STGCC 2013 day 2: A Marvel-lous day goes Batty
First up was the man CB Cebulski himself with the “Marvel: Our Universe” panel where he discussed Marvel’s upcoming slate of movies and comics, and took audience questions. His panel didn’t start exactly as planned – a call from Agent Coulson indicated that we did not have the right clearance level. It’s all fun and games of course, as CB started quizzing the crowd about various bits of trivia from way back in Marvel’s histroy. Signed covers and tickets to the Agents Of Shield screening were given out, and that really set the mood for the rest of the day. We were there to live-tweet the panel, so we’ll just let the tweets do the talking:
We're in #STGCC at @Marvel's Our Universe panel with @CBCebulski in the house! @singaporetgcc Day 2 here we go! pic.twitter.com/RXz611yvBv
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
What was your first exposure to @Marvel? @CBCebulski starts off the day with a call from Agent Coulson from @AgentsofSHIELD! #STGCC
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
Will we ever see Peter Parker come back? @CBCebulski: Have you ever seen a superhero die and come back? #STGCC
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
.@CBCebulski on Marvel and DC: We like their comics and they like our comics. And people know our comics are better!
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
How do you relate to Thor? @CBCebulski: Donald Blake! #STGCC
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
Now we're discussing @Marvel Infinity and looking at some preview art … pic.twitter.com/rZcMu9eYjP
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
"We only change character origins only if we have a good story. It's a balancing act to keep everybody happy": @CBCebulski #STGCC
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
Any chance of a DC Marevl crossover? "Now's not the time. Maybe when the New 52's over and we know who those characters are": @CBCebulski
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
We're now watching @Marvel editors @DanielKetchum and @ElliePyle introduce motion comics to us. Heh heh. #STGCC
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
"Technology has come to the point where we can animate a raccoon and a tree and make them superheroes": @CBCebulski #STGCC #GOTG
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
You're going to see more Machine Man soon … And some of the NEXT Wave characters – not as a team. The Captain? No comment: CB #STGCC
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
While that concluded the first panel, CB was back onstage later that day, this time joined with Marvel artists Joe Madureira, David Mack and Tan Eng Huat for a spotlight on Marvel artists. It’s somewhat a repeat of a similar topic from day 1 which had Joe Madureira and David Mack on the panel, and it wasn’t the original list of creators we were promised, as Leinil Yu and Stephen Segovia were expected to be there. While the slide maker was on top of things, someone should have told the announcer, as Leinil had already earlier tweeted that he wouldn’t be able to make the show.You'll find out more about the Ultimate Universe with an announcement in October …: @CBCebulski #stgcc
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
I will not be attending #STGCC this year, unfortunately. Looks to be an awesome show tho!!! I hope you guys enjoy!
— Leinil Yu (@leinilyu) August 23, 2013
Nevertheless, the panel was a whole lot of fun to watch, from Batman threatening to overwhelm the panel to the David Mack / CB Cebulski love-fest. We live-tweeted this panel too, so here goes:
We're actually at the Marvel Artists spotlight with @cbcebulski, @joemadx, @davidmackkabuki and Tan Eng Huat but our pic tweet disappeared
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
So here is a picture #STGCC pic.twitter.com/qcAtTU3MTI
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
Tan Eng Huat started as an art assistant in HK, and started in DC with Doom Patrol in 2000 #STGCC
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
Battle Chasers #7 was my favourite comic I've ever drawn, I can't part with any of the original art: @JoeMadx #STGCC
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
My favourite issue I've done is my next one, my favourite collection is Kabuki Alchemy : @davidmackkabuki #STGCC
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
Tan Eng Huat: My favourite is Silver Surer #1 – I worked on the first panel for days #STGCC
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
Ben Affleck has reinvented himself as a director, so he should have a very good reason to do Batman: @davidmackkabuki #STGCC
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
There's going to be some big moves for Dr Strange in 2014 : @cbcebulski #Stgcc
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
This @marvel panel became the Batman panel for a while … No Diggle saying "I'm Batman" though #STGCC
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
.@joemadx had his first published @marvel work at 16!! So age doesn't matter #STGCC
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
So … @CBCebulski and @davidmackkabuki started reminiscing about their first meeting. "Get a room!" Someone shouts #STGCC
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
Some artists always reinvent themselves, Silvestri's recent work is amazing, so is Capullo's Batman. Argh! Batman again!: @joemadx #stgcc
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
Marvel never forces an artist to change their style, and I'm sure Jim Lee isn't making anybody follow his in DC: CB #STGCC
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
I was so nervous doing Uncanny at 19 … And I got tons of hate mail. "Why doesn't Psylocke have nostrils?!": @joemadx #STGCC
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
Now @joemadx and @CBCebulski are talking about Internet comments an hate mail. Joe says he doesn't read comments – awesome! #STGCC
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
Eng Huat reads comments tho … As a motivational tool #STGCC
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
"Sometimes it's not that they're mean, they just have questionable social skills": @davidmackkabuki on trolls
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
You're going to see lots of new characters: 1 in infinity, and at least 12 in Inhuman on @marvel #STGCC
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
"Over the next 5 or 10 years, we're going to be seeing a lot more female creators": @cbcebulski #STGCC
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
Fave @Marvel character: @JoeMadx=Spidey, Eng Huat=Hulk @davidmackkabuki=first Spidey, then Punisher #STGCC
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way is so good! I bought it like 3 times: @joemadx #Stgcc
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
The rest of the day passed like a blur for us – with most of the time spent checking out cosplayers and trawling the Artists Alley to check out all the great art and talent on show. A highlight, definitely, was catching the moment when good old Artoo was led to meet Nathan Hamill – Nathan might look like he was feeling suspicious right here, but he burst into a huge smile right after. An awesome moment thanks to our 501st Legion (who then promptly queued for a sketch).Marvel used to pay the artists with a cheque with Spidey on it … Maybe that's why everybody loves Spidey #STGCC
— Here Be Geeks (@HereBeGeeks) September 1, 2013
And we just have to feature this: The cutest Catwoman (Catgirl?) ever! There’s another picture of her meeting Catwoman in the gallery below.
And … that’s it for our STGCC day 2 highlights! Hope you had as much fun as we did. So it’s Cavalock, Direcow and Kakita signing off for now 🙂
We still have some things in store, but meanwhile, check out the day 2 gallery:
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