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Top Cow Presents Come meet the Top Cow gang and listen to Jim McLauchlin, Top Cow's Editor-In-Chief, discuss what's new in 2006. 11:00am - 11:50am, 222A Independent Filmmaking Panel-- "Q&A with the filmmakers" This is a unique opportunity to meet and discuss independent filmmaking with the filmmakers themselves. Directors, producers, distributors, festival coordinators, actors, and other special guests will be present to discuss their films which have shown at the Megacon "Indy Film Expo" and around the world. Panel hosted by Terry Cronin of 3 Boys Productions/Students of the Unusual who also runs the annual Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival. 12:00pm - 12:50pm, Room 221D Joss Whedon Room Redemption in the Whedonverse. 12:00pm - 1:00pm, Room 221E AN Entertainment Industry Panel Tampa, Florida based anime translation and distribution company AN Entertainment will screen its upcoming release of Har???+Guu, and take questions about the company, America's anime industry, and the AnimeNation retail business. 12:00pm - 12:50pm, 222A Writing it Down Where do good ideas come from? What do writers do when faced with a blank page and a looming deadline? How do you get something from nothing? Featuring Chuck Dixon, Barbara Kesel, Jimmy Palmiotti. 12:00pm - 12:50pm Room 221B &C Q & A with Al Feldstein Meet the man who wore all the hats at EC Comics: legendary Al Feldstein. 1:00pm - 1:50pm, 222A Prop/Costume 501st Presented by members of the 501st Legion and Rebel Legion costuming groups, this informative panel will offer aspiring prop and costume makers an overview of the materials and tools needed to create realistic looking movie memorabilia. Learn how to build a hardware store blaster, make a droid from storage bins, and create costumes from existing clothing. Drop in for an informative presentation that will introduce you to this fun and exciting hobby. Professional costumer and prop maker Mark Bradley will be joining us to share his expertise in resin and latex as well as some interesting stories from his work with Disney and Lucasfilm. 1:00pm - 1:50pm, 221B & C Bob Andelman: A Spirited Life Bob Andelman, author of the new M Press/Dark Horse biography, "Will Eisner: A Spirited Life," will present a lively talk and slide show about the life of one of the greatest creators in comics and graphic novels. The program includes anecdotes, short readings from the book and rare and unusual photos and art from Eisner's life and career. 1:00pm - 1:50pm, Room 221D Joss Whedon Room Creative showcase. 1:00pm - 3:00pm, Room 221E Toyama Ryu Batto Jutsu Seminar Experience a hands-on class in authentic Japanese Swordsmanship taught by Taikai Champion and gold medalist Mike Femal. The dojo comes to MegaCon - it's your chance to experience it. 1:00pm - 3:00pm, Room 221A Joss Whedon Room Buffy episode screening. 2:00pm - 3:00pm, Room 221E Meet the Men of X-Men Meet the many creators of the ever-popular X-Men books. Featuring Mark Brooks, Brandon Peterson, Tim Townsend, Bob McLeod, Randy Green, and Ethan Van Sciver. 2:00pm - 2:50pm, Room 221D Producing Animated Shorts Illustrates the benefits of producing animated shorts such as portfolio pieces, festival screenings, publicity, pitches for shows, etc. The talk delves into important issues to keep in mind and short cuts to get things done. Mark Simon uses his successful series of shorts, Timmy's Lessons in Nature, as supporting evidence in the discussion. Hear great war stories about the Timmy shorts as they were pitched and sold around the world on the way to winning Grand Prize in Nickelodeon's first-ever Nicktoons Film Festival. Lecture is based on Simon's top-selling text, Producing Independent 2D Character Animation. Topic is relevant to all forms of animation. 2:00pm - 2:50pm Room 222A From Books to Screenplays - What Happened to the Story? The movie version of a book is often quite different. What are the ground rules for screenwriting from a book and why do they exist? 3:00pm - 3:50pm, Room 221D Emerald Rose Emerald Rose brings their style of rollicking Celtic folk rock to energize your MegaCon experience! Their original music is featured in Ringers: Lord of the Fans and Done the Impossible: The Fan's Tale of Serenity and Firefly, and the band were featured performers at the Lord of the Rings Oscar parties. 3:00pm - 4:00pm Room 221B & C The Lowe Down. Marvel in '06. Whose Side Are You On? Nick Lowe will talk about new and exciting events taking place at Marvel in 2006. 3:00pm - 3:50pm, Room 222A Joss Whedon Room Q&A with Buffy stars Clare Kramer and Mark Lutz. 3:00pm - 4:00pm, Room 221E Anime Voice Actors & More Q & A session with Lance Heiskell from Funimation Productions, Derrick Fish from Dandy & Company Comics and voice actors Chris Bevins, Mike McFarland, and Scott McNeill. 