IDW Sets Its Sights On Comic-Con International
San Diego, CA (July 12, 2013) – IDW has fans clamoring for their highly anticipated exclusives at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, and now it’s time to crank the excitement up even higher (you didn’t think that was possible, did you?) and reveal IDW’s panel and signing schedules for the convention! Clear your own schedule, because you won’t want to miss any of this!
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Wednesday July 17th Preview Night
6:00 – 7:30 Berkeleyworks: From Bloom County and Beyond – Berkeley Breathed
(*Check out the debut of the Berkeley’s new art book!)
6:00 – 7:30 Worlds of Sam Kieth – Sam Kieth
(*Check out the show exclusive hardcover!)
6:00 – 7:00 Celebrating The Best of EC: Artist’s Edition – Cathy Gaines-Misfud
(*Check out the show exclusive hardcover!)
Thursday July 18th
11:00 – 12:00 ThreeA Presents – Ashley Wood, Kent Williams
(*Check out the show exclusives!)
11:00 – 12:00 Kiss – Chris Ryall, Tom Waltz, Jamal Igle
12:00 – 1:00 Eternal Descent – Llexi Leon, Misha Mansoor
12:00 – 1:00 Jinnrise – Sohaib Awan
1:00 – 2:00 Worlds of Sam Kieth – Sam Kieth
(*Check out the show exclusive hardcover!)
1:00 – 2:00 America’s Army – M. Zachary Sherman, Scott R. Brooks
2:00 – 3:00 The Crow – James O’Barr, Director Javier Gutierrez
3:00 – 4:00 My Little Pony – Amy Mebberson, Tony Fleecs, Katie Cook, Heather
Nuhfer (*Check out the show exclusives!)
4:00 – 5:00 True Blood – Michael McMillian
5:00 – 6:00 Visual Funk: The Art of Jim Mahfood – Jim Mahfood
5:00 – 6:00 Celebrating Gil Kane’s Spider-Man: Artist’s Edition – Roy Thomas,
Gerry Conway
5:00 – 6:00 Celebrating Al Feldstein: Mad Life & Fantastic Art – Grant Geissman
(*Check out the show exclusives, and Al Feldstein pre-signed sheets!)
6:00 – 7:00 Transformers – Chris Metzen, Livio Ramondelli, John Barber, Flint
Dille, Joana LaFuente, Mike Johnson, Brendan Cahill
Friday July 19th
10:00 – 11:00 Jericho – Dan Shotz, Kalinda Vasquez, Jon Steinberg, Robert
Levine
11:00 – 12:00 The Rocketeer – Mark Waid, Chris Samnee
11:00 – 12:00 The Hollows – Chris Ryall, Sam Kieth
12:00 – 1:00 My Little Pony – Amy Mebberson, Sara Richard, Brenda Hickey,
Heather Nuhfer (*Check out the show exclusives!)
1:00 – 2:00 Cartoon Network Power Hour! Powerpuff Girls – Troy Little
Samurai Jack – Jim Zub, Andy Suriano
1:00 – 2:00 Ghostbusters – Erik Burnham, Luis Antonio Delgado
2:00 – 3:00 Xenozoic Tales: Artist’s Edition – Mark Schultz (*Check out the SDCC-
exclusive hardcover!)
2:00 – 3:00 ThreeA Presents – Kent Williams, Phil Hale, William Wray
(*Check out the show exclusives!)
2:00 – 3:00 Zombies vs Robots Prose – Jeff Conner, Mike Dubisch
3:30 – 4:30 X-Files 20th Anniversary! – Chris Carter, Gillian Anderson, Dean
Haglund, Joe Harris, Joe Corroney (*ticketed signing – See employee for
details; also, check out the Chris Carter exclusive cover!)
5:00 – 6:00 Top Secret Project Reveal! – Taran Killam (Saturday Night Live), Marc
Andreyko (*Check out the exclusive ashcan!)
