SEQUENTIAL ART SYMPOSIUM / VISIONS OF AN ICON / JOE SHUSTER AWARDS

JUNE 14, 2008

Lillian H. Smith Library Auditorium, 239 College Street, Toronto

Schedule:

Lobby Reception Area - Opens at 10 am and runs until 5 pm

Joe Shuster Awards table

Constellation Awards table

A selection of graphic novels and comic books by Joe Shuster Awards nominees - past and present - will be on sale courtesy of Allnewcomics.com

Flyers and promotional items for upcoming shows and events.

Room A Opens at 10 am and runs until 5pm

Signing Room --- there will be approx. 20-25 guests in the signing area.

2008 Poster signing with Tom Grummett and Paul Rivoche will take place from 11-12

Room B Exhibit opens at 10 am and runs until 4-4:30 pm

Visions of an Icon: Canadian Visions of the Man of Steel- Art Exhibit

A large array of original art piece by Canadian comic book creators will be on display.

Room C - Discussions start at 11 am and run until 5 pm

Panel Discussions - Topics will run 45-50 minutes and start on each hour (11, 12, 1, etc)

Tentative Schedule:

11 am --- Comics & Kids: Teaching with Sequential Art

12 noon --- Sequential Art on the Internet: Webcomics

1 pm --- Writing for Sequential Art

2 pm --- Darwyn Cooke's Next Frontier

3 pm --- Superman @ 70: 7 decades of superheroes & comics

4 pm --- John Bell's Invaders From The North: Canadians and Comics
with 2008 Hall of Fame Inductees Pierre Fournier and Stanley Berneche


Then it's break for dinner time at 5 as the library closes and everyone goes for a dinner break while we reconfigure the space for the Awards ceremony, which will take place in Rooms A, B & C (wall dividers will be removed to open the full area up).

7:30 pm --- seating for the Awards ceremony begin.

8 pm --- Joe Shuster Awards Ceremony with Master of Ceremonies Rick Green

Labels: awards, comics history, events, Ontario, Toronto