joe Phillips (The Midsummer's Knight), Tom Grummett (Fantastic Four), Kevin Nowlan (Jack B. Quick), Bob Layton (Iron Man), Jackson "Butch" Guice (WinterWorld), and Tony Harris (Starman) as they give insight into what it truly means to have a style of your own.
UPDATED: Fri, Jul 03, 10:35AM Shonda Rhimes famously said that she's not "'diversifying' TV, she's normalizing it: "Making it look like the world looks." Join Sara Ryan (Bad Houses, Lambda Literary Emerging LGBTQ Writers Retreat instructor), Nilah Magruder (M.F.K., Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity recipient), Nicola Yoon (Everything Everything, We Need Diverse Books team member), Cindy Pon (Serpentine, We Need Diverse Books advisory committee, Diversity in YA co-founder), and Greg van Eekhout (California Bones, The Boy at the End of the World) discuss how this normalizing is, and isn't, happening and what we can all do to promote inclusive storytelling.
Sunday July 12, 2015 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
Room 32AB
Writer, marketer, publisher-after entering the comics industry in 1992, Eric Stephenson has shown that he knows his way around comic books. As the publisher of Image Comics, Stephenson has overseen an incredible surge in quality and potential for the comics industry. In this special Spotlight panel, Stephenson is going to share his knowledge, anecdotes, and jokes.
Raina Telgemeier (Smile, Sisters, Drama) and Jenni Holm (Babymouse, Sunny Side Up) discuss Raina's work and her role in ushering in a new era of realistic graphic novels aimed at preteen girls. They'll also reveal the title and a brief description of Raina's next book, slated for fall of 2016.
Peter Bagge has been writing and drawing comics professionally for 35 years. This year marks the 25th anniversary of his alternative comic series Hate, and he has produced three graphic novels and seen publication of numerous collections of his serialized work. Find out what Pete is up to today, including his nonfiction graphic novels.
Artist/writer William Stout reviews an adventure-filled life. From scaling Mount Kilimanjaro to scuba diving under the ice in Antarctica, from making movies likeConan the Barbarian, Return of the Living Dead, Masters of the Universe, and Pan's Labyrinth to drawing "overground" comics as diverse as Tarzan of the Apes, Alien Worlds, and Little Annie Fanny and underground comix like Slow Death and Mickey at 60, come meet the only Comic-Con special guest (except for maybe Sergio Aragonés) to have journeyed to all seven continents, with a richly illustrated talk that will leave you both entertained and amazed. And yes, there will be dinosaurs.
Sunday July 12, 2015 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Room 32AB
Who is Chip Zdarsky (Sex Criminals, Kaptara, Howard The Duck), and why does he keep calling you and hanging up? Find out that and more on this special Spotlight panel moderated by Juliette Capra (Fantastic Comics , The Valkyries, Brimpception).