5:00 – 6:00 Berkeleyworks: From Bloom County and Beyond – Berkeley Breathed
(*Check out the debut of the Berkeley’s new art book!)
6:00 – 7:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Tom Waltz, Erik Burnham,
Andy Kuhn
Saturday July 20th
10:00 – 11:00 Worlds of Sam Kieth – Sam Kieth
(*Check out the show-exclusive hardcover!)
10:00 – 11:00 Judge Dredd – Duane Swierczynski
11:00 – 12:00 ThreeA Presents – Ashley Wood, Kent Williams
(*Check out the show exclusives!)
11:00 – 12:00 Superman:The Silver Age Newspaper Dailies – Dean Mullaney, Sid
Friedfertig (*Check out the debut of the book!)
12:00 – 1:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz, Erik
Burnham, Andy Kuhn
1:00 – 2:00 My Little Pony –Tony Fleecs, Brenda Hickey, Heather Nuhfer, Andy
Price (*Check out the show exclusives!)
2:00 – 3:00 The Crow – James O’Barr
2:00 – 3:00 Berkeleyworks: From Bloom County and Beyond – Berkeley Breathed
(*Check out the debut of the Berkeley’s new art book!)
3:00 – 4:00 Doctor Who – Tony Lee, Andy Kuhn, Josh Fialkov, Kelly Yates, Scott
Tipton, David Tipton
4:00 – 5:00 G.I. JOE: Cobra Files – Mike Costa
4:00 – 5:00 Top Secret Project Reveal! – Walter Simonson
(*And check out his exclusive Rocketeer hardcover!)
5:00 – 6:00 Xenozoic Tales: Artist’s Edition – Mark Schultz (*Check out the show-
exclusive hardcover!)
5:00 – 6:00 Edison Rex – Chris Roberson, Dennis Culver
5:00 – 6:00 Vitriol The Hunter – Billy Martin (Good Charlotte)
6:00 – 7:00 Star Trek – Mike Johnson, David Messina, Scott Tipton, David Tipton,
Joe Corroney, J.K. Woodward
Sunday July 21st
10:00 – 11:00 Celebrating Al Feldstein: Mad Life & Fantastic Art – Grant Geissman
(*Check out the show exclusives, and Al Feldstein pre-signed sheets!)
11:00 – 12:00 Godzilla – Chris Mowry
11:00 – 12:00 Worlds of Sam Kieth – Sam Kieth
(*Check out the show exclusive hardcover!)
12:00 – 2:00 INDEPENDENTS DAY!! IDW Creator-Owned Projects! A murderer’s
Row of talent in one place, all signing together!
Killogy – Alan Robert
Fever Ridge – Michael Heimos
The Other Dead – Joshua Ortega, Digger Mesch
Angora Napkin – Troy Little
Kill Shakespeare – Andy Belanger
Independent Artist – Sam Shearon
Jinnrise – Andrew Huerta
2:00 – 3:00 YOE! Books: Haunted Horror and More – Craig Yoe, Steve Banes
2:00 – 3:00 Top Secret Project Reveal! – Taran Killam (Saturday Night Live), Marc
Andreyko (*Check out the exclusive ashcan!)
