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Approved Education Panels

Denver Comic Con 2018

Thank you for your participation in Denver Comic Con! Included below is a comprehensive list* of educational conference sessions and panels available to Denver Comic Con attendees. These sessions span all educational interests and topics related to pop culture, including comics, graphic novels, history, pedagogy, TV/film, literacy, and plenty more. All sessions are 45-50 minutes Please note that panel times and locations are subject to change. We strongly recommend you pick up a Souvenir and paper program in order to see full panel descriptions and to make use of the maps. We also recommend that you download the Pop Culture Class App in order to create a schedule of panels to attend and receive advance reminders about events and activities, as well as stay updated on any scheduling changes that may occur. *This list is not available in the online/printed program schedule or the App.

ART

Friday 6/15

Session Title Start Time Room # Creating a Superhero Uniform w/ Pro Kid Artists 10:30 All Age Stage Digital Sketching and Coloring in Photoshop 10:30 601 Making Comics for Kids 11:00 501 Creating Fantastical Creatures Workshop 11:00 603

Imagination Creation - Kids Draw with a Pro! 11:30 All Age Stage Draw What You Want - Drawing Demo 11:30 601 Creating Fantastical Creatures Workshop 12:00 603 Intro Dynamic Figures with Freddie Williams II 12:30 601

Manga U: Learn to Draw Workshop! 1:00 603 How Comics are Made: From Start to Finish 1:30 All Age Stage High Contrast Light Focused Illustration 1:30 601 Kids Draw Garfield with Jim Davis! 2:30 All Age Stage Drawing Realistic Women with Terry Moore 2:30 601 Animate at Home! 3:00 8-Bit Lounge Adapting TV, Movies and Toys to Comics for Kids 3:00 DCCP1 Character Animation 3:00 607 Realism vs Cartoonism - Primer from a Comics Pro 3:00 502/503 Coloring Demo with Laura Martin 3:00 603 Developing an online Portfolio 3:30 601 How To Support Small Artists 4:00 607 Action & Adventure Comics Creators 4:00 DCCP1 Chrissie Zullo - Art Demo 4:00 603 Digital Art Process of Nidhi Chanani 4:30 601

Why We Make Comics for Kids 5:00 DCCP1 Artist Demo with Cat Staggs 5:30 601 Working in Animation 5:30 504

ART

Saturday6/16

Session Title Start Time Room #

Scholastic All-Stars Drawing Comics Workshop 10:30 All Age Stage Making Manga: Adapting Eastern Media for a Western World 11:00 501 Creating Fantastical Creatures Workshop 11:00 603 Creating Fantastical Creatures Workshop 12:00 603 Draw Your Favorite Disney Characters with Artist Greg Guler 12:30 All Age Stage The Art & Style of Paul Pelletier 12:30 601 Manga U: Learn to Draw Workshop! 1:00 603 Digital Drawing on tablets 1:30 601 Let's Make a Comic! 2:00 603 Drawing Demo with Ron Randall 2:30 601 Creating an Eye-Catching Comic Page with Freddie Williams II 3:00 603

Water Soluble Graphite Demonstration 3:30 601 Drawing Demo with Tony Fleecs 4:00 603 Draw Ponies & Cartoon Characters with Thom Zahler 4:30 601 The Artist/Gallery Relationship: How an Art Gallery Can Help Build Your Career as an Artist 5:00 607 Draw Tentacle Kitty! 5:30 All Age Stage Stranger Comics: How To Take an Idea from Concept to Creation 5:30 601

Drawing Superheroes and Creating iMovies! 6:00 304 Emil Acevedo - Stop Motion Animation 7:30 504

