OFF SITE: Friday, April 10, 7:00 PM Pre-Party Meet and Greet at Austin Books & Comics, 5002 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin TX 78751

SHOW Hours: Saturday, April 11, 11 AM – 6 PM; Sunday April 12, 12 PM – 6 PM.

LOCATION: Mabee Ballroom at St. Edward’s University. 3rd floor in, Ragsdale Center, 3001 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704

PARKING: You must register your vehicle – go HERE for instructions and a discounted rate.

ALL DAY BOTH DAYS: Stop Motion Workshop! Drop in with local animator Johnny Villareal to learn stop motion animation! All day in the Rice Room!

All panels & Presentations will be held in the Logan Room

SATURDAY PANELS

12-1 PM: TBD

1:30-2:30 PM: TBD

3-4 PM: How I (Accidentally) Became a Webcomic Artist – Beetle Moses talks about stumbling into webcomics, learning joke structure, developing a style, and slowly figuring out what works online. A mix of advice, storytelling, and lessons learned from trial and error as an artist. 

4:30-5:30 PM: Animation and the Humans Who Make It Creators in animation hone their practice over years and then spend days of work to produce seconds of artwork.   It can be a very lonely craft – but in an age where art is so often disjointed from an artist, our human connections matter now more than ever. Join four Animation artists as we talk about how we make what we make, and how through our audiences and our teammates we make animation for our fellow people!” With Chris Beaver, Phil Machi, Carlos Mendieta and Johnny Villareal. Moderated by Jeanne Stern..

OFF SITE: Live Art Show KOOP Radio Benefit! Saturday, 7-11 PM at St. Elmo Brewing 440 E St Elmo Rd. – Artists from STAPLE! make art LIVE! Donate to KOOP and take some home!

SUNDAY PANELS

1-2 PM: A Brief History of Japanese Pop Culture in Mexico – Host Ho-Seh Esquivel will go through the history of Japanese culture in Mexico from colonial era through current times.

2:30-3:30 PM: Q&A with Katie Cook! Moderated by Kevin Garcia

4-5 PM: Indie TTRPGs! Game designers Brian Colin, John Baltisberger Ken Lowery & Anton W. Blake discuss their process for building & distributing worlds and fostering the communities they create! Moderated by Paul Benjamin.