New York Comic Con is coming!

Friday, October 12 — Sunday, October 14th

Panels

Friday, October 12

Too Much Horror Business

Kirk Hammett, lead guitarist for Metallica,

talks to Kevin Clement about his passion

for collecting monster movie memorabilia

9:00–10:00 p.m. • 1A23

Sunday, October 14

Over 30 Years with Brian and Wendy Froud:

Faeries, Goblins, and Trolls

10:30–11:00 a.m. • Variant Stage

Sunda y, Oc tober 14

Getting Graphic with Girls:

Empowering Girls and Addressing Issues through

Paneled Pictures, with Cecil Castellucci, Colleen Venable,

Laura Lee Gulledge, Lucy Knisley, and Heidi MacDonald

4:00–5:00 p.m. • 1A01

Signings

Saturday, OCTOBER 13

Kirk Hammett signing Too Much Horror Business

11:45–12:45 p.m. • Autographing Table 5

Saturday, OCTOBER 13

Michael Goodwin signing Economix:

How Our Economy Works (and Doesn’t Work)

2:00–2:30 p.m. • Abrams ComicArts Booth 806

Saturday, OCTOBER 13

Derf Backderf signing My Friend Dahmer

3:00–3:30 p.m. • Abrams ComicArts Booth 806

Sunday, OCTOBER 14

Brian and Wendy Froud signing Trolls

12:00–1:00 p.m. • Autographing Table 5

Are books dead?

www.youtube.com/qtv

"With the arrival of digital readers some in the book world are wondering if their industry will follow the music industry's lead of online content quickly becoming king over hard copy.

Chip Kidd weighs in on the subject. He's been called the "world's greatest book-jacket designer" and USA Today has labeled him "the closest thing to a rock star" in the world of book-cover design. Jian gets into Chip Kidd's craft as well. "