FAN EXPO CANADA returns AUG 22-24, 2008 - Canada's biggest comic event

[Kevin Boyd]

The nice folks at BRIGHT ANVIL STUDIOS would like to point out that the following creators will be signing at their booth:

 

Marvin Law

Craig Yeung

Kris Feric

Logan Lubera

Lisa Lubera

Lou Kang

[Kevin Boyd]

Countdown is on.... 11 days left until Fan Expo Canada 2008!

[Kevin Boyd]

10 Days left to Fan Expo Canada 2008.

 

There have been a few guest updates - guests not mentioned below will be appearing all three days unless something happens between now and next week:

 

COMIC BOOK EXPO

 

Mark Bagley is Saturday only

 

Alex Ross is Sunday only

 

SCI-FI EXPO & RUE MORGUE FESTIVAL OF FEAR

 

Regrettably, Jamie Bamber (Apollo, Battlestar Galactica) and Missi Pyle have had to cancel their appearances.

 

Edward James Olmos will be at the Expo all three days.

 

Michael Rosenbaum is Saturday and Sunday only

 

Laura Vandervoort is Saturday only

 

Kate Mulgrew is Saturday only

 

Buzz Aldrin is Friday and Saturday

 

Renee O'Conner is Saturday and Sunday

 

Michael Easton is Saturday only

 

Karen David is Saturday and Sunday

 

Wes Craven is Saturday only

 

Tobe Hooper is Saturday and Sunday

 

Sean Astin is Saturday and Sunday

 

ANIME EXPO & GAMING EXPO

 

Regrettably, voice actors Wendee Lee and Steven Jay Blum have had to cancel their appearances this year.

 

Derek Stephen Prince is Saturday and Sunday

 

Johnny Yong Bosch is Saturday and Sunday

 

Michelle Ruff is Saturday and Sunday

 

Stephanie Seah is Saturday and Sunday

[Jason Truong]

Just 7 days until Fan Expo Canada!

[Kevin Boyd]

Battlestar Galactica's AARON DOUGLAS will be at Fan Expo Canada. Douglas will be appearing at the Polaris booth.

[Kevin Boyd]

Starts this Friday!!

 

Four days to go and counting.

[Kevin Boyd]

Received this earlier this afternoon (and similar questions over the last few weeks):

 

Q: Hey Kevin, I have a question for you. This always confuses me so I was hoping you could shed some light. I was looking over the schedule and layout for the Fan Expo and was wondering, if a comic book artist/writer has an assigned table, will they be signing and/or sketching from there as well as their designated signing time?

 

A: Basically, if a creator has a signing time in the signing area AND has a table in the guest area it means that they are supposed to sign only in the signing area and use the table for doing sketches, selling original artwork & scripts and other items (like prints or sketchbooks) they may bring to the show.

 

If they have a table and are not scheduled to sign in the signing area it means that they will be signing and possibly sketching at their table for the weekend. The reverse is also true - if they have a signing time and no table then they don't have a table and are only appearing in the signing area.

 

This system takes some of the crowds and lines out of the guest area and allows for better traffic flow, as everyone that wants to get something signed will go the signing area instead of asking the guest to sign something while they are working on sketches and commissions at the show. It allows for more people to walk through the guest area at any given time without crossing or going around long line-ups.

 

Hope that helped,

 

Thanks,

Kevin

 

 

[Kevin Boyd]

 

COMIC BOOK EXPO PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE

 

FRIDAY AUGUST 22

 

5PM Cool School: Breaking Into Comics with C.B. Cebulski

5PM Video Screening: Batman - Gotham Knight

6PM Game Show: Comic Book Win, Lose or Draw hosted by J. Torres

6PM Cool School: Cool School: Comic Covers "Italian Style" with Gabrielle Dell'Otto

7PM Cool School: The Art of Brian Bolland

7PM Panel: DC Nation (Dan Didio and friends)

8PM Panel: Marvel - X-Men's Destiny (Cebulski, David, Fraction)

8PM Sketch Duel: Ethan Van Sciver / Steve McNiven

 

SATURDAY AUGUST 23

 

12PM Sketch Duel: Marko Djurdjevic / Gabrielle Dell'Otto

12PM Cool School: Writing Comics from Start to Finish with Matt Fraction

1PM Cool School: Illustrating DC's Trinity with Mark Bagley

1PM Panel: Marvel - Breaking Into the House of Ideas (Cebulski & friends)

2PM Panel: Marvel - Cup O'CB (Cebulski)

2PM Cool School: Open up and say AH! Colouring Comic Art with Adam Hughes

2PM Video Screening: In Search of Steve Ditko

3PM Cool School: Alex Maleev tells you how it is.

