Comic-Con 2010 Friday: Panel and Event Picks

The schedule for day two, Friday July 23 at Comic-Con International 2010 in San Diego now available. As with Thursday, here are some picks  - hot, cool and personal. Not unlike the annual Coachella festival, at Comic-Con, you make your own event. 

Daytime Programing

10:00-11:00 DC Talent Search 2— With DC's editorial art director Mark Chiarello as he addresses the needs of DC Universe, Vertigo, WildStorm and MAD magazine publications. Room 4 

10:00-11:00 Marvel X-Men— Following Second Coming, Marvel's merry mutants are unable to catch a quick breather. As Curse of the Mutants  VP/executive editor Axel Alonso is joined by a host of creators to lay out what's going on with the X-Men. Panelists include Matt Fraction (Uncanny X-Men), Victor Gischler (X-Men), Marjorie Liu (Dark Wolverine), Daniel Way (Deadpool), editor Nick Lowe, and more.  Room 6DE

10:00-11:00 DK Star Wars: From Banthas to X-Wings— DK Publishing is releasing Star Wars Year By Year; Star Wars Blueprints: Rebel Edition; Star Wars Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia, and LEGO Star Wars Brickmaster. The authors and illustrators will talk about their respective books.

10:00-11:00 Publishing Comics— Four publishers—Matt Gagnon (BOOM!), Gary Groth (Fantagraphics), Dallas Middaugh (Del Rey Manga), and Mark Siegel (First Second Books) talk about running a publishing company company for comics. Moderated by Graeme McMillan (Techland). Room 8 

10:00-11:00 With Great Power Come Great Stories— A panel of Lou Anders (Masked), Jackie Kessler (the Icarus Project novels), Caitlin Kittredge (the Icarus Project novels), Gini Koch (Touched by an Alien, the Katherine "Kitty" Katt series), Kevin Andrew Murphy (the Wild Cards series), Chris Roberson (Book of Secrets), Caroline Spector (Wild Cards contributor), and Matt Sturges (Justice Society of America). Moderated by Maryelizabeth Hart of Mysterious Galaxy. Room 32AB 

10:15-11:15 Aloha, Earth!— The new Hawaii Five-0 with executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (Star Trek) and Peter M. Lenkov (24), director Len Wiseman (Underworld), and stars Daniel Dae Kim (Lost) and Grace Park (Battlestar Galactica), plus a preview of the new TV series. Room 6BCF 

10:30-11:30 Batman: The Brave and the Bold Screening and Q&A— The "Silver Age" based Batman: The Brave and the Bold looks to a fall season with Batman Diedrich Bader (Surf's Up), executive producer Sam Register (Teen Titans), producers James Tucker (Justice League Unlimited), and Michael Jelenic (The Batman), and voice director Andrea Romano (Superman Doomsday) on hand to talk about the show and also screen the world premiere trailer for the upcoming Cartoon Network/Warner Bros. Animation series Young Justice.. Batman: The Brave and the Bold—Season 1, Part 1 will be released on DVD August 17. Room 6A 

10:30-11:30 Neal Adams and Stan Lee: They Spoke Out—Against the Holocaust— Neal Adams (Batman, Green Lantern/Green Arrow) and Holocaust historian Dr. Rafael Medoff unveil the new series of educational "motion comics" they are creating with ABC News about Americans who spoke out for the rescue of Jews from the Holocaust. They will be joined on the panel by Stan Lee (co-creator of Spider-Man, X-Men) and will screen an episode from the upcoming series, illustrated by Adams and narrated by Lee. Room 9 

10:30-11:30 Retailing in the Digital Age— Publishers are looking at more digital comics releases, and the comic book apps are available for devices that include the iPad and iPhone. A panel with Jim Lee (co-publisher, DC Comics) and John Rood (executive VP of sales & marketing, DC Entertainment), along with Jim Sokolowski (COO Marvel Comics), Chip Mosher (director of marketing, BOOM! Studios), and David Steinberger (founder, comiXology.com), talk about digi promotions to send readers to comic book stores. Moderated by Joe Field (ComicsPRO president, Flying Colors Comics, Concord, CA). Room 12 

10:30-11:30 Stargate Universe—  Syfy's Stargate Universe panel will include Robert Carlyle (Dr. Nicholas Rush), David Blue (Eli Wallace), Ming Na (Camile Wray), and Louis Ferreira (Colonel Everett Young), moderated by Robert Cooper (series co-creator). 

