::HEROESCON PANEL UPDATE!!!!:: ARCHIE MOVES; GCD ADDED::
It wouldn’t be a major convention of any sort without a bit of last minute shuffling. We have a time/date change and an addition.
First the change:
Due to some travel issues, The ARCHIE PANEL originally scheduled for Friday at 4:00 has been moved to SATURDAY at 2:00pm.
SATURDAY 2:00PM Room 201
PART I :: ARCHIE: Life, Afterlife and Beyond
Join moderator Jimmy Aquino (COMIC NEWS INSIDER) in a talk about the major events happening at Archie Comics – from the hit horror series AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE to the upcoming “Death of Archie” in the pages of LIFE WITH ARCHIE and much more – with an all-star cast of Archie staff and stars, including artist FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA (Afterlife with Archie), PAUL KAMINSKI (Archie Comics Executive Director of Editorial) and Red Circle Comics Editor and Archie SVP – Publicity and Marketing ALEX SEGURA.
PART II :: ARCHIE: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG and MEGAMAN
Get the inside scoop on what’s coming up in Archie’s best-selling “Action” line of video game titles, including SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, SONIC UNIVERSE and MEGA MAN, with SONIC/MEGA MAN editor PAUL KAMINSKI and long-time Sonic and Mega Man creators IAN FLYNN and TRACY YARDLEY
and we have a special addition to the schedule:
SATURDAY
Room 206
10:30 am
MEET THE GRAND COMICBOOK DATABASE (GCD)
Find out what all goes into compiling and maintaining the enormous (and indispensable) GRAND COMIC BOOK DATABASE. BOB BAILEY, WILL ALLRED, DANIEL NAUSCHUETZ and STEVEN ROWE will explain the challenging process of indexing comics. Thanks to their efforts, the GCD has become the go-to source for creator listings. DC and Marvel both use the GCD for their archives. Stop by dive deep into comics and comics’ history and prepare to be astounded by their Herculean effort.
The best just keeps getting bester.
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Here’s your guide to the FREE COMICS we’ll have on hand this Saturday, May 3rd at our FCBD event! Doors open at 10AM; get here early to make sure you get the books you want! *Please be respectful of others when making your selections, supplies are limited and we want to make sure as many people as possible get the comics they want. Taking multiple copies of one title is not nice! Neither is pushing while in line. Be respectful of the people around you and we will all have a great time!
Dark Horse celebrates the 20th anniversary of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy, by designating Saturday March 22nd HELLBOY DAY! To celebrate, Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find are giving away limited edition prints – featuring art by Mignola, Richard Corben, James Harren, Kevin Nowlan, and Ryan Sook – to any customer purchasing a Hellboy or BPRD hardcover or trade paperback! We’ll throw in other goodies while supplies last, like posters and window clings! Free-to-all will be a Hellboy sampler comic featuring two classic and two brand new Hellboy tales! We’re even pulling out the beautiful Hellboy print from HeroesCon 2010 to sell in the store, available signed or unsigned, all in honor of everyone’s favorite Beast of the Apocalypse! Needless to say, the freebies will be on a first come, first served basis, so come on out early Saturday and get your Hellboy fix!
