Find out what is going on in the world of Dark Horse with the editors who make it happen. Participants: Scott Allie; Shana Gore.
Participants: Cody Goodfellow; Ed Morris; Laird Barron; S. T. Joshi.
The perils and promise of adapting written works for the screen. What's it like, what has worked, and what hasn't worked so well?
Participants: Aaron Vanek; Andrew Migliore; Robert M. Price; Scott Allie; William F. Nolan.
He was one of the greatest masters of horror and the fantastic in both print and film, a protege of Lovecraft himself and an influence on generations of writers. A look back at the life, works, and legacy of Robert Bloch.
Participants: Joe Pulver; Robert M. Price; Wilum Pugmire.
Comics and films, video games and board games, plush toys and bumper stickers speak both from and to fans and non-fans alike. How has the legacy of Lovecraft, his contemporaries and followers pervaded our society and entertainment?
Participants: Cody Goodfellow; James R. Beach; Jason Brock; Laird Barron.
Nolan’s career spans half a century and he was best friends with Charles Beaumont (The Twilight Zone; Circus of Dr. Lao) for a decade of that. He is also good friends with George Clayton Johnson (Twilight Zone; Ocean’s 11; Logan’s Run co-writer with Nolan), Norman Corwin (giant of the radio age), Ray Bradbury and Richard Matheson. During the interview, we will cover these things, and also his excursions into Hollywood (he co-wrote Burnt Offerings with Dan Curtis, and Trilogy of Terror with Richard Matheson in addition to over 100 other TV and film projects). Nolan has the gift of gab and a sharp wit: should be great fun.
Participants: James R. Beach; Jason Brock; William F. Nolan.
Explore the life and works of Lovecraft's protege Clark Ashton Smith, "Klarkash-Ton", the writer, painter, and sculptor, and poet who was one of the most admired writers for Weird Tales, one of the greatest explorers of cosmic and fantastic realms, and a major contributor to Lovecraft's "Mythos". With Smith editors Scott Connors and Ron Hilger, writers Richard A. Lupoff, Jessica Amanda Salmonson and Maryanne Snyder, and artist David C. Verba.
Four decades separates August Derleth's TALES OF THE CTHULHU MYTHOS (1969) from Ellen Datlow's LOVECRAFT UNBOUND (2009) and S. T. Joshi's BLACK WINGS (2010). Over these decades there has been much discussion concerning the nature of the Mythos (and who invented it) and the nature of pure Lovecraftian horror. As editors and authors of these so-called "sub-genres," do we see a new direction in the books being edited and the stories being written that are influenced by H. P. Lovecraft?
Cosmic horror, that literary discipline dealing with the vast, cold universe and its manifold terrors, is a cornerstone of Lovecraftian fiction and a genre lately revived and celebrated by the proliferation of independent presses. This panel will examine and discuss the cosmic horror niche from the non-Euclidian geometry of Lovecraft’s most febrile imaginings, to the seductive extra dimensional forces of darkness introduced by Clive Barker, to the latest trends of a panoply of dark stars such as Caitlin Kiernan, John Langan, and Wilum Pugmire.
Dark Horse editors Scott Allie and Shawna Gore are joined by other members of Portland's thriving comics scene to discuss the history and current relationship between horror and comics, a genre and an artform that have both been pushed to new levels of creativity, while also being rediscovered by Hollywood and achieving new heights of popularity in mainstream culture. Guests: David Hahn (artist of Bite Club), Brandon Seifert (writer of Witch Doctor), Jade Dodge (publisher, Cellar Door Publishing).