Schedule
- Wednesday, October 18th, University-Student Union 3rd floor, 9:00am-5pm
- Thursday, October 19th, University-Student Union 3rd floor, 9:00am-4:30pm
- Friday, October 20th, Courtyard Monterey Park Hotel 2nd floor, 8:30am-5:00pm
Cost: Wednesday and Thursday are free for everyone. Friday is free to all students and faculty members from any high school, college, or university, as well as to all members of the Cal State LA and UC Riverside communities and members of the Art Directors Guild.
ART EXHIBITIONS
8:00am – 7:30pm
University Library 2nd Floor Walkway
Art Directors Guild Imaginator Award Winner Exhibition
Come see the Art Directors Guild exhibition of the work of this year’s Imaginator Award Winner, graphic designer Martin Charles. The exhibition includes his work from films such as The Avengers, Minority Report, Leatherheads, and much more!
9:00am – 4:30pm
University Student Union 3rd Floor, Los Angeles Room (room 308)
Art Directors Guild EagleCon Exhibition
Come see the Art Directors Guild exhibition of work from your favorite movies and television shows and meet members of the ADG to talk about careers in the entertainment industry. The exhibition will include work from such shows as Star Trek: Picard, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Babylon 5, Lucifer, Jurassic Park, and much more!
PANELS
10:00-10:50am
U-SU Los Angeles Room (room 308)
The Current State of the Creative Industries: What We’ve Learned from the Strikes
- Dionisio Tafoya, Professional Development Committee, Art Directors Guild
- Alex Hajdu, production designer (Lucifer, The Walking Dead)
U-SU Alhambra Room (room 305)
Ancient and Medieval SF
- Stephen Trzaskoma, Cal State LA, College of Arts and Letters, “Making Time for Female Intelligence through Uchronia in Ancient Fiction: The Case of Chariton’s Callirhoe.”
- Ahmad Muhammad Aurangzeb, University of Washington, “Servants of God: Conceptualizing Intelligences across Judaism, Christianity and Islam in the Medieval Era”
11:00-11:50am
U-SU Los Angeles Room (room 308)
Comics Typography and Graphic Design
- Don Nguyen, comic book and graphic artist, Marvel Upper Deck, Pablo the Gorilla
- Moderator: Professor Zachary Vernon, Cal State LA, Department of Art
Science Fiction and the Future of Anti-Racism
U-SU Alhambra Room (room 305)
- Michael Pfirrmann-Pugh, University of California Riverside, “Michael Burnham’s Hair Journey: Black Hair and Self-Actualization in Science Fiction Television”
- Lando Tosaya, University of Washington, “The Creation of Afro-Indigenous Futurisms: How an Entwined Tyrannized Past Generated the Production of Imagined Futures”
- Moderator: Stina Attebery, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
12:15-1:30pm
U-SU Los Angeles Room (room 308)
Imaginator Award Presentation
- Martin Charles, graphic designer (AI, Black Adam, Ghostbusters, The Avengers)
1:45-2:55pm
U-SU Los Angeles Room (room 308)
Riot Games: Writing and Animation in League of Legends
- Scott Newton, Senior Manager, Riot Games
- More industry professionals TBA
U-SU Alhambra Room (room 305)
Space Babe Podyssey: Quality Queers
- Rosa Rivera, Cal State LA
- ‘Jubi Sandoval, Cal State LA
- Matt Rumer, production designer
3:10-4:20pm
U-SU Los Angeles Room (room 308)
Illustration and Storyboarding in SF
- Anson Jew, storyboard artist and illustrator (Wonder Woman, World of Warcraft, Fantastic Four)
- Frank Forte, storyboard artist and illustrator (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Lovecraft Country, Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out)
U-SU Alhambra Room (room 305)
Gender in the Comics Industry
- Barbara Randall Kesel (editor of Watchmen, DC legend)
- Shequeta Smith
- Pam Noles (SDCC organizer)
- Markiea McCarty (pundit)
4:30-5:00pm
2nd Floor, University Library walkway
Tours of Martin Charles Library Exhibition
5:00-6:30pm
3rd Floor, University Library North
USITT Design Resource Library Reception
ART EXHIBITIONS
8:00am – 7:30pm
Art Directors Guild Imaginator Award Winner Exhibition
University Library 2nd Floor Walkway
Come see the Art Directors Guild exhibition of the work of this year’s Imaginator Award Winner, graphic designer Martin Charles. The exhibition includes his work from films such as The Avengers, Minority Report, Leatherheads, and much more!
