BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 11.0 MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:1.0 BEGIN: VEVENT DTSTART:20060722T113000TZ:-06 DTEND:20060722T130000TZ:-06 LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Room 7B UID:20060722-113000-00000000000-0251 DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Contributors to The Supervillain Book: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic-Book and Hollywood Masterminds, Megalomaniacs, and Menaces (Visible Ink Press, 2006), Gina Misiroglu (Visible Ink Press), Peter Coogan (Superhero: The Secret Origin of a Genre), Michael Eury (Back Issue), Peter Sanderson (Comics in Context), Heidi MacDonald (The Beat), and Alex Boney (Ohio State University) discuss the popularity of the villain in the popular culture, the evolution of the villain in comics, characters who have alternately been hero and villains, and the modern supervillain (including the villain-centric trend in comic-book publishing today with books like Villains United). These topics are framed within an overarching presentation of how the villain is reflected in the popular culture. SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Comic Arts Conference Session #8: The Supervillain, from Antagonist to Protagonist: Celebrating the Supervillain in Today’s Comics PRIORITY:3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR