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Meeting Rooms Long Beach Comic & Horror Con is proud to offer a diverse and exciting slate of panels, workshops and classes this weekend. Please use this map as a guide to help you find the meeting room you need for your favorite session! Keep in mind Scan this code with your phone to get the that Room 104 is around the corner just past the Cafe. latest programming! SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3

Room 104A original ending of Operation Zero 5:00 p.m.– 5: 45 p.m. 11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Tolerance? This is your chance! CREATING “SAVE THE GRAPHIC HORROR SUPERS”, AN INFORMAL GUIDE Arguably one of the hardest 2:00 p.m.– 2:45 p.m. ON MAKING A SUCCESSFUL genres to get right in , with COSPLAY Q&A WITH SHOW ON THE NET a long and wonderful history in LUCK IN SPADES The Guild’s Sandeep Parikh the industry. These creators are By Miko Simons: “Curriculum? The Legend of Neil modernizing the horror Who needs it! Come down for you to meet the main cast, writers landscape for a new generation, a festive panel full of audience and producers behind his new hit but how do they do it? How do you interaction in which you ask your show “Save the Supers” and discuss make two dimensional images burning cosplay questions. Learn the secret ingredients behind what it jump off the page and scare what you want and get what you takes to create a successful show on everyones pants off! Also, what is need instead of just listening to the the web. Whether you’re a fan who scary? How do you come up with same how-to endlessly.” just wants to watch exclusive, never universally frightening concept and before-seen footage from the show bring the horror issue after issue? 3:00 p.m.– 3:45 p.m. and see the actors under the hood With Jesse Blaze Snider and a THE COLLECTION – MOVIE or an aspiring creator or both, this crew of industry pros with Steve SNEAK PEEK! panel has something super special in Niles and Bernie Wrightson. Special Sneak Peak and Q&A of The Collection. Arkin escapes with his Moderated by Kevin Pereira 12:00 p.m.– 12:45 p.m. life from the vicious grips of “The " NOT BAD FOR A HUMAN: Collector” during an entrapment A Q&A WITH LANCE party where he adds beautiful 6:00 p.m.– 6:45 p.m. HENRICKSEN Elena to his “Collection.” Instead RAW STUDIOS VIDEO SHORTS & Q&A Lance and his co-writer Joseph of recovering from the trauma, and Tim Bradstreet Maddrey will talk about writing Arkin is suddenly abducted from screen their # Lance’s biography, “Not Bad for a the hospital by mercenaries hired Dirty Laundry, along with Jane’s Human,” and collaborating with by Elena’s wealthy father. Arkin Six Billion Dollar Man development artist Tom Mandrake on a new is blackmailed to team up with the trailer, and video visuals of their Dark Horse miniseries called “To mercenaries and track down The Hell You Ride.” Collector’s booby trapped warehouse Death From A Shattered Hand. Also, and save Elena. Free mini-posters Dirty Laundry behind the scenes! 1:00 p.m.– 1:45 p.m. Followed by Q&A. SCOTT LOBDELL: QUID PRO QUO autographed posters and DVD’s. Scott Lobdell of , Must attend the Panel to win. Room 103AB and RED HOOD 11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. AND THE OUTLAWS will answer 4:00 p.m.– 4:45 p.m. THE STORY BEHIND THE your questions … but be prepared STORY OF EPIC MICKEY 2 to answer one of his questions! Fair Come see what Aspen has in store Excited about the upcoming release for all of their current titles, and of Epic Mickey 2? Here is your chance Wondering what happened to what they have in the works for the to learn the backstory behind the Red Robin? Want to know the rest of the year, and into 2013. creation of the game. Join master

12 | LONG BEACH COMIC & HORROR CON 2012 sat programming storyteller , the man !5!\5"$! description or a sketch? What who has written countless comics, an exclusive model using specially about when you’re basing a novels, and video games, and created designed paper along with other art character on a toy or a comic dozens of popular characters, ranging from the movies. Materials included. book? How close do you stay to the from to Black Cat. He will tell us original source material? How far all about how he created and crafted 5:00 p.m.