Creating Great Cartoon Characters 10:00 505/506

ART

Sunday 6/17


Live Digital Drawing w/ Pro Kid Artists 10:30 All Age Stage High Impact! Using the Elements and Principles of Design to Create Dynamic Illustrations 10:30 601 Creating Fantastical Creatures Workshop 11:00 603 Draw the DCC Super Team 11:30 All Age Stage Coloring with Copics: How to Blend 11:30 601 Creating Fantastical Creatures Workshop 12:00 603 Freelance to Independent 12:30 601 How Can I Have a Career in Comics? 1:00 8-Bit Lounge Independent, Creator-Owned projects 1:00 DCCP6 Manga Layouts for Advanced Artists with Alex Miller 1:00 603 Creating Manga with KIds 1:30 All Age Stage Your Art Sucks! 1:30 601 Art of the Comics Cover 2:00 501 Drawing Demo with Craig Rousseau 2:00 603 Teens: Pursue Your Passions & Don't Worry About Everyone Else 2:00 8-Bit Lounge Guest Demo with Billy Tucci 2:30 601 Do What You Love - How Tentacle Kitty Created Their Own Company 3:00 8-Bit Lounge Valiant Presents: The Craft of Comics 3:00 501

Drawing Demo with Jose Pimienta 3:00 603 SketchUp for 3D Printing 4:00 603

DIVERSITY/GENDER ISSUES

Friday 6/15

Session Title Start Time Room # Careers Without Colors/Success Regardless of Race 11:00 8-Bit Lounge On Being a Fat Fangirl 11:30 DCCP3 Is This A Kissing Book? 11:30 402/403 The Power of Disability: Disability in Comics and Film 11:30 605 LGBTQ in Comics - Welcome to the 21st Century! 12:00 DCCP1 Women in Pop Culture: Representation, Reflection, and Revolution 12:00 401 Are all LGBTQ represented? "Let's Have a Kiki at DCC!" 12:00 501 Thirteen Ways to Look at a Black Boy 12:00 8-Bit Lounge Making a Scene, Making a Statement: Using Narrative to Empower Teens 12:30 303 Who Run The World? Girls! 12:30 402/403 Creating Transcendent Women Comic Characters 1:00 DCCP1 DMC Talks to Teens 1:00 8-Bit Lounge Girls Are Heroes of Their Own Stories: Can Harley Quinn Save Lives? 1:00 501

I Am Alfonso Jones - The Book That Should Change GNs Forever 1:00 502/503 Why We Fight: The Science Behind Fandom-Based Social Activism 1:00 607 Writing Comics for ALL Kids 2:00 DCCP1 Gender/Diversity in Art and Comics 2:00 501 (PCC) Representation Book Shelf: Building A More Diverse Comics Class 2:30 301 Indigenize Education 2:30 DCCP3 Masculinity Double Take 2:30 605 How to Write Diversity 2:30 405 Promoting Women in STEM Through Pop Culture Representation 3:00 304 The Dark Side of Fandoms: Harassment and Bullying in Fan Groups 3:00 DCCP6 Writing Women in Sci-Fi/Fantasy: From damsels in distress to badass warrior queens 3:00 406/407 Teenagers and Pop Culture Discussed by Teenagers 3:30 605 The Non-Binary Monologues Project 4:30 401

Comics with Cultural Conscience 5:00 502/503 "Girl Power GNs & Books: Middle Grade Fiction for Girls (and Boys)" 5:30 301 Transgenders in Comics 6:00 501


Saturday 6/16


Stop Writing "Strong" Women Characters! 10:30 402/403 The Strength of Diversity 11:00 DCCP4 Diverse Comic Creators - Is the Industry Changing? I 12:00 DCCP1 Comic Justice: Exploring the Relationship between Comics and Social Justice 12:00 501 Anyone with XX Chromosomes Might Like These Comics, Too! 1:00 DCCP1 Girls - You Can Have a Pop Culture Career Too! 1:00 8-Bit Lounge The Indiginarium: Unlocking the Indigenous Imagination 1:00 501 “We Can't Have Nice Things”: How Fandoms React When the Creator Turns Toxic 1:30 401 When Nerds Become the Bullies 1:30 DCCP3 Leave It To Little Beaver: Indigenous Identity in the 20th Century 2:00 607 Never Doubt What No One is Sure About: Bookmaking in Multi-Cultural Lit 3:30 402/403 Women in Geek Industry - Anne Wheaton, Jessica Chobot & Bonnie Burton 4:30 DCCP5 Real Women, Real Strength. Writing Realistic Female Protagonists 4:30 402/403 Just Which Is The ‘American Way'...?; Race, Gender, and Representation in Pop Culture 4:30 401


