Bent-Con: Full Schedule

Bent-Con is a 501(c)3, non-profit organization created in 2010 and is committed to recognizing, celebrating, encouraging and appreciating LGBTQ and our (UnGay) Allies contributions to pop-culture and geekdom. Specifically, comic-books, gaming, sci-fi, fantasy and horror mediums from artists, writers, creators, publishers, directors, actors and producers that create works targeted directly to LGBTQ audiences and the larger realm of mainstream and underground pop-culture as a whole.

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5:00pm PST

WESLEY EURE - From LAND OF THE LOST to DRAGON TALES

Join Wesley Eure, star of LAND OF THE LOST (Will Marshall) and co-creator of PBS’ DRAGON TALES, for a fascinating discussion and Q&A. Wesley was also the star of DAYS OF OUR LIVES (Michael Horton), the author of five books, and the host of Nickelodeon's #1 game show,FINDERS KEEPERS. Wesley’s movie Geography Club about a high school gay/straight alliance won top honors at Outfest! Wesley will talk about his days as a teen idol on the cover of 16 MAGAZINE and TIGER BEAT! Plus the challenges of being a being a closeted actor on network television!

Wesley will also be joined by a Surprised Guest!

Moderators

Wesley Eure

Wesley Eure has an extensive background as an author, television writer, producer, performer, charity fundraiser, lecturer, plus a stage and television director.Wesley is a veteran television star of two major network series, DAYS OF OUR LIVES (Michael Horton) and LAND OF THE LOST... Read More →

Friday November 7, 2014 5:00pm - 6:00pm PST
Panel Rm - Cybertron

Q&A, Acting, All-Ages

5:30pm PST

David Holly Reads

Author David Holly discusses and reads from his works. You can then catch him on the panel "The Individual Versus Society in GLBTQ Fiction"

Guests

David Holly

Author & Writer

Friday November 7, 2014 5:30pm - 5:45pm PST
Bent-Con Stage

Q&A, Reading

6:00pm PST

The End Is Here: Meet and Greet with author E. Robert Dunn

A discussion about how science fiction and its inclusion as well as exclusion of GLBT characters both past and present, with a projection toward the future. Focussing on the book series "Echelon's End" by E. Robert Dunn this promisses to be a lively and fun discussion .

Guests

Eston Robert Dunn

Founder/Board President, WatchOutWeb Charities, Inc.

Born in the Midwest, raised in the Northeast, E. Robert Dunn began writing at the age of 14 and continued through his higher education in the Southeast where he currently resides. In addition to penning the science fiction series “Echelon’s End”, E. Robert has also written two... Read More →

Friday November 7, 2014 6:00pm - 7:00pm PST
Panel Rm - Zebes

Q&A, Reading

7:00pm PST

Warky UnPlucked!

Come see Warky Unplucked in this meet and greet, question and answer panel.

Guests

Steve Warky

As a Voice Actor, Steve broke into voice acting first for an Anime Abridged Series of CardCaptor Sakura, and then for video games in Nexon’s “Dungeon Fighter Online”. After this, he has starred in many indie video games such as “Return of the Guitar Lord” and “Abandoned... Read More →

Friday November 7, 2014 7:00pm - 8:00pm PST
Panel Rm - Eternia

Q&A, Reading

8:30pm PST

Inkslingers Reads

Inkslingers is a collective of best selling authors writing queer fiction and gay romance in sub genres that span the spectrum to include Mystery/Suspense, Contemporary, Fantasy, SciFi, Paranormal, and YA fiction. Inkslinger members will also be on various panels, so check them out!

Exhibitors

Inkslingers

Inkslingers is a collective for west coast writers, supporting individual members in their work, selling books directly to the public, and developing a dialogue to encourage and support authors as they craft primarily queer fiction and romance through meetings, conference panels... Read More →

Friday November 7, 2014 8:30pm - 8:45pm PST
Bent-Con Stage

Q&A, Reading

Tags Inkslingers

12:30pm PST

David Holly Reads

Author David Holly discusses and reads from his works. You can then catch him on the panel "Mixing Genres"

Guests

David Holly

Author & Writer

Saturday November 8, 2014 12:30pm - 1:00pm PST
Bent-Con Stage

Q&A, Reading

2:15pm PST

Inkslingers Reads

Exhibitors

Inkslingers

Saturday November 8, 2014 2:15pm - 2:30pm PST
Bent-Con Stage

Q&A, Reading

Tags Inkslingers

3:00pm PST

Jim Cartwright Reads!

