WonderCon 2025: Full Schedule

10:00am PDT

Beginner's Guide to Content Creation Brand Management

Sunday March 30, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am PDT

Creating content for the pop culture space is an uplifting and worthwhile experience, but how a creator comes off as a personality and a representative of their content can vary wildly. How can a person’s content encourage good or bad content interactions? Alix Catherine (host, The Welcome Party), Samantha K. Tan (film writer, producer), Andrew Alandy (content creator, video game personality; Duralath), Cynthia Marie (TTRPG performer and lifestyle/mental health advocate), Patrick Ballesteros (freelance artist, educator), and JPG (pop culture educator, consultant; InterMyth) discuss how you can build a personal brand, inject that brand into what you’re making, and create and foster a like-minded community.

Sunday March 30, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Room 300A

U: Updated, BIPOC, Education, Fandom, Historical, LGBTQIA+, Seminars & Workshops | 1: Programs, BIPOC, Education, Fandom, Historical, LGBTQIA+, Seminars & Workshops

1:30pm PDT

Publishing on Your Terms for Your Benefit

Sunday March 30, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm 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 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT
Room 300C