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R.I.P. Roy Disney
UPDATE: The nephew of Walt Disney died at age 79 after a bout with cancer.
It wouldn’t have mattered so much if Roy E. Disney had not been the son of Roy O. Disney who'd founded the Walt Disney Company with his brother. Or if Roy had not looked so eerily like a mirror image of his late uncle. Because he did, it seemed Walt Disney himself came back from the grave in 2003/2004 to rid the Mouse House of Michael Eisner, the man Roy had famously hired back in 1984. Few men lead two coups, much less on the same company.
And that will be Roy's legacy.
Most of the time, Roy was more likely found at his Irish castle or on his 70-foot sailboat than leading a boardroom brawl. In both cases, the reaction was surprise, followed by headlines, followed by “What took so long?” Of course, Roy was helped by his financial guru Stanley Gold. Each time Roy used as his reasoning that the Walt Disney Co had grown creatively stagnant.
The great irony, of course, was that Roy Disney beginning in 1984 waged war against Walt’s son-in-law Ron Miller, and found the billionaire Bass Brothers of Ft. Worth to help bankroll his battle. Then Roy brought in Michael Eisner. The two men had met back in 1980 when Eisner joined Roy on the board of the California Institute of Arts, which was founded by Walt as a training ... Read More »
10 Animated Shorts Advance For Oscars
Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards®. Thirty-seven pictures had originally qualified in the category.
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company:
“The Cat Piano,” Eddie White and Ari Gibson, directors (The People’s Republic of Animation)
“French Roast,” Fabrice O. Joubert, director (Pumpkin Factory/Bibo Films)
“Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty,” Nicky Phelan, director, and Darragh O’Connell, producer (Brown Bag Films)
“The Kinematograph,” Tomek Baginski, director-producer (Platige Image)
“The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte),” Javier Recio Gracia, director (Kandor Graphics and Green Moon)
“Logorama,” Nicolas Schmerkin, producer (Autour de Minuit)
“A Matter of Loaf and Death,” Nick Park, director (Aardman Animations Ltd.)
“Partly Cloudy,” Peter Sohn, director (Pixar Animation Studios)
“Runaway,” Cordell Barker, director (National Film Board of Canada)
“Variete,” Roelof van den Bergh, director (il Luster Productions)
The Short Films and Feature Animation Branch Reviewing Committee viewed all the eligible entries for the preliminary round of voting in screenings held in New York and Los Angeles.
Short Films and Feature Animation Branch members will now select the five nominees from among the 10 titles on the shortlist. Branch screenings will be held in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco in January 2010.
The 82nd Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be presented on Sunday,
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Golden Globe Animation Category Expands
There will be five contenders for the Best Animated Feature category when the bogus 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards nominations are announced at 5 AM (PT) on December 15th. Members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association voted last week to expand this year's number of nominations for Best Animated Feature to five. The amended rule now reads: Eligible films must be feature-length (70 minutes or longer) with no more than 25% live action. If less than eight animated films qualify, the award will not be given, in which case the films would be eligible for Best Picture. If less than twelve animated films qualify, the category will be limited to three nominations per year. The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards, hosted by Ricky Gervais, will be broadcast live January 17 on NBC.
20 Animated Films Vying For 2009 Oscars
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences stated today:
Beverly Hills, CA — Twenty features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 82nd Academy Awards®.
The 20 submitted features are:
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Astro Boy
Battle for Terra
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Disney's A Christmas Carol
The Dolphin – Story of a Dreamer
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Mary and Max
The Missing Lynx
Monsters vs. Aliens
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Planet 51
Ponyo
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
A Town Called Panic
UpAlvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, The Dolphin – Story of a Dreamer, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Planet 51, The Princess and the Frog, The Secret of Kells and A Town Called Panic have not yet had their required Los Angeles qualifying run. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and meet all of the category’s other qualifying rules before they can advance in the voting process. Under the rules for this category, a maximum of 5 features can be nominated in a year in which the field of eligible entries numbers at least 16. Films submitted in the Animated Feature Film category also may qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture, provided they meet the requirements for those categories.
The 82nd Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak
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Wallace & Gromit Celebrate 20 Years...
