Pop Culture Witches (New York Comic Con 2018)
The Writers Panel
Ben Blacker
4.7 • 796 Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2018
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
A panel from New York Comic Con 2018 about the pop culture witches, enchantresses, genies, charmers, and sorceresses who conjured the craft in our popular imaginations in the past. How have women with (super) powers been portrayed, and how is that portrayal evolving?
Panelists: Jill Thompson (creator, Scary Godmother); Valorie Curry (actor, The Tick, Blair Witch, and practicing witch); editor Heather Antos (Redlands); and Zoe Quinn (Vertigo's upcoming Goddess Mode). Moderated by Ben Blacker.
Recorded October 6, 2018 at New York Comic Con
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| 0:32.6 | Forever. |
| 0:35.1 | Dog. |
| 0:36.1 | They write, they talk, and talk about what they write |
| 0:38.8 | Tune in Night, too night, or whenever the time is right, |
| 0:41.8 | It's the writer's panel with mad blacker, |
| 0:44.3 | And it's starting now |
| 0:46.3 | Oh yeah |
| 0:48.3 | Hi everybody, thank you so much for being here |
| 0:51.3 | Welcome to the Pop culture witches panel. |
| 0:57.2 | Give yourselves a round of applause just for showing up. |
| 0:59.3 | You did it. |
| 1:01.9 | Hi, my name is Ben Blacker. |
| 1:03.8 | I'm a writer. |
| 1:07.9 | I currently have this book coming from Vertigo Comics. |
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