Friday, June 22
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10:00 AM – 2:00 PMLIBRARY CON 2018
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Rm 348-349 -
11:00 AM – 3:00 PMGraphic Novel Friday Forum: Not Just Sex and Violence – Adult Graphic Novel Collections
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Rm 353-355
Amanda Melilli – University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Eric Shanower – Image Comics, Inc.; Ezra Claytan Daniels – Select or enter; Julia Pohl-Miranda – Drawn & Quarterly; Chloe Ramos Peterson – Image Comics, Inc.; Allison Bailund – San Diego State University; Julie Rocheleau; Mariko Tamaki; Jason Latour – Image Comics, Inc.; Tee Franklin – Image Comics; Pauline Mermet -
5:30 PM – 6:30 PMMeet the Authors: Mariko Tamaki and Shea Fontana
Location: Exhibit Hall Booth #2040 -
5:30 PM – 7:00 PMExhibits Opening Reception
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall -
6:00 PM – 7:00 PMMeet the Authors: Scott Westerfeld
Location: Exhibit Hall Booth #3615
Saturday, June 23
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9:00 AM – 10:00 AMA Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Reaching Kids and Families with Graphic Novel Programming
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Rm 388-389
Natasha J. Forrester Campbell, MLS – Multnomah County Library; Nicole L. Lee Martin, MLS – Rocky River Public Library -
9:00 AM – 10:00 AMEuropean Comics: A Strange Animal!
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Rm 297
Elise Gravel; Mark Siegel – First Second Books; Thomas Campi; Sophie Castille; Charlotte Moundlic -
9:00 AM – 10:00 AMImage Comics – Graphic Novel Authors and Artists Talk Adaptations: Myths, Fairytales, History, and Urban Legends
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Rm 209
Ace Atkins – Image Comics, Inc., G.P. Putnam’s Sons; Johnnie Christmas – Image Comics, Inc.; Kit Seaton – Image Comics, Inc.; Eric Shanower – Image Comics, Inc. -
9:00 AM – 10:00 AMThe Art of Manga Adaptations and Classic Literature
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Rm 345
John Shableski – Udon Entertainment Corp; Kat Kan – St John Catholic School Panama City, FL; Michael Gianfrancesco -
9:15 AM – 10:00 AMPenguin Random House Gets Graphic: The latest in graphic novels and gaming titles and an update on LibraryCons nationwide.
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Book Buzz Theater -
9:30 AM – 10:20 AMSHOCK – AfterShock Comics presents its very first anthology collection featuring Cullen Bunn, Marguerite Bennett, Neil Gaiman, Brian Azzarello, Marc Guggenheim, Charles Vess and more!
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage -
10:30 AM – 11:20 AMLiterary Comics to Build Your Collection
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage
Julia Pohl-Miranda – Drawn & Quarterly -
10:30 AM – 11:30 AMWhen I See Myself In Comics: The power of the comics medium and personal identity
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Rm 297
Ezra Claytan Daniels – Select or enter; Erin Nations; Julia Kaye – Andrews McMeel Publishing, DIsney TVA; Johnnie Christmas – Image Comics, Inc.; Raina Telgemeier – Scholastic -
11:30 AM – 12:20 PMFrench Comics Kiss Better: Bande Dessinée 101
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage
Cati Baur; Aurélie Neyret; Barroux .; Eve Tharlet -
12:30 PM – 1:20 PMStory of Life: Graphic Biographies and Autobiographies
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage
Thomas Campi; Peter Tomasi; Ellen Forney; Benjamin Reiss -
1:30 PM – 2:20 PMNew Directions in Gender: Girl Town, Gumballs, Femme Magnifique
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage - #####
1:30 PM – 3:00 PMGraphic Novels: High-Interest Resources to Support Struggling Readers
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Posters
Jennifer Luetkemeyer – Assistant Professor of Library Science, Appalachian State University -
1:30 PM – 3:00 PMTeaching the Teachers: Introducing Comics with Library Instruction
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Posters
Elizabeth Downey – Associate Professor, Mississippi State University Libraries -
2:30 PM – 3:20 PMDC Zoom (Middle Grade) and DC Ink (Young Adult) authors discuss their upcoming original graphic novels for DC Comics!