– 5: 45 p.m. can you stray? How do you keep all the story behind one of the most WEBCOMICS GATHERING the characters looking like they live anticipated video games of the year. The Webcomics Advocates are in the same universe? And what teaming up with Patrick Scullin makes a good character design for 12:00 p.m.– 12:45 p.m. Super Siblings5!5 animation? IDW PRESENTS! for fans and creators of webcomics. IDW has a lot going on in 2013. Come This is your chance to learn about 2:00 p.m.– 2:45 p.m. hear their plans, and ask Marketing making webcomics, network, promote WRITING ANIMATION Guru Dirk Wood the questions that your own webcomic, eat some treats, The ins and outs and secrets of are burning for answers. With the and maybe even pitch your webcomic writing animation for today’s IDW editorial team. idea in front of a room full of fans! television and internet market. Working writers and producers 1:00 p.m.– 1:45 p.m. 6:00 p.m.– 6:45 p.m. with hundreds of scripts and years SPOTLIGHT ON BATTON LASH WOMANTHOLOGY of experience on TV shows and web Batton Lash, the creator of Join some of the creators from series tell you what you need to Supernatural Law the anothology project that know to write and sell scripts. (!! talks about the evolution of his phenomenon and their stories! 3:00 p.m.– 3:45 p.m. series from a weekly newspaper Barbara Kesel as moderator. COMIC & MANGA strip to a comic book to graphic PRODUCTION WORKSHOP !"# Tommy Yune, a veteran of has also written Radioactive Man Room 102A hit comic series such as Speed stories for Simpsons Comics and 11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Racer, , and Danger !$!! SCIENCE FICTION Girl: Kamikaze, covers modern on self-publishing vs. work for MEETS COMICS! production techniques of the hire, dealing with Hollywood, and Nhora Serrano and Mike industry and new options available how he came to write the infamous Buckley present: “When the most to hopeful comic creators. Archie Meets the Punisher. 445'!=!! combines with one of the most 4:00 p.m.– 4:45 p.m. 2:00 p.m.– 2:45 p.m. 4!5!54! MONSTERVERSE HORROR BOOM STUDIOS!/KABOOM!/ COMICS: BELA LUGOSI BOOM! TOWN blast of a story. This panel will look CRAVES FLESH AND BLOOD! Join BOOM! Studios as it takes over 4!\54! Monsterverse Entertainment Long Beach Comic & Horror Con novels create stories and how these executives Kerry Gammill for one full hour. Learn what is next ways inform the tried and true Superman, Stargate, The Outer from BOOM! as Editor-in-Chief Matt narratives of Science Fiction.” LimitsSam F. ParkBela Gagnon and VP of Publishing and Lugosi’s Tales From The Grave, Marketing Filip Sablik run down 12:00 p.m.– 12:45 p.m. Flesh and Blood! the most exciting new projects and VISUAL STORYTELLING: THE transmedia company’s current and reveal upcoming titles from BOOM! #1 JOB OF STORYBOARD, future horror projects in print, '!())*))* COMICS AND GAME ARTISTS mobile apps, interactive games and Town, including the ongoing Supurbia With Peter Paul, Storyboard Artist @5!6\ series, Pen Ward’s newest creation on DreamWorks Dragons: Riders of conceptual artist and contributor Bravest Warriors … and the ultimate Berk TV series, Lenord Robinson, Henry MayoTed, Tarzan, The superhuman slugfest: Deathmatch! Storyboard Artist on DreamWorks Mummy!Dave This is a panel you won’t want to miss! Dragons: Riders of Berk TV series and Stevens on The Rocketeer. We will Barry Caldwell, Storyboard Artist present previews of Monsterverse’s 3:00 p.m.– 3:45 p.m. on DreamWorks Dragons: Riders of books and discuss future plans for THE PROS AND CONS OF Berk TV series.Whether it’s creating K!!5;$K KICKSTARTER FOR COMICS \!!5 @;NQRUU54! +!/4! or artwork for comics and children’s series Flesh And Blood. Q&A session Lash’s Supernatural Law comics books, it’s all the same job: telling to follow. ! stories with pictures. Learn how to Batton conducted their successful make your work more valuable to 5:00 p.m.– 5: 45 p.m. (!4!5The !4!"( THE DEVASTATOR’S GEEK Monsters Meet on Court Street to give the audience what it wants COMEDY JAMBOREE trade paperback and the lessons and lead them on an exciting visual The funny guys and gals at Los they learned. She’ll offer tips on adventure. Join a panel of working Angeles-based The Devastator what to do–and not to do–if you visual storytellers for a question –– The Comedy Magazine for (!46" and answer session as they reveal Humans! –– are big geeks. Come the principles of creating strong and laugh uproariously as they show 4:00 p.m.– 4:45 p.m. effective sequences of pictures. off the best of the magazine’s ORIGAMI nerdy-brand of pop culture Origami master Chris Alexander 1:00 p.m.– 1:45 p.m. mockery and satire. Hosted by '7$8$8')89;$9! CHARACTER DESIGN FOR comedian Asterios Kokkinos demonstrate and teach folding ANIMATION '4!7Y6!Z techniques to make Star Wars !\>! editors Geoffrey Golden and

