San Diego Comic-Con International 2017 -- Panel: The Annual Jack Kirby Tribute Panel:
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Description of Pictures: The Annual Jack Kirby Tribute Panel
Continuing the celebration of the Kirby Centennial, this is the annual panel about Comic-Con's first superstar guest, the man they call "The King of Comics," Jack Kirby. Jack left us in 1994, but his influence on comics, film, and this convention has never been greater. Discussing the man and his work this year are Jim Chadwick (editor at DC Comics), Paul Levitz (former president at DC Comics), Mike Royer (Kirby's favorite inker), attorney Paul S. Levine, and several highly surprising surprise guests. Naturally, it's moderated by former Kirby assistant Mark Evanier.
Lots of folks were on this panel: In the order they were added to the panel:
(initial panel) Mark Evanier, Mike Royer, Paul Levitz (who left before we could do the group shot at the end), Jim Chadwick, and Paul Levine.
(additional people who joined the panel, in sequence) Dan DiDio, Jon Bogdanove, Athena Finger, Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, Louise Simonson, Marv Wolfman, Walt Simonson, and Mike Thiboudeaux.
Other folks were brought up to the mike from the audience who didn't actually join the panel.
Folks in the audience included: Jillian Kirby, Lisa Kirby, Jack Habegger, Steve Leialoha, Tracy Kirby, and Jeremy Kirby.
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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
SDP01A_170723_005.JPG: Mike Royer and Mark Habegger
SDP01A_170723_019.JPG: Jillian and Lisa Kirby
SDP01A_170723_021.JPG: Jim Chadwick
SDP01A_170723_022.JPG: Paul Levine
SDP01A_170723_025.JPG: Mark Habegger, Jack Habegger, and ???
SDP01A_170723_033.JPG: Mike Royer and Paul Levitz
SDP01A_170723_042.JPG: Paul Levitz
SDP01A_170723_045.JPG: Mark Evanier
SDP01A_170723_054.JPG: Mike Royer
SDP01A_170723_078.JPG: (left to right) Mark Evanier, Mike Royer, Paul Levitz, Jim Chadwick, and Paul Levine.
SDP01A_170723_092.JPG: Michael D Hamersky and Jamie Coville
SDP01A_170723_103.JPG: Paul Levitz
SDP01A_170723_131.JPG: Bob Beerbohm
SDP01A_170723_139.JPG: Barry Geller
SDP01A_170723_192.JPG: ???
SDP01A_170723_247.JPG: Arlen Schumer
SDP01A_170723_276.JPG: Rand Hoppe and Tom Kraft
SDP01A_170723_305.JPG: Charles Hatfield
SDP01A_170723_326.JPG: Lisa Kirby
SDP01A_170723_335.JPG: Jillian Kirby
SDP01A_170723_352.JPG: Jim Chadwick, Dan DiDio and Paul Levine
SDP01A_170723_378.JPG: Steve Leialoha
SDP01A_170723_406.JPG: Jon Bogdanove
SDP01A_170723_531.JPG: Athena Finger
SDP01A_170723_592.JPG: Kurt Busiek
SDP01B_170723_010.JPG: Walt Simonson, Louise Simonson, and Marv Wolfman
SDP01B_170723_064.JPG: Mark Evanier and Brent Anderson
SDP01B_170723_209.JPG: Todd Klein
SDP01B_170723_260.JPG: Mike Thiboudeaux
SDP01B_170723_462.JPG: (Standing) Athena Finger, Kurt Busiek, Mark Evanier, Brent Anderson, Walt Simonson, Jon Bogdanove, Jim Chadwick, Dan DiDio, Paul Levine
(Seated) Mike Royer, Louise Simonson, Marv Wolfman, Mike Thiboudeaux
SDP01B_170723_469.JPG: Paul Levine and Lisa Kirby
SDP01B_170723_475.JPG: Lisa Kirby and Mark Evanier
SDP01B_170723_477.JPG: Lisa Kirby, Mark Evanier, and Amber Payne
SDP01B_170723_485.JPG: Mike Royer, Mark Evanier, and Amber Payne
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2017 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000.
Trips this year:
Civil War Trust conferences in Pensacola, FL, Chattanooga, TN (via sites in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee) and Fredericksburg, VA,
a family reunion in The Dells, Wisconsin (via sites in Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin),
New York City, and
my 12th consecutive San Diego Comic Con trip (including sites in Arizona).
For some reason, several of my photos have been published in physical books this year which is pretty cool. Ones that I know about:
"Tarzan, Jungle King of Popular Culture" (David Lemmo),
"The Great Crusade: A Guide to World War I American Expeditionary Forces Battlefields and Sites" (Stephen T. Powers and Kevin Dennehy),
"The American Spirit" (David McCullough),
"Civil War Battlefields: Walking the Trails of History" (David T. Gilbert),
"The Year I Was Peter the Great: 1956 — Khrushchev, Stalin's Ghost, and a Young American in Russia" (Marvin Kalb), and
"The Judge: 26 Machiavellian Lessons" (Ron Collins and David Skover).
Number of photos taken this year: just below 560,000.