With Comic-Con having become the place for comics and media to interact, pop culture publishing and consulting company ICv2 has announced it will hold a conference exploring the ways in which these worlds are colliding July 22 in San Diego.
The event, titled the ICv2 Comics and Media Conference: Building Connections, will include a keynote address from Jeph Loeb, writer of such comics as Batman: The Long Halloween and a TV producer whose credits include Smallville and Heroes.
Also set to speak on a panel titled Comics After Hollywood is Mike Mignola, creator of the popular comics, animation and movie franchise Hellboy.
Other topics include Comics and Media Case Studies, and Comics and the IP Cycle.
‘Comics are increasingly the raw material for films, TV shows, and videogames and vice versa, and San Diego is where that all comes together,’ says ICv2 President Milton Griepp. ‘We wanted to create a conference where writers and artists; publishers; producers of films, TV shows, and videogames; agents and managers; licensing pros; retailers; and librarians and educators can all come together to talk about what’s happening and about how to expand this incredibly productive cross-fertilization.’
The conference is set to run from 1 to 5 p.m. at the San Diego Marriott, located next to the Convention Center home of Comic-Con. Comic-Con is assisting with promotion and logistics for the event.
PW Comicsweek and comics culture blog The Beat, written by Heidi MacDonald, are co-sponsoring the event.
Registration for this half day event is $199 for publishers, producers, agents, marketers, and other; $99 for creators, retailers, librarians, and educators.
For more information, visit http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14929.html and to register visit https://www.regonline.com/63377_736158M.
