Tomorrow we will be releasing tickets for MondoCon panels and screenings. If you are interested in attending a panel/screening during MondoCon, you will need to secure a ticket online.
Tickets will go live on EventBrite TOMORROW at 12pm CST. MondoCon ticket-holders will receive a link via email to secure tickets. You must have a MondoCon wristband for the day of the panel/screening in order to attend it.
SATURDAY (9/20)
Panels (Free)
11:00 – 11:50AM The Art of Toy-Making (TICKETS)
12:10 – 1:00PM 2001: A Lost Score (TICKETS)
1:20 – 3:00PM Designing Movies (TICKETS)
4:00 – 6:00PM FUTURE SHOCK! The Story of 2000AD (TICKETS)
Screening
9:30 – 12:00AM Total Recall (TICKETS)
SUNDAY (9/21)
Panels (Free)
12:00 – 1:00 Geof Darrow’s Shaolin Cowboy (TICKETS)
1:20 – 2:10PM Godzilla 1983 (TICKETS)
2:30 – 3:45PM Mondo Talk: Art Direct a Poster Live! (TICKETS)
4:00 – 6:00PM Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (TICKETS)
Screening
7:30 – 9:30PM The Texas Chainsaw Massacre with Live Original Score (TICKETS)
You can find information on all panels and screenings below!
SATURDAY (PANELS)
The Art of Toy-Making - CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
Panelists: Mike Mitchell, Brock Otterbacher, Dan Willett
Go behind the scenes on the world of collectible toys! The panelists will dive deep into Mondo’s brand new toy line with photos and design images from the making of the first lineup of collectibles for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Iron Giant and Alfred Hitchcock. Artist Mike Mitchell will also talk about turning his Lil’ Mikey illustration into a 3D figure. The future of Mondo’s toy collectibles will be discussed with the announcement of a new vinyl figure from a beloved comic book property.
2001: A Lost Score - CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
Panelist: Brian Satterwhite
Mondo is releasing the lost score for 2001: A Space Odyssey on vinyl for the first time ever! Stanley Kubrick's seminal masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey is known for its classical musical cues as much as for its vivid imagery. What few people know is that those cues that are forever associated with the film were a last minute revision on the part of Kubrick. An original score exists, composed for the film by the late composer Alex North (A Streetcar Named Desire, Spartacus) that was abandoned during post-production. North did not know his score was discarded until he saw the film's premiere screening. Composer and writer Brian Satterwhite will host a panel on the subject, featuring a live presentation of several scenes from 2001: A Space Odyssey with the lost score meticulously reintegrated back to the film to show what could have been. Working with North's estate, Mondo will release “Music for 2001: A Space Odyssey” in a deluxe package, complete with liner notes by Jon Burlingame. The vinyl will be available for sale at the Mondo booth.
Designing Movies - CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
Panelists: Geof Darrow, Jock, Mike Mignola, Alex Pardee, William Stout and Bernie Wrightson
It could be as small as a weapon or as big as an entire world, but each part of a film is designed by an artist. Who does that? How are the creatures, ships and landscapes of our shared dreams created? MondoCon sits down with six artists who have given form to some of the most iconic imagery in film. They will share stories and art, including pieces that have never been released publicly from the design phase on films like Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ghostbusters, The Matrix, Blade 2, Dredd 3D, Return of the Living Dead and more.
FUTURE SHOCK! The Story of 2000AD, World Premiere (Free Screening) - CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
A long overdue documentary that tells the story of 2000AD, the unsung cult hero of the comics industry. This film will celebrate and pay respect to the comic and explore its importance and influence on contemporary pop culture. Through in-depth interviews with the creators, writers, artists and fans of the last 35 years, we will tell the story of how this irrepressible, independent weekly comic has survived to have such a widespread cultural impact, not only on the international comics industry but also in film, art and literature. MondoCon will have the world premiere screening of this documentary on Saturday, September 20. The screening will be free to badge holders with the Mondo poster for the event sold separately following the film. The trailer for FUTURE SHOCK! The Story of 2000AD can be found here.
