The Panel schedule is up for New York Comic Con (October 8-11), and they’ve added a handful of LGBTQ topics to the schedule this year. I’ll be on the Friday Gay Manga Panel with moderator Deb Aoki, Christopher Butcher and Anne Ishii. It’s going to be an amazing conversation, so I hope you’ll join us!

Thu. Oct. 8
5:15 – 6:15 pm New York TimesOUT presents LGBT in Comics
Location: Room 1A21

Fri. Oct. 9
12:30 – 1:30 pm Gay Manga, Yaoi, and Yuri: LGBTQ Fantasy vs. Reality in Manga 
Location: Room 1A05

4:00 – 5:00 pm End Bullying: Becoming a Superhero IRL 
Location: Room 1A21Sat.

Saturday, Oct. 10
1:30 – 2:30 pm Prism Comics Presents: Autobiography in Queer Comics 
Location: Room 1A01Sun.

Sunday, Oct. 11
2:30 – 3:30 pm Culturally Queer: The Explosion of LGBTQ Representation in Mainstream Comics & Pop Culture 
Location: Room 1A24

I will definitely be at Comic Con Friday, and probably Thursday, as well. The weekend is still up in the air.

LGBTQ Exhibitors will include:

GeeksOUT  – Tbl. 15751

NorthwestPress & Prism Comics – Tble 1483

As more content/exhibitors are announced, I’ll populate this list, so bookmark it!