Phoenix Comicon 2015 Program Guide

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PANEL & EVENT DESCRIPTIONS 60 Ask the Creepypastas! Are you a fan of Creepypasta? Have you always wanted to ask Ticci-Toby, Clockwork, Jeff the Killer, Pokemon Ghost Black, and/or Eyeless Jack questions about their free time? This is the panel for you! Panelists: Ask the CreepyPastas!, Eric Torres, Keisha Brown, Kyla McDonald, Vincent Michael DeLaRosa When: Sat, 3:00–4:00PM Room: West 213B Ask The Heroes of Olympus Meet and pose questions to your favorite band of Greek and Roman Demigods from Rick Riordan’s bestselling book series Percy Jackson, and The Heroes of Olympus. Hosted by none other than Annabeth Chase, Daughter of Athena, Goddess of wisdom. Panelists: Scourge Sisters , The Heroes of Olympus When: Sat, 3:00–4:00PM Room: West 102A Ask the Ladies of Steampunk: Tips from the Tops Get tips and advice from some of the best seamstresses of Steampunk. These talented ladies will be happy to share their knowledge with you. Panelists: Illeana Vega Herrera, Johnna Buttrick, Madame Askew When: Fri, 5:30– 6:30PM Room: Renaissance Salon 3-4 Ask-a-Dancestor, A Homestuck Panel The Homestuck Alpha Trolls are here to ask any questions you may have. Bring your curiosity and Homestuck passion to our in-character cosplay Q&A! Panelists: Catanova Cosplay (4 panelists) When: Fri, 10:30–11:30AM Room: North 224 ASU Quidditch! Calling all witches and wizards! Come watch the Sun Devil Quidditch team and all the chasers, beaters, keepers, and seekers in the exhibition game. Afterwards they will answer all your questions about how you too can play! www.asuquidditch.com Panelists: ASU Sun Devil Quidditch (37 panelists) When: Sun, 12:00–1:00PM Room: Youth Activities - West 106 At the Movies — Free Stuff! A favorite Phoenix Comicon panel where you’ll get a sneak peak at trailers for exciting upcoming movies. After the trailers, we’ll hold a FREE raffle for movie promotional material (T-shirts, baseball caps, special posters and whatever else the studios have sent us). Panelists: Len Berger, Mark Boniece When: Sun, 1:30–2:30PM Room: North 231 At Your Service Maid Cafe Join At Your Service Maid Cafe and relax, let them entertain and serve you. Con can be exhausting so why not let them help recover with food and drink, as well as their world renown entertainment! Paid Event: $10 Panelists: Phoenix Comicon Staff When: Sat, 12:00–1:00PM, 1:30–2:30PM Room: Renaissance Salon 5-8 Attack on Titan Ask Panel Have you ever wondered what your favorite Titan killers do in their spare time? Or maybe you’ve considered joining the Survey Corps yourself? Ask your favorite members of the Survey Corps all the questions you’ve ever wanted to know the answer to! Panelists: Scissors and Tape (3 panelists) When: Thu, 6:00–7:00PM Room: North 222 Attacking the 9 Senses Out-of-the-box ideas on describing people, places, things, and even feelings or sensations while using our nine senses. Yep - nine! Panelists: Tom Leveen When: Fri, 12:00–1:00PM Room: North 126A Author Batsu with Sam Sykes Our hapless authors join Sam Sykes for another batsu game! (Batsu: the Japanese word for “punishment,”) Each panelists is charged with performing a task under pressure. If they fail, they will be subjected to a “horrible” punishment. Sounds fun! Right? Panelists: Cherie Priest, Delilah S. Dawson, Myke Cole, Peter V. Brett, Pierce Brown, Scott Sigler When: Sat, 4:30–5:30PM Room: North 124 AZ Avengers present The Danger Room - Superhero Obstacle Course Train to be an Avenger or X-Men by racing through the Danger Room Superhero Obstacle Course. Each obstacle will feature some of your favorite Marvel heroes like Black Widow and Spider- Man. Put all your skills to the test and see if you have what it takes to be one of Arizona’s mightiest heroes! Panelists: Arizona Avengers When: Sun, 1:30–2:30PM Room: Youth Activities - West 106 AZRD Derby Bout Don’t let the fishnets fool you; the AZRD bout features real women athletes playing this high-octane sport. Celebrating 12 seasons as the world’s secondoldest flat track derby league and with 85 skaters, it’s one of the largest in the Valley. Panelists: AZ Roller Derby When: Sat, 11:00– 12:00PM Room: Third Street Activities Back to the Future: Adventures in a DeLorean Time Machine Join professional time travelers Terry and Oliver Holler as they take you BACK through their incredible journey to find one’s Density, then inspire you forward into the FUTURE! Panelists: Oliver