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Comic-Con 2008 Special Guest List
APPEARANCE INFO ADDED!
Last Modified: Sat, Jul 19, 10:34PM
We've poured through our various schedules and listings to pull together
the listed appearances of our guests throughout the convention. This information
now follows the guest's bio. These listings may not reflect all of their potential
appearances. Some guests may also appear at company booths in the Exhibit Hall
and other locations as well.
Once again, Comic-Con presents an incredibly diverse guest list including writers
and artists from the worlds of comics, science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
Forrest J. Ackerman
One of Comic-Con’s most beloved guests, Forrest J. Ackerman, returns to help us celebrate the 50th
anniversary of Famous Monsters of Filmland. Forry, the mayor of Horrorwood, Karloffornia, edited that
seminal and fan-favorite magazine for the first 26 years of its existence. Also known as Mr. Science Fiction,
The Acker-monster, 4SJ, 4E, Forry, Dr. Acula, and perhaps most appropriately, Mr. Sci-Fi (after all, he coined
the term "Sci-Fi" in 1954), he launched his career as a literary agent in 1948, but it’s for Famous Monsters
—- the magazine that provided the inspiration for numerous careers in Hollywood -— that FJA will always be best known.
» Programs featuring Forrest J. Ackerman
Sergio Aragones
The world's fastest cartoonist returns to Comic-Con as one of the show's most popular guests.
Sergio Aragones continues to tell the tales of his wandering barbarian, Groo, and has
recently become the newly named co-writer on the DC Comics series Will Eisner's The Spirit,
along with frequent collaborator-and fellow Comic-Con special guest -- Mark Evanier.
EXHIBIT HALL: I07
» Programs featuring Sergio Aragones
Kyle Baker
One of the most prolific cartoonists in comics today. Baker’s work
includes Why I Hate Saturn, Plastic Man, Cartoonist Volume 1 and 2, and
two color hardcovers collection of his popular cartoons based on his family,
The Bakers: Do These Toys Belong Somewhere, and The Bakers: Babies
& Kittens, He’s won both numerous Harvey and Eisner Awards in the past,
including the Eisner for Best Reality-Based Work in 2006 for Nat Turner,
which has just been republished by Abrams.
» Programs featuring Kyle Baker
Ralph Bakshi
Animation director Ralph Bakshi got his start at Terrytoons, then went on to
direct animated films for an adult audience, that included the X-rated Fritz
the Cat. His other films include Heavy Traffic, American Pop, Cool World,
and his forays into fantasy, Wizards, Fire and Ice, and an animated version
of The Lord of the Rings. In the 1980s, his revival of Mighty Mouse
for television brought new life to the character. The new book, Unfiltered:
The Complete Ralph Bakshi, celebrates his art and career.
Co-sponsored by Universe Publishing
EXHIBIT HALL: Bakshi Productions, Inc., #2049
» Programs featuring Ralph Bakshi
Mike W. Barr
Writer Mike W. Barr is best known for his work on Batman and the Outsiders,
a popular '80s DC series, which has recently been revived by the company and is
celebrating its 25th anniversary. Barr also co-created Camelot 3000, along with
artist Brian Bolland. Barr wrote other Batman tales for the company, including
"Year Two," and "Son of the Demon," numerous Star Trek stories, and created
The Maze Agency. His latest book is the Silver Age Sci-Fi Companion,
published by TwoMorrows Publishing.
AUTOGRAPHS
That ’70s (Comics) Panel
Friday, AA1, 2:00pm-3:00pm
» Programs featuring Mike W. Barr
Lynda Barry
Cartoonist, novelist, and playwright Lynda Barry is the creator behind the
syndicated strip Ernie Pook's Comeek featuring the incomparable Marlys and
Freddy, as well as the books One Hundred Demons, The! Greatest! of! Marlys!,
Cruddy: An Illustrated Novel, Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies!,
and more. Born in Wisconsin in 1956, she studied at Evergreen State College,
where she became good friends with Simpsons creator Matt Groening.
Her work has been widely praised, and her book The Good Times are Killing Me
-- also adapted as an off-Broadway musical -- won the Washington State Governor's Award.
» Programs featuring Lynda Barry
Frank Beddor
Writer/producer/actor Frank Beddor's second novel in the New York Times
best-selling "Looking Glass Trilogy," Seeing Redd, has just been published. His film
producing credits include the hit comedy, There's Something About Mary, and the
Looking Glass story has made its mark in comics, too, with Hatter M. Beddor's
re-imagining of the Alice In Wonderland story continues this Fall with a
lavishly illustrated scrapbook, Princess Alyss of Wonderland, due out in
November.
