PANELS & WORKSHOPS

10:30AM

STUDIO 1

COMIC BOOK CHARACTER DESIGN (AGES 8-12)
Jordan Gibson (Go Go Power Rangers) and Jerry Bennett (Oklahoma Kaiju) will demonstrate and offer great tips in designing your own comic book characters, in both the writing and the drawing!

STUDIO 2

DRAWING DYNAMIC ANATOMY! (AGES 12-18)
Join John Eric Osborn (We Promised Utopia, Hiro Doggie: Space Corgi) as he discusses how to render anatomy in comics and gives attendees techniques and opportunity to apply it in this informative workshop.

STUDIO 3

Y’ALL STAR COMICS! TALKING WITH OKLAHOMA COMIC PROS
Natasha Alterici (Heathen, Godzilla), James Hostler (The Bobcat) and Dan O’Donoghue (Based on a Conversation) discuss the challenges and joys of creating comics inside our borders with moderator Matthew Price!

11:30AM

STUDIO 1

COMIC ART PORTFOLIO REVIEWS W/ STEVE LIEBER!
Get top tier art direction on making your comics storytelling shine. Register early to be one of only six comic book illustrators to get a 10-minute portfolio review by legendary creator Steve Lieber (Whiteout, Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen). Click here to apply.

STUDIO 2

STEENZ: CARTOONIST, EDUCATOR, AND EDITOR
Join Steenz (Heart of the City, Side Quest) as they present the many hats a creator can often wear and the passion that drives them, including their process for cartooning! A short Q&A will follow.

STUDIO 3

GIMME A BREAK! HOW THREE COMICS PROS MADE IT TO THE MAINSTREAM
Come find out what it takes to break into mainstream comics, or simply have a successful career in comics, from Isaac Goodhart (Catwoman: Under the Moon, Victor and Nora: A Gotham Love Story), Gavin Guidry (Action Comics, Uncanny X-Men) and Jeff Parker (Batman-Santa Claus: Silent Knight, Zootopia), moderated by Brian Winkeler (Garbage Pail Kids)!

12:30PM

STUDIO 3

KID LIT IS LIT! COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS IN CHILDREN'S PUBLISHING
Join Heidi Arnhold (Cottons), Andy Hirsch (Science Comics, Good Boy) and Oklahoman Mike Anderson (He-Man, Spy Ninjas) as they discuss with moderator Jerry Bennett (Glamorella's Daughter) making graphic novels for the kid-lit ages, the challenges, and how they worked their foot into the door.

1:30PM

STUDIO 3

SERIOUS ISSUES: THE HIGHS & LOWS OF MAKING COMICS
Gabriel Hardman (Green Lantern: Earth One), Robert Wilson IV (Heartthrob) and moderator Brian Winkeler (Knuckleheads: Fist Contact) share wisdom from their careers in comics and their favorite and not-so-favorite parts of the process of making them.

2:30PM

STUDIO 3

PUBLISHING AVENUES! (WHICH ONE IS BEST FOR YOU?)
Natasha Alterici (Heathen, Godzilla) and author and Literati Press Publisher Charles J. Martin (Glamorella’s Daughter, Hiro Doggie: Space Corgi) will discuss with moderator Matthew Price the wide-open paths to publishing your comics and graphic novels and help you discover which one is right for you.

4:30PM

STUDIO 1

MAKING MANGA!
Manga creator Ogawa Burukku (FaLLEN) will give you a special look at what makes manga special and unique to the comics format and will include special demonstrations on the manga process. BONUS: One lucky participant will be able to win a Japanese manga starter kit!

STUDIO 2

CREATE A 4-PANEL COMIC!
Join author Jeff Provine (Okie Comics, Haunted Oklahoma) as he guides you in the understanding and process of how to make a four-panel comic!