9:00am – 4:30pm
Art Directors Guild EagleCon Exhibition
University Student Union 3rd Floor, Los Angeles Room (room 308)
Come see the Art Directors Guild exhibition of work from your favorite movies and television shows and meet members of the ADG to talk about careers in the entertainment industry. The exhibition will include work from such shows as Star Trek: Picard, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Babylon 5, Lucifer, Jurassic Park, and much more!
PANELS
9:25-10:15am
U-SU Los Angeles Room (room 308)
Making the Future Tangible
- Tom Purser, Construction Foreman (Star Trek: Insurrection)
- Prof. Bueso (moderator)
U-SU Alhambra Room (room 305)
Intersectional Disability Representations in Speculative Fiction
- Dr. Pau Abustan, Cal State Los Angeles (Fruits Basket)
- Leslie Sweet, Liberal Studies Major (Malcom in the Middle, Mad Max Fury Road, Station Eleven)
- Janet Tsi, Graphic Design Major (BatGirl, Oracle)
- Ruby Lopez, Sociology Major (Never Have I Ever)
- Tracy Hong, Nursing Major (Stranger Things)
10:19-10:35am
In Front of the U-SU
Great California Shakeout Drill
10:35-10:50am
In front of the U-SU
Theater Arts Cosplay Walk
11:00am-12:05pm
U-SU Los Angeles Room (room 308)
The Music of The Future
- Geoff Stradling, orchestrator, Star Trek: Picard, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- Prof. John Kennedy, Cal State LA, Department of Music (moderating)
U-SU Alhambra Room (room 305)
Race, Utopia, and Dystopia in Comics
- Dion Bickham, writer (Blood Priest, Unnatural Selection: The Chambers Effect)
12:20-1:30pm
U-SU Los Angeles Room (room 308)
The 501st Legion
U-SU Alhambra Room (room 305)
SF’s Queer Possibilities
- Manifa Baghomian, California State University Los Angeles, “Science Fiction & Transgender Representation: A Symbiotic Partnership”
- Willow Eichler, California State University Los Angeles, “The Queer Experience: Pressures, Freedoms, and Dangers as Presented in Left Hand of Darkness”
- Moderator: Joshua Pearson, Cal State University Los Angeles
1:45-2:55pm
U-SU Los Angeles Room (room 308)
Prism Award Presentation
- Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez, writers and illustrators, Love and Rockets
3:10-4:20pm
U-SU Los Angeles Room (room 308)
Animation and the Current Entertainment Landscape
- Guests TBA
U-SU Alhambra Room (room 305)
AI, Power, and Free Will
- Jung Soo Lee, University of California Irvine, “Artificial Knowledge and Intelligence Generated through Power Structures in Octavia Butler's Dawn”
- Mark Balaguer, California State University Los Angeles, “Why the Market Value of Free Will is $99.99: Ted Chiang’s ‘What’s Expected of Us’”
Cost: This event is free to all students and faculty members from any high school, college, or university. It is also free to all members of the Cal State LA and UC Riverside communities, as well as to all members of the Art Directors Guild. Just show your school identification card or your union card at the entrance to the event.
9:00-10:30am
Continental Breakfast
2nd Floor Outdoor Patio
- Grab some coffee and a bite before the first panels of the day.
ART EXHIBITION
9:00am – 4:30pm
Art Directors Guild EagleCon Exhibition
Located throughout the 2nd Floor Conference Rooms at the Courtyard Monterey Park
Come see the Art Directors Guild exhibition of work from your favorite movies and television shows and meet members of the ADG to talk about careers in the entertainment industry. The exhibition will include work from such shows as Star Trek: Picard, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Babylon 5, Lucifer, Jurassic Park, and much more!
