Comic-Con 2012 Programming Grid by Comic-Con International

COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL 2012 PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE

THE PROGRAMMING GRIDS Over the next fifteen pages, you’ll find the Comic-Con 2012 “Schedule at a Glance” programming grids. These full-color grids show the complere daily schedules, color-coded by categories. Each day is also color-coded and represented by three pages: a two-page spread for the complete daily program schedule from 10:00 am to midnight (5:00 pm on Sunday on a single page) and an additional matching color page containing the Anime, Film Festival, and Films schedules. The key to each grid’s categories is in the upper portion of the right-hand page. The categories and their corresponding colors are : KEY:

COMICS

ANIMATION

MOVIES

TELEVISION

GAMES

SF/FANTASY/HORROR

EVERYTHING ELSE

In addition, this symbol points out programs that are suitable for kids of all ages, especially those in the younger crowd. For more information about the programming schedule, including synopses of all the panels, turn to page 12 in the Events Guide, for a panel-by-panel rundown.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT PROGRAMS 6 TV PREMIERES BALLROOM 20

CONVENTION CENTER

GAMES

ROOM 15A

CONVENTION CENTER

GAMES

MARINA BALLROOM E MARRIOTT MARQUIS

ANIME

MARRIOTT HALL 4 MARRIOTT MARQUIS

Warner Bros. Television World Premiere TV Pilots 666 Park Avenue • Arrow • The Following Revolution • Cult Open Gaming Open Gaming 6:00 Mobile Suit Gundam Movie: Char’s Counterattack 8:05: Kaze No Stigma • 8:30 Needless • 8:55 Gokusen 9:20: Girl’s High • 9:45 Polyponica Crimson S

THURSDAY PROGRAMS

10 COMIC-CON HOW-TO ROOM

2 4

5AB

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

The Walking Dead Comics

Teen Wolf Blizzard Entertainment Showcase

Assassin’s Creed III

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Marvel: Next Big Thing

DC Comics: Batman: Beyond the Night of Owls

DC Entertainment: All Access DC Now!

Marvel: House of Ideas

Behind the Scenes Look at Star Trek: The Next Generation

VIZ Media

Character Design in Entertainment: From Script to Sculpt

100 Years of Tarzan and John Carter

Sergio and Mark Show

Two Editors: Victor Gorelick and Sid Jacobson

Spotlight on Andy Mangels

Bongo Comics/ United Plankton Sneak Peek

Editing Comics the BOOM! Studios Way

New Crusaders: Welcome to Red Circle

Spotlight on Jim Silke

IDW Artist’s Editions: What’s Next

Abrams ComicArts

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

IDW and Hasbro

20 23ABC

Living and Crating in the DeviantArt World

Not With a Bang, With a Bite

MAD

Spotlight on N. K. Jemisin

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

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

Spotlight on Karl Kerschl

Fortnight Revealed

6BCF

7AB

Creating a Character Driven Story

DC Comics Talent Search Orientation Session 1

6DE

PANELS FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES

Creating Space for Diverse Characters and Representation

Filmmation and Lou Scheimer

Books and Hollywood From Fan to Creator: Goal-setting for Creative Types

Avatar Press: News and Q&A

Mattel & WWE: Get in the Ring

iVerse Media: New Frontiers in Digital Comics

Beyond Two Souls

X-Play Live

Dark Horse: Powered by Creators

Image Comics Presents

Hasbro Transformers

Trailblazers of Comics

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

CAC #3: Teaching with Comics

Graphic Novels: The Bookstore Crowd

Captain Action Returns

Bill Plympton: Making Toons That Sell

(4:40) Elementary

Beauty and the Beast

Psych

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

28E

32AB HALL H INDIGO

HILTON BAYFRONT

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

3:25: Jackie Chan: CZ12 Hotel Transylvania

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Wilfred

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KEY:

COMICS

ANIMATION

MOVIES

TELEVISION

GAMES

SF/FANTASY/HORROR

EVERYTHING ELSE

COMIC-CON HOW-TO ROOM

Use Guerilla Art Tactics to Share Your Vision with the World Spotlight on Mike Carey