3:00pm - 5:00pm, Room 224A Howard Chaykin Talk with legendary creator Howard Chaykin. 4:00pm - 4:50pm, Room 221D Joss Whedon Room Buffy/Angel Game show. 4:00pm - 5:00pm, Room 221E Arne Starr Presents Come out and see all the latest trailers and all the latest gossip of what's coming out of Tinseltown in the near future and beyond. Arne Starr, in association with Jeff Walker, brings you all the latest and greatest, on films like Superman and X3 and much more, and hopefully a few surprises in there as well for those of you who are already up to date courtesy of the "'net." 4:00pm - 5:30pm, Room 222A Q & A with Steve Bacic, Alexis Cruz, Tony Amendola & Cirroc Lofton Come talk with some of the industries greatest sci-fi stars from Stargate SG, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and too many others to mention. 5:00pm- 5:50pm, Room 221D Joss Whedon Room Horror in the Whedonverse. 5:00pm - 6:00pm, Room 221E Anime Sushi Costume Contest Be part of the largest anime costume contest in the Southeast. 5:00pm - 7:30pm, Room 224B, C, E, F, G, H ACTOR Art Auction Don't miss the fabulous art at this year's auction. 6:00pm - 9:00pm, Room 221B & C Joss Whedon Room Angel Episode Screening. 6:00pm - 7:00pm, Room 221E Joss Whedon Room "Once More With Feeling" musical screening. 7:00pm - 8:00pm, Room 221E Cyberia Dance Cyberia: Anime influenced dance event featuring a great selection of some of the best dance music available. 7:30pm - 10:30pm, Room 224B, C, E, F, G, H Sunday, February 26th, 2006 Anime Viewing Room Showings of the newest films from Japan. 10:00am - 12:00pm & 3:00pm - 6:00pm, Room 224A Anime Voice Actors Panel Q & A session with Lance Heiskell from Funimation Productions, and voice actors Chris Bevins, Mike McFarland, and Scott McNeill. 10:15am - 1:00pm, Room 222B 65 Years of Captain America Enjoy listening to Sal Buscema, Steve Epting, Mike Perkins and John Beatty as they discuss their years working on Captain America. 10:40am - 11:30am, Room 221E Path of the Samurai Demo Join the Toyama Ryu School of Japanese swordsmanship as they demonstrate their skills with Katana. Real swords, real targets, and real action make this a must see event. 11:00am - 12:00pm, Room 221A Self Publishing for Dummies Learn the ins and outs of self publishing from concept to distribution and all of the pitfalls in-between. Hear from a group of people who've fumbled their way through contracting, scripting, assembling an art team, finding investors, and dealing with printers and distributors. 11:00am - 11:5am, Room 221D Arne Starr Presents Come out and see all the latest trailers and all the latest gossip of what's coming out of Tinseltown in the near future and beyond. Arne Starr, in association with Jeff Walker, brings you all the latest and greatest, on films like Superman and X3 and much more, and hopefully a few surprises in there as well for those of you who are already up to date courtesy of the "'net." 11:00am - 12:00pm, Room 222A Introducing Charles Band Charles Band, Producer/Director of over 250 films, talks about: horror films, hot chicks and creating independent features. 11:40am - 12:30pm, Room 221E Meet the Stars of Babylon 5 Q & A with Tracey Scoggins, Mira Furlan and Jason Carter. 12:00pm - 12:50pm, Room 221D Visual Effects with Lee Stringer Emmy-Winning Visual Effects Supervisor Lee Stringer will review and discuss his amazing work on Serenity, Battlestar Galactica, Roughnecks: The Starship Trooper Chronicles and Star Trek: Voyager. This panel includes rare gag reels and behind the scenes footage and is provided courtesy of The DAVE School. 12:10pm - 1:00pm, Room 222A AMV Anime Music Video Contest 12:00pm - 3:00pm, Room 224A Joss Whedon Costume Contest 1:00pm - 3:00pm, Room 221E AnimeNation Presents Come meet members of the AnimeNation and AN Entertainment staff, and AnimeNation Forum members. Bring your questions about AnimeNation, America's anime fan community and industry, and anime in Japan, or just meet fellow anime fans. 1:00pm - 1:50pm Room 221D Toyama Ryu Batto Jutsu Seminar Experience a hands-on class in authentic Japanese Swordsmanship taught by Taikai Champion and gold medalist Mike Femal. The dojo comes to MegaCon - it's your chance to experience it. 1:00pm - 3:00pm, Room 221A D'espairs Ray Global Infection Tour 2006 D'espairsRay, one of the biggest and most impressive visual acts in Japan, is preparing for a third tour of America with a stop at Megacon in Orlando, FL. D'espairsRay's music is dark and very heavy, but enchantingly melodic. The energy each member exudes during live performances is unbearably contagious, and the madness doesn't