Long Beach Comic Con 2017: WE WANT YOU AT C3!

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Join us at The Comic Creator Conference on September 1st at the Long Beach Convention Center! This event designed to connect professional comic creatives with other high-level industry professionals to empower them with exclusive and personal insight, as well as providing access to decision makers, peers, publishers, and other leaders within the industry.  Join us to learn how to make smart business decisions on the path to taking your creations into film, television, and interactive entertainment!

FULL AGENDA BELOW

2:00 PM-2:10 PM Welcoming Remarks Martha Donato, President, MAD Event Management

2:00 PM-3:00 PM Why You Need An Agent David Gallaher, Only Living Boy/High Moon The decision about getting an agent is critical for comic creators. But... do you really need an agent? If so, why? If not, why not? How will you know if you need an agent? What should an agent do for you? Author David Gallaher (HIGH NOON, THE ONLY LIVING BOY) will answer these questions, address how an agent can be a comic creator's greatest advocate, and how you can go about finding one.

3:05 PM-3:50 PM Managing your own publicity and building your brand as a professional Alex Segura, Archie PR, Previously DC PR, Also comics and crime-fiction author Barbara Dillon, Editor-in-Chief, Fanbase Press In the modern, social-media dominated world, creators have more options than ever for how self-promoting and building awareness of their projects. But how to build a consistent brand that drives readers to your work AND is an honest representation of yourself can pose tremendous challenges for even the most-seasoned professional. Alex Segura, SVP - Publicity and Marketing for Archie Comics (and an acclaimed writer of novels and comics) and Barbra Dillon, Editor-in-Chief of Fanbase Press, discuss how to avoid pitfalls and make the most of opportunities.

4:00 PM-4:50 PM Cuba - Separating truth from fiction Martha Donato, President, MAD Event Management In May of this year, 11 members of the U.S. comics creative and business community participated in the C3 Havana Edition conference, meeting with 50 Cuban comics creators at Havana's National Animation Studio for an in-depth discussion of topics relating to comics, animation, video game development, storytelling, and film production. Now Martha Donato, President of MAD Event Management (which runs Long Beach Comic Con) and many of her fellow C3 Havana participants – among them writer Ron Marz (WITCHBLADE, DREAD GODS), artist Dennis Calero (MASKS, X-FACTOR), and Cryptozoic co-CEO John Nee – discuss the trip, and are joined by artist Dean Haspiel (CUBA: MY REVOLUTION) to discuss the changing landscape of U.S.-Cuba relations in the creative arts going forward.

5:00 PM-5:45 PM IP Ownership in Collaborative Media John Nee, Cryptozoic Co-CEO Geoff Gerber, President, Lion Forge, Attorney How can creators protect themselves and their creations while taking advantage of the incredible opportunities offered in video games and other media? Lion Forge president Geoff Gerber and Cryptozoic Co-CEO John Nee share their insights into the world of developing original intellectual properties, exploring the issues that arise when trying to maintain ownership while exploiting the IP in video games and other forms.

5:55 PM-6:40 PM Developing different models for creator-owned work Gene Ha, Top Ten, Mae Dean Haspiel, Comics Creator DJ Kirkbride, Comics Creator From "digital-first" to "digital-only", from self-publishing to creator-owned work in conjunction with a more-traditional publisher, and crowdfunding and subscription models, there are many different ways a creator can maintain ownership of the comics work they offer the reading public. Award-winning creators Gene Ha (TOP TEN, MAE), Dean Haspiel (ACT-I-VATE, HE RED HOOK), and D.J. Kirkbride (AMELIA COLE, THE ONCE AND FUTURE QUEEN) talk about their recent experiences and how what they've learned is impacting what they're doing with their current and future creator-driven projects.

SPEAKERS TO INCLUDE

Dean Haspiel Emmy award winner and Eisner Award nominee Dean Haspiel created Billy Dogma, The Red Hook, illustrated for HBO's "Bored To Death," was a Master Artist at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, is a Yaddo fellow, a playwright, helped pioneer personal webcomics, and is the co-founder of Hang Dai Studios in Brooklyn, NY. Dino has written, drawn and collaborated on many superhero comic books and literary graphic novels for Marvel, DC/Vertigo, Archie/etc.

Gene Ha Gene is an american comic book artists best known for his work with writer Alan Moore, Top 10 and its prequel the Forty-Niners. He has won 4 Will Eisner awards, the highest honor in American Comics. He writes and draws Mae from Dark Horse Comics.

Dennis Calero He started writing and drawing comics and his client list includes Marvel and DC comics, Time/Warner and Sony Entertainment. He helped develop “Xmen Noir” for Marvel Comics. With writer and actor Todd Stashwick, Calero co-wrote the pilot script “Clandestine” for SyFy.

Matt Hawkins President/COO of Top Cow since 1998, Matt has created and written over 30 new franchises for Top Cow and Image including Think Tank, the Tithe, Necromancer, VICE, Lady Pendragon, Tales of Honor as well as handling the company's business affairs. His newest book, Dante, hits shelves in January.

David Gallaher Author David Gallaher has received multiple Harvey award nominations and won The Best Online Comic Award for his Work on High Moon for DC Comics. David was an early pioneer of digital comics developing projects for Marvel as well as Box 13 - the first comic designed specifically for the iPhone - for ComiXology. He has served as a consulting editor for Attack on Titan, Sailor Moon, Phoenix Wright, and other manga projects for Kodansha and much more!

Vince Hernandez Vince is a comic book creator, writer, editor, and consultant for entertainment related projects. With over 18 years experience in the comic book industry and collaborations with a vast majority of leading publishers including Aspen Comics, Marvel Comics, DC Entertainment, Image Comics, Top Cow Productions as well as many film studios, production, and video game companies.

Ron Marz Ron has been writing comics for more then two decades, starting his career with a lengthy run on Silver Surfer for Marvel. Since then. he has worked for virtually every major publisher and compiled a long list of credits including stints on Thor for Marvel, Green Lantern, and Superboy for DC, Starwars for Dark Horse, and as a staff writer for CrossGen Comics.

Alex Segura Alex is a novelist and comic book writer. He is the author of the Pete Fernandez Miami Mystey Novels, which include Silent City, Down the Darkest Street, and Dangerous Ends, all via Polis Books.

AND MORE!