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The Particularly Smart Panels Of Wizard World Philadelphia This Week

Published Wed, 18 Jun 2014 18:00:00 -0500

A good comic con always has plenty of panels to give fans a break from walking the floor, recharge, see some interesting professionals talking about their work, and there's plenty of glam and star power related to TV and movies. But putting the "comics" in a comic con should include some substantially educational programming for comic fans who want to increase their knowledge and become more a part of the conversation, especially since comics are an under-documented art form where a lot of knowledge can be gained from person-to-person discussion. And all the better if the people involved are professionals, former editors, and comics historians in their own right.

So, we've picked out a few panels running this weekend at Wizard World Philadelphia that are guaranteed to increase your personal expertise in comics and also give you some up close and personal experience of professionals who know their stuff.

These are the "particularly smart" panels running at Wizard World Philly:

Thursday, June 19:

5:30 – 6:15pm Indie Comix Creators Roundtable with Mike Manley, Terry Laban, Jamar Nicholas, T. Campbell & Phil Kahn

6:30 – 7:15pm How to color comics with Jeff Balke and Jason Axtell

7:30 – 8:15pm Remembering Aliens designer H.R. Giger with Rob Prior and Aaron Sagers

Friday, June 20th

1:30 – 2:15pm One-on-One with Marv Wolfman

2:30 – 3:15pm You Could Be Batman! With Brandon T. Snider, Scott Beatty, Rob Prior and Aaron Sagers

3:30 – 4:15pm From Cap's Shield to Agents of SHIELD: Marvel Comics at 75 with comics historian Peter Sanderson

4:30 – 5:15pm One-on-one with Peter Bagge

6:30 – 7:15pm How to Write Comics with Marv Wolfman, Joe Caramanga, Scott Beatty, and Danny Fingeroth

Saturday, June 21st:

12:00 – 12:45pm Batman at 75! (and the Tim Burton Batman movie at 25!) with Greg Capullo, Brandon T. Snider, Peter Sanderson and Danny Fingeroth

1:00 – 1:45pm World Building 101 with Guilded Ages' T. Campbell and Phil Kahn

3:00 – 3:45pm 1939: Batman's Beginning and the Year That Changed Everything with Marv Wolfman, Aaron Sagers, Peter Sanderson and Danny Fingeroth

4:00 – 4:45pm Remembering MAD's Al Feldstein with "Ten-cent Plague" author David Hajdu

6:00 – 6:45pm Superstar Artists Panel with J.G. Jones, Greg Capullo, Khoi Pham and Mike Manley

Sunday, June 22nd:

12:00 – 12:45pm The World of Syndicated Comics with Terry Laban and Mike Manley

1:00 – 1:45pm Jews and Comics with Marv Wolfman, Shaloman's Al Wiesner, Terry Laban and Danny Fingeroth

Find all of Wizard World Philadelphia's programming here.

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