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Amanda Meadows, along with Fairy Tales Animated pilot, produced Director/Producer Digger T. Mesch surprise special guests, for a by Zenescope, Titmouse, and **U presentation of The Devastator’s Schneppzone. Based off the longest Producer Jan Utstein-O’Neill greatest hits: see the unfortunate running independent color comic, Violent Messiahs, ChassisQ adventures of Steampunk Inspector directed by the talented Jon Schnepp, William O’Neill Violent Messiahs, Gadget, meet Doctor Who’s worst produced by Titmouse animation - the Snake PlisskenX companion ever, and much more! studio behind shows such as Black Joseph SeteleNight of the Living Dynamite, The Venture Brothers, Dead 3D, Jericho 6:00 p.m.– 6:45 p.m. Superjail and Metalocalypse, comes including Kay D’Arcy X STORYBOARDING FOR a reimagined horror/fantasy tale. UErnie Reyes, Jr'YU+Y ANIMATION See footage from the pilot, and hear Y$Carlos GallardoEl One of the most important the story of concept to creation from Mariachi and DesperadoK& steps in the animation process, director Jon Schnepp and producer and Star Trek Into Darkness storyboarding translates the Benjamin Jackendoff as well as Damion PoitierAvengers script into visual storytelling. And possible special guests! Ryan P. Martin Ultraviolet and sometimes, particularly in feature Killer Ink*[X\Stargate, 3:00 p.m.– 3:45 p.m. SharkScott Vance8; of the team creating and crafting 501ST LEGION COSTUMING the story. Hear from people who HOW-TOS! have been bringing stories to life What does it take to be a costumed Room 102 C in features and television, and learn member of the 501st Legion? We 11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. what the process is really like. will be talking about obtaining the WRITING FOR COMICS “armor” and all of the necessary Join Eisner and Emmy Nominated steps to putting a costume together writer Joshua Hale Fialkov for an Room 102B ' introduction to writing comics. Joining 11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Joshua will be Rob Levin YX$] THE HARD COSTS OF COMIC 4:00 p.m.– 4:45 p.m. Archaia Editor, writer of Abattoir BOOK PRODUCTION ELM STREET 3 DREAM Jim McCann3Q Do you want to complete a comic WARRIORS Return Of The Dapper Men, writer of For the past 25 years this is the Mind The GapBrian Buccellatto about how much putting one panel you’ve been dreaming for! Meet ^$Flash, writer of together costs? Russell Nohelty, all six of the “Dream Warriors” for FosterSam Humphries$ creator of Viper Comic’s Ichabod (# of Our Love Is Real, , and Jones: Monster Hunter, will answer can ask them anything you ever Marvel’s The Ultimates all your questions including where wanted to know about the classic the tips, tricks, and secrets to making to look for artists, the hard costs P*+3467 it in comics. at each stage of production, the The Dream Warriors.” This is the advantages/disadvantages of one panel you don’t wanna miss … 12:00 p.m.– 12:45 p.m. working with international talent Freddy’s counting on it ADVANCED DIGITAL INKING and the hidden costs you need to TECHNIQUES WITH BRIAN negotiate before hiring an artist. 5:00 p.m.– 5: 45 p.m. HABERLIN “PODCASTING 101” Learn how to digitally ink and take 12:00 p.m.– 12:45 p.m. 4899;<*' all your black-and-white artwork to MAKING A COMIC, served up hundreds of episodes of the next level. Comics artist Brian STEP-BY-STEP amazing original audio drama, with Haberlin will delve into Photoshop’s So you want to learn how to make over 21 million podcast hits to date! treasure trove of features old and a comic, but you’re tired of overly- The executive producer and some of new, that not only enhance comic general tips? Join writer Tom Pinchuk < applications but make possible Hybrid Bastards!, Unimaginable discuss the ins and outs of podcasting countless creative pen and ink for a very focused breakdown of the -- and how you can start your own opportunities rarely seen before. process. Pulling back the curtain, production. If you’re serious about your black- he and his fellow creators will show and-white artwork, this session is you how a single page goes from 6:00 p.m.