Are Comics Movies and TV Professional Fan Fiction?

Sunday April 8, 2018 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm


According to the Oxford Dictionary, fan fiction is “fiction written by a fan of, and featuring characters from, a particular TV series, film, etc.” Does that mean that if screenwriters, directors, and/or producers are fans of comics, the result of their efforts is fan fiction produced by professionals? To help hash this out, join moderator Lee Nordling (two-time Eisner nominee), author/screenwriter David Gerrold (The Man Who Folded Himself, Star Trek, Land of the Lost), comics writer/editor Barbara Randall Kesel (Star Wars, Hellboy, Alien: Genocide), Melinda Snodgrass (Wild Card, Star Trek: TNG episode "The Measure of a Man”), and industry legend Marv Wolfman (after Stan Lee, the creator of more characters produced for film and TV than any other comics creator.


Room 111




Guests

David Gerrold
Barbara Kesel
Lee Nordling Moderator
Melinda Snodgrass
Marv Wolfman

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