Making Waves Cruise Info

Monday, October 10th

9:30-10:30am              

OPENING SESSION: Comics Celebrity Deathmatch!

Moderator:  Chris Oarr

Panelists: All hands on deck!

Our entire crew of artists, writers, and comics professionals gather for a few words of welcome and a preview of the panels and “comics colloquia” over the week ahead.

11:00-Noon

Graphic Storytelling:  Structuring Narrative In a Visual Medium

Moderator: Denis Kitchen

Panelists: Will Eisner, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Chris Ware

These four masters of sequential art discuss the mechanics of comics, their own approaches to cartooning, and how these factors shape the stories they tell.

2:00-3:00pm

The Long and Short of It:  Growing Within Alternative Comix

Moderator:            Eric Reynolds

Panelists: Dan Clowes, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Adrian Tomine, Chris Ware

Five of today’s most respected cartoonists discuss their own discoveries of voice, form, and subject in the medium.

3:30-4:30pm

Comics Colloquium:  Matt Wagner

Matt Wagner’s unique “chalk-talk” presentation explores the creative process of bringing a story to life on the comics page.

Midnight

A Midnight Reading By Neil Gaiman

In the month before setting sail, Neil Gaiman completed his newest novel, American Gods.  Join him at the witching hour as he reads selections from this and other work.

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