– 6:45 p.m. a must. Digital pioneer and guru notes to script to layouts and then AGENT 88 - KICKSTARTER’S to much of the graphic arts/comics to pencils, inks, colors and letters. HIGHEST FUNDED WEB community, Haberlin is also the Have your pens and notepads ready SERIES PILOT tutorial creator for international Celebrate with the cast and crew of magazines such as 3DWorld, Imagine commentary on the thoughts, choices AGENT 88 as they share the tale FX, and Photoshop User, and owner and collaborative give-and-take that of how their property became the of Digitalarttutorials.com go with each step. highest grossing web series pilot >' 1:00 p.m.– 1:45 p.m. 1:00 p.m.– 1:45 p.m. ten-times more than the average I DON’T KNOW $#!+ ABOUT POWER RANGERS PANEL series. Agent 88 is the story of the COMICS … JESSE BLADE SNIDER Featuring: Alex Heartman world’s deadliest assassin - an 88 year In this panel, we will open up the Najee DeTieg" old British woman with Alzheimers mysteries and intricacies of reading Brittany Pirtle#$% is a dark comedy that meshes wry and collecting comics in the modern Steven Skyler& wit with cutting-edge action, slick world. While reading comics makes visual effects and the conviction that sense to all of us, joining in the fun 2:00 p.m.– 2:45 p.m. G>K&"Q*' is often intimidating to the laymen. GRIMM FAIRY TALES Join us and see clips of the project that We are here to pull the curtain Come and catch a glimpse of footage became the phenomenon that literally back and help new fans understand from the highly anticipated Grimm took over FaceBook. Guests include the idiosyncrasies of comic-dom.

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Questions like: Why don’t writer Joshua Hale Fialkov for been publishing comics through his and interact? Why is a three hour intensive seminar on imprint, Los Comex, for the last Spider-man in the Avengers in the writing comics. Learn how to tell *67($ comics, but not in the movies? How better stories, handle publishing Dead Dinosaurio, The Coma and El many comics publishers are there? challenges, and, market your books Muerto "8++9" How many people are involved in and yourself from the writer of I, into an award-winning live-action producing a comic book? How does , Last Of The Greats, and &;( one write a comic book? What’s the Echoes. Joining Joshua will be Rob He’s been teaching comic book and difference between a Graphic Novel Levin "#$% cartooning workshops for the last 10 and a comic book? When are comics writer of AbattoirJim McCann years. Visit him online at released? How do you download %&Return Of The www.javzilla.com comics legally online? What are old Dapper Men, writer of Mind The comics worth nowadays? If this is GapBrian Buccellatto'" 1:00 p.m.– 1:45 p.m. the New 52, what was it like before of the Flash, writer of Foster KIDS DRAW SUPERHEROES Sam Humphries"Our Love Are you a kid that wants to learn Important comic book lore explained! Is Real, , and Marvel’s The how to draw super heroes? If you do And unlike that guy at the comic Ultimates, as they share the tips, then come and join Super Siblings store who lords his knowledge over tricks, and secrets to making it in cartoonist Patrick Scullin as he everyone, we are here to educate and comics. Limited to 30 seats, this will teaches kids of all ages how to draw make people feel good about their be an intimate chance to learn from their favorite characters. Bring a new place as fans of our wonderful some of the industries brightest young sketchbook, paper, crayons, pencils, industry! These questions and more ()*++/N4 or markers and Patrick will guide at the Lobby Registration Area for you through the steps of drawing common sense comic book questions! tickets. dynamic cartoon characters. No drawing experience is required for 2:00 p.m.– 2:45 p.m. this family friendly art session. Even ART OF BROM Kids Area if you don’t have any art supplies An in-depth, behind-the-scenes 11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. come join the fun. See you there! look at Brom’s artistic journey. DRAWING KIDS COMICS WITH DAVID MILLER 2:00 p.m.– 2:45 p.m. 3:00 p.m.