Phoenix Comicon 2015 Program Guide

PANEL & EVENT DESCRIPTIONS
Catapults! Make your own catapult. Test your
distance and fling various objects! Panelists:
Arizona Chapter of the Society for Creative
Anachronism When: Thu, 5:00–6:00PM Room:
Youth Art Event Area- West 101
Chatting with the Aether Team Come
meet the film makers behind Aether, as they
chat about behind the scenes and the making
of Aether: A steampunk fantasy motion picture
Panelists: Drew Hall, Horst Sarubin, Scott
Robinson When: Sun, 10:30–11:30AM Room:
North 122
Chevron 7: Locked! A Stargate Interactive
Adventure Earth has been attacked and the
survivors converge at the Alpha site to learn that
everything on the TV shows was real. humanity
learns they’re not alone and all that’s left.
Panelists: Erica Connell, Kirsten Schulte, Lonnie
Gray, Ryan Weeks When: Sun, 1:30–2:30PM
Room: North 226
Chevron Locked: The Science of Stargate
From wormholes to ancient genes, the science
guide to Stargate. Could we travel to distant
planets? How would the Ja’fa evolve? Could a
sickness be transmitted by a light source like
the Ori? Come join the scientists as we discuss
just how plausible it really is. Panelists: Brian
Johnson, Johna Hutira, Rebekah Brubaker When:
Fri, 12:00–1:00PM Room: North 232
Children and Infants Cosplay Parade
Parents, come give your cosplay dressed child or
infant the opportunity to be the star of the day
and walk with other families in a small parade
through the 3rd Street. Panelists: Phoenix
Comicon Staff When: Sun, 10:30–11:00AM
Room: Third Street Activities
Chuck Huber Q & A Ask all! Hetalia, DBZ,
Yu Yu, Soul Eater, Shin Chan, Sgt. Frog, etc...
Panelists: Chuck Huber When: Fri, 12:00–
1:00PM Room: North 221
Chuck Wendig Spotlight Author of Blackbirds,
The Blue Blazes, and Heartland, Chuck Wendig,
joins us solo for an hour. He also writes hard
hitting advice to aspiring authors. Discover what
his past, present, and future projects hold in store
for readers. Panelists: Chuck Wendig When: Sat,
1:30–2:30PM Room: North 124
Church of Madoka Do you have a moment
to talk about our lord and savior, Madokami?
If so, stop by the Church of Madoka to discuss
all things related to Mahou Shoujo Madoka
Magicka. From the series, to spinoffs, to movies,
all is open to discussion with other fans!
Panelists: Time Squad B (5 panelists) When: Sun,
12:00–1:00PM Room: North 225
Circus Farm Arizona Circus Arts is an Arizonabased
troupe of entertainers offering multifarious
traditionally-styled and contemporary circus
entertainment. Performers of the Circus Farm
have been entertaining the Phoenix area for over
a decade! Panelists: Arizona Circus Arts When:
Thu, 8:30–9:00PM Room: Third Street Stage
Clara Oswald: The Inconsistent Girl
Everybody LOVES Clara Oswald... and, Everybody
HATES Clara Oswald! This panel will look at how
the impossible girl became such a polarizing
character in the series, the inconsistencies of
her development, and speculation into what
will become of our lady de souffle! Panelists:
Alissa McKersie, Gail Andreasen, Jackson Turner,
Rachel Cawley, Sabina Prijic, Shawn Forth When:
Sat, 1:30–2:30PM Room: North 229
Classic Simpsons Trivia Quiz Here comes
a trivia contest for teams hosted by the FLIM
SPRINGFIELD Team. Contestants will be quizzed
on the first 10 seasons of The Simpsons, with
a variety of types of questions: From general
knowledge about the show, fill in the quote,
identify the character, and stuff only hardcore
Simpson fans know. Panelists: Alex Cardwell,
Diana Welsch, JRC When: Sun, 10:30–11:30AM
Room: West 103
Closet Otaku Confessions Are you a closet
Otaku? Did you have to make up a fake story to
your friends explaining where you would be this
weekend? Does nobody know that you’re here?
Come down to share your hilarious closet Otaku
confessions and hear others’ as well! Panelists:
Time Squad B (5 panelists) When: Sat, 10:30–
11:30PM Room: North 223
Clothes V. Costumes: Surviving Your Own
Creativity You finally have the perfect outfit
and accessories and you get yourself zipped
up in your shiny polyester uni-suit with the jet
pack, the tall boots and the full utility belt. You
look amazing! Perfect! You pull your hood up
and put your helmet on. Panelists: Tanglwyst
de Halloway When: Sun, 4:30–5:30PM Room:
North 130
Coloring fun for little Steampunks Come
join us for a coloring session for the little
ones, color pages and crayons will be on hand.
