My Wizard World Nashville (Oct 18-20) panels! An eclectic and amazing array of topics and talent: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18TH 6:00 – 6:45PM BREAKING INTO AND STAYING IN COMICS Come listen to industry veterans Alé Garza (Teen Titans, Spider-Man), Freddie Williams II (Green Arrow, Captain Atom, Green Lantern Corps) , Danny Fingeroth (Iron Man, The Avengers, Superman on the Couch: Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society) and Donald Lanouette (Founder & Creative Dir. of UcreateComics Inc) as they tell the pure, unvarnished truth about what artists and writers need to do to break into the comics biz! If you are looking to BREAK IN then this Q&A chat you won’t want to miss! (ROOM 202) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19TH 11:00 – 11:45AM COUNTRY MUSIC AND COMICS There have been a surprising number of comics and graphic novels about Country Music, covering subjects including The Carter Family, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Tim McGraw, and Taylor Swift. Here in Nashville, the home of the Grand Ol’ Opry, native New Yorker and comics writer/editor Danny Fingeroth (Spider-Man; Iron Man) moderates a panel about comics and country, featuring C&W experts including Guy Gilchrist (award-winning cartoonist of Nancy and a country-music singer-songwriter,) Alé Garza (Teen Titan; Spider-Man,) Shane Berryhill (Chance Fortune and the Outlaws; Dragon Island) and Keven Gardner(President of 12-Gauge Comics.) Attendees will receive an issue of Trace Adkins is Luke McBain comic published by 12-Gauge Comics while supplies last. (ROOM 202) 12:00 – 1:15PM HOW TO WRITE COMICS WITH DANNY FINGEROTH Legendary comics writer and editor Danny Fingeroth (Spider-Man; Darkhawk) shows and tells you how to write comics and graphic novels, going from initial idea to outline to script to finished story. Plus, Danny will answer your questions about both the creative and business sides of the comics writing profession, including how to find an artist to work with (hint: a comics convention is the number one place!) and how to write exciting dialogue! (And if you enjoy this session, you can still join Danny’s online course in comics writing at mediabistro.) (ROOM 208) 2:00 – 2:45PM ONE-ON-ONE WITH STAN LEE There is only one Stan “The Man” Lee. Co-creator of the X-Men, the Avengers, Spider-Man, Agents of SHIELD, Iron Man, and countless other characters, Lee—at age 90!—is still going strong with his Pow! Entertainment company and projects such as SyFy’s Fangasm! Danny Fingeroth, longtime Stan-colleague—and co-editor (with Roy Thomas) of The Stan Lee Universe—interviews Stan about his incredible career—and then makes sure there’s plenty of time for questions from the audience! (ROOM 207) 3:00 – 3:45PM 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF SUPERMAN Created in 1933 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1, cover dated June 1938. The Man of Steel was the first superhero and is still the character behind countless comics, movies, TV shows, videogames, and much, much more. One of the most recognizable icons in the world, Superman generates huge revenues and still, after all these decades, controversy over ownership and control of the franchise. Discussing Superman’s matchless legacy is an all-star anniversary panel including Superman himself, Dean Cain, Eisner Award Hall of Famer Neal Adams (Superman; Action Comics), and Travis Langley (PsychologyToday.) Moderated by Danny Fingeroth (Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society.) Up, up, and away! (ROOM 207) 4:00 – 4:45PM AMERICAN SPLENDOR: HARVEY PEKAR’S LEGACY Harvey Pekar, creator and writer of American Splendor comics, and through them, inspiration for a whole branch of memoir comics, who passed away in 2010, would have been 74 years old on October 8th. His influence on comics is as strong today as ever. To celebrate his legacy, artist and photographer Danielle Batone, to whom Harvey and his wife Joyce Brabner were legal guardians, talks about growing up with Harvey and about Pekar’s legacy with comics historian Danny Fingeroth (The Rough Guide to Graphic Novels). (ROOM 202) SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20th 11:30AM – 12:15PM WILL EISNER’S “CONTRACT WITH GOD” AT 35 Will Eisner was one of the giants of the field of sequential art. Eisner expert Danny Fingeroth (Chair of the Will Eisner Week organizing committee) and Eisner colleague, and living legend Neal Adams present a visual tour through Eisner’s body of work and discuss his ongoing influence, 35 years after the publication of the groundbreaking, A Contract With God, a book that pretty much invented the entire graphic novel category. Eisner’s other landmark works—including The Spirit and P.S. Magazine--will be discussed as well. (ROOM 202) 1:30 – 2:15PM SUPERVILLAINS AND PSYCHOLOGY Every great superhero faces a rogues gallery full of colorful supervillains. What makes a great supervillain? How evil do they have to be? Are they having fun? Do they resemble real criminals in any way? Dr. Travis Langley (Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight) assembles of super-team of experts to explore what it means to be a supervillain and what kind of person could become one. With Eric Bailey (Henderson State University), Jason Marsden (Batman: The Brave and the Bold), Danny Fingeroth (Superman on the Couch)Jason Rougemont (Marvel Universe), and maybe a few villains as well. You’ve been warned! (ROOM 202)
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