Friday, August 24, 2007  
This Weekend: FanExpo 2007

:: Posted by Bryan @ 8/24/2007 05:59:00 AM


The Golden City on the Hill

The Toronto FanExpo, featuring the Comic Book Expo as well as separate Anime, Sci-Fi and Horror conventions, all under the same giant roof, takes place this weekend, August 24-26.

Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre

(directions)

Cost: $25-59 (kids $10) details

This is the first Comic Book Expo organized by former-Paradise Comicon promoter Kevin Boyd (see separate article).

There are many many comics-related guests and events.

Guests:

Guests include tv star Adam West, Paul Dini, John Romita Sr & Jr., Arthur Suydam, Frank Quitely, Yannick Paquette, Karl Kerschl, Ty Templeton, J. Torres, Cameron Stewart, Udon Studios, and a host of others.

Events:

COOL SCHOOL: HOW TO BREAK INTO COMICS WITH C.B. CEBULSKI - ROOM 713A, 5PM FRIDAY
C.B. Cebulski is the man to see at Marvel Comics and here he’ll be dishing out advice on how you can get yourself a job in the comics industry!
COOL SCHOOL: WRITING COMICS AND SCREENPLAYS: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?? WITH GREG PAK- ROOM 713A, 6PM FRIDAY
Hulk writer Greg Pak shows the differences and similarities in writing for comics and the screen.
COOL SCHOOL: DRAWING THE COMIC GODS WITH THOR’S OLIVIER COIPEL - ROOM 714, 8PM FRIDAY
Olivier Coipel catches the flight in from Asgard to show you the secrets of drawing the gods of Marvel’s new Thor comic!
COOL SCHOOL: MANUFACTURING MUTANTS WITH MIKE CHOI & SANDRA OBACK - ROOM 714, 7PM FRIDAY
Mike Choi and Sandra Oback discuss their unique approach to illustrating Marvel’s mightiest mutants from X-23 to the X-Men!
COOL SCHOOL: BREAKING INTO COMICS WITH UDON - ROOM 713A, 1PM SATURDAY
Trying to make it as a comic book creator? Let the stars of UDON Studio show you how to do it.
COOL SCHOOL: CREATING KICK-A$$ COVERS WITH SIMONE BIANCHI - ROOM 714, 1PM SATURDAY
Simone Bianchi is currently wowing the industry with his amazing covers on Detective Comics and Wolverine. Come see how he does it in person!
COOL SCHOOL: THE DYNAMIC PALETTE OF ASPEN’S PETER STEIGERWALD - ROOM 714, 2PM SATURDAY
He’s the man that makes Michael Turner’s covers come to life! Peter Steigerwald reveals his digital colouring secrets!
COOL SCHOOL: COMIC BOOK BOOT CAMP WITH TY TEMPLETON - ROOM 714, 4PM SATURDAY
Grab your army boots and your pencils! Ty Templeton runs you through the process of how to create comics!
COOL SCHOOL: WRITING COMICS FROM START TO FINISH WITH GREG PAK- ROOM 713A 6PM SAT
World War Hulk’s Greg Pak discusses the entire process of writing and scripting comic books.
COOL SCHOOL: DESIGNING DYNAMIC COVERS WITH ARTHUR SUYDAM - ROOM 714, 1PM SUNDAY
Learn how to create eye-popping covers with Marvel Zombie’s cover painter, Arthur Suydam.
COOL SCHOOL: DRAWING SENSATIONAL ACTION WITH ANGEL MEDINA - ROOM 714, 2PM SUNDAY
Sensational Spider-Man artist Angel Medina shows you how to draw dynamic action sequences.
COOL SCHOOL: SUPERHERO ANATOMY 101 WITH STEVE MCNIVEN - ROOM 714, 4PM SUNDAY
From Civil War to Amazing Spider-Man Steve McNiven is one of the industry’s biggest names. Here he’ll discuss his approach to drawing superheroes for widescreen
action!
SKETCH-OFF
Win, lose or draw! No losers here – watch the superstars go back to the drawing board – literally!
And win their original artwork ‘cause we’re givin’ it away! For free!
STEVE MCNIVEN vs. FRANK QUITELY - ROOM 714, 6PM FRIDAY
DALE EAGLESHAM vs. MICHAEL CHOI - ROOM 714, 12PM SATURDAY
OLIVIER COIPEL vs. MICHAEL TURNER - ROOM 714, 5PM SATURDAY
YASUHIRO NIGHTOW vs. ALVIN LEE - ROOM 714, 6PM SATURDAY
JOHN ROMITA JR. vs. JOHN ROMITA SR. - ROOM 714, 12PM SUNDAY
SIMONE BIANCHI vs. DAVID FINCH - ROOM 714, 3PM SUNDAY
