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If you happen to be going to one of the two comic book conventions happening this week, you’ll be able to see an Archie Comics presense at both.
Bill Galvan, artist for Archie Comics, will be at WonderCon sitting on the Secret Origin of Good Readers panel.
12:30-2:00 The Secret Origin of Good Readers
Making its fifth annual appearance at WonderCon, this year’s Secret Origin of Good Readers panel features Dr. Robyn A. Hill (National University, San Diego), Mimi Cruz (Night Flight Comics, Salt Lake City), Bill Galvan (co-creator/artist of The Scrapyard Detectives, artist for Archie Comics), plus additional speakers to be added. The panelists will discuss how teachers, librarians, retailers, and publishers can work together to bring comic books into the classroom for use as an innovative and motivating cross-curricular teaching tool and a vehicle for promoting reading and literacy.Though a multimedia presentation, personal remarks, and a question-and-answer session, the speakers will present an overview of the medium and highlight specific ways that comic books and graphic novels have been used to engage a variety of learners. The 70-page The Secret Origin of Good Readers companion resource book and other exciting materials are available for free download at www.night-flight.com/secretorigin courtesy of XMission.com.
Room 232/234
On the other side of the country, Tracy Yardley, from the Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Universe titles will be attending MegaCon in Orlando, Florida. Joining Tracy will be Steven Butler and Sabrina the Teenage Witch’s Lindsay Cibos.
MegaCon
Orange County Convention Center
Hall D
9899 International Drive
Orlando, FL 32819
Friday – 1-7pm
Saturday – 10am-6pm
Sunday – 10am-5pm
Press Release
10/16/08
MegaCon – The biggest and best Comic Book, Sci-Fi and Anime convention on the East Coast will be held on February 27th, 28th and March 1st in Hall D at the Orlando Convention Center for MegaCon 2009.
Meet some of your favorite TV and film personalities including Media Guests just added:
- Beau Bridges – General Hank Landry from Stargate SG
- Richard Hatch – Apollo/Tom Zarek from Battlestar Galactica
- Phillip Morris – John Jones from Smallville
- Alaina Huffman – Black Canary from Smallville
- Michael Papajohn – Spiderman, Terminator:Salavation
- Vic Mignogna – Full Metal Alchemist, Dragonball Z
It’s still several months away, but The Orlando MegaCon has released its initial list of guests for the 2009 convention.
Legendary artist George Pérez will be the Special Guest of Honor at MegaCon 2009. In a 30+ year career in comics, George has illustrated Avengers, Fantastic Four, JLA, Wonder Woman, and a host of other seminal comics titles. He is hard at work on his next project from DC Comics, Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds. This will be George’s first scheduled convention appearance in over a year, as he took 2008 off the convention circuit.
More announced guests after the jump.
Major Spoilers reader Matthew Tyndall took a trip down to Orlando this past weekend to hang with the likes of Wonder Woman, Storm Troopers, and Marvel’s Joe Q. Along the way he met some well knowns, some not so well knowns and took a a bunch of pictures to share with other Major Spoilers followers.
If you are headed to MegaCon this weekend, we want to hear from you! We are looking for attendees who will take hundreds of photographs, or who want to send us a summary of any panels attended. Of course there is no pay, but you will have the appreciation of the hundreds of thousands of Major Spoilers readers who won’t make it to the show, and want to live vicariously through your experiences.
So if you are going, please contact Stephen soon!
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