This panel from Legendary Comics, a division of Legendary Entertainment, will explore the secrets of Legendary's Monsterverse from the page to the screen and beyond! With Monarch- the Monsterverse's secret organization of monster chasers introduced in the 2014 blockbuster hit Godzilla-set to return bigger than ever in 2019 with Godzilla: King of the Monsters, join Legendary's team of Monsterverse experts: Barnaby Legg, SVP of creative strategy, George Tew, mythology manager, Robert Napton, SVP of comics, and special panelists for declassified access to the Monarch data archives in an info-packed panel that fans won't want to miss! The first 200 fans in attendance will receive an exclusive Godzilla giveaway only available at the panel!
Saturday March 30, 2019 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Room 211
Spooks and specters, ghastlies and ghoulies, monsters and mayhem are all part of daily life for the characters in these authors' novels. Nadine Armstrong (occasional bookseller, always reader) leads the discussion of the dark fantastic with Stephen Blackmoore (Eric Carter series), Jessica Cluess (Kingdom on Fire series), Kristi Charish (Kincaid Strange series), Tania del Rio (Warren the 13th series), and Sam Hooker (Terribly Serious Darkness series).
Saturday March 30, 2019 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
Room 208
From the classic Universal Monsters to Kaiju to more modern horror icons, characters with long histories have been touched by many hands and been seen through many different lenses. David Precht (writer, Tethered), Scott "Fuzzy" Joseph (creator, Warren Hope) Nicolas Doan (writer, Monster Elementary), Cecil Castellucci (Star Wars Moving Targets, The Plain Janes) and Russell Nohelty (Wannabe Press) will discuss how monsters and the stories about them have evolved in popular media. Moderated by Michael Tanner (writer, Junior Braves of the Apocalypse).
UPDATED: Fri, Mar 22, 09:17AM
Saturday March 30, 2019 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Room 211
Panelists discuss influencers from William Shakespeare to the Universal Monsters, from The Great Gatsby to the Heroic Trio, and from superhero squads galore to Dungeons & Dragons. Nadine Armstrong (occasional bookseller, always reader) will help readers discover who else may have had an impact on Sarah Kuhn (Heroine Complex), Ian Doescher (William Shakespeare's Get Thee Back to the Future!), Mallory O'Meara (The Lady from the Black Lagoon), Zara Lisbon (Fake Plastic Girl), C.B. Lee (Sidekick Squad series), and Adam Jay Epstein (Wiley Snare series).
Sunday March 31, 2019 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Room 300B
