Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival
Author: Steve Niles, Dwayne McDuffie
Comic book fans will get a chance to meet some of the top names in today's comics at the Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival (VVCBF). A celebration of comic book culture, the VVCBF features panel discussions and film screenings, tables with industry information, you can pick up some great merchandise at our market place featuring local comic book stores and get your comics signed. Guests scheduled to appear include: Steve Niles, Dwayne McDuffie, Deryl Skelton, Steven Grant, Gary Groth, Chris Staros and many more. The Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival is a component of the 7th Annual Vegas Valley Book Festival presented in conjunction with the City of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Nevada Humanities. This event is also presented in conjunction with Las Vegas CityLife. See sessions below:
P a n e l S e s s i o n s
· 11:00 am – Large Conference Room
30 Minute Download – Breaking Into Comics, the Dos & Donts
Join Dwayne McDuffie, Steven Grant and Steve Niles for a discussion on what it takes to get your foot in the door and eventually step in to the room. What does a good pitch look like? What happens in a portfolio review? How do you build (and maintain) a network? What should potentials know about the care and feeding of editors?
· 12:00 noon – Large Conference Room
Drawing for Comics, More Than Still Life
Deryl Skelton and Gilbert Hernandez know that anybody with enough time and patience can make a great "splash" image, but conveying that sense of motion is much trickier. Add the need to lay out the panels on top of that and & it's a lot more than still life.
· 12:00 noon – Jewel Box Theater
Top Shelf, Fantagraphics & the World of Indie Publishing
Two of the most opinionated men in comics, Chris Staros and Gary Groth have been there, done it, and are still printing the T-shirt. DIYers and small publishers have things to offer readers and creators that the "big two" don't and never will.
· 1:00 pm – Large Conference Room
Comic Books Its Not Just for Superheroes Anymore
Steve Niles, Deryl Skelton and Chris Staros get on the soapbox about romance, horror, crime, "realism", fantasy, science fiction, autobiography, humor, westerns, war, and how there's a comic for everybody.
· 1:00 pm – Jewel Box Theater
In the Aether: the Future of Comics Online
Join Steven Grant, Charles Holbert and Drew Edwards for pointed observations on how the web is changing the comics in terms of publishing, content, delivery, and marketing.
· 2:00 pm – Large Conference Room
Sex & Race in Comics
Through their critically acclaimed works, Dwayne McDuffie and Gilbert Hernandez have had a lot to say about "the rest of us" -- characters who aren't male, straight, or WASPs. This sequel to last year's "Other" panel promises to be just as wide ranging and thought provoking.
· 2:00 pm – Jewel Box Theater
The 10 Cent Plague – The Great Comic Book Scare and How it Changed America
In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created - in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. No sooner had this new culture emerged than it was beaten down by church groups, community bluestockings and a McCarthyish Congress - only to resurface with a crooked smile on its face in Mad magazine. The story of the rise and fall of those comic books has never been fully told - until David Hajdu's remarkable new book The Ten-Cent Plague. He will talk with Jarret Keene about this period in the history of comics, their effect on our current culture and how censorship is still alive in today's world.
F i l m s - main theater
11:30 am – Batman Gotham Knight (2008, 76 min, PG-13)
1:00 pm – Iron Man (2008, 76 min, PG-13)
S i g n i n g S c h e d u l e – theater courtyard
11:00 – Deryl Skelton
12:00 – Dwayne McDuffie, Steven Grant
1:00 – Gilbert Hernandez & Natalia Hernandez
2:00 – Steve Niles
Participants include:
A Collectors Menagerie Ï Aberrant Press Ï Alternate Reality Comics Ï Barnes & Noble Ï CityLife Ï Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF)
Comic Oasis Ï Dreamwell Comics Ï Fantagraphics Ï Halloween Man Ï Las Vegas Drink & Draw Social Club Ï Greg Preston
Maximum Comics Ï Natalia Hernandez Ï Silver Cactus Comics Ï Top Shelf
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