Here is the schedule I’ve been sent and so far no news of what replaces the Denny O’Neill panel -I’m sure Mike will sort that out, though. Hmm…why not an Olivier cadic Cinebook panel? Anyway, here is the schedule so print it out for reference!
JUST IN -UPDATE!!
Time Table updates
Times for events over the weekend:
Both days – Button Mash Challange – Brunels old station – registration required – 2pm start (games will be available for free play for practice before this time)
Both days – Cosplay Workshop – Ramada hotel – 1.30pm – Q&A sessions on all aspects of making your own cosplay from materials, props, sewing and wigs from local cosplayers Chaye Denham, Angel V_k and Harriet Hitachin
Both days – Cosplay masquerade and competition – Ramada hotel – 3.30pm – registration required
Saturday night – Ramada hotel – The Big Show party – kicks off at 7pm
Local band Tundra playing from 9pm
‘Drunken’ Guitar Hero (18+) from 9pm
Other events to be announced.
Please note – due to lack of interest, the Stricly Cosplay dance off has been cancelled. Anyone wishing to perform dances are welcome to do so in the masquerade.
RAMADA HOTEL
TALKS ROOM ONE SATURDAY
11.15 am KRONOS CITY – THE LAUNCH PANEL
Launching at Bristol 2012, Kronos City is the latest
graphic novel release from Time Bomb Comics, and their first to also be
released digitally. Hosted by pod-caster extraordinaire and SFX blogger
Stacey Whittle, the Kronos City team – writer Andrew Croskery, artists
Alex & Lauren Wilmore, letterer Jim Campbell and publisher Steve
Tanner – reveal all about the City through which runs a River of Time.
(The creators will be holding a signing session at the Time Bomb Comics
table after the panel
HIGH NOON FOR DC & VERTIGO
We talk DC New 52, Vertigo and beyond with Paul Cornell, Mark Buckingham and Ian Churchill.
Paul being at front and centre with the 1st wave, Storm
watch and Demon Knights and now working Saucer Country for Vertigo. Mark
Buckingham continues his award winning run on Fables. Ian Churchill
returns to DC to take on the new Ravagers title.
Also with DC making the most of the internet for
marketing what do the professionals feel about the new digital age where
fans now make their feeling well know on a sea of forums, blogs and
message boards with minutes of their work being published?
With two of the most well known bloggers, Cheryl Morgan & Stacey Whittle
With two of the most well known bloggers, Cheryl Morgan & Stacey Whittle
1pm THEY COME TO PRAISE THE BARD, NOT BURY HIM
Candian comic series Kill Shakespeare has been lauded
as a smart, sexy and violent take on William Shakespeare’s classic
characters. Butsome feel that the series dumbs down Shakespeare and mars
his great characters.
Join series creators Anthony Del Col and Conal
McCreery as they introduce their brainchild and discuss the controversy
that erupted because of their work. They also give insight in to how to
launch a creator-owned book in the current market.
2pm TRIPWIRE MAGAZINE CELEBRATES 20 YEARS
Join editor-in-chief Joel Meadows plus Mike Carey,
Dave Taylor and special guests to commemorate the twentieth anniversary
of Britain’s longest-running comics magazine. The panel will be looking
back at two decades of history plus revealing what plans it has to
celebrate this important milestone
3pm DENNY O’NEIL : A QUESTION OF BATS, LANTERNS AND ARROWS
Join guest of honour Denny O’Neil as the acclaimed
writer/editor looks back over his five decades-spanning career in
conversation with Multiverse publisher/editor Mike Conroy. Best known for his lengthy association with Batman and his socially aware run on Green Lantern/Green Arrow with artist Neal Adams., Denny has also worked for Charlton and Marvel and on titles as varied as Azrael, Daredevil, Iron Man, The Question, Richard Dragon: Kung Fu Fighter and The Shadow. The architect behind the upheaval that wrought massive changes on the Batman mythos beginning with Knightfall and continuing through to No Man’s Land,
he’s bound to have a treasure trove of interesting tales and insights
to offer. This is an opportunity that you can’t afford to miss.
