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New York Comic Con 2013: The NY Branch of Gekika Sonjuku

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(note: No Type-Moon Weekly News Round Up or All Points Bulletin this week.)

It is time for NYCC 2013. Now with 100% less counterfeit badges!

While anime and manga are just another piece of the geek puzzle at NYCC, there is more going on than you might think!

Pre-NYCC Podcast

Our tentative panel schedule:

Thursday:

12:15 – How to Get Press Coverage (for Small Press Publishers)
01:15 – Fandoms in the Library
03:15 – Rewriting the Classics: Modern SciFi in Comics!
03:15 – Women in Comics
05:00 – Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle – PBS Documentary
05:30 – Kotobukiya Fall Preview 2013
06:45 – Crowdfunding Your Vision: How to Achieve the Results You Want

Friday:

11:00 – The Wheel of Time Turns and Epic Fantasy Remains Epic!
12:15 – Image Comics: Behind the Creations
12:15 – Felicia Day and Geek & Sundry Presents!
01:45 – Welcome to Night Vale: The Art of Weird Podcasting
02:45 – From Light Novel to Anime/Manga – Presented by the Japan Foundation
04:00 – [adult swim] Presents: The Venture Bros.
05:15 – Beautiful Books: Graphic Design in Comics & Graphic Novels
05:30 – Anime News Network
06:45 – RWBY
07:45 – NAMCO BANDAI Presents The TALES OF Series

Saturday:

11:00 – The Legend of Korra
12:15 – Spotlight on J. Michael Straczynski
01:45 – Wikia [LIVE] Presents: Masters of Animanga
02:45 – The Mary Sue Presents Representation in Geek Media
04:00 – Hatsune Miku Conference 2013 . Presented by the Japan Foundation
05:30 – Hanna-Barbera and the Designs of Alex Toth
05:30 – ABRAMS presents the Adventure Time Encyclopaedia panel with the Lord of Evil and Marceline the Vampire Queen
06:45 – Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

Sunday:

11:00 – TimesTalks: Adventure Time
12:00 – World Science Festival presents: When Science Gets Graphic
1:30 – Warner Archive Presents: Almost Forgotten TV Heroes
02:30 – Young Heroes and Heroines with the Power to Change the World: What we can learn from Harry Potter, Pug the Magician, Taran, Alanna, Will Stanton and More!
04:00 – NYCC Team Q&A

The Speakeasy #044: Baltimore Zoo, Otakon 2013

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Drink #044: Baltimore Zoo,
Otakon 2013

This year’s Otakon was a mega-blowout of guests, music, and friends. To discuss the highs and lows of the weekend with us we have Patz from The Cockpit and Ed Sizemore of the defunct Manga Out Loud.

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And now your helpful bartenders at The Speakeasy present your drink:

Baltimore Zoo

1 shot vodka
1 shot light rum
1 shot gin
1 shot triple sec
1 shot Southern Comfort peach liqueur
1 shot amaretto almond liqueur
1 shot grenadine syrup
1 dash sweet and sour mix
1 splash beer
Add the liquors and grenadine to a highball glass with ice. Top off with sweet and sour mix, add a splash of beer, and stir.

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More Otakon 2013 posts:

Otakon 2013: Tweets
Otakon 2013: Our 6 Favorite Announcements
Otakon 2013: General Impressions
Otakon 2013: Shinichiro Watanabe
Otakon 2013: Artist Alley
All Points Bulletin: Leaving Baltimore, Heading To Las Vegas
Otakon 2013: 10-minutes with Yuzuru Tachikawa and Michihiko Suwa
Otakon 2013: Concerts
Otakon 2013: Guests
Otakon 2013: Shingo Adachi and Tetsuya Kawakami
Otakon 2013: Fan Panels
All Points Bulletin: The Gamification of Otakon

Otakon 2013: Fan Panels

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hisui_icon_4040 After a conversation with Kate I have a revelation. As someone who does fan panels I think I am always a little guilty that I don’t attend enough fan panels. So when I “only” went to seven fan panels this year I felt slightly guilty when all in all that is more than most people attend. But I feel everyone doing a fan panel is always a little worried that not enough people are going to show up. (How many are enough people depends on the presenter.) Therefore every attentive person in a seat is one step closer to fine.

Plus, I can report back on the horrible panels and then savage them like a demon. (Or give constructive criticism which is actually far more valuable.)

narutaki_icon_4040 With so many guests this year, I found myself at less fan-run panels simply because of time constraints and not due to a lack of fascinating topics.

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