– 3:45 p.m. Want to learn how to draw alien MAKING COMICS FOR KIDS WILLIAM STOUT - A LIFE OF teddy bears, robot sharks, or Want to know what it takes to make ADVENTURE zombie Spongebob Squarepants? super awesome comics for kids? William Stout has worked as Let the Cartoon Dude teach you Come hang out with the guys and a comic book artist, theme park how to draw the bones of your girls who are making it happen favorite characters! Everybody is every day. Join Neo Edmund designer, book illustrator and more. an artist. Let the Cartoon Dude =>SWindy Hollows, He has lived all over the world, show you what you can do. Jurassic Strike Force 5=FK including four months spent drawing Fraggle Rock, Editorial Director 12:00 p.m.– 12:45 p.m. of The Jim Henson Company Antarctica. With every place and LET’S MAKE COMICS! MMuppet Robin Hood, project there are stories. Come hear A hands-on workshop where kids Fraggle RockO7The Stout tell the best of them. draw a one-page comic. You don’t Incredibles, Mouse Guard/ have to be a great artist to make UFraggle Rock, Strawberry 4:00-7:00 PM comics, just bring your desire to tell Shortcake$% INTENSIVE 3 HOUR a story with words and pictures. =>SWindy Hollows and WORKSHOP WRITING FOR Taught by comic book creator Javier Kindergarten Teacher( COMICS SEMINAR Hernandez. Paper and pencils Join Eisner and Emmy Nominated provided. Javier Hernandez has SATURDAY NIGHT EVENTS

The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien’s Pierre Bernard will be hosting the first ever, Long Beach Comic & Horror Con Drawing Workshop! “PIERRE BERNARD’S SEXY COSPLAY!” It’s a non-instructive drawing event. Just bring some art supplies, a desire to be creative and have fun! Beginners and professionals are all welcome! The models for the evening will be LA’s Gallery Girls: Jennifer Fabos Patton, Rachel Bailit and Keith Klanderud They will be dressed in different cosplay themed costumes. There will be music and snacks.

Saturday November 3rd, 2012, 7pm to 10pm In Room 104 at the Long Beach Convention Center

Admission is FREE for all convention attendees with a badge for Saturday or $10 at the door. As a prelude to the evening event there will be a 1 hour drawing event in the convention room! Also, while at the convention, stop over at Pierre’s table (#1301) and preview some pages from his upcoming book, “18” x 24” And Other Sizes, A 3 Year Collection Of Drawing From Life.”

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Room 104 octane stuff? Young adult authors working with companies from 12:00 p.m.– 1:45 p.m. and horror nuts Gretchen McNeil Disney to Nickelodeon. THE RED HOUSE SCREENING Possess and Ten'Jennifer A young woman who has just BosworthStruck#Daniel 2:00 p.m.– 2:45 p.m. inherited a remote house in the MarksVelveteen(# VOICE ACTING woods invites her friends along for in teen terror, the allure of fright, WORKSHOP WITH a vacation as she checks out the and give a preview of what young CRISPIN FREEMAN place. But their recreation is soon readers can expect from the new Ever wanted to play the voice of interrupted by torture, madness wave of YA horror novels. your favorite anime character? Are and murder… you curious about the process of 3:00 p.m.– 3:45 p.m. voice acting? Have you ever thought 2:00 p.m.– 3:45 p.m. WHERE DO IDEAS COME FROM? to yourself, “I could do better than THE THING SCREENING! BANISHING THE BLANK PAGE— that!” Well now’s your chance! c! Writers’s Block? Artistic Anemia? Join veteran voice actor Crispin Get unstuck! Veteran writer/ Freeman in a dubbing workshop editor Barbara Randall Kesel where you get to learn how the Room 103AB Womanthology: Heroic, TMNT professionals voice act in anime! 11:00 a.m.– 11:45 a.m. April"%# Volunteers will be able to get up THE FUTURE OF VALIANT for artists and writers who face and try their hand at voice acting to Come hear all of the exclusive news the worst fear of the creative—an picture using the same equipment & announcements behind the next empty page and no ideas for how to the studios use! great happenings in the Valiant draw or write your story. Universe! Featuring Joshua Dysart 3:00 p.m.– 3:45 p.m. Harbinger Room 102A DEVELOPING & SELLING Dinesh Shamdasani, this is the ANIMATION PROJECTS one-and-only place to discover what 11:00 a.m.– 11:45 a.m. You’ve got a great original idea. 2013 holds for Valiant’s greatest BREAKING INTO ANIMATION Or maybe you’ve got a comic book heroes. Animation is a great area to work series. Maybe a game. Maybe a with a lot of different jobs as part of novel. But you know it would make 12:00 p.m.