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