LibraryCon Live! 2018 Schedule of Events

Schedule-of-Events 10:00 AM | Booths Open 11:00–11:30 AM | Opening Keynote Victor LaValle, Destroyer (BOOM! Studios) 11:30 AM–12:15 PM | Panel 1: Women Creators Karen Berger, Editor, Berger Books (Dark Horse) Gwenda Bond, Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds (Del Rey) Amy Chu, Summit (Lion Forge) Dana Simpson, Phoebe and Her Unicorn (Andrews McMeel) Moderated by: Sam Maggs, Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History; Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy; Editor, The Mary Sue (Quirk Books) 12:15–12:30 PM | Break 12:30–1:00 PM | Lunch Keynote Mariko Tamaki, Supergirl: Being Super (DC Comics) Lumberjanes (Abrams) 1:00–1:45 PM | Panel 2: Hosting Your Own Comic Con-style Library Event Rachel Gagnon, Teen Services Librarian, Haverhill Public Library (MA) Justin Kontonicolaou, YA Servies Supervisor, Ridgewood Public Library (NJ) Justin Portelli, Supervising Library Assistant/Technology Supervisor, Fair Lawn Public Library (NJ) Moderated by: Brian Hibbs, Store Owner, Comix Experience (Lion Forge)

1:45–2:30 PM | Panel 3: Children's and YA Graphic Novelists Greg Neri, Grand Theft Horse (Lee & Low) Tui Sutherland, Wings of Fire (Scholastic) Mark Tatulli, Short & Skinny (Little, Brown) Chad Sell, Cardboard Kingdom (Random House) Moderated by: Mahnaz Dar, Reference and Professional Reading Editor, Library Journal & School Library Journal 2:30–2:45 PM | Break 2:45–3:30 PM | Panel 4: Fan Faves Jo Whittemore, Supergirl: Age of Atlantis (Abrams) Jeremy Whitley, Princeless (Diamond) F.C. Yee, The Rise of Kyoshi (Abrams) 3:30–4:00 PM | Closing Keynote Margie Stohl, The Life of Captain Marvel, (Marvel)