{"id":1045,"date":"2020-07-25T05:42:21","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T04:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unamccormack.co.uk\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2020-11-24T06:02:54","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T06:02:54","slug":"una-at-sdcc-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unamccormack.co.uk\/?p=1045","title":{"rendered":"Una at San Diego Comic Con 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1046\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sdcc.png\" alt=\"San Diego Comic Con logo \" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sdcc.png 225w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sdcc-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>One benefit of lockdown is that distance becomes no barrier to participation in events, which means that in 2020 I make my first appearances at San Diego Comic Con! I will be on two panels, talking about <em>Star Trek <\/em>with some wonderful people. The panels were pre-recorded on Zoom, and are available to watch on the Comic Con YouTube channel \u2013 links below!<\/p>\n<p><strong>All the Starfleet Ladies<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Bn8F0BDks_g&amp;feature\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Bn8F0BDks_g&amp;feature<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Star Trek<\/em> has always made space for courageous, complex, and powerful women characters. We look back at the history of female-identifying characters in <em>Star Trek<\/em>, at where we came from and how far we\u2019ve come \u2013 and what\u2019s next. I talk a little bit about my philosophy of writing diverse characters, my forthcoming book about Janeway, and how important it is to have diversity both in front of and behind the camera.<\/p>\n<p>With Swapna Krishna (space, tech, and pop culture journalist), author Cassandra Rose Clarke, LJ Jackson (publicity manager at Saga Press), and moderator Kendra James (editor at StarTrek.com).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Picard \u2013 A Literary Retrospective<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/omVgRLt2QdM\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/omVgRLt2QdM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the excitement surrounding the new Star Trek series, we take a look back at the most bookish captain in Starfleet. How did he evolve on the page and the screen? What do his favourite books and plays say about him as a character and as a leader? You can hear me talk about my <em>Picard <\/em>book <em>The Last Best Hope<\/em>, and how I approached writing this iconic character.<\/p>\n<p>With writers David Mack, Alex White, Stephen Graham Jones, and moderator LJ Jackson (publicity manager at Saga Press).<\/p>\n<p>You can log into the full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/cci\/2020\/athome\">Comic-Con@Home<\/a> experience for 2020, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One benefit of lockdown is that distance becomes no barrier to participation in events, which means that in 2020 I make my first appearances at San Diego Comic Con! I will be on two panels, talking about Star Trek with some wonderful people. 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