stop until fans and members together crescendo to a climax. Anything but quick and sloppy, D'espairsRay takes you on a dark journey, pulling you deeper into their world gently, then promptly letting all hell break loose in the most agreeable ways possible. For many a D'espairsRay concert is a life-altering experience, for some it's just darn good rock, but either way it is not a show to miss. 1:00pm - 3:00pm, Room 224AC, D, F, G, H The Marvels of 3D Animation Come watch and learn as Jeff Lee guides you through the steps of using the 3D animation software provided by Hash, Inc. 1:10pm - 2:00pm, Room 222A All-New, All-Different: The X-Men in 2006 and Beyond Ryan Lowe and Sean Ryan, editors of the X-Office, will answer all your questions about the X-books. 2:00pm - 2:50pm, Room 222A Two Actors in the House Find out first hand from husband and wife Julie Benz and John Kassir what it is like to have two actors in the house. 2:00pm - 2:50pm Room 221D Ninja Olympics Five teams of four Ninja's test their skills for prizes. 3:00pm - 5:00pm, Room 222B MegaCon is disappointed to announce that Media Guest, Chris Rankin, will not be able to attend this year's convention. MegaCon Exclusives! If exclusive convention items are your thing, you'll be excited to hear about the Astonishing X-Men #13 Coliseum of Comics MegaCon 2006 exclusive that will be available for sale at MegaCon '06. Be sure to stop by MegaCon Sponsor, Coliseum of Comics, booth to purchase one. Retailer Conference! If you're a comic, game or anime retailer, be sure to head to MegaCon a bit early so you can participate in the 2006 Retailer Conference hosted by MegaCon '06. All comic, game and anime retailers attending MegaCon are invited to attend the 2006 MegaCon Retailer Conference on Thursday, February 23. Sponsored by Diamond and DC Comics, and co-sponsored by Inkworks, Top Cow Productions, 3 Boys Productions, and Superverse Productions, the gathering will include informative seminars, lunch, and an opportunity to meet with suppliers and fellow retailers. Registration for the event will run from 9:00 a.m.- 10:00 a.m. with seminars running from 10:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Seminars will include Retail Law (with P.A. R. Steven Ruta), Guerilla Marketing (with Inkworks President Allan Caplan), Expanding the Comic Market (with Jamie Graham of Graham Cracker Comics and Phil Boyle from Coliseum of Comics), and Tales from the Road (with Diamond Field Sales Representative Eric Hitchcock). Each store represented at the Conference will receive a special, limited-edition book from DC Comics; an exclusive action figure from Diamond Select Toys; a limited-edition Zoom Suit book from Superverse Productions; and the opportunity to purchase the MegaCon Limited-edition Astonishing X-Men Variant from Marvel Comics for $1.75 per copy (limit of 20 per store). Admission to the Conference is $25 per attendee (limit 2 attendees per store), and includes a continental breakfast and lunch at TGI Friday's, as well as free admission to MegaCon from February 24-26. The Conference will be held at the Doubletree Hotel - MegaCon's official hotel - on 5780 Major Boulevard in Orlando, FL. Please Note: Space is limited. Retailers wishing to attend should RSVP to Eric Hitchcock at heric@diamondcomics.com. See You Soon! That's all the news for this year. We look forward to seeing all of you at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida on February 24-26 for MegaCon '06. +++++ [MUSKRAT-L] Muskrat Ramblings: A Pain in the Back Every now and then, a very worthwhile comic book needs your support. This is one such instance. I received an e-mail from Gary Beatty, at comicartistdirect.com. I'll just reprint the e-mail in full, as this just about says it all. _____________________________________________ Hello, everybody. I've never sent a mass email asking friends to consider subscribing to a comic book before, but this is a very special case. Eric Shanower's award winning "Age of Bronze" - a 10 year project retelling the story of the Trojan War - needs subscribers to keep the book going. You've probably heard me praising this work. It's the perfect way to tell this sometimes complex story because this comic illustrates the period costumes and architecture, carefully researched. Unlike the Homer novels some of us have read, Eric leaves out the fantasy elements of the gods and concentrates on people and politics. The gods' only influence is through the people who worship them - and interpret their will. It's our oldest recorded adventure story retold. Fans of "Lord of the Rings" type stories, especially, will enjoy it. Here's how to order: 1. There are two collected volumes out in affordable softcover that start from the beginning of the story. 