– 12:45 p.m. the process. Writing, storyboarding, a great animated TV series. What SUPER INDIE COMIC BOOK animating, character design, do you need to do to make that a CREATION production jobs, programming, reality? Can you just show your You have the idea for the Next Great voice acting, and more. But how do notes? Who do you show them to Comic, but where do you go from you break in? Just how do you get a and how do you get to see them? there? Our panelists have created job working in animation? What form does a pitch take? And their own comics from scratch and when you make that deal, what’s "# 12:00 p.m.– 12:45 p.m. likely to happen? Hear from people artist, how to get your book printed VOICE-OVER ACTING who’ve been there and done that. "$%' There’s the script, there are and once you have the books how drawings, and there are voices. You 4:00 p.m.– 4:45 p.m. to actually go about selling them, need all three to bring animation COMICS AND COMICS distributing to stores and marketing to life. Voice-over actors who have Geeks assemble! “Comics and the books. If you have always wanted brought countless characters to life Comics” is all-fanboy stand-up to create your own comics, this panel talk about the ins and outs of how comedy, presented by the nerdiest will help you learn the crucial steps "%"" comedians in the 616! Join Sax necessary to do just that. should sound like, what it’s like to Carr Crave Online'Asterios “act” with only your voice, and how KokkinosManswers'Ron 1:00 p.m.– 1:45 p.m. "#"$)%% Swallow4578#Tom THE ART OF THE COMIC COVER “talking funny.” Franck9:)Ed Greer WITH TIM BRADSTREET Angry Dorks#Tim Powers Tim Bradstreet talks about 1:00 p.m.– 1:45 p.m. ;#$<%)#=" the ingredients needed to create INDIE ANIMATION PANEL that rolls at +5. From comic books successful cover art. Bradstreet Want to learn how to create to video games, from anime to Dr. also discusses some of his personal high quality animation without Who, from Babylon 5 to Star Trek, favorites. Surprise moderator! breaking your bank account? Come from Dungeons and Dragons to Followed by Q&A, time permitting. to the indie animation panel where that one episode of Clone Wars that guest speakers show you the steps was a ridiculously thinly-veiled 2:00 p.m.– 2:45 p.m. to create your own animation. commentary on cafeteria food in LETS SCARE THE KIDS: Topics include what programs schools, you can rest assured that BRINGING HORROR BACK TO YA you need, what works & doesn’t all geek bases will be covered! LITERATURE work in building a social following Comics and Comics is all-fanboy Dark themes and horror '#*)+ stand-up comedy performed by the elements have been a mainstay Guest speakers Dahveed funniest and geekiest comedians in YA literature since forever, Kolodny-Nagy, Raul Aguirre in the Prime Material Plane. The but recently there’s been some Jr., Ken Mora, Jim Lujan, & show has appeared at comic and watering down and romanticizing Steve Sievers have successfully animation conventions across the of classic horror tropes. Does the worked on their own independent country, opened the 2012 Geek horror story have to be diluted for animation projects and will share Week Festival in Boston and was teens or are kids ready for the high their knowledge and experience featured on NPR’s “Marketplace.” All programming schedules are subject to change without notice. We apologize for any inconvenience. Sun programming continued on page 19 »

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and answer to all the insider Star Wars Origami Room 102B information anyone would need demonstrate and teach folding 11:00 a.m.– 11:45 a.m. to create their own character, techniques to make Star Wars THE WRITER’S JOURNEY: $% BREAKING INTO COMIC the market. We will talk about an exclusive model using specially BOOK AND HOLLYWOOD designed paper along with other art SCRIPTWRITING to match the project and creating from the movies. Materials included. Every aspiring writer wants to your own intellectual property know ONE THING: “How do I break and beyond. Join industry experts into the business?” The old days of and Amanda Kids Area sending in unsolicited pitches to big Conner and learn the inside 11:00 a.m.