10:30-11:30 Comics Arts Conference Session #5: Moving Beyond the Comic Book— Comic-Con special guests Phil Jimenez (Astonishing X-Men) and Paul Levitz (DC Comics), Patricia Williams (Columbia University), Henry Jenkins (USC), and Stanford Carpenter (School of the Art Institute of Chicago) on comics as a mainstream popular art. Room 26AB 

10:30-12:00 Comic Book Law School 202: Greed Is Good...Or Is It?— Attorney Michael Lovitz, author of the acclaimed The Trademark and Copyright Book comic book, speaks about issues facing authors, artists, and designers, following sucess. including intellectual propertiy, licensing production, merchandising, and distribution agreements; He's joined by entertainment attorney Mona Metwalli. [This program is approved for 1.5 credits of California MCLE.] Room 30CDE 

11:00-12:00 Star Wars Day: Hasbro Panel— Tthe Hasbro Design and Marketing teams talk about what's in store for rest of 2010. 

11:00-12:00 BOOM! Studios/BOOM Kids! Panel— The team of Mark Waid, Ross Richie, Matt Gagnon, and Chip Mosher talk about upcoming titles for grown-ups and kids from the ever-booming L.A.-based company. Room 8 

11:00-12:00 Mattel and DC Comics: A Heroic Partnership— Updates on Mattel/DC action figures, including DC Universe Classics, Justice League Unlimited, Retro Action, Infinite Heroes, and more. With Mattel reps plus special guests from DC Comics and Warner Brothers. Will we seen the toy line for 2011's Green Lantern movie? Room 24ABC 

11:15-12:15 Marvel Interactive: Marvel Video Games. - Details on Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Super Hero Squad Online, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Thor and and other new games, with exclusive trailers, reveals, and Q&A with the game creators and Marvel writers working on the next wave of Marvel Games. Room 6DE 

11:30-12:30 Dark Horse Comics: Make Contact in 2010—  Dark Horse president and publisher Mike Richardson, plus top creators, present a panel that includes Eisner award winner Gerard Way (Umbrella Academy) and New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich. Room 3 

11:30-12:30 Spotlight on Paul Levitz— Levitz has been a comics fan (The Comic Reader fanzine, NY Comic Art Convention committee), editor (Batman), writer (Legion of Super-Heroes), and executive (DC Comics, including publisher from 1989 to 2010). Here, he'll be interviewed by fan fave writer and DC chief creative officer Geoff Johns including his return to writing Legion and other DC projects, Room 5AB 

11:30-12:45 Eisner Spirit Award Video Viewing— The Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award is the industry's "Hall of Fame" for progressive retailers. Spirit Award facilitator and award recipient Joe Ferrara (Atlantis Fantasyworld, Santa Cruz, CA) shows the video presentations for this year's award finalists. All hail comic book stores!  Room 12 

11:30-12:30 Caprica— With the SyFy show's Alessandra Torresani (Zoe Graystone), Sasha Roiz (Sam Adama), Ronald D. Moore (co-creator/executive producer), and David Eick (executive producer), moderated by Geoff Boucher of the Los Angeles Times and The Hero Complex. Ballroom 20 

12:00-1:00 IDW and Their 'Bro— IDW and Hasbro talk toys from Transformers, G.I. Joe, and the impending relaunch of Dungeons & Dragons. IDW's Andy Schmidt moderates a panel with D&D editor Denton Tipton and writers John Rogers and Alex Irvine, G.I. Joe artist Robert Atkins, writer Mike Costa, and more. Room 8 

12:00-1:00 Archie Comics: Cooler Than Ever!—Panelists include executive producer of The Dark Knight and Archie writer Michael Uslan, Archie Comics co-CEO Jon Goldwater, iVerse CEO Michael Murphy, IDW Publishing COO Greg Goldstein, Dark Horse Comics VP of business development Michael Martens, Archie Comics president/editor-in-chief Victor Gorelick, and Archie Comics VP/managing editor Mike Pellerito. Room 24ABC 

