Asian/Pacific Islander Comic Folks at SDCC 2016

In response to this, here’s an ongoing list of Asian/Pacific Islander comic folks at San Diego Comic Con 2016!

Work in progress. Please let me know of things I’m missing/got wrong:

Special Guests

• Ben Dunn — Writer/artist, Ninja High School, The Steam League, Science Is Magic
• Hidenori Kusaka — Writer, Pokémon Adventures
• Jim Lee — Co-publisher, DC Comics; Artist, Batman: Hush, Justice League
• Tsutomu Nihei — Writer/artist, Knights of Sidonia, Blame!
• Satoshi Yamamoto — Artist, Pokémon Adventures

Artist Alley

• Bernard Chang, DD-16
• Jim Cheung, HH-19
• Amy Chu, FF-20
• Edwin Huang, EE-19
• Willie Ito, CC-10
• Jin Kim, DD-15
• Janet Lee, EE-5
• Henry Liao, FF-17
• Ron Lim, BB-19
• Jeffrey Moy, BB-5
• Philip Moy BB-6
• Sho Murase, GG-23
• Dustin Nguyen, CC-1
• Peter Nguyen, HH-20
• Ryan Odagawa, BB-21
• Whilce Portacio, HH-1
• Howard Shum, DD-22
• Alice X Zhang, CC-3

Program Schedule

Thursday

• Albert Ching (Comic Book Resources) — 10:30am How to Get News Coverage
• Jennie Kong (thatgamecompany) — 12:00pm The Pitching Hour
• Nalini Singh (Psy-changling series) — 12:00pm The Smitten Word: Romancing the Reader
• Jadyn Wong (Broken Trail) — 12:00pm CBS Television Studios Block
• Jim Lee (DC Comics) — 12:45pm Spotlight on Jim Lee
• Amy Chu (Poison Ivy) — 2:00pm Comic Book Women: Understanding Coloring and Lettering in Comics, 5:00pm Comic Book Women: Working With Licensed vs Creator Owned Characters
• Erika Ishii (Twitch) — 2:00pm Two Packs a Week: The Trading Card Comedy Show
• Eric Cajiouat (The Hit Girl) — 2:00pm The Unsung Stuntment and Women of the Movies
• Marjorie Liu (Monstress) — 2:00pm Image Comics: Creating the Zeitgeist
• Frank Cho — 3:00pm Making the Leap to Creator Owned Properties: Tales from the IP Jungle
• Nidhi Chanani (Pashmina) — 3:00pm We Need Diverse Comics
• Bernard Chang (Batman Beyond) — 3:15pm DC Rebirth: Young Gotham/Young Metropolis
• Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo) — 3:30pm The Mark, Sergio, Stan and Tom Show
• Jen Yamato (The Daily Beast) — 3:30pm Under the Radar, 5:00pm Fandom Diversified: Changing Dynamics of Nerd Media
• Deb Aoki (Publishers Weekly) — 4:00pm Essential Deserted Island Comics, 5:00pm Making a Living in Manga: From Fan to Pro
• Jessica Tseang — 4:00pm The Forgotten Trio: Inkers, Letterers, and Colorists, 5:30pm The Most Dangerous Women at Comic-Con: To Bechdel, or Not to Bechdel
• Kumail Nanjiani — 4:00pm Silicon Valley Panel
• Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa — 4:15pm The Man in the High Castle
• Sarah Kuhn — 5:00pm Comic Book Women: Working With Licensed vs Creator Owned Characters
• Tony B. Kim — 5:30pm The Most Dangerous Women at Comic-Con: To Bechdel, or Not to Bechdel
• Mari Morimoto — 7:00pm Lost in Translation
• Ray Chou (Skies of Fire) — 7:30pm Artist as Brand: Rise of the Artist Entrepreneur
• Praveen Kambam — 8:00pm Suicide Squad and the Dawn of the Heroic Villain

