[PS] Arisia 2007 Programming -- Panel Selection - Ken Gale 4253

[Ken Gale]

Yo, Rachel and Arisia Programming folks,
	I think we did it!  Here's a list of panels I'd fit on.  I'll send a bio in
another e-mail.

Ken
badge id 4253

Ken Gale
nuffsaid at riseup.net

We're planning to arrive Friday afternoon and leaving some time a few days
after the con.

You can put me on lots of panels this year.  Just give me some time to eat
lunch and dinner and catch my breath now and then.

I'd like to attend Tom Wysmuller's panel, so please don't schedule me
opposite him.  I'm looking forward to seeing audience interaction.  Arisia
audiences are among the best of any con.

Also, I understand Jan Dumas has already contacted you about a Dave Cockrum
memorial panel.  Mercy and I have been fans of his since he started in
comics in the early '70s and then became friends with him soon after
(especially Mercy).  He's one of the most important artists in comics
history, creating the New X-Men which became (and still is) Marvel's best
seller for decades.  He created Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossis and
Thunderbird for Marvel (among many other characters) and Wildfire for DC's
Legion of Super-Heroes.
  	He had a clean, slick, fluid line and a wonderful storytelling style:
clear and artistic at the same time.  He also was a master costume designer
and headed Marvel's merchandising department for most of the '80s.  He also
was really nice to fans and would-be artists.  He never was gruff, even in
recent years when he'd go to cons in pain, and would let an fan artist hang
around his table literally for hours asking "a million questions."  Many of
those fans later became professionals (such as Mercy!).  He was also a fan
of Star Trek, classic monster movies (especially the Creature from the Black
Lagoon series), Aurora models (whom he worked for at one point) and classic
pulps such as Edgar Rice Burroughs.  All that showed up in his work, too.
His past few years were wracked with physical problems from diabetes and the
difficulty his body had to process oxygen.  He died in his sleep the morning
of Nov. 26.
	Please schedule a Dave Cockrum memorial panel.

Possible panels:

714-  Literature - Playing in Someone Else's Sandbox - 1hr (that's almost
all mainstream comics does!)

811 – Science - Alternative Energy Sources - 1hr

947 – Literature - Can Media Tie-ins Bring Back Reading? - 1hr

770 – Science - The Politics of Science - 1hr

77 – Comics  - Back From the Dead: Reviving Old Comics - 1hr

301 – Comics - Keeping the Faith: Changes in Your Comics - 1hr

306 – Comics - Family Comics - 1hr

34 - Fan Interest - Was William Gibson Right? - 1hr
974 - Media Prog. - Superman and the Sins of the Copyright - 1hr
	(These two panels seem quite similar)

769 - Fan Interest - Non-SF&F Fandoms - 1hr

711 – Literature - Reshaping Grimm & Goose - 1hr

719 – Literature - Religions In Science Fiction - 1hr

720 – Literature - Magic and Christianity - 1hr

768 – Literature - SF as Social Commentary - 1hr

Ken

Ken Gale
Host/producer
'Nuff Said!, WBAI-FM, NYC
http://www.comicbookradioshow.com

Host/producer
Eco-Logic, WBAI-FM, NYC
http://www.comicbookradioshow.com/eco-logic.html (environmental radio show;
next show: Outdoor plants’ environmental, health and economic benefits)
http://www.comicbookradioshow.com/ecoglold.html (list of past shows'
podcasts & archives, including recent shows on green architecture and
Bottled Water & the Plastic it Comes In)