Zub Tales

It’s the end of the summer and that means it’s time for Fan Expo, Canada’s largest comic and pop culture convention. As always, I’ll be there, signing and sketching up a storm.

Stacy and I will be set up at TABLE P-2. Bring your books by to get signed or browse the selection we’ll have available. If you’re here in Toronto I hope to see you there!

In addition to being at my table, I’ll be on a few panels this weekend as well:

FRIDAY AUGUST 31
4pm ROOM 701A – Writing For Comics Roundtable
So you want to be a comic book writer? Or maybe you’re just interested in what makes them tic. We’ve gathered some of the best writers in the comic book industries with some of the most different perspectives we could find and brought them together to talk about their process and how they write comics!

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 1
2pm ROOM 715B – You Down With OPP? Working With Licences and IP.
Licensed board games have always been sort of a mixed bag – the games were typically not great, hoping to cash in on sales from the intellectual property alone. With today’s discerning fandoms, that is no longer the truth. Meet some of the industry pros who are working with many of the best properties available to create games worth playing for fans of the license and gaming alike!

4pm ROOM 714B Creator Resource: A Conversation Around Creator’s Rights
Creator rights has long been one of the most contentious issues in comics, and earlier this year a team of creators came together to try and encourage more transparent conversations about rights, ownership and payment in comics. This panel will focus on what the aims of Creator Resource are, what upcoming creators should look for in a comic book contract, and what we can all do to make comics a fairer industry for us all to work in.

5pm ROOM 716B – MARVEL COMICS: THE NEXT BIG THING
Talent Scout extraordinaire Rickey Purdin joins some of the biggest names at Marvel for an exciting discussion about the future of your favorite series. Featuring Ed McGuinness (Avengers), Humberto Ramos (Amazing Spider-Man), Matt Rosenberg (Uncanny X-Men), Nick Spencer (Amazing Spider-Man), and Jim Zub (Champions), this is a panel you can’t afford to miss! Massive shake-ups on the horizon for our heroes: The X-Men – Disassembled! Spider-Man and Black Cat – Together again! The Champions – Marooned on Weirdworld! And The Avengers – Earth’s most hated heroes?!

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 2
2pm ROOM 705 – Meet the Casts of the Danger Dice Gang & The End of Time and Other Bothers
Meet the creators behind some of your favourite AP podcasts. How did they get started? What do they have next?