Las Vegas Bandits will be on stage to discuss and read some of the works available at their boothl

Moderators

Jim Cartwright

Author of the popular Las Vegas Bandits series of novels.

Saturday November 8, 2014 3:00pm - 3:15pm PST
Bent-Con Stage

Q&A, Reading

4:30pm PST

Inkslingers Reads

Exhibitors

Inkslingers

Saturday November 8, 2014 4:30pm - 5:00pm PST
Bent-Con Stage

Q&A, Reading

Tags Inkslingers

5:00pm PST

Con-Salon: Conner Habib and Phil Jimenez

A salon style conversation between Conner Habib (Author, The Sex Book; Adult Film Actor) and Phil Jimenez (Comic Book Writer, DC & Marvel). Join us for an un-moderated, free-for-all conversation between these two pop culture stalwarts. Pull up a chair, grab a bean bag, listen in, ask questions, and let the fun begin!

Guests

Conner Habib

Conner Habib is an author, porn star, and activist. His writing has appeared in Vice, The Stranger, The Advocate, Salon, and more; and his investigation of sex and culture, The Sex Book, will be released in 2015. For two years he hosted his own web show, Ask the Sexpert, on Logo... Read More →

Phil Jimenez

Phil Jimenez is an Wizard, Diamond, and Inkpot Award-winning writer and artist who has worked for DC Entertainment and Marvel Comics for the past two decades. Best known for his work on New-X-Men, Astonishing X-Men, Wonder Woman, The Invisibles, Infinite Crisis, Otherworld, the Amazing... Read More →

Saturday November 8, 2014 5:00pm - 6:00pm PST
Bent-Con Art Gallery

Q&A, Reading

8:00pm PST

From Script to Screen

Having problems getting your short film concept onto the screen? From writing the script to organizing the production to shooting the project to editing the film, we'll take you through the process and talk about how to avoid problems and pitfalls along the way.

Moderators

W. H. Bourne

W. H. Bourne: White Hawk is best known for her work on White Wolf's best selling RPG Vampire the Masquerade companion book Guide to the Sabbat. In addition to being a screenwriter and journalist with works published in Creative Screenwriting, Videomaker, Vizworld.com, and Louisiana... Read More →

Guests

Weland Bourne

Wéland Bourne: Wéland is a a producer, VFX, animator, and motion graphics artist. He was part of the award winning team for the short film I Need a Hero. His company Gnome World Productions produces VFX and Titles work for commercials and feature film.

PJ Gaynard

PJ Gaynard: PJ is a an award winning director and DP who currently has two short films on the festival circuit. His production company Got Fudge Films also produces commercial work.

Odin Lindblom

Odin Lindblom: Odin is a a producer, editor, and DP whose last award winning short film I Need a Hero screened at more than 40 festivals including international play. His production company The Mothership also produces commercial work.

Jeffrey Reddick

Jeffrey Reddick: Jeffrey is best known for creating the Final Destination franchise. He has written for television and feature films including George Romero's Day of the Dead, Dante's Cove, and Return to the Cabin by the Lake.

Saturday November 8, 2014 8:00pm - 9:30pm PST
Panel Rm - Cybertron

How-To, How-To, Writing | Q&A, How-To, Writing

12:00pm PST

She Makes Comics: A Documentary Celebration of Women in Comics

Did you know that women have been writing and drawing comics professionally since the early 1900s? Or that women made up over half of comic book readers in the 1950s? It's true: women have always been a part of comics, and it's time to shine a light on their contributions.

Join the filmmakers behind such comics documentaries as Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods and The Image Revolution as they talk about their latest project, She Makes Comics, a film telling the storied history of women in comics. They will screen footage from the film and talk with special guests Wendy Pini (Elfquest) and Alan Kistler (comics historian) about the state of women in comics today. This is your chance to check out the documentary everyone will be talking about and join the celebration of women in comics.