Sunday 6/17


The Women Behind the Webb Space Telescope 10:30 DCCP3 DMC Goes Solo 11:00 DCCP1 Welcome to Wakanda 11:00 302 Reverberating Vibranium; the impact of race and gender via characters from Black Panther 11:00 501 It's Okay to be Geeky and Gay! 11:30 8-Bit Lounge Inside the Diversity Prism: Confronting Hierarchy and Erasure 11:30 DCCP3 Diverse Comic Creators - Is the Industry Changing? II 12:00 DCCP1 Creating Inclusive Comics 12:00 DCCP6 Diverse Voices Assemble! To Shake-up Storytelling 12:30 402/403 Unleash Your Inner Wonder Woman 12:30 DCCP3 Writing "Otherness" in Fiction: Appropriation versus Representation in the Fight Against Xenophobia 1:00 406/407 "Playing with Gender: kids and scholars talk back to today's action figures." 1:00 304 Does Representation Matter? An educational conversation about the impact of representation in movies & comic books on kids. 1:30 303 Indie Comics Anyone with XX Chromosomes Might Like Too! 2:00 DCCP1 Telling Their Stories through Graphic Novels: Views from Behind the Fence 3:00 304 Social Causes in Comics 3:00 DCCP1 Writing Against Xenophobia: "Otherness" in Fiction 3:00 406/407 POC Nerds Unite in the Lab: Importance of Representation in Nerddoms 4:00 8-Bit Lounge Out in STEM Presents: The Astonishing Queer Scientists and Engineers 4:00 607

FILM/TELEVISION

Friday 6/15


Ask A Pony 10:30 DCCP3 "The Where it Happens": History and Politics in American Pop Culture 10:30 401 The Emerging Filmmakers Project 10:30 504 - Stranger Rick & Morty Things: Identity in an Infinite Multiverse 12:00 302 Drafthouse Presents - Hitchcock at 120 12:00 505/506 The Jedi Religion: Daoist and Buddhist Themes and the Jedi Order. 12:00 607 Stranger Things - The Horror of Alternate Realities 12:30 605 DFS Shakespearean War in the Stars Episode IV 1:00 505/506 Sounds of Star Wars: Characters, Klaxons, and Aliens 1:00 DCCP2 I Sing and I Know Things: A Look Into Geeky Music 1:30 DCCP3 Comics and Coping: Using Pop Culture to Process Trauma 1:30 303 Scared Silly 1:30 402/403 Feeling Supernatural: The Representation of Mental Health in Pop Culture 2:00 DCCP4

Nick Maley - Behind the Mos Eisley Cantina Creatures 2:00 505/506 So You Want to be an Actor? 2:00 8-Bit Lounge Drafthouse Presents - Science Fiction: 2001 at 50 2:30 504 DIY stunt driving and explosives in film 3:30 504 Anime Openings East VS West 3:30 DCCP3 Star Wars Books 4:00 DCCP4 Endless Henchmen and Superhuman Scuffles: the difference between Screen-fights and Street-fights 4:00 501

Black Mirror and the Evils of Technology 4:30 605 The History of the 90's Afternoon Animation Block 4:30 DCCP3 Disney vs. Real Fairytales 5:00 DCCP6 Adam Cayton-Holland in the Lab: Class clown Hits the Big Time 5:00 8-Bit Lounge Drafthouse Presents - The Golden Age of Horror 6:00 505/506 Comics Explained Podcast Recording 6:30 504

Voice Actors! 7:00 505/506

FILM/TELEVISION

Saturday 6/16


Amateur to Professional: How to get into filmmaking 10:30 504 Ten Points to Fandom Games: Using Fandoms to Connect Your Community 11:00 DCCP6 The Voice of Star Wars 11:00 8-Bit Lounge The Failure of Star Wars 11:00 302

