Event Programming
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Friday | September 25, 2026
HANNAH BATSEL
Traditional and Experimental Lino Printing |
10:30 AM - Activity Room Lab 002
Hannah Batsel will demonstrate traditional and experimental linocut printing. Participants can create a print to take home.
CHRIS BRUNNER
Comic Book Covers |
11:30 AM - Multipurpose Room
Chris Brunner will demonstrate his process for creating comic book covers. Follow along and draw your own covers as you watch him create.
COMICS JOURNAL and TRIVIA
12:30 PM - Activity Room Lab 002
Patrick Johnson, director of the Writing Center will premiere the Laker Con Comics Journal and host Comics Trivia.
SERENA GUERRA
Solarpunk in Comics |
2:30 PM - Multipurpose Room
Serena Guerra will discuss the solarpunk movement in comics. Comics can be the perfect springboard to showcase futures where humans learn to balance technology and nature with a more balanced and inclusive society.
KATIE COOK
What’s Your Story? |
3:30 PM - Activity Room, LAB 002
Come on over and draw with Katie Cook as she helps you tell a story through words and pictures. All ages are encouraged to spill their guts and spill some ink. Bring your art supplies if you have them (some supplies will be available)!
CHRISTOPHER MOELLER, CARA McGEE, JOHN VAN FLEET,* MARK SMYLIE*
PANEL DISCUSSION
* Virtual Guest
Telling Stories through Traditional Media |
5:00 PM - Multipurpose Room
This panel of comics artists will talk about telling sequential stories through the medium of paint and other traditional media. They will show work and discuss how to create a unique voice and stand out using pencil, ink or paint.
Saturday | September 26, 2026
KATIE COOK, SERENA GUERRA, COMFORT + ADAM, MARK SMYLIE*
PANEL DISCUSSION
* Virtual Guest
Building Worlds in Comics |
10:00 AM - Multipurpose Room
This panel of comics creators will talk about building worlds using comics as their springboard. They will talk about the freedom of creating their own intellectual properties in a world of cinematic universes.
COMFORT and ADAM
Draw Anything! |
11:00 AM - Multipurpose Room
Bring your love for superheroes, storytelling and live drawing as Comfort and Adam turn concepts into reality.
SIGIL, ILLUSTRATION CLUB
The Exquisite Corpse |
12:00 PM - Activity Room, LAB 002
A drawing method first used by surrealist artists, join SIGIL in creating collaborative, bizarre and fun drawings.
ZINE WORKSHOP
How to Make a Zine |
1:00 PM - Activity Room 002
Abby Haywood (BFA, VMA/Illustration, 2023) will demonstrate "How to Make a Zine." Participants may create zines about things that are loved or stories that are interesting to display at the Zinetopia table.
CHRISTOPHER MOELLER
Painting Demonstration |
2:00 PM - Activity Room, LAB 002
Christopher Moeller will demonstrate painting techniques used in his illustration career with Magic the Gathering and comics career with DC and Dark Horse through painting characters.
HANNAH BATSEL
Designing Moveable Art Books |
3:30 PM - Activity Room, LAB 002
In this hands-on exploration of artist books and paper engineering, Hannah Batsel will lead participants to manipulate and explore moveable books. Participants will then learn how paper mechanics are designed by constructing their own moving eyeball model.
CHRIS BRUNNER, CARA McGEE, CHRISTOPHER MOELLER, BRAD WALKER*
PANEL DISCUSSION
* Virtual Guest
Swimming in Mainstream Comics |
5:00 PM - Multipurpose Room
This panel of comics creators will discuss working for the large publishers including DC, Marvel, Dark Horse and Scholastic Books. They will illuminate the behind the scenes pressures to bring stories to the mass market.
Sunday | September 27, 2026
HANNAH BATSEL, CHRISTOPHER MOELLER, JOHN VAN FLEET*
PANEL DISCUSSION
* Virtual Guest
Telling Other Stories inspired by Comics |
10:00 AM - Multipurpose Room
This panel of creators inspired by comics will discuss how alternative stories can be told in books, zines, games, animation and more.
SERENA GUERRA
Drawing Aliens |
11:30 AM - Activity Room, LAB 002
Brainstorming unique planetary enviornments, Serena Guerra will explore evolutionary possibilities, cultural developments and key events to develop and draw creatures in a world of your own creation. Artists are encouraged to draw along or develop their own ideas.
CHRIS BRUNNER
Mapping a Comics Page |
12:30 PM - Multipurpose Room
Chris Brunner will demonstrate how comics layouts and thumbnails can turn into final comics pages.
KATIE COOK
Your Voice on the Web |
1:30 PM - Multipurpose Room
Join Katie Cook as she talks about her journey in webcomics, licensed books and more: find out more about a profession that constantly challenges and surprises as Katie discusses being a professional creative online.
COSPLAY
Costume Contest |
2:30 PM - The Atrium Main Floor
The GRAND FINALE! Time to test out your costumes in plenty of time for Halloween! Prizes with glory given in the following categories:
- Best Closet/Crafter
- Best Group
- Judges Choices
- Best in Show