Comic-Con 2015: Image Comics Panels, Signings And More

Get ready Image Comics fans, because the company is coming to Comic-Con 2015 with tons of goodies.

Image Comics SDCC 2015 Panel Schedule

Thursday, July 9

Nurturing Talent: What it takes to be a decision Maker
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Room 29AB

It takes a special kind of person to find talent in others and draw the best from them. Seeing the potential in comic creators and learning to nurture that talent is not an easy task, but a very important one. Moderator Mark Waid (Thrillbent) discusses with Eric Stephenson (Image Comics), Chip Kidd (Penguin Random House), Denis Kitchen (founder of CBLDF), Reginald Hudlin (producer, director), and Todd McFarlane (Spawn) how they balance the everyday decisions with big picture-planning.

Image Comics: Where Creators Own The Mainstream
2:00p.m. – 3:00p.m., Room: 23ABC

The mainstream is whatever we want it to be. Killer robots, ghosts, absurdist comedy, and space adventures aren’t niche, but in comics, we sometimes treat them like they are. In reality? They’re as mainstream as anything else, thanks to their wide-ranging appeal and the astonishing execution from Kody Chamberlain (Punks), Keenan Marshall Keller (The Humans), Chip Zdarsky (Kaptara), Marjorie Liu (Monstress), Alex Grecian (Rasputin), and Michael Moreci (Roche Limit). Come find your new favorite comic.

Friday, July 10

Image Comics: Where Creators Own Process
11:00a.m. – 12:00p.m., Room: 23ABC

The trick to making comics isn’t finding a specific pen or sitting at the keyboard for hours. You have to do all that, but more importantly, you must figure out the story you want to tell and the best way to tell it. Nick Dragotta & Jonathan Hickman (East of West) go face-to-face with Corinna Bechko & Gabriel Hardman (Invisible Republic) in this wide-ranging discussion on how to make comics from some of the best in the business.

Saturday, July 11

Image Comics: Where Creators Own Reality
1:00p.m. – 2:00p.m., Room: 7AB

Our entertainment is a reflection of our reality, and the best of our entertainment says something about our world. Ed Brisson (Sheltered), Kelly Sue DeConnick (Bitch Planet), Sina Grace (Self-Obsessed), David Lapham (Stray Bullets), and Brandon Montclare (Rocket Girl) all incorporate the real world into their work in a wide variety of ways. Listen to them talk about the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves.

Spotlight: Jimmie Robinson
3:00p.m. – 4:00p.m.

From Cyberzone in 1994 to The Empty in 2015, cartoonist Jimmie Robinson (The Empty) has carved out a special place for himself in comics. In this Spotlight presentation moderated by Image Comics’ David Brothers, Jimmie shares the stage with Rob Guillory (Chew), Amanda Meadows (The Devastator), and Jamie Broadnax (BlackGirlNerds.com) for a wide-ranging and fun conversation about living in and around comic books.

Image Comics: Where Creators Own Aesthetics
4:15p.m. – 5:15p.m., Room: 6DE

Your favorite comic shouldn’t look like your other favorite comic, which shouldn’t look like your other other favorite comic. Rob Guillory (Chew), Jamie McKelvie (The Wicked + The Divine), Stuart Moore (EGOs), Lee Loughridge (Deadly Class), Scott Snyder (Wytches), and Joshua Williamson (Nailbiter) know all about creating comics that aren’t like anything else on the shelves. Whether you’re a writer, artist, colorist, or fan, come and learn something new!

Sunday, July 12

Spotlight: Eric Stephenson
12:00p.m. – 1:00p.m., Room 4

Writer, marketer, publisher—after entering the comics industry in 1992, Eric Stephenson has shown that he knows his way around comic books. As the publisher of Image Comics, Stephenson has overseen an incredible surge in quality and potential for the comics industry. In this special Spotlight panel, Stephenson is going to share his knowledge, anecdotes, and jokes.

Image Comics: Where Creators Own Imagination
2:00p.m. – 3:00p.m., Room: 7AB

Japanese yokai, boy robots on the run, spaced-out Greek gods, alien deserts, and a world unmoored are but the tip of the iceberg when it comes to work from Ivan Brandon (Drifter), Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine), Tula Lotay (Supreme: Blue Rose), Dustin Nguyen (Descender), Kurtis Wiebe (Rat Queens), and Jim Zub (Wayward). These creators are incredible at channeling imagination into entertainment. What’s their secret?

Image Comics SDCC 2015 Autograph Signing Schedule

(All signings at Image Comics booth #2729 unless otherwise noted; sessions in bold are limited and require a wristband.)

