[Groop] Mark's Con Sked

[Mark Evanier]

Here's a sneak peek at the list of events I'll be hosting at the
Comic-Con International in San Diego.  Keep in mind that some of this
may change...

**THURSDAY, JULY 22**

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM / Room 8
SPOTLIGHT ON MIKE ROYER
He started assisting the great Russ Manning and moved on to become
Jack Kirby's favorite inker on many important works, including The New
Gods.  Along the way, his work also appeared in Creepy, Vampirella,
Tarzan and dozens of other comics.  We interview a true professional,
MIKE ROYER.

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM / Room 8
THE ANNUAL GOLDEN/SILVER AGE PANEL
Every year, we gather together several of the industry's great.  This
time out, come meet TOM GILL, FRANK SPRINGER, GENE COLAN, FRANK BOLLE,
SID JACOBSON, JACK ADLER and HARRY HARRISON, who between them have
logged over 300 years in comics!

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM / Room 8
THE SERGIO AND MARK SHOW
What would a Comic-Con International be without SERGIO ARAGONES, MARK
EVANIER, STAN SAKAI and TOM LUTH giving you the lowdown on the world's
stupidest barbarian, Groo the Wanderer, and other weird projects they
have in the works?  (It would be the same but with one less panel.)

**FRIDAY, JULY 23**

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM / Room 8
SPOTLIGHT ON JACK ADLER
You may not know his name but if you read DC Comics in the fifties and
sixties, you know his work.  JACK ADLER was the main colorist and the
inventor of many of comics' most innovative techniques.  We'll talk
with him and view photos he took over the years in the DC offices.

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM / Room 5AB
SPOTLIGHT ON CHUCK McCANN
If you grew up in New York, you probably remember his brilliant,
ground-breaking kid show.  Otherwise, you know him as one of the
funniest comic actors in the business.  Chuck will share funny clips
and even funnier stories with the audience.  A not-to-be-missed event!

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM / Room 8
THE ANNUAL JACK KIRBY TRIBUTE PANEL
It's been ten years since we lost the man they still call "The King of
the Comics" and hail as its most influential artist.  Let's celebrate
his life with DAVE STEVENS, DAVE GIBBONS, MIKE ROYER, PAUL RYAN, WALT
SIMONSON, STEVE RUDE and members of the Kirby family.

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM / Room 8
REMEMBERING BOB CLAMPETT
He was one of the great directors of Warner Brothers cartoons and he
went on to innovate kids' TV with Beany and Cecil.  A panel of
animation historians, artists and members of the Clampett clan gather
to view rare film footage and to recall the creative force known as
Bob Clampett.

**SATURDAY, JULY 24**

12 NOON - 1:30 PM / Room 6AB
QUICK DRAW!
We take three swift cartoonists and throw challenges at them.  They
draw as fast as they can and the results are always hilarious.  This
year, the combatants are Mad Magazine's SERGIO ARAGONES, Simpsons
comic artist SCOTT SHAW! and the creator of Bone, JEFF SMITH.

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM / Room 6AB
THE ANNUAL CARTOON VOICE PANEL
Witness a demonstration of the art form with JOE ALASKEY (Duck
Dodgers), DEE BRADLEY BAKER (The Fairly Odd Parents), GREGG BERGER
(Men in Black), TOM KENNY (SpongeBob SquarePants), NEIL ROSS
(Transformers), BILLY WEST (Futurama) and many more!

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM / Room 6AB
RAY BRADBURY
Catch up with the world's most acclaimed author of science-fiction and
fantasy (The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This
Way Comes, et al) as he honors us with an hour of his time and
discusses his past, your present and everyone's future.

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM / Room 6AB
SPOTLIGHT ON JUNE FORAY
She's not only Rocky (pal of Bullwinkle) and Granny (owner of Tweety),
she's the undisputed queen of cartoon voicing.  We'll interview JUNE
FORAY and then have a reading of vintage cartoon scripts with her,
CHUCK McCANN, JOE ALASKEY and others as we re-create a Rocky &
Bullwinkle episode!

**SUNDAY, JULY 25*

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM / Room 8
TRIBUTE TO JULIUS SCHWARTZ
We remember one of the industry's great editors and the man who
launched the Silver Age of Comics and helped start fandom.  Come hear
FORREST J ACKERMAN, LEN WEIN, ELLIOTT S! MAGGIN, PAUL LEVITZ, MARV
WOLFMAN, MIKE CARLIN and other Friends of Schwartz.

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM / Room 8
SPOTLIGHT ON TOM GILL & FRANK SPRINGER
Two great comic artists, together.  TOM GILL is one of the great
western comic illustrators (for years, the artist for The Lone Ranger)
and an acclaimed teacher of comic art.  FRANK SPRINGER has drawn
everything from Batman to Spider-Man and everything in-between.

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