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AggieCon
33 Panel Schedule |
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2:00 PM |
Dealers' Room opens |
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3:00 PM |
Forsyth Gallery |
Line Game: (Brian Stelfreeze, John Lucas) Artists are given a few lines and must draw a style out of a hat and produce a picture using those lines. |
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4:00 PM |
Rm. 201 |
Q&A with Gaiman: (Neil Gaiman, Bill Willingham- moderator) [1 1/2 hour] |
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Vis Arts Gallery |
Reading: Ardath Mayhar |
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5:00 PM |
Forsyth Gallery |
Sex in Sci-Fi: (Tippi Blevins, Mark Finn, T.W. Miller, Katharine Kimbriel) Writers discuss the importance of seemingly random and unnecessary sex scenes in science fiction story telling. |
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Vis Arts Gallery |
Reading: Roxanne Longstreet Conrad |
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6:00 PM |
Dinner Break |
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7:00 PM |
Dealers' Room closes |
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10:00 AM |
Dealers' Room opens |
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Rm. 402 |
Different Strokes: (Brain Stelfreeze, John Lucas) Artist discuss various styles of comic art and how they differ. |
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Rm. 404 |
To e- or Not to e-: (Allison Baker, Chris Roberson, Cheryl Daniel, Teresa Patterson, Ardath Mayhar) Pros and cons of e-publishing and print on demand. |
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Rm. 410 |
Dungeons and Drawings: (Charles Keegan, John Picacio, R. Cat Conrad) A look into fantasy art and how it differs from other forms of art. |
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11:00 AM |
Rm. 404 |
And so it begins… (Living Room Games) Budding business discusses their plans for the future. |
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Rm. 407 |
Reading: Thomas Knowles |
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Rm. 410 |
Keegan's Critiques: (Charles Keegan) Bring your art portfolio to a professional and have him critique it and give you pointers. |
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12:00 PM |
Lunch Break |
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1:00 PM |
Rm. 201 |
Q&A with Gaiman (Neil Gaiman, Jayme Blaschke - moderator) [2 hours] |
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Rm. 404 |
Dungeon Crawling to Game Walking: (Living Room Games, Steve Jackson Games) Discussion of creating new Role Playing Games and designing worlds and creatures. |
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Rm. 407 |
Children's Reading: Becky Matthews Haynie |
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2:00 PM |
Rm. 402 |
Painting the Way: (Michael Lark, John Picacio, Melanie Miller Fletcher) Getting into the business: Art |
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Rm. 404 |
Sword Play: (TBA) A demonstration of sword fighting. |
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Rm. 407 |
Reading: Matthew Sturges |
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3:00 PM |
Rm. 201 |
Painting Demonstration: Brian Stelfreeze [2 hours] |
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Rm. 404 |
Being Zaphoid Beeblebrox: (Lee Martindale, Richard Klaw, P.N. "Pat" Elrod) Wearing two hats, writer and editor, what it entails, and what it is like. |
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Rm. 407 |
Reading: Melanie Miller Fletcher |
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4:00 PM |
Rm. 402 |
Did I Do That? (Julia Kosatka, P.N. "Pat" Elrod, Richard Klaw, Thomas Knowles) Writers discuss mistakes they've made in their career. |
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Rm. 404 |
HP of RPG: (Living Room Games, Steve Jackson Games) An account of the status of the gaming community |
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Rm. 407 |
Reading: Tippi Blevins |
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Rm. 410 |
What is CBLDF? (Comic Book Legal Defense Fund) CBLDF explains what it is they do and upcoming plans. |
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5:00 PM |
Rm. 201 |
It Came from Sauron's Closet: (Neil Gaiman, Katharine Kimbriel, Jayme Blaschke, Martha Wells) Dark fantasy discussion, what makes it dark and what separates it from other forms of fantasy. |
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Rm. 404 |
Rewriting History: (Brian Stelfreeze, Michael Lark, John Lucas) Changing a superhero's past (ie. Smallville and other stories), when it works and when it doesn't. |
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Rm. 410 |
Revealing Games: (Steve Jackson Games) Product promo, what's new and what's in the works. |
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6:00 PM |
Dinner Break |
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7:00 PM |
Dealers' Room Closes |
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Rm. 402 |
What is SCA? (Society for Creative Anacronisms) SCA describes what they do. |
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Rm. 404 |
Token Tolkien: (Laura J. Mixon, Katharine Kimbriel) Lord of the Rings discussion. |
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Rm. 407 |
Reading: Mark Finn |
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Rm. 410 |
When Lightning Strikes: (Bill Crider, Martha Wells, Cheryl Daniel) Writers discuss their influence for ideas and how to spawn them. |
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Theatre |
Princess Mononoke: Introduction by Neil Gaiman |
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8:00 PM |
Rm. 404 |
Shore Leave: (Teresa Patterson, Katharine E. Kimbriel, Melanie Miller Fletcher, Lee Martindale, Darlene Bolesny) Writers talk about their crazy hobbies, unusual day jobs, and other things they do while no one is looking. |
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Rm. 407 |
Reading: Joe Lansdale |
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Art Reception |
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9:00 PM |
Rm. 404 |
Filking: (Joseph Abbott, Lee Martindale) Filking finally joins AggieCon! Come join for the fun! |
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Rm. 410 |
Campfire Tales Whose Line Style: (Richard Klaw, Julia Kosatka, Becky Matthews Haynie, Scott Cupp) Writers try their hand at impromtu story telling in a wacky "Whose Line is it Anyway" format. |
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11:00 PM |
Rm. 201 |
Pre-show for Rocky Horror Picture Show Begins |
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12:00 AM |
Rm. 201 |
Rocky Horror Picture Show |
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10:00 AM |
