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Thursday, July 19, 2018, 7:00 pm - Close
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Panels-Thursday, July 19 7:00pm - close


7:00pm -  8:00pm
Anomaly Productions and Digital Art Tutorials Costumed Figure Drawing
Room 2
Brian Haberlin (Witchblade co-creator/co-founder of Anomaly Productions, teacher at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, founder of Digital Art Tutorials) teaches a one-hour class in which he demonstrates proper techniques of drawing from a live model while answering any questions attendees may have. All skill levels are welcome. Download codes (retail value of $60) for Brian's Digital Art Tutorials will be given to all participants.
 
7:00pm -  8:00pm
Future Indies You Must See
Room 5AB
Chris Gore (Film Threat) shares an exclusive sneak preview of new independent genre films and documentaries coming your way in 2019 and beyond. Through trailer debuts and exclusive clips, you'll get a glimpse into projects that are not coming to the multiplex but can only be seen at film festivals, in limited release, or on VOD. From lo-fi sci-fi to horror to docs to movies that defy genres, these films will make your must-see list, and you will be among the first to see footage from these indie projects.
 
7:00pm -  8:00pm
Holy Hollywood History! Creating the Batman '66 Exhibit
Room 7AB
In late 2017, Los Angeles Publicist Roger Neal launched the idea of having a salute to the 1966 Batman TV series featured at the legendary Hollywood Museum in the old Max Factor building in downtown Hollywood. With museum owner Donelle Dadigan's blessing
 
7:00pm -  8:00pm
How to Read Nancy
Room 28DE
Comics scholars Paul Karasik (City of Glass) and Mark Newgarden (We All Die Alone) present their Eisner Award-nominated work How to Read Nancy, which ingeniously isolates the separate building blocks of the language of comics through the deconstruction of a single Nancy strip.
 
7:00pm -  8:00pm
Inside the Voice Actors Studio
Room 11
This one-hour panel/workshop covers practical dubbing techniques, important issues such as studio protocol, and what to expect at your first audition. This is a great opportunity for attendees interested in the voice-acting profession to get firsthand advice and experience from the pros in an intimate yet dynamic setting. You will learn directly from some of the best voice actors and directors in the world and get inside information on how to break in and what the industry is really like.
 
7:00pm -  8:00pm
Lost in Translation
Room 29AB
It seems the English-translated manga industry has new players and more venues than ever. How is the industry changing, and how are the freelancers navigating the new terrain? Is this affecting the translations themselves? Highly experienced freelancers and industry insiders take audience questions and discuss the latest industry developments. Panelists include Mark Simmons (Gundam), Mari Morimoto (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations), Ed Chavez (publisher at Denpa, LLC.), Lillian Diaz-Przybyl (freelance editor), Stephen Paul (One Piece), and Julie Davis (freelance editor).
 
7:00pm -  8:00pm
NBC's Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront

7:00pm -  8:00pm
Popular Science: Beyond Entertainment
Room 6DE
Since its launch in 2003, the MythBusters television show has entertained audiences around the world. But MythBusters was never intended to be solely for entertainment purposes. Rather, the show and its iconic pop-culture hosts have sought to highlight the science involved in discovering the truth behind popular urban legends. Kari Byron, Tory Belleci, and Grant Imahara discuss MythBusters and compare notes with local scientists on the scientific methodology for experiments and why failure is not only encouraged but also a necessary part of research and discovery.
 
