Your friendly neighborhood podcaster Jimmy Aquino here. I'm heading down to Charlotte, NC on Friday, June 20th for the best comic book convention around, HEROES CON! I've covered it for years by doing tons of interviews, moderating panels, being on panels, taking photographs, etc. This year is no different. I'll be moderating 3 panels that you MUST come check out! I have several interviews lined up as well and am checking out whom is attending to see about getting more. Producer Joe will be there on Saturday to report on things as well. Official CNI photographers Faren and Faith will be there snapping away so give them a big smile or heroic pose if they spot you.
There was a last minute change in one of the panels I'm moderating. Originally, the Archie panel was going to be Friday but due to some travel issues, we changed it to Saturday. All info for the 3 panels I'm moderating is below.
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Saturday. 10:30 am
Room 209
ALL AGES PANEL- A HEROESCON TRADITION! KIDS READ COMICS TOO!
Moderator JIMMY AQUINO (COMIC NEWS INSIDER) is joined by MIKE MAIHACK (Cleopatra in Space), CHRIS SCHWEIZER (the Crogan series), ANDY RUNTON (Owly), JEREMY WHITLEY (My Little Pony), STEPHANIE GLADDEN (Peanuts) and THOM ZAHLER (My Little Pony) to talk about their amazing comics. They’ll discuss why they went into this genre and if there is a difference between “kid’s comics” and “all-ages comics”.
Saturday, 2-4pm
Room 201
PART I :: ARCHIE: Life, Afterlife and Beyond
Join moderator Jimmy Aquino (COMIC NEWS INSIDER) in a talk about the major events happening at Archie Comics – from the hit horror series AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE to the upcoming “Death of Archie” in the pages of LIFE WITH ARCHIE and much more – with an all-star cast of Archie staff and stars, including artist FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA (Afterlife with Archie), PAUL KAMINSKI (Archie Comics Executive Director of Editorial) and Red Circle Comics Editor and Archie SVP – Publicity and Marketing ALEX SEGURA.
PART II :: ARCHIE: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG and MEGAMAN
Get the inside scoop on what’s coming up in Archie’s best-selling “Action” line of video game titles, including SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, SONIC UNIVERSE and MEGA MAN, with SONIC/MEGA MAN editor PAUL KAMINSKI and long-time Sonic and Mega Man creators IAN FLYNN and TRACY YARDLEY
*Note: Part I will be from 2-3pm and Part II will be from 3-4pm. I will be stepping down from moderating at 3 to let Paul and Alex take over for the Sonic/Mega Man section.
Sunday. 1:30 pm
Room 209/210
SHOP TALK: DISCUSSING THE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES OF THE TRADE
Join Moderator JIMMY AQUINO (COMIC NEWS INSIDER) as he chats with artists CLIFF CHIANG, ERIC CANETE, MING DOYLE and MICHAEL CHO about their craft and how they became the incredibly talented artists that they are today. And how they continue to challenge themselves into becoming even better (if that’s even possible!).
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If you have any questions to be asked during the panel, feel free to tweet them at me (@jimmyaquino) or leave them on my various social media spots.
And fret not, if you can't attend, I'll be recording them to play on Comic News Insider. I'll be doing a big Heroes Con recap on the Monday after with awesome artist/fellow attendee Ashley Lanni-Hoye.
ON TO CHARLOTTE!!
