Baltimore-Comic-Con-2019

If an author wishes to create a realistic world for his or her stories, it’s important to pay attention to the essentials of worldbuilding. If done well, it creates a more believable, lived-in world that sucks the reader in. But, as Terry Mancour explores in this panel, there is a lot involved in worldbuilding. In fact, the effects of the world on the people you populate it with starts with geography and then continues out from there. This is a very informative talk for anyone getting read to create a world for their comics, books, or video games. ...

Tara Strong is right up there with Rob Paulsen as being a key voice of my childhood. She was in lots and lots of cartoons that I saw growing up. And she continues to work and is in lots of cartoons that my kids are watching. I don’t have as much experience with Greg Cipes, but I have enjoyed him when I’ve been at my parents’ house and Teen Titans Go has been on. ...

On the first day of Baltimore Comic-Con Dr. Christy Blanch, moderator extraordinaire and comic book author in her own right, led a panel spotlighting Brian K Vaughan’s work. Of course, the panel covered Saga, but it also covered Paper Girls, We Stand On Guard, and Private Eye. Brian revealed that Paper Girls has been picked up by Amazon and spoke of how it came from his experiences growing up and how strange it was that we had kids delivering newspapers to adults so early in the morning. He also touched on his stance on Digital Rights Management (I prefer the term Digital Restrictions Management) and why Panel Syndicate chose to provide books without it. There was also a neat conversation on how Fiona Staples was the one who asked if Alana and Marko had to be Caucasian, helping BKV realize how we often just default to Caucasian if we’re not actively thinking about it. ...

This panel did a great job of explaining a lot of the ins and outs of breaking into comics. The biggest takeaways included: Everyone has a very different story about how they were able to break in. Don’t try to copy anyone else’s story, because it’s all about the opportunities available when you try. Make sure to take chances with people you don’t know. If you’re both unknowns, perhaps you can end up coming up together. Most people think of breaking in as getting a job with Marvel or DC, but there are a multitude of ways to break in, including self-published or web comics - some of which have higher numbers than traditional comics. And many more insights…. https://youtu.be/KmmzZHd4JFE ...