Kodansha Comics

Blu-ray Producers 2012

Indy Toymakers Roundtable

The Character of Music

(4:45) Fiction of Halo 4

Nighttime Film Screening: The 13th Warrior

Comics on Comics Live

PodCrash

Superhero Kung Fu Extravaganza New Generation of Spike & Mike

Nikita

Marvel: Next Big Thing

Magic and Comics: The Deceptive Arts

How to Get a Job in the Video Game Industry

Legendary Comics

Vertigo: A View from the Cutting Edge of Comics

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

4 5AB 6A 6BCF

Inside The Batmobile

Robotech

6DE

Zombies, Vampires, and Werewolves on Trial

7AB

The Most Dangerous Women at Comic-Con

Masquerade 101

History of the Modern Zombie

Spotlight on Greg Evans

Monsterverse Horror Comics

Indie Comics Marketing and PR 101

Artist as Brand: Rise of the Artist Entrepreneur

Dark Horse: Uncle Creepy Presents

7th Annual Comics Podcasting All-Stars

The Scoop at Simon & Schuster

H. P. Lovecraft

Figure Drawing for Popular Media

Breaking In and Staying In

Inside the Voice Actor’s Studio

(4:40) Elementary

Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope

Dexter

First Comics: 30th Anniversary Extravaganza Masters of the Web

Insight to Indy Publishing: The Antidote Trust

Klasky Csupo: We’re Back!

MTV Geek: Creator Pitch Live Bringing Comics to Life in the Library

11AB

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

23ABC Holliston

Hall H and Ballroom 20 Panel Playback Kickstart Comics

Rewriting the Rules on Queers in Comics

4:45: The Expendables 2 Archer

The Myth of Nostalgia

24ABC 25ABC 26AB

Early Fandom Meet-and-Greet Northwest Press

The Image Revolution Documentary

FAN

28E GROUP ROOM 32AB HALL H

6:15: At the Drive-In

INDIGO

RiffTrax Live

HILTON BAYFRONT

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THURSDAY ANIME • FILM FESTIVAL • FILMS ANIME SCREENINGS • MARRIOTT MARQUIS & MARINA

MARRIOTT HALL 4 10:00 10:25 10:50 11:15 11:40 12:05 12:30 12:55 1:20 1:45 2:10 2:35

MARRIOTT HALL 5

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

10:00 10:25 10:50 11:15 11:40 12:05 12:30 12:55 1:20 1:45 2:10 2:35

3:00 Puella Magi Madoka Magica 3:25 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

3:00 3:25 3:50 4:15

10:35 11:00 11:25 11:50 12:15

Blade of the Immortal Corpse Princess High School of the Dead Grenadier Samurai Girls

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

10:00 10:25 10:50 11:15 11:40 12:05 12:30 12:55 1:20 1:45 2:10 3:00

8:05 8:30 8:55 9:20 9:45 10:10

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

3:25 Gin Tama 3:50 Dirty Pair Flash 4:20 Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood 4:45 The Girl Who Leapt Through Space 5:10 Infinite Stratos 5:35 Silent Mobius 6:00 Chrome Shelled Regios 6:25 Infinite Stratos 6:50 Star Driver 7:15 MazinKaiser SKL 7:40 Redline 9:20 Dragonaut: The Reasonance 9:45 Lagrange—The Flower of Rin-ne 10:10 Line Barrels of Iron 10:35 Star Driver 11:00 Mahoromatic 11:25 Grenadier 11:50 Blassrieter 12:15 Aika R-16

10:35 11:00 11:25 11:50 12:15

Cat Planet Cuties-Asobi Ni Iku Yo! Ninja Nonsense B Gata H Kei: Yamada’s First Time To Love Ru Heaven’s Lost Property

4:40 5:05 5:30 5:55 6:00 6:25 6:50 7:15 7:40

COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

MARRIOTT HALL 6 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

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 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

FOR INFORMATION REGARDING FILM SCREENINGS AT THE MARRIOTT MARINA BALLROOM D AND ROOM 4 AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, PLEASE CONSULT YOUR ONSITE EVENTS GUIDE OR QUICK GUIDE PUBLICATIONS 4

FRIDAY PROGRAMS

PANELS FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES

How to Create a More Realistic Fictitious World

Don’t Tell Your Story, Show It!

Examining Fan Art Under the Law

DC Comics Talent Search Orientation Session 2

Mike Mignola and Friends

Spotlight on Larry Hama

COMIC-CON HOW-TO ROOM

5AB 6A 6BCF

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles DC Comics: From Concept to Page

7AB

Star Wars: Collectibles Update

9 11AB 20

Star Wars: Hasbro

Spotlight on Dan Piraro

Star Wars: A Quirky Point of View

Spotlight on Lynn Johnston

Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, and Bill Finger

Comic Book Law School 202 Legend of Korra

Community

Dave McKean

Star Wars: Future of SW Publishing

Spotlight on Chew: Rob Guillory and John Layman

Comic Book Entrepreneurs

50th Anniv. Marvel Heroes

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Marvel: Cup O’ Joe Wreck-It Ralph: Art of Story

