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PANEL & EVENT DESCRIPTIONS
Costume Design: How To Go From
Cosplay To Television, Film, and Stage
(Film School): Nola Yergen is a costume
designer and actor, known for Valiant Parallax
and Red Sand: A Mass Effect Fan Film. She
has worked on Castle and is also a theatre
professor and costume designer at Grand
Canyon University! Panelists: Nola Yergen (2
professionals) When: Fri, 1:30–2:30PM Room:
West 102C
Costume in Movies & Theater: From
Concept to Reality: D.F. Movie Productions
presents the realities of movie costuming!
From design concept to reality learn from
authentic producers, actors and designers the
rolel costumes play in productions for Theater,
Television and Movies. Panelists: D.F. Movie
Productions When: Sat, 3:00–4:00PM Room:
North 124B
Costuming on a budget: Helmets and
costumes: Learn your first steps to making
costumes, masks, and accessories in the
Steampunk genre on a dime. Panelists: Justin
Hackert When: Fri, 1:30–2:30PM Room: West
104B
Courtesy of Compliments: Compliment
Duelling: Join Count Chaos, Katherine
Stewart and Madame Askew as they teach the
ancient, honorable art of compliment dueling.
Panelists: Hal C F Astell, Katherine Stewart,
Madame Askew When: Fri, 6:00–7:00PM Room:
West 104B
Cracking the Code: Tales from the Cyber
Warfare Range: Each day there are millions of
hacking attempts around the world. In this panel,
experts in computer security will discuss what
hacking looks like in real life, and why typing
really fast isn’t enough to get you into the NSA
mainframe! Panelists: Brett Scott, Corbin Nash,
Elio Greico, Katherine Bluma, Tina Slankas When:
Sat, 4:30–5:30PM Room: North 227BC
Crafting Cosplay Weapons on a Budget:
Want to create the cosplay weapon of your
dreams? Struggling with budget and experience?
Join ThermoCosplay and Stevie Spade Cosplay
as they walk you through inexpensive ways of
crafting cosplay weapons. Panelists: Stevie
Spade Cosplay, ThermoCosplay (2 panelists)
When: Fri, 12:00–1:00PM Room: North 125AB
Crafting The Doctor’s Next Companion:
Who will fill Clara’s empty space aboard the
TARDIS? Even though the next companion has
already been cast, we can still speculate and
discuss who we would like to see keep the 12th
Doctor grounded! Panelists: Chris Swanson, Zeke
Huerta When: Thu, 6:00–7:00PM Room: North
228AB
Create a Three Panel Comic Strip: Local
artist, Kevin Coulston, will take kids through
the process of creating their own comic strip.
Panelists: Kevin Coulston When: Sat, 12:00–
1:00PM Room: West 101ABC Bookmans Art
Room Event Area
Creating a Steampunk Character: 101:
In this panel we will discuss the creation of a
Steampunk character and how you develop that
character from the bottom up. Panelists: Justin
Hackert, Madame Askew When: Fri, 10:30–
11:30AM Room: West 104A
Creating Comics with iPad: See a comic
book character come to life as Hi-Fi’s Brian Miller
(Star Wars: Defend the Death Star) and Kristy
Miller (Doctor Who) demonstrate step-by-step
how to pencil, ink, and paint comics on the
iPad. Panelists: Hi-Fi Colour Designs When: Fri,
3:00–4:00PM Room: North 121A
Creating Cosplay Armor 101: Need to
create some armor for your cosplay? Join
ThermoCosplay and Stevie Spade Cosplay as they
walk you through the basics of cosplay armor
fabrication! Panelists: Stevie Spade Cosplay,
ThermoCosplay (2 panelists)
When: Fri, 1:30–2:30PM Room: North 125AB
Creator Connection: This session is for
authors and artists to meet and share ideas for
stories and art work. Aspiring and experienced
writers and illustrators will want to attend this
networking opportunity. Panelists: Joshua
Ferguson
When: Fri, 7:30–8:30PM Room: West 101ABC
Bookmans Art Room Event Area
When: Sat, 7:30–8:30PM Room: West 101ABC
Bookmans Art Room Event Area
Creature of the Night: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
in Romance: Romance novels are for lonely,
middle-aged housewives, right? Perhaps
ones who love vampires, werewolves and
alien alpha male invaders? Join us while we
talk about changes in the romance genre!
