The Forgotten Trio: Letterers, Colorists, and InkersĬomics bring us so much more than superheroes. Comic-Con Special Guests Tomi Adeyemi, Lorena Alvarez, Soman Chainani, Keithan Jones, and Lilah Sturges are joined by moderator Katie Pryde (owner, Books with Pictures, Portland, OR) to discuss how they craft the stories they were drawn to in their youth and create the tales they felt were missing. Stories have the power to transport you to many places, including taking you back in time to when you were a child.

Bill Field (Institute of Comics Studies) leads a discussion of the legacy of Osamu Tezuka that crosses comics and animation with Kuni Tomita (Akira), Karen Green (Columbia University), Ron English (Popaganda), and Jerry Beck (Woodbury University).

This year marks the 33rd anniversary of the loss of Osamu Tezuka, the God of Manga and Father of Anime. Tezuka Osamu Official Osamu Tezuka's famous creation Astro Boy (Frontispiece/Daisan no Majutushi no Maki/Shonen/Kobunsha/1962).Ĭomics Arts Conference Session #1: Tezuka 33 Years Later So, look over the schedule and plan some time to check out a few of the shorts, features and documentaries that will be showcased.īelow are the panels with the times, locations, and program descriptions. With the awards ceremony Sunday at 11:00 a.m. The Film Festival room is on the second level of the Marriott Grand Ballroom 6. The CCI-IFF takes place in the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina hotel, next door to the Hall A side of the convention center. with a Comic-Con Film School panel on different topics followed by a block of themed films at 11:05 a.m. This takes place everyday, and each day starts at 10:00 a.m. To start with, here's a heads up for one of the hidden treasures of the convention, it's the Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival (CCI-IFF). I'll be posting more suggestions for the rest of the convention and some booth recommendations as well.

So, if you are looking for some panels that are small and intimate, to take a deep dive into something, or panels that just sound intriguing, here are my suggestion for Thursday.

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