7:00pm -  8:00pm
Representation in Gaming: From the Comic Shop to the Tabletop
Room 32AB
Tabletop role playing has been a staple in the nerd community, but it's found a resurgence with podcasts like Adventure Zone and Critical Role. Now Lion Forge brings readers the perfect combination between a tabletop RPG magazine and a comic anthology with Rolled & Told, a monthly periodical that offers casual gamers fun-filled adventure modules, comics, art, and so much more. D20 Dames co-host Jen Vaughn and Christina Steenz Stewart
 
7:00pm -  8:00pm
Steampunk Teapot Racing and Tea Dueling 101
Grand 1 & 2, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
Fellow Steampunks will discuss the ultimate in steamy competitions: tea dueling and teapot racing! Whether these makers mash up remote controlled racers with teapots to race against the clock or settle matters of honor over a field of tea, Steampunk events today offer more than just cosplay and workshops. Discover the wonderful world of tea dueling, where two contestants dunk their cookies into a hot cup of tea for a count of three before they fight gravity and soggy biscuits to be the last one holding or eating their entire cookie before it splatters. Shenanigans and laughter are guaranteed! Brought to you by Madame Askew (Mistress of Tea and professional teapot racing commentator), Chris Sturhann (head of the San Diego Splendid Teapot Racing Society), Tim Silver (teapot race winner 2016), John Bollman (teapot racer winner 2018), and Karina Walsh (tea dueling winner 2015), and moderated by Anastasia Hunter (chair, Gaslight Steampunk Expo).
 
7:00pm -  8:00pm
The Annual Comics Journalism Panel: Chronicling the New Comics Canon
Room 23ABC
Panelists look at reviewing, whether journalists need a canon, and how to cover the vast world of not only print comics but webcomics, Kickstarters, and more. With Heidi MacDonald (The Beat), Valerie Complex (Braxton), Rob McMonigal (Panel Pater), Kat Overland (Women Write About Comics), and Fred Van Lente (The Comic Book History of Comics).
 
7:00pm -  8:00pm
Women of Color in Comics: Race, Gender, and the Comic Book Medium
Room 9
The Women in Comics Collective International is an organization that focuses on highlighting the merit and craft work of women working in the comic book industry. In this installment of their ongoing panel discussion series, they explore representation in the professional aspect of the industry as well as in fandom. They'll also discuss where the industry seems to be going and how it can stay on track in terms of inclusion and diversity. Moderated by Women in Comics Collective International founder Regine L. Sawyer, with panelists Vita Ayala (writer, Black Mask Studios, DC Comics, Valiant), Marqueeda LaStar (tech journalist, The National Association of Black Journalists), Alice Meichi Li (illustrator, Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics), Jay Justice (cosplayer/activist), Che Grayson (writer, Image Comics, b***h Planet anthology), and Shann Dornhecker (CEO, ComicMix).
 
7:00pm -  8:00pm
Women on the Dark Side
Room 25ABC
Not all female artists/creators are about unicorns and glittery vampires and silly pseudo-bondage. Some women create truly dark and challenging art and content, with just a touch of humor and whimsy. Whether it's comic books, novels, or art, these women are creating content that connects with our deeper, darker side. Featuring Susan Lee (Shadow of the Knight), Megan Hutchison (Vesna, Rock Stars), Nancy Holder (Wicked Series), and Lisa Morton (Ghosts: A Haunted History); moderated by Barbra Dillon (Fanbase Press).
 
7:00pm - 10:45pm
Thursday Playback Room Block #4
Marriott Marina Ballroom DE, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
The Playback Room will be showing the following panel presentations from either or both Hall H and Ballroom 20: AMC's Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad 10th Anniversary Celebration, Assassination Nation Panel with Cast and the Russo Brothers, and Netflix: Marvel's Iron Fist. (Please note: these playbacks will include only the panel discussions. None of the film clips or footage shown at the live events will be shown here.)
 
7:15pm -  8:45pm
ScreenJunkies: The Truth Behind Honest Trailers Plus Movie Fights!
Room 6BCF
The ScreenJunkies team will answer your questions about the Emmy-nominated series Honest Trailers and premiere a trailer exclusively for Comic-Con. Plus, cheer on your favorite fighter in a mega Movie Fights where your votes decide the winner. ScreenJunkies personalities Hal Rudnick, Joe Starr, Spencer Gilbert, Dan Murrell, Roth Cornet, and special panelists keep Hollywood honest!
 