...with a Google Doodle. The beloved plasticine duo appeared as an illustration on the Google UK homepage this week to mark the 20 years since Nick Park's duo appeared in public back in 1989 at an animation festival in the 22-minute romp A Grand Day Out, later broadcast by the BBC. As The Guardian reported, "so a UK institution was born". But they're pretty darn popular worldwide, too.
Nickelodeon To Revive Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles For TV/Film After Acquiring Global Rights For $60M
Viacom's Nickelodeon announced today it has acquired the global intellectual property rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from The Mirage Group and 4Kids Entertainment. The purchase price was about $60 million. Nickelodeon also announced plans to develop a new CG-animated television series based on the popular superhero franchise for 2012. Also, in partnership with Viacom's Paramount Pictures, a new release of a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles feature film is also planned for 2012. Nickelodeon has also acquired all merchandising rights to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and will continue to work with its original and long-standing toy partner, Playmates Toys, which has been the creative force behind the TMNT master toy program over the last two decades. The deal was done by Cyma Zarghami, the president of Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group, and Adam Goodman, the president of Paramount Pictures.
Disney Toons Up With Guillermo Del Toro Under "Disney Double Dare You" Label
Anaheim, California -- September 11, 2009 -- The Walt Disney Studios, in collaboration with acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (“Pan’s Labyrinth,” “The Hobbit”), is launching a new production label called Disney Double Dare You, to create new animated films full of chills and thrills for audiences of all ages, it was announced today at the D23 Expo by Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios. All films will be produced under the guidance of del Toro, who originated the concept and the design of DDY and who will also direct certain projects. The first project in development for the new label is called “Trollhunters,” an original del Toro story which he will produce.
Commenting on the announcement, Cook said, “Guillermo is a brilliant and visionary filmmaker, and we’re excited to be launching this new label with him. His knowledge and appreciation for Disney films, along with his penchant for creating worlds of fantasy, presented a great opportunity for us to explore a whole new genre of filmmaking for moviegoers of all ages. We have admired Guillermo’s imaginative approach to filmmaking for some time, and now we’re proud to be working with him to create films full of imaginative delights and lots of thrills at the same time.”
Del Toro added, “As a director, I love to take audiences into fantastic new worlds and provide them with some anxious moments in the process. It is part of the Disney canon
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SAG & AMPTP Agree On New 2-Year Contracts For TV/Basic Cable Toons
SAG and the AMPTP issued this joint statement:
LOS ANGELES, (August 18, 2009) -- Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) today reached agreement on the terms of new, two-year contracts covering Screen Actors Guild members working in Television Animation and Basic Cable Animation.
“We are pleased to have concluded these negotiations and to have arrived at a fair deal that delivers solid economic gains for our members. Screen Actors Guild members working in these areas now have the benefit of negotiated compensation increases, an improved pension contribution rate and a template for compensation in new media,” Screen Actors Guild said.
"We welcome the ratification of these new agreements covering Screen Actors Guild talent in both broadcast animation and basic cable animation. These contracts will help to ensure continued production and employment, which is especially critical in today's economy," AMPTP said.
The agreements are effective retroactive to June 10, 2009 and will expire concurrently with the TV/Theatrical agreement on June 30, 2011, and include:
-- Effective annual wage increases of 3.0% retroactive to June 10, 2009 and 3.5% one year later.
-- A .5% increase in pension contributions, also retroactive to June 10, 2009.
-- New media terms reflect those negotiated under the TV/Theatrical agreement ratified in June 2009.Other terms match those in the recently ratified TV/Theatrical agreement.
Immediate ratification of the Television Animation and Basic Cable Animation contracts was recommended by the Screen Actors Guild Animation Negotiating Committee and approved by the Screen Actors Guild National Executive Committee and will
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Emmy Campaigning? Or "Naked Trolling"?
It's rare that any writer openly campaigns for an Emmy. But Family Guy's Patrick Meighan sent around this amusing email that raised a few eyebrows to the many people who received it. "I've certainly known plenty of people nominated for Emmys (hell, who hasn't been nominated?)," one of the recipients told me, "and I've never seen such a naked trolling for votes." Appropriate or inappropriate? You decide:
Hey, friend-of-Pat. Hope you're doing well.
Prolly you've heard that Family Guy got nominated for an Emmy for Best Comedy today. It's the first time that an animated show has been nominated in that category since 1961 (when The Flintstones lost to The Jack Benny Show). 1961! Alaska had just become a state. Internet porn about pregnant chicks was still a crazy, futuristic dream. And the leading cause of death in our nation among males age 18 to 40 was whistling at white women.