Holler, Terry Holler When: Fri, 12:00–1:00PM Room: North 231 Back to the Present? A Comparative on The Future Promised By Back to The Future Join our panelists as they discuss a future promised by Back to The Future 2 and how our current technological status compares. Panelists: Buddy Perkins, Sean Mushro When: Sun, 10:30–11:30AM Room: North 226 Bad Boys Costume Meetup and Photoshoot Because every loves a Bad Boy. Panelists: Phoenix Comicon Staff When: Sat, 3:30–5:00PM Room: Costuming Meetups area 1 Bad Movie Science Survivor Outbreaks! Earthquakes! Volcanoes! Asteroids! Nukes! Movie characters have survived countless calamities. But what would have happened to them really?? Join us in an exciting gameshow and see if you can do better than these characters would have done. Panelists: Amber Doig, Christopher Bilinski, John Cornelius, Johna Hutira, Penny Dechant When: Fri, 1:30– 2:30PM Room: North 232 Banana Gun Banana Gun’s sound is described as bluesy, jammy, eclectic and jazzy. Panelists: Banana Gun When: Sat, 3:00– 4:00PM Room: Third Street Stage Battle of the Fandoms Have a fandom that you think is the best? We understand, but there are others who dare think their fandom is better. Join us as we pit fandoms against each other to see which will rule (or destroy) society! Panelists: Destroyers of Purity (5 panelists) When: Sat, 1:30–2:30PM Room: North 225 May 28-31, 2015 • Phoenixcomicon.com • Phoenix Convention Center Battlestar Galactica: “Save the Fleet” Cylon Hunt! Attendees test their sleuthing skills when President Roslin and Admiral Adama inform the fleet that there is a Cylon in the fleet. Attendees are assigned ships, a captain is chosen, and the Cylon must be left behind or, in 33 minutes, the next jump might be the last. Panelists: Amy Shaw, Erica Connell, Jesse W Canfield, Ryan Weeks When: Sat, 3:00–4:00PM Room: North 226 Be a Predator Join “The Desert Destroyers” AZ Predator Clan to see how we transform into the galaxy’s most feared hunters. We will show you how to design, build, paint, and suit up. We will cover everything from the most basic of build cheap with recycled stuff, all the way up to custom, p… Panelists: Art Paige Allen, Berry Weston, Kurt Colin, Mike Arvizu, Shawn Lindemood, Tim VanDenover When: Sat, 12:00– 1:30PM Room: North 128 Beast the Beast - Horror Trivia Battle! Do you know a lot about Horror movies? Think you have what it takes to defeat our Horror Trivia Beast?! Then come up on stage to face off against our beast and other competitors in the most challenging of Horror Movie Trivia. Put on your horror thinking caps, because this is a competition! Panelists: Jason Alofs, Jeremiah Wilkerson When: Fri, 3:00–4:00PM Room: West 213B Beat The Bad Guy “Beat The Bad Guy” is a contest where the hosts asks trivia questions on pop culture in the voices of Cobra Commander, Mum-ra, Destro, Skeletor and many others. Come see if you can “Beat the Bad Guy”. Panelists: Phoenix Comicon Staff When: Fri, 7:30–8:30PM Room: North 123 Behind Stop Motion Animated Movies From the 1950s classics to modern day films - Stop Motion Animation has created some amazing visual stories. Join Industry Professional Fon Davis as he shows us what goes into making these fantastic films! Panelists: Fon Davis When: Sun, 12:00–1:00PM Room: North 229 Behind the Scenes of the Phoenix Comicon Fright House Meet the crew behind the Fright House at Phoenix Comicon. We’ll share what was different between 2014 and this year. Find out how we built the props and setup the haunt in one day. Stick around after the panel for the Open “Fright” House guided tour. Panelists: Phoenix Comicon Staff When: Sun, 10:30–11:30AM Room: West 211 Best Practices in Pop Culture Use in Drama Classrooms Join drama teachers from the Scottsdale School District, Phoenix Union School District, and Agua Fria School District to discuss how pop culture can be used to teach acting. When: Sat, 4:30–5:30PM Room: North 126C Better than Accurate (was Pages to Patterns) “Those Cosplay Nerds” is a consulting group and business made up of 5 people, all credible in different areas of the costuming world. We have hobbyists as well as professionals who specialize in costuming, makeup, photography, and more, our main purpose being to provide tips, tricks, and fun to a creative area with limitless possibilities. Panelists: Alex Davis, Courtney Leigh Fishell, Jessica Fishell, Matthew Hunt When: Sat, 12:00–1:00PM Room: North 129