2. The comic itself is bimonthly. You can jump on now and soon be up to speed, if you'd like. Visit www.age-of-bronze.com I consider my subscription a worthwhile and fun contribution to the fields of literature and art. It's important to keep history alive for future generations. Once again, it's available at www.age-of-bronze.com Thanks, Gary Beatty gary@comicartistsdirect.com _____________________________________________ Age of Bronze is a most wonderful book, and a great series. I know money's tight all around, but I really can't recommend this series highly enough. The book is beautifully written, superbly illustrated, and a pleasure to read. It's something very special, and it's easy to get up to speed with it, as collections are now available. In the old days, artists would have patrons. Nowadays, the market force is the best we can do. I don't know Eric...I believe I only met him once, briefly, at San Diego a few years ago. But if you'd like to try something new, and very, very good, pick up an Age of Bronze collection. Comic geeks, gamer geeks and history geeks alike will love this book. Give it a try - you won't be disappointed. Me? I'm seeing if the collections are available in hardcover. I've got the comics already, but this is a cause worth supporting. John +++++ From: Mitchell Senft My favorite Pulitzer prize winner (he got fired for measuring the interior space of an oversized SUV in a very special way) has his own special spin on Superman. A little different but maybe of interest to the e-mag readers. M. http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm- neil07feb12,1,85410.story True Blue By Dan Neil Times Staff Writer February 12, 2006 Look, up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's . . . oh my God, I'm already bored. Superman, strange visitor from the Roosevelt administration, will soon be among us again in a very large and, I'll warrant, very loud movie called "Superman Returns," due in theaters in June. The marketing tsunami is even now approaching the mainland. The movie's trailer is already slacking jaws in cineplexes. The face of actor Brandon Routh, in all its canine beauty, stares out from magazines. Mattel has announced a small mountain of movie-themed toys and merchandise, including an inflatable Superman muscle suit and a remote-controlled flying action figure. (I wonder if the suit comes in my size? Honey, I've got a surprise for yooooo.) All of this raises the question: Can Superman die of overexposure? Along with the new movie, we have the prospering WB series "Smallville," now with 100 episodes in the can. Not enough of the guy with the big chassis? You may seek out the 2005 novel "It's Superman," which is a respectable literary reinvention of the ur-myth by Tom De Haven. There are boxed-set DVDs of the '90s series "Lois and Clark"; director's cuts of the "Superman" movies starring Christopher Reeve; and collections of all the various animated series, from the breathlessly Moderne 1940s cartoons by Max Fleischer to the weird, Dada-esque Hanna-Barbera "Superfriends" series, which gave the language the indispensable phrase: "Wonder Twin Powers, activate!" You may also purchase a collection of the 1950s TV series "The Adventures of Superman," starring the ill-fated George Reeves, who may or may not have committed suicide but was definitely not faster than a speeding bullet. A big-screen biopic about Reeves starring Ben Affleck is in the super-pipeline. And then there are the forests of pulp comics, the graphic novels, the fictionalizations, the radio shows, the songs, the Broadway musical, the subversive histories-good Superman, bad Superman, Christ Superman, gay Superman. Oh my. And yet, for all that, do we really know the man in tights? One problem is that Superman's back story was written on the fly, so to speak. Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster created the comic book character in 1938 (Action Comics #1), but soon Superman became the collective construct of an army of animators, radio and TV script writers and comic book authors all trying to catch the tail of the blue comet. Superman's familiar creation myth-the spaceship crash near the Kent farm in Kansas, the adopted parents-the Achilles' heel of Kryptonite, the Daily Planet, the X-ray vision, all were ginned up for radio. So there's been a fair amount of what they call in the military "mission creep." I'm guessing Siegel and Schuster would have been flummoxed by "Smallville," a soapy melodrama that has been nicknamed "Smallville's Creek" for its portrayal of young Clark as a victim of super-teenage angst and ardor. Apparently the only thing more powerful than Kryptonite is hormones. "DC Comics has been more than