Star Wars: Origami

The IDW Show

Epic Fantasy War

Tron: Uprising

DC Comics: Justice League and Green Lantern

Judge Dredd 25th Anniversary

Sculpting/ Shiflett Brothers

The Art of Death and Darksiders II

Gears of War: Past, Present & Future

Star Wars: From Imagination to Screen

Mattel & DC Comics:A Heroic Partnership

Spotlight on Ben Saunders

Cartoon Network: Regular Show

Marvel: Ultimate Comics

Live Drawing with Mark Brooks

Spotlight on Kate Beaton

666 Park Avenue

DC Comics: Superman

Joe Simon and Jerry Robinson Memorial

Graphic Novel Library Awards

Paranormal Love Potion

Cult

Advanced Digital Inking Technique with Brian Haberlin

Cartoon Network: Annoying Orange

Dan Vs.

6DE

Remixed Fairytales and Superhero Lore

The Black Panel

Falling Skies DC Comics: The New 52 The Titans of Fighting Games

75th Anniversary of Prince Valiant

Matthew & Jennifer Holm

Official Aspen Comics Panel 2012

Spotlight on Michael Uslan

Spotlight on Nate Powell

Spotlight on James Robinson

Tribute to Richard Alf

CBLDF: History of Comics Censorship

CBLDF Master Session: Jason Shiga

Painting Comics on the iPad

Drawing DC

Digital Art Part 1

Firefly: 10 Year Anniversary

Bones

Arrow

EW: Powerful Women in Pop Culture

23ABC

Hasbro Studios: My Little Pony

The Artists’ Way

Lenore Turns 20

Bongo: Mylo Xyloto

BOOM! Studios: Adventure Time Comic Book

Dark Horse: Horror in Comics

Archaia: Transmedia in Graphic Novel Publishing

24ABC

Art of the Thrill Kill

Avatar Press: Hero Worship in Comics

FUNimation

Horror on the Paneled Page

Nappy Hour

Monster High

Motion Picture Illustrators/Art Directors Guild

25ABC

How to Break Into Television Writing

JManga: The Future of Digital Manga

Mattel: Mattypalooza 2012

Spotlight on Brandon Sanderson

No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queers in Comics

Warner Archive Collection; Shazam!

Bob’s Burgers

26AB FAN GROUP ROOM

CAC #5: Images of Nations

C O M I C S A RT S C O N F E R E N C E CAC #7: Jack Kirby CAC #6: and the Auteur Revolution and Reaction Theory of Comics

Cartoon Fantasy Organization San Diego

28E

32AB HALL H INDIGO

HILTON BAYFRONT

CAC #8: Jack Kirby, Modernism and Abstractism

Spotlight on Herb Trimpe 10:45: ParaNorman Adult Swim: The Venture Brothers

Oni Press: RevolutiONIze Comics

VIZ Media Neon Alley: The Newest Destination for Anime

12:05: The Big Bang Theory Adult Swim: NTSF:SD:SUV::

ASIFA: Hollywood’s State of the Industry

1:25: The Walking Dead Adult Swim: Childrens Hospital

Adult Swim: Aqua Something/ Squidbillies

The Need for a Serious Comics Community of Interest

UDON 2012

LEGO Fan Community

ValiantFans.com: The Unofficial Summer of Valiant

Peanuts: The New Comic Book Series

So You Want to Be a Comic Book Retailer?

2:45: Game of Thrones Adult Swim: Robot Chicken

4:05: Resident Evil: Retribution Adult Swim: Black Dynamite

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KEY:

COMICS

ANIMATION

MOVIES

Sculpting/ Shiflett Brothers

50th Anniv. Marvel Heroes

Spotlight on Scott Snyder

Monkey Brain Comics

Spotlight on Jeff Lemire

Resident Evil: Damnation

Blade Runner: 30th Anniversary Celebration

Vertigo: Get Jiro!

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SyFy: Defiance Girls Gone Genre

Sci-Fi That Will Change Your Life

Marvel: The All-Winners Squad

And Then What Happened?

Are Digital Comics Expanding the Market?

What’s Up With Penguin?

Old Masters’ Art Lessons for Comic Artists

Drawing Made Easy From Science

Digital Art Part 2

Dark Horse: Joss Whedon

Nighttime Film Screenings Donnie Darko

Klingon Lifestyles Presentation

The Vacationers Are a Disaster

Worst Cartoons Ever!

Spike and Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation

The 99: The Controversy Continues

Business of Webcomics

What’s New with Magic: The Gathering

The Making of Kaijudo

Playstation: The Last of Us

Capcom: Resident Evil 6

Stripped: The Comics Documentary

Strike Back

6DE

The Aquabats Super Show

7AB

35 Years of Heavy Metal

Continued

Designing for the Undead

8 9

geekED.2

11AB

Christian Comic Arts Society Mixer

The Totally Rad Show

Hall H and Ballroom 20 Panel Playback

Moving to the Web: Be Your Own Producer

Toy Masters: 25th Anniversary of Masters of the Univ.