BJD Lovers Meetup! Come join the Arizona Dollfie Dream collectors and other BJD collectors for a general meetup and picture session. We love any and all dolls from BJD to other collectibles! Stop on by and feel free to ask us questions about the doll collecting hobby. Panelists: Arizona Dollfie Dream Collectors (3 panelists) When: Sat, 9:00– 10:00PM Room: North 223 Blacksmithing: Fact or Fiction You know how they made the thing with the ways in that movie / book and stuff? Does that actually work? Panelists: David Doig, Michael Sobrado When: Fri, 7:30–8:30PM Room: North 227 Blacksmithing: From Tin to Win Watch as some real blacksmiths take you through the process of making various items. Panelists: David Doig, Michael Sobrado When: Fri, 10:30– 11:30AM Room: North 229 Blame the Sci-Fi Staff Come meet the 2015 Phoenix Comicon Science Fiction and Fantasy Programming Staff. Come learn about the best programming we have to offer. Ask questions and be sure to remind of all the things you would have done better. Panelists: Phoenix Comicon Staff When: Thu, 3:00– 4:00PM Room: North 230 Blaze The character of Blaze was created at Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest in December 2014 with tons of fan input. The creators of Blaze tell you what is next for the home town hero and how anyone can work with the new character. Panelists: Phoenix Comicon Staff When: Sun, 3:00–4:00PM Room: North 122 BLOCKS ‘N’ ROCKS: Building STEAM with LEGO, Meteorites, Spaceflight, Fine Arts and TV Science Join the Meteorite Men, Dave Shaddix and special guests as they discuss everything as big as outer space to as small as LEGO brick! Science, art, creativity, and fun will all be incorporated in this amazing panel! Panelists: Dante Lauretta, Dave Shaddix, Geoffrey Notkin When: Fri, 7:30–8:30PM Room: West 102A Body Confidence and Positivity in Cosplay Ivy Doomkitty presents this panel (a spin-off of my So They Say You Shouldn’t Cosplay panel), focusing on body image and confidence in oneself, self-worth, ways to work on confidence and how to stay positive in the community when faced with negative people or negative comments on social media. Panelists: Dave Turner, Ivy Doomkitty When: Sat, 3:00– 4:00PM Room: North 127 Body Painting Demo Setup: No seating during setup. All guests must clear the room before setup can begin. We request that you have ID ready to show at the door to the Line Control personnel or you will not be admitted to the room. No photography allowed during setup. Thank you! Panelists: Phoenix Comicon Staff When: Fri, 7:30–8:00PM Room: North 127 Body painting Extravaganza with Mark Greenawalt and Friends The theme of this year’s body painting extravaganza will be “ALIENS”! Mark Greenawalt will be joined by artists Papi Miranda, Vanessa Sophia Robertson, Jocelyn Casdorph, Christina Ranburger, and Eric Simmons. Must be 18+ to attend! Panelists: Alexandria Pierce, Christina Ranburger, Jocelyn Casdorph, Mark Greenawalt, Megan Brock, Melissa Marie, Michelle Gamboa, Papi Miranda, Vanessa Robertson When: Fri, 8:00–11:00PM Room: North 127 Bon Appétit! The Food of Dr. Hannibal Lecter Fannibals and food enthusiasts rejoice! Join us as we explore the artistry of Dr. Lecter’s most delectable dishes, play “Are You a Cannibal?” to discover what (or who) you would have consumed as one of his dinner guests, and find out how the food stylist made it all look so amazing. Panelists: Augustine Rollinger, John Roanhorse, Kristen Mozaffari, Randy Elmer When: Sat, 1:30–2:30PM Room: West 213B Books and Authors’ Kickoff - Featuring Arizona Authors Meet our local authors and find out how they plan on spending their time at Comicon. Giveaways and door prize for attendees. Panelists: Amy K. Nichols, Aprilynne Pike, C.J Hill, Gini Koch, James A Owen, Michael A. Stackpole, Tom Leveen, Weston Ochse, Yvonne Navarro When: Thu, 7:30–8:30PM Room: North 124 Boss Frog Boss Frog plays the freak funk allround the valley. Panelists: Boss Frog When: Sun, 12:00–1:00PM Room: Third Street Stage BOTA Clubs teach the Business of the Arts Our Vision for Tomorrow is that our students will exit high school with basic business skills including customer service, cash handling, marketing and event logistics. BOTA clubs equip arts students with basic business skills. Panelists: KellyAnn Bonnell When: Sat, 3:00–4:00PM Room: North 126C Boys Don’t Cry What do Adventure Time, Steven Universe, and Avatar all have in common? Boys who aren’t afraid to let their sensitive side show. Here we’ll focus mainly on feminism, and challenging gender roles