Paradise Comics' TORONTO COMICON 2007 June 8-10

[Attezarf]

Hello Conventioneers!

Here's the confirmed Guest List for the 5th Annual Paradise Comics' TORONTO COMICON in 2007...

2007 Paradise Comicon: JUNE 8-10, 2007
GUESTS & ARTISTS ALLEY, WILL INCLUDE:

? Attila ADORJANY
? Kaare ANDREWS
? Andy BELANGER
? BLACK TOWER STUDIOS
? J. BONE
? Kent BURLES
? Scott CHANTLER
? Saul COLT (SSS Comics)
? Amanda CONNER
? Darwyn COOKE
? Danielle CORSETTO
? Rob COUGHLER
? Jim CRAIG
? Wes CRAIG
? Nick CRAINE
? Rich DANNYS
? Tania DEL RIO
? Suley FATTAH
? Ray FAWKES
? Tom FOWLER
? Agnes GARBOWSKA
? Michael GOLDEN
? Tom GRUMMETT
? Azad INJEJIKIAN
? Ron KASMAN
? Dale KEOWN (Schedule permitting)
? Eric KIM
? Heidi MACDONALD
? Alana MACHNICKI
? Francis MANAPUL
? Nick MARINKOVICH
? Tyrone McCARTHY
? Paul McCUSKER
? Tara McPHERSON
? MILLER & MULLET
? Matthew MOHAMMED
? Robyn MOORE
? Terry MOORE
? Patricia MULVIHILL
? Christine NORRIE
? Jay ODJICK (Darkwing Productions)
? Michael Avon OEMING
? Jim ORDOLIS
? Jimmy PALMIOTTI
? Ramon PEREZ
? Alexander PERKINS
? David PETERSON
? Nick POSTIC
? Shawn RICHTER
? Darick ROBERTSON
? Dave ROSS
? Stuart SAYGER
? Nicola SCOTT
? Dave SIM (Friday & Saturday only)
? Gail SIMONE
? Mark SPARACIO
? Cameron STEWART (schedule permitting)
? Diana TAMBLYN
? J. TORRES
? Noel TUAZON
? Billy TUCCI
? Sean WARD
? Renee WITTERSTAETTER
? Mark WOLFE
? Marv WOLFMAN
? Richard ZAJAC
? Chip ZDARSKY

Guest List is subject to change, as you know.. More Guests are being added regularly!
Check out our website for updates & more details: http://www.torontocomicon.com

-- Rich

[untamo1]

Hi Rich,

That look s like an impressive list. IT should be a great convention. I hope to see you there!

[Attezarf]

2007 Paradise Comicon Programming
Hello!
Here's some Programming notes, for the upcoming show...

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

VIDEO PRESENTATIONS, PANELS & SEMINARS

FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2007 - SHOW HOURS: 3:00 - 8:00PM

06:00 STAN LEE VIDEO INTERVIEW REPLAY (Salon 109)

06:30 AN EVENING WITH SOCIAL RETARDS (Salon 109)
A series of short films by SRP will be shown, to be followed by a brief Q&A


SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2007 - SHOW HOURS 10:00AM - 6:30PM

12:00 MARVEL CREATORS 2007 (SALON 109)
Moderator: Jeff Brown
Featuring: Mike Perkins (Captain America), Michael Avon Oeming (Omega Flight), Stuart Immonen (Ultimate Spider-Man), Ty Templeton (Howard the Duck) and Kaare Andrews (Spider-Man: Reign)

12:00 WOC2: THE VISUAL LANGUAGE OF COMIC (ROOM C1)
Take part in an examination of the cutting edge language of comic book storytelling through the eyes of some of today's most innovative storytellers: Svetlana Chmakova, Janet Hetherington, Raina Telgemeier, Tara McPherson, and Christine Norrie. Moderated by Diana Tamblyn.

01:00 KEEPING THE SPIRIT ALIVE (SALON 109)
Moderator: Jeff Brown
Featuring Darwyn Cooke and J. Bone (The Spirit, DC: The New Frontier)

01:30 WOC2: SPOTLIGHT ON THE BIRDS OF PREY (ROOM C1)
Don?t miss this one on one panel with one of the most popular writers in comics today - Gail Simone (writer of Birds of Prey, Villains United, the Atom and upcoming writer of Woman Woman) and one of today's artistic rising stars - Nicola Scott (penciller of Birds of Prey). Moderated by Janet Hetherington.

