THURSDAY ANIME • FILM FESTIVAL • FILMS ANIME SCREENINGS • MARRIOTT MARQUIS & MARINA
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Someday’s Dreamers Gakuen Alice Kobato Our Home’s Fox Deity K-ON! Kekkaishi Rozen Maiden: Ouverture Shrine of the Morning Mist Fairy Tail Fushigi Yugi Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan Rental Magica Puella Magi Madoka Magica Legend of the Legendary Heroes 3:50 Tales of the Abyss 4:15 Bleach 4:40: Shrine of the Morning Mist 4:55: Shinobi Girl 5:10: Blue Exorcist 5:35: Dream Eater Merry 6:00: Vampire Knight Guilty 6:25: Polyphonica Crimson S 6:50: Kurenai 7:15: Chaos;Head 7:40: Rocket Girls 8:05: .hack//Quantum 8:30: Book Of Bantorra 8:55: Shiki 9:20: Modern Magic Made Simple 9:40 Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings Short 9:45 Needless 10:10 Zetman 10:35 Blade of the Immortal 11:00 Corpse Princess 11:25 High School of the Dead 11:50 Grenadier 12:15 Samurai Girls
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Clamp School Detectives And Yet the Town Moves Squid Girl Pani Poni Dash! Maid Sama Arakawa Under the Bridge 2 Aria the Natural A-Channel Bakuman K-ON! Wagnaria!! Oreimo Toradora! Hayate the Combat Butler Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu! The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 2 Himawari Sola Hidamari Sketch X 365 The Melancholy of Haruhi-Chan Suzumiya The World Only God Knows My Bride Is A Mermaid Accel World Ef ~ A Tale Of Memories Okami-San and Her Seven Companions Akikan! Baka and Test MM! Ah My Buddha Rosario+Vampire Midori Days Cat Planet Cuties-Asobi Ni Iku Yo! Ninja Nonsense B Gata H Kei: Yamada’s First Time To Love Ru Heaven’s Lost Property
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Gad Guard Gao-Gai-Gar Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Tytania Tekkaman Blade Gasaraki Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Gun X Sword Psychic Squad Dirty Pair Broken Blade Outlaw Star Gin Tama Dirty Pair Flash Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood The Girl Who Leapt Through Space Infinite Stratos Silent Mobius Chrome Shelled Regios Infinite Stratos Star Driver MazinKaiser SKL Redline Dragonaut: The Reasonance Lagrange—The Flower of Rin-ne Line Barrels of Iron Star Driver Mahoromatic Grenadier Blassrieter Aika R-16
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COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL MARRIOTT HALL 2 10:00 Comic-Con Film School 101 ACTION/ADVENTURE 11:05 Bridges—A Living Graphic Novel 11:50 Europa 12:25 Dead Grass Dry Roots 1:05 GoldenBox ANIMATION 1:40 Wolf Dog Tales 2:00 Don’t Be Nervous 2:20 Dziad I Baba 2:45 Red Princess Blues: Genesis PANEL 3:15 Low Budget/Big Genre: Making it Fun HORROR/SUSPENSE 4:20 Doll Parts 4:30 The Killing Game 4:40 Cabine of the Dead 5:05 My Mom & Other Monsters 5:15 Sanguijuelas 6:00 The Absence SPECIAL EVENT 7:00 CCI-IFF Meet & Greet
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Daily Newsletter of Comic-Con International
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Featuring: * Highlights * Last Minute Updates * Autograph Info * Anime and Film Schedule * Programming Grids * Photo Gallery * And More Inside!
HORROR/SUSPENSE (continued) 8:15 The Small Assassin 8:45 Spoiler
Due to some mature themes and content, no one under the age of 18 will be allowed into the anime rooms after 10:00 PM unless accompanied by a parent or adult legal guardian. This schedule is subject to change. Please check the signs outside of the anime rooms for updated schedule information.
FILMS
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CONVENTION CENTER
10:00 The Muppet Movie
3:45 The Adventures of TinTin
10:15 Chronicle
11:45 The Muppets
5:45 Ladyhawke
12:00 Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
1:40 Raiders of the Lost Ark
8:00 John Carter
9:00 The 13th Warrior
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For a complete listing of all things Comic-Con, see the Events Guide.