23ABC 24ABC 25ABC 26AB FAN

28E GROUP ROOM

Simpsons Collectors Group VIZ Media: Beserk

6BCF

Optimus Prime: Up Close and Personal

Arcana Comics

4 5AB

Breaking Bad

Scribe Awards

Comics Retailer

Space Command

Making a Living in Manga

Yen Press

Breaking into Comics Right Now!

Drawn and Quarterly and Fantagraphics

Meet the New Geek Roundtable

Dark Matters: Twisted But True

Spartacus: War of the Damned

UDON 2012

EVERYTHING ELSE

Brickleberry

Falling Skies

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SF/FANTASY/HORROR

COMIC-CON HOW-TO ROOM

Buck Rogers: Past, Present and Future

The Writers’ Room

GAMES

Art Demo with Jeffrey Watts

SLG Publishing

Matthew & Jennifer Holm

TELEVISION

Showcasing the Best in Korean Animation

VIZ Media: Beserk Screening

32AB HALL H

4:35: Total Recall, Looper, Elysium Syfy Presents the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CHECK THE SIGNS OUTSIDE OF EACH PROGRAM ROOM FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.

INDIGO HILTON BAYFRONT

FRIDAY ANIME • FILM FESTIVAL • FILMS ANIME SCREENINGS • MARRIOTT MARQUIS & MARINA MARRIOTT HALL 4 10:00 10:25 10:50 11:15

Someday’s Dreamers True Tears Kobato AnoHana: The Flower We Saw That Day 11:40 Super Gals 2 12:05 Kekkaishi 12:30 You’re Under Arrest 3 12:55 Zakuro 1:20 Fairy Tail 1:45 Fushigi Yugi 2:10 Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan 2:35 The Melancholy of HaruhiChan Suzumiya 2:40 Rental Magica 3:05 Puella Magi Madoka Magica 3:30 Legend of the Legendary Heroes 3:55 Tales of the Abyss 4:20 Bleach 4:45 Gokusen 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 Neuro 8:05 Kaze No Stigma 8:30 First Squad 9:45 Kurokami 10:10 Modern Magic Made Simple 10:35 Blade of the Immortal 11:00 Corpse Princess 11:25 High School of the Dead 11:50 12:20 12:45 1:10

Mouse Samurai Girls Shikirei 2: Pure Engagement Queen’s Blade 2

MARRIOTT HALL 5 10:00 10:25 10:50 11:15 11:40 12:05 12:30 12:55 1:20 1:45 2:10 2:35

Clamp School Detectives And Yet the Town Moves Squid Girl Lucky Star Kimi Ni Todoke-From Me to You Ramen Fighter Miki Aria the Natural A-Channel Bakuman K-ON! Oreimo Kanon

10:00 10:25 10:50 11:15 11:40 12:05 12:30 12:55 1:20 1:45 2:10 3:00

Gad Guard Gao-Gai-Gar Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Tiger & Bunny Escaflowne Gasaraki Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Gun X Sword Psychic Squad Dirty Pair Broken Blade Sound of the Sky

3:00 The Melancholy of Haruhi-Chan Suzumiya 3:05 Toradora! 3:30 Hayate the Combat Butler 3:55 Nyan Koi! 4:20 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 2 4:45 Himawari 5:10 Sola 5:35 Okami-Sana and Her Seven Companions 6:00 The World Only God Knows 6:25 My Bride Is A Mermaid 6:50 Accel World 7:15 Hidamari Sketch X SP 7:40 Baka and Test 8:05 Akikan! 8:30 Girl’s High 8:55 MM! 9:20 Ah My Buddha 9:45 Rosario+Vampire 10:10 Rosario+Vampire

3:25 Gin Tama 3:50 Dirty Pair Flash 4:20 Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood 4:45 The Girl Who Leapt Through Space 5:10 Infinite Stratos 5:35 Rocket Girls 6:00 Chrome Shelled Regios 6:25 Star Driver 6:50 .hack//Quantum 7:15 MazinKaiser SKL 7:40 Needless 8:05 Kirameki Project 8:30 Fractale 8:55 Lagrange—The Flower of Rin-ne 9:20 Dragonaut: The Reasonance 9:45 Zetman 10:10 Line Barrels of Iron 10:35 Outlaw Star 11:00 Kirameki Project