12:00-1:00 The Official Aspen Comics Panel— Creators Frank Mastromauro (Dellec, Shrugged), Peter Steigerwald (Soulfire, Brightest Day), Vince Hernandez (Dellec, Fathom: Kiani), Mark Roslan (Heroes, Brightest Day), J.T. Krul (Mindfield, Green Arrow), Joe Benitez (Soulfire, Lady Mechanika), David Schwartz (Fathom: Blue Descent, Meltdown), David Wohl (Executive Assistant: Iris, Witchblade), Micah Gunnell (Dellec, Shrugged), Alex Konat (Mindfield), Eric Battle (The Scourge), Beth Sotelo (Soulfire, Fathom), plus surprise guests.  Room 32AB 

12:00-1:00 Skyline— Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, and Rogue Pictures present a look at the sci-fi thriller Skyline, directed and produced by the brothers Colin and Greg Strause (Alien vs. Predator: Requiem), whose company Hydraulx has provided visual effects for Avatar, Iron Man 2, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and 300. With stars Donald Faison (Scrubs), Eric Balfour (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 24), David Zayas (The Expendables, Dexter), Scottie Thompson (Star Trek), and Brittany Daniel (Club Dread). Moderated by Drew McWeeney. Hall H 

12:30-1:30 Remembering Frank Frazetta and Al Williamson— The late legendary artists Frank Frazetta and Al Williamson are rememberd by friends and colleagues during this memorial panel. Moderated by Arnie Fenner (co-author/editor of the Frazetta books Icon, Legacy, and Testament, and director of Spectrum Fantastic Art) with writer/artist Mark Schultz (Xenozoic Tales, writer of Prince Valiant), artist/illustrator William Stout (Dinosaur Discoveries, Prehistoric Life Murals), and publisher J. David Spurlock, whose Vanguard Productions recently launched a number of Frazetta books, including a complete reprinting of Johnny Comet, the artist's syndicated daily comic strip from the mid-1950s. Room 3 

12:30-1:30 DC Focus: Grant Morrison— From Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne to Final Crisis, Arkham Asylum, All-Star Superman and JLA in the 90s. Morrison is one of comics writing giants. Hosted by DC's senior story editor Ian Sattler. Room 6DE 

12:30-1:30 Spotlight on the Immonens: Sex, Lies and Comic Books— Kathryn Immonen (Heralds) and Stuart Immonen (New Avengers) talk to John Siuntres (wordballoon.com) about working for Marvel, publishing with Top Shelf, and sleeping with your competition. Room 9 

12:45-1:45 Marvel Animation— A look at new seasons of The Super Hero Squad Show and Iron Man Armored Adventures as well as Marvel Knights, Marvel Anime, and other upcoming  projects. Room 6BCF 

12:45-1:45 The Big Bang Theory— A special screening and Q&A featuring the show's creators and stars. Big Bang cameo king Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: The Next Generation) a panel with executive producers Chuck Lorre (Two and a Half Men) and Bill Prady (Dharma & Greg), as well as series stars Johnny Galecki (Roseanne), Jim Parsons (Garden State), Kaley Cuoco (Charmed), Simon Helberg (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story), and Kunal Nayyar (NCIS). Ask 'em about Sheldon's Green Lantern shirt collection. Ask why there's no rock, paper, scissors lizard Spock tournament at Comic-Con. Ballroom 20 

1:00-2:00 Super— Writer/director James Gunn (Slither), stars Rainn Wilson (The Office), Liv Tyler (Lord of the Rings), Nathan Fillion (Firefly), and Michael Rooker (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer), and producers Ted Hope (Adventureland) and Miranda Bailey (The Squid and the Whale) reveal footage from a film about sad sack who  attempts to win his wife back from a glamorous drug dealer by teaming up with a psychopathic teen to become costumed crimefighters. Hall H 

1:30-2:30 Spotlight on Jerry Robinson— The legendary comics writer, artist, historian, curator and creator rights activist discusses his 70 years in the medium, including his Batman creation of the Joker and development of Robin, Alfred, Penguin, Scarecrow and Two-Face. Michael Uslan, executive producer of the Batman movies, comics historian, and author of the upcoming Archie Marries... interviews Robinson.   Room 9 

1:45-2:45 Batman: The Return— As DC's Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne cotinues, here's a look at some of what's to come from group editor Mike Marts, Paul Dini (Batman: Streets of Gotham), David Finch (Batman), Grant Morrison (Batman & Robin), Dustin Nguyen (Batman: Streets of Gotham), and others. Room 6DE

