Mothman: The myth, the research and the graphic novel.

-Chad Lambert
Using his fifteen years of research into the Mothman phenomena, he has written such titles as Return to Point Pleasant. Chad has also appeared in the documentary, Eyes of the Mothman, and will be on the Discovery Channel special, Monsters of West Virginia. Sit in and enjoy his discussion about his graphic novel and all the research that went into the making of it.

The Art of Art
-TBD
This group of hand selected, established and talented artist gives you their tips of the trade and pointers to help grow you as an artist. This is one of the most well informed art panels you will ever get a chance to take part in.

Talking with a Walker
-Kevin Galbraith
Kevin had the rare opportunity to be one of the main walkers in season two of The Walking Dead. Kevin will forever go down in TWD lore as the swamp walker aka Dale Slayer after he killed main character Dale in the second season. This panel gives you an opportunity at a Q&A about his experience on the set and all the ins and outs of his career and time on TWD.

Writing the Relaunch
-Robert Venditti/Duane Swierczynski
Robert Venditti started as volunteer in the mail room before his book, The Surrogates, took and and eventually became a major motion picture starring Bruce Willis. Since then he has been named to the New York Best Seller List three times. Duane Swierczynski has wrote a plethora of amazing runs on popular titles including Cable, Immortal Iron Fist, Birds of Prey, Bloodshot and the recent release of Judge Dredd. Stop in and listen to the new faces of Valiant as they talk about their careers and their amazing titles that are re-launching an entire label.

*PANEL MODERATOR*

Ryan ‘Zip’ Zipperian
Zip currently hosts ‘Loud N Local’ on the tri-state’s rock station, X1063. ‘Loud N Local’ a one hour feature show which showcases local area bands. Zip is a Huntington native and a comic culture fanatic. Zip will be the first to tell you he didn’t always have a comic in his hand, but he did have an action figure, video game, animated feature and so on. In addition to working for the X, Zip is also the voice of local wrestling company 304 Wrestling. This is Zip’s 2 year as collaborator at The Tri-State Comic Con.