Randy Zimmerman

BOOTH C-23
RANDY ZIMMERMAN has been working in comics, in one way or another, for most of his life. An award winning commercial and graphic artist, Randy began his professional comics career with the publication Tales From The Aniverse for Arrow Comics. After that he spent decades in the alternative and independent comics market, freelancing and self-publishing, creating such properties as War Of The Worlds: Infestation, The Fool, Spank the Monkey and The Unforgiven. After that Randy spent a decade producing and publishing Flint Comix & Entertainment, a comics newspaper in his home town of Flint Michigan. Randy is currently publishing under the Arrow Comics banner once again producing such titles as Hero Bot Zero, Calico Of Shard, Paragon and Allison chains. Randy is also an active member of The Indie Comics Network YouTube channel of podcasts, hosting Comics by Night Fridays at 5am Est and The Sunday Funnies at 9am Est Sundays. Most recently Randy has adapted a graphic novel of the first American Sword and Sorcery story, The Shadow Kingdom and has continued that story with The Atlantean series of graphic novels all with art by Russ Leach under the Arrow Comics publishing banner. Arrow Comics are available at ArrowComics.Store.
PANEL:
SATURDAY, APRIL 12
ROOM C
12 p.m.
Introducing Boba Fett
Randy Zimmerman
The production of the Boba Fett/Star Wars Holiday Special cartoon in 1978 was a collaboration of many talented people, and while it was a relatively brief moment in the larger Star Wars saga, it played a significant role in building the mystique of Boba Fett as a character. Zimmerman was one of the key animators who worked on the Star Wars Holiday Special. Celestri was the supervising director for the animated segment. Together they tell the story of how the Boba Fett/Star Wars Holiday Special cartoon was produced.