Thursday, July 14

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM / Room 8
THE GOLDEN/SILVER AGE PANEL I:
WORKING AT DC COMICS
Six veteran comic book creators — GENE COLAN, SY BARRY, RAMONA FRADON, NICK CARDY, ARNOLD DRAKE and MURPHY ANDERSON — discuss their work for DC Comics from the forties through the sixties.

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM / Room 8
THE SERGIO AND MARK SHOW
What would a Comic-Con International be without SERGIO ARAGONÉS, MARK EVANIER, STAN SAKAI and TOM LUTH giving you the lowdown on the world's stupidest barbarian, Groo the Wanderer, and other weird projects they have in the works?  (It would be the same but with one less panel.)

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM / Room 8
COMIC BOOK WEBLOGS
They're the fanzines of this century and a new form of instant communication.  A discussion of the form by funnybook bloggers HEIDI MacDONALD, TOM SPURGEON, PETER DAVID, TOM McLEAN and AUGIE DeBLIECK, JR., moderated by MARK EVANIER.

Friday, July 15

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM / Room 8
THE BILL FINGER AWARD:
JERRY ROBINSON and ARNOLD DRAKE
Tonight, Drake (co-creator of Doom Patrol and Deadman) receives a lifetime achievement award instituted by Robinson, who drew the Golden Age Batman.  Come hear us discuss the award and the man for which it was named.

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM / Room 8
THE ANNUAL JACK KIRBY TRIBUTE PANEL
Another gathering, another batch of recollections about the man they still call the King of the Comics.  With STEVE SHERMAN, SCOTT SHAW!, Kirby lawyer PAUL S. LEVINE and ROBERT KATZ, manager of the Kirby estate, plus others to be named later.

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM / Room 8
THE GOLDEN/SILVER AGE PANEL II:
WORKING WITH WILL EISNER
Five artists who knew and/or worked with the master discuss what life was like in the Will Eisner Studio.  With MURPHY ANDERSON, LEE AMES, BOB FUJITANI, NICK CARDY and JERRY ROBINSON.

Saturday, July 16

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM / Room 8
SPOTLIGHT ON GENE COLAN
During his time at Marvel, Gene Colan drew Iron Man, Sub-Mariner, Tomb of Dracula, Dr. Strange, Captain America, The Avengers, Wolverine, Captain Marvel, Daredevil, Howard the Duck and many more.  It's time for an intense one-on-one interview with this master illustrator.

11:30 AM- 1:00 PM / Room 6CDEF
THE ANNUAL CARTOON VOICE PANEL
Another fine demonstration of the art form of putting words in the mouths of cartoon characters.  With E.G. DAILY (Powerpuff Girls), BOB BERGEN (Porky Pig), ROB PAULSEN (Pinky and the Brain), WALLY WINGERT (Family Guy), BILL FARMER (Goofy) and others to be announced.

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM / Room 6CDEF
QUICK DRAW!
We take three swift cartoonists and throw challenges at them.  They draw as fast as they can and the results are always hilarious.  This year, the combatants are Mad Magazine's SERGIO ARAGONÉS, SCOTT SHAW!, KYLE BAKER and the creator of Bone, JEFF SMITH.

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM / Room 5AB
TRIBUTE TO WILL EISNER
We take a moment to remember a legend, with those who knew and worked with him.  Among them will be publishers DENIS KITCHEN, PAUL LEVITZ, JIM WARREN and MIKE RICHARDSON, cartoonists SCOTT McCLOUD and BATTON LASH, producer MICHAEL USLAN and ANN EISNER.

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM / Room 6B
GARY OWENS
You know him from Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, or maybe as the voice of Space Ghost, Roger Ramjet or Powered Toast Man.  Or maybe you know him from his popular radio programs.  Whatever, come and meet a giant in the world of broadcasting and hear all about his amazing career.

Sunday, July 17

10:30 AM - NOON / Room 8
SPOTLIGHT ON BOB FUJITANI
Meet a Golden Age Great whose career included The Hangman and other great MLJ characters, and who drew Doctor Solar and the Flash Gordon newspaper strip.  DAVE STEVENS co-hosts this first-ever convention interview of one of his (and your) favorite artists.

NOON- 1:30 PM / Room 8
SPOTLIGHT ON NICK CARDY and MURPHY ANDERSON
Cardy drew Bat Lash, Aquaman, Teen Titans and other top DC titles of the sixties and seventies.  Anderson worked on Hawkman, The Spectre, The Atomic Knights and many well-remembered strips.  Come hear what these two giants of the industry remember about working for DC back then.

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM / Room 8
SPOTLIGHT ON LEE AMES and SY BARRY
Ames worked in the Eisner-Iger Studio and for Fiction House, Timely and all the major houses, then went on to create popular "how to draw" books.  Barry helped set the style for DC Comics in the fifties and went on to do the Phantom newspaper strip.  Two great artists in one great panel!