{"id":440,"date":"2006-06-29T17:45:11","date_gmt":"2006-06-29T22:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=440"},"modified":"2006-06-29T17:45:12","modified_gmt":"2006-06-29T22:45:12","slug":"bens-heroes-con-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=440","title":{"rendered":"Ben&#8217;s Heroes Con Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So here&#8217;s the roundup for any interested parties:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heroesonline.com\/Images\/con-images\/con-flag.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p><b>Who<\/b>: Me&#8230; and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heroesonline.com\/con-guests.htm\">pretty dang amazing lineup of cartoonists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>What<\/b>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heroesonline.com\/con-update.htm\">Heroes Con &#8217;06<\/a>, the South&#8217;s biggest comics event!<\/p>\n<p><b>When<\/b>: Like it says in the banner above, Friday June 30th (tomorrow) until Sunday July 2nd.&nbsp; Barring a couple of panels (see below) and occasional trips out for food, I should be there pretty much the whole weekend.&nbsp; That&#8217;s 11am &#8211; 7pm Friday, 10am &#8211; 6pm Saturday, and 11am &#8211; 6pm Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><b>Where<\/b>: The Charlotte Convention Center, in lovely downtown (or is it &#8220;uptown&#8221; again now?&nbsp; I can&#8217;t keep track) Charlotte, North Cackalacky.&nbsp; Specifically, I&#8217;ll be in Indie Island, booth <b>ii611<\/b>. You can click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heroesonline.com\/con-aalley.htm\">here<\/a> for a list of all the artists and where they&#8217;ll be, along with a PDF of the convention floor layout.&nbsp; I&#8217;ll be right between Richmonders (Richmondites? Richmondians?) <a href=\"http:\/\/ullman.lurid.com\/\">Rob Ullman<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dashshaw.com\/\">Dash Shaw<\/a>.<br \/><b><br \/><\/b><b>Panels<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be participating in two panel events.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday at 3:00 pm in room 216 &#8211; &#8220;How To Get Ahead In The World Of Indie Comics,                   Part One: Minicomics&#8221; (along with Andy Mansell, Jeffrey Brown, J Chris Campbell, Jim Mahfood, Andy Runton, and Rob Ullman)<\/li>\n<li>Saturday at Noon in room 216 &#8211; &#8220;How To Get Ahead In The World Of Indie Comics,                   Part Two: Anthologies and Other Avenues&#8221; (along with <i>Jordan Crane<\/i> of Mome, Chris Pitzer of <i>Project Superior<\/i>, and moderator Andy Mansell)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also helped organize and will attend&#8212;but not participate in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday at 5:00 pm in room 216 &#8211; &#8220;How To Get Ahead In The World Of Indie Comics,                   Part One-and-a-Half: Webcomics&#8221; (Panelists: Danielle Corsetto, Jennie Breeden, Marty Blevins, Joe Lomenda, Matt Wood, and Stephanie Freese, with moderator Paul &#8220;Onionhead&#8221; Friedrich)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Swag<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p>Well&#8230; as you can see in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=439\">post previous to this one<\/a>, I&#8217;ll have available pretty much my whole back catalog of minicomics, on my fancy new spinner rack.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll once again be offering the ever-popular <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=156\">Sizzling Minicomics Worbar<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/upload_images\/_general.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">Also, for the first time available for sale, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=426\">(Almost) One Hundred Demons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And, of course, debuting at Heroes Con: the first issue of my new series, <a href=\"http:\/\/benzilla.com\/index.php?s=midnight+sun&amp;Submit=Go%21\">Midnight Sun<\/a>&#8212;Not available in stores until Wednesday, but you can get em at the Con!<\/p>\n<p><b>Come by and say Hi if you&#8217;re at Heroes Con this weekend!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>(I&#8217;ve got wifi in my hotel room and, time permitting, will hopefully be able to check in via blog)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So here&#8217;s the roundup for any interested parties: Who: Me&#8230; and a pretty dang amazing lineup of cartoonists. What: Heroes Con &#8217;06, the South&#8217;s biggest comics event! 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