Tapas Media, the premiere digital publisher of webcomics and webnovels, is set for its Comic Convention debut at the Super Bowl of nerd culture, Comic-Con International San Diego (SDCC) this week, July 21 through July 24, 2022! Tapas have gone all in for this inaugural appearance with a booth (#2205), creators and staff on panels, creator signing sessions, portfolio reviews, and an Eisner sponsorship! Details below and for more information on Tapas, please visit tapas.io.
If you are attending SDCC, here is a convenient map provided by Tapas so you can locate them on the convention floor!
In addition, Tapas announced their schedule at SDCC which you can check out below:
Saturday, July 23, 2022
12:30pm
Featuring creators Kami Garcia
Title: DC’s Comics Are Fun
Location: Room 6DE
3:00pm
Featuring creators Kami Garcia and Sina Grace
Title: Young Adult to New Adult: Growing Up Graphic (Legendary)
Location: Room 29AB
Description: Invited Participants: Paul Cornell (Doctor Who, Author of Three Little Wishes), James Wright (Author: Lupina), Nikita Kannekanti (Head Editor, Legendary Comics), Mickey George (Author The Heart Hunter, Enola Holmes GN), Kami Garcia (Author Beautiful Creatures, Beast Boy loves Raven), Sina Grace (Artist and author, DC, Archie, Marvel and others)
As our lives change, so do the stories we read. From young adult adventures to adult rom-com romps – this author panel takes a look at how Graphic Novels navigate the in-betweens. Tackling transitional ages, transitional media and other transitional topics that graphic novels are uniquely poised to explore, come dig-in with us!
3:00pm
The Kao, creator of Magical Boy signing at Prism Comics Booth #2144
3:00pm
Michael Son, VP of Content, Tapas – Portfolio Reviews in Sails Pavilion, PR 02
4:30pm
Kami Garcia signing in Artist Alley at Booth GG-01
6:00pm
Featuring The Kao, creator of Magical Boy
Title: Out in Comics Year 35: DO Say Gay!
Location: Room 29AB
Description: The comic world’s longest-running panel is back for its 35th record breaking year. The Comic Book world has long become a celebrated part of the Pop Culture world. LGBTQ comics and graphic novels for all ages are being produces and acclaimed in incredible numbers, and queer characters are finally starting to show up in genre movies and TV shows. And yet, in our politicized and polarized world, LGBTQ comics and graphic novels and LGBTQ characters in popular media are still facing censure and opposition. This means that telling stories of queer characters of diverse backgrounds and identities is more important than ever before. Join Prism Comics, moderator Andy Mangels [he/him/his] (the Founder of the “Out In Comics” panel; bestselling author of Wonder Woman ‘77 Meets The Bionic Woman, Star Trek and Star Wars books and comics) and special guest panelists as they discuss what being “Out In Comics” means now and in the future.
Panelists include:
David Reddish [he/him/his] (media journalist for ScreenRant, Queerty and Playboy, award-winning author of the novel Sex Drugs & Superheroes and its sequel Conquest of the Planet of the Geeks)
Lilah Sturges [she/her/hers] (writer of the books Lumberjanes: The Internal Compass and The Magicians: Alice’s Story, and the trans-friendly Girl Haven, writer and co-writer of DC’s Jack of Fables, Shadowpact, House of Mystery, Blue Beetle, and more)
The Kao [he/him/his] (an artist known for the semi-autobiographical Mondo Mango on Tapas, and Magical Boy, the Prism Award-winning manga webcomic and Scholastic graphic novel series about a trans youth)
Malissa White [she/her/hers] (writer of webcomics Nightmare, Soundbox, and A Wailing Blade, pop culture reviewer, editor at Scout Comics)
Jerrett Melendez [he/him/his] (writer and co-creator of Chef’s Kiss, a queer kitchen romance from Oni Press, and a comic-style cookbook called The Comic Kitchen)
7:30pm
Sina Grace Panel
Title: Big Big Things with Sina Grace
Location: Room 29CD
Sunday, July 24
11:00am
Kami Garcia signing in Artist Alley at Booth GG-01
Source: Press Release