Stunt Demo with kids 11:30 All Age Stage Supernatural: Castiel and the Hero's Journey 11:30 605 The Wisdom of Walt 11:30 DCCP3 Stuntwomen 11:30 504 TV Guidance Counselor 12:30 504 Sounds of Star Wars: Lightsabers, Ships, and Blasters 1:00 DCCP2 The Truth Is Out There 1:30 405 Vince Gonzales - Breaking into the Film Industry 1:30 504 How Can I Become a Voice Actor? 2:00 8-Bit Lounge DFS Shakespearean War in the Stars Episode V 2:00 505/506 Wonder Woman in Comics 2:00 DCCP6 Colorado Symphony Presents: The Music of Star Wars - The Last Jedi 2:30 DCCP3 Practical Creature Effects 2:30 504 Finding Your Own Character's Voice 2:30 All Age Stage Leadership Lessons From Star Wars 3:00 302 Shakespearean Star Wars 3:00 607 Yoda Comes to DCC's Kids Lab 3:30 All Age Stage Postcards from the Underworld 3:30 DCCP3 Grove and Lew - Stunt Oscars 3:30 504 DFS The Future of the MCU 4:00 505/506 10 Things I Hate About You - Kiwi Smith 4:30 504 Star Wars: The Fans Strike Back 4:30 605 John Eaves - Designing Discovery 5:00 505/506

TV Will Rot Your Brain - Real Truths About the Boob Tube 5:30 402/403 RWBY Panel 6:30 504

Monster Squad Documentary 7:00 505/506 Nick Maley - Lifeforce: Behind the FX 8:30 504 Animation Annotations - Easter Eggs in DC Animation 9:00 505/506 Strange Coffee Animation Project 9:30 504

FILM/TELEVISION

Sunday 6/17

Session Title Start Time Room # John Eaves - Props of the MCU 10:30 504 Part Of Your World: Disney's Empire And Why We Shouldn't Let It Go 10:30 401 Nick Maley - Do or Do Not, There is No Try 11:00 505/506 DFS The Evolution of the Teen Movie 11:30 504 Vince Gonzales - From Production Assistant to Producer 12:30 504 Team Dynamics of the Avengers: A Psychological Review 1:00 501 Nick Maley - Untold Story of the Creation of Star Wars' Yoda 1:30 504 DFS Shakespearean War in the Stars Episode VI 2:00 505/506 Religious Themes in Star Wars 2:30 605 Writing a horror film - Cargill 2:30 504 Finding Your Own Character's Voice 2:30 All Age Stage DFS The State of Star Wars 3:00 505/506 Top 10 Buffy or Angel Episodes (that inspire us to be strong) 3:30 DCCP3 Creating Your Own Web Series 3:30 504 A Rose From Concrete: Examining Posttraumatic Growth in Media 4:30 303 Skinwalker Ranch Panel 4:30 504 FanFiction Yoga for Kids! 5:20 All Age Stage

GAMING & TECHNOLOGY

Friday

6/15


History and Mystery of Horizon Zero Dawn 12:30 DCCP3 Building Your Own Awesome LEGO Creations 1:00 DCCP6

Dungeons & Dragons in Pop Culture: Demogorgons! Roll Initiative 1:00 302 RPG World Building 2:00 607 Gaming For All: The Sensory Gaming Project 3:00 302 Roll for Initiative: Role-Playing Games In Library and School Programs 4:00 302 High Tech, Low Lives: Putting the Punk in Cyber 5:00 302

Saturday 6/16


Augmented Reality and Beyond 12:00 8-Bit Lounge World Building 101: Designing Your Homebrew Tabletop World 12:00 607 Robots, Coding and Comics! Introducing Pop Culture through hands on computer coding utilizing robots 3:00 304 “Articulating the Action Figure”: Toys and Action Figures Roundtable Discussion 3:00 401 Game Settings: Create Your Own & Avoid Writing the Mary Sue 4:00 607 Never Grow Up: How Adult Fans and Collectors have Created an Industry 4:30 DCCP3 3D printing and You 11:30 601 Roller Derby in Pop Culture (and at DCC!) 5:00 DCCP1