– 11:45 a.m. comic book companies in the hopes scoop on writing comics, world KIDS CAN DRAW CARTOONS of getting hired are dead and gone. If building, storytelling and creating DIGITALLY you are an unpublished writer with characters, creating intellectual Howard Simpson dreams of making it in the comic book properties and navigating through ! industry, and you don’t know how or the different comic companies and you techniques to draw your where to begin, this is the panel for what to expect. After a unique favorite cartoon characters. you. Join Hollywood screenwriter/ and educational opportunity to Bring your iPad, tablets and graphic novel producers Brandon learn from this wildly successful smart phones. Download the free M. Easton ThunderCats, team, you will have a chance to SketchBookExpress and you can Transformers: Armada, Shadowlaw ask questions about anything you follow along. Geoffrey ThorneIn the Heat of the may want to know about the comics Night, Ben 10, TNT’s Leverage, Star industry. Additional fee applies – 12:00 p.m.– 12:45 p.m. Trek: Titan, Genre 19Jonathan inquire at the Registration desk in LET’S MAKE COMICS! Callan Ben 10: Omniverse, the Lobby. A hands-on workshop where kids Generator Rex, Slugterrainea, The draw a one-page comic. You don’t Prisoner 1:00 p.m.– 1:45 p.m. have to be a great artist to make insider information, publishing FUTURE AUTHORS PANEL comics, just bring your desire to tell secrets and the professional realities With Dani & Aytan Kollin, a story with words and pictures. on how to develop your ideas into a Gregory Benford, and Larry Taught by comic book creator viable comics proposal, how to hire Niven. Take an in-depth look into Javier Hernandez. Paper and artists and build a strong contract, the minds of some of the best SciFi pencils provided. how to seek out a publisher and how Authors out there in this informal to navigate the tough new world of Q&A. 2:00 p.m.– 2:45 p.m. intellectual property management in FAT RABBIT FARM the digital frontier. 2:00 p.m.– 2:45 p.m. Learn how to draw and create LEARN FROM START TO FINISH original characters and how to 12:00 p.m.– 12:45 p.m. HOW TO CREATE YOUR COMICS make them come to life through BEYOND CLICHES - CREATING DIGITALLY creativity and writing! AWESOME FEMALE CHARACTERS Howard Simpson FOR COMICS, FILM, & VIDEO ! 3:00 p.m.– 3:45 p.m. GAMES step-by-step how to prepare a OZOPOLIS BOOK READING & Join us in exploring the past, digital template for comics using RADIO SHOW present, and the future of female Adobe Illustrator. Learn basic tools Are you ready to experience an all- character creation for comics and and other apps to use. Bring your ages comic as a live radio drama? video games. We’ll examine the laptop! Creator Kirk Kushin and friends traps of common tropes, cliches, will bring OZopolis and L. Frank and stereotypes while discussing 3:00 p.m.– 3:45 p.m. Baum’s classic fairyland to life how content creators can create GRAPHIC NOVELS FROM IDEA TO with this special Long Beach table wonderful, relatable, and realistic FINISH WITH reading! Come enjoy a unique live female characters. Panelist include Learn how to take your idea and presentation of all new tales set Brandii GraceMarv make a graphic novel …using his in the Land of Oz. Get ready for WolfmanTeen Titans, Epic Mickey soon to be released graphic novel fun, prizes and of course audience 2Neo EdmundRed Riding, Rise Anomaly as a test case. Subjects participation! Of The Alpha HuntressBarbara discussed will be idea to script, Randall KeselMeridian, Teenage page format, panel layout, art style, 4:00 p.m.– 4:45 p.m. Mutant Ninja TurtlesWendy distribution and much much more! KIDS MAKE COMICS Pini Elfquest Brian Haberlin has co-created/ Are you a kid that wants to learn created many comic titles such as how to make comics? If you do 3:00 p.m.– 3:45 p.m. Witchblade, Stone, The Wicked, then come and join Super Siblings THE FUTURE OF ROBOTECH Hellcop, Houdini: The Man from cartoonist Patrick Scullin as he Harmony Gold Creative Director Beyond, Jinn, Aria, M-Rex, Area teaches kids of all ages how to Tommy Yune showcases all the 52 and Athena Inc. He is also the make their own comics. Bring a latest live action and animated co-founder of Anomaly Productions sketchbook, paper, crayons, pencils, Robotech projects and more. a company exclusively producing or markers and Patrick will guide graphic novels with cutting edge you through the steps of creating # a story and putting it to paper. No Room 102C epic graphic novel Anomaly will be drawing experience is required for 10:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. debuting in November. this family friendly session. Even INTENSIVE 2 HOUR WORKSHOP if you don’t have any art supplies – WITH JIMMY PALMIOTTI & 4:00 p.m.– 4:45 p.m. come join the fun. See you there! STAR WARS ORIGAMI The seminar will be a question Origami master Chris Alexander

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