The cast of Black Lightning—Marvin Jones III, China McClain, Christine Adams, and Nafessa Williams—is bad, bad, bad. And by bad, I mean awesome. Thoughtful. Radiant and beautiful—like literally blinding to the naked eye. And full of joy, fierce pride, spirituality, and strength when talking about being at the vanguard of diversity in superheroes, specifically, and science fiction, generally—a fact acknowledged… Read more →
Attendee Awards Best Alien: Charles Urbach, ExoGenesis Best Amazon: Joseph Corsentino, Omega Best Dragon: Lisa Sell, Manifesting Orb Dragon Best Horror: Paul Bielaczyc, Just Your Imagination Best Fairy: Amy Nagi, Persephone’s Ambition Best Spaceship or Spacescene: Amanda Makepeace, Last Light Best Warrior: Charles Urbach, Thunder on the Plains Most Humorous: Mark Helwig, Hot Lips Artist Choice Award Eric Wilkerson, Oba… Read more →
Best Props: Brett King Best Tech: Robert Mills Best Makeup: Jennifer Gilley Best Materials: Chris Mrozinski Best Novice: Moira Ashland Best Journeyman: Nina Rice Best Professional: Vera Campbell Best In Show: Jared Garcia
Attendees of the Friday morning American Gods panel had the opportunity to ask questions of actors Bruce Langley—Technical Boy, Demore Barnes—Mr. Ibis, and Ricky Whittle—Shadow Moon. Moderator Marc Lee introduced the actors who took the stage to raucous applause. After storming the stage, Whittle took part in some gentle ribbing of his fellow cast members and their first appearance at… Read more →
The Learning Center in the Hyatt was full to capacity Saturday at 11:30AM for a discussion on new genre black film led by moderator Andrew Shephard, a PhD student at Stanford with a particular focus on Afro-futurism. On the panel were Karen Ceesay (The Walking Dead, Black Lightning, Stranger Things), Quatoyiah Murry (Editorial Manager at TCM and FilmStruck), and Daviorr… Read more →
Moderator Trisha J. Wooldridge led a lively panel at the Writers’ Track Saturday morning chatting about characters that readers love. Wooldridge, Lucienne Diver, Eric Flint, Esther Friesner, A. J. Hartley, and Robert J. Sawyer considered characters in stories they had read or written as well as how-to pointers to consider when creating new (and hopefully) beloved characters. Discussing the number… Read more →
During the “Build & Break a Character of Two” workshop on Friday at 1PM in the Hyatt Hanover AB, prolific author Michael Stackpole shared the methods he uses to create memorable and engaging characters. Stackpole stressed the importance of characterization. “Characters,” he said, “are the windows through which we enter stories.” Readers are “emotional surrogates,” mirroring the character’s emotions and… Read more →
“I love that we live in a time where people want a girl show.” – Tara Strong You may not have heard the name Tara Strong, but you’ve certainly heard her voice(s). Currently, she is the voice of many of your favorite heroines (and anti-heroines) in the animated DCverse. Some of her roles include Harley Quinn, Ivy, and Raven. This… Read more →