PANELS
10:00-11:10am
Venus/Mercury Room (2nd floor, Courtyard Monterey Park)
Avatars and AI in Contemporary Video Games
- Pawel Frelik, University of Warsaw, "’All Your Character Are Belong to Us’: Avatars and In-game Characters As Players' Speculative Extensions”
- David Shipko, Johns Hopkins University, “‘Opportunity knocks’: Artificial Intelligence, Capital Accumulation, and the End(s) of Humanity in Ixion (2022)”
Saturn/Mars Room (2nd floor, Courtyard Monterey Park)
Gender in European Speculative Literature
- Katie Howard, Cal State LA, Department of Philosophy, “Technologies of Care in Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun”
- Katherine Weiss, Cal State LA, Department of English, “Venus Attacks: Women Haunting Beckett”
11:20am-12:25pm
Venus/Mercury Room (2nd floor, Courtyard Monterey Park)
A View into the Future: An Introduction to the Lucas Museum
- Ryan Linkof, Curator and Manager of Collections Development, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
- Joan Jocson-Singh, Director of the Library, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
- Patrick B. Sharp, Cal State LA (moderator)
Saturn/Mars Room (2nd floor, Courtyard Monterey Park)
New Perspectives in an Old Industry: Writers of Color in 21st Century Hollywood
- Brandon Easton, writer, Iyanu: Child of Wonder, Agent Carter, Star Trek: Year Five, Mister Miracle: The Source of Freedom
- More panelists TBA
12:30-1:30pm
Outdoor Patio (2nd floor, Courtyard Monterey Park)
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art lunch reception
- Join us for a light lunch and conversation about speculative genres, narrative art, and the future of the Lucas Museum.
1:40pm-2:45pm
Venus/Mercury Room (2nd floor, Courtyard Monterey Park)
Radical Sovereignty: New, Old, and Emerging Roads to Indigenous Futurity
- Carolyn Dunn, Cal State LA, Department of Theatre
- Laura Harjo, University of Oklahoma
Saturn/Mars Room (2nd floor, Courtyard Monterey Park)
Neurodivergence in Speculative Fiction
- Rachel S. Anderson, Grand Valley State University, “’I Don’t Want to Be Human’: The Neurodivergent Reader Response to Martha Wells’ Murderbot Diaries Series”
- Emily Aguilar, Cal State LA, “Autism as a Metaphor for Resistance in Rivers Solomon's An Unkindness of Ghosts”
2:55-4:00pm
Venus/Mercury Room (2nd floor, Courtyard Monterey Park)
Sentience and Divinity: The Narrative Art of Lucifer
- Alex Hajdu, production designer
- More panelists TBA
Saturn/Mars Room (2nd floor, Courtyard Monterey Park)
Emerging Ontologies of Artificial Intelligence
- Joshua Pearson, Cal State LA, Department of Liberal Studies, “Why ‘Hallucination?’: Exploring the Stakes of How We Label AI Lies”
Stina Attebery, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, “Rocks and Other Intelligences: How do Indigenous Ontologies Transform the Conversation Around AI?”
Cost: All of the events are FREE for members of the CSULA Community.
What is Eagle-Con?
Cal State LA’s premier event explores and celebrates science fiction and fantasy across media practices. We bring working entertainment professionals to engage with our students, bestowing valuable knowledge in their journey to a thriving career path.
Eagle-Con 2023 Mission Statement
Eagle-Con at Cal State LA is a student-centered, community-welcoming event that celebrates science fiction and fantasy across media. Eagle-Con’s mission is three-fold:
To educate the students of Cal State LA and members of the Greater Los Angeles community about the history, impact, and continued necessity of the contributions of women, BIPOC, the LGBTQIA-identified, the differently-abled, and the variously-aged to the science fiction and fantasy genres; and to explore diverse identity representations and expressions within these genres while creating spaces for new voices, creators, and small and independent publishers and producers of the same
To provide opportunities for students to learn about these genres from artists, writers, and professionals working in southern California’s entertainment industries, network with these professionals, and imagine how they might one day join their ranks.
To celebrate science fiction and fantasy through entertaining events involving art, fashion, storytelling, games, screenings, and special presentations.
