HEROESCON 2019 :: PANELS!

We will post a new panel every Friday at 10am for the next several weeks!! Stay tuned and enjoy!!

All Hail Jack Kirby

He was a visionary, a great artist with an unlimited imagination and above all else he was a great and gentle man with a legacy as teeming as the Cosmos.
Come celebrate the KING with Mark Evanier and our guests Mike Royer, John Morrow, Jim Amash, and from the Kirby Museum, Rand Hoppe and Tom Kraft.

Recorded Sunday, June 15 at the 2019 Heroes Convention in Charlotte, NC

Cartoonist Kayfabe *LIVE*

Join Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg for a LIVE Cartoonist Kayfabe from the 2019 Heroes Convention!
Ed and Jim started the YouTube Channel “Cartoonist Kayfabe” to talk comics — old, new, and everything in between. They’ve been making comics for almost 20 years and reading them forever! Cartoonist Kayfabe is where they show off the cool stuff they have found, seen and made — from bootleg comics to popular titles like X-Men! Spend almost an hour with them as they talk about some of their favorite comic books, artists, and HeroesCon adventures!

Recorded Sunday, June 14 at the 2019 Heroes Convention in Charlotte, NC

Celebrating the Legion of Super Heroes

Keith Giffen, Joe Staton, and Greg LaRoque talk with Legion of Super-Heroes fanatic Nancy Northcott about the enduring allure of everyone’s favorite super-hero club.

Recorded Sunday, June 15 at the 2019 Heroes Convention in Charlotte, NC

Cosplay Q&A

Thinking about your first cosplay? Don’t know where to get particular fabric or how to build a prop? Our panel of experts can walk you through where to start, where to go, and how to manage it all without losing your cool. Moderator: Kalliste Cosplay Panelists: Sean Patton / SMP Designs, Jessica Smith, and Derek Nieman / Contagious Costuming.

Recorded Sunday, June 14 at the 2019 Heroes Convention in Charlotte, NC

In Frazettas Shadow

Dr. Scott Valeri sits down with Cary Nord — an artist known for his incredible interpretations of Burroughs and Howard characters — to discuss the influences, techniques, and timelessness of Frank Frazetta.

Recorded Sunday, June 16 at the 2019 Heroes Convention in Charlotte, NC

JLA-Eiou and Sometimes Why

Chris Brenneman sits down with J.M. DeMatteis, Keith Giffen, Kevin Maguire, and Bart Sears to discuss the series that changed team comics forever and most certainly helped pave the humor-laden road now travelled by the super-hero movies.

Recorded Friday, June 14 at the 2019 Heroes Convention in Charlotte, NC

Latour Live *Drawl*

Jason Latour continues his yearly tradition of conversing and drawing with talented artist friends he hand-picks from the convention Guest List. There’s insight and humor about how comics are created in this always entertaining panel!

Recorded Sunday, June 16 at the 2019 Heroes Convention in Charlotte, NC

The Art of Cover Composition

Comic book covers are in the midst of a creative renaissance. Join moderator Shawn Daughhetee as she talks with some of comics’ most innovative illustrators: Colleen Doran, Jenny Frison, Tula Lotay and Vanesa Del Rey. Learn techniques, tricks of the trade, and how these creators go about crafting their unique covers!

Recorded Saturday, June 15 at the 2019 Heroes Convention in Charlotte, NC

The Marvel Age

How Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko reinvented Superhero Comics in the 1960’s. Mark Evanier, Craig Yoe, Steve Saffel and Michael Kobre explore how that happened, who deserves credit and what it means for us now.

Recorded Saturday, June 15 at the 2019 Heroes Convention in Charlotte, NC

The Mark Sergio and Stan Show

Mark Evanier, Sergio Aragones, and Stan Sakai bring you the long-running, award-winning comic featuring GROO the Wanderer with his faithful dog Rufferto! If you’ve never been to a GROO panel before, you are in for a treat!

