This topic will be different in the sense that I will continually bump it until the con is over. CONvergence is a 4-day sci-fi convention from Thursday to Sunday. I have my schedule mapped out already, and each day, I'll post random thoughts about my experiences. Here's my outlook:
Guests of Honor
Jason Carter - Actor - Dead Matter, Babylon 5
Edward Douglas - Gothic Horror Fantasy soundtrack creator - Midnight Syndicate, Dead Matter
Brian Keene - Novelist/Comic Writer - Grave Conditions, The Last Zombie
Seanan McGuire - Urban Fantasist - October Daye, InCrptid, Newsflesh
Lynne Thomas - Librarian/Author/Editor - Chicks Dig Time Lords
Anthony Tollin - Historian/Publisher/Comics Colorist - The Shadow & Doc Savage reprints
Catherynne Valente - Novelist/Poet - The Orphan's Tales
Brian Van Camp - Actor - Dead Matter
Greg Weisman - Creator of Disney’s Gargoyles and supervising producer of The Spectacular Spider-Man for 2008.
Greg Weisman is the only one I recognize, because Gargoyles was my favorite cartoon back in the mid 90s. If you haven't seen it, you need to find it on YouTube immediately.
CONVERGENCE 2011 Schedule - Subject to Change
Thursday, June 30th
2:30-4:30 PM – Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
5:00 -6:00 PM – Comics as TV Afterlife
Friday, July 1st
9:30-10:30 AM - 80s/90s Cartoons
11:00 -12:00 PM – Critiquing Fandom
2:00-3:00 PM – Year in Review
5:00-6:00 PM – Stuff I Didn’t Know
7:00-8:00 PM – Inception Panel
Saturday, July 2nd
9:30-10:30 AM – Creating Fairy Tales
11:00-12:00 PM – Hollywood Myths
2:00 PM – Greg Weisman Autograph Signing, Twitter Must Be True
3:30-4:30 PM – Gargoyles Panel
4:30-5:30 PM – Greg Weisman Interview
Sunday, July 3rd
9:30-10:30 AM – Toy Story 3 Panel
11:00-12:00 PM – Future of Robots
2:00-3:00 PM – History of Spider-Man Panel
3:30-4:30 PM – James Bond (MI6) Panel
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