2:00-3:00 Star Wars Day: Inside the Force— Lucasfilm Animation artists Dave Filoni (supervising director), Joel Aron (CG supervisor), and Kilian Plunkett (lead designer), guided fans through how an episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars is made and also talk about the transitioning animation style from Season One to the upcoming Season Three. Room 7AB 

2:00-3:30 Comics Arts Conference Session #8: Where Are the Action Chicks?— Katrina Hill (ActionFlickChick.com), Jill Pantozzi (MTV Splash Page), Adrianne Curry (America's Next Top Model), Cindy Morgan (Tron), Luci Romberg (Zombieland), Jen Stuller (Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors), Gina Misiroglu (Encyclopedia of Women in Popular Culture), Marjorie Liu (Black Widow), and J. Michael Straczynski (Wonder Woman) discuss why comics, television, and movies do not depict more action heroines and look specifically at why movies starring traditional comic book superheroines are nearly nonexistent. Room 26AB 

2:15-3:15 The Cape: Sneak Peek and Panel Discussion— NBC's upcoming mystery man drama is previewed in a panel with the cast and creators including David Lyons (ER), Summer Glau (Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles), Dorian Missick (Six Degrees), James Frain (True Blood), Keith David (Gamer), Vinnie Jones (X-Men: Last Stand), Martin Klebba (Pirates of the Caribbean), composer Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica), creator/executive producer Thomas Wheeler (Empire), and showrunner/executive producer John Wirth (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles). A limited collector edition of The Cape comic book, with a cover by artist John Cassady (Astonishing X-Men), will be given away. Room 6A 

2:30-3:30 The Image Comics Show— Panelists include Marc Guggenheim (Resurrection, Web of Spider-Man), Joe Kelly (I Kill Giants), Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible), John Layman (Chew), Ben McCool (Choker, Memoir), and Nick Spencer (Existence, Morning Glories). Room 3 

3:00-4:00 Superman: Man of Tomorrow— With DC group editor Matt Idelson, with Paul Cornell (Action Comics), Shane Davis (Superman: Earth One), Sterling Gates (Supergirl), Jeff Lemire (Superboy), J. Michael Strazcynski (Superman: Earth One, Superman), and others. Find out what lies ahead for the Man of Steel. Room 6DE 

3:00-4:00 Star Wars Day: Star Wars Trivia Game Show— Members of the San Diego Star Wars Society, again host rounds of games, including the addition of one game round for kids 12 and under. Room 7AB 

3:00-3:45 The Joss Whedon Experience— Join the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse, and Firefly/Serenity, for the Q&A and yes, spoilers, they say.  Ballroom 20 

3:00-4:00 Spotlight on the Adams Family — Neal Adams changed comics illustrating Batman, Deadman, X-Men, Green Lantern/Green Arrow, Avengers and more.  Sons Jason, Joel, and Josh have followed in their dad's  footsteps to carve out careers in sculpture, animation, and comics. Room 25ABC 

4:00-6:00 Sony Pictures Entertainment: The Other Guys and The Green Hornet— Sneak peeks at the buddy copy movie The Other Guys starring Dwayne Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson and Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg.Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, and co-writer/director Adam McKay will be appearing. The Green Hornet is already creating a buzz with trailers in theaters.  The Hornet himself, Seth Rogen, will be on hand with director Michel Gondry, writer Evan Goldberg, producer Neal Moritz, and actor Christoph Waltz.

Hall H 

4:15-5:15 DC Nation Special Edition— DC co-publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee tease, hint and may even reveal a few things planned for the DC Comics Universe through this year and into 2011. Room 6DE 

4:45-5:45 Falling Skies— A first look at Steven Spielberg's new series due on TNT next summer, about a world where aliens have invaded Earth with few survivors. Noah Wyle (ER, TNT's The Librarian movies) and Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation) join co-executive producer and writer Mark Verheiden (Heroes, Battlestar Galactica). Room 6A 

5:00-6:00 Girls Gone Genre: Movies, TV, Comics, Web— Featuring Felicia Day (writer/producer, The Guild; actress, The Guild, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog), Kathryn Immonen (writer, Patsy Walker: Hellcat, Runaways, Heralds), Laeta Kalogridis (screenwriter/producer, Shutter Island, Ghost in the Shell, Avatar), Marti Noxon (screenwriter/producer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Mad Men), Melissa Rosenberg (screenwriter/producer, Dexter, The Twilight Saga), and Gail Simone (writer, Wonder Woman, Birds of Prey).Moderated by Io9's Annalee Newitz. Room 24ABC 

