On or about Friday, I should be posting here the schedule of panels I'll be moderating at this year's Comic-Con International in San Diego. (Click here for info on how to be among the 70,000+ to attend) This year, I'm moderating ten, which is down from my previous high of twelve…but I'll also be appearing on one other.
Right now, I'll just tell you that there will be "spotlights" (one on one interviews) with Larry Lieber, Sal Buscema and Stan Goldberg. There will be the Annual Jack Kirby Tribute Panel with all three of those gents plus some others. There will be the annual Golden Age Panel on Saturday (looks like that'll be Paul Norris, Harry Lampert, Mart Nodell, Irwin Hasen, Howie Post, Murphy Anderson and Julius Schwartz). There will be a panel on Seduction of the Innocent, the deathless book by Dr. Fredric Wertham, and we'll be showing some video footage of Doc Wertham that has been unseen since 1967. There will be a panel on my work with Sergio Aragonés and another on the history of Dell and Gold Key Comics.
And I especially want to plug two events. On Friday afternoon, I'll be presiding over "Quick Draw," which was a smash hit last year. Basically, we get four of the funniest, fastest cartoonists in the business and with the help of the audience, I throw challenges at them which they have to meet with rapid-fire sketching. If you've seen us do this, you know what a wonderful thing it can be.
And then late Saturday afternoon, we have the Cartoon Voice Panel to end all Cartoon Voice Panels — one of the greatest arrays of top folks who speak for your favorite animated characters. They'll be performing scripts and taking your questions, and it oughta be wonderful.
More info in 48 hours. Or maybe a little after that.