ATL Comic Convention: Day One - The Panels Awaken

CatBusRuss's three star (at best) accommodations are not too far away from the Georgia World Congress Center, so not having a good time at his first ATL Comic Convention would be a difficult task. Our host was able to perhaps make new friends, or at the very least frenemies, as he sat in on four panels and served as a panelist for "Knives in My Eyes: 20 Years of Brick".The panel dedicated to Rian Johnson's debut feature were for the true Johnson fans, so just CatBus and the "Blood Orange" comic co-creator, Tim Avers. Tim also took part in a panel dedicated to "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" alongside friend of the show Bryan Young and "The Last Jedi's" novelist Jason Fry. These three had panels all throughout the day, so I am not questioning their fandom towards the mind behind "Episode VII". Hell, Fry has Rian's phone number.The "Brick" panel will be released as a "I Dig Crazy Flicks" podcast in a few weeks, so not having an audience allowed the two to have a great conversation about the feature. In the end, people were coming in for the "Tron: Heading Back to the Grid (CatBusRuss took part in that at Indiana Comic Convention and it is on this podcast feed.)" panel, so Tim and Russ did get a chance to sell this under seen gem to an audience before running to their next obligations.CatBusRuss obviously attended the "Star Wars" panel that was mentioned. ("The Force Awakens" panel also featured Maggie Lovitt, the lead news editor for "Collider") and Jason & Bryan's panel about Luke Skywalker's character in "The Last Jedi". The two remaining panels were back to back-to-back in the same room. This double header was opened with a panel about the film adaptation of "V for Venedetta" and hosted by filmmaker Mario DeAngelis and featured LiteraryHypeWoman Stephanie Carr, and novelists Kris Bird and Hollis Jo McCollum. Mario then hosted a celebration about the art and life of David Lynch with Shawn Eastridge from the "Missing Frames" podcast and Tim Avers.Because some listeners do not want to hear about an event they cannot attend second hand, CatBusRuss hopes to make up for that by reviewing John Carpenter's "In the Mouth of Madness". An ironically fitting film to choose because its title may explain any first-time comic con attendee's first experience.