3PM Panel: DC - A Guide to Your Universe (Didio & friends)

4PM Panel: Hoverboy (Rick Green, Ty Templeton)

4PM Sketch Duel: J. Scott Campbell / Ethan Van Sciver

4PM Q&A: Smallville Spotlight with Michael Rosenbaum and Laura Vandervoort

5PM Panel: Comic Book Multi-Media Explosion (Bolland, Layton, Eastman, Jeanty, Sale, David)

5PM Cool School: Creative Character Design with Marko Djurdjevic

6PM Panel: Made in Canada (Immonens, Stewart, Torres, Manapul, Paquette)

6PM Sketch Duel: Mark Bagley / Bob Layton

6PM Video Screening: Back Issues the Movie

 

SUNDAY AUGUST 24

 

12PM Panel: Cover Story - The Art of the Cover (Bolland, Dell'Otto, Van Sciver, Hughes, Chiang)

12PM Cool School: Drawing Sexy Women with J. Scott Campbell

1PM Panel: A Conversation with Dan Didio

1PM Sketch Duel: Tim Sale / Alex Maleev

2PM Cool School: A Look Back in Armour - Drawing Iron Man with Bob Layton

2PM Game Show: The Marvel Universe Game Show

3PM Cool School: Comic Book Boot Camp with Ty Templeton

3PM Panel: Marvel: Your Universe

4PM Sketch Duel: Dale Eaglesham / Cliff Chiang / Yanick Paquette / Angel Medina

4PM Cool School: The Art of Comic Book Writing with Peter David

 

See printed schedule for room numbers. All Comic Book Expo programming takes place on the 700 level

THREE DAYS TO GO AND COUNTING!

[AlexH]

Received this earlier this afternoon (and similar questions over the last few weeks):

 

Q: Hey Kevin, I have a question for you. This always confuses me so I was hoping you could shed some light. I was looking over the schedule and layout for the Fan Expo and was wondering, if a comic book artist/writer has an assigned table, will they be signing and/or sketching from there as well as their designated signing time?

 

A: Basically, if a creator has a signing time in the signing area AND has a table in the guest area it means that they are supposed to sign only in the signing area and use the table for doing sketches, selling original artwork & scripts and other items (like prints or sketchbooks) they may bring to the show.

 

If they have a table and are not scheduled to sign in the signing area it means that they will be signing and possibly sketching at their table for the weekend. The reverse is also true - if they have a signing time and no table then they don't have a table and are only appearing in the signing area.

 

This system takes some of the crowds and lines out of the guest area and allows for better traffic flow, as everyone that wants to get something signed will go the signing area instead of asking the guest to sign something while they are working on sketches and commissions at the show. It allows for more people to walk through the guest area at any given time without crossing or going around long line-ups.

 

Hope that helped,

 

Thanks,

Kevin

 

Hey Kev,Will there be any limits to the number of books that can get signed? Other than the obvious, Alex Ross.

[Kevin Boyd]

From what I gather, limits in the signing area may be introduced depending on how many people are there for the signing and how much time the creator has there for them. The coordinators are there to make sure that as many people as possible get to see them.