Sunday 6/17


Automata: Machines Mimicking Life 12:30 605 Hello, Friend: Trust, Technology and Revolution in Mr. Robot 2:00 302 Looking Backward, Moving Forward: Finding Cultural Value In Rock Stars, Video Games, TV Series, And Comics 4:30 401

SCIENCE

Friday 6/15


NASA - The Sound of Science 10:30 DCCP5 NASA - Exploration at the Edge of the Solar System 11:30 DCCP5 NASA - The Future of Spaceflight 12:30 DCCP5 NASA - Scientists vs. Sci-Fi Authors - Is Sci-Fit Lit Legit? 1:30 DCCP5 Get Fit for Justice: Finding YOUR Superhero Bod 2:00 DCCP6 NASA - Planet 9: Does it Exist? 2:30 DCCP5 NASA - Jupiter! 3:30 DCCP5 WOW! Science with Science Matters 4:30 All Age Stage NASA - What's Next for NASA? 4:30 DCCP5 NASA - Extreme Scientists 5:30 DCCP5

Saturday 6/16

Session Title Start Time Room # Pokemon and Biology 10:30 DCCP3 NASA - Armageddon or Are-Mistaken? 10:30 DCCP5 SCIENCE: The Next Generation 10:30 301 Cyberdyne is here! Genetic Engineering & Cybertech in Fiction 11:30 402/403 NASA - The Science of Star Wars 11:30 DCCP5 Alien Life - You'll never see them coming. 12:30 303 Jupiter's "Small" Moons (NASA) 1:30 All Age Stage NASA - Exploring Antartica 1:30 DCCP5 NASA - How to Work for NASA 2:30 DCCP5 Real Science in Science Fiction 2:30 402/403 How to Work in Science Without Being a Scientist (NASA) 3:00 8-Bit Lounge NASA - The Weird Worlds of Saturn & The Death of Cassini 3:30 DCCP5 The Science of Science Fiction - Using Pop Culture to make Science Accessible 64:00 302 WOW! Science with Science Matters 4:30 All Age Stage Middle-Grade Scifi - Gateway to STEM and Beyond 4:30 301 Science of Superheroes 5:30 303

SCIENCE

Sunday

6/17


Exoplanet Astronomy: What's next! 10:30 DCCP5 NASA - Science of Doctor Who 11:30 DCCP5 UFOs in Pop Culture 12:30 DCCP5

More Human Than Human 1:00 302 NASA - Women in Science 1:30 DCCP5 NASA - How do you poop in the Antarctic? 3:30 All Age Stage The Climate Crisis Calls: Superheroes Wanted 4:00 302

WOW! Science with Science Matters 4:30 All Age Stage Kitchen Chemistry 101 5:00 304

TEACHING/PEDAGOGY

Friday

6/15


(PCC) Welcome to Fandom, Teach: Educator's Guide to Navigating Denver Comic Con 10:30 301 Literacy and History in Education Through Comics 10:30 605 Starting a school Comic Book Club 10:30 303 The Power of Comics to Transform Your Class 11:00 502/503 You Have Died of Dysentery: Meaningful Gaming in Education 11:00 304 Superhero, Villain and Monster Cells. Oh My! 11:30 303 (PCC) Following the Panels: A Primer on Teaching the Art of Comic Analysis 11:30 301 Webcomics as Progressive Conversation Starters: Woman World and Kimchi Comics 12:00 304 (PCC) Creating Standards-Based Lessons Plans for Graphic Novels 12:30 301 Sci-Fi Fridays - STEM Collaborative Learning at the Elementary Level 1:00 304 (PCC) Intro to Graphic Novels - for Teachers New to the Comics Medium 1:30 301 Comics Kids Should Be Reading 2:00 502/503 History in the Making 2:00 302 Comics, Literature and Telenovelas: How Pop Culture Can Enable Emerging Bilinguals and English Language Learners 2:30 303 (PCC) Illustrating Empathy: How Comics can Breed Kindness and Understanding Friday 3:30 301 Garfield Teaches Digital Citizenship 3:30 303 Graphic Novels Kids Should be Reading 4:00 502/503 Revamp Your English 101! How to Generate Critical Thinking through Comics and Speculative Texts 4:00 304 Solution Squad: How to Create and Implement Educational Comics for the Class 4:30 303 (PCC) Using Comics in the STEM Class 4:30 301

