Blackstone Publishing's new anthology, Combat Monsters: Untold Tales of World War II, offers great examples of combining fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and alternative history. New York Times bestsellers Peter Clines (The Broken Room), Jonathan Maberry (Joe Ledger series), and Scott Sigler (SLAY), plus Jeff Edwards (The Damocles Agenda) and moderator Henry Herz (The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie) discuss how to write blended genre stories.
Sunday March 30, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am PDT
Room 300C
Brad Elliott (Obi-Wan Kenobi,Rebel Moon) and Andy Siegel (Red One, Star Trek: Beyond) discuss tools, methodology, and tips for creating and building iconic and functional film props. Q&A session moderated by Olivia Dom (associate member of the Property Master's Guild).
Sunday March 30, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Room 300C
Brian Volk-Weiss (The Toys That Made Us) and The Nacelle Company (The Toys That Made Us, Biker Mice from Mars) discuss their new officially licensed action figures for Star Trek. Fans in attendance will get exclusive sneak peeks at future waves of Star Trek toys coming from Nacelle and learn how wave one of Nacelle’s highly anticipated action figure line went from idea to reality. These are Star Trek toys made by passionate Star Trek fans!
Nicholas Meyer’s Sherlock Holmes novel The Seven-Per-Cent Solution was a New York Times bestseller for 40 weeks and won the British Gold Dagger award for crime fiction. His screenplay for the film was nominated for an Academy Award. Six other Sherlock Holmes novels followed. Meyer... Read More →
Sunday March 30, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm PDT
Room 300C
As contracts become more stringent in story/character control and as corporations are bought by larger and larger entities, modern comic book creators are constantly looking for ways to build a fanbase while keeping their narrative integrity intact. When a story is close to your heart, how can you ensure the indie and/or self-publishing routes benefit both your creativity and the consumer at the same time? Arthur N. Ebuen (writer/producer/director, Studio 12-7), Justin Giampaoli (writer/editor/critic, Thirteen Minutes), Barbra Dillon (editor-in-chief, Fanbase Press), Dave Law (artist, Art of Dave Law), Jessica Maison (writer/director/publisher, Wicked Tree Press), and Marcus McNeal (editor-in-chief, Odyssey Comics) discuss the many hats you need to wear as an independent creator, how small press is being recognized by the industry as a whole, and what practical tips and strategies new creators need to see their important ideas printed on the page.
Sunday March 30, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm PDT
Room 300C
Award-winning science fiction authors, visionary science futurists, renowned screenwriters, and Oscar-winning visual effects artists come together to explore the exciting process of creating alien civilizations for storytelling. Dive into the imaginative design of alien species, futuristic starships, and intricate societies, as they reveal the creative challenges and innovative approaches that bring these otherworldly concepts to life on screen and in novels. Featuring Larry Niven (Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars), David Brin (The Uplift War, Existence), Jimmy Diggs (Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: DS9), Andre Bormanis (Star Trek, The Orville), and Doug Drexler (Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica). Moderated by Mark O’Bannon (Imperium, Whiskers).
Sunday March 30, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
Room 300C
David Neuhausel (trading card collector, Sci-Fi Coalition member), Shawn Mullen (founder of Sci-Fi Coalition fan club), and William O'Neill (Star Wars sketch card artist) address where to start collecting, who to trade with, how to avoid pitfalls, and other dynamics of card collecting. Topics include vintage sets, chase cards, autographs, sketches, and promotional cards. And of course, they'll not leave out the infamous X-rated C3PO trading card.
Sunday March 30, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm PDT
Room 300C
