Greetings, all. Ambush Bug here. This year’s San Diego Comic Con looks to be the biggest and best con yet. It also looks like it’s going to be the busiest Con for me ever as well. Here’s a rundown of some of the stuff I will be coordinating or participating in myself for AICN COMICS & AICN HORROR!
Thursday July 21st 1:30-2:30 I’ll be hosting a panel called AICN COMICS: HORROR ON THE PANELED PAGE with Steve Niles (30 DAYS OF NIGHT, CRIMINAL MACABRE), Joshua Hale Fialkov (ECHOES, upcoming I, VAMPIRE), David Quinn (FAUST, THE LITTLEST BITCH), Tim Seeley (HACK/SLASH), Brandon Seifert (WITCH DOCTOR), Terrence Zdunich (REPO THE GENETIC OPERA, THE MOLTING), Matt Pizzolo (GODKILLER, HALO-8), Brea Grant (WE WILL BURY YOU, SUICIDE GIRLS) and Zane Grant (WE WILL BURY YOU, DETECTIVE WARLOCK) and possibly a few more surprise guests. We will be talking about what works in making horror comics and what doesn’t.
Friday July 22nd 3:00-4:00 I’ll be sitting on a panel for FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND where I’ll be making a special announcement about a future project I’ll be doing with FM (can’t wait to tell you all about it!). It’s going to be the biggest comic book I’ve worked on yet in all too brief career in comics and I plan on taking you all along for the experience.
Friday July 22nd 5:00-6:00 I’ll be moderating the MONSTERVERSE COMICS ATE MY BRAIN panel where I’ll be talking with Monsterverse's Kerry Gammill (SUPERMAN) and Sam F. Park (THE HALFWAY HOUSE), Bela Lugosi Jr., just added Michael Tabb (WEREWOLF), Robert Tinnell (FLESH AND BLOOD), James Farr (XOMBIE), just added Benton Jew (GI JOE 2: THE COBRA STRIKES), Chris Moreno (WORLD WAR HULK), Dan Brereton (THE NOCTURNALS), James Groman (THE HOBBIT), and Mike Dubisch (ALIENS VS PREDATOR) about Monsterverse's horror projects such as FLESH & BLOOD and BELA LUGOSI’S TALES FROM THE GRAVE!
Finally, Saturday July 23rd 7:00-8:00 I’ll most likely be taking part in Halo-8’s panel featuring HALO-8 producer Matt Pizzolo and his talented creators Tim Seeley (HACK/SLASH), Ben Templesmith (WORMWOOD GENTLEMAN CORPSE, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT), producer FJ Desanto, and other special guests. We’ll be talking about HALO-8’s upcoming illustrated films and other future projects. Plus there will be a special announcement of who will be playing Cassie Hack in the HACK / SLASH illustrated film!
On top of all of that, I have interviews scheduled with a ton of folks, including; Joe Quesada, Dan Didio, Jim Lee, Anne Rice, Garth Ennis, George RR Martin, Sam Worthington, Adam West, Jason Mewes, Steve Niles, Eric Powell, Raven Gregory, TMNT’s Kevin Eastman, GI JOE comics’ Mike Costa and John Barber, Radical Publisher Barry Levine, Zenescope founders Joe Brusha and Ralph Tedesco, Michael & John Schwarz of Full Clip Productions, Michael Benaroya of Benaroya Publishing, the folks behind TUCKER & DALE VS EVIL, BELLFLOWER director Evan Glodell, artist Menton 3, and writer Chris Roberson! And those are just the interviews I’ve scheduled so far!
I’ll also have fellow @$$holes Sleazy G, superhero, SJimbrowski, and Lyzard reporting from the con this year as well, so be sure to look out for them.
Hopefully, I’ll have time to check out the floor some time too! If you’d like to contact me for an interview, just chat about comics and horror, or maybe want to let me know which parties to attend (!!!), I’ll be there the entire week! Looks like it’s going to be another great con and I’ll be giving it my all to bring you folks along for the ride with interviews, news reports, and other reports of the happenings in and around this year’s SDCC!