Recorded Saturday, June 15 at the 2019 Heroes Convention in Charlotte, NC

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We have so much #Batman in stock it’s hard to know what to show you!! Let us know which Batman collections or single issues you’re looking for!!! Email us at: Heroesarenthardtofind@gmail.com . . #underthewatertower #readmorecomics #BatmanTalesOfTheDemon @thenealadams #rasalghul #batmanblackandwhite #batmanga #jirokuwata

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Heroes has hundreds of DC Showcase, Marvel Essentials, Omnibuses and compilation volumes! Let us know if you see something you need! Call us between 10am-6pm or email us at heroesarenthardtofind@gmail.com #underthewatertower #readmorecomics #shoplocal #dccomics #marvelcomics

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Thanks to everyone for making our 30th Anniversary HeroesCon so great! Here are some links to what others saw and did at the show. More memories and photos from HeroesCon 2012 to come! Please share your photos and links with us on our Facebook page! Thanks again and we’ll see you next year, June 7-9, 2013! If you miss your friends from HeroesCon please visit our store!

CREATOR RECAPS
Scott C.
Henry Eudy at Shannon Smith’s File Under Other
Cory Godbey
Josh Greathouse
Jason Latour
Brian Ralph
Christian Sager
Ben Towle & Part Two
Skottie Young

BLOGS & REPORTS & MORE
The Beat – HeroesCon proves Thirty is Fabulous
Bleeding Cool
CBR – When Words Collide
Charlotte Observer Interview with Karla Marsh
Chris Sims’ Jack Kirby themed sketchbook
CNN
Comics News Insider
Comics Reporter – Interview with Heroes Creative Director
The Comixverse
Good Girls Gone Geek
Life with Fandom
Patrick’s Tentative Ramblings
Staton, The Obvious

COMICBOOK.COM
Photo Parade
Fantasy Writing with Bill Wilingham, Scott Snyder and Adam Hughes
Coloring with Laura Martin
DC’s New 52
Wonder Woman

PHOTOS
Heather Peagler
Chris Pitzer/AdHouse
Patrick Sun

PODCASTS
Comic News Insider
Shut Up Nerds

VIDEO
Stack Exchange:
Joe Quinones & Maris Wicks
Kelly Sue DeConnick
Dean Trippe

Thanks again everyone for making HeroesCon 2011 so great! Here are some links to what others saw and did at the show. More memories and photos from HeroesCon 2011 to come! Next year is our 30th anniversary show, don’t miss it!

AdHouse Books Blog » Random HeroesCon 2011 Thoughts
Paige Hogan’s Photos from Heroes Con 2011 | CLT Blog
The Beat’s HeroesCon Coverage
Big Dog’s Studio: Heroes Con 2011 – Con Report
Comic News Insider’s Coverage
The Comics Reporter: Collective Memory: Heroes Con 2011
crayons and cupcakes: HEROESCON 2011
Doug Dabbs
Dollar Bin
Exile on Plain Street: HeroesCon 2011: Heather’s Wrap Up Report
Heroes Con 2011 – Day 1 » Ben Towle: Cartoonist, Educator, Hobo
Heroes Con 2011 – Day 2 » Ben Towle: Cartoonist, Educator, Hobo
Heroes Con 2011 – Day 3 » Ben Towle: Cartoonist, Educator, Hobo
Wook Jin Clark: Heroes Con 2011 Wrapup!
Joe Simon – My Life in Comics – Golden Age of Comic Books
Jackie Lewis: Heroes Con 2011
Jamie Cosley: Heroes Con = Best Con Ever!!!
McGeeks | HeroesCon 2011: The Thor Panel With Matt Fraction, Roger Langridge, and Jonathan Hickman
Andrew Robinson: Next Exit Comics: King Conan painting 5.0
Rich Barrett’s HeroesCon 2011 Report
HeroesCon Recap: Photo Essay/Day 3 | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources
HeroesCon Recap: Photo Essay | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources
SABRECAT – Heroes Con 2011
Team Cul de Sac: Heroescon update!
Eric Canete [ e ]: HEROESCON 2011_commissions
Kill Shakespeare
That F’ing Monkey: Heroes Con 2011: Interviews Part 1
That F’ing Monkey: Heroes Convention 2011: Nat Jones and ’68
The Adventurers Club: Heroes Con 2011 – Day 1 – Artists
The Panelists | Heroes Con 2011: Not All About Longboxes
Cartoonist draws peace from imagination | CharlotteObserver.com
Josh Latta: Who Let The Nerds Out? Heroes Con 2011 In Review