Artwork © 2012 Jaime Hernandez, courtesy Fantagraphics Books
THURSDAY PROGRAMS
10 COMIC-CON HOW-TO ROOM
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5AB
11
Building the Foundation to a Page-Turning Story
The Witty Women of Steampunk
8 9 11AB
Understanding the Sociology Behind Cosplay
Pitching Hour DreamWorks Dragons: Riders of Berk
Nickelodeon: Butt-Biting and Magical Mischief
Spotlight on Geof Darrow
24ABC 25ABC 26AB FAN GROUP ROOM
ComicBase User Group Meeting
5 Don’t Break In, Break Out! Spotlight on Mike Carey
Spotlight on Tim Bradstreet
Time Travel: Science Fact or Science Fiction?
Greatest Geek Year Ever: 1982
Blizzard Entertainment Showcase
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COMICS
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ANIMATION
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Assassin’s Creed III
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Marvel: Next Big Thing
MOVIES
7
Spotlight on Mike Carey
Kodansha Comics
Blu-ray Producers 2012
Indy Toymakers Roundtable
(4:45) Fiction of Halo 4 Marvel: Next Big Thing
Magic and Comics: The Deceptive Arts
New Generation of Spike & Mike
Vertigo: A View from the Cutting Edge of Comics
Behind the Scenes Look at Star Trek: The Next Generation
VIZ Media
Character Design in Entertainment: From Script to Sculpt
The Most Dangerous Women at Comic-Con
100 Years of Tarzan and John Carter
Sergio and Mark Show
Two Editors: Victor Gorelick and Sid Jacobson
Spotlight on Andy Mangels
Zombies, Vampires, and Werewolves on Trial
7AB
Spotlight on Greg Evans
Monsterverse Horror Comics
Indie Comics Marketing and PR 101
Artist as Brand: Rise of the Artist Entrepreneur
8
H. P. Lovecraft
9
7th Annual Comics Podcasting All-Stars
The Scoop at Simon & Schuster
Comic Book Law School 101
Censorship and the Female Artist
CBLDF Master Session: Gilbert Shelton
Creating Comics the comiXology Way
Digital Color for Comics
Perspective for Illustration
Figure Drawing for Popular Media
Breaking In and Staying In
Inside the Voice Actor’s Studio
Books and Hollywood From Fan to Creator: Goal-setting for Creative Types
Mattel & WWE: Get in the Ring
iVerse Media: New Frontiers in Digital Comics
Beyond Two Souls
X-Play Live
Hasbro Transformers
Trailblazers of Comics
Bill Plympton: Making Toons That Sell
C O M I C S A RT S C O N F E R E N C E
CAC #2: How the CAC #1: Subaltern Counterculture Whedon Universe and the Strength of the Underdog Continues in Comics
Captain Action Returns
CAC #3: Teaching with Comics
Masters of the Web
Mass Effect: Paragon Lost
Hungry for Dystopia
CAC #4: The Dark Knight Rises: Is Batman Broken?
Abstract Studio: Terry Moore
Womanthology
The Future of Superhero Studies
Bringing Comics to Life in the Library
(4:40) Elementary First Comics: 30th Anniversary Extravaganza Masters of the Web
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope
Insight to Indy Publishing: The Antidote Trust
Klasky Csupo: We’re Back!
