Its that time of year when all the geeks head on over to San Diego for fun and to be at the center of it all. Dark Horse Comics has released it schedule for SDCC and just remember that schedules do change so make sure you head over to their booth for the latest.
DARK
HORSE SIGNINGS
IMPORTANT: All giveaway, limited edition, and
exclusive items are available while supplies last. Free prints, comics, or
posters are provided for each signing while supplies last. You may bring items
to sign or purchase them at the Dark Horse Store or Dark Horse Exclusives Store.
We reserve the right to restrict the nature and/or limit the number of items to
be signed, at our discretion. Signing lines will be closed as
needed.
Ticketed
signings are noted below. Drawings for these events will begin at show opening
the day before and day of each signing. Come to the Dark Horse booth early for
your best chance to get a ticket.
Events are
subject to change. Some restrictions apply. Please see Dark Horse staff for
details.
WEDNESDAY, JULY
17
Special
Preview Night Signings for Exclusives and Limited Editions
6:00
p.m. LAST MAN STANDING: KILLBOOK OF A BOUNTY HUNTER: Daniel LuVisi
Free
print. Limited edition hardcover for sale at Dark Horse Exclusives
Store.
7:00
p.m. PLANTS VS. ZOMBIES: Paul Tobin
Free
print. San Diego Comic-Con International Exclusive Plants vs. Zombies
comic for sale at show opening at Dark Horse Exclusives Store (two per person
limit).
8:00
p.m. MASS EFFECT: Cosplayer Holly Conrad as Commander
Shepherd
Free double-sided
Mass Effect/Dragon Age poster. Limited edition Mass Effect Bronze
Alliance Normandy
SR-1 Ship Replica on sale at show opening
at Dark Horse Exclusives Store (two per person limit).
THURSDAY, JULY
18
10:00
a.m. LAST MAN STANDING: KILLBOOK OF A BOUNTY HUNTER: Daniel LuVisi
10:00
a.m. THE STRAIN: Mike Huddleston, E.M. Gist
11:00
a.m. LONE WOLF AND CUB: Kazuo Koike
11:00
a.m. DRAGON RESURRECTION: Lin Zhang
12:00
p.m. X: Duane Swierczynski, Eric Nguyen, Dave
Wilkins
12:00
p.m. DRAGON AGE: THE WORLD OF THEDAS: Ben Gelinas, Nick
Thornborrow
1:00
p.m. BLOOD BROTHERS: Andrew Waller, Mike
Gagerman
2:00
p.m. HALO: INITIATION: Terry and Rachel Dodson
2:00
p.m. LONE WOLF AND CUB: Kazuo Koike
3:00 p.m.
CATALYST COMIX: Joe Casey, Ulises Farinas
3:00
p.m. BEANWORLD: Larry Marder
4:00 p.m.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, ANGEL & FAITH: Georges Jeanty,
Christos Gage
5:00
p.m. PICTURES THAT TICK: Dave McKean
5:00
p.m. DYNAMICS PRESENTS CONAN: THE PHANTOMS OF THE BLACK COAST: Attila
Futaki
6:00 p.m.
