Informed Art - Comic-Con Revealed

Besides covering the mega-event. AWN staff will be featured on panels at Comic-Con. Come stop by and see what we have to say.

State of the Animation Industry
Saturday from 2:00-3:00 pm
Room 8
Industry experts assess the year in animation and take a look at the future. Panelists include Tim Johnson (co-director, Over the Hedge), Bill Plympton (independent animator extraordinaire), Sarah Baisley (editor, Animation World Network), Aki Umemoto (creative director, Mattel for 25 years and currently creative director of Base Station), Stephen Chiodo (Chiodo Bros. Studio), Aubry Mantz (formerly of ILM, chair of animation at Laguna College of Art & Design), and Kent Braun (DigiCel animation software).

The Animation Production Process
Saturday from 6:30-7:30 pm
Room 3
What goes into bringing an animated script to screen? Producers Stephanie Graziano (X-Men: The Animated Series), Tad Stones (Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms), and Greg Weisman (Spectacular Spider-Man) take you behind the scenes and into the trenches. Moderated by Shannon Muir, project management coordinator at Animation World Network.