Due to the pandemic, San Diego's Comic-Con International has become a virtual event, taking place this week. It started yesterday, Wednesday, July 22, and continues through this Sunday, July 26. This is Comic-Con@Home. Of greatest interest to me are the virtual "panels" spread over the five days of the event (reportedly more than 350 panels in all). These run the usual gamut of pop culture topics, some comics-focused, some not. Regrettably, the panels are entirely prerecorded, which means no live audience interaction, no Q&A. Most will be in the nature of recorded Zoom calls. This bums me out, but is better than nothing — and there are some very promising-sounding panels on offer. Below, divided by day, are panels that catch my eye or may be of particular interest to KinderComics readers. Note that not all of these panels focus on children's or young adult comics or on education. Some focus on other fannish interests of mine, or on particular creators of note. This is a glimpse into my mind! Obviously, Comic-Con@Home is already well underway; this post comes late. But many if not all of the panels listed below will be available to view online once this week is over. (CCI says that most of its panels "will also be available AFTER the July 22-26 dates, although there are some that may have a limited time period attached to them.") The panels can be accessed via CCI's online program or their YouTube channel. They can't be accessed before their official start times, but once they're up, they're up. There could be weeks and weeks of good viewing here! July 22, WednesdayThis first day continues the now-familiar Comics Conference for Educators and Librarians (CCEL), a Wednesday-afternoon tradition since 2016, co-sponsored by Comic-Con and the San Diego Public Library since 2016. All of Wednesday’s seventeen panels, AFAIK, are CCEL-branded, and all are aimed at librarians and/or teachers. Below are the Wednesday panels that really stood out to me; for info on all of the CCEL panels, follow the CCEL link above to the SD Public Library's page: Teaching and Learning with Comics 3:00pm – 4:00pm With Peter Carlson, Antero Garcia, and Susan Kirtley, co-editors of the anthology With Great Power Comes Great Pedagogy, and creator-teachers Nick Sousanis, Ebony Flowers, and David F. Walker and Brian Michael Bendis. (I’ve already watched this one, and it was terrific!) Comics in the Classroom Ask Me Anything: Pick the Brains of Teachers, Administrators, Creators, and Publishers 3:00pm – 4:00pm The Power of Teamwork in Kids Comics 5:00pm – 6:00pm Including Gene Luen Yang, Chad Sell, Jim Ottaviani and Maris Wicks, and moderator Betsy Gomez. New Kids Comics from Eisner Award Publishers 5:00pm – 6:00pm Including Jerry Craft, Faith Erin Hicks, Robin Ha, Derick Brooks, Jonathan Hill, and moderator Candice Mack Words and Pictures Working Together: Strategies for Analyzing Graphic Texts 6:00pm – 7:00pm Comic-Con Celebrates Fifteen Years of Eisner Librarians 6:00pm – 7:00pm Including librarians and former Eisner Award judges Kat Kan, Karen Green, Jason Poole, Dawn Rutherford, Traci Glass, and moderator John Shableski. July 23, ThursdayGraphix: Get Drawn In 11:00am – 12:00pm Batgirls! 12:00pm – 1:00pm Comics During Clampdown: Creativity in the Time of COVID 12:00pm – 1:00pm 75th Anniversary of Moomin appreciation 1:00pm – 2:00pm Comics Satire and The New Political Cartoon 2:00pm – 3:00pm The Brave New World of TwoMorrows 2:00pm – 3:00pm Comic-Con Museum: A Museum for All Ages 3:00pm – 4:00pm Teaching and Making Comics 6:00pm – 7:00pm Including Ebony Flowers, Roman Muradov, Trina Robbins, Sophie Yanow, and moderator James Sturm. July 24, FridayHoward Cruse: The Godfather of Queer Comics 10:00am – 11:00am Absolutely not to be missed IMO. Last Gasp: 50 Years of Publishing the Underground, Part I 10:00am – 11:00am Reclaiming Indigenous History and Culture Through Comics 11:00am – 12:00pm Decoding the Kirby/Lee Dynamic 11:00am – 12:00pm Raina and Robin in Conversation (starring Raina Telgemeier and Robin Ha) 11:00am – 12:00pm TragiComics 12:00pm – 1:00pm History Goes Graphic 12:00pm – 1:00pm Harryhausen100: Into the Ray Harryhausen Archive 1:00pm – 2:00pm Water, Earth, Fire, Air: Continuing the Avatar Legacy 3:00pm – 4:00pm The Annual Jack Kirby Tribute Panel 4:00pm – 5:00pm VIZ: A Haunting Conversation with Junji Ito 6:00pm – 7:00pm 32nd Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 7:00-8:00pm Another must for me! July 25, SaturdayLast Gasp: 50 Years of Publishing the Underground, Part II 10:00am – 11:00am The Guide: Overstreet's 50th Anniversary 10:00am – 11:00am Warner Archive's Secret Origins of Saturday Morning Cartoons 11:00am – 12:00pm Inspired: Personal Stories in Graphic Novels 12:00pm – 1:00pm Diversity and Comics: Why Inclusion and Visibility Matter 12:00pm – 1:00pm Personal, Political, Fictional, and Factual 1:00pm – 2:00pm Latinx & Native American Storytellers 1:00pm – 2:00pm Tribute to Dennis O'Neil: Beyond Batman 2:00pm – 3:00pm Gender, Race, and Comic Book Coloring 2:00pm – 3:00pm Mexico's Magnificent Stop-Motion Seven 3:00pm – 4:00pm Best and Worst Manga of 2020 4:00pm – 5:00pm 20 Years of DeviantArt: An Oral History 4:00pm – 5:00pm Adrian Tomine spotlight panel 5:00pm – 6:00pm Comic Shops : Persevering through Crisis 5:00pm – 6:00pm Mexican Lucha Libre: History, Tradition, Legacy 6:00pm – 7:00pm Fantagraphics and IDW: Classic Comics Reprints 6:00pm – 7:00pm Out in Comics 33: Virtually Yours 6:00pm – 7:00pm July 26, SundayBOOM! 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11:00am – 12:00pm Jack Kirby 101: An Introduction 12:00pm – 1:00pm Masters of Style: Woodring, Fleener, Muradov and Hernandez 1:00pm – 2:00pm Comics about Motherhood and Reproductive Choice Including Lisa Wool-rim Sjoblom, Leslie Stein, Teresa Wong, and moderator Hillary Chute. 2:00pm – 3:00pm Another must! Inspired by Real Life: The True Stories Behind Graphic Novels 2:00pm – 3:00pm LGBTQ Comics and Popular Media for Young People 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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