Media Release -- OK People! We are here in cool, balmy San Diego, prepping our booth for the convention that starts...gulp...tonight! While waiting for out skid yesterday, we caught up with old friends, Chris Staros of Top Shelf, Eric Nakamura of Giant Robot, Alex Cox & Charles Brownstein of CBLDF, Heidi MacDonald, Garry Sassaman, Chris Butcher and fellow "marrieds" Janice Headley and Mike Baehr of Fantagraphics. The indie gang is here! Or what's left of us *sniff* but on the *bright* side we also have new neighbors! The Suicide Girls! Between us and Peanuts, across from Giant Robot.
First up, this is who will find at the D+Q booth 1629--Brecht Evens! All the way from Belgium with his French publisher Thomas Gabison of Actes Sud. Momma is going to be in bed, but Old Man Devlin will be up to hijinks with these boys for sue. Not to mention Julia and Jessica.
Kate Beaton! Actually, you will not find Kate at our booth, her signings are all in the VIP signing area, lines will be capped and will end on time, but have no fear she is signing every day, so show up early But not so early you miss her debut of her 2013 calendars at our booth! Numbers are limited!
Other debuts include Adrian Tomine's NY Drawings and Brecht's The Making Of.
So without any further ado, here is our COMIC-CON SCHEDULE, y'all!!!!
Thursday July 12, 2013
1:00-2:00 PM Trailblazers of Comics— Lynn Johnston and Kate Beaton represent the best of contemporary cartooning. With beginnings outside of the traditional mainstream or indy comics industry, each built a loyal following of fans with serialized comics on their own terms. The Beat’s Heidi MacDonald addresses the origins of each artist’s career of these Reuben winners and the craft of a serialized comic. Room 25ABC
3:00-4:00 PM The Bookstore Crowd: The comics world looks at "mainstream comics" as the superhero crowd, the ones available in comic book stores every Wednesday. But the real mainstream comics and graphic novels are in bookstores and created by a whole different crowd, one that lacks, for the most part, capes, powers, and spandex. Comics journalist Tom Spurgeon (comicsreporter.com) talks to Comic-Con special guests Kate Beaton (Hark! A Vagrant!), Alison Bechdel (Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama), Brecht Evens (The Making of), Jennifer and Matthew Holm (Babymouse series), Nate Powell (Any Empire), and Jason Shiga (Empire State) about their popular graphic novels that appeal to a more diverse audience in bookstores all over the world. Room 23ABC
4:30-5:30 PM Kate Beaton signing. Room AA21
4:30-6:30 PM Brecht Evens signing. D+Q Booth 1629.
Friday July 13, 2012
1:30-2:30 PM Spotlight on Kate Beaton— The cartoonist behind the wildly popular website HARK! A VAGRANT and the NY Times Bestseller of the same name presents an overview of her work. Room 5AB
3:00-4:30 PM Kate Beaton signing. Room AA20
3:00-5:00 PM Brecht Evens signing. D+Q Booth 1629.
5:30-6:30 PM D+Q and Fantagraphics— North America’s two most influential independent comics publishers that have defined the literary comics medium for the past 25 years preview their upcoming lists. Join Jacq Cohen (Publicity Director) and Eric Reynolds (Associate Publisher) of Fantagraphics and Julia Pohl-Miranda (Editorial Marketing Manager) and Tom Devlin (Creative Director) for D+Q as they present their 2012 and 2013 lists with a few surprises! Room 26AB
8 – 10:30 PM Eisner Awards. Come cheer our nominees--Adrian Tomine, Anders Nilsen, Shigeru Mizuki, Oji Suzuki, and Dan Clowes!! Go team D+Q!
Saturday July 14, 2012
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Kate Beaton signing. Room AA21
12:30-1:30 PM— Canada and Comics— with Kate Beaton, Jeff Lemire, Doug Savage, Calum Johnston of Strange Adventures/ Eisner judge, Jessica Campbell of Drawn and Quarterly, moderated by Chris Butcher of TCAF and the Beguiling. Over the past ten years, the Canadian comic scene has changed wildly and no longer plays second fiddle to its southern neighbor, and now boasts an equally vibrant coast to coast scene with major artists, major companies, major retailers and major festivals. Key players discuss how this change came about. Room 5AB
2:00-3:00 PM Brecht Evens signing. D+Q Booth 1629.
3:30-4:30 PM— Spotlight on Brecht Evens— No other cartoonist has made such an international splash as Brecht Evens. His debut book The Wrong Place was nominated and won awards around the globe, and the equally stunning THE MAKING OF debuts at San Diego. Brecht will present an overview of his work and craft with Tom Spurgeon. Room 8
5:00-6:00 PM Brecht Evens signing. D+Q Booth 1629.
Sunday July 15, 2012
12:00-1:30 PM Kate Beaton signing. Room AA20
12:00-2:00 PM Brecht Evens signing. D+Q Booth 1629.