10:35 10:40 11:05 11:30 11:55 12:20 12:45 1:10

11:25 11:30 11:55 12:20 12:45 1:10

MM! Shorts Cat Planet Cuties—Asobi Ni Iku Yo! Mahoromatic: I’m Home B Gata H Kei: Yamada’s First Time To Love Ru Heaven’s Lost Property Kanokon Girls Bravo

COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

MARRIOTT HALL 6

MARRIOTT HALL 2 10:00 Comic-Con Film School 102 COMICS-ORIENTED 11:05 Paula Peril: Midnight Whistle 11:50 Super to the Heroes 12:00 Lost Rites 12:25 Prelude to Bedlam PANEL 1:15 From Fanboy to Filmmaker: A Case Study on How to Make a Successful Animated Film HUMOR 2:20 Straight Talk 2:45 The Kirkie 3:15 Rooney’s World 3:50 Summer of the Zombies 4:15 Karl Mulberry 4:45 Off Season: The Lex Morrison Story 6:15 Rigamortis: A Zombie Love Story 7:05 Natural 20 7:50 The Comic Book Company 9:30 Electric Man

Needless Shorts Grenadier Blassreiter Aika R-16 Glass Maiden Elfen Lied

FILMS

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SATURDAY PROGRAMS

Anatomy of a Fight Scene, Part One

Anatomy of a Fight Scene, Part Two

Super-charge Your DeviantART Profile Like the Masters

DC Comics Talent Search Orientation Session 3

Funky Winkerbean’s 40th Anniversary

Spotlight on Gary Gianni

COMIC-CON HOW-TO ROOM

5AB 6A

Marvel Television Presents DC Comics: The New Wave

7AB

Activision: Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

9 11AB 20 23ABC

Comic Book Law School 303 Warehouse 13

Once Upon a Time

That ‘70s Panel

Film and TV Production Designers

Spotlight on J. Michael Straczynski

Minimates Turn 10

26AB

Avatar the Last Airbender Fan Group

28E

The Following Spotlight on Jim Lee

Halo 4: A New Campaign Roddenberry Presents

Spotlight on Ben Edlund

Oddball Comics with Scott Shaw! Spotlight on Joe Jusko

Spotlight on Brecht Evens

Spotlight on Stan Goldberg

Mad About MAD

Spotlight on Doug Savage

BOOM! Studios, KaBOOM!, BOOM!Town

CBLDF Master Session Charlie Adlard

CBLDF: The Fight to Defend Manga

“Brush Up” Your Manga Skills

Resin Casting and Silicone Moldmaking

Writing for Comics Part 1

The Simpsons

Locked and Loaded

Sid and Marty Krofft

Capcom: Lost Planet 3 and DMC

The Naked Truth About Tarzan and Jane

American Dad

Family Guy

Will Eisner and the Graphic Novel

Heroic Visions

The Write Stuff V

Hasbro Marvel

Skybound and the Next Generation of Independence

World of Capcom

30th Anniversary of Love and Rockets

Northstar: From Coming Out to Getting Married

Image Comics Experience

CAC #10: Focus on Steve Englehart

CAC #11: Pioneers of Comics Scholarship

Twilght Fan Fiction Group

Little Lulu Fan Group

CAC #12: Poster Session LOST Podcast

True Blood

The Vampire Diaries A Wrinkle in Time

C O M I C S A RT S C O N F E R E N C E

CAC #9: Comics Theory: Sequential Artistry

Epix Originals: Shatner and Corman

Grimm Q&A/ Season 2 Preview

Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Onto Season Five

Spotlight on Gilbert Shelton

Spotlight on Klaus Janson

IDW’s Digital First Comics ShiftyLook

Music and Comics

Disney Channel Television Animation

Marvel: Avengers vs. X-Men

A Conversation with Bryan Fuller

Futurama

comiXology Open Discussion: Everything Digital

Dark Horse: Bioware

24ABC 25ABC

Archie Comics: The Hottest Publisher in Comics

20 Years of Bob the Angry Flower

Marvel Video Games

Celebrating 50 Years of Mars Attacks

5 Establishing Shots: Environments in Visual Storytelling

Penny Arcade Q&A with Gabe & Tycho

Cartoon Voices I

VIZ Media: Shonen Jump Alpha

Proper Pitching and Promoting Yourself

Spotlight on Gail Carriger

DC Comics: Before Watchmen

Top Cow: We Create Innovation!