Assorted prizes will be handed out. Panelists:
Debbie Hall Leeper, Dee Astell When: Fri, 12:00–
1:00PM Room: Renaissance Salon 1-2
Come Kick Some Shell!!! These Ninjas
are not playing around man. Actually, all we
do is play dude. Come play with these radical
Ninja Turtles themed parkour group: Scottsdale
Parkour and Freeruning. It’s totally Awesome, a
performance that will leave you with an out of
this world memory like a true Ninja. Panelists:
Scottsdale Parkour and Freerunning (18
panelists) When: Sun, 10:30–11:30AM Room:
Youth Activities - West 106
Comic Book Newlywed Game: LBGTQIA
Edition Couples, get ready! It’s time to play
the newlywed game in a fun, new, geeky way!
Bring your significant other and test your love
playing this timeless, interactive game for prizes
and glory! Must be 18+ to attend! Panelists:
Purple Circle Cosplay (2 panelists) When: Sat,
7:30–8:30PM Room: North 122
Comic Book Trivia Knowledge is power. In the
comic book world, it’s everything. Answer comic
book trivia questions to earn points. Points will
add up as you answer questions. Prizes awarded
to those with the best scores. Panelists: Jeff Pina,
Shaun Kronenfeld, Thomas Healy When: Thu,
7:30–8:30PM Room: North 122
Comics for Visually Impaired Learn about
the process of making auditory comics for the
visually impaired. Panelists: Chris Rodriguez,
Harra Arial, Kristian Newton, Visually Impaired
Comic Panel When: Fri, 4:30–5:30PM Room:
North 123
Comics in the Classroom: Sequential Art
as an Instructional Tool Sequential art is an
art form that uses images deployed in sequence
for graphic storytelling or to convey information.
Graphic Novels and Comic Books fall into this
category; and animated film does as well. It can
be a very powerful instructional tool. Panelists:
Erik Francis When: Fri, 12:00–1:00PM Room:
North 126C
Cons, Cosplay, and Budgeting Cosplay and
cons are expensive, there’s no doubt about it. But
there are ways to cut costs and save money, top
to bottom. Join Melissa McEagle as we go over
ways to save those benjamins, baby! Panelists:
Melissa McEagle When: Thu, 6:00–7:00PM
Room: North 130
Conspiracy! Star Wars Style! You may have
heard fan theories about what really happened in
the Star Wars Universe. Were the Stormtroopers
REALLY terrible shots or was it something else?
Don’t exhaust ports push things out? Join us as
we shed a new light on those Galaxy mysteries!
Panelists: Dustin Diehl, Firelight Cosplay, Jordan
Lyndell-Lees, Matthew Hunt When: Thu, 1:30–
2:30PM Room: North 229
Construction of Samurai Armor The
Samurai dominated Feudal Japan until 1868.
The armor is one of the most recognizable
items in anime and games. Learn how to begin
constructing your suit of armor for cosplay or
SCA purposes. Panelists: Anime Parliament
When: Sat, 6:00–7:00PM Room: North 130
Convention Behavior 101 Are you new
to conventions? Are you unsure of how to be
accepted and enjoyed in the Con community?
Do you want to know the proper etiquette for
communicating with cosplayers? Come learn
how to do all these things and more without
detracting from anyone’s Con experience.
Panelists: Brooke Scotti, Hayley Cochran, Kalin
Wynne, PaperChild Productions (3 panelists)
When: Thu, 4:30–5:30PM Room: North 127
Cos Pos With the modern digital age and
rapidly intensifying spotlight on the cosplay
community and it’s members, many positive
and negative things have come to fruition. In
this panel we will focus on the positive, and how
to harness a good attitude in the fight against
opposition. We will dive into … Panelists: Amie
Lynn- Amy Pantea, Angelica Dawn, Liz Vickery
When: Sun, 3:00–4:00PM Room: North 127
Cosplay & Convention Etiquette Join Ivy
Doomkitty, Jaze Cosplay, and Dave Turner as
they share tips on how to appropriately interact
with cosplayers during a convention, including
personal/photography etiquette, and cosplay
does not equal consent. Panelists: Aime Jaze,
Dave Turner, Ivy Doomkitty, Lance Jaze When:
Fri, 1:30–2:30PM Room: North 127
Cosplay 103: Cosplay Makeup For Kids
Cosplay is loved by people of all ages, and
nothing can make dressing up for fun than some
super easy face paints for the youngsters. In this
panel we’re going to show you super easy face
paint ideas that you can do on your own kid!
Panelists: Rainbowfx (7 panelists) When: Thu,
1:30–2:30PM Room: West 102A
Cosplay Armor Basics In this panel we
will go over the basics of building, priming and
painting armor. There will be a brief review on
embellishments and decorating. We will review
supplies and techniques that can used in this
creative process. Panelists: Eon Evangel, Nora
Cerburas When: Thu, 6:00–7:00PM Room: North
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