Hi folks, I hope you're all as excited as we are to be going to Comic-Con in sunny San Diego this coming Thursday. Kevin and I will be there to chat you up, tell jokes, draw sketches, and, in a departure from our usual inwardly-focused convention personas, give panels!
First of all, where to find us:
Here are our two locations in the context of the whole place. Zander will be on the left, in Artists Alley, Kevin will (primarily) be on the right, at the Top Shelf booth.
Zander will be at CC-01, which you can remember by thinking "CC=Comic-Con, and 01=Zander is Numero Uno". Easy!
Kevin will be flogging his new hot book Far Arden at the Top Shelf booth, number 1721, which you can remember by thinking "R-rated movies, alcohol".
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We will also be doing panels. As mentioned in a previous post, Kevin will be contributing to a Top Shelf panel at the same time that I will be giving a talk on how to do comics in the small, medium and big press.
Thursday, July 23
4:00-5:00
How-To Session: Zander Cannon— Zander Cannon has been working in comics since 1993 and has done both writing and art duties on comics about knights, robots, spacemen, cops, superheroes, ghosts, and mythical creatures. His presentation will cover how to produce comics and other books as an independent publisher. With Kevin Cannon (no relation) he runs the studio Big Time Attic, which focuses on educational comics for book publishers.
Room 18Categories: Art and Illustration | Comic Books | Seminars & Workshops
4:00-5:00
Top Shelf in 2009— With
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol. III) and the new edition of
Lost Girls, plus
The Surrogates movie starring Bruce Willis hitting theaters on September 25, and literary titles such as
Essex County, Alec, and
Far Arden being released, it's going to be an amazing year at Top Shelf. Come talk with publisher
Chris Staros and creators
Robert Venditti (
The Surrogates),
Jeff Lemire(
Essex County),
Kevin Cannon (
Far Arden), and
Nate Powell (
Swallow Me Whole) to find out all the details.
Room 10Categories: Comic Books | Movies
On Friday, Zander will be part of Douglas Wolk's panel:
Friday, July 24
1:30-2:30
After the First 1,000 Pages— It takes 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert at something. Art teachers say that you have to make 100,000 bad drawings before you can make a good one.
Becky Cloonan (
Demo),
Zander Cannon (
Top 10),
Roger Langridge(
The Muppet Show Comic Book), and
Matt Kindt (
Super Spy) will discuss how they've developed as artists since their early work and the creative breakthroughs that took them a while to reach. Moderated by
Douglas Wolk(
Reading Comics).
Room 10Categories: Art and Illustration | Comic Books | Comic-Con Special Guest Spotlights & Appearances
And on Saturday, I'll be here with Andy Schmidt talking about Art Portfolios:
Saturday, July 25
4:00-5:00
Building Your Art Portfolio— Moderated by Comics Experience founder
Andy Schmidt (
X-Men, Annihilation) and featuring the expert advice of comic creators
Chris Bachalo (
X-Men, Generation X),
Todd Nauck (
Spider-Man, Young Justice),
Robert Atkins (
G.I. Joe),
C. B. Cebulski (Marvel Talent Coordinator), and
Zander Cannon (
Top 10), this panel covers everything an aspiring comics artist needs to know about building a portfolio and getting his or her first gig. Join the discussion and ask your questions at the end!
Room 30CDECategories: Art and Illustration | Cartooning and Comic Strips | Comic Books |Seminars & Workshops | Webcomics
I'll also be signing at the Wildstorm Booth (part of the DC pavilion, you can't miss it) at these times:
Friday 3-4 pm
Saturday 3-4 pm
Sunday 11:30 am-12:30 pm
Looking forward to seeing you all there, amigos!
Labels: Conventions, Friends of BTA, Media Exposure, San Diego 2009