Next Saturday, July 11th, I’m hitting the first-ever Asian American ComiCon, at the new Museum of Chinese in America!
With tickets limited to 250, AACC will be a small event, but that’s by design, and the organizers look to make the most of the intimacy.
To quote from the official Asian American ComiCon site:
Unlike most comic cons, AACC is designed as a full-day experience, giving you the chance to listen to, learn from and engage with top creators in both casual and structured settings. In fact, you might want to think of the “Con” in Asian American ComiCon as representing not “convention,” but “conference”–or even “conversation.”
Sounds good to me, since my main thing at cons is just meeting people (fans or creators) anyway.
Speaking of which, I got to meet a few AACC guests and organizers at last month’s Secret Identities signing at Midtown Comics. They were all very cool, funny and talented. The Secret Identities anthology itself was good — like any anthology it had its hits & misses — but despite my appreciation of it, I kept finding myself wishing it wasn’t limited to the superhero genre. So it was almost like somebody had read my mind when they mentioned AACC, an event where the community would be able to express its full creativity.
Here are a few AACC panels which I’m looking forward to checking out:
–NERDPOP: The rise of the nerds, and why geek chic is changing the game
–EVERY COMIC IS ASIAN AMERICAN: An all-star lineup of novelists and poets reimagine their favorite comic book characters as Asian American
–POP GOES EAST: How the Asianification of American pop culture has reshaped the graphic novel
–SIMILAR DIFFERENCES: A one-on-one interview with alt-comics wunderkind DEREK KIRK KIM
–ASIANS IN BOXES–FROM CHOP-CHOP TO SILVER SAMURAI: A guided tour with science fiction legend William F. Wu, as he shares samples from his collection of thousands of comics depicting Asian images…good,
bad, and definitely ugly
For complete event info, visit www.aacomicon.com
Special Discount for PCS Readers!
If any of that sounds cool to you — and it should! — then you’ll be happy to know PCS has the hookup! Just call Beatrice Chen at MoCA @ 212.619.4785 x104 before July 4th — that’s this Saturday! — and give the discount code “PCSNY”.
VIP Pass*: $10 off — $65!
Adults: $5 off — $20!
*includes signed graphic novel, original sketch, preferred seating, VIP reception
For more details visit: http://www.secretidentities.org/aacc/AACCPCS.html
Confirmed Special Guests include:
*Larry Hama (writer, GI JOE)
*Bernard Chang (artist, WONDER WOMAN)
*Cliff Chiang (artist, GREEN ARROW)
*Derek Kirk Kim (artist, THE ETERNAL SMILE)
*Greg Pak (writer, INCREDIBLE HULK)
*Khoi Pham (artist, MIGHTY AVENGERS)
*Sean Chen (artist, IRON MAN)
*Christina Strain (colorist, RUNAWAYS)
*Fred Chao (writer/artist, JOHNNY HIRO)
*Christine Norrie (artist, BREAKING UP)
*Tak Toyoshima (writer/artist, SECRET ASIAN MAN)
*Misako Rocks! (writer/artist, BIKER GIRL)
*Kuo-Yu Liang (VP Sales & Marketing, DIAMOND BOOK DISTRIBUTORS)
*Sharad Devarajan (CEO, LIQUID COMICS)
*William F. Wu (writer, HONG ON THE RANGE)
*The Editors of Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology (www.secretidentities.org)
General Show Info
WHEN: Saturday, July 11, 2009, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(Invitation-only VIP reception begins at 6 p.m.)
WHERE: The new Museum of Chinese in America
215 Centre Street in Lower Manhattan
PRICE:
VIP Pass*: $10 off — $65!
Adults: $5 off — $20!
Student (age 11 to 18), Senior (65 and over), MOCA or AAWW Member: $15
Child (age 10 and under): Free with Adult
*includes signed graphic novel, original sketch, preferred seating, VIP reception
REGISTER ONLINE HERE (DISCOUNT CODES DO NOT APPLY):
http://www.nycharities.org/beta/EventLevels.aspx?ETID=146
FOR UPDATED NEWS AND MORE INFO: www.aacomicon.com
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