Playing God: Creating Your Own Character You read the panel title right. Spend the next hour creating a unique being from the inside out. You decide everything from physical characteristics, way of dress, if the being has a culture, does the being have fighting skills, you get the picture. So come forth, and be god, even if it’s just for an hour. Panelists: Tristan Whitehouse, creator of Art Knight Studios, and in-house artist...
Read MoreAfrofuturism Afrofuturism has returned to the forefront of discussions in Sci Fi and comic spheres due to a conflation of extraordinary events: 1. Luke Cage broke the internet the weekend the series premiered on Netflix. 2. Black Panther surpasses previous comic book based as well as commercial films in overall box office numbers 3. Black Panther box office breaks records for domestic superhero movies, surpasses titanic, and...
Read MoreBeing LGBT in the Fandom Community: Our Stories A safe, open discussion about being LGBT in the geek, nerd, and fandom community. This panel will be featuring Chris Lam, of Buzzfeed and NBC Asian America, and he will be leading the discussion and sharing stories based on experiences of being from in the LGBT community and a “geek.” This will be an interactive round table discussion involving the audience. Open...
Read MoreWorld Building: Creating New Realities Think you have what it takes to create a whole new world from the depths of your imagination? Or are you just world-curious? We have just the panel for you. Learn the basics of building your world using our guidelines such as types of worlds, world races, society structures, and much much more. You can be as descriptive as you want, or focus on the bigger picture. It is all up to you....
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