Submitted by lobster_king on Sat, 03/22/2008 - 15:55.
All of the big names, high rollers, heavy hitters were there: WJT Mitchell, William Blake, Scott McCloud, Laura Mulvey, Jacques Tati, Barry Windsor Smith, Mikhail Bahktin, Frank Stockton, Jacques Derrida, Barbara Gordon, Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Jacques Lacan. There was even a cameo appearance by Darby Crash, punk rock frontman for the The Germs. And I'm sure Sigmund Freud was lurking around in the background the whole time. It was quite a star-studded guest list.
Not surprisingly, however, they all showed up only in name, on paper, or via powerpoint. Luckily, the conference included work by Aaron Kashtan, Laurie Taylor, John Kennett [Panel 1], James Newlin, Tof Eklund, Mollie Dezern [Panel 5], and Jordana Greenblatt, Rachel Edidin, Katherine Schaeffer [Panel 6] - who all had enough sense to bring along the 'stars' of the conference, in whatever form suited their purpose. read more »