THE BLACK BEETLE: Francesco Francavilla
DREAM THIEF:
Jai Nitz
BUZZKILL: Donny Cates
6:00
p.m. CREEPY, EERIE: Dan Braun, Jason Shawn Alexander, Chris Zephro,
Justin Mabry
FRIDAY, JULY 19
10:00
a.m. CREEPY, EERIE: Dan Braun, Glenn Hetrick, Chris Zephro, Justin
Mabry
10:00
a.m. THE MONKEY KING: Katsuya Terada
11:00
a.m. LONE WOLF AND CUB: Kazuo Koike
11:00
a.m. SACRIFICE: Sam Humphries
12:00
p.m. THE GUILD: Felicia Day *Ticketed
event
12:00
p.m. MIND MGMT: Matt Kindt
1:00
p.m. STAR WARS: LEGACY: Corinna Bechko, Gabriel
Hardman
1:00
p.m. BANDETTE: Paul Tobin, Colleen Coover
2:00
p.m. THE LAST OF US: Neil Druckmann, Faith Erin Hicks *Ticketed
event
2:00
p.m. LONE WOLF
AND CUB: Kazuo Koike
2:00
p.m. MASS EFFECT: Courtenay Taylor (voice actor of Jack),
Mike Gamble
3:00
p.m. THE FIFTH BEATLE: Vivek Tiwary, Andrew
Robinson
3:00
p.m. NUMBER 13: David Walker, Robert Love
4:00
p.m. DRAGON AGE:
Claudia Black (voice actor of Morrigan), Ben Gelinas, Nick Thornborrow
*Ticketed
event
4:00
p.m. THE MONKEY KING: Katsuya Terada
5:00
p.m. DARK HORSE PRESENTS: Shannon Wheeler (Villain House),
Ulises Farinas and Erick Freitas (Gamma), Geoffrey Thorne and Todd
Harris (Genre
19)
5:00
p.m. STAR WARS: Carlos d’Anda and Gabe Eltaeb (Star Wars),
Randy Stradley and Doug Wheatley (Dark Times), Dan Parsons and Wes
Dzioba (Dawn of the Jedi), Mark Irwin (Darth Vader and the
Ninth Assassin), Dave Wilkins (Legacy), Zack Giallongo
(Ewoks: Shadows of Endor)
6:00
p.m. TNT
PRESENTS FALLING SKIES: Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood, and Falling Skies
cast *Ticketed
event
6:00
p.m. CONCRETE PARK: Tony Puryear, Erika
Alexander
SATURDAY, JULY
20
9:00
a.m. LAST MAN STANDING: KILLBOOK OF A BOUNTY HUNTER: Daniel LuVisi
10:00
a.m. EMILY AND THE STRANGERS: Rob Reger, Jessica
Gruner
11:00
a.m. ELFQUEST: Wendy and Richard Pini
11:00
a.m. VALVE
PRESENTS: Jay Pinkerton, Erik Wolpaw, Heather Campbell, Tristan
Reidford
12:00
p.m. CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT: Josh Williamson, Raymond
Swanland
BLACKOUT: Frank Barbiere, Micah Kaneshiro
THE OCCULTIST: Tim Seeley, Mike
Norton
1:00
p.m. AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER, LEGEND OF KORRA: Michael Dante
DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Joaquim Dos Santos, Ki-Hyun Ryu, Gene Luen Yang,
Chifuyu Sasaki and Naoko
Kawano from Gurihiru Studio
2:00
p.m. THE GOON KICKSTARTER TEAM: Eric Powell, Tim Miller and Jeff
Fowler from Blur Studio
3:00
p.m. UNDERGROUND: Andrew Vachss
3:00
p.m. BUFFY THE
VAMPIRE SLAYER, ANGEL & FAITH: Georges Jeanty, Andrew
Chambliss
4:00
p.m. HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES: Corey Taylor *Ticketed event
5:00
p.m. HELLBOY, B.P.R.D., ABE SAPIEN, BALTIMORE: Mike
Mignola
5:00
p.m. ITTY BITTY HELLBOY: Art Baltazar
6:00
p.m. THE SHAOLIN COWBOY: Geof Darrow
6:00
p.m. THE TRUE LIVES OF THE FABULOUS KILLJOYS: Becky
Cloonan
SUNDAY, JULY 21
10:00
a.m. BUNNY IN THE MOON: THE ART OF TARA MCPHERSON: Tara
McPherson
10:00
a.m. LAST MAN STANDING: KILLBOOK OF A BOUNTY HUNTER: Daniel LuVisi
11:00
a.m. Joss Whedon *Ticketed event
12:00
p.m. R.I.P.D.: Peter Lenkov
1:00
p.m. ALIENS: INHUMAN CONDITION: John Layman
1:00
p.m. 47 RONIN: Mike Richardson, Stan Sakai
2:00 p.m.