Friday

6/15

Mario Teaches Everything: Entertainment Games in Education 5:30 303 Empowering Children To Change Behavior Through Social Narratives 6:00 302 Pop Culture in the Gifted Class 6:00 304 POW! A Splattering of Comics in a Secondary Class 6:00 502/503

Comics in Education and Media 6:30 301 Technology in the Art Class 6:30 303

TEACHING/PEDAGOGY

Saturday 6/16


(PCC) Welcome to Fandom, Teach: Educator's Guide to Navigating Denver Comic Con 10:30 301 Literacy and History in Education Through Comics 10:30 605 You Could Save the World: Using Wonder Woman to Teach History, Past and Present 11:00 304 (PCC) Following the Panels: A Primer on Teaching the Art of Comic Analysis 11:30 301 (PCC) Creating Standards-Based Lessons Plans for Graphic Novels 12:30 301 The Hero in All of Us: Empowering Students through the Modern Mythologies of Moana, Black Panther, and Sherlock Holmes 1:00 304 (PCC) Intro to Graphic Novels - for Teachers New to the Comics Medium 1:30 301 (PCC) Teaching the History of LGBTQ Graphic Novels in the Class 1:30 301 A Teaching Toolkit: Adding Game-based Learning to your Course without Starting from Scratch 1:30 303 History in the Making 2:00 302 (PCC) Illustrating Empathy: How Comics can Breed Kindness and Understanding Friday 3:30 301

Saturday

6/16

Solution Squad: How to Create and Implement Educational Comics for the Class 4:30 303 Mighty League of Acceptance: Using Pop Culture to Engage and Educate about Autism 4:30 303 Feminism in the Class: Using Pop-Culture to Help Students Understand Difficult Ideas 5:00 304 Daring Adventure Storytelling: Using Comics & Pop Culture in Unusual Spaces 5:30 301 Pop Culture in the Gifted Class 6:00 304 Environmental Literacy Through Comics 6:00 302 Using Role Playing Games in the Class 6:30 301 (PCC) Welcome to Fandom, Teach: Educator's Guide to Navigating Denver Comic Con 10:30 301

TEACHING/PEDAGOGY

Sunday 6/17

Session Title Start Time Room # Cosplay, Comics, and Nerdery in the Mathematics Class 10:30 303 (PCC) Books As Flint: Using Graphic Novels to Spark Activism 10:30 301 Letting Your Banner Fly High: Students Find Their Own Voice Through Creating a Graphic Novel 11:00 304 (PCC) Tools of Adversity: Helping Students Find Themselves In The Comics Medium 11:30 301 The Star Wars that I Used to Know: A Workshop for Teachers on Using Fan Theories and Debates to Explore Critical Reading and Rhetoric 11:30 303 “I Can Always Escape”: Mental Illness, Trauma, And The Seemingly Inescapable 12:00 401 Popular Culture in Secondary Education 12:30 303 (PCC) The Graphic Memoir: Teaching Identity Through Modern Biographical Comics 12:30 301 Empathy for the Devil: How Discussions on Pop-Culture Villains Can Create Spaces for Political Discourse in the Class 1:30 401