MTV Geek: Creator Pitch Live Bringing Comics to Life in the Library
HALL H INDIGO
HILTON BAYFRONT
11AB
Dexter Bleeding Alliance of Beat Reporters
Workaholics
The Science in Science Fiction: Canon Fodder
Batman’s Biggest Secret: The Bill Finger Story
Mega64: Year One
Famous Monsters of Filmland: Stake of the Union 2012
Fan-Favorite Projects Go Interactive
Manga: Lost in Translation
Flesk: Celebrating a Decade of Publishing
Spotlight on Becky Cloonan
Spotlight on Bill Amend
11:30: Trailer Park DreamWorks Animation
Progressive Politics in Comics
12:45: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
Machinima: The Future of Entertainment
Voltron: Form Blazing Fans
Malibu Comics Retrospective 2:05: Frankenweenie, Oz, Wreck-it Ralph Power Rangers: 20 Years and Beyond
I Can’t Write, I Can’t Draw, But I Love Comics
Archaia: How to Effectively Pitch a Story
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3:25: Jackie Chan: CZ12 Hotel Transylvania
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Wilfred
THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CHECK THE SIGNS OUTSIDE OF EACH PROGRAM ROOM FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
Northwest Press
Rewriting the Rules on Queers in Comics
4:45: The Expendables 2 Archer
The Myth of Nostalgia
20 23ABC
Holliston
Hall H and Ballroom 20 Panel Playback Kickstart Comics Early Fandom Meet-and-Greet
28E
32AB
6BCF
History of the Modern Zombie
Dark Horse: Uncle Creepy Presents
Graphic Novels: The Bookstore Crowd
6A
Masquerade 101
Abrams ComicArts
Image Comics Presents
5AB
6DE
IDW Artist’s Editions: What’s Next
Dark Horse: Powered by Creators
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
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Robotech
Spotlight on Jim Silke
Avatar Press: News and Q&A
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Inside The Batmobile
New Crusaders: Welcome to Red Circle
Filmmation and Lou Scheimer
Nighttime Film Screening: The 13th Warrior
Superhero Kung Fu Extravaganza
Editing Comics the BOOM! Studios Way
Creating Space for Diverse Characters and Representation
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Comics on Comics Live
PodCrash
Nikita
Marvel: House of Ideas
(4:40) Elementary
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EVERYTHING ELSE
2
How to Get a Job in the Video Game Industry
DC Entertainment: All Access DC Now!
Beauty and the Beast
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SF/FANTASY/HORROR
COMIC-CON HOW-TO ROOM
The Character of Music
DC Comics: Batman: Beyond the Night of Owls
Psych
GAMES
8
Bongo Comics/ United Plankton Sneak Peek
IDW and Hasbro
TELEVISION
Use Guerilla Art Tactics to Share Your Vision with the World
Legendary Comics
The Walking Dead Comics
Teen Wolf
20 23ABC
4
Living and Crating in the DeviantArt World
Not With a Bang, With a Bite
MAD
Spotlight on N. K. Jemisin
3
Ray Bradbury’s Lasting Influence
Capcom: Streetfighter 25th Anniversary
DC Comics: Tales from The Dark and The Edge
How to Get News Coverage
Self Publishing: Exploring the E-Frontier
DC Collectibles
Stan Lee’s World of Heroes
TheOneRing.net: The Truth About The Hobbit
2
Advanced 3D/CG Comic Art with Brian Haberlin
Spotlight on Mark Schultz
Twisted Twins: American Mary
Battlestar: So Say We All
Marvel: Breaking into Comics the Marvel Way
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Spotlight on Karl Kerschl
Fortnight Revealed
6BCF
7AB
Creating a Character Driven Story
DC Comics Talent Search Orientation Session 1
6A
6DE
12
PANELS FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES
The Image Revolution Documentary
6:15: At the Drive-In RiffTrax Live
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24ABC 25ABC 26AB FAN
28E GROUP ROOM 32AB HALL H INDIGO HILTON BAYFRONT
Focus on: Steampunk!
Important Notice!