EMILY AND THE STRANGERS: Rob Reger, Jessica Gruner, Buzz
Parker
2:00
p.m. HUSBANDS: Jane Espenson, Brad Bell, Sean
Hemeon
*Events are subject to change. Some
restrictions apply.
DARK HORSE/PARTNER
PANELS
Thursday, July
18
11:45am -
12:45pm - Inside
the Looking Glass: Building Halo Worlds and Wonders, Past, Present...and
Future
Spartans
Unite! Frank
O'Connor (franchise
development director), Dan Ayoub (executive
producer), and other 343 Industries personnel celebrate and discuss the exciting
new addition to the Halo universe Halo: Spartan Assault, the new comic
book series from Dark Horse Comics, Halo: Initiation, and with some
"Mega" surprises. Panelists include Nick McWhorter (director of
custom programs, Dark Horse Comics), Graeme Jennings (senior
producer, 343 Industries),Martin de la Ronde (creative
director, Vanguard), and Brian Reed (franchise
writer, Halo).
1:00pm -
2:00pm - Dark
Horse: (Super)Powered by Creators
The latter half
of 2012 saw the return of two of Dark Horse's classic characters, Ghost and X, the appearance
of new faces like Michael Avon Oeming's The Victories and Francesco
Francavilla's The Black
Beetle, and the
reimagination a hero from yesteryear, Captain Midnight! Join Dark
Horse publisher Mike
Richardson, PR
director Jeremy
Atkins, and a cast of
the industry's top talent, including Joe Casey (Catalyst, Sex), Francesco
Francavilla (The Black Beetle), Duane Swierczynski (X, Two Past Midnight), Joshua Williamson (Captain Midnight, Masks and Mobsters), Tim Seeley and Mike Norton (Revival, The Occultist), along with
comics newcomer Donny
Cates (Buzzkill), for a look at
an exciting new cast of characters!
As we move from
the Insight to Indies panel, we'll address the question every aspiring writer
wants answered: "How do I break into the business?" If you are an unpublished
writer with dreams of making it in the transmedia marketplace and you don't know
how or where to begin, this is the panel for you. Hollywood screenwriters and
graphic novel producers Brandon M. Easton (ThunderCats (2011), Transformers: Rescue
Bots), Geoffrey Thorne (TNT's Leverage, Ben 10), Jonathan Callan (Ben 10, Generator Rex), veteran
screenwriter Tony
Puryear (the
Schwarzenegger film Eraser), and
actress/writer Erika
Alexander (Maxine Shaw
from Living
Single and Concrete Park graphic novel
from Dark Horse) share insider information, publishing secrets, and the
professional realities on how to develop your ideas into a viable comics
proposal. Topics include how to hire artists and build a strong contract, how to
seek out a publisher, and how to navigate the tough new world of intellectual
property management in the digital frontier.
Are you ready to
experience the Creepiest of the Creepy? An evil assemblage of ghoulish creators
discuss all things Creepy and Eerie.
Artist Jason Shawn
Alexander (House of Gold and Bones), Creepy writer and
editor Dan
Braun,
producer Josh
Braun (Button Man), and moderator
J. C.
Vaughn (Overstreet Comic Book Price
Guide) discuss the
influence of the original Warren Creepy and Eerie magazines
relaunched at Dark Horse in hardcover archival editions, new comic books, and
artist compilation formats. They'll also divulge details about the upcoming
Creepy feature film.
With very special guests and extra-spooky giveaways!
6:00pm -
7:00pm - The
Goon Kickstarter and Beyond with Eric Powell and Blur Studios
Back in
November, legions of fans rallied together to raise over $400,000 to put
together a story reel for the David Fincher-produced feature film based on Eric
Powell's hit comic book series The Goon! Now,
Kickstarter supporters and Comic-Con attendees alike will have a chance to catch
an exclusive glimpse of this work in progress! Creator Eric Powell, Blur Studios
owner Tim
Miller, and veteran
visual effects guru Jeff
Fowler present an
update on this crowdfunded full-length motion picture.