7:30pm -  8:30pm
Directing Your Comic Book
Room 8
Action Lab alumni/filmmakers Rylend Grant (Aberrant) and David Pepose (Spencer & Locke) examine the writer-artist relationship in comics creation, specifically casting the writer/creator as director of his or her book. What does it take to get your script ready for your artist (or your cinematographer/production designer)? What does working with a colorist and letterer look like? And how best do you see that your original "vision" for the book ends up on the finished page?
 
7:30pm -  8:30pm
Here There Be Dragons: Creating Fresh Stories in Fantasy
Room 24ABC
Every genre has its tropes, and fantasy has many: swords and sorcerers, castles and cavalries, dungeon crawls and dazzling dragons. But with more than a century of fantastical storytelling behind us, how does a writer deliver fresh, exciting ideas while giving readers what they want and expect? Adron Buske (host of the Fictitious podcast) talks with a group of professional genre authors about writing to market, how to subvert clichés and expectations, and blazing new trails on the well-trod map of fantasy. Featuring Tomi Adeyemi (author of Children of Blood and Bone), Mary E. Pearson (author of The Remnant Chronicles, Dance of Thieves), Robert Jackson Bennett (author of Foundryside, City of Blades), R. F. Kuang (author of The Poppy War), and Jason Denzel (author of the Mystic trilogy, founder of Dragonmount).
 
7:30pm -  8:30pm
Historietas: The History of Mexican Comics
Room 26AB
Learn about the artists and titles that managed to grow under the shadow of the American giants and how American comics influenced some of Mexico's older comic book characters, with Luis Gantus (The Sad Story of Mexican Comic Books and the Terrible Industry) and Adalisa Zarate (Writer's Block). Moderated by Rene Franco (La Taquilla).
 
7:30pm -  8:30pm
Not Just a Pretty Face: Women in Comics
Room 4
What does it mean to be a woman in comics? Seventy-seven years after Wonder Woman was blacklisted for being [in]sufficiently dressed female representation
 
8:00pm -  9:00pm
Fictional Languages in Comics, TV, and Film
Room 28DE
Jessica Tseang (Girl on Geek, comic book historian) picks the brains of linguistic professors, actors, comic book legends, and film critics on the fascination with learning Kryptonian, Gallifreyan, Elvish, Dothraki, and Klingon. Explore with other fans the development in creating these languages and how they have become a part of pop culture and everyday life.
 
8:00pm -  9:00pm
Innovation in Animation with VRV
Room 29AB
Technology has changed everything! Listen as your favorite creators talk about how they push the envelope creatively, how they challenge themselves and each other, how they integrate technology into their animation pipelines and creative process, and how they try to stay ahead of the curve to keep their work innovative. Attendees will get a sneak peek at upcoming projects and a special gift from VRV.
 
8:00pm -  9:00pm
More Science in Your Fiction with the League of Extraordinary Scientists and Engineers
Room 5AB
Writers, directors, sci-fi fans, and kids: get ready to ask your questions about the real science in your fiction! Jeane Wong (founder & educator, LXS) is joined by her LXS panelists Dr. Tom Darlington (chief scientist, NanoComposix), Ben Frable (marine biologist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography), Dr. Sunny Fugate (artificial intelligence and cyber defense research, Space & Naval Warfare Systems Center SPAWAR),Dr. Nicholas Galitzki (edge of the universe explorer/cosmologist, University of California, San Diego), Bethany Kolody (deep ocean genomics explorer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography), Jasmine L. Sadler (senior quality engineer, Solar Turbines), Dr. Lisa Zeigler (viral ecologist, J. Craig Venter Institute), and Angela Zoumplis (international extremophile explorer, National Science Foundation). Together, they discuss how comics and science fiction push scientists and engineers to rocket past what we know is possible at any given moment and into an otherwise unimaginable future.
 