Spotlight on Morrie Turner

Phineas and Ferb

DC Comics: All Access: OGNs

Creating Animated TV Series BOOM! Studios: Planet of the Apes in Comics

Top Shelf Productions

Quick Draw

PlayStation 3: The Unfinished Swan

Graphic Novels from Idea to Finish with Brian Haberlin

Drawn & Quarterly: Canada and Comics

Cartoon Network: Adventure Time

After Earth

6DE

Save the Date: Your New Favorite Film

Hot Town: Fairies in the City

6BCF

FAN GROUP ROOM

PANELS FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES

Kickstarter Changes Comics

Legacy of Harvey Pekar

Indiana Jones Fan Group

SAILS PAVILION 11:30: Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained

HALL H INDIGO

HILTON BAYFRONT

Attack of the Show

Geek & Sundry

12:45: End of Watch; Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

Nerdist Channel

TV Guide Magazine: Fan Favorites

2:00: Trailer Park Alphas

2:30: Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures Preview Their Upcoming Lineups Being Human

Shameless

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KEY:

COMICS

ANIMATION

MOVIES

TELEVISION

GAMES

SF/FANTASY/HORROR

EVERYTHING ELSE

COMIC-CON HOW-TO ROOM

Figure Drawing with Ron Lemen

Comics of the African Diaspora

CCAS: Christian Themes in Comics

The Future of Graphic Novels

Spotlight on Gilbert Shelton

Reimagining a Gaming Icon: Lara Croft

Gays in Comics 25th Anniversary Celebration

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Person of Interest Spotlight on Jim Lee Oddball Comics

Occupy Comics: Activism, Kickstarter, and Comics

Nighttime Film Screenings They Live

Gaia Interactive

Comic-Con Masquerade Simulcast

5AB

Gays in Comics Mixer

Comic-Con Masquerade Simulcast

Revolution

MythBusters Vertigo: Fables

Metal Hurlant Chronicles

(Cont.)

Spotlight on John Scalzi

Gaming Kickstarter

Spotlight on Joe Jusko

Spotlight on Mark Waid

AFI’s Behind the Plastic

6BCF

Lost Girl

6DE

Femme Fatales Revealed Unlocking Arkham

Shut Up! Cartoons

7AB 8

Locke & Key

Archaia: How to Tell a Better Story via World-Building

What’s New at Harper Voyager & Harper Teen

Art Demo with Jeffrey Watts

Adobe Photoshop

Writing for Comics Part 2

Guerilla Marketing

Tromatize Yourself

9 11AB

HBO Presents the Comic-Con Masquerade

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BrickJournal

Best and Worst Manga of 2012

Pitching Your Creator-Owned Comics

Star Wars Trivia Panel

23ABC

Costume Designers and Illustrators

Animated Comic App Experiment: Bottom of the Ninth

Building Props for Science Fiction

Make It So

24ABC

Mass Effect: Past, Present, and Future

Are You a Geek Girl Trendsetter?

Between the Cracks: Star Trek

Legacy of Comic Book Harvey Readers into Comic Pekar Book Writers

10th Anniversary of Courtney Crumrin

Hall H and Ballroom 20 Panel Playback RAW Studios

25ABC 26AB FAN

28E GROUP ROOM Comic-Con Masquerade Party (Until 1:30 AM) 5:15: Trailer Park Glee

6:00: Iron Man 3 A Tribute to the Legendary Ray Bradbury

HALL H

7:15: Kevin Smith Comic-Con Q&A CBLDF Benefit Auction

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SATURDAY ANIME • FILM FESTIVAL • FILMS ANIME SCREENINGS • MARRIOTT MARQUIS & MARINA MARRIOTT HALL 4

10:00 10:25 10:50 11:15 11:40 12:05 12:30 12:55 1:20 1:45 2:10 2:35 2:40 3:05 3:30 3:55 4:20 4:45 5:10 5:35 6:00 6:25 7:15 7:40 8:05 8:30 8:55 9:20 9:45 10:10 10:35 11:00 11:25 11:50 12:20 12:45 1:10

Someday’s Dreamers True Tears Kobato AnoHana: The Flower We Saw That Day K-ON! Kekkaishi You’re Under Arrest 3 Zakuro Fairy Tail Fushigi Yugi Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan The Melancholy of HaruhiChan Suzumiya Rental Magica Puella Magi Madoka Magica Legend of the Legendary Heroes Tales of the Abyss Bleach Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings 2 Blue Exorcist Dream Eater Merry Vampire Knight Guilty Fate/Zero Chaos;Head Neuro Kaze No Stigma Book of Bantorra Shiki Modern Magic Made Simple Kurokami Modern Magic Made Simple Blade of the Immortal Corpse Princess High School of the Dead Mouse Samurai Girls Shikirei 2: Pure Engagement Queen’s Blade 2