Friday, July 19
What is the
current state of Star
Wars comics? Join
Dark Horse editor Randy
Stradley and Star Wars creators Carlos D'Anda, Corinna Bechko, Gabriel Hardman, Doug Wheatley, Gabe Eltaeb, Tom Taylor, Zack Giallongo, and others for
the lowdown on what's up, what's coming up, and why you should be
reading!
Gary
Groth, Eric Reynolds,
and Mike
Catron of Fantagraphics
Books are joined by Dark Horse's Diana Schutz and Love and Rockets co-creator Gilbert Hernandez to celebrate the
life and career of Kim Thompson, whose legacy as co-publisher of Fantagraphics
and bande
dessinée's greatest
ambassador in America spanned five decades.
Throughout
comics' storied history, horror has been an important part of the medium. In
2012 Dark Horse released its most ambitious horror publishing slate to date.
Now, Dark Horse unveils a whole slate of new titles guaranteed to have you
running for the covers! Join Dark Horse horror line editor Scott Allie, along
with Eric
Powell (The Goon), Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash/Ex Sanguine),Paul Tobin (Colder), Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko (Station to Station), and others,
for an exciting look at this year's most promising thrills and
chills!
Quite a bit has
changed since Dark Horse first published Mass Effect in 2010, as the publisher
has grown this line of books to include franchises like Last of Us, Dragon Age,
Bioshock, The Legend of Zelda, and most recently, HALO and Tomb Raider! From
canonical comics to beautiful hardcover art books, Dark Horse has firmly
established that there is life for popular gaming franchises far beyond the
games themselves. Dark Horse PR director Jeremy Atkins, creators
Faith Erin
Hicks and Neil Druckmann (The Last of Us), PopCap
Games- Plants vs. Zombies Franchise Art Director Jeremy
Vanhoozer,
343
Studios- Halo Franchise Development Director
Frank O'Connor and some
surprise guest writers and artists offer a look at what's to come.
If you're an
aspiring comic book creator, this is a panel you don't want to miss! Some of
comic book publishing's top decision makers, including BOOM! Studios
editor-in-chief Matt
Gagnon, Dark Horse
editor-in-chief Scott
Allie, IDW Publishing
chief creative officer and editor- in-chief Chris Ryall, and Archaia
editor-in-chief Stephen
Christy, give you
up-to-date practical advice on how to break into the comic book
industry.
Word
Balloon host John Suintres moderates a
conversation with some of the brightest minds in independent comic publishing,
including Image Comic’s director of business development Ron Richards, Dark Horse's
director of publicity Jeremy Atkins, BOOM! Studios’
VP of publishing and marketing Filip Sablik, and IDW's VP
of marketing Dirk
Wood, discussing
what they are doing to expand the marketplace.
Joss
Whedon has rewarded
fans the world over with some of the most compelling characters and plotlines in
the history of comics, television, and movies. Here's your chance to find out
what he has in store next, and get exclusive insight into Buffy the Vampire
Slayer, Serenity, and much
more!
Nick
Weidenfeld, head of FOX's
all-new Saturday late-night animation programming block, Animation Domination
High-Def, will show an exclusive advance preview of two new animated
series, Axe
Cop and High School USA!, premiering
July 27 on FOX. Joining Weidenfeld on the panel Q&A will be Axe Cop executive
producers Matt
Silverstein and Dave Jeser (Drawn Together), High School USA! creator Dino Stamatopoulos (Community), Axe Cop comic creator
Ethan
Nicolle, and special
surprise appearances by the series' voice talent.
Join
brothers Ethan
Nicolle and Malachai Nicolle, the
32-year-old and 9-year-old creators of the Dark Horse comic series Axe Cop, with surprise
guests to celebrate the premiere of the new Axe Cop TV series as
part of Animation Domination Hi-Def, beginning Saturday, July 27 on FOX. Panel
events will include a live Ask Axe Cop Q&A, a series of staged battles
between cosplayers choreographed by Malachai, and a screening of the premiere
episode of Axe
Cop.
