Next Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I will be a guest at the Baltimore Comic-Con in You-Know-Where, Maryland. The programming schedule is here, though it omits a last-minute add that is probably the most important panel I'm doing at the con…
Saturday: 4:00 PM-5:00 PM – Kirby: King of Comics
Jack Kirby created or co-created some of comic books' most popular super heroes. Take a look at Kirby's career in comics as writer Mark Evanier and Abrams Books' Charlie Kochman discuss Evanier's book, Kirby: King of Comics. Room 339-342Sunday: 11:00 AM-Noon – Marv Wolfman and Mark Evanier in Conversation
Marv Wolfman (New Teen Titans, Deathstroke the Terminator, Tomb of Dracula) and Mark Evanier (Darkseid Special, Groo the Wanderer, DNAgents) discuss writing. Don't miss this chance to see two legendary creators sharing stories about their time in comics and more. Room 345-346Sunday: 1:30 PM-2:30 PM – Jack Kirby at 100
This past month, the comics world celebrated what would have been the 100th birthday of legendary creator Jack Kirby. Tom King, Walter Simonson, Mark Buckingham, Jerry Ordway, Dean Haspiel, John K. Snyder III, the Kirby Museum's Rand Hoppe, and moderator Mark Evanier discuss Kirby's work and it's lasting influence in comics today. Room 339-342
Plus, there will also be…
Sunday: 2:45 PM-3:45 PM – Len Wein Tribute
I don't know who's going to be on it yet — friends of Len's who feel like talking about him, I guess — nor do I know what room it will be in but we're doing this panel at that time and I'm moderating it.
As I always do at cons, I have refused to let them assign me a table to sit behind but I will be roaming about. Occasionally, you might even catch me sitting for a time at some table that is selling things I've written like the new edition of Kirby: King of Comics. If you like this blog and you see me around, say howdy. I'm rarely as busy as I try to appear I am.
Two weeks later, I will be doing the same thing at the New York Comic-Con. The operators of these cons could have saved me a lot of miles in the sky if they'd put those fine gatherings on consecutive weekends.