on both sides of the spectrum. Panelists: Crystal Queer (4 panelists) When: Sun, 4:30–5:30PM Room: North 223 Brain Eating Contest Can you dig your way out of the grave, eat some brains, and be the last zombie standing? Come join us for our annual Brain Eating Contest! All ages welcome. Panelists: Phoenix Comicon Staff When: Thu, 1:30–2:30PM Room: West 211 Breaking Down the Elements of a Hit What makes a good genre television show or movie? What are the elements that can make the difference between modest hit and an international phenomenon? We will show you how to be a critical watcher of popular media, showing you ways you can develop material that can be favorites to the masses. Panelists: Reginald Mizell When: Thu, 3:00–4:00PM Room: North 226 Breaking Those Writers Blocks Writers Block: an occupational hazard. Just because it happens doesn’t mean the writing process has to stop or the tale never ends. What do authors do when stumped, where can they find inspiration, and how can writer’s blocks become stepping stones? Panelists: Andrea Phillips, David Lee Summers, Jamie Wyman, Max Gladstone, Melissa Marr When: Fri, 12:00–1:00PM Room: North 125 British Zombie Invasion Author Craig W. Chenery will present on the rich and genre defining history of British zombie cinema. Panelists: Craig Chenery When: Sat, 12:00– 1:00PM Room: West 211 Budget Cosplay Cosplay for the starving student! Come learn all the tips and tricks for making your dream cosplay at a reasonable price. Panelists: Princess Project (5 panelists) When: Sat, 10:30–11:30AM Room: North 225 Buffy / Angel: Evolution 18 years of Buffy: join us as we take a look back on the characters we love and hate and lore of one of the great supernatural settings! Panelists: Cara Beth, Emily Martin, Julie Largent When: Fri, 9:00–10:00PM Room: North 227 Build a Story and Airships Panels Author Signing The authors of the Build a Story and Airshops panels sign books Panelists: Beth Cato, Delilah S. Dawson, Mel Odom, Melissa Marr, Viola Carr When: Fri, 7:30–8:30PM Room: North 126B Build a Story with Moderator Ryan Dalton Join a group of authors in building an impromptu story. Panelists: Amy K. Nichols, Mel Odom, Melissa Marr, Ryan Dalton, Travis Hanson When: Fri, 6:00–7:00PM Room: North 125 Build it Cheap; Have it Look Awesome! Join Kurt Colin as he highlights some of his cheap build secrets. Ever wonder what costume was made using some football armor and a couple of pizza pans? How about some motorbike armor and a few yoga mats? This panel will cover the basics of how to make something out of nothing. Panelists: Kurt Colin When: Fri, 10:30–11:30AM Room: North 128 Building a Fitting Corset Corsets get a bad rap. Too tight, uncomfortable, can’t bend over, can’t wash them. The complaints are endless. But these are only true if you’re doing it wrong. This panel will teach you tips and tricks for making sure you have the right fit, silhouette, and materials. Panelists: Tanglwyst de Halloway When: Sat, 8:00–9:00PM Room: North 128 Building and Fitting a Corset Corsetry has a bad name. The uneducated think of the waspwaisted abominations that crushed women’s internal organs. Others think of the sexy bondage option. But good corsetry is like a good bra: Supportive, flattering and essential to several types of costuming. Panelists: Madame Askew, Marjorie Kosky, Tanglwyst de Halloway When: Fri, 10:30–11:30AM Room: Renaissance Salon 1-2 Captain Squeegee Captain Squeegee is a progressive jazz rock band from Phoenix. Identified as quirky, eccentric, high-energy and simply unclassifiable. Panelists: 80/20 Records, Captain Squeegee, Epic Proportions Tour When: Sat, 1:00–2:00PM Room: Third Street Stage Careers In Pop Culture: Meet the Pro Join Jeff Barbenall as he interviews pop culture creatives and other professionals in the world of pop culture. Panelists: Jeff Barbanell When: Fri, 1:30–2:30PM, Sat, 10:30–11:30AM, Sun, 2:00– 3:00PM and 3:30–4:30PM Room: North 126C Cartoons that got Cancelled Young Justice, Batman the Animated Series and Gargoyles. What do these three shows all have in common? They got cancelled. This panel is a tribute to ten amazing cancelled cartoons that were aired between 1990 and 2014. Come reminisce these awesome shows with us and compete in a game of trivia. Panelists: Breanna Bang, Ravenn Bang When: Sat, 6:00–7:00PM Room: West 102A PANEL & EVENT DESCRIPTIONS May 28-31, 2015 • Phoenixcomicon.com • Phoenix Convention Center 61
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