» Programs featuring Frank Beddor
Ray Bradbury
The dean of American science fiction writers returns to Comic-Con
as one of the show's most beloved guests. Bradbury is the author of such classics
as The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Something Wicked This Way
Comes, and Fahrenheit 451, many of which have been adapted into comic
book and cinematic form. He was given The National Book Award in 2001 for his
contribution to American Literature, and President Bush awarded him The National
Medal of Arts in 2004. His latest book is Now and Forever: Somewhere a Band
Is Playing & Leviathan ’99. (Appearing Saturday, July 26 only.)
» Programs featuring Ray Bradbury
Steve Breen
Steve Breen has been the editorial cartoonist for the San
Diego Union-Tribune since 2001. His work is nationally syndicated by Copley
News Service and regularly appears in USA Today, The New York Times,
Newsweek, and US News & World Report. In 1998, Steve was one
of the youngest people to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning,
while drawing for The Asbury Park Press in New Jersey. He is also
the recipient of the 2007 Berryman Award for editorial cartooning given by the
National Press Foundation, and he is the creator of the comic strip “Grand Avenue”
for United Media.
» Programs featuring Steve Breen
Max Brooks
Author Max Brooks is most famous for his zombie books, including
the Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z: An Oral History of the
Zombie War, which is being made into a movie. Brooks has appeared in TV
shows such as Rosanne and 7th Heaven and has worked as a voice
actor on animated shows such as Justice League, Buzz Lightyear, and Batman
Beyond. Brooks also wrote for Saturday Night Live for three seasons.
Brooks is working on his first graphic novel with
Avatar Press, based on his Zombie Survival Guide, Recorded Attacks.
AUTOGRAPHS
Things that Go Bump
Saturday, AA1, 2:30am–3:30pm
Individual Signing
Friday, AA6, 11:30 am–12:30 pm
» Programs featuring Max Brooks
Ed Brubaker
Ed Brubaker had the comics story of the year when he killed off Captain America,
a move that got much attention in the mainstream media.
His career includes a long stint with the Batman family of characters,
including the award-winning Gotham Central, along with Greg Rucka and
frequent collaborator Michael Lark. And Brubaker's three monthly Marvel titles --
Cap, Daredevil, and his creator-owned Criminal with Sean Phillips --
garnered him the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Writer.
» Programs featuring Ed Brubaker
Matt Busch
Artist Matt Busch began his career in Hollywood in the early 1990s, working
in every aspect of the movie business, from concept design to storyboards to
poster design. He began illustrating books, magazines, posters, comics, trading
cards, and toys for pop culture properties, including Lord of the Rings,
Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate SG-1, and Star Trek. Known
best for his work with the Star Wars universe, Busch has written and
illustrated dozens of SW books and magazines. Busch has also worked with
many major music acts, providing art for Alice Cooper, Beastie Boys, Beck, Foo
Fighters, and Kid Rock, among others.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA20
» Programs featuring Matt Busch
Jim Butcher
The New York Times best-selling author is one of the fantasy genre’s
most prolific and popular storytellers. Butcher’s work includes two major series,
The Dresden Files (10 books to date) and Codex Alera (four books to date).
He’s entered the world of comics with Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files:
Welcome to the Jungle, a four-issue series published by Del Rey/Dabel Brothers.
Co-sponsored by Dabel Brothers Productions
AUTOGRAPHS
Playing God
Saturday, AA2, 5:00pm–6:00pm
Individual Signing
Friday, AA3, 5:30pm–6:30pm
» Programs featuring Jim Butcher
Eddie Campbell
For over 25 years, Eddie Campbell has gathered an international following for
his work, along with nearly every honor in the comics field, including the
Eisner, Ignatz, and Harvey Awards.
He co-created and drew From Hell with writer
Alan Moore, and his other works include the Eyeball Kid, Bacchus, and a number
of books featuring his autobiographical character, Alec. His latest work
includes a pair of graphic novels for First Second: The Fate of the Artist and
The Black Diamond Detective Agency.