3:00 – 4:00 Transformers –Livio Ramondelli, John Barber, Joana LaFuente,
Mike Johnson, Mairghread Scott
4:00 – 5:00 America’s Army – M. Zachary Sherman, Scott R. Brooks
And check out all of IDW’s amazing panels this year!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Featuring Kevin Eastman, Thursday, 7/18/13, 10:00a.m. – 11:00a.m., Room: 9
<<10:00–11:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Featuring Kevin Eastman—A special discussion about all things TMNT featuring TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman! Join Eastman and other members of the IDW Publishing TMNT creative brain-trust, including editor Bobby Curnow and writer Tom Waltz, for what promises to be one shell of a fun and informative time! First 100 guests get a free TMNT comic signed by Tom Waltz! Room 9>>
Spotlight on Dean Mullaney, Thursday, 7/18/13, 1:30p.m. – 2:30p.m., Room: 4
<<1:30–2:30 Spotlight on Dean Mullaney—Join Comic-Con special guest, Eisner and Harvey Award-winner and Overstreet Hall of Famer Dean Mullaney (Creative Director, Library of American Comics and founder of Eclipse Comics) for this Q&A session moderated by Ted Adams (CEO/Publisher IDW Publishing). The subjects range from publishing the first graphic novel for the comics shop market in 1978 to preserving the great legacy of America’s greatest newspaper cartoonists. Room 4>>
IDW: Focus on Artist’s Editions, Thursday, 7/18/13, 3:30p.m. – 4:30p.m., Room: 4
<<3:30–4:30 IDW: Focus on Artist’s Editions—Join Artist’s Edition editor Scott Dunbier with Moderator Greg Goldstein, IDW President (with a surprise guest or two) as they give attendees a guided tour of what will be happening in the coming year—including some really incredible announcements, and at least one that will have people saying, “didn’t see that one coming!” Plus special giveaways, trivia contests, and more! Original art fans, this is the one panel you MUST attend! Room 4>>
Hasbro & IDW: Transformers, My Little Pony, G.I. JOE & More, Friday, 7/19/13, 1:30p.m. – 2:30p.m., Room: 8
<<1:30–2:30 Hasbro & IDW: Transformers, My Little Pony, G.I. JOE & More—Secrets will be revealed and hints will be dropped, courtesy the IDW editorial team of John Barber, Bobby Curnow, and Carlos Guzman, plus Hasbro’s Director, Global Publishing Michael Kelly! They’ll be joined by a powerhouse lineup of fan-favorite creators, ready to answer your questions! Room 8>>
The X-Files with Creator Chris Carter, Friday, 7/19/13, 1:45p.m. – 2:45p.m., Room: 5AB
<<1:45–2:45 The X-Files with Creator Chris Carter—Trust No One… but IDW to bring back The X-Files in a big way. This special panel will feature series creator Chris Carter and “Scully” herself, actress Gillian Anderson, discussing 20 years of the X-Files, the new Season 10 comic, and more! Along for the ride will be moderator and Lone Gunman Dean Haglund, IDW’s Chris Ryall and Denton Tipton, and X–Files: Season 10 writer Joe Harris! Room 5AB>>
IDW: The Panel to End All Panels, Friday, 7/19/13, 4:00p.m. – 5:00p.m., Room: 4
<<4:00–5:00 IDW: The Panel to End All Panels— IDW’s annual panel extravaganza is back! Come hear what Marketing guy Dirk Wood, CCO Chris Ryall, editors Scott Dunbier and Sarah Gaydos, along writer/comedian/actor Taran Killam (SNL), writer Marc Andreyko, comic legends Sam Kieth, Eric Shanower and Walter Simonson, and writer/editor David Wohl have coming your way next year! Room 4>>
Global Comics – Jinnrise and Beyond, Friday, 7/19/13, 10:30 – 11:30a.m., Room 8
<<10:30-11:30 Global Comics – Jinnrise and Beyond Moderator Sohaib Awan lead a discussion centered on the challenges and potential stories global myths offer comic fans here and overseas. Joining Sohaib will be Andrew Huerta (Artist on IDW Publishing’s Jinnrise), Tom Taylor (Creator of Gestalt Comics’ The Deep and lead writer on DC Comics’ Injustice), Alexis Kirsch (Editor of VIZ Media’s Weekly Shonen Jump), Wolfgang Bylsma (Editor-in-Chief of Gestalt Comics) and Greg Broadmore (WETA Workshop Lead Concept Designer). Each attendee with receive a signed copy of IDW Publishing’s Jinnrise and other items from our panelists’ publishers. Room 8>>
Breaking in to Comics with IDW’s Editorial Team, Saturday, 7/20/13, 11:00a.m. – 12:00p.m., Room: 28DE
<<11:00–12:00 Breaking in to Comics with IDW’s Editorial Team— Aspiring creators, this is for you! Come listen to a team of IDW editors, including Chris Ryall, John Barber, Tom Waltz and Jeff Webber, as well as some current IDW creators like Heather Nuhfer and Livio Ramondelli, on what they did, what to do and what not to do, and other arcane bits of information and tips on carving out some creative space in the comic industry! Room 28DE>>
Judge Dredd Comics: IDW & Rebellion, Saturday, 7/20/13, 1:00p.m. – 2:00p.m., Room: 9
20 years in an Iso-Cube if you miss this one! Join moderator Douglas Wolk, IDW’s Chris Ryall, Judge Dredd writer Duane Swierczynski, artist Ulises Farinas, and 2000AD’s Ben Smith, Michael Molcher and Keith Richardson, along with creator Henry Flint, and more for a drokkin’ good time discussing everyone’s favorite Mega-City One judge.