Friday

• Sana Amanat (Marvel) — 10:00am Marvel: Civil War II, 12:30pm Marvel NOW! Divided We Stand
• Jeff Liu (Cartoon Network) — 10:15am Cartoon Network: Steven Universe
• Charlyne Li (Cartoon Network) — 10:15am Cartoon Network: Steven Universe
• Nimish Pratha (UCSD) — 10:30am Comics Arts Conference #5 Data Driven Comics Research
• Sharad Devarajan (Chakra the Invincible) — 11:00am Diversity in Comics: Indian Superheroes are Here
• Siya Oum (Aspen Comics) — 11:00am The Official Aspen Comics Panel 2016
• Jenn Duong (1215creative) — 11:00am di-VR-sity: Opportunites in VR/AR and Immersive Storytelling
• Helen Situ (Next VR) — 11:00am di-VR-sity: Opportunites in VR/AR and Immersive Storytelling
• Maureen Fan (Baobab Studios) — 11:00am di-VR-sity: Opportunites in VR/AR and Immersive Storytelling
• Jim Lee (DC Comics) — 11:15am DC Suicide Squad: Most Wanted, 4:30pm Comic-Con How-To: How to Draw with Jim Lee
• Philip Tan — 11:15am DC Suicide Squad: Most Wanted
• Ru Xu — 12:30pm You Can Be the Next Scholastic Graphix Artist, 2:00pm How Comics Are Created
• Dinesh Shamdasani (Valiant) — 1:00pm From Fan to Pro On Fan Favorites: True Tales of Legacy Professionals, 2:30pm How to Start a Comic Book Company
• Gene Luen Yang — 2:00pm How Comics Are Created
• Sarah Kuhn — 2:00pm Modern Romance Comics
• Kylie Wu — 2:00pm Transgender in Popular Media: From the Funny Pages to the Silver Screen
• Alvin Liu (Kodansha Advanced Media) — 2:30pm How to Start a Comic Book Company
• MariNaomi — 3:30pm Generations of Women in Comics
• Candice Mack — 4:00pm Expanding Diversity in Kids Comics
• Erik Ko — 5:00pm Manga Publishing Pros Industry Roundtable
• Deb Aoki — 5:00pm Manga Publishing Pros Industry Roundtable
• Jeane Wong — 8:00pm Science and Comics with the League of Extraordinary Scientists and Engineers

Saturday

• Jessica Tseang — 10:00am Comics vs. Manga: Which is Better?, 1:00pm The Kaiju Kingdom Podcast
• Gene Luen Yang — 10:00am Dig Deep, 1:00pm The Kids Comics Revolution
• Kim Jung Gi — 1:30pm Draw Your Imagination with Kim Jung Gi
• Diane Kang — 2:00pm Comic Arts Conference #12: The Poster Session
• Justine Kwon — 2:00pm Comic Arts Conference #12: The Poster Session
• Tsutomu Nihei — 3:00pm Spotlight on Tsutomu Nihei
• Sana Amanat — 3:00pm Marvel: Cup of Joe
• Deb Aoki — 5:00pm Comics 101: Making Sense of the World of Comics, 7:00pm Best and Worst of Manga 2016
• Praveen Kambam — 5:30pm Mental Health, Pop Culture and Empowerment
• Wei Xu — 5:00pm You Don’t Need Talent to Learn Drawing
• Siya Oum — 6:30pm Blades of Hope: A Comic Book Celebration of Women Through Martial Arts
• Andrew Ho — 8:00pm Bronies: Fans of My Little Pony

Sunday

• Mary Ellen Shu — 10:00am Little Fish: Making Comics Accessible for All
• Lisa Yee — 10:00am World Premiere of DC Superhero Girls
• Marjorie Liu — 11:00am Secret Origin of Good Readers, 12:30pm Secret Origin of Good Readers Breakout Session
• Gene Luen Yang — 12:00pm Avatar the Last Air Bender, 1:00pm Leigh Bardugo and Gene Luen Yang in Conversation
• Stacey Lee — 12:00pm Creating Diverse Worlds and Cultures
• Indra Das — 12:00pm Creating Diverse Worlds and Cultures
• Ru Xu — 12:00pm Creating Diverse Worlds and Cultures
• Sana Amanat — 12:30pm Marvel: Women of Marvel
• Bryan Lee O’Malley — 2:00pm Image Comics: Tomorrow’s Comics Today
• Leslie Hung — 2:00pm Image Comics: Tomorrow’s Comics Today
• Mino Miyabi — 2:00pm Manga Tutorial for Kids