PANEL SCHEDULE Last Updated 7/29/18 Schedule Is Subject to Change Without Notice
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PANEL SCHEDULE Last updated 7/29/18 Schedule is subject to change without notice. For the most up-to-date info during the con, get the FREE Michigan Comic Con app! (Available in early August) FRIDAY EXHIBITOR HALL 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM // Hall C Friday Comic books, graphic novels, toys, magazines, cards, artwork, games, apparel, cosplay, guest artists and celebrity guests-- they can all be found in the exhibitor hall! It's truly the hub for nerdy commerce! STAR SIGNING AND PHOTO OPS 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM // Hall C Friday Want to meet your favorite celebrity? Head over to STAR SIGNING AND Photo Ops to meet media guests from all of your favorite fandoms! Autograph and photo-op sales are cash only, so be sure to visit an ATM first! LITTLE WIZARDS KIDS ZONE 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM // Rm. 334 Friday Enjoying the convention with children? Bring them to the Little Wizards Kids Zone! This area is for families with children age 10 and under who are looking for fun (and free!) crafts and activities to enrich their child’s convention experience. STAR WARS COSTUME CLUB EXPERIENCE 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM // Rm. 338 Meet members from some of the largest local and international Star Wars costume clubs! Take photos and interact with club members to learn more about this exciting and worthwhile endeavor! MEDIEVAL COMBAT SPORTS PRESENTED BY THE DETROIT FIGHT CLUB 12:00 PM - Midnight // Rm. 320 Friday Medieval historical reviews and sessions discussing all things from the age of steel. Come on by and experience HMB duels and pro fights of the 14th and 15th century as well as a HEMA tournament or two. Please visit the room for a complete list of events and sessions during the Con. THUNDERDOME GAME ROOM 12:00 PM - Midnight // Rm. 330A Friday Enjoy nonstop free gaming throughout the convention in the Thunderdome Game Room! DETROIT PARANORMAL EXPEDITIONS 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM // Rm. 336 Friday Join Todd and Jeff from DPX as they talk about some of their most haunted experiences. Showing some of their gadgets and clips of evidence. They will take questions also! FILM FESTIVAL: DRAMA BLOCK 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM // Rm. 337 Friday Take part in the Film Festival by voting for which flicks you like the best as filmmakers compete for the coveted Audience Choice Award! AUSTIN ST. JOHN Q&A 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM // Grand Ballroom A Friday It’s morphin’ time! Meet the original Red Ranger in all his awesomeness, and unearth some of the amazing projects on the horizon for Austin. St. John! FEMGEN - THE NEXT GEN OF FEMALE FILMMAKERS 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM // Rm. 332 Friday Women writers, producers, directors and actors discuss the state of Indie Sci-Fi filmmaker and changing roles of women behind and in front of the camera. COMICS AT COMICS 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM // Rm. 321 // Ages 13+ Recommended Friday Motor City Comedy Festival Presents: Jokes at the Con. Some of the funniest comedians from metro-Detroit fulfill lifelong dreams of performing stand-up comedy at a Comic Book Convention. WRITING WORLDS: WRITING AND PUBLISHING SUPERHERO FICTION 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM // Rm. 331B Friday Come discuss the writing process with Casey Glanders, author of the critically acclaimed Gailsone series. Discuss the do’s and don’ts of writing, working with story lines, keeping your audience interested, and more. MARVEL COMICS WRITERS, CARL POTTS AND PETER GILLIS 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM // Rm. 337 Friday This dynamic team-up of writers takes the stage to give insight upon their storytelling craft and what it was like working for Marvel Comics throughout the 1980's. SUPREME 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM // Rm. 333 // Ages 18+ Recommended Friday Supreme is a Michigan Artist MAILE FLANAGAN Q&A 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM // Grand Ballroom A Friday Dattebayo! Enjoy this panel with Maile Flanagan, the voice of the one and only Naruto! PRINT YOUR PROP 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM // Rm. 332 Friday 3D-design and printing allow making cosplay props, resembling almost perfectly the original in any size you want. This panel includes the basics of making a 3D-model, converting it into a 3D-printable file, the final printing – using a 3D-printer live on stage - and processing. Our hands-on examples will show you the DOs and DON’Ts and should inspire you to create the most detailed and spectacular props for your costume. HOW TO TURN YOUR COMIC PROPERTY INTO A VIDEO GAME 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM // Rm. 336 Friday Let us walk you through the steps necessary to plan and execute your very first videogame. FREESTYLE D&D 