We at Family Guy are simultaneously thrilled and confused by today's development. Mostly thrilled, though. And since I, in particular, am new to this whole Emmy scene, I'm gonna violate longstanding rules of Emmy decorum and beg you -- if you happen to be a member of the TV Academy -- to please consider wasting your Best Comedy vote on our cartoon picture!
Note that Academy members who wish to vote in this category NEED TO SIGN UP TO VOTE (see instructions and link below).
And if you, yourself, aren't an Academy member but happen to
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UPDATE: Imagi Couldn't Make Payroll So Halts 'Astro Boy' & Lays Off 80 Animators
WRITETHRU, NEW INFO: What happened is that Imagi Animation Studios lost some investor funding in September, got it back in late fall, expected new money sometime in January or February, and then needed a bridge loan to keep up and running, which they claim to have secured but has been late in coming. So the financially squeezed Hong Kong-based studio responsible for TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) realized Friday night that it couldn't make its Los Angeles payroll, called everyone on Saturday and laid off almost 80 union animators out of the 120 staff in the LA office, and halted production on the upcoming CGI-animated feature film Astro Boy for Summit Entertainment. Behind the scenes, the company is privately assuring Summit that this won't affect the pic's release this year. Imagi is expecting the bridge loan to come through on February 3rd. An insider just told me, "Our No. 1 concern is to finish Astro Boy with this incredible team." I'm hearing that the fiscal crisis could also affect 2010's Gatchaman. Just to add more insight, Imagi not only is having financial problems with its production, but it does not have money to release the film. The deal with Summit is a "service deal" meaning that Summit is simply releasing the film and Imagi has to put up all the P&A. Imagi, with the help of WMA, has been going around town trying to raise $30 million of P&A. It's really an unfortunate mess.
UH-OH! Paramount Unaware 'South Park' Hated On Spielberg & Lucas & 'Indy 4'; UPDATE: Everyone Just Plans To Ignore It
2ND UPDATE: I understand that no Hollywood bigwig will bother to lodge a protest with Viacom over the South Park episode. "We don't want to engage. We just want it to go away," an insider just told me. The Wednesday night episode, which was the show's fall season premiere, was seen by an average of 3.7 million viewers, up 21% from last fall's debut and topping all of cable during its time period. It stands as the show's most-watched fall premiere since 1999.
UPDATE: I've learned Paramount's top execs missed last night's South Park episode viciously spoofing Steven Spielberg and George Lucas for "raping" Indiana Jones in the studio's summer fourquel. No, I mean really recreating those rape scenes from Clockwork Orange, The Accused and Deliverance and scattering them throughout as the "B" story in "The China Probrem" episode about the racist "horror" of the post-Olympics Chinese taking over the world. My info is that Paramount will look into this on Friday with parent company Viacom which produces the savage adult toon.
I learned about the episode, watched it online, and thought OH MY GOD.
Remember how Tom Cruise was upset with Viacom for South Park's airing of the infamous "Trapped in the Closet" episode? I can't begin to imagine what Brad Grey and Rob Moore, and Spielberg and Lucas, will say to Viacom. After all, the DVD of Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull comes out in just days. And Paramount confirmed to me this week that an Indiana Jones 5 is a very, very real possibility and Lucas has already begun development on it.
UPDATE: Sony Offers 'Sit Down, Shut Up!' Writers $200K Extra; Two Scribes Hold Out For WGA Jurisdiction; WGA Wishes All "Had Stuck Together" To Win Coverage
UPDATE: So now I know the real deal. After lying to the writers of the Sit Down, Shut Up! primetime animated series that it would be a WGA show, and then watching those same writers stalk off the IATSE toon, Sony offered a sweetened deal -- including payments of as much as $200,000 of additional compensation through a blind script deal -- to convince some of the scribes to come back.
Most of the writers -- including Josh Weinstein, Rich Rinaldi, Aisha Muharrar, Alex Herschlag, Laura Gutin, Dan Fybel, Aaron Ehasz, Michael Colton, and John Aboud -- wound up coming back. Two -- Bill Oakley and Ken Keeler -- are still holding out for WGA jurisdiction of the show. That's not going to happen because the toon is back in production.
