Complete Listing | Seminars and Workshops
Presentations and Discussions | Fan Action
Preparing your comic for Printing
Saturday 11:00 Jeffrey Jones Memorial Room
Sunday 4:00 Jeffrey Jones Memorial Room
Gary Scott Beatty uses his 35 years of experience in printing and publishing to explain the fundamentals of scanning, lettering and building publications for quality printing. Resolution, color correction, building PDFs and the most common mistakes will be discussed.. A must-attend workshop for designers, self-publishers, artists and editors.
The Language of Comics
Saturday 12:00 Mike Esposito Memorial Room
Creator and writer, Todd Dezago leads a discussion on the many unique aspects of comic writing. Todd will discuss story structure and the language of the comics medium.
Creating Your Comic from Concept to Publication
Saturday 1:00 Jeffrey Jones Memorial Room
Husband and wife creators Comfort Love and Adam Withers teach you how to create your own comic. The entire process – concepting, scripting, thumbnails, pencils, color, PDF’s and CBZ’s, printing, distribution, the web, and even maximizing your convention experience will be covered in this seminar. You will walk away with an understanding of the tools you will need to create and sell your own book.
World Building in Comics
Saturday 2:00 Jeffrey Jones Memorial Room
Stories in comics need to take place in a location, a setting, a world. Developing that world into a believable place, with cultures, traditions, history, and, life is no easy job. Join David Petersen (Mouse Guard) and Jeremy Bastian (Cursed Pirate Girl) as they discuss how they approach the task of extending the world beyond the panels of their books for their fans. Panel will include discussion with slides, and ample amount of Q & A to follow.
The Mechanics of Comic Book Scripting
Saturday 2:00 Mike Esposito Memorial Room
Paul Storrie has written for Marvel, DC, IDW, Moonstone, Caliber, etc. and his resume covers Captain America, Justice League, Batman, and many more. Here, Paul shares his insights on the basics of the comic script and compares and contrasts with film scripts. Plus how to write for artists and editors.
Finding and Working with Artists
Saturday 2:45 Mike Esposito Memorial Room
Dirk Manning shares his strategies for finding and successfully working with artists. After all, in three graphic novels, he has worked with dozens. Dirk will discuss the relationships between talent that is necessary in order to produce comics and get published.
Lettering as Cosmetic Surgery
Saturday 4:00 Jeffrey Jones Memorial Room
What’s to be done when the art is in the way of the script? Tom Orzechowski, veteran of Marvel, DC, Image, Dark Horse, and Archie Comics, demonstrates how to flatter the script and art in equal measure. Logos, titles and sound effects will also be discussed.
Staying in the Lines
Saturday 5:00 Jeffrey Jones Memorial Room
Jeff Balke, Shel Dorf nominated colorist, instructs how to master the realm of comic book coloring. Jeff will discuss techniques and general procedures to ensure that the color work enhances the line work of the artists.
the Blue Line Way
Saturday 5:00 Mike Esposito Memorial Room
Bob Hickey of Blue Line Pro discusses many of the aspects of creating comic, including some technical aspects. Blue Line Pro is one of the industry leaders in art supplies for the comic industry and Bob has a long history in all aspects of comics from creator to writer to publisher of Sketch Magazine.
Secrets in Comic Book Scripting
Sunday 1:00 Jeffrey Jones Memorial Room
Todd DeZago, has written Spider-Man, Young Justice, Impulse as well as the creator owned series of The Perhapanauts and Tellos. Here, he discusses the elements of comics that are often not thought about but crucial to a successful script.
writing nightmare world
Sunday 1:45 Jeffrey Jones Memorial Room
From the author of the inspirational “how to” column, “Write or Wrong”,(appearing from Newsarama), Dirk Manning discusses writing his three volume horror anthology, Nightmare World, as well as aspects of comic writing in general.
KENT STEINE ART TECHNIQUES
Sunday 3:30 Mike Esposito Memorial Room
Although Kent is well known for his pinup art and over 50 magazine covers, he has also been an art instructor for more than 20 years and currently teaches drawing and design at the Madison Media Institute. Here, he provides a short tutorial to his art techniques.
Preparing your comic for Printing
Sunday 4:00 Jeffrey Jones Memorial Room
Gary Scott Beatty provides an encore seminar to explain the fundamentals of scanning, lettering and building publications for quality printing. Resolution, color correction, building PDFs and the most common mistakes will be discussed.. A must-attend workshop for designers, self-publishers, artists and editors.