Sunday 6/17

(PCC) No More Capes - Moving beyond Superheroes with Class Comics 1:30 301 Illustrated Education: Drawing on Comics in the High School Class 2:00 304 (PCC) Bullying: Using Comics to Help Cope 2:30 301 We Can't Repel Data of that Magnitude!: Using Star Wars to Teach Research and Writing 2:30 303 Superkid Syllabus: A Reading List for Heroes-in-Training 3:00 404 Learning To Splash: Getting Comics To Crossover Into The Class 3:00 401 (PCC) Teaching Fables and Mythology through Graphic Novels 3:30 301 Teaching through a Pop Culture Assemblage: The Necessary Complexity of Popular Culture in the Class 3:30 303 Social Sciences in Worlds that Never Were: Using Fantasy and Science Fiction Literature in the Class 4:00 304 Necessary Triggers 4:30 301

WRITING/LITERATURE

Friday

6/15


It's the End of the World As We Know It! Well...sort of. 10:30 405 To Plot or Not 10:30 DCCP6 YA I Like YA - What About It? 10:30 402/403 "Shipping" in Comics - Creators bringing characters together 11:00 DCCP1 Steemit: Writing on a Blockchain 11:00 404 Best Baddies are More Than the Hero of Their Own Story. 11:30 405 All Star Kids Graphic Novels (Scholastic Books Spotlight) 12:00 DCCP4 Storytelling Through Comics 12:00 502/503 Morality and Culture in Fantasy Fiction 12:00 404 Developing Unique Characters for YA Fiction 12:00 406/407 Indie Book Publishing - What's It's All About 12:30 405 Books Kids Should be Reading - from Childrens to Mid Grade 1:00 DCCP4 Short Stories, Ender's Game, and Star Trek...Oh Myyy! 1:00 404 “I Am The Vengeance! I Am The Night! I Am [A Comic Book, A Movie, A TV Series, and Seven Different Action Figures]!”; Adaptation and Pop Culture Texts 1:30 401 Letters Written From Hell - The Horror Writing Process 1:30 405 Return to Middle-earth with DeLace and Friend 1:30 605 "So You Want to Write Nerd Poetry?" 2:00 304 Common writing pitfalls & how to avoid them 2:00 404 Making History Come Alive for Teen Readers 2:00 406/407 Comic Book Storytelling with Ron Randall 2:00 603 Our Secret Monstrous Obsession 2:30 402/403 How does the Hero/ine save the [Endangered Item]? 3:00 DCCP4 Page 23 Keynote Conversation with Writer Amy Chu 3:00 401 What a Character! 3:00 404 Books Kids Will Love - Read with the Creators! 3:30 All Age Stage Let's Get Ready to Rumble: Combat in Science Fiction & Fantasy 3:30 402/403 Writing for Young Adults: Let's Talk About YOUR Book Ideas! 4:00 404 Finding creative inspiration in the mundane 4:00 406/407

Friday

6/15

Best Supporting Sidekick: Supporting Characters in Science Fiction & Fantasy 4:30 402/403 How to make believable characters 4:30 405 So you've written a novel. Now what? 5:00 404 In Want of a Wife: a Pride and Prejudice RPG 5:00 304 Launching Your YA and MG Novel Series 5:00 406/407 Magic in Books, Life & Real World 5:30 402/403 Avoiding Cardboard Villains: How to Write Villains that Engage & Intrigue Readers 6:00 406/407

WRITING/LITERATURE

Saturday 6/16


Dueling Club: Harry Potter Scholars Debate Canon, Controversies, and Creators 10:30 401 Self-Pub Ain't Just Writing 10:30 405 Weaving Science, Technology & Magic into Storytelling 11:00 404 Re-Imagining Myth in YA Fiction 11:00 406/407 Query Rescue: Fine Tuning Your First Author Impression 12:00 DCCP6 Worldbuilding and Storytelling 12:00 DCCP4 Project Syllabus Workshop 12:00 401 The Hero's Journey & Why It Works in Storytelling 12:00 404 Dystopian YA Novels - Building the Apocalyptic Vision 12:00 406/407 I Need My Space! 12:30 402/403 Creating Believable Monsters 12:30 405 Word Magic: Defining Harry Potter's World 12:30 605 Ask A Literary Agent! 1:00 404 Veterans of the Writing Wars 1:00 406/407 Western Themes in Sci-fi and Fantasy 1:00 607 Romance, Feminism, and Sex in Fiction 1:30 402/403 When can I call myself a writer?: How to Stop Feeling Like an Imposter 2:00 DCCP4

