Programming

***Please note the schedule is subject to change.

Panel Descriptions are available here.

SATURDAY

MAIN STAGE (ROOM 104A)

10:30 AM – A Mikey Reid Q&A

11:30 AM – Comics as Comics: In Conversation with Howard Chaykin Moderated by Aubrey Sitterson

12:30 PM – Time for Pizza! A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Panel with Rob Paulsen, Townsend Coleman, Cam Clarke, and Barry Gordon

1:30 PM – Paul Dini and Tom Ruegger Take LBCC: A Q&A

2:30 PM – The Boy Meets World Q&A with Will Friedle, Rider Strong, Bonnie Bartlett and William Daniels

3:30 PM – A Helluva Hotel: A Q&A with Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Amir Talai, Morgana Ignis, and Georgie Leahy

5:00 PM – The Long Beach Comic Con Costume Contest

 

PANEL 1 (ROOM 203A)

11:00 AM – Writing For TV And Comics…And The Venn Diagram They Share with Daniel Kibblesmith and Tim Sheridan

12:00 PM – Cosplay 101

2:00 PM – Disability in the Con Community

3:00 PM – Old-School Anime 101

4:15 PM –  What We Love About That Wonderful Wall-Crawler: Why We’re Still Spider-Man Fans with Daniel Kibblesmith, and David Pepose

PANEL 2 (ROOM 203B)

11:00 AM – GeekFest Women of SciFi and Horror Panel

12:00 PM – GeekFest Film Fest Screening – Horror Block

1:00 PM – GeekFest Film Fest Screening – SciFi Block

2:00 PM – GeekFest Film Fest Screening- Animation/Comedy Block

3:00 PM – GeekFest Film Fest Screening- Fan Films Block #1

4:00 PM – GeekFest Filmmakers Panel

5:30 PM – “Through His Eyes: Bill Malley and The Exorcist — 50 Years Later.” A film presented by Tom Ruegger

PANEL 3 (ROOM 203C)

10:30 AM – Cosplay for All: Dispelling Cosplay Myths and Barriers

11:30 AM – AI and Robotics: Sci-Fi Dreams vs. NASA’s Reality and How One Influences Another

12:30 PM – Now That’s What I Call J-Pop: The 1980s

3:30 PM – Building Robot Magic

4:30 PM – Mad Scientists – Harbingers of Doom to Cultural Icons

SUNDAY

MAIN STAGE (ROOM 104A)

11:30 AM – For Justice! A Justice League Q&A with George Newbern and Maria Canals-Barrera

12:30 PM – One Piece Q&A with R Bruce Elliot, Daniel Baugh, Gabe Kunda, and Pam Dougherty

1:30 PM – Batman Through The Generations with Jeremy Adams, and Ted Naifeh

2:30 PM – On Voice Acting with Shara Kirby, Jon Bailey and Jenny Yokobori

PANEL 1 (ROOM 203A)

12:15 PM -The Challenges and Triumphs Of Writing YA Books with David Pepose and Ted Naifeh

1:15 PM – Monkey Magic: Journey to the West & Japanese Pop Culture

2:15 PM – Feel-Good Hour: Conventions & Cosplay!

3:15 PM –  Comics Outside The Comic Shop with Rachel Pinnelas, Daniel Kibblesmith, Paul Dini, and Mark Sable

PANEL 2 (ROOM 203B)

12:00 PM – GeekFest Film Fests Year 12 Screening- Fantasy Block

1:00 PM – GeekFest Film Fests Year 12 Screening- Fan Films Block 2

2:00 PM – GeekFest Film Fests Year 12 Screening- Action/Thriller Block

3:00 PM -GeekFest Filmmakers Panel

PANEL 3 (ROOM 203C)

11:15 AM – Time For Dimensional Robin Screening and Q&A – Making Your Own Sci-Fi at Home

12:30 PM -Meet the Planetary Society and tour the night sky with Telescope Man

1:30 PM – X-Men Fans United: Celebrating Mutant Cosplay

2:30 PM – Angels and Demons with Genevieve Marie (Hosted By Morgana Ignis)

3:30 PM – How to Build Your Own R2-D2