4.15 pm 2000AD 45 YEARS OF JUDGE DREDD & Co.
Expo takes a look at the world of 2000AD which after 35 years is responsible for launching many a creators career.
Iz McAuliffe and Stacy Whittle talk of Rebellion with
creator droids HENRY FLINT, IAN EDGINTON, MATT BROOKER, BOO COOK,
PATRICK GODDARD and JOHN HIGGINS on the past, present and future of
2000AD.
RAMADA HOTEL
TALKS ROOM TWO SATURDAY
11am TONY HITCHMAN’S QUIZ
The return of the Bristol Expo fun quiz by popular demand
The return of the Bristol Expo fun quiz by popular demand
Super heroes of reduced circumstances
In this new Age of Austerity where cuts and downsizing
abound let’s take courage from the example of the Tiny Titans of
yesterday, the height challenged heroes and heroines of the past who
fought more with less. Let’s celebrate the little guys (and gals) from
our four colour fantasies in a fun quiz that will prove one and for all
that size isn’t everything
11.45pm TRANSMEDIA
Transmedia is the art of telling stories across
multiple different media. With the recent advent of platforms such as
app, comic and book digital distribution the ability to present content
in many different ways is accessible to the small and independent
creator.
Join Barry Nugent, Nic Wilkinson, Stephen M Downey and Scott Grandisonwho between them have successfully published work in the form of novels, comics, audio plays and computer games to talk about the challenges and opportunities of developing stories in transmedia terms.
1.45pm MARKOSIA & FRIENDS SHOWCASE
Comic Expo Bristol is very excited to be presenting a brand new format to introduce attendees to the World Of Markosia!
We present FIVE new titles with their creators including 3 Convention-only Hard Back Special Editions that will not be available in stores for a dedicated signing session Plus our friends CLOCKWORK WATCH will be joining us for this very special event!
EXpo EXclusive Selected Original Art display featuring Valia Kapadai’s While Knuckle
1.45pm doors open
So grab a complimentary cup ‘o coffee as we start the presention Showcase with an introduction from Publisher Harry Markos
2pm WHITE KNUCKLE
Presentation with Cy Dethan & Valia Kapadai
Forty years ago, Seth Rigal was a man to be feared.
Now nearly seventy and tormented by ten years as a serial strangler,
Rigal suddenly finds his precious anonymity snatched from him when he
accidentally saves a boy’s life. Old wounds are opened and the bodies
won’t stay buried any longer.
2.25pm HYPERGIRL & Hero 9 to 5 sequel Presentation with Ian Sharman & Yel Zamor
When bored teenage girl Charley Matthews visits
Watersvale Museum, she has no idea that a chance encounter with the
dying Doc Hyperpower is about to change her life forever. Will she rise
to the occasion and defeat the evil of Pharoanicus, or will she lock
herself in her bedroom
and listen to The Cure? Find out in this senses shattering debut of Weirdsville’s newest hero – Hypergirl!
2.50pm SLEEZE CASTLE ETCETERA THE inCOMPLETE FINAL CUT
Presentation with Terry Wiley & Dave McKinnon
After a decade out of print, at last new readers get a
chance to experience the various Tales of Sleaze Castle (which isn’t
very sleazy, actually!). Meet Jo Dribble, perpetual student, her
hard-drinking sister Petra, and her extra-dimensional friend Panda,
ruler of another parallel Earth and of the giant crumbling Sleaze
Castle. Petra’s adventures on Earth and Jo’s adventures on Panda’s
planet are now collected in one bumper edition
3.15pm SIGNINGS ALL TITLES
4pm CLOCKWORK WATCH
Presentation with our special guests
Yomi Ayeni (creator, writer, filmmaker) Jennie Gyllblad (artist ) Corey Brotherson (writer, editor)
This is Clockwork World, a place where Victorian
values are coupledwith anachronistic technology, not least of which are
the clockworkservants that keep this society ticking along.
Set against this world, the Department for the
Advancement of Sciences works on the newest ‘clock’ upgrades, whilst Her
Majesty’s Clockwork Watch, a Gestapo-like organisation, monitors the
clockwork servant population with a vigilance bordering on hostility.