Wednesday, July 8

6:30 – 7:30 PM: Rob Liefeld

Thursday, July 9

10 – 10:45 AM: Ed Brisson & Johnnie Christmas
10 – 10:45 AM: Alex Grecian
10 – 10:45 AM: Steve Orlando
11 – 11:45 AM: Tim Wiesch & Eric Powell
11 – 11:45 AM: Skottie Young
12 – 1:00 PM: Jonathan Layman & Rob Guillory
12 – 1:00 PM: Chip Zdarsky
1 – 1: 45 PM: Andy Diggle (Skybound table)
1 – 1: 45 PM: Joe Keatinge
1 – 1: 45 PM: Jason Latour
2 – 2:45 PM: Rob Liefeld
3 – 3:45 PM: Tom Neely & Keenan Marshall Keller
3 – 3:45 PM: Lee Loughridge & Andy Belanger
3 – 3:45 PM: Jacob Semahn
3 – 3:45 PM: Joe Keatinge (Skybound table)
4 – 4:45 PM: Joe Casey
4 – 4:45 PM: Jim Zub & Edwin Huang
5 – 5:45 PM: Dustin Nguyen
5 – 5:45 PM: Caitlin Kittredge, Cat Staggs, Nicola Scott
6 – 6:45 PM: Nick Dragotta
6 – 6: 45 PM: Tula Lotay

Friday, July 10

10 – 10:45 AM: Joe Harris
10 – 10:45 AM: Brandon Montclare
10 – 10:45 AM: Michael Moreci
11 – 11:45 AM: Kurtis Wiebe
11 – 11:45 AM: Ivan Brandon
11 – 11:45 AM: Landry Walker & Eric Jones
11 – 12:00 PM: Todd McFarlane & Jonboy (Todd McFarlane Productions table)
12 – 12:45 PM: David Lapham
12 – 12:45 PM: Shawn Martinbrough & Andy Diggle
12 – 12:45 PM: Tim Seeley (Skybound table)
1 – 1:45 PM: Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta, & Nick Pitarra
1 – 1:45 PM: Gabriel Hardman & Corinna Bechko
2 – 2:45 PM: Paul Azaceta
2 – 2:45 PM: Jason Latour (Skybound table)
2 – 2:45 PM: Joshua Williamson
3 – 4:45 PM: Scott Snyder & Jock
5 – 5:45 PM: John Layman & Rob Guillory
6 – 6:45 PM: Greg Hinkle
6 – 6:45 PM: Stuart Moore
6 – 6:45 PM: Gail Simone

Saturday, July 11

10 – 10:45 AM: Steven T. Seagle
10 – 10:45 AM: Kody Chamberlain
10 – 10:45 AM: Alec Siegel
11 – 11:45 AM: John Layman & Rob Guillory
11 – 11:45 AM: Chip Zdarsky
12 – 12:45 PM: Sina Grace, Daniel Freedman, & Michael Stock
12 – 12:45 PM: Marjorie Liu
12 – 12:45 PM: Joshua Williamson (Skybound table)
1 – 1:45 PM: Dustin Nguyen & Jeff Lemire
1 – 1:45 PM: Chris Dingess
2 – 3:45 PM: Todd McFarlane (Todd McFarlane Productions table)
2 – 2:45 PM: Tom Neely & Keenan Marshall Keller (Skybound table)
3 – 3:45 PM: Ivan Brandon (Skybound table)
4:30 – 5:30 PM: Kelly Sue DeConnick
4:30 – 5:30 PM: Gabriel Ba & Fabio Moon
5:45 – 6:45 PM: Scott Snyder

Sunday, July 12

10 – 10:45 AM: Otis Frampton & Tracy Bailey
10 – 10:45 AM: Ken Kristensen
10 – 10:45 AM: Nick Dragotta
11 – 11:45 AM: Sina Grace & Shaun Struble
11 – 11:45 AM: Joshua Williamson
12 – 12:45 PM: Frank Barbiere
12 – 12:45 PM: Jimmie Robinson
12 – 12:45 PM: Chris Dingess (Skybound table)
1 – 1:45 PM: Tula Lotay
1 – 1:45 PM: Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, & Matt Wilson
1 – 1:45 PM: Shawn Martinbrough (Skybound table)
2 – 2:45 PM: Tim Seeley
2 – 2:45 PM: Ben Acker & Ben Blacker
2 – 2:45 PM: Paul Azaceta (Skybound table)
3 – 3:45 PM: Alex de Campi
3 – 3:45 PM: Brian Buccellato

Image Comics SDCC 2015 Variants and Exclusives

Chew #50 by John Layman & Rob Guillory, $10
Injection #3 by Warren Ellis & Declan Shalvey, $10
Mythic #2 by Phil Hester & John McCrea, cover art by Sean Gordon Murphy, $10
Shutter #13 by Joe Keatinge & Leila del Duca, cover art by Jonathan Hickman, $10
Starve #2 by Brian Wood & Danijel Zezelj, $10
Wytches by Scott Snyder & Jock, $35
They’re Not Like Us, VOL. 1 by Eric Stephenson & Simon Gane, $20
Nowhere Men, VOL. 1 by Eric Stephenson & Nate Bellegarde, $9.99
Nowhere Men, VOL.1 TP (RED) by Eric Stephenson & Nate Bellegarde, $9.99
NOWHERE MEN SHIRT TEAL, W/M XS-XXL, $20
NOWHERE MEN SHIRT RED, W/M XS-XXL, $20
IMAGE COMICS TEAL SHIRT, W/M XS-XXL, $20

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