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM // Rm. 331B Friday Never heard of Dungeons & Dragons? THIS PANEL IS FOR YOU. Love D&D and know everything about it? THIS PANEL IS FOR YOU. Still reading this description? THIS PANEL IS FOR YOU. Watch as audience (non)volunteers are pitted against monsters and villains on their quest for glory! This is a freestyle version of a freestyle version of D&D, sort of…(@Freestyledd on Facebook!) ASK THE ASTRONOMER 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM // Rm. 335 Friday Bob Trembley, a volunteer NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, former outreach officer for the Warren Astronomical Society, and blogger for the Vatican Observatory Foundation answers your questions about space and cosmology. BATKETEERS SERIES SNEAK PEEK 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM // Rm. 337 Friday Even heroes need a vacation. The Cast and Crew of Batketeers are giving guests an EXCLUSIVE behind the scenes look at the process of the show, and a SPECIAL SNEAK PEEK at Season 3. After traveling to Hollywood, the Gotham City characters have realized becoming a true movie star is harder than they anticipated. Presented by Actors Reaching Out. www.ActorsReachingOut.org YOU WANT TO BE AN AUDIOBOOK NARRATOR? 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM // Rm. 333 Friday Want to be an audiobook narrator? Don't know where to start? Award-winning fantasy author, Mackenzie Flohr, discusses with YouTube's Chris Walker-Thomson, how his talents of various impressions helped him make it into an audiobook career. JOHN RHYS-DAVIES Q&A 4:30 PM - 5:20 PM // Grand Ballroom A Friday Better known as Sallah or Gimli, depending on your age and level of geekery, John Rhys-Davies has a wealthy history of acting under his belt. Listen to his tales and ask him your questions! PREPARE FOR TROUBLE: A TEAM ROCKET RECRUITMENT 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM // Rm. 332 Friday Have you ever wanted to become part of something bigger? Here you can learn how to extend your reach to the stars above! Join us to unite all peoples within our nation before we blast off again! ASTEROIDS AND PLANETARY DEFENSE 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM // Rm. 335 Friday Ever hear of Tunguska or Chelyabinsk? Bob Trembley explains what asteroids are, their potential for resources, the threat of impacts, and the global AsteroidDay awareness campaign. ACTION COMEDY NERD SHOW 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM // Rm. 321 // Ages 13+ Recommended Friday We are a group of comedians who perform stand up at Cons. Our show includes performers who do jokes and stories about movies, comic books, pop culture and other "nerd" topics (we know because we are nerds!). FREESTYLE D&D (FOR ADULTS) 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM // Rm. 331B // Ages 18+ Recommended Friday Never heard of Dungeons & Dragons? THIS PANEL IS FOR YOU. Love D&D and know everything about it? THIS PANEL IS FOR YOU. Wanna play an awesome game while using naughty words and topics? THIS PANEL IS FOR YOU. Watch as MATURE audience (non)volunteers are pitted against NSFW monsters and villains on their quest for INAPPROPRIATE glory! This is a freestyle version of a freestyle version of D&D, sort of… (@Freestyledd on Facebook!) FILM FESTIVAL: “MESSIAH” 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM // Rm. 337 Friday “Messiah” - A fallen hero, with the power to resurrect the undead, must save the world from a deadly infection that has turned the world's population into undead savages. ALL THINGS OVERWATCH 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM // Rm. 333 // Ages 13+ Recommended Friday Come join us for a discussion on all things Overwatch. From gameplay to lore and more. DISNEY PRINCESSES Q&A 6:00 PM - 6:50 PM // Grand Ballroom A Friday Kneel before Linda Larkin (Princess Jasmine) and Paige O’Hara (Princess Belle), two of Disney’s most beloved characters, in this nostalgic panel! MY NEIGHBORS ARE DEAD 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM // Rm. 336 // Ages 13+ Recommended Friday My Neighbors Are Dead is a weekly podcast where host Adam Peacock talks to the lesser known characters from your favorite horror films as played by friends and luminaries from the worlds of comedy, horror, and beyond. The show has performed live as a part of the Detroit Improv Festival, at Go Comedy in Ferndale, MI and at Bad Dog Theatre in Toronto and featured such guests as Paul F. Tompkins (Bojack Horseman, Spontaneanation, Mr. Show), Marc Evan Jackson (Jumanji, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Place), Tawny Newsome (Bajilion Dollar Propertie$) and more. The A.V. Club calls My Neighbors Are Dead "Comedic Gold," Splitsider says "I wish I'd thought of that," and Dread Central calls it "The Best Horror Podcast You’re Not Listening To." HOW TO FIGHT LIKE A WOMAN 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM // Rm. 321 Friday Learn medieval fighting skills from the Detroit Fight Club! ACTORS REACHING OUT 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM // Rm.