TRANSMISSION-X: WEBCOMICS & MORE WITH THE ROYAL ACADEMY - ROOM 715A, 5PM FRIDAY
Toronto’s Royal Academy of Illustration and Design consists of many of the upcoming stars of modern comics like Karl Kerschl, Cameron Stewart, Kalman Andrasofszky,
Ramon Perez, Andy B. and more! This summer they launched the web comics site Transmission-X and web comics will never be the same again.
ALL ACCESS ASPEN - ROOM 717, 7PM FRIDAY
Join superstar Michael Turner, Peter Steigerwald, Marcus To, Francis Manapul and the rest of the Aspen clan as they give you access to the latest happenings at Aspen!
COUNTDOWN WITH PAUL DINI: COMICS, ANIMATION AND MORE - ROOM 717, 8PM FRIDAY
Acclaimed writer Paul Dini has worked on animation projects like Star Wars: Droids, Batman: The Animated Series, Justice League Unlimited, hit television shows like
Lost, and recently he’s been redefining the DC Universe with Countdown and Detective Comics.
GOING FROM ZERO 2 HERO - ROOM 715A, 12PM SATURDAY
The entertainment industry is dominated by a series of gatekeepers- Zeros 2 Heroes wants to change all of that.
Join Paul Dini, Matt Toner (Zeros 2 Heroes Media), Paul Gertz (Rainmaker Entertainment) and representatives from Telefilm Canada to discuss the kick-off of "Canada:
Comic Creation Nation" - a campaign designed to discover and develop new creative talent from across the country.
WORLD WAR HULK: SMASHING THE MARVEL UNIVERSE - ROOM 717, 2PM SATURDAY
Hosted by editor Mark Paniccia. Guests: Greg Pak, John Romita Jr., David Finch
Marvel’s big event smashes its way into Fan Expo Canada with this all-star creator spotlight on World War Hulk! Who will live? Who will die? All we know is the Marvel
Universe will never be the same again.
CUP OF CEBULSKI MINUS THE JOE - ROOM 713A, 3PM SATURDAY
What’s happening with the House of Ideas? Marvel’s C.B. Cebulski throws the doors open!
REBOOTING REBOOT - ROOM 715A, 12PM SUNDAY
In July, Rainmaker Entertainment announced that it would be bringing back ReBoot, the much-loved animated television series, by giving
five undiscovered writers the chance to pitch five totally new ideas to the legions of ReBoot fans. Join Paul Gertz, (head of Rainmaker Animation), and Matt Toner,
(Preident of Zeros 2 Heroes Media) as they announce the winning pitch and discuss the process to date.
UDON: COMICS, MANGA & MANHWA - ROOM 713A, 12PM SUNDAY
This year UDON announced the creation of their new Manwha (Korean comics) line. Join the stars of UDON Studio as they discuss their upcoming projects and how
they are breaking the boundaries of the comics medium.
EXPORING THE MARVEL UNIVERSE WITH C.B. CEBULSKI - ROOM 717, 1PM SUNDAY
Hosted by C.B. Cebulski. Guests: Olivier Coipel, Greg Pak, David Finch, Angel Medina and Steve McNiven.
From the battle-scarred Sakaar to the Negative Zone to the Halls of Asgard to the alleys of New York City the Marvel Universe is the place for the World’s Greatest Comics!
THE AMAZING WORLDS OF DC COMICS - ROOM 717, 2PM SUNDAY
Guests: Frank Quitely, Dale Eaglesham, Paul Dini, J. Torres, Karl Kerschl, Chris Sprouse, Francis Manapul
With the return of the multiverse and the amazing All-Star line, the worlds of DC Comics have never been bigger or brighter. Catch the inside scoop from DC’s big guns

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1 Comments:

Blogger kevthemev said...

"This is the first Comic Book Expo organized by former-Paradise Comicon promoter Kevin Boyd (see separate article)."

That's kind of misleading as I didn't organize this event, I contributed to the organization of some parts of this event and worked at the event. It was well organized before I came into the picture.

Monday, August 27, 2007 4:46:00 PM EDT  

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