willing to let the mythology get played with," says Michael Chabon, author of "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay," a brilliant summoning of the early days of the comic book industry. "If you counted every writer and artist who ever worked on Superman, it's a huge number of people," he says. It's understandable how this collective myth-making would have unleashed huge Jungian geysers. "It's hard to find a parallel," says Chabon, except perhaps in the Talmud or the body of Arthurian legends. In the realm of comic books, the constant month-after-year overlay of heroes and plots-a cosmic filigree of alternative universes, multiple Earths, time travelers, various leagues and societies of justice-periodically becomes so convoluted that the whole enterprise is scrapped and begun over again. Such a four- color cataclysm occurred in 1991, when DC Comics published John Byrne's "Superman: The Man of Steel." In Hollywood, a narrative do-over is called a reboot-"Batman Begins," for example. The new Superman movie will begin with the Man of Tomorrow returning to Earth after an absence of several years to ponder: Am I still relevant? My very question. Doesn't it feel strange to have Superman fight harlequin arch-villains to save the planet when its inhabitants are so industriously pursuing its destruction? What of Superman's mission, when "Truth, Justice and the American Way" seem to have so comprehensively parted company? As long as we're rebooting the Superman myth, I propose we return him to the righteous, New Deal populism of his beginnings. It's worth remembering that in Action Comics #1, Superman bursts into the governor's residence with evidence that will exonerate a woman who is about to be sent to the electric chair; he smacks around an abusive husband; he goes to Washington, D.C., to expose evil lobbyists and corruption in Congress-anyone come to mind? The operating trope of Superman is Revenge of the Nerds-mild- mannered Clark Kent splits his shirt and strikes back for the powerless and disaffected. He is not the flag-waving tool of the power elite. Superman, we need you now more than ever. +++++ Kincardine Author/Publisher to Garner Attention at 2006 Oscars Beverly Hills, CA, Feb. 27th, 2006 - Only a few short months after having his graphic novel featured at the 2005 American Music Awards, Kincardine area writer and publisher Mike Gagnon is being acknowledged by the organizers of the 2006 Academy Awards for another one of his books. After earning a huge reputation among the stars in the entertainment industry by having his graphic novel "Monkeys & Midgets" included at one of four graphic novels given away to celebrities at the American Music Awards on November 22nd 2005 Mike Gagnon will now also be acknowledged in a big way by organizers associated with the 2006 Academy Awards, or "Oscars". In this instance Gagnon's work is being recognized for his non-fiction book titled "How to Get Published the Open Book Press Way", which is meant as a tool for would-be writers and also a promotional vehicle for the publishing company he co-owns with New Jersey native Chris Campanozzi, Open Book press. The book itself will be handed out by event organizers to over 100 celebrities and movers and shakers in the entertainment industry. The books will be handed out at the "Night of 100 Stars Oscar Gala", the official viewing party for the 78th Annual Academy Awards. The books are a part of the celebrity gift bags being distributed by event organizer Hollywood Connection. With the number of celebrities known to have stories to tell in print it's safe to say that Gagnon's company will soon be garnering a lot of attention from the powerful people of Hollywood. Both books, Monkeys and Midgets (ISBN: 0-9735716-1-6) and How to Get Published the Open Book Press Way (ISBN: 0-9735716-4- 0), are available now at finer books stores, online at Amazon.com or directly from the publisher at www.openbookpress.com. Retailers interested in carrying the books can contact the publisher or order them from book distributors such as Baker & Taylor. More details can be found at: www.openbookpress.com +++++ Thanks for subscribing to the Comic Book Network Electronic Magazine (CBEM) --------------------------->Disclaimer<--------------------------- This is an ANNOUNCE only mailing list, only the Editor can send messages to the list. No one else has access to the subscriber list. Replies to these messages will be received by the Editor ONLY, so you must CC: individual contributors if you want them to get your E-Mail. The E-mail to the E-mag MAY be used in future issues at the Editor's discretion UNLESS you specifically request that they not be. 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