MARRIOTT HALL 5

10:00 10:25 10:50 11:15 11:40 12:05 12:30 12:55 1:20 1:45 2:10 2:35 3:00 3:05 3:30 3:55 4:20 4:45 5:10 5:35 6:00 6:25 6:50 7:15 7:40 8:05 8:30 8:55 9:20 9:45 10:10 10:15 10:40 11:05 11:30 11:55 12:20 12:45 1:10

Clamp School Detectives And Yet The Town Moves Squid Girl Lucky Star Maid Sama Arakawa Under the Bridge 2 Aria the Origination A-Channel Bakuman K-ON!! 2 Oreimo Kanon The Melancholy of Haruhi-Chan Suzumiya Toradora! Hayate the Combat Butler Nyan Koi! The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 2 Himawari Sola Okami-San and Her Seven Companions The World Only God Knows My Bride Is A Mermaid Accel World Ef ~ A Tale Of Memories Baka and Test Akikan! Ninja Nonsense MM! Ah My Buddha Rosario+Vampire MM! Shorts Midori Days Cat Planet Cuties—Asobi Ni Iku Yo! Mahoromatic: I’m Home B Gata H Kei: Yamada’s First Time To Love Ru Heaven’s Lost Property Kanokon Girls Bravo

COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

MARRIOTT HALL 6

10:00 10:25 10:50 11:15 11:40 12:05 12:30 12:55 1:20 1:45 2:10 3:00 3:25 3:50 4:20 4:45 5:10 5:35 6:00 6:25 6:50 7:15 7:40 8:05 8:30 8:55 9:20 9:45 10:10 10:35 11:25 11:30 11:55 12:20 12:45 1:10

Gad Guard Gao-Gai-Gar Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Tiger & Bunny Tekkaman Blade Gasaraki Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Gun X Sword Psychic Squad Dirty Pair Towa No Quon Outlaw Star Gin Tama Dirty Pair Flash Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood The Girl Who Leapt Through Space Infinite Stratos Silent Mobius Chrome Shelled Regios Star Driver .hack//Quantum MazinKaiser SKL Needless Kirameki Project Fractale Lagrange—The Flower of Rin-ne Dragonaut: The Reasonance Zetman Line Barrels of Iron Dirty Pair OVA: Affair of Nolandia Needless Shorts Grenadier Blassreiter Aika R-16 Glass Maiden Elfen Lied

MARRIOTT HALL 2 10:00 Comic-Con Film School 103 SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY 11:05 Technical Support 11:40 Giant Monster Playset 11:55 El Cabro En La Lavadora 12:25 Oliver Bump’s Birthday 12:40 The Batting Cage 1:10 Laura Keller, NB 1:40 Advantageous 2:15 L5—Episode One PANEL 3:15 Creating Unforgettable Villains SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY (continued) 4:20 Hop the Twig 4:45 ID 5:10 Schrödingerskatze 5:45 Bunker 731 6:20 Wait for Rain 6:50 Anna-May Got Lost 7:15 Overture DOCUMENTARY 7:50 Folktales and Airships 8:00 GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling

FILMS

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From Manuscript to Industry

From Book in Print to Reader’s Hand

Art of Writing with Scott Brick and Gregg Hurwitz

Spotlight on Jason Shiga

Spotlight on Angelo Torres

The Fine Line of Inking

COMIC-CON HOW-TO ROOM

5AB

Marvel: Women of Marvel

Jack Kirby Tribute

Cartoon Network: Level Up

6BCF

Merlin

6DE

DC Comics: Young Justice

7AB

Comic Strip Legends

Meet the Companions of Star Wars: The Old Republic DC Comics: Meet the Co-Publishers

LEGO: Ninjago

11AB

Image Comics’ 20th Anniversary

Nickelodeon: SpongeBob SquarePants

DC Nation Screening and Q&A

Buffy Turns 20

Cartoon Network: Ben 10 Omniverse Max Brooks: Zombie Survival 101

What’s Cool in Graphic Novels

Starship Smackdown All-Stars Intergalactic 3D Edition Buffy the Musical: “Once More With Feeling” Axe Cop

Harry Potter: 15 Years Since The Philosopher’s Stone

Behind the Music

A CrossGeneration Film Collaboration

San Diego International Children’s Film Festival Kids Can Draw Comics

Kids Read!

Manga Drawing for Kids

Kids Draw!

