The New York Comic Con is just a few weeks away, and Nick Magazine's associate editor Dave Roman is encouraging fans of
Avatar: The Last Airbender to submit show-related creations that may be featured during the show's panel.
Roman wrote on his official blog that the magazine is considering featuring “fan-made things at NYCC… if they are FUNNY, short and PG rated!” Roman also gave some suggestions on what fans can send in, including a “short/ funny tribute video that covers fandom as whole or plays to the anticipation of the big finale, a well-edited compilation of the cool Avatar cosplay all in one place set to music, short fan-made videos/confessionals where people [or puppets, or cartoons] explain what they love about
Avatar and/or why other people should watch it, a compilation of
Avatar AMVs [Animated Music Videos], original parodies that are PG [or slightly PG-13] and Bender-rock: Musical acts inspired by Avatar.”
Fans can also send videos of themselves performing skits or reenactments of their favorite
Avatar: the Last Airbender moments. Roman is also urging fans who are attending the NYCC to contact the magazine in order to discuss possible live reenactment.
Roman cautions, however, that fan-made material should be limited multi-media compilations, as
they are currently not looking for fan art images at this time. He also warns that there's no guarantee any of the submissions will be featured during the
Avatar panel.
“No promises!” Roman wrote. “But we do hope to do some really fun stuff no matter what.”
Last year, Roman hosted the
Avatar panel at the New York Anime Festival. During the hour-long presentation, which was attended by more than a hundred eager fans, Roman and other Nick magazine staffers gave a review of the promo video for the
Avatar: The Burning Earth video game, discussed the second issue of the show's official magazine, and shared some “what if” sketches made by show storyboarder and magazine writer/artist Johane Matte.
This year's NYCC will be held on April 18 – 20 at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City.
-Lisa Claustro, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: Dave Roman's official blog at deviantART
(Image Courtesy of Nickelodeon)