Currently portraying General Glenn Talbot on ‘Agents of SHIELD’, Persian American actor Adrian Pasdar is probably better known as Nathan Petrelli, superhuman politician from Tim Kring’s NBC series Heroes.
The actor has done any number of horror roles on both TV and in the cinema and these are two of my favorites.
Near Dark (1987)
Near Dark was a cult hit blending vampires into a modern Western motif. Oscar winning director Kathryn Bigelow (Hurt Locker, Zereo Dark Thirty) co-wrote and helmed this dramatic road trip horror. Her direction gives things a feel that is somehow both epic and trashy. A 21 year old Pasdar stars in one of his first sizable roles. He is the heart-throb reluctant hero while Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton up the creepy factor with over-the-top bad guy action. A classic.
Home Movie (2008)
A dark and effective horror indie in the found footage motif that takes a seemingly idyllic family into sociopathy with a tinge of the supernatural. Here, 20 years after Near Dark, Pasdar plays an earnest pastor and adoring dad trying to create normalcy where there is increasingly less and less of it.
Panels & Events
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Survivors of the First Comic Con
Location: 1A14
12:15 – 1:00 PM
The Walking Dead: Telltale’s Video Game Franchise
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12:15 – 1:00 PM
Secret Identities – Transgender Themes in Comic Books
Location: 1A01
1:00 – 1:45 PM
KAKEHASHI Project – New Japanese Animation Talent
Location: 1A21
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How to Kickstart Your Comics Project Like a Pro
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1:15 – 2:00 PM
DMC Presents: Boom! Bap! Pow! Hip-Hop & Comics!
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Women of MARVEL Panel
Location: 1A06
1:15 – 2:15 PM
Gotham Special Video Presentation and Q&A
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Successfully Crowdfund Your Comic
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2:00 – 2:45 PM
Kodansha Comics
Location: 1A18
2:15 – 3:00 PM
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Legend and Legacy
Location: 1A06
3:00 – 3:45 PM
Crunchyroll Manga Panel
Location: 1A18
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Sleepy Hollow (20th Century Fox TV & FOX Broadcasting)
Location: Main Stage 1-D
4:15 – 5:00 PM
Women in Geek Media – Super Girls on a Mission!
Location: 1A14
4:30 – 5:30 PM
Person of Interest Special Video Presentation and Q&A
Location: Empire Stage 1-E
5:00 – 5:45 PM
Protecting Your Ideas – What Should You Do?
Location: 1B03
Autographs
10:00AM-5:00PM Sue Lee
Location: Booth # 1380
10:00AM-5:00PM Keahu Kahuanui
Location: Booth # 2375
10:00-11:00 AM Mark Tatulli
Location: Booth # 2219
10:00AM-5:00PM Stella Chuu
Location: Booth # 1375
10:00AM-5:00PM Enrica Jang
Location: Booth # 1046
10:00AM-5:00PM Manu Bennett
Location: Booth # 3100
10:30AM-5:00PM Alex Kingston
Location: Autographing Table 17
10:30-11:30 AM Brian Azzarello, Cliff Chiang & Gail Simone
Location: Table EE1, Artist Alley
11:00AM-1:00PM Paolo Rivera
Location: Booth # 2405
11:00AM-5:00PM Giancarlo Esposito
Location: Autographing Table 11
11:00AM-5:00PM Stephen Amell
Location: Autographing Table 6
11:00AM-5:00PM LeVar Burton
Location: Autographing Table 20
11:00AM-5:00PM Michael Dorn
Location: Autographing Table 21
11:30AM-4:00PM Gillian Anderson
Location: Autographing Table 15
12:00- 1:00 PM Amanda Coronado
Location: Booth # 3044
12:00-12:30 PM Roberto Calas
Location: Booth # 860
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Location: Booth # 1906
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Location: Booth # 2028
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Location: Booth # 614
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Location: Booth # 414
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Location: Booth # 507
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Location: Booth # 3044
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Location: Booth # 972
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Location: Booth # 3044
2:00 – 3:00 PM Juan Castro
Location: Booth # 3044
2:00 – 3:00 PM Jerry Springer
Location: Booth # 2307
2:30 – 3:20 PM Roger Ma
Location: Booth # 2108
3:30 – 4:30 PM Claudio Sanchez & Chondra Echert
Location: Booth # 1728
Fri. Oct. 10
11:15-12:00 “Marry, Do or Kill?” Shatter Female Stereotypes in Comics
Where: 1A05
12:15-1:00 Reinventing Horror
Where: 1A05
12:45-1:45 Elementary Panel & Exclusive Screening
Where: Main Stage 1-D
1:00-1:45 Diversity in Marvel Comics
Where: 1A18
1:15-2:00 Women of Color in Comics: Race, Gender & the Comic Book Medium
Where: 1A24
2:15-3:00 Women in Queer Comics
Where: 1A14
5:00-5:45 Takeshi Obata (Death Note & All You Need Is Kill)
Where: 1A10
5:45-6:45 MARVEL’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Where: Main Stage 1-D
6:00-7:45 Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
Where: 1B03
6:15-7:00 Yoshiki Panel
Where: 1A06
7:15-8:00 Hip-Hop & Comics: Cultures Combining
Where: 1A14
8:15-9:00 Juanjo Guarnido in the Freak Kitchen
Where: 1A01
Fri. Oct. 10 AUTOGRAPHS
10:00-7:00 Oscar “Sketch” Navarro
Booth # 507
10:00-7:00 Sue Lee FX
Booth # 1380
10:0-7:00 Keahu Kahuanui
Booth # 2375
10:00-5:00 Bernard Chang
Booth # 2010
10:00-7:00 Manu Bennett
Booth # 3100
10:3-2:30 William Shatner
Autographing Table 4
11:00-8:00 Giancarlo Esposito
Autographing Table 11
11:00-3:15 Gillian Anderson
Autographing Table 15
11:00-8:00 LeVar Burton
Autographing Table 20
11:00-8:00 Michael Dorn
Autographing Table 21
11:00-8:00 Karl Urban
Autographing Table 25
11:00-11:50 Daniel José Older
Booth # 2108
11:30-12:30 Michael Martinez
Booth # 2129
1:00 – 1:50 Karen Bao
Booth # 2108
1:00 – 7:00 Dan Mendoza (Zombie Tramp Creator)
Booth # 3044
1:00 – 7:00 Enrica Jang
Booth # 1046
2:00 – 3:00 Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Francesco Francavilla
Booth # 1936
2:00 – 3:00 Deron Bennett
Booth # 972
2:00 – 3:00 Jamal Igle
Booth # 3044
2:00 – 3:00 Juan Castro (inker of Molly Danger)
Booth # 3044
2:30 – 3:30 Bernard Chang
Booth # 2107
3:30 – 6:30 Paolo Rivera
Booth # 2405
4:00 – 5:00 Claudio Sanchez & Chondra Echert
Booth # 1728
4:00 – 5:00 Adan Chung
Booth # 1554
5:00 – 6:00 Amanda Coronado (artist of Vamplets)
Booth # 3044
5:00 – 7:00 Lucy Lawless
Booth # 3100
5:30 – 6:30 Wilfredo Torres
Booth # 2028
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