Must be 18+ to attend! Panelists: Blythe
Feiring When: Sat, 7:30–8:30PM Room: North
227A
CreepyPasta Galore: Welcome to CreepyPasta
Galore where we venture into CreepyPasta
stories, video games, and videos that are either
creepy or unintentionally scary. Forget about
sleep tonight. Panelists: Alexandra Garcia, Robert
Brown, Ryan Garcia, Talia Delareto
When: Fri, 10:30–11:30PM Room: North 131ABC
When: Sat, 9:00–10:00PM Room: North 131ABC
Crimes of William T. Riker: William Riker
has wronged many aliens and humans in his
career, and broken many hearts. In this panel, Will
Riker will be brought before an audience court
and his many exploits will be detailed and judged
for all to hear. Panelists: Chris Way, Laurel Way,
Vinny Alascia When: Sun, 3:00–4:00PM Room:
North 231BC
Crossing the Streams: Genre Splicing:
Panelists: Neo Edmund, Yvonne Navarro, Michael
Martinez, Adam Christopher, and Aprilynne Pike
When: Sat, 10:30–11:30AM Room: North 128A
Crossroads: YA and Middle Grade:
Panelists: Aprilynne Pike, Austin Aslan, Greg van
Eekhout, Shannon Messenger, Suzanne Young,
Tom Leveen When: Sat, 3:00–4:00PM Room:
North 128A
Custom Toys and More: Ever get the
action figure of your favorite character except
something just isn’t right? Or maybe they have
never made the figure for your favorite character?
Join toy customizers as we explore the tips and
tricks of turning off the shelf toys into personal
works of art. Panelists: David Oakes, Donald
Kennedy When: Sun, 4:30–5:30PM Room: West
105A
CW’s Arrow vs. Flash - Round 3: The
villains, the epic crossovers, love found and lost.
The epic showdown of who was best in show.
Panelists: Cole Harder, Lonnie Gray, Paige Pino,
Shawn Forth When: Sat, 4:30–5:30PM Room:
North 229AB
CW6’s Photo Green Screen with THE
FLASH: Join CW Network, proud sponsor of
Con on Adams! Come get your FREE picture with
DC Comic’s fastest man alive. While you might
not see him while you are there, you will walk
away with the photographic evidence of meeting
the Flash! Panelists: CW6
When: Fri, 10:30–7:00PM Room: Adams Street
CW6 Pavillion
When: Sat, 10:30–7:00PM Room: Adams Street
CW6 Pavillion
When: Sun, 10:30–5:00PM Room: Adams Street
CW6 Pavillion
Dai Kaiju Crew!: Start off your Phoenix
Comicon week with TWO HOURS of talking and
discussing all things Kaiju especially what the
world can expect in the near future! Q&A! Video
clips! Collectibles! Everything that you can think
of and kick off Phoenix Comicon weekend with all
things KAIJU! Panelists: David Sabal, Ray Torres
III When: Thu, 12:00–2:00PM Room: West 102C
Damsels of Disney Meetup: Ladies of Disney
meetup! When: Sat, 6:00–6:30PM Room: North
126C Costuming Meetups area 1
Dancing for Everyone!: Come learn some
English and Irish Community set dances! No
experience or partner necessary! Panelists: Alex
Canto, Tom Blake When: Sat, 7:30–8:30PM
Room: West 106ABC Activities
Dan Starkey- Neve McIntosh Spotlight:
Join Dan Starkey and Neve McIntosh to discuss
what it’s like to be part of the Paternoster Gang
and all things Who. Panelists: Dan Starkey, Neve
McIntosh When: Fri, 3:00–4:00PM Room: West
301BCD
Daredevil and She-Hulk in Court: Murdock
v Walters: Matt Murdock and Jennifer Walters,
despite being two of Marvel’s greatest crime
fighters AND attorneys have almost never
squared off in court. Come and watch as these
two go head to head in a court of law with the
Winter Soldier on trial. Panelists: Shannon Jelle
When: Sun, 4:30–5:30PM Room: North 121A
Dark Horse Meetup: Welcome all Dark Horse
fans! Come hither Tank Girls, Hell Boys, 300s,
Sin City lovers, Elf Quest and everyone who loves
them! When: Thu, 2:00–2:30PM Room: North
126C Costuming Meetups area 1
David Fielding- Karan Ashley Spotlight:
Power up with David Fielding and Karan Ashley
as they talk the craft of acting, voice over work,
Power Rangers and more. Panelists: David
Fielding, Karan Ashley When: Sun, 12:00–
1:00PM Room: West 301A
David Ramsey spotlight: Meet David
Ramsey, AKA John Diggle form TV’s Arrow.
Panelists: David Ramsey Fri, 1:30-2:30PM Room:
West 301BCD
DC Douglas After Hours Panel: Come join
DC Douglas as he reads some fanfics about the
characters he has voiced. Panelists: DC Douglas
When: Sat, 7:30–8:30PM Room: North 221ABC
DC Heroes Meetup: DC Heroes meetup!
When: Sun, 1:00–1:30PM Room: North 126C
Costuming Meetups area 1
DC Rebirth: Join DC All Access host Jason
Inman as he talks about the comic book event of
the Summer DC Rebirth. Jason will be joined by
some of the creators of the Rebirth titles. Learn
what is going on with your favorite superhero’s!
Panelists: Chad Hardin, Dan Jurgens, Jason Inman
When: Fri, 3:00–4:00PM Room: North 131ABC
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