SATURDAY (SCREENING)
Total Recall - CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
$60
Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall is an absolute Sci-Fi classic with striking visuals, full throttle action and one of our favorite Schwarzenegger performances. Join us as we celebrate the film with a beautiful 35mm screening and a limited edition poster for the film by JC Richard. Posters are included in the ticket price and only available to attendees!
SUNDAY (PANELS)
Geof Darrow’s Shaolin Cowboy - CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
Panelist: Geof Darrow
Renowned comic book creator (Hard Boilded, Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot) and conceptual film artist (The Matrix trilogy) Geof Darrow will discuss Shaolin Cowboy, including presenting 8 minutes of never-before-seen finished animation from an unproduced adaptation of the beloved cult comic. In 2009 Variety reported that the Wachowski siblings and Circle of Confusion were producing an animated feature of Shaolin Cowboy, but no one has ever seen this footage publicly… until now. Darrow will discuss his history with the project and his experience working on the animation in Japan. This is a unique opportunity for the world to get a first look at a potential anime classic that almost was. Shaolin Cowboy follows an unnamed former Shaolin monk who wanders the land with a talking mule named Lord Evelyn Dunkirk Winniferd Esq. the Third. Having been "asked" to leave the Shaolin temple, he has since had a bounty placed on his head, which many are eager to collect. Given the Shaolin Cowboy's prowess in martial arts, however, this proves to be very difficult. “I met Geof Darrow a year ago in San Antonio. During our talk, he mentioned that he once lived in Japan and was working on an anime. My brain broke at the thought of a Geof Darrow anime based on Shaolin Cowboy followed immediately by heartbreak when he said that funding was pulled and the project was canceled. I’ve always wondered what it would be like. What would a Geof Darrow drawing be like if animated? What would the Shaolin Cowboy look like in action? Good news. All of these questions will be answered at MondoCon,” said Mondo CEO Justin Ishmael.
Godzilla 1983 - CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
Panelist: William Stout
Long before Gareth Edwards and even Roland Emmerich took on the iconic monster, Godzilla was set to make landfall on American soil, but it wasn’t his time. Writer Fred Dekker, FX artist Rick Baker and conceptual artist William Stout were just some of the big names involved in an early attempt at a US-produced feature film in the 1980s that few were even aware existed until now. Artist William Stout will take the audience through the entire feature film with over one hundred storyboards and conceptual art designs that he created along with Dave Stevens (creator of The Rocketeer) and Doug Widley (creator of Johnny Quest)
Mondo Talk: Art Direct a Poster Live! - CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
Panelists: Justin Ishmael, Mitch Putnam, Rob Jones
Mondo Creative Directors Justin Ishmael, Mitch Putnam and Rob Jones will discuss the creative process behind Mondo's work, showing how the team works with artists to arrive at final images. The panel will include a presentation of alternate poster concepts from previously released prints and reveal new poster designs. The audience will also have the unique opportunity to “art direct” a project live during the panel, adding their feedback and voting on their favorite concept. Mondo will then produce the fan-created project.
ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY OF CANNON FILMS (Free Screening) - CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus were two movie-obsessed cousins from Israel who became Hollywood’s ultimate gate-crashers. Following their own skewed version of the Great American Dream, they bought an already low-rent brand – Cannon Films – and ratcheted up its production to become so synonymous with schlock that the very sight of its iconic logo made audiences boo throughout the 1980s. And yet who could have foreseen how close they came to nearly taking over Hollywood and the UK film industry? Also screening at this year's Fantastic Fest.
SUNDAY (SCREENING)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre with Live Original Score - CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
$45
The most terrifying film of all time will be presented as you have never seen or heard it before. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre will be shown remastered in 4K with an original score performed live at MondoCon on Sunday, September 21. Composers Anton Maoif and Umberto created a completely new score for the film over the course of the last year after conceiving of the idea with Death Waltz records at Beyond Fest last October. This is the first time it will be heard anywhere. The film will also play with the live score at Beyond Fest in Los Angeles on September 27. Death Waltz records has produced the score and will make it available exclusively at the two shows in Austin and LA. Only 800 copies will be created. The exclusive Death Waltz vinyl will be included in the cost of admission to this screening. You can listen to three tracks from new score on Sound Cloud.