Twitter @heroesonline & #HeroesCon

MTV GEEK COVERAGE
HeroesCon » MTV Geek
HeroesCon 2011: Evan Dorkin, Roger Langridge and Richard Thompson Talk Humor in Comics
Artist Skottie Young Talks About Drawing Chickens and Digital Downloads
HeroesCon 2011: Jonathan Hickman and Steve Epting On Remaking The FF
HeroesCon 2011: Project Rooftop Panel Highlights Redesigning The Superhero Costume
HeroesCon 2011: Artist Peter Krause Talks To Us About Leaving Irredeemable

VIDEO
YouTube – 2011 Heroes Convention Charlotte, NC
Brian Stelfreeze Alice
YouTube – Skottie Young sketches a flying monkey at Heroes Con 2011
YouTube – Brandon Peterson sketches Captain America at Heroes Con 2011
YouTube – ALFG Visits HEROES CON: 20111
YouTube – Heroes Con 2011 Slideshow
YouTube – Heroes Con Day #2
YouTube – HEROESCON 2011 DAY #3

Heroes has been kind enough to let me moderate 28 Discussion Groups over the past 3 years. I have enjoyed myself immensely and I hope that those who have attended have found them worthwhile.

The most recent round table that focused on Chris Ware’s epic Jimmy Corrigan may very well have been my favorite discussion group to date.

A total of fifteen of us met on Saturday afternoon and the Charlotte weather was so agreeable we conducted our discussion outside across the street at the Philosopher’s Stone. In attendance were several of our Stalwart Discussion Group members (whom I want to take a moment and thank for their ardent support!): Shawn Daughhetee, Heather McKinney, Seth Peagler, Matt Knapik, Matt Plummer, Charles Skender, Mark Sullivan, Zack Kirchberg, Bobby Gemmell and Discussion Group Emeritus: Dustin Harbin.
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Time flies! The last Heroes Discussion Group was over two weeks ago, but it sure seems like yesterday. We posted a few pictures from the meeting on our Flickr site. Everyone had a great time! Heroes would like to thank everyone who came out to a Heroes Discussion Group this year. Thanks to you, it was an exceptional year of debate and conversation and we hope that you will continue to support the group in 2011. If you haven’t made it to one yet then let your New Year’s Resolution be to attend at least one of these lively meetings. We have a great time talking about some amazing comics. Thank you everyone for your help and support! We will be announcing January’s discussion group topic shortly. Until then enjoy these pictures from the Tintin discussion group!

Our sale was a huge success and we have all of you to thank! We greatly appreciate your patronage and support. Thank you so much for stopping by and taking advantage of the terrific deals. We had a ton of fun and we hope you did too. All of us at Heroes wish you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday Season! I took a few pictures and have posted them on our Flickr page. Check them out here! If you missed the sale, fear not! The store is open throughout the month of December for all you present needs (though you will have to pay full price). We are happy to help you find that perfect gift for that special someone.

Monday, November 22 at 7 pm the Heroes Discussion Group met to talk about Paul Hornschemeier‘s The Three Paradoxes. It was an exciting time full of philosophy and art with a surprising turnout and stimulating discussion. Thank you for everyone who joined us and help to make it so much fun! Check out our Flickr report here!

This past Saturday the Heroes Discussion Group met to talk about The Walking Dead. It was one of our best attended Discussion Groups! Thank you to Andy Mansell for leading such a thought-provoking conversation on horror, character development, religion and rats. Also, thank you to everyone who came! Each person brought really intelligent contributions to the table! Check out our Flickr page to view a few pictures from the meeting.

I can’t believe that New York Comic Con has come and gone already! The Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find booth was busy all weekend. Sales were steady and our stocks were a huge hit with the crowd and with the dealers. We had a ton of people going though the new additions we have made to the Silver and Golden Age stocks. Shelton is constantly grading and pricing comics to add to that stock so next time you visit our booth at a show be sure to take a look through our books! We also networked and had some exciting talks with some exciting folks while we were there. Despite us being so super busy I manged to take a bunch of pictures and some of them even turned out pretty good. Check out the NYCC :: 2010 Photo Report on our Flickr page to view all of them, but for now I will leave you with my highlight from NYCC: getting to see Joe Simon and Jerry Robinson together at the Titan Books booth.