This immersive story and participatory experience is
setin a retro-futurist vision of Victorian England. The narrative is
told through graphic novels, interactive promenade theatre, free form
role-play, online adventures, an interactive book, and a feature film.
THE EXPO SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION!
4.30pm pm BAYOU ARCANA VOLUME ONE: SONGS OF LOSS AND REDEMPTION
The book that made the national press with the all female art team is the top of the Expo Bill
Presented by Jimmy Pearson, Patricia Echivarra Riego,
Jenny Clements, Matthew Craig, Steve Tanner, Lynsey Hutchinson, Vicky
Stonebridge, Corey Brotherson, Jennie Gyllblad, Dani Abram, Valia
Kapadai, Sara Dunkerton, Cy Dethan
There is a place deep down South where dreams come
true and nightmares find flesh. A place where the oppressed discover
freedom and the oppressor violent retribution.
The swamp is alive with many a lost soul’s tale. ” Bayou Arcana unlocks a universe steeped in Southern Gothic Romance and spattered with supernatural horror, Enter the Arcana if you dare”
followed by final signing with all the creators
CLOSE
TALKS ROOM ONE SUNDAY
11am ANTHOLOGIES – TELLING TALES
Anthologies are a British comic book institution, from
The Beano and 2000AD to Nelson and New British Comics there exists an
anthology for all tastes, styles and age ranges. Right now, many UK
indie and small press anthologies are pushing the boundaries of the
format, using it in innovative ways to present varied stories and
provide unique story-telling opportunities.
These anthologies also represent one of the best ways
for aspiring writers and artists to hone their skills and to see their
work published. Join the panel – Rob Davis (Nelson, Solipsistic Pop),
Dave Evans and Richmond Clements (Futurequake, Zarjaz, Dogbreath), Nic
Wilkinson (Bayou Arcana, Western, Layer Zero) Stacey Whittle (Into the
Woods). Barry Nugent (Tales of the Fallen) and Jimmy Pearson (Bayou
Arcana) to discuss everything and anything to do with anthologies and to
hear about what makes their books special and what they’re looking for
in potential contributors.
11.45am MOEBIUS REMEMBERED
The sad loss this year of Jean Giraud, was felt across
the worlds of SF & Fantasy art. And beyond. His influence will
continue to guide the new visionaries of the future that he helped to
inspire to create. Cheryl Morgan in conversation with Tim Maughan (
Science fiction author ) & Al Davison.
Presenting 90mins in the EXPO HOUSE OF HORROR!
12.30 am HORROR IS DEAD!
With the growing popularity of Urban Fantasy and
Paranormal Romance in recent years, and many Crime/ Thriller books
embracing a more graphic approach to storytelling, has traditional
horror become redundant?
Wayne Simmons (bestselling author of FLU and FEVER)
Adam Millard ( author of DEAD Series ), Jasper Bark, Scott Stanford (
Darker Side of Oz ) and Ryan Brown (Beserker Studios) will be looking at
the future of the horror genre throughout this interactive panel.
1.15pm RAZORJACK ATTACK!
John Higgins brings his signature creation, RazorJack to Bristol.
Having already appeared in comics, graphics and novels
the stories are set on twisted worlds of twisted people, populated by
armies of ferocious unstoppable female warriors and the ultimate
destroyer of worlds: Razorjack.
….. The terror continues with animation being next in
the sights John talks self publishing and the trials and tribulations in
getting Razorjack out and noticed in the current market place.
2 pm STRIP FOR ACTION
Join Martin Asbury, John M Burns and Syd Jordan as
they revisit the glory days of yore when newspapers crammed their comics
pages with action/adventure serials rather than gag-a-day strips. With Multiverse’s Mike Conroy at the wheel, take a trip down memory lane as the three artists discuss Garth, Modesty Blaise and Jeff Hawke as well as their lengthy careers and the life and death of the classic newspaper action/adventure strip
3pm THE ONES TO WATCH
David Hine invites some of his favourite creators from the
independent scene to talk about their work. Creators include Shaky Kane
who is enjoying his time back in to comic spotlight
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