» Programs featuring Eddie Campbell
Howard Chaykin
In 2008, writer/artist Howard Chaykin celebrates the 25th anniversary of his
groundbreaking comics creation American Flagg! Chaykin's 30 plus years in comics
has seen him relaunch such seminal characters as The Shadow and Blackhawks, plus
launch-along with writer Roy Thomas-the comic version of Star Wars. His career
also includes work in television (including The Flash and Viper). Recently, he's
worked for DC (Challengers of the Unknown, Hawkgirl), Vertigo (Bite Club,
American Century), and Marvel (Blade, Wolverine).
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA18
AUTOGRAPHS
That ’70s (Comics) Panel
Friday, AA1, 2:00pm-3:00pm
» Programs featuring Howard Chaykin
Kim Deitch
Looked on as one of the godfathers of the Underground comix movement, Kim
Deitch's illustrious career in cartooning has covered 40 years. Beginning with
the East Village Other in the late 60s, Deitch, the son of famed
animator/illustrator Gene Deitch, has continued to craft elaborate graphic
novels around some of his passions, including silent movies and Waldo the Cat.
Recent works include The Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Shadowland, and his latest
graphic novel, Alias the Cat.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA16
» Programs featuring Kim Deitch
Mark Evanier
Writer for comics, animation and television, blogger, panel moderator and now
autobiographer! Mark Evanier's latest book is a massive art tome devoted to his
mentor, friend and one-time employer, Jack Kirby, the undisputed King of Comics.
Evanier returns to Comic-Con to moderate another slew of panels, including,
undoubtedly, a tribute to Kirby and the ever-popular "Quick Draw!"
Mark's latest work includes the massive art book Kirby: King of Comics and
co-writing Will Eisner's The Spirit with Sergio Aragones
for DC Comics.
» Programs featuring Mark Evanier
Al Feldstein
As editor, writer, and
artist at EC Comics,
Al Feldstein was a guiding forces behind one of the most influential and controversial
comics lines of all time. In the early 1950s he went on to greater glory as
editor of MAD Magazine,
a post he held for almost 30 years. An Eisner Hall of Fame member, Al lives
in Paradise Valley, Montana, where he enjoys painting the area’s ranch life,
its wildlife, and its spectacular scenery. He is represented by numerous galleries
in the Northwest and has participated in juried shows where he has received
many awards.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA9, AA10
» Programs featuring Al Feldstein
Keith Giffen
Long associated with the Legion of Super-heroes as both writer and artist, Keith Giffen
stepped back into the comic's limelight recently with his incredible work doing breakdowns
(preliminary art) for all 52 weekly issues of 52. He's currently a story consultant on
DC's latest weekly series, Countdown to Final Crisis. Giffen's career in comics also
includes a penchant for humorous super-hero work, including characters such as Lobo, Justice League,
and Ambush Bug.
AUTOGRAPHS
That ’70s (Comics) Panel
Friday, AA1, 2:00pm-3:00pm
» Programs featuring Keith Giffen
Neil Googe
Neil Googe got his break in comics working on Shotgun Mary at Antarctic
Press. He next drew Judge Dredd and Mercy Heights for 2000
AD and then went on to be one of the co-founders of com.x comics, creating,
among others, Bazooka Jules. After taking a small break from comics to
work in production/concept design, he returned a few years later, relaunching
Majestic for WildStorm Productions before transitioning to the critically
acclaimed Welcome to Tranquility. Currently, Googe is re-envisioning
the WildStorm flagship title, Wildcats.
Courtesy of WildStorm
» Programs featuring Neil Googe
Victor Gorelick
This year Victor Gorelick celebrates having worked at Archie Comics for 50 years.
He joined Archie as an art assistant in October 1958 and has served as production
manager, art director, and managing editor before recently being named editor-in-chief.
For Archie, he has done everything from writing to coloring. He served on the
Comic Magazine Association of America's Comics Code Authority Guidelines Committee,
and he is a member of the Board of Advisors for the Joe Kubert School, This
is the first time he has been a Comic-Con special guest.
» Programs featuring Victor Gorelick
Mike Grell
This prolific comics writer/artist started in the industry assisting Dale Messick
on the syndicated comic strip Brenda Starr. Grell’s first comic book
assignment was Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes in 1973. He went
on to create The Warlord and to revamp Green Arrow for DC. His
other creations include Starslayer, Shaman’s Tears, Bar Sinister, and
Maggie the Cat. His most famous creation, Jon Sable, Freelance,
was originally published by First Comics and is now appearing in a new adventure
on comicmix.com.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA15
AUTOGRAPHS
That ’70s (Comics) Panel
Friday, AA1, 2:00pm-3:00pm
» Programs featuring Mike Grell