8:00pm -  9:00pm
Psychology of Cult TV Shows: Episode 5
Room 25ABC
A team of actors, TV writers, and psychologists discuss the psychology of your favorite TV shows, such as Supernatural, Star Wars Rebels, The Punisher, Jessica Jones, Doctor Who, and many others. Psychologists Dr. Janina Scarlet (Harry Potter Therapy; Dark Agents) and Dr. Travis Langley (Supernatural Psychology), actors Ruth Connell (Supernatural) and Rachel Miner (Supernatural), TV writers Christine Boylan (The Punisher, Once Upon a Time), Greg Weisman (Gargoyles, Young Justice), and Deric Hughes (Flash, Beauty and the Beast) discuss your favorite TV shows. Dr. Billy San Juan (Doctor Who Psychology) moderates.
 
8:00pm -  9:00pm
Revenge of Name That Movie!
Room 9
For the sixth season, Inkpot Award winner John Field proudly brings you the game show that makes everyone a player. Four contestants are chosen from the attendees who drop their ticket into the magic film can. If your number is called, you will be one of the lucky contestants! Fifty film clips have been carefully chosen from the world of science fiction, horror, and fantasy. The players have several seconds to try and name that movie. If the players are stumped, the audience gets a chance and can win exciting stuff! Marginally valuable prizes for all.
 
8:00pm -  9:00pm
Stephen King's Mr. Mercedes: Season 2
Room 7AB
Jack Bender (EP/director, Game of Thrones, Lost), Harry Treadaway (Penny Dreadful), Jharrel Jerome (Moonlight), Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire), Holland Taylor (The L Word, Legally Blonde), Justine Lupe (Snowfall), and Breeda Wool (UnReal) give a first look at the new season of the AT&T AUDIENCE original series Mr. Mercedes. A year after his thwarted attempt to perpetrate a mass murder, Brady Hartsfield remains in a vegetative state, and retired Detective Bill Hodges has opened Finders Keepers. When unexplainable occurrences begin, Hodges has a feeling that Brady is somehow responsible.
 
8:00pm -  9:00pm
The 501st Legion: Star Wars Villainous Costuming
Grand 1 & 2, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
An introduction to the creation of fan-made villain costumes from all 10 Star Wars movies and beyond. Legion members from the Imperial Sands and Star Garrisons will provide an overview of the creative process that brings Stormtroopers, Tusken Raiders, Boba Fett, or Kylo Ren from the silver screen into reality. Dean Amstutz (ISG membership liaison) will discuss the membership journey, from initial interest through final approval. Kevin Weir (Imperial Surplus Armor and KW Designs owner) will relate his process for working with armor parts. Howard Smart (ISG member) will speak about small prop and soft costume construction. Sean Fields (Star Garrison member) will discuss 3D modeling and printing. Todd Mullin (ISG commanding officer) will moderate the panel and a Q&A session after the presentation.
 
8:00pm -  9:00pm
Webcomics Advocates and the Webcomics Gathering
Room 23ABC
Webcomics Advocates co-founder Brendan Creecy (Brax the Alien Rocker) and webcomic creators Patrick Scullin (Super Siblings), Eddie DeAngelini (Collectors), Ambrose Quintanilla (Gopher-It Comics), Madeleine Holly-Rosing (Boston Metaphysical Society), and moderator Kristen Parraz (Compadres y Comics podcast) celebrate and discuss the exciting world of webcomics. They will also give any webcomic creators in the audience 30 seconds to promote their comic to the crowd.
 