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage -
2:30 PM – 3:30 PMGraphic Medicine: Narratives of Illness, Healing, and Care
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Rm 298
MK Czerwiec – Graphic Medicine; Ellen Forney; Julie Rocheleau -
4:00 PM – 4:50 PMCultural icons in the library! DC Zoom and DC Ink authors discuss writing DC Comics characters for a new generation.
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – PopTop Stage -
4:00 PM – 5:00 PMImage Comics – Fall in love with Romance Comics!
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Rm 278
Shae Beagle – Image Comics, Inc.; Grace Ellis – Image Comics, Inc.; Tee Franklin – Image Comics; Kit Seaton – Image Comics, Inc. -
6:30 PM – 8:30 PMALA Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries Reception
Location: Hilton Riverside, Room Chart AB
Carl M. Gropper – Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation; Nancy R. Gropper – Member
Sunday, June 24
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9:00 AM – 10:00 AMWill Eisner Presents: How Librarians Have Changed the Value of the Eisner Awards
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Rm 345
Kat Kan – St John Catholic School Panama City, FL; Tina Coleman – American Library Association; Francisca Goldsmith – Library; Candice Mack – Los Angeles Public Library; Katie Monnin, PhD – Pop Culture Classroom -
9:30 AM – 10:20 AMThe Clandestinauts: Comics & Games
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage -
10:30 AM – 11:20 AMDiversity and inclusivity from the Perspective of Libraries/Publishing/Authors in the Industry
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage -
10:30 AM – 11:30 AMOverrated/Underrated Comics and Manga
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Rm 284
Gene Ha; Heidi MacDonald – Comics Beat; Carla Riemer – Claremont Middle School; Leo McGovern – Crescent City Comics; Gina Gagliano – Random House Graphic -
11:30 AM – 12:20 PMThe Decade in Graphic Novels: Vera Brosgol and Ngozi Ukazu in Conversation
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage
Mark Siegel – First Second Books; Ngozi Ukazu; Vera Brosgol -
11:30 AM – 1:00 PMStormtroopers in the Stacks: Halloween ComicFest at Your Academic Library
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Posters
Meghann Kuhlmann – Instruction and Research Services Librarian, Assistant Professor, Wichita State University Libraries
Lizzy Walker – Metadata and Digital Initiatives Librarian, Assistant Professor, Wichita State University Libraries -
12:30 PM – 1:20 PMStrong Female Protagonists: From Girl Power to Grown Women!
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage
Tee Franklin – Image Comics; Julie Rocheleau; Aurélie Neyret -
1:00 PM – 2:00 PMComics roundtable discussion: Comics Librarianship Today and Tomorrow!
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Rm 298
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1:30 PM – 2:20 PMWho Brought All These Comics?
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage
Julia Pohl-Miranda – Drawn & Quarterly -
1:30 PM – 3:00 PMHow to Con and Get PD credit for It! Partnering to host comics educational sessions for librarians and educators
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Posters
Amie Wright – New York Public Library
Emily Drew – Youth Materials Selector, BookOps -
2:30 PM – 3:20 PMChildren’s Comics Crossing Continents
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage
Vera Brosgol; Eve Tharlet -
2:30 PM – 3:30 PMSeekers: Graphic Novels and The Refugee Crisis
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Rm 227
Thi Bui – Capstone Publishing; Barroux . -
2:55 PM – 3:25 PMDC Entertainment Middle Grade, Young Adult, and Adult Graphic Novel Book Buzz!
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Book Buzz Theater -
3:30 PM – 4:20 PMIMAGE COMICS – SOUTHERN GOTHIC
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage
Chris Brunner – Image Comics, Inc.; Tee Franklin – Image Comics
Monday, June 25
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9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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9:30 AM – 10:20 AMThe Representation Bookshelf: Helping Students Find Themselves in Comics
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage
Katie Monnin, PhD – Pop Culture Classroom -
11:30 AM – 12:00 PMTib and Tum Tum
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room New Orleans Theater C
Olivier Jalabert – Glénat -
11:30 AM – 12:20 PMTOKYOPOP presents: International Women of Manga
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage -
12:00 PM – 12:45 PMWhat can Europe Comics do for YOUR library?
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Book Buzz Theater -
12:30 PM – 1:20 PMNnedi Okorafor & Eric Battle: Bringing Ancient Arabia to Comics
Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage
Thanks for putting this together Torsten!
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