There are conflicting accounts coming in to me about exactly what the Sony deal contains. Some sources say one still unresolved issue is WGA plan health and pension benefits. Other insiders tell me that's been resolved. In the letter sent to me by some of the returning WGA writers, no mention of this is made. "Though the program will be produced under the jurisdiction of IATSE Local 839, The Animation Guild (TAG), we have achieved Writers Guild of America (WGA) parity in key areas such as auditable residuals, new media, script fees, merchandising rights as well as a guarantee that these ... Read More »
'SIT DOWN, SHUT UP!' SAVED! Sony & Some WGA Writers Reach Compromise On Employment Contract For IATSE Toon
Having been the first to break the initial story of the WGA writers' walkout on Sony's Sit Down, Shut Up!, and then to follow the controversy (see my posts below), I was given this statement below. I'm thrilled to see enough give-and-take by Sony and some of the writers on this animated primetime show for Fox so a lot of peoples' jobs above and below the line are saved. But what horseshit for Sony to have kept whining it couldn't change the toon's jurisdiction without getting sued by IATSE. (As if...) And it's important to note that two of the toon's scribes, Bill Oakley and Ken Keeler, are still holding out for WGA jurisdiction. I commend them but I also can't condemn those who went back, either. This was their fight, not mine.
Here's what the writers going back have to say:
After five weeks of negotiations, we have accepted employment as writers for Sit Down, Shut Up! under a new contract.
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Comic-Con Programming: July 27
Sunday, July 27 (details here)
10:00-11:00 Smallville Screening and Q&A
10:00-11:00 Jack Kirby Tribute
10:00-11:00 The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd
10:00-5:00 San Diego International Children’s Film Festival
10:15-11:15 Nickelodeon: SpongeBob SquarePants
10:30-11:30 Muggles, Wizards, and Fans in the World of Harry Potter
10:30-11:30 Spotlight on Jim Ottaviani
10:30-11:30 Zuda Online Comics
10:30-12:00 CBLDF Live Art Jam
10:30-11:30 Marvel: Women in Marvel
10:30-11:30 FX's It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
10:30-11:30 Christian Comics Art Society
10:30-11:30 Comics Construction: Literary and Visual Representations
10:30-11:30 Kids Draw
11:00-12:00 Dave Stevens Tribute
11:00-12:30 Asian Ball Jointed Dolls 101/Collectors Meeting
11:15-12:15 Supernatural Screening and Q&A
11:30-12:30 Spotlight on Kyle Baker
11:30-12:30 Graphic Novel Help in Libraries
11:30-12:30 Growing up with Archie
11:30-1:00 The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning
11:30-12:00 Focus Features: Hamlet 2
11:30-1:00 Postmodernism and Revolution
11:30-12:30 How to Draw Star Wars for Kids
11:45-12:45 DC Nation: One Weekend Later
12:00-1:00 Phineas and Ferb
12:00-1:00 The Business of Cartoon Voices
12:00-12:45 Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
12:00-2:00 Browncoats Fan Group
12:30-1:30 Emily the Strange
12:30-2:00 The Secret Origin of Good Readers
12:30-1:30 Spotlight on Steve Breen
12:30-1:30 Paranormal State
12:30-1:30 Nick Jr. Presents: Backyardigans and Ni Hao, Kai-lan
12:30-1:30 How to Draw Monsters
1:00-2:30 The Life of Michael Turner Tribute Panel
1:00-2:30 Chowder, TMMIOF, Underfist Sneak Peek
1:00-2:00 Marvel: TV Writers of Marvel
1:00-1:30 Friday the 13th
1:00-2:30 Capes, Tights and Gowns
1:15-2:30 Cartoon Voices II
1:30-2:30 30 Years of Pointed Ears: Elfquest
1:30-2:30 Huntik: Secrets & Seekers
1:30-2:30 CMX: Manga for the Masses
1:30-2:30 Rogue Pictures
1:30-2:30 Manga Art for Kids
1:45-2:45 Ghost Whisperer 4: The New Spirit Mythology of Melinda
2:00-3:00 The Secret Origin of Good Readers Breakouts
2:00-3:30 Starship Smackdown XI
2:00-3:00 Indyfans and the Quest for Fortune and Glory
2:30-3:30 Sunday Conversation with Dan
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Comic-Con Programming: July 26
Saturday, July 26 (details here)
10:00-11:00 Spirituality in Comics
10:00-11:00 Spotlight on Forrest J Ackerman
10:00-11:30 The Black Panel ’08
10:00-11:00 Marvel--Iron Man: Armored Adventures Screening
10:00-11:00 Nickelodeon’s The Fairly Odd Parents
10:00-11:00 Looking at Our World: Eye on the Future
10:00-11:00 Emerging LGBT Voices
10:00-10:45 Futurama Secrets Revealed
10:00-11:30 Science, Justice, and the Media
10:00-11:30 Let’s Make Lots of Money
10:15-11:15 Ben 10: Alien Force
10:15-11:15 Spotlight on Ralph Bakshi
10:30-11:30 DC Talent Search 3
10:45-11:30 The Simpsons
10:45-11:45 Heroes: "Villains" and Q&A
11:00-12:00 Spotlight on Ethan Van Sciver
11:00-12:00 IDW Publishing: Ideas and Dreams 2008
11:00-12:00 Watching the Watchmen
11:00-12:00 Hellboy
11:00-12:00 50th Anniversary Famous Monsters
11:15-12:30 Quick Draw
11:30-12:30 Secrets Behind Turning Comics into Games
11:30-12:30 B.E.T. Animation
11:30-12:30 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
11:30-12:30 Image Comics/Tori Amos
11:30-1:00 Reinventing the Superhero
11:30-12:30 Spotlight on Matt Busch with Drawing Demo
11:45-12:45 Spotlight on Dean Koontz
12:00-1:00 Dark Horse Comics
12:00-1:00 Spotlight on John Howe
12:00-1:00 Hasbro: Transformers
12:00-1:00 Spotlight on Howard Chaykin
12:00-1:00 Writing Prime Time Animated Comedy
12:00-1:00 Steampunk Fan Group Meet-up
12:00-1:00 Lost
12:30-1:30 Spotlight on Rutu Modan
12:30-1:30 ABC Family’s Kyle XY
12:30-2:00 Cartoon Voices I
12:30-1:30 The Role of Anatomy in Training Master Artists
12:45-1:45 Exclusive Q&A with the writers of The Office
12:45-2:00 DC Comics: A Guide to Your Universe— Dan DiDio
1:00-2:00 Aspen Comics in 2008 and Beyond
1:00-2:00 Diamond Select Toys: Minimates
1:00-2:00 Will Eisner Tribute
1:00-2:00 Dollhouse
1:00-2:00 Podcasting Superheroes
1:00-2:00 Twomorrows Publishing and The Academic Community
1:15-2:00 Spotlight on Tite Kubo
1:15-2:00 Warner Bros.: Terminator Salvation
1:30-2:30 Comic Book Law School: Gone But Not Forgotten
1:30-2:30 Things That Go Bump— Monsters
1:30-2:30 SLG Publishing
1:30-2:30 Writing 101: Creating Characters
2:00-3:00 Warhammer Online
2:00-3:00 Attack of the Show!
2:00-3:00 Comics: Across Every Medium
2:00-3:00 Spotlight on Bryan Hitch
2:00-3:00 Lettering Roundtable
2:00-3:00 Customizing Action Figure Fan
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Comic-Con Programming: July 25
Friday, July 25 (details here)
10:00-11:00 VIZ Media’s Shonen Jump Panel
10:00-11:00 DC Comics Talent Search 2
10:00-11:00 Marvel: Your Universe
10:00-11:00 Batman: Brave & Bold
10:00-10:50 Star Wars: Designing the Clone Wars Universe
10:00-11:00 TheOneRing.net: The Hobbit
10:15-11:15 The Big Bang Theory Screening and Q&A
10:30-11:30 Spotlight on Max Brooks
10:30-11:30 10 Years of DC Direct
10:30-11:30 One on One with Terry Moore
10:30-11:30 Focus on Mark Buckingham
10:30-12:00 Comic Book Law School 202
10:45-11:45 Stargate Continuum
10:50-11:35 Star Wars: The Clone Wars 3D Modeling
11:00-12:00 Print The Legend: Mike Grell and Mark Ryan
11:00-12:00 Image Comics Studio Space
11:00-12:00 LEGO and BrickJournal: Brave New World
11:00-12:00 Masquerade 101
11:15-12:15 Powerpuff Girls 10th Anniversary
11:15-12:15 Worlds Collide: Midway's Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
11:30-12:30 Hey Kids, the First One's in the Library
11:30-12:30 Marvel Cup o’ Joe Quesada
11:30-12:30 Mattel and DC Comics: A Heroic Partnership
11:30-12:30 Spotlight on Jim Starlin
11:30-12:30 Comics Studies: Developing Canon and Theory
11:35-12:35 Industrial Light & Magic and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
11:45-12:15 Stargate MMO
11:55-1:00 Warner Bros.: Watchmen
12:00-1:00 ABC Family: Samurai Girl
12:00-1:00 50 Years of Gay Legion of Super-Heroes Fandom
12:00-1:00 Prince of Persia
12:00-2:00 Steve Rude Painting Workshop
12:00-1:00 Costume Illustrators, Production Illustrators...
12:15-1:15 Stargate Atlantis
12:25-1:15 Star Wars: The Clone Wars: New Books
12:30-1:30 The Art of Adapting Comics to the Screen
12:30-1:15 Spaced
12:30-1:30 Spotlight on Jim Lee: The Art of DC Universe Online
12:30-1:30 Spectacular Spider-Man
12:30-2:00 That ’70s (Comics) Panel
12:30-1:30 Spotlight on Connie Willis
12:30-2:00 Visual Language
1:00-2:00 Introducing Resident Evil: Degeneration
1:00-2:00 Looking at Our World: Eye on the Present
1:00-2:00 Spotlight on Victor Gorelick
1:00-2:00 Production Designers
1:15-2:00 Primeval
1:15-2:00 Hasbro: Star Wars and Indiana Jones
1:15-2:00 Trailer Park—All the latest film trailers
1:30-2:30 Editorial Cartoons
1:30-2:30
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Comic-Con Programming: July 23 & 24
Wednesday, July 23
Warner Bros. TV screens Fringe, the new Fox series from J.J. AbramsThursday, July 24 (more details here)
10:00-11:00 Click & Clack’s As the Wrench Turns
10:00-11:00 75 Years of Doc Savage
10:00-11:00 Kings: Exclusive Sneak Peek Screening and Q&A
10:00-11:00 Fans’ Guide to Comic-Con
10:00-11:00 The Gene Roddenberry Legacy
10:00-11:00 How new media have affected moviemaking
10:30-11:30 Tripwire Annual 2008 and the future of genre fiction.
10:30-11:30 DC Comics Talent Search Orientation
10:30-11:30 Warner Home Video's Tiny Toon Adventures and Freakazoid
10:30-11:30 Noel Neill celebrating her 60th anniversary
10:30-11:30 The Politics of Representing War in Film and Comics
10:30-12:00 Comic Book Law School 101
10:45-11:45 Stan Lee and Grant Morrison Talk Virgin Comics
11:00-12:00 Indies in comics
11:00-12:00 Professional Writing: Threat or Menace?
11:00-12:00 The Comic Art of J. G. Jones
11:00-12:00 LGBT Portrayals in Comics
11:00-12:00 The Disney Animation Story Process
11:15-12:15 30th Anniversary Battlestar Galactica Panel
11:30-12:30 Spotlight on Neil Googe
11:30-12:30 From the K Chronicles to The Knight Life: Keith Knight
11:30-12:30 SPORE: One-on-One with Will Wright
11:30-12:30 Hasbro: GI Joe, the summer 2009 blockbuster movie release
11:30-1:00 Comics Arts Conference Session #2: Comics Pedagogy
11:30-1:00 20th Century Fox: The Day The Earth Stood Still and Max Payne
11:45-12:45 Knight Rider: First Look at the New Series and Q&A
12:00-1:00 Sideshow Collectibles
12:00-1:00 The New Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s: English-Language World Premiere
12:00-1:00 Spotlight on Paul Gulacy
12:00-1:00 How Not to Break into Comics
12:00-1:00 Doctor Who
12:00-1:00 Comics Experience: How to Build a Comic Book Art Portfolio
12:00-1:00 Classics Illustrated
12:30-1:30 Spotlight on Eddie Campbell
12:30-1:15 Humor in Science Fiction
12:30-1:30 DC: Superman: Man of Tomorrow
12:30-1:30 William Katt: Greatest American Hero Comic
1:00-2:00 Spotlight on Steve Purcell
1:00-2:00 Modern Masters: Live
1:00-2:00 Activision with Stan
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