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Thursday Hidden Gems (2019)
« on: June 24, 2019, 06:38:34 PM »
Use this thread to discuss any hidden gems you find in the Thursday schedule.
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Re: Thursday Hidden Gems (2019)
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2019, 09:43:30 AM »
When Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light and George R.R. Martin's Skin Trade Collide

Coming together for the very first time in public: Barry Ira Geller, producer of Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light, and Mark Newbauer, producer of George R. R. Martin's novella The Skin Game. Zelazny's Lord of Light won the 1968 Hugo and became the foundation of stories of people becoming real gods and their dramatic consequences. Martin has long stated that Game of Thrones was inspired by Lord of Light, readying now for TV production. Newbauer and Geller discuss how they are merging their energies to create plans for both TV/film production of Lord of Light and The Skin Game . Both literary properties have spawned their own competition in the marketplace over the years, yet both are the acknowledged pinnacles in their genres of fantasy and horror.
Thursday July 18, 2019 10:00am - 11:00am
Room 23ABC

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Farscape: The Official 20th Anniversary

You're invited to a frelling awesome panel where creators and actors discuss their favorite moments from The Jim Henson Company's award-winning hit sci-fi series, now available on Amazon Prime. Featuring stars from the show including Ben Browder (Farscape, Stargate SG-1) as John Crighton, Claudia Black (Farscape, Stargate SG-1) as Aeryn Sun, and Gigi Edgley (Farscape, Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge) as Chiana. Hear about this fall's Hollywood costume party and what the future holds for Farscape from Brian Henson (executive producer, director; chairman of The Jim Henson Company) and creator Rockne S. O'Bannon (Farscape, Defiance). Moderated by James Ganiere (CEO, Rio Vista Universal).
Thursday July 18, 2019 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Room 7AB
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Batman and the Secret Origin of Bill Finger

Tom King (Batman, Mister Miracle) and Marc Andreyko (Batman '66 Meets Wonder Woman '77, Supergirl) lead a discussion and Q&A with Marc Tyler Nobleman (Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman) on his nine-year campaign to add Bill Finger to the Batman credit line and the unprecedented documentary Batman & Bill, which has been compared to (no joke) everything from This Is Us and Serial to Rocky and Citizen Kane .
Thursday July 18, 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Room 23ABC
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Re: Thursday Hidden Gems (2019)
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2019, 12:00:06 PM »
They Look Like Me: Bodies in Nerd Culture

Thursday July 18, 2019 10:00am - 11:00am
Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

The media we love affect how we view ourselves and how we feel about our bodies. Sam de Leve (Callisto 6) moderates a panel of creators and fitness experts from across the nerd world, including Sarah Kuhn (Heroine Complex, I Love You So Mochi), Christy Black (Hero's Journey Fitness), B. Dave Walters (Dungeons & Dragons: A Darkened Wish), and Mairghread Scott (Netflix's Magic: The Gathering, Marvel Rising), in a discussion of body image in geeky media. Where are we doing well? Where do we need to improve? And, how does seeing ourselves reflected in the books, movies, cartoons, and comics we cherish change the nature of our fandom and our feelings about ourselves?

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Re: Thursday Hidden Gems (2019)
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2019, 03:25:38 PM »
Jim Starlin: The Infinity Gauntlet Saga and Beyond

Thursday, July 18 • 10:00am - 11:00am
Room 7AB

Legendary comic book creator and author Jim Starlin, the mind behind the Infinity Gauntlet saga and its main protagonist Thanos, discusses how his creations have become one of the biggest pop culture references of the 21st century, thanks to the 10-year, 22-movie Marvel Cinematic Universe and its conclusion, Avengers: Endgame . Moderated by ComicBook.com's Jim Viscardi, go into the mind of the man who began it all and hear where he is headed next.