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Announcements! Tonight Only 7:00-8:15 CCI-IFF and Anime Meet & Greet—A special opening night event, in the foyer outside the Festival and Anime rooms at the Marriott. This meet & greet is open to the Festival filmmakers, attendees, and Anime viewers. Come and mingle with your fellow fans! Marriott Hall, Marriott Marquis & Marina Program Change Due to a scheduling conflict, The ComicCon How-To panel, The Art of Writing with Autograph Area! For the complete listing of Autograph Area signings, see the Events Guide, pp. 160– 166. Limited Signings Unless specified otherwise, drawings for Line Tickets for all limited signings to be held at 9:00 am in the Autograph Area. E. L. James, Author (Fifty Shades of Grey) AA18 4:00 - 5:30 Additions Debi Derryberry, actor (Jimmy Neutron, Monster High) AA17 10:00 - 2:30 Drawing Dead, Colin Cunningham, Doug Jones, Gary Graham, Chris Staviski, Kelly Parks and Johnnie Saiko AA20 10:00 - 2:30
Booth Signings! DC Entertainment (1915) Dan Abnett, 2-3 Rafael Albuquerque, 10-11 Franco & Art Baltazar, 4-5 Tony Bedard, 2-3 Ryan Benjamin, 6-7 Brian Buccellato, 2-3 Mark Buckingham, 3-4 Bernard Chang, 11-12 Cliff Chiang, 6-7 Paul Cornell, 11-12 Shane Davis, 6-7 Josh Fialkov, 4-5 David Finch, 3-4 Francesco Francavilla, 10-11 Derek Fridolfs, 10-11 Jamal Igle, 11-12 Gregg Hurwitz, 3-4 Phil Jimenez, 2-3 Geoff Johns, 5-6 Dan Jurgens, 12-1 J.T. Krul, 11-12 Peter Kuper, 4-5 Andy Lanning, 2-3 Jim Lee, 5-6 Jeff Lemire, 1-2 Paul Levitz, 3-4 Rob Liefeld, 5-6 Francis Manapul, 2-3
Gregg Hurwitz, is being moved to Saturday, 3:30-4:30 in Room 2 from Sunday. We apologize for the inconvenience. Exhibit Hall A limited Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, and Michael J. Bassett) signing will be held on Saturday. Please visit the IDW Publishing booth (2643) (Thursday–Saturday) for details. Stop by the Funco LLC booth (4829). They are giving away 20,000 So Tastyinspired paper chef hats at throughout the convention. Eric Roberts, actor (The Young and the Restless, Bullet in the Face) AA27 2:30 - 7:00 Jordan Hart, author/illustrator (Steel Rainbow: The Legendary Underground Guide to Becoming an ‘80s Rock Star) AA17 3:00 - 4:30 Larry Thomas, actor (Seinfeld, Not Another B Movie) Mitzi Donahue, executive producer/director/ actor (The Process, Silk Stalkings) AA24 2:30 - 7:00 Richard Anderson, actor (The Six Million Dollar Man, Dynasty) AA25 2:30 - 7:00 Cancellations Kathy Garver Tom Batiuk Jeff Mariotte David Winning
Bryan Q. Miller, 5-6 Sean Murphy, 12-1 Dustin Nguyen, 10-11 Tom Richmond, 4-5 James Robinson, 1-2 Nicola Scott, 1-2 Alex Sinclair, 5-6 Scott Snyder, 10-11 Cat Staggs, 5-6 Philip Tan, 1-2 James Tynion IV, 10-11 Greg Weisman, 12-1 Freddie Williams, 11-12 Joshua Williamson, 3-4 Bill Willingham, 3-4 Marv Wolfman, 10-11 Fantagraphics Books (1718) 12:00-2:00, 3:00-5:00 Jaime Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez Mario Hernandez 2:00-3:00 Trina Robbins Esther Pearl Watson Mysterious Galaxy (1119) Tickets for all signings are available the day of the from booth staff when Exhibitor
Toucan Tip of the day! Want to really know what’s going on at Comic-Con? The Comic-Con Events Guide (the one with Tarzan on the cover) is your complete guide to all things Comic-Con. Want to know where to your favorite guest is appearing? It’s in there (pp. 152-158). Concerned about the new Stroller Policy? It’s in there (p. 13). Having trouble finding a certain Exhibitor’s booth? It’s in there (pp.