5:15-6:15 True Blood Panel and Q&A session— Talks on the more-than-a-cult show, with series stars Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer), creator/executive producer Alan Ball and more cast members. Moderated by Tim Stack of Entertainment Weekly. Ballroom 20 

5:30-6:30 Shout! Factory: Roger Corman: King of the Independents— Legendary director/producer Roger Corman with a panel that includes director Joe Dante (Piranha), Sid Haig (The Devil's Rejects), Mary Woronov (House of the Devil), and Allan Holzman (director, Forbidden World). Moderated by Alex Stapleton (director of King of the B's: The Independent Life of Roger Corman). Room 25ABC 

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5:45-6:45 Marvel: The Heroic Age: Avengers—  Editor-in-chief and CCO Joe Quesada, Marvel's talent liaison C. B. Cebulski, and creators Brian Michael Bendis,(Avengers), Matt Fraction (Invincible Iron Man), Jim McCann Hawkeye & Mockingbird), explain the themes, multi-Avengers teams and more surrounding the Heroic Age. Room 6BCF 

5:45-6:30 Branching Out: The National Comic Book Store Franchise— David Wheeler (Dragon's Lair, TX and WA) talks about his emerging national franchise of comic book stores along with two-store owner Carr D'Angelo (Earth-2 Comics, Sherman Oaks and Northridge, CA). Room 12 

6:00-7:00 BBC America's Being Human— Creator/writer Toby Whithouse and cast members Russell Tovey, Lenora Crichlow, Aidan Turner, and Sinead Keenan are on stage for a fan Q&A and exclusive inside peek at the new U.S. premiere season launching the same weekend as Comic-Con. Room 6A 

Nighttime Programs

7:30-8:30 Klingon Lifestyles: IKV Stranglehold—  Star Trek fun with honor. Q'plah!  Room 6A 

7:30-8:30 30 Days of Night: Dark Days— A sneak peak at the sequel to 30 Days of Night, based on the second book of the cult graphic novel series and due on Blu-ray and DVD this fall from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. With director/co-screenwriter Ben Ketai (Dusk to Dusk), graphic novel creator/co-writer Steve Niles, stars Keile Sanchez (Lost), Diora Baird (TCM: The Beginning), and Rhys Coiro (Entourage, upcoming Straw Dogs), and producer J. R. Young (Ghosthouse).  Room 7AB 

7:30-8:30 Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods— The upcoming feature-length documentary about one of comics leading writers for the past two decades. Moderated by FJ De Santo (producer, The Spirit), the panel features Patrick Meaney (director), Jordan Rennert (DP/producer), and a special guest!  Wonder who? Room 9 

8:00-9:00 Anthropology of Twilight Zone— Daryl G. Frazetti (anthropologist, Western Nevada College) and Curtis Webster (Spirit of Star Trek host) look at deeper meanings  and epiphanies found in the legendary Rod Serling series. 'A evening of intellectual discourse. Room 8 

8:00-10:00 World Premiere: Batman: Under the Red Hood—  This one will be packed with a long line to get in hours earlier, probably. Warner Home Video, Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment, and Warner Bros. Animation proudly present the World Premiere of Batman: Under the Red Hood, plus appearances by Executive producer Bruce Timm (DCU films), director Brandon Vietti (Superman: Doomsday), award-winning comics writer Judd Winick, casting/dialogue director Andrea Romano (DCU films) and members of the voice cast in postscreening panel. Plus, a tease of Superman/Batman: Apocalypse. A second encore screening will take place in the same room beginning at 10:15. Ballroom 20 

8:15-9:15 Marvel: Iron Man Anime— The world premiere of the full-length pilot episode of Iron Man! Also: a first look at upcoming designs produced by Japanese animation studio Madhouse. Room 6DE 

8:30-11:30 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards— The 22nd annual Eisner Awards, the "Oscars" of the comics industry, will be given out at a gala ceremony at the Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton Bayfront. This year's special theme is "Comics Fiesta." Indigo Ballroom, San Diego Hilton Bayfront 

8:45-10:45 Syfy Friday Night Screening: Eureka and Haven— The all-new Comic-Con weekend episodes of Eureka (guest-starring Wil Wheaton) and Haven, featuring a special introduction from Jaime Paglia (co-creator/executive producer/writer, Eureka). Room 6A