(My text: I also read that he will be discussing Dreadstar which is *awesome*)
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Re: Thursday Hidden Gems (2019)
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2019, 12:52:56 AM »
Seduction of the Immigrant: Filipino and Spanish Artists in 1970s American Comics

Thursday July 18, 2019 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Room 26AB

Panelists will explore comic art of the Philippines and Spain prior to the 1970s and then cover how major American comics publishers recruited these artists to work in the U.S. The presentation will cover the work of Tony DeZuniga, Nestor Redondo, Alfredo Alcala, Alex Niño, José “Pepe” González, Sanjulián, Enrich, Esteban Maroto, and Auraleón, among others. Topics will include how "poaching" foreign talent impacted indigenous industries, its influence on American comic art and specific genres, and the negative impact on the artists' rights movement of that same period in this country. Panelists include Jim Thompson and Alex Grand of Comic Book Historians with N. Scott Robinson of Globo Comico.



Celebrating 40 Years of Alien

Thursday July 18, 2019 7:15pm - 8:15pm
Room 6BCF

Take a deep dive into the origins of Alien and its fandom with documentary director Alexandre O. Philippe (The People vs. George Lucas, Doc of the Dead, 78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene), Diane O'Bannon (Dan O'Bannon Estate), Will Linn (Joseph Campbell Foundation), David Baxter (Legion M), and others as they discuss Philippe's upcoming feature documentary Memory: The Origins of Alien, and the sustaining power of Ridley Scott's masterpiece with fandom. Trailer debut from the Memory documentary will be shown.

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Re: Thursday Hidden Gems (2019)
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2019, 10:54:04 AM »
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Seduction of the Immigrant: Filipino and Spanish Artists in 1970s American Comics

Thursday July 18, 2019 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Room 26AB

Panelists will explore comic art of the Philippines and Spain prior to the 1970s and then cover how major American comics publishers recruited these artists to work in the U.S. The presentation will cover the work of Tony DeZuniga, Nestor Redondo, Alfredo Alcala, Alex Niño, José “Pepe” González, Sanjulián, Enrich, Esteban Maroto, and Auraleón, among others. Topics will include how "poaching" foreign talent impacted indigenous industries, its influence on American comic art and specific genres, and the negative impact on the artists' rights movement of that same period in this country. Panelists include Jim Thompson and Alex Grand of Comic Book Historians with N. Scott Robinson of Globo Comico.



Celebrating 40 Years of Alien

Thursday July 18, 2019 7:15pm - 8:15pm
Room 6BCF

Take a deep dive into the origins of Alien and its fandom with documentary director Alexandre O. Philippe (The People vs. George Lucas, Doc of the Dead, 78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene), Diane O'Bannon (Dan O'Bannon Estate), Will Linn (Joseph Campbell Foundation), David Baxter (Legion M), and others as they discuss Philippe's upcoming feature documentary Memory: The Origins of Alien, and the sustaining power of Ridley Scott's masterpiece with fandom. Trailer debut from the Memory documentary will be shown.
I've seen Memory: The Origin of Alien. That panel will be really interesting if the documentary is anything to go by.

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Re: Thursday Hidden Gems (2019)
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2019, 10:54:49 AM »
You're Wrong Leonard Maltin would be my first pick on Thursday.
Went last year and it was an absolute blast.

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Re: Thursday Hidden Gems (2019)
« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2019, 11:59:59 AM »
New Toys, Action Figures, and Statues with Entertainment Earth's Adam Pawlus

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Thursday July 18, 2019 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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What does the future hold for toys? Adam Pawlus, resident Toy Evangelist of Entertainment Earth, brings decades of toy industry experience to the table. Get ready for news, pictures, and maybe even an in-person look at new and never-before-seen toys, action figures, and collectibles. They're so new, they're still secret! See new reveals, upcoming exclusives, and any other secrets he could wrestle from some of the biggest toy companies. Will there be freebies? Might there be trivia? Will he bring a slide show? All will be revealed . . . except for all the stuff that's being kept quiet for later!
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Re: Thursday Hidden Gems (2019)
« Reply #8 on: July 08, 2019, 01:02:30 PM »
An interesting panel for those looking to do something different Thursday night and that like manga, Anime or just want to learn Japanese there is a panel at 6:30 in Room 2: Learn Japanese to Read Manga and Watch Anime. 
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