8:00pm -  9:00pm
What Rebellions Are Built On: Popular Culture, Radical Hope, and Politically Engaged Geeks
Room 32AB
As America faces the drawing up of Death Star plans (or border walls, refugee bans, and faith-based registries), culture and politics have never felt so . . . pop culturian as now. But stories have always been political, and fandom has, too. In this darkest timeline, themes of hope and rebellion in stories such as Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Wonder Woman are serving not just as moral guides, but popular culture, and particularly geek enthusiasms, are shaping cultural conversation around strategic resistance. Moderator Jennifer K. Stuller (Ink-Stained Amazons; Geektivism) leads a conversation with geeks making activism their superpower by hacking popular culture for social justice, civic activism, and participatory politics-including efforts in anti-bullying initiatives, advocacy, and for charity. Sara Mortensen (Harry Potter Alliance), Nicole Gitau (Geeks OUT; Flame Con), Tracy Deonn Walker (The Color of Fandom; Duke University), Annalise Ophelian (Looking for Leia), and Chase Masterson (Pop Culture Hero Coalition; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) will explore the what, why, and how of geek activism, talk about rebellions being built on their favorite fandoms, and how you can raise your wand, embrace your inner Groot, and wield The Force in the name of geektivism and all that is worth saving in this world.
 
8:00pm - 10:30pm
21st Annual Superhero Kung Fu Extravaganza
Room 6A
The whole world of action films is changing and so is this panel! This time Ric Meyers (Prof. Ric's Action Film Autopsy) is staging an international summit of filmmakers, fighters, and fans from America and Asia to celebrate the best in movie mayhem with premieres, sneak peeks, and clips of 2018's most mind-boggling, eye-bulging, jaw-dropping fight scenes. Scheduled to appear are Comedy Film Nerds Graham Elwood (First Nations Comedy Experience) and Chris Mancini (Conversations from the Abyss), Eric Jacobus (God of War), Clayton Barber (Black Panther), Alvin Hsing (Luke Cage), and Roger Yuan (Skyfall) . . . but don't be surprised if a superstar femme fatale from the Philippines and even a mighty master from Wu Tang mountain also shows up.
 
8:15pm -  9:15pm
Harry Potter Fandom Panel: 20 Years in the Wizarding World
Room 6DE
Heidi Tandy (FictionAlley, Organization for Transformative Works) moderates a discussion of all the magic in and around the Harry Potter/Wizarding World fandom (and canon) with panelists including journalists Elizabeth Minkel (Fansplaining) and Catherine Horvath (MuggleNet), event organizer Chandrika Moka (Wands Up San Diego), sportsters Dawn Biggs (Hogwarts Running Club) and Jessica Ward (US Quidditch), and creative fans like Eliyannah Amirah Yisrael (Hermione Granger & the Quarter Life Crisis), novelist Alexa Donne (Brightly Burning), actor/producer Mick Ignis (The Great Wizarding War podcast, Severus Snape & the Marauders), podcaster Gary Roby (Harry Potter Minute) and playwright Matt Cox (Puffs Or; Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic & Magic).
 
8:30pm -  9:30pm
Artist as Brand, Rise of the Artist Entrepreneur
Room 8
Greg Spalenka (artist, educator, in publishing, film, Sandman, Titan Books) moderates this annual discussion on art career sustainability. Learn strategies on how to create income from your talent on your own terms from Isabel Samaras (goddess of popular art culture), Drew Brophy (surf culture artist, Boogie Board, Los Cabos Tourism), Maria Brophy (artist agent, licensing expert), Daniel M. Davis (artist/designer of Steam Crow, publisher of monster books, art products), Vincent Proce (concept designer, illustrator, The Shape of Water, Magic: The Gathering), Vanessa Lemen (painter, educator).
 
8:30pm -  9:30pm
Len Wein Memorial
Room 4
TBA
 
8:30pm -  9:30pm
The Robotech Panel
Room 24ABC
Harmony Gold USA will display the latest developments in the Robotech universe, from new products to the live-action film in the works at Sony Pictures with the producers of 300 and the director of Stephen King's It.
 
8:30pm - 10:00pm
Comics con Comics: En Vivo!
Room 26AB
¡El tercer espectáculo anual de CoC debería ser lo maximo! ¡Únete con presentor Juan-Manuel Rocha mientras trae invitados del mundo de los cómics y una cultura pop! Hablemos de las cosas que amamos en un lenguaje que entendemos. ¿A quién llevaremos al show? Consulte la aplicación oficial de SDCC para las últimas actualizaciones. ¡Sigen me Los buenos!
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