Bubonicon 2016 Schedule

Friday

9:30pm-10:30pm Panel # 8 – LOVECRAFT AS FUNNY & CUDDLY: WHAT HAPPENED Main Room – Salon E – Jeff Benham, A. Campbell, S. Ulibarri, C. Weaver. MOD: Lee Moyer

— H.P. Lovecraft created a mysterious world of nameless dread. Then some of his contemporaries re-imagined a world where we might actually fight back. How would either group or authors view today’s world in which Cthulhu is made into a fuzzy stuffed doll? What other strange ways have we incorporated the unspeakable? Why has it happened?

 

Saturday

11am Art Show Docent Tour with Lee Moyer Salon A-D

 

2pm-3pm Panel # 16 – DEUS EX GRAPHICA: ROLE OF MYTHOLOGY IN COMICS

Aaron Campbell, Andy Kuhn, John Jos. Miller, Lee Moyer, Steve Stiles. MOD: Craig A. Butler

— Is Superman a Christ figure? Is Batman an urban myth? Just how Greco-Roman is Wonder Woman, anyway? And why is Marvel’s Thor blonde? How much do comics borrow from mythology? Are these stories and themes timeless? Get the answers in a fun and creative panel discussion.

 

4pm-5:15pm Artist Guest Slide Show Santa Fe

 

Sunday

1:30pm-2:30pm Panel # 23 – THE THREE R’S IN VISUAL ART: HOW DO ROCKETS… LOOK Salons A-D – J. Benham, Peri Charlifu, Jon Sanchez, Steve Stiles. MOD: Lee Moyer

— How are Rockets, Robots and Rayguns represented in SF and comic book art? Have they changed much since the glory days of pulp magazine covers? Why or why not? What is so

appealing about those pulp-era robots and rockets? Why don’t rockets have fins and look like cigars anymore? Were robots in art more menacing way back when? What about the design of a good raygun? What makes a gun look science fictional in artwork? Have certain styles & appearances become shorthand for artists now?

 

August Appearances with New Work

This month brings new work created for the convention I will be attending as the Artist Guest of Honor: Bubonicon in Albuquerque NM.

Their mascot, Perry Rhodent, has had a curious and adventuresome history and his appearance this year showcases the triune R theme of the convention: Rockets, Robots, and Ray Guns.

I’m looking forward to the convention and to seeing New Mexico, especially Meow Wolf.

Before Bubonicon however, I will be attending the Willamette Writer’s Conference. I will be there in the capacity of advising designer and illustrator so if you are going, please stop by and ask me any questions you may have about the somewhat arcane topics of book cover art, type design, and branding!