Check back with us for more updated info on the DragonCon Comics & Pop Art Track for the 2015 show!

Thursday, August 28th

7:00PM Preview/ Meet Up

Friday, August 29th
10:00AM Welcome Panel – Get a sneak peak at this
year’s panel lineup, then hear from CPAAC’s keynote speaker
Kelly Sue DeConnick!

11:30AM The State of Superhero Cinema – A discussion with prominent film bloggers about current and upcoming superhero movies!
with Van Allen Plexico, Spencer Perry, Emma Loggins, Matt Goldberg

1:00PM What IF…Elseworlds – Superman: Red Son, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Hulk: Future Imperfect, Old Man Logan
with: Peter David, Dexter Vines, Dave Johnson, Mike S. Miller

2:30PM Comic Creators: Secret Origins –
with: Jennie Breeden, Siya Oum, Andrew Aydin,David Mack, Chris Schweizer

4:00PM Mike Grell – DC Legend

5:30PM Zenescope Comics – with: Jamie Tyndall, Mike S. Miller, Jason Metcalf, Paolo Pantalena, Chris Ehnot

7:00PM Music In Comics – with: Dean Motter, Andrew Robinson, Paul Jenkins

8:30PM Carol Corps – with: Kelly Sue DeConnick

10:00PM What To Read! – with: Comfort Love & Adam Withers

Saturday, August 30
10:00AM Literary & Religious Themes in Comics – CPAAC

11:30AM 3D Character & Creature Design
with Bryan Wynia

1:00PM Marvel vs. DC Trivia with Van Allen Plexico

2:30PM The Bob Camp Show
with Bob Camp, J. David Spurlock

4:00PM Creator Owned Comics
with Kelly Sue DeConnick, Nathan Edmondson, Peter Steigerwald, Van Jensen, Ted Naifeh, Paul Jenkins

5:30PM Comics & Cosplay (International North)
with Mark Meer, Riddle, Kevin Spooner, Kearstin Fay Nicholson, Margie Cox

5:30PM Jack Davis Foundation: An Artist Retrospective (Hanover F)
with William Stout, Alex Murawski, Jack Davis III, Beno Rothschild

7:00PM Atlanta Radio Theatre Company Presents: Batman’s Greatest Mystery (HanoverF)

7:00PM Cosplay Live Figure Drawing (Regency V)
with Pierre Bernard Jr.

8:30PM You’ve Seen The Movie Now What? (Fan Panel)

10:00PM Terminus Media – CDC Motion Comic

Sunday, August 31st
10:00AM Owly Arts & Crafts Hour (bring the kids)
with Andy Runton

11:30AM Batman 75th Anniversary: The Long Halloween
with Tim Sale

1:00PM Aspen Comics
with Peter Steigerwald, Frank Mastromauro, Alex Konat, Siya Oum

2:30PM MARCH – With Congressman John Lewis (Regency V)
with Andrew Aydin, Tom Heintjes

2:30PM Comics, Representation, & Semiotics – CPAAC (Hanover F)

4:00PM MARVEL NOW! (Centennial 1)
with Kelly Sue Deconnick, Nathan Edomondson, Peter David, Mark Bagley, Mark Brooks

4:00PM Frazetta: A Legend’s Legacy (Hanover F)
with The Frazetta Girls, J. David Spurlock

5:30PM Vampires In Comics
with Georges Jeanty, Jonathan Maberry, Christopher Golden

7:00PM JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE NEW FRONTIER Screening with Live Commentary
with Director Dave Bullock

Monday, September 1
10:00AM Comics In The Composition Classroom – CPAAC
with Kelly Sue DeConnick

11:30AM Let’s Make a Comic
with Comfort Love & Adam Withers

1:00PM Comics and Feminism – CPAAC
with Kelly Sue DeConnick

2:30PM State of Comics Roundtable (Fan Panel)
with Comic Book Retailers

** Of course, anything is subject to change and will be noted in the Dragon Con app and the Daily Dragon.

As we wait for the DragonCon Schedule app to update over the next few weeks, we will announce some of our panels on here!

1st up for Marvel fans…..

MARVEL NOW – Sunday at 4:00pm in Centennial I

With – Kelly Sue DeConnick, Mark Bagley, Peter David.

Your Dragon Con Comics & Pop Art Programming Team has been hard at work this week scheduling some really outstanding panel programming for 2014! Look for some announcements next week.

In celebration of their tenth anniversary and Fathom’s 15^th Anniversary, Aspen Comics in association with Dragon Con 2013 will be hosting an Aspen Comics Beach Party at the landmark Georgia Aquarium on Saturday, August 31^st. Featuring DJ Spider, an Aspen-themed costume contest, and a special live dive with the whale sharks by the creators behind Fathom, Soulfire and other notable Aspen hits, this is a one-of-a-kind night to commemorate ten years of Aspen Comics at Dragon Con.

Aspen creators Frank Mastromauro, Peter Steigerwald, Siya Oum, Alex Konat and Jordan Gunderson will be appearing at the Aspen Comics Booth in Artist’s Alley as well as the Aspen Comics Beach Party, and offering new Dragon Con 2013 exclusives as well as free sketches and live cosplay photo ops throughout the weekend.

In addition to the special Beach Party event and booth appearances, the publisher will be offering three new exclusive books for the show, beginning with the world premiere of their seventh “10 for 10” title, Overtaken, with a special issue one Dragon Con 2013 cover by Siya Oum, limited to 200 copies. Also, Aspen will be offering an All New Fathom #2 Dragon Con 2013 exclusive cover by Alex Konat and Peter Steigerwald, limited to 200 copies.

Aspen will also be offering the latest Aspen Tour Print 2013 Anniversary Edition by Michael Turner and Peter Steigerwald, limited to 75 editions, as well as a new lineup of their industry-leading art prints.

The Aspen Comics Booth in Artist’s Alley will also be featuring free live cosplay photo ops with cosplayers Jenifer Ann and Heather 1337 throughout the weekend as they will be appearing as Aspen’s popular heroines, Soulfire’sGrace and Fathom’s Kiani

Aspen Beach Party Costume Contest Contestants will be judged and awarded Aspen Comics prize packages including items such as original art, statues, signed comics and rare exclusives in the following contests:

Categories specific to Aspen Comics:

–Judge’s Special Grand Prize

–Best Aspen Comics Character themed costume/s.

–Best Fathom themed costume/s.

–Best Michael Turner Cover Recreation costume/s.

Categories not specific to Aspen Comics:

–Best Male Costume.

–Best Female Costume.

–Best Kids Costume.

–Best Boys 13+ costume.

–Best Girls 13+ costume.