Crunchyroll Expo 2020 – Archiving Anime Fandom – How to Save the Past – Notes!

1:30 PM – 2:15 PM (PDT) |  Friday 4 September 2020 – 3:30 pm to 4:15 pm central Panel Description: This panel will talk about the people who are currently archiving anime fandom history as well as offer you resources so you can contribute. Let’s preserve as much as we can! Featuring: Lance Heiskell | Room: YUZU STAGE By: Jenna Morgan | @jkmorgan-media​ The grind … Continue reading Crunchyroll Expo 2020 – Archiving Anime Fandom – How to Save the Past – Notes!

Crunchyroll Expo 2020 – Crunchyroll Originals Presents: Making of Onyx Equinox – Notes!

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (PDT) |  Friday 4 September 2020 – 2 pm to 3 pm central Panel Description: Join the creative staff behind the Crunchyroll Original series Onyx Equinox for a deep dive into the making of the show. Learn more about the production, mythology, and more as you journey through Mesoamerica in preparation for the premiere. Featuring: Sofia Alexander – Executive Producer … Continue reading Crunchyroll Expo 2020 – Crunchyroll Originals Presents: Making of Onyx Equinox – Notes!

Resources for Manga Studies

(Image Source)  An essential part of collegiate studies is the idea of presentation and publication – offshoots, primarily, of paper submission. As such, it may be hard to find appropriate resources for one’s paper on manga in the US or find the right place to submit once your professor has had a look (if you’ve even written one on the subject). In other cases, some … Continue reading Resources for Manga Studies

Comic-Con@Home –  Kodansha Comics Got Weird Manga: Summer Edition – Notes!

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (PDT) |  Saturday 25 July 2020 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM) Panel Description: Are you an anime watcher, manga reader (or even a comics fan) looking for recommendations to get you through the summer? Have we got the manga titles for you! Join the manga experts at Kodansha USA Publishing including Misaki Kido, Tomo Tran, and Ivan Salazar as they … Continue reading Comic-Con@Home –  Kodansha Comics Got Weird Manga: Summer Edition – Notes!

Comic-Con@Home 2020 – Gender, Race, and Comic Book Coloring

Recommended Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhaMJ8LcURs&feature=youtu.be I started taking notes on this panel, such as the differences between CMYK Coloring and RGB Coloring, but the panel is a valuable piece of media that I can’t help encouraging people interested in the history of comics to read.  Some other links to check out from the panel include:  https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/about/pitch-us/ https://kleinletters.com/LetteringTop.html Continue reading Comic-Con@Home 2020 – Gender, Race, and Comic Book Coloring

Comic-Con@Home – Warner Archive’s  Secret Origin of Saturday Morning Cartoons – Notes!

The Transition of Cartoons Into Television: Warner Brothers started out as shorts and moved into television shows. New York television had a lot of airtime to fill, so they used copious amounts of cartoons all through the day and week. Not just on Saturday mornings. Then the networks got involved, noticing a regular audience they could captivate, realizing that Saturday morning was a “sweet spot” … Continue reading Comic-Con@Home – Warner Archive’s  Secret Origin of Saturday Morning Cartoons – Notes!

Comic-Con@Home – How to Make a Comic From Start to Finish – Notes!

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM (PDT) |  Friday 24 July 2020 (6:00pm – 7:00pm) Panel Description: Wanna learn how to make a comic? Where to start? How panels work? What does one letter with? Does it need to be in color? And much, much more! Acclaimed industry pro Brian Haberlin (Spawn, Witchblade, Sonata, The Marked) will take you through the process using his Image Comics creations … Continue reading Comic-Con@Home – How to Make a Comic From Start to Finish – Notes!

Comic-Con@Home – How to Thrive as an Indy Comics Creator Now! – Notes!

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (PDT) | Thursday 23 July 2020 (8:00pm – 10:00pm): Panel Description: Legendary indie comics creator Brian Pulido (creator/writer of Lady Death, Evil Ernie) has over 28 years in the game and has raised over four million dollars for comics via Crowdfunding in the last five years. Want to know how it is done? Pulido details his eight rules on how … Continue reading Comic-Con@Home – How to Thrive as an Indy Comics Creator Now! – Notes!

Comic-Con@Home – Manga Publishing Industry Roundtable – Notes!

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM (PDT) | Thursday 23 July 2020 (6:00pm – 7:00pm): Panel Description: While COVID-19 negatively impacted most book and comics publishers, one of the few bright spots in book sales in Spring 2020 was … manga!? What are the factors contributing to manga’s resiliency, and what are its prospects for the future? Get a taste of what’s hot, what’s not, and … Continue reading Comic-Con@Home – Manga Publishing Industry Roundtable – Notes!

Comic-Con@Home – How to Write and Create Manga – Notes

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (PDT) | Thursday 23 July 2020  Panel Description: Austin Osueke (publisher of eigoMANGA) will moderate a series of Q&A sessions with comic book writers Jeff Loew (The Frog Princess), Brandon Chen (Somnia), Mohammad Umair Ali (Somnia), MinoMiyabi (5D), and Natashia McGough Clarke (Danity Kane). They will discuss the fundamentals of comic book outlines, scripting, writing, and overall storytelling. (Link: https://youtu.be/OmGVE_oJkXg) … Continue reading Comic-Con@Home – How to Write and Create Manga – Notes