Here comes
Met@Morph , the first annual Web Comics Comic-Con
and Conference held exclusively in Second Life!
The Comic Book Bin, along with The Center for EduPunx and
the Institute for Comics Studies , invites you to attend the inworld gathering on
Friday October 3,
2008 at
Front Range in Second Life.
The schedule features an international roster of
web comics creators, Second Life comics creators, scholars, teachers, students,
and designers.
If you have questions, please
email Beth Davies-Stofka, beth@comicbookbin.com , or IM Michigan Paule inworld.
Met@Morph!
The exclusively inworld gathering of
creators, scholars, students and fans happens on Friday, October 3.
All times are Pacific time.
8:00 – 9:00
Welcome
Hervé St.-Louis, Owner and Publisher, The Comic Book Bin
Make Like An Action
Figure!
Hosted by
Sabine Reljic of the Social
Presence
Center with Friends from the Center for EduPunx
Location: The Grassy Knoll (look for the pirate flags)
9:00 – 10:00
Panel One: Web Comics
Marking Transition – the work of Neal von Flue
Hanli Geyser ,
University
of Witwatersrand ,
South Africa
Web comic as engaging tool.
The best of this: it wasn't an activity
Ruth
Martinez ,
Madrid ,
Spain
Location: the Floating Auditorium
10:15 – 11:15
Roundtable One: Giving
Them Their Props: What Needs to be in a Survey of Comics Class
Facilitator: José Garcia-Paine,
Front Range
Community
College
Discussant: David Accampo
Discussant: Leonard Rifas, Seattle Central Community College
Location: Center for Pirate Acccounting
11:15 – 11:45
Social Time
Conversation, and Nudging and Bumping, and Dancing if you
like!
Make Like An Action
Figure!
Hosted by Sabine Reljic of the
Social
Presence
Center with Friends from the Center for EduPunx
11:45 – 12:45
Panel Two:
Scholarship on Comics
Freedom within Boundaries: The Theory and Practice of
Constraint in Comics
Derik Badman ,
Temple
University
How Comics Mean: A Look at How We Understand the Medium
Robert N. O'Nale, Jr.,
Henderson
State
University
Alan Moore – cartoonist
Andrew Edwards, Sequart and
Wrexham,
Wales ,
UK
Location: Floating Auditorium
1:00 – 1:30
Quick Web 2.0 Comics
Creators
Kate Hagerty, The Center for EduPunx
Location: Floating Auditorium
1:30 – 2:00
Roundtable Two:
College Comics Clubs in the Meatspace and in the Metaverse: Advice for Faculty Advisors
Facilitator: Lauren Nagle, President of the
Front Range
Community College Comic Book Club
Discussant 1: Que Jinn, Centre for EduPunx
Discussant 2: Beth Davies-Stofka, The Comic Book Bin
Location: Floating Auditorium
2:00 – 3:30
Creators' Commons
Host: Christopher Moshier, Writer and Editor, The Comic Book Bin
Creators:
Botgirl Questi , Second Life Comics Creator
Anthony Fontana , Machinima and Mash-up Creator
Tim Volpe , Web Comics Creator
Mireille Massue,
A short introduction to the use of
comics in communication and training
3:30 – 3:45
Closing Comments
Pete Coogan, Institute for Comics Studies
