WonderCon is less than three weeks away. For those of you who find the Comic-Con in San Diego too overwhelming, this one may be just right. And for those of you who can't wait for Comic-Con, WonderCon can be a nice way to tide you over 'til then. Run by the same expert crew, it's a smaller convention…though still bigger than most. I've been to many in San Francisco and always enjoyed myself. This year, it's in a new venue in Anaheim, a hoot and a holler from the Magic Kingdom so it'll be different…but I see no reason to expect it'll be any less enjoyable. Details can he had here.
But the details you really want are in the Programming Schedule, which has just been posted online. I'll be helming a Sergio-less Quick Draw! on Friday and a Cartoon Voices panel on Saturday afternoon. Also, earlier on Saturday, I'll be interviewing Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, who were easily the most important people to create and produce animation for Saturday morning and who weren't named Hanna or Barbera. More on Joe and Ken in another posting to come.
On Sunday, I'll be emceeing a panel on four legendary greats of the comic book field — Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Jerry Robinson and Will Eisner. And I'll be hosting another Art of the Cover discussion with five of today's most skilled creators of comic book covers. I'll tell you more about all these events in the next few days. I do suggest that if you're thinking of attending that you check out the schedule and jot down what you want to see and when it is. You will note that the two events you most want to attend are scheduled opposite each other but that's how it always is.