Spotlight on Sam Kieth, Saturday, 7/20/13, 5:00p.m. – 6:00p.m., Room: 9
<<5:00–6:00 Spotlight on Sam Kieth—Sam Kieth is one of the quirkiest and most eccentric artist’s in comics. His unique art style and incredible drawing ability have won him legions of fans worldwide. Now, in an extremely rare appearance at Comic-Con, you can join Sam, along with his long-time friend and editor Scott Dunbier, as they have an informal gabfest covering the wild spectrum that is Sam’s career (Sandman, Wolverine, The Maxx and much more)—trust us, you will not see another panel like this one all weekend! Room 9>>
YOE! Books Presents: Dr. Fredric Wertham & The Politics of Pre-Code Horror! Saturday, 7/20/13, 7:30p.m. – 8:30p.m., Room: 26AB
<<7:30–8:30 YOE! Books Presents: Pre-Code Comics’ Worst Horror: Dr. Fredric Wertham!—Join the award-winning comics historian Craig Yoe, his pal Steve Banes from “The Horrors of It All” blog, and special guests, for a lively discussion and Q&A session about the comics that gave you night terrors, before the U.S. Senate and Dr. Frederic Wertham shut them down during THEIR OWN reign of terror! Hi-jinx, fun, and thoughtful discourse will abound! Room 26AB>>
IDW Kids Comics: A Panel for All Ages! Ponies, Turtles & More!, Sunday, 7/21/13, 11:00a.m. – 12:00p.m., Room: 4
<<11:00–12:00 IDW Kids Comics: A Panel for All Ages! Ponies, Turtles & More!—Editors Chris Ryall, Sarah Gaydos, Bobby Curnow, and Tom Waltz, and a host of amazing creators like Erik Burnham, Heather Nuhfer, Amy Mebberson, Brenda Hickey, and Sara Richard, discuss the growing slate of all-ages titles at IDW — including My Little Pony, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles New Animated Adventures, Samurai Jack, Powerpuff Girls, Ben 10, Ghostbusters, Popeye, KISS Kids, and more.
Plus, free comics for attendees! Room 4>>
And! Join the IDW All-Stars at these other panels around the show:
Digital First Comics: The New Trend, Friday 2:30 – 3:30, Room 8 – VP Digital Publishing, Jeff Webber
Digital & Print: Friends or Foes? Friday 6:00 – 7:00, Room 9 – VP Digital Publishing, Jeff Webber
Rise of the Independents, Friday 6:00 – 7:00, Room 32AB – VP of Marketing Dirk Wood
Comic Book Entrepeneurs, Saturday 12:00 – 1:00, Room 28DE – CEO/Publisher Ted Adams
The Power of Geek: Brands & Media, Saturday 4:00 – 5:00, Room 28DE – CEO/Publisher Ted Adams
Beautiful Books: Graphic Design Saturday 5:00 – 6:00, Room 4 – SVP/Graphic Designer Robbie Robbins
Whew! This is shaping up to be one heck of a convention, and one of the busiest for IDW; we can’t wait to see you there!