Moderators

Patrick Meaney

Sequart Research & Literacy Organization

(Producer) is a filmmaker and co-founder of Respect! Films, a production company that has produced several documentaries about the world of comics in partnership with Sequart Literacy & Research Organization. His previous films include Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods, Warren... Read More →

Guests

Alan Kistler

Wendy Pini

Creator of Elf Quest, the first continuing fantasy American graphic novel series to be co-created, written and illustrated by a woman. Also creator of Masque of the Red Death, based on Edgar Allen Poe’s work of the same name... Read More →

Jordan Rennert

Jordan Rennert (Director of Photography / Producer) is co-founder of Respect! Films with Patrick Meaney and serves as director of photography on the company’s projects. He has worked on Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods, Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts, and most recently The... Read More →

Marisa Stotter

(Director / Producer) is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles. A recent graduate of Wesleyan University, she has worked on several short films and is now producing her first full-length feature. She Makes Comics is a passion project borne out of her love of comics and a desire to see... Read More →

Exhibitors

She Makes Comics

She Makes Comics is the first documentary film to tell the untold story of women in comics, as creators and fans alike. Directed by Marisa Stotter and produced by Sequart and Respect Films (Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods, Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts), She Makes Comics traces the history of... Read More →

Sunday November 9, 2014 12:00pm - 1:00pm PST
Panel Rm - New Earth

Q&A, Diversity, Documentary

2:00pm PST

Ghoul, Please! A Celebration of Horror Hags and the Homos who love them.

Whether it is Joan Crawford hacking off her cheating husband’s head in William Castle’s Strait Jacket or Geraldine Page planting more than trees in the yard in What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?, horror has embraced the maniacal matriarch. Beginning with Robert Aldrich’s What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, the “Horror Hag” has become a sub genre all its own thanks to recognizable stars and outlandish plots, that are always as fun as they are scary. Join film scholars David Del Valle and Derek Botelho as they discuss the “Horror Hag” phenomenon and why they are more than just campy fun!

Guests

Derek Bothello

David Delvalle

Sunday November 9, 2014 2:00pm - 3:00pm PST
Panel Rm - Cybertron

Q&A, Reading

5:00pm PST

The Dinner Party Show! With Featured Guest Anne Rice

Award- winning author and New York Times Best Selling novelist Christopher Rice and critically acclaimed novelist Eric Shaw Quinn host The Dinner Party Show. In an hour that is sure to be full of humor, sexiness, and even (perhaps?) a spoiler. With our Bent-Con attendies as their audience, the fantastic duo will presentation of The Dinner Party Show with special guest Anne Rice on the eve of her new book launch.

Moderators

Eric Shaw Quinn

Author of the critically acclaimed novel Say Uncle. He also wrote the novels Never Tear Us Apart and Always Have Always Will, detailing the early lives of characters from the hit TV series, Queer As Folk.

Christopher Rice

Award-winning writer and New York Times Best Selling novelist of such books as A Density of Souls, The Moonlit Earth, and The Heavens Rise.

Guests

Anne Rice

Best-selling author of gothic fiction, religious themed literature, and erotica, couldn’t be more welcomed at Bent-Con. Best known for The Vampire Chronicles.

Sunday November 9, 2014 5:00pm - 6:00pm PST
Panel Rm - Cybertron

Q&A, Reading

6:00pm PST

Making Bent-Con Yours

Please join Bent-Con President Sean Z. Maker, Vice President Jody Wheeler, Operations Manager Bellz Jordan, and Programming Manager Michelle Lagos for a hour of talk back. Tell us how we can make BentCon better.

Guests

Michelle Lagos (Gisela)

Director of Programming and Talent Relations, Bent-con

Michelle Lagos is the Director of Programming and Talent Relations at Bent-Con.She came to Bent-Con with years of experience in project management and conference programming.As a queer identified woman and a nerd she’s taken special interest in Bent-Con and has worked to create... Read More →

Bellz Jordan

Director of Operations, Bent-con

Bellz has been going to science fiction and fantasy conventions since 1984,. Experiencing every type of con from small, intimate, hotel conventions to mega events such as Comic Con and World Con.Bellz also helped formThe Diva’s, a group of people whose specialty is hospitality... Read More →

Jody Wheeler

Vice President, Bent-con

Jody is a 2006 graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles’ MFA in Screenwriting Program. Jody wrote for the ground breaking 1990s TV series “Inside / Outside The Beltway.”He directed “In The Closet,” the horror hit seen at festivals world-wide. It was nominated... Read More →

Sean Z

President and Founder, Bent-con

Sean Z. Maker is the President and Founder of Bent-Con—a celebration centered around celebrating LGBT contributions, endeavors and presence in pop-culture and geekdom. He is also a professional publisher, digital artist, writer and lover of RPGs and online gaming. With an extensive... Read More →

Sunday November 9, 2014 6:00pm - 7:00pm PST
Panel Rm - Cybertron

Q&A, Reading