 

[Jason Truong]

COMIC BOOK EXPO PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE

 

FRIDAY AUGUST 22

 

5PM Cool School: Breaking Into Comics with C.B. Cebulski

5PM Video Screening: Batman - Gotham Knight

6PM Game Show: Comic Book Win, Lose or Draw hosted by J. Torres

6PM Cool School: Cool School: Comic Covers "Italian Style" with Gabrielle Dell'Otto

7PM Cool School: The Art of Brian Bolland

7PM Panel: DC Nation (Dan Didio and friends)

8PM Panel: Marvel - X-Men's Destiny (Cebulski, David, Fraction)

8PM Sketch Duel: Ethan Van Sciver / Steve McNiven

 

SATURDAY AUGUST 23

 

12PM Sketch Duel: Marko Djurdjevic / Gabrielle Dell'Otto

12PM Cool School: Writing Comics from Start to Finish with Matt Fraction

1PM Cool School: Illustrating DC's Trinity with Mark Bagley

1PM Panel: Marvel - Breaking Into the House of Ideas (Cebulski & friends)

2PM Panel: Marvel - Cup O'CB (Cebulski)

2PM Cool School: Open up and say AH! Colouring Comic Art with Adam Hughes

2PM Video Screening: In Search of Steve Ditko

3PM Cool School: Alex Maleev tells you how it is.

3PM Panel: DC - A Guide to Your Universe (Didio & friends)

4PM Panel: Hoverboy (Rick Green, Ty Templeton)

4PM Sketch Duel: J. Scott Campbell / Ethan Van Sciver

4PM Q&A: Smallville Spotlight with Michael Rosenbaum and Laura Vandervoort

5PM Panel: Comic Book Multi-Media Explosion (Bolland, Layton, Eastman, Jeanty, Sale, David)

5PM Cool School: Creative Character Design with Marko Djurdjevic

6PM Panel: Made in Canada (Immonens, Stewart, Torres, Manapul, Paquette)

6PM Sketch Duel: Mark Bagley / Bob Layton

6PM Video Screening: Back Issues the Movie

 

SUNDAY AUGUST 24

 

12PM Panel: Cover Story - The Art of the Cover (Bolland, Dell'Otto, Van Sciver, Hughes, Chiang)

12PM Cool School: Drawing Sexy Women with J. Scott Campbell

1PM Panel: A Conversation with Dan Didio

1PM Sketch Duel: Tim Sale / Alex Maleev

2PM Cool School: A Look Back in Armour - Drawing Iron Man with Bob Layton

2PM Game Show: The Marvel Universe Game Show

3PM Cool School: Comic Book Boot Camp with Ty Templeton

3PM Panel: Marvel: Your Universe

4PM Sketch Duel: Dale Eaglesham / Cliff Chiang / Yanick Paquette / Angel Medina

4PM Cool School: The Art of Comic Book Writing with Peter David

 

See printed schedule for room numbers. All Comic Book Expo programming takes place on the 700 level

THREE DAYS TO GO AND COUNTING!

Outstanding programming line up... definitely going to check out some of these.Off topic here, but replying with quotes seems to be quite annoying with everything converting to HTML.

[Kevin Boyd]

Marvel booth signing schedule:

 

 

 

[Jason Truong]

Marvel booth signing schedule:

 

 

[Kevin Boyd]

Just heard from the man himself that Darwyn Cooke will be at the show on Saturday. He doesn't have a table but will be hanging out and signing with Cameron Stewart and Tim Sale at their tables.

 

Just one more day!

 

 

[Kevin Boyd]

GUEST AREA (BY LOCATION)

 

Table Last Name First Name

P01 Sale Tim

P02 Acedera Kei

P02 Chiu Bobby

P03 Ridge Justin

P03 Silver Steven

P04 Walton Rob

P04 Wheaton Ken

P05 Cebulski C.B.

P06 Campbell J. Scott

P07 Bolland Brian

P08 Abbinanti Sal

P09 Medina Angel

P10 Chiang Cliff

P11 Maleev Alex

P12 Choi Mike

P13 Hughes Adam

P13 Sohn Allison

P15 Layton Bob

P16 Kirk Leonard

P16 Lemire Jeff

P17 Garbowska Agnes

P17 Manapul Francis

P18 DeLandro Valentine

P18 Ross Rob

P19 Androsofszky Kalman

P19 To Marcus

P20 Coughler Rob

P20 Perez Ramon

P21 Cho Michael

P21 Davila Claudia

P22 Dela Cruz Arthur

P22 Hepburn Scott

P23 Fawkes Ray

P23 Stewart Cameron

P24 Kerschl Karl

P24 McLachlan Brian

P25 Manale Steve

P25 McLeod Kagan

P26 Belanger Andy

P26 Craig Wes

P27 David Peter

P28 Eaglesham Dale

P29 Immonen Kathryn

P29 Immonen Stuart

P31 Dell'Otto Gabrielle

P32 Djurdjevic Marko

P33 Briglio Jack

P33 Serra Alexander

P34 Levins Tim

P34 Torres J.