Dealers' Room Opens |
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Rm. 201 |
Iron Artists: (Brian Stelfreeze, Michael Lark, John Picacio) Artists battle it out for best piece of art using an unknown medium. |
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Rm. 402 |
Alien Influence: (Tippi Blevins, Darlene Bolesny, T.W. Miller) Authors discuss how their adventures out of the country have influenced their writing. |
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Rm. 404 |
Costuming 101 (P.N. Elrod, Teresa Patterson) Getting ready for the masquerade? Come and get tips and ideas and learn some fun facts about costuming. |
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Rm. 410 |
Maroon and Write: (Becky Matthews Haynie, Steven Gould, Jayme Blaschke) Ags discuss how the "Aggie Influence" has helped out their writing career or whether it's just a myth. |
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11:00 AM |
Rm. 402 |
Wicca 101 (TBA) |
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Rm. 404 |
Facing Goliaths (Allison Baker, Matthew Sturges, Bill Willingham) Clockwork Storybook members discuss advantages of running an independent press in a market dominated by giant New York publishing houses and what they can do that no one else can. |
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Rm. 407 |
Reading: Jayme Blaschke |
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Rm. 410 |
Q&A with Keegan (Charles Keegan, R. Cat Conrad - moderator) |
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12:00 PM |
Lunch Break |
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1:00 PM |
Rm. 201 |
Autograph Session: (Neil Gaiman, TBA) |
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2:00 PM |
Rm. 402 |
Work in Progress: (Charles Keegan, Michael Lark, R. Cat Conrad) Developing style and technique for your art. |
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Rm. 404 |
Write of Way: (Cheryl Daniel, Darlene Bolesny, P.N. Elrod, Tippi Blevins) Getting into the business: Writing |
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Rm. 407 |
Reading: Jeff Turner |
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Rm. 410 |
Clockwork Storybook Can Solve All The World's Problem's In Five Minutes Or Less - Guaranteed! (Clockwork Storybook) Bring all your problems to this panel, and the Clockwork boys will solve them for you, or give up fabulous prizes if they fail. Try to stump the panel. Hit them with everything from nuclear proliferation and world poverty to why that snooty Becky Huddlemeir won't go to the prom with you. Either your problem is solved in under five minutes, or you get free stuff. Everyone wins! No one loses (except maybe those Clockwork guys)! |
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3:00 PM |
Rm. 201 |
Charity Auction [~2 hours] |
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4:00 PM |
Rm. 402 |
Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists: (Teresa Patterson, TBA) What the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists is and what they do. |
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Rm. 404 |
Playing God: (Julia Kosatka, Bill Crider, Katharine Kimbriel, T.W. Miller) The craft of writing, creating characters, scenes, and plots |
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5:00 PM |
Rm. 201 |
Art Auction |
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Rm. 404 |
Mind Melding: (Teresa Patterson, Laura J. Mixon, Steven Gould, P.N. "Pat" Elrod) Writing collaborations, the ups and downs, trials and tribblations of the process. |
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6:00 PM |
Dinner Break |
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7:00 PM |
Dealers' Room Closes |
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Rm. 402 |
Left Turn Ahead: (T.W. Miller, Thomas Knowles, Joe Lansdale) Writing for an audience, how to guide your story in a particular direction. |
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Rm. 404 |
Pen and Paint: (Neil Gaiman, John Picacio, Brian Stelfreeze, Martha Wells) Writers and artists come together to reveal where they get their ideas; is writing influenced by art or is art influenced by writing? |
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Rm. 407 |
Reading: Laura J. Mixon |
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8:00 PM |
Rm. 201 |
Costume Contest w/ P.N. Elrod |
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9:00 PM |
Rm. 201 |
Masquerade Ball |
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11:00 PM |
Rm. 201 |
Pre-show for Rocky Horror Picture Show |
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12:00 AM |
Rm. 201 |
Rocky Horror Picture Show |
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10:00 AM |
Dealers' Room Opens |
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Rm. 402 |
Point and Click: (Richard Klaw, Mark Finn, Chris Roberson) Being an online columnist/reviewer, how it differs from print, and other fun facts. |
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Rm. 404 |
Vampires: What's at Stake? (Roxanne Longstreet Conrad, Katharine Kimbriel, Tippi Blevins, Lee Martindale) How media is changing the vampire mythos and what it means for writers. |
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Rm. 410 |
Reading: Neil Gaiman |
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11:00 AM |
Rm. 402 |
Size Matters… Or Does it? (Lee Martindale, Joe Lansdale, Tippi Blevins, Scott Cupp) Are short stories still popular, or has the literary world turned toward novels? |
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Rm. 404 |
Campfire Tales: Tales of Cons Gone By (Meri Hazelwood, Becky Matthews Haynie, and other Cepheid Elders) Former and currant con staffers tells tales of the ups and downs and crazy happenings on the convention scene. |
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Rm. 407 |
Reading: T.W. Miller |
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12:00 PM |
Lunch Break |
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1:00 PM |
Rm. 402 |
Cowboys and Aliens: (Scott Cupp, Joe Lansdale, Bill Crider, Thomas Knowles, Ardath Mayhar) Cross genre discussion, mixing western themes with science fiction. |
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Rm. 404 |
Not Quite as Blue as Zhann: (T.W. Miller, Roxanne Longstreet Conrad, Steven Gould, Laura J. Mixon) Writers discuss how to get over writer's block. |
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Rm. 407 |
Reading: Lee Martindale |
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2:00 PM |
Dealers' Room Closes |
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Rm. 206 |
Rate our Con: Did you love us or hate us or have some feelings in between? Come talk with con staffers and give your critiques, likes, dislikes, and ideas for the future. |
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