We’re going to New York Comic-Con!
First Second will be exhibiting at booth 2237.
Many of our excellent authors will be there! Here’s a list of who you’ll find at the show:
Andrew Arnold — Adventures in Cartooning
Box Brown — Andre the Giant
Cory Doctorow — In Real Life — SHOW DEBUT!
Zack Giallongo — The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Macbeth
Ben Hatke — Julia’s House for Lost Creatures
Danica Novgorodoff – The Undertaking of Lily Chen
George O’Connor — Olympians
Paul Pope and JT Petty – The Rise of Aurora West
MK Reed — The Cute Girl Network
Jillian Tamaki — This One Summer
FULL SCHEDULE:
Thursday – October 9th
Panel – with Danica Novgorodoff
The Mary Sue Presents – Fight What You Know
Time: 2:15 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: Room 1A14
Description: The geek world needs better representation in media, but aren’t you supposed to write what you know? Truth is, the whole “write what you know” thing is a load of bull honkey. A writer who can’t appreciate the perspectives of others is no kind of writer at all. Writers from all backgrounds and experiences join to talk about research, listening, soliciting criticism, and how to make sure you’re writing well when you’re outside the comfort zone of your own perspective.
Signing – with Danica Novgorodoff
Time: 3:00 – 4:00pm
Location: 01 Booth 2237
Panel – with Paul Pope
Coffee Talk with Monsters
Time: 3:00pm – 3:45pm
Location: 1A18
Description: What makes a monster something to be feared? A force to be reckoned with? Or just misunderstood? Join R.L Stine (Party Games), Caitlin Kittredge ( Black Dog), Lou Anders (Frostborn), Barry Lyga (Blood of My Blood), Paul Pope (The Rise of Aurora West), Ethan Reid (The Undying), Ransom Riggs (Hollow City; Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children) and moderator Ali T. Kokmen (Barnes & Noble / Nook) as they discuss the “monsters” in their books and what makes them truly something monstrous…
Post-Panel Signing– with Paul Pope
Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: Autographing Area, Table 19
Signing – with Paul Pope
Time: 5:30 – 7:00pm
Location: 01 Booth 2237
Friday – October 10th
Panel
Create Your Own Monster – with Andrew Arnold, Ben Hatke, and George O’Connor
Time: 10:30am – 11:30am
Location: Family HQ – 1C03
Details: Three authors enter…and with your help, they’ll each create a monster who embodies everything that you think monsters should be! Which will be best? It’s up to you!
Moderator: Jack Baur
Signing – with Andrew Arnold, George O’Connor
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Location: 01 Booth 2237
Signing – with Ben Hatke
Time: 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Location: 01 Booth 2237
Panel – with Cory Doctorow
Bryan Lee O’Malley Spotlight; in conversation with Cory Doctorow
Time: 3:00pm
Location: Room 1A21
Post-Panel Signing– with Cory Doctorow
Time: 5:00pm
Location: Tor Booth #2223
Saturday – October 11th
Panel – with Cory Doctorow
Spotlight on Cory Doctorow
Time: 1:00pm – 1:45pm
Location: 1A10
Description: Cory Doctorow is awesome! Moderated by Eric Smith from Book Riot.
Signing – with Jillian Tamaki
Time: 1:00 – 2:00pm
Location: 01 Booth 2237
Signing – with Cory Doctorow
Time: 2:30 – 5:00pm
Location: 01 Booth 2237
Signing – with Box Brown
Time: 5:30 – 7:00pm
Location: 01 Booth 2237
Panel – with Cory Doctorow
Breaking Good
Time: 7:15 – 8:00pm
Location: 1A05
Description: This panel explores how comic books, video games, and novels are addressing world challenges. Perhaps the most inspiring content for our panel audience will be to hear about how you are using popular entertainment to address the issues that you care about. We’ll have about 10 minutes each to talk. It’s an exciting lineup of panelists which includes an FBI Victim Specialist, the dynamic Alexis Krieger, who was involved in creating the comic book Abolitionista! that is being used to empower young people to protect themselves from predators.
Sunday – October 12th
Panel – with Zack Giallongo and Ben Hatke
Create Your Own Magical Creature
Time: 10:00am – 11:00am
Location: Family HQ – 1C03
Description: Two authors enter…and with your help, they’ll each create a magical creature who embodies everything that you think is awesome! Which will be best? It’s up to you!
Signing – with Zack Giallongo, Ben Hatke
Time: 11:30 – 12:30pm
Location: 01 Booth 2237
Signing – with Cory Doctorow
Time: 12:30 – 1:30pm
Location: 01 Booth 2237
Panel – with Cory Doctorow and Paul Pope
Comics and Graphic Novels for All Readers
Time: 2:00pm – 2:45pm
Location: 1B03
Description: Join graphic novelists JP Ahonen (Sing No Evil), Emily Carroll (Through the Woods), Cory Doctorow (In Real Life), Kazu Kibuishi (Amulet), and Paul Pope (The Rise of Aurora West) for a discussion of the graphic novel form, its place in the literary canon today, and their exciting new books, moderated by Scott Rosenberg, AM NY.
Signing – with Box Brown
Time: 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Location: 01 Booth 2237
Signing – with MK Reed
Time: 2:30 – 3:30pm
Location: 01 Booth 2237
Post-Panel Signing– with Cory Doctorow and Paul Pope
Time: 3:15pm – 4:00pm
Location: Autographing Area, Table 19
Panel – with Zack Giallongo, Ben Hatke, and George O’Connor
Build Your Own Adventure
Time: 3:15 – 4:00pm
Location: 1A01
Description: In this interactive panel perfect for kids and families, top-tier graphic novel and comic authors and illustrators will work with the audience to write and illustrate an original adventure story! It will be an exciting ride, great for aspiring writers and artists. Featuring George O’Connor (Olympians), Matt London (The 8th Continent), Zack Giallongo (The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Macbeth), Frank Cammuso (The Misadventures of Salem Hyde), Scott Campbell (Hug Machine), Ben Hatke (Julia’s House for Lost Creatures).
Post-Panel Signing– with Zack Giallongo, Ben Hatke, and George O’Connor
Time: 4:15 – 5:00pm
Location: Autographing Area, Table 19
See you at the show!