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July 23rd-July 26th
Schedules for all four days of SDCC have been floating around the internet for the past week. Let’s take a look and see if we can find anything interesting in them. Let’s take a look at Thursday and see what we can find.
“10:30-11:30 DC Talent Search 1 –Learn what DC Comics looks for in artists and how to improve your chances of becoming a working professional! DC Representatives discuss the different needs of the DC Universe, Vertigo, WildStorm, MAD magazine, and Zuda - Room 4"
If you think you have the chops and want to hit the mainstream, this is where you need to go if you are an artist. For writers? Go sell some writings. Seriously, the easiest way to break into the comics industry as a writer is to have an agent and have sold some work in another field.
“10:30-12:00 Comic Book Law School 101: Let's Get It Started— The popular Comic Book Law School series, which provides a basic foundation for understanding copyright and trademark law through an interactive lecture, is brought to you by noted attorney Michael Lovitz, author of The Trademark and Copyright Book comic book.”
This should be required attendance for anyone that is interested in the business of comics.
“2:00-1:00 LongBox Digital Comics— Rantz Hoseley (CEO LongBox, Inc., editor of Comic Book Tattoo) hosts this presentation of the LongBox Platform for Digital Comics. Rantz, along with special guests—including Jeff Katz (American Original Productions)—demonstrates LongBox, talks about the impending launch, and discusses some of the exciting partnerships and plans for what some are calling the future of digital comics. Room 32AB”
I know for years people have been talking about how digital comics are the future, but that is because they are the future. This panel should give us a good idea if Longbox is the future or just a speed bump, but as Rogers always says, anyone doing it is a good thing. I have a long post percolating on digital comics, the myth of the mainstream and the future of comics that I am working on for a future date.
“2:00-3:00 Spotlight on Bill Sienkiewicz— The Eisner Award–winning writer/artist is a Comic-Con special guest. Bill Sienkiewicz is best known for his comics work such as Elektra: Assassin and Stray Toasters, but he's also a film designer and writer/director. Bill talks about his career in this special Spotlight panel. Room 2 “
If you have to ask why, get off my internet and turn in your comic book geek card.
“2:00-3:00 ComicBase— Don't miss out on this once-a-year opportunity to hear creator Pete Bickford chat about ComicBase's special program features, offer tips and tricks, and give you all the inside dirt on the making of the program.”
This reads like some MLM spiel. I think this technology is 10 years too late. Although it should be useful for comic shops, but let’s not talk about Diamond and why they are stupid to not have a centralized software solution.
“2:00-3:30 Comics Arts Conference Session #4: Myth and the Superhero— With examples drawn from the superman mythos and the Crisis of Infinite Earths, Angela Ndalianis (University of Melbourne) explores the intertextuality that has transformed superhero narratives into multiple myths. W. Stephen Combs (Wittenberg University) debunks the idea of superheroes as modern mythology, and suggests instead they should be viewed as a part of America's folklore.”
I expect many questions about the difference between Folklore and Mythology, but I would love to sit in on this panel. Of course I’ve written research papers on the very topic, so one can assume if you are talking about comics, mythology and folklore, I am interested.
“3:30-4:30 Digital Comics Now!— Digital comics are happening right now. Not tomorrow, but right now. Join a panel of the best and brightest in the new wave of digital comics in a wide-ranging discussion of everything from comics on the iPhone to new digital comic platforms, motion comics, webcomics, and day-and-date-releases. Big announcements will be made! Panelists include Michael Murphey (CEO iVerse), David Steinberger (CEO of comiXology), Rantz Hosely (CEO LongBox), Chris Folino (VP, Catastrophic Comics), and Chip Mosher (marketing director, BOOM! Studios). Room 4”
Future of comics, get in on the ground floor people.
“3:30-4:30 J. Michael Straczynski: Professional Writing— Ideas are a dime a dozen. Executing those ideas (instead of assassinating them) is what separates pro from wannabe.”
Despite the pun in the description, this panel should be a good idea for anyone who wants to be a professional writer.
“5:30-6:30 Writing for the Computer Gaming Industry— Great storytelling forms the foundation for immersive games that emotionally draw players into a gaming universe. Veteran game writers Neal Hallford (Betrayal at Krondor, Dungeon Siege), Chris Avellone (Knights of the Old Republic, Neverwinter Nights II), Anne Toole (The Witcher)…”
The Witcher was written by a WOMAN?!? That was un-expected.
“5:30-6:30 All-Stars of Comics Podcasting— Comics podcasting has grown from a novelty to a force within the industry, providing an outlet for reviews, interviews, news and general entertainment for comic book fans.”
It’s nice to see podcasting get some respect and love, I would love to have Rym and Scott sit in on the panel.
“6:00-7:00 Mad Science: The Science Behind Science Fiction— Discover magazine and the National Academy of Sciences' Science and Entertainment Exchange explore science as a double-edged sword—it's ethically and morally neutral in and of itself, but science depends on who wields it and how. Join moderator Phil Plait…”
Only because I have a mancrush on Phil Plait.
“6:30-7:30 Unlocking Arkham: Forensic Psychiatry and Batman's Rogues' Gallery— Arkham Asylum holds some of Gotham City's most disturbed criminals. But do they truly belong there?”
Want to be able to make a post like the mindless ones? Go to this panel.
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