Image Comics: Where Creators Own Adventure
Room: Panel Room 3
Date: Saturday, September 19
Time: 10:30AM - 11:20AM
Kurt Busiek and Benjamin Dewey's AUTUMNLANDS shows us a world where anthropomorphic animals are the norm and magic is prevalent. Joe Keatinge and Leila del Duca's SHUTTER depicts an Earth so fantastic that talking animals sit right alongside death cults and lion gangsters. Fantasy is whatever we want it to be, and these two creative teams clearly have a pretty good idea of what works in the genre.
Bitch Planet Spotlight
Room: Panel Room 8
Date: Saturday, September 19
Time: 12:30PM - 1:20PM
The team behind the critically acclaimed series Bitch Planet (Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Robert Wilson IV) are here to go over the entire creative process of the hit Image series.
Nailbiter Spotlight
Room: Panel Room 8
Date: Saturday, September 19
Time: 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Whole creative team on the same panel for the first time! Join writer Joshua Williamson, artist Mike Henderson, colorist Adam Guzowski and letterer /designer John J Hill to see how this book is made.
Image Comics: Where Creators Own Thrills
Room: Panel Room 3
Date: Saturday, September 19
Time: 3:30PM - 4:20PM
BITCH PLANET is Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro's ode to the women-in-prison exploitation films of the '70s. NAILBITER is Joshua Williamson and Mike Henderson's take on a modern serial killer thriller. Both series have lurid influences, but the execution is not just expert, but incredibly varied between the two series. What do they have in common? Where do they differ? There's only one way to find out.
Collaboration, Community, and a Robot Cat: A Discussion with Shutter's Joe Keatinge and Leila del Duca
Room: Panel Room 8
Date: Saturday, September 19
Time: 4:30PM - 5:20PM
Join us to discuss the critically acclaimed series Shutter with creators Joe Keatinge and Leila del Duca! We'll also talk about the collaborative process of making comics and what it’s like to work in the thriving Portland comics community.
Autumnlands Spotlight
Room: Panel Room 8
Date: Saturday, September 19
Time: 5:30PM - 6:20PM
Crafting a political, fantasy epic featuring animals isn’t easy, but Kurt Busiek and Benjamin Dewey sure make it seem that way. Join them as they go over the creation of Autumnlands and answer all your questions.
Image Comics: Where Creators Own Everything
Room: Panel Room 3
Date: Sunday, September 20
Time: 11:30AM - 12:20PM
Image Comics publishes some of the coolest comics from the coolest creators around, and this panel is proof. Come listen to Justin Greenwood (THE FUSE), Emi Lenox (PLUTONA), Jim Valentino (co-founder of Image, SHADOWHAWK) and Jeremy Haun (THE BEAUTY) talk about creating comics, finding fun on the page, and connecting with fans across the world by way of comic books.