Do you love the works of Jules Verne, H.G. Wells? Have a desire to dress in Victorian era or in wild west style clothing with steam powered equipment? Then Steampunk is just what you are looking for. With strong influences from Vern’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Wells’ The Time Machine, along with the T.V. show The Wild Wild West, Steampunk melds the best qualities of several genera’s and fuses them with the whimsical inventive and exploration flavor of a neo-Victorian and Edwardian era to create amazing costumes and equipment. At Comic-Con, there are several steampunk related events and artists: Phil and Kaja Foglio, the team that brings the steampunk series Girl Genius, have a booth (Girl Genius, 1331); author Gail Carriger, of The Parasol Protectorate Series is participating in three panels, and Sunday there is a Steampunk costuming panel at 3:00 in Room 24ABC.
Kim Hutsell and his wife Linda, established the Starburner Galactic Courier Service in 2008. Starburner is holding their 4th annual awards for outstanding contributions to the Steampunk community. Nick Bauman started the Steampunk meet ups at Comic-Con in 2008, gathering close to 200 costumed adventurers for the first photo shoot. Each year the photo event has gotten larger, earning mention in the Guinness Book of Records in 2010. This year at Comic-Con, there will be a meet up on the North Steps of the Mezzine level, Saturday at 12 noon. This will include steampunk themed awards, a photo shoot, and rumors of a flash mob from the Steampunk group Mantecoza (known for their Steampunk podcasts). Stop by the Gaslight Gathering table on the Mezzanine level, check out the costumes and find out how you, too, can join in all the steam powered fun. In Southern California, there are several groups that promote Steampunk: the Gaslight Gathering,
Starburner Couriers, The League of STEAM (Supernatural and Troublesome Ectoplasmic Apparition Management), a.k.a. the “Steampunk Ghostbusters” and Chrononaut. These groups co-exist to support each other as a community. Chrononaut’s Erik and Ingrid Chamberlin are steampunk historians who have worked with the San Diego Automotive Museum in Balboa Park, to create a steampunk exhibit that highlights some of Starburners steampunk gadgets and art.
Above and left: Kim Hutsell shows off a costume tyipical of the Steampunk genre. It’s a “safe, fun hobby for all ages,” he says.
Scenes from Preview Night!
Hall opens. Item limits may be subject to change. Unless specified otherwise, all signings limited to 75 tickets. Books are provided for sale. Signer will sign other items – three item limit. No posed photos. 10:30–11:20 Dayton Ward 12:00–12:50 Scott Westerfeld Limited copies, available until gone 1:30–2:15 J.F. Lewis 4:00–4:50 Christie Golden Nickelodeon (4113) 12:30 Butch Hartman Jerry Trainer Grey DeLisle Daran Norris Tara Strong Susanne Blakeslee Matt Taylor Carlos Alazraqui
118-150, pp,1619 of color center section, and huge gate folded map in center). Want a quick list of where to find stuff. You get the idea. By the way, that last one is p. 3.
Dawn of the Con At Petco! Tonight from 5:30 to 11:00 pm, VH1 Classic will take over San Diego’s Petco Park to ring in Comic-Con in true rocker fashion. The night’s festivities will be hosted by hard rock icon and celebrated filmmaker Rob Zombie, and live music will be spun by DJ Will from VH1 Classic’s That Metal Show. The party is free and open exclusively to all Comic-Con badge-holding attendees. Thanks VH1 Classic for doing this for our attendees. For more details, see the Events Guide, p. 4.
Comic-Con Today, Thursday, July 12, 2012 Staff: Editor, Chris Sturhann; Assistant Editor/Photographer: Barry Brown; Editorial Assistant/Writer: Brian Norquist. Comic-Con and the Comic-Con logo are registered trademarks of San Diego Comic Convention. © 2012 San Diego Comic Convention Cover Art: Artwork © 2012 Jaime Hernandez, courtesy Fantagraphics Books. MISSION STATEMENT: Comic-Con International is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to creating awareness of, and appreciation for, comics and related popular art forms, primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contribution of comics to art and culture.
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Upper left: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pose with fans. Upper right: The Incredible Hulk oversees attendees entering the exhibit hall. Above left: The exhibit hall was packed with Preview Night attendees eager to catch the best deals. Above: The Hulk, this time in Lego, was a popular photo spot. Left: Harbor Blvd. was flooded with attendees leaving the Convention Center, eager to return on Thursday.