P35 Chantler Scott

P35 Underhill Larry

P36 Paquette Yanick

P38 Van Sciver Ethan

P39 McNiven Steve

P40 Armstrong Jason

P40 Geraci Drew

P41 Dooney Michael

P41 Lavigne Steve

P42 Lawson Jim

P42 Talbot Eric

P43 Adorjany Attila

P43 O'Brien Joseph

P44 Cherkas Michael

P44 Hancock Larry

P45 Agro Sam

P45 Templeton Ty

P46 Pace Richard

P46 Ross Dave

P47 Brandon Ivan

P47 Postic Nick

P48 Lee Alvin

P49 Jeanty Georges

P50 Vines Dexter

P51 Mavlian Vatche

P51 Steacy Ken

P52 Hetherington Janet

P52 Sutton Ronn

P53 Rollo Gord

P54 Blackthorne Melantha

 

Additional Guests in the Centre tables

 

A021 Burles Kent

A021 Zajac Richard

A023 Comely Richard

A023 Hyland Greg

A025 Fisher G.W.

A025 Ienco Raff

A027 Granito Rob

A028 Korim J.

A028 Lam Jesse

A029 Kalisz John

A029 Wong Howard

A161 Toth Layne

A161 Toth Peri

A163 Innes Mark

A163 Migliore John

A165 Kasman Ron

A165 Lehner Kurt

A167 Bell Blake

A167 Maurizio Richard

A169 Leibelman Leo

A169 Repovski Peter

 

And Marc Wolfe --- I don't know his new tables at the moment, but he is no longer at A167.

 

 

 

[Kevin Boyd]

HERO BRINGS VAN SCIVER TO FAN EXPO 2008 IN TORONTO

 

LOS ANGELES (August 21, 2008) – The Hero Initiative has superb talent at the booth as well as the limited edition Gene Colan-themed prints! Ethan Van Sciver, Tim Sale, Marc Wolfe and Leonard Kirk are scheduled to stop by so come visit the Hero booth all three days to find out when you can meet your favorite artists and writers!

 

In addition, don’t miss the Gene Colan Captain America #116 prints! Hero in conjunction with Marvel Comics has produced a series of Gene Colan-themed, limited edition prints. The last of these three prints will be available for the FIRST time ever at FanExpo Canada, August 22-24. The final Gene Colan print is his cover from Captain America #116, featuring Cap and the Avengers. FanExpo Canada will also be the first time you can get ALL three prints, including the previously released Invincible Iron Man #1 and Daredevil #47.

 

Each print is a limited edition of only 250 pieces. All are available at the Hero Initiative booth at a cost of $25 each. Net proceeds from sales of these prints by the Hero Initiative will benefit Gene Colan.

 

For more information on Fan Expo, visit http://www.hobbystar.com/fanexpo2008/.

 

The Hero Initiative is the first-ever federally chartered not-for-profit corporation dedicated strictly to helping comic book creators in need. Hero creates a financial safety net for yesterdays' creators who may need emergency medical aid, financial support for essentials of life, and an avenue back into paying work. It's a chance for all of us to give back something to the people who have given us so much enjoyment. For more information, call 310-909-7809 or visit www.HeroInitiative.org

 

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For more information, please contact:

Janine Bielski

The Hero Initiative

310-909-7809

HeroInitiative@aol.com

 

[Raphael]

Only a couple hours away!

[Ares]

Have fun everyone

[MedicAR]

The Hero Initiative link above is borken, Here is the correct one.

[Par2ch]

Wow Kevin who didnt you get to go to the show....sheesh. I would rename in Comic Con International Canada