Comic-Con is upon us! After 2 years away and a special edition, the big show is back in San Diego in full force. It’s been crazy trying to get ready but here’s the panels I’m looking forward to this weekend:
Thursday
Cosplaying Film and TV Characters: Behind The Scenes with Industry Designers
Love cosplaying your favorite characters from film and television shows like Moon Knight, Watchmen, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and more? Industry creatives discuss how they make their visions and your favorite characters come to life through costume, makeup, and hair design. Learn how they transform actors with their craft, tips, and tricks, and how they create magic on Hollywood sets in this special behind-the-scenes conversation! Featuring costume designers Meghan Kasperlik ( Moon Knight, Watchmen) and Bernadette Croft ( Star Trek: Strange New Worlds), hair department head Barry Lee Moe ( Pam & Tommy, Pose), makeup designer and head of makeup Carleigh Herbert ( Minx, Teen Wolf: The Movie + Series). Moderated by actor and content creator Chris Villain and cosplayer Chad Hatter (Cosplay Universe). Part 3 of the Impact24 PR Superblock Panel Series and in partnership with the documentary Cosplay Universe.
Webcomics: The Frontier of LGBTQ Comics
Webcomics have created a whole new platform for LGBTQ comics creators to tell their stories without the costs of printing, publishing, and store distribution. They can be a stepping stone to print comics, television, and film, but the medium has grown extensively in its own right. Webcomics enable writers and artists to create works and characters that speak to specific, diverse LGBTQ communities like never before. Prism Comics moderator Tara Madison Avery (Gooch, We’re Still Here) and webcomics creators The Kao (Mondo Mango, Magical Boy), Viktor Kerney (StrangeLore, MEGASHEEN podcast), Sonya Saturday (The Greatest Thing You’ve Ever Seen in Your Life, A Ninja Dinosaur Christmas), Josh Trujillo (United States of Captain America, Hulkling and Wiccan), and Sophie Yanow (The Contradictions) discuss creating comics for the web, promoting webcomics, and bringing webcomics to print and other media.
Friday
The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power
Prime Video’s new series brings to screens for the very first time the heroic legends of the fabled Second Age of Middle-earth’s history. This epic drama is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s books The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, from the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains to the majestic forests of the elf-capital of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the furthest reaches of the map. Meet cast members Morfydd Clark, Charles Edwards, Rob Aramayo, Ben Walker, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Charlie Vickers, Nazanin Boniadi, Tyroe Muhafindin, Daniel Weyman, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Trystan Gravelle, Maxin Baldry, Ema Horvath, Lloyd Owen, Leon Wadham, Markella Kavenagh, Megan Richards, Dylan Smith, Sara Zwangobani, Sophia Nomvete, and Owain Arthur along with showrunners JD Payne, Patrick McKay, and EP Lindsey Weber.
Wesley Snipes: The Exiled
The star and producer of the Blade franchise returns to comics with a new original series, The Exiled. Wesley Snipes joins his co-creators Adam Lawson (The Kill Journal, Escape the Night), and Keith Arem (Ascend, Dead Speed) to discuss the new comic and crafting a sci-fi noir tale.
Saturday
Storytellers of Apple TV+
Ronald D. Moore (co-creator, executive producer, For All Mankind, Simon Kinberg (co-creator/showrunner/executive producer, Invasion, See), executive producer and showrunner Jonathan Tropper and creator and executive producer of Mythic Quest, Megan Ganz, talk to Dominic Patten about creating the unique worlds of their series and share exclusive sneak peeks of upcoming episodes. David S. Goyer will also join from the set of Foundation with a special sneak peek at the upcoming second season.
First Look: Knights of the Zodiac
Toei Animation and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions invite you to be among the first to experience Knights of the Zodiac, a live-action feature film inspired by the classic 1980s manga and anime series. The star-studded cast includes Sean Bean (Game of Thrones), Famke Janssen (X-Men), Nick Stahl (Fear the Walking Dead), Mackenyu (Netflix’s upcoming One Piece), and Mark Dacascos (John Wick: Chapter 3: Parabellum). Key cast members Madison Iseman (Jumanji franchise) and Diego Tinoco (On My Block) participate on a panel featuring action-packed behind-the-scenes footage, alongside producer Yoshi Ikezawa (Halo Legends), director Tomasz Baginski (The Witcher), fight choreographer Andy Cheng (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), and 10 Cloverfield Lane screenwriters Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken. Stefanie Woodburn moderates the discussion.
Sunday
The School for Good and Evil
The School for Good and Evil (September 2022) is set to be one of Netflix’s biggest fantasy films ever, starring action legends Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, and Michelle Yeoh in addition to future stars Sophia Anne Caruso and Sofia Wylie. Author and executive producer Soman Chainani gives this exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the series that started it all, plus a one-of-a-kind merch giveaway and some special surprises!
Black and Queer in Popular Media
Black representation has gained integral attention within the geek culture. However, Black queer characters and stories continue to be limited or absent from the discussion. Prism Comics, moderator Viktor Kerney (StrangeLore, co-host of the MEGASHEEN podcast), and panelists Eric Cooper (Knight Seeker), Niq Hill (That Sh*t We Do Like and Black TARDIS podcasts), Ajuan Mance (1001 Black Men, Living While Black), MalissaWhite (Nightmare, Grimm Tales from the Grave), and Sean Z (Ramonah Rising) discuss a myriad of topics, from portrayals of Black queer people across media platforms to Black queer contributions to the sci-fi, fantasy, comics genre.