Every year we feature a slate of talks about geek culture by professionals as well as SU staff and students.
We’re ready to start announcing our speakers, which we’ll add over the next couple weeks, starting with…
Ryan Dunlavey and Fred Van Lente! They both went to Syracuse University and have now worked as creative partners in making comics for many years. They will be tabling and will also appear together on a panel.
Ryan Dunlavey is a freelance illustrator and comic book artist of Action Philosophers, Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., The Illustrated Weird Al and many more comics and graphic novels. He is an alumni of Syracuse University’s School of Visual Arts (BFA Illustration, ‘93).
Fred Van Lente is the six-time New York Times bestselling writer of such comics as Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel Zombies, Archer and Armstrong, The Future Is ****** and numerous humorous non-fiction comics with artist Ryan Dunlavey, like Action Philosophers and The Comic Book History of Comics. His book Gamemasters: The Comic Book History of Roleplaying Games with artist Tom Fowler recently released to great acclaim. His original graphic novel Cowboys & Aliens was made into the film with Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford.
We’re thrilled to have both of them here together,
We’ll announce more speakers and panels shortly!
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Past speakers have included A. Andrews (A Quick and Easy Guide to Sex & Disability), Alexandre Tefenkgi (The Good Asian), Atagun Ilhan (Poison Ivy), Ben Marra (Jesusfreak), C. Spike Trotman (Iron Circus Comics), Dani Pendergast (Demon in the Wood), Jeff Trexler (Comic Book Legal Defense Fund), JoAnn Purcell (Comics, Caregiving, and Crip Time), Mady G (A Quick and Easy Guide to Queer and Trans Identities), MariNaomi (Turning Japanese and multiple comics databases), Marcos Chin (Kama Sutra), Marella Moon Albanese (Gorillaz art book), Marie Enger (Death to the Wizard Kings!), Maya McKibbin (The Song That Called Them Home), Natalie Riess (Power Within), Noah Fischer (Occupy Museums), Tyler Boss (What’s the Furthest Place from Here?), and Valentine De Landro (Silver Surfer: Ghost Light).
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