Secret Origin of Good Readers Breakouts

Drawing DC: Kids Edition

24ABC

Sonic and Mega Man: Video Game Comics Showcase

Playstation: All-Star Battle Royale

Reinventing the Graphic Novel for the iPad

BOOM! Studios: All-Ages Comics: A New Hope

501st Costuming 101

25ABC

Humor in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Spotlight on Peter F. Hamilton

What’s Hot in Young Adult Fiction

Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two

Cover Story

26AB

Secret Origin of Good Readers

CAC #13: Super-Bodies: Overcoming Disability Through Superheroism

CCAS Sunday Devotional Christian Comics Panel 10:00: Fringe

KEY:

COMICS

Chilling Archives of Horror Comics: Zombies

C O M I C S A RT S C O N F E R E N C E CAC #14: Character CAC #15: Politics, Generation: Cultural, Economics, and Ideology Economic & Identity

California Browncoats Meet-up

11:15: Supernatural

ANIMATION

Spotlight on Alison Bechdel

MOVIES

TELEVISION

Full-Time Creative Work on a Part-Time Schedule

Business of Cartoon Voices The Nerd in the Classroom

Serious Pictures: Comics & Journalism in a New Era

1:45: The Cleveland Show

GAMES

Comic-Con Talkback

Steampunk Attire

CAC #16: The Culture of Comic-Con: Field Studies of Fans

Ball-Jointed Dolls Collectors Group

12:30: Doctor Who

Making Comics for Kids

Super Secrets: Lifting the Curtain on the Man of Steel

Emily the Strange

HALL H

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

Comic-Con Masquerade Playback

23ABC

32AB

Creating Comics for All Ages

Heroes for the Middle Grade Reader (And You Too!)

Foes Beyond Fur and Fangs

Artemis Fowl: 8 in 8 with Eoin Colfer

Jim Lee in Conversation with Scott Brick

Keenspot 2012: Kickstarting Your Webcomics Career

Where Do Ideas Come From?

Darwyn Cooke and the Man Called Parker

Spotlight on Thomas Yeates

New Methods in Digital Painting and Coloring with Brian Haberlin

Marvel: Amazing Spider-Man Espenson: An Anagram for Openness

CBLDF Rock Art Jam

Cartoon Voices II

Digital Comics Price Fight

PANELS FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES

How to Create Your Own Novel

2:45: Sons of Anarchy

SF/FANTASY/HORROR

EVERYTHING ELSE

FOR COMPLETE PANEL DESCRIPTIONS, SEE THE PROGRAM SCHEDULE ARTICLE BEGINNING ON PAGE 12 OF THE EVENTS GUIDE. THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CHECK THE SIGNS OUTSIDE OF EACH PROGRAM ROOM FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.

SUNDAY ANIME • FILM FESTIVAL ANIME SCREENINGS • MARRIOTT MARQUIS & MARINA

MARRIOTT HALL 4

MARRIOTT HALL 5

10:00 Someday’s Dreamers

10:00 Clamp School Detectives

10:00 Gad Guard

10:25 Gakuen Alice

10:25 And Yet the Town Moves

10:25 Gao-Gai-Gar

10:50 Kobato

10:50 Squid Girl

10:50 Mobile Suit Gundam 0079

11:15 Our Home’s Fox Deity

11:15 Pani Poni Dash!

11:15 Tytania

11:40 Super Gals 2

11:40 Kimi Ni Todoke—From Me

11:40 Escaflowne

12:05 Kekkaishi

to You

12:05 Gasaraki

12:05 Ramen Fighter Miki

12:30 Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

12:55 Shrine of the Morning Mist

12:30 Aria the Origination

12:55 Gun X Sword

12:55 A-Channel

1:20 Psychic Squad

1:45 Fushigi Yugi

1:20 Bakuman

1:45 Dirty Pair

2:10 Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan

1:45 K-ON!! 2

2:10 Towa No Quon

2:35 The Melancholy of Haruhi-

2:10 Wagnaria!!

3:00 Sound of the Sky

2:35 Kanon

3:25 Gin Tama

3:00 The Melancholy of Haruhi-

3:50 Arietta

Chan Suzumiya 2:40 Rental Magica 3:05 Puella Magi Madoka 3:30 Legend of the Legendary

Through Space

3:30 Hayate the Combat Butler

4:45 Full Metal Alchemist:

3:55 Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu!

Heroes 3:55 Tales of the Abyss

4:20 Himawari

4:20 Sengoku Basara: Samurai

4:45 The Melancholy of Haruhi

Kings 2

4:20 The Girl Who Leapt

Chan Suzumiya 3:05 Toradora!

Magica

MARRIOTT HALL 2 10:00 Comic-Con Film School 104 SPECIAL EVENT

12:30 Rozen Maiden Ouverture 1:20 Fairy Tail

COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

MARRIOTT HALL 6

Brotherhood

11:05 CCI-IFF Awards Presentation AWARD WINNERS SHOWCASE 12:00 See all the 2012 CCI-IFF Award Winners!

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4:45 Bleach

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