Saturday 6/16

7 Secrets to Creating Bloodcurdling Monsters (writing workshop) 2:00 404 One Day, You Will Be Old Enough To Read Fairytales Again 2:00 406/407 (PCC) Ask Me Anything session with comic industry-leading publishers and editors! 2:30 301 A Whole New World - Or Is It? It's All In the Details 2:30 405 Alternate Futures 3:00 406/407 Lumberjanes Comic: Role Model or Simply Entertaining Read for Kids? 3:00 502/503 Manga Publishing: Comparing Japan and U.S. 3:00 DCCP4 Launching the Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards 3:30 301 From Guardians of the Galaxy to The Orville - The Space Comedy Drama 3:30 405 Comic Book Storytelling with Dean Haspiel 4:00 406/407 Fictional Venoms and Their Non-Fictional Counterparts 4:00 404 Careers in Writing Comics 4:00 8-Bit Lounge Why You Should Have Villains of All Stripes 4:30 405 Fan Fiction & You! Q&A Panel 5:00 404 Writing Comic Script with Mairghread Scott 5:00 603 Not Just Novels - Writing Different Lengths 5:30 405 Three Rules for Protagonists 6:00 404 Becoming an Authorpreneur: The Business Of being A Writer 6:00 406/407 Page 23 Lit Con - Cocktail Party 7:00 401 Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards - You're Invited! (Followed by Private Reception ) 7:00 DCCP3

WRITING/LITERATURE

Sunday 6/17


Teen Writers: Overcoming Insecurity and How to Think Up Ideas! 10:30 8-Bit Lounge Teen or YA... Does it Matter? 10:30 402/403 First Steps in Self-Publishing 10:30 405 Rebirth of the Hero's Journey 11:00 DCCP4 Heroes vs. Anti-Heroes: Who would you want saving you? 11:00 404 It's a Mystery to Me! 11:30 402/403 Super Heroes and the Novella 11:30 405 Writing From the Shadows 12:00 406/407 Why You Actually Don't Hate Superman 12:00 501 “To Boldly Go”: Making Meaning by Making Comics 12:00 304 Book to Film: How well were your favorites adapted for the big screen? 12:00 404 Creator of Bone - Jeff Smith reads his newest book, Smiley's Dream 12:30 All Age Stage Old plot, New Twist 12:30 405 How To Protect Your Work 1:00 404 Witches and Ghosts - Pop Culture Staples 1:30 402/403 Fictional Biology and Creature Design 1:30 405 - The Devil is in the Details 2:00 DCCP4 A Spoonful of Sugar: Brilliant Stories for Fierce Hearts 2:00 404 What's in A Name? 2:00 406/407 Leave Your Party at Home - Political Intrigue in Fiction 2:30 402/403 Short Stories Go A Long Way 2:30 405 Never Laugh at Live Dragons 3:30 402/403 The Subtleties of Symbolism 3:30 405 Why Tolkien Still Matters 3:30 605 Build a Marketing Plan for Your Creative Endeavor: Start Earning Money with What You Love 4:00 404 The Fall Preview of Macbeth and Dracula for Manga Classics 4:00 501 Writing a SciFi/Fantasy Series: Keeping the Magic Alive from Book to Book 4:00 406/407

Sunday 6/17

The Many Faces of Fantasy 4:30 402/403 The Power of Escapism 4:30 DCCP3 Taming the Scrivener Beast 4:30 405 Debate: Should Batman Kill the Joker? 5:00 501 Want to Write SFF? How to Survive Academic Writing Programs 5:00 302 Polishing You: Finding and Staying True to Your Unique Writing Style 5:00 404

Tackling Novel Writing Demons 5:00 406/407 Zero to Hero: How to Be a Real-Life Superhero 5:30 DCCP3

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