The hit
series Husbands has just
completed filming its first new content under its exciting new relationship with
the CW, and has already had a big year with the release of the hardcover
Husbands comic book. Hear
about the bouquet of new plans, new stories from the set, and the show's ring of
bigger-than-big guest stars. Creators Jane Espenson and Brad Bell are joined by
Husbands' co-stars Alessandra Torresani and Sean Hemeon,
director Jeff
Greenstein, and upcoming
guest star Amy
Acker (Angel, Dollhouse, Much Ado About
Nothing)to discuss the
much-anticipated future happiness of the comedy. Moderated by Jeff Jensen (Entertainment Weekly).
8:00pm -
10:00pm - Syfy
Presents the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards
Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront
Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront
The 25th annual
Eisner Awards (the "Oscars" of the comics industry) honor comics creators and
works in 30 categories. Presenters will include British talk show host/comics
writer Jonathan
Ross, bestselling
author Neil
Gaiman (The Sandman, Ocean at the End of the
Lane, Neverwhere),
actor John
Barrowman (Doctor Who, Torchwood,
Arrow), TV
host Chris
Hardwick(The Talking Dead, The
Nerdist), nominee
artist Becky
Cloonan (Conan the Barbarian), Hall of Fame
cartoonist Sergio
Aragonés (Groo,MAD),
writer/artist Bill
Morrison (Bongo Comics),
and voice actors Maurice
LaMarche (Pinky and the Brain,
Futurama), Lauren Tom (Futurama, King of the Hil),
and David
Herman (Office Space, Futurama), plus some
special surprises! Other prestigious awards to be given out include the Russ
Manning Promising Newcomer Award, the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award, the Bill
Finger Award for Excellence in Comics Writing, and the Will Eisner Spirit of
Comics Retailer Award.
Saturday, July
20
This panel is
for fans who can't get enough of the Avatar: The Last
Airbender universe.
Moderator Avatar_Mom, Kevin Coppa (Puppetbenders), Alisa Christopher (FatCat
Gameworks), Gene Luen
Yang (writer, The Promise/The
Search), Gurihiru (artist team
Sasaki and Kawano, The
Promise/The Search), Sifu Kisu (martial arts
coordinator), and Dante
Basco (voice of
Zuko/General Iroh) will be on hand to share their experiences and answer
questions. Who knows, perhaps a surprise guest or two might stop in! Finally,
the panel will end with a show of talented cosplay contestants.
Without
question, Serenity fans
and Star
Wars devotees are two
of most passionate groups in fandom. From the ongoing charity work of the
Browncoats and the 501st/Rebel Legion alike, fans have taken these two massive
science fiction franchises far beyond the screen. Now, Dark Horse is set to
bring these two groups together for exclusive announcements, games, prizes, and
more. Join Dark Horse PR director Jeremy Atkins, editor-in-
chief Scott
Allie, and Dark Horse
resident Jedi Randy
Stradley, a cast of
writers and artists, and even a few surprise guests, for what is sure to be one
of these year's most memorable programs!
This year's
Comic-Con marks the 20th anniversary of Mike Mignola's best-loved
beast. Hellboy
has achieved the
status in the industry typically reserved for characters created 40 years before
him. Following up on the first arc on one of his most popular miniseries to
date, the all-new Abe Sapien ongoing series, and the continuing adventures of
the supporting cast of the BPRD, this will be one of the biggest Hellboy panels to date!
Join creator Mike
Mignola and Dark Horse
editor-in-chief Scott
Allie, for an open
forum on your favorite cast of characters.
Sunday, July 21
Join Emily the Strange creator Rob Reger and special
guests to see the premiere of the Emily and the
Strangers FIRST animated
music video and single. See and hear private, behind-the-scenes footage in the
recording studio and "making of" the animation. Take a sneak peek at the new
comic book Emily and the
Strangers #3 by Dark Horse
Comics and hear more about the making of this new series and how it comes to
life with Emily's new band. There will be time for Q&A, including updates on
the development of the motion picture with Universal Pictures and Dark Horse
Entertainment. Reger will be encouraging "audience participation" to get
giveaways, so bring on your strange and show him what you've got!
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