02:00 STRANGERS IN PARADISE NO MORE
Moderator: Blake Bell
Featuring Robyn and Terry Moore (Stangers in Paradise)

03:00 TITANS ON THE TITANS (SALON 109)
Moderator: Blake Bell
Featuring: Marv Wolfman, J. Torres, Tom Grummett, Karl Kerschl

03:00 WOC2: MINX: THE FACE OF MODERN FICTION (Room C1)
Get in on the ground floor of this edgy, evocative and fearless line of graphic novels designed exclusively for young readers. Group Editor Shelly Bond is joined by Cecil Castellucci, writer of the first graphic novel of the series, The Plain Janes, as they discuss the genesis of this exciting new line. Moderated by Janet Hetherington

04:00 25 YEARS OF GRENDEL & MORE: MATT WAGNER (Salon 109)
Moderator: Jonathan Kuehlein
Featuring Matt Wagner

04:30 WOC2: SPOTLIGHT ON KISS MACHINE (Room C1)
Kiss Machine is a Canadian imprint dedicated to publishing "graphic novellas" by top Canadian talent. Learn more about this dynamic line with guests Emily Pohl-Weary, Willow Dawson, Vesna Mostovac and Mariko Tamaki. Moderated by Diana Tamblyn.

05:00 TBA (SALON 109)
Moderator: TBA

8:00 - 10:00 PM - King II Ballroom at the Holiday Inn on Kind (370 King Street West) THE 2007 JOE SHUSTER CANADIAN COMIC BOOK CREATOR AWARDS


SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2007 - SHOW HOURS: 11:00AM - 5:00PM

12:00 DC/VERTIGO: LOOKING AHEAD (SALON 109)
With Pride of Baghdad, Fables, the V for Vendetta movie and continued, critical success of their monthly books, Vertigo had a 2006 to remember! Come see how 2007 is poised to surpass with new projects that will amaze you. Moderated by Shelly Bond.

01:00 COMICS FOR KIDS (Salon 109)
Join Joan Hilty (Johnny DC), Mich?le Laframboise (Les Nuages du Phoenix), J. Torres (Legion), Dan Davis (Cartoon Network), Mike Cho (Owl), Tania Del Rio (Sabrina The Teenage Witch) as they discuss what kids are reading and how to be successful in kids comics. Moderated by Janet Hetherington.

02:30 SHAPING THE MODERN GRAPHIC NOVEL (Salon 109)
Moderator: Jonathan Ellis
Featuring: David Peterson (Mouse Guard), Noel Tuazon (Elk's Run), Justin Gray (Jonah Hex), Ray Fawkes (Mnemevore), Joe Linsner (Dawn)

03:30 CAUGHT IN A WEB OF COMICS: COMICS ON THE INTERNET (Salon 109)
Moderator: Jonathan Ellis
Featuring Ramon Perez and Rob Coughler (Butternut Squash), Faith Erin Hicks (Ice), Danielle Corsetto (Girls with Slingshots), Ryan North (Dinosaur Comics)

WORKSHOPS SCHEDULE TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER - WORKSHOPS ARE PRODUCED IN CONJUNCTION WITH MAX THE MUTT ANIMATION SCHOOL & COMIC BOOK MASTERS

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[untamo1]

Wow this is going to be fun!!

[Attezarf]

It was another great Convention!!
Great to meet up with Kieron, German Shible, Marcio Takara, Cameron, Michael Cho, and a few of the other 'Drawing Board' membership..

-- Rich

For those that are interested.. Sequential Spiltink is the BEST source for Paradise Toronto Comicon reports:

http://sequential.spiltink.org/2007/06/ ... day-1.html
http://sequential.spiltink.org/2007/06/ ... nners.html
http://sequential.spiltink.org/2007/06/ ... -link.html
http://sequential.spiltink.org/2007/06/ ... nk_12.html
http://sequential.spiltink.org/2007/06/ ... nk_13.html

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5th Annual Event!
JUNE 8-9-10 2007

[untamo1]

Hey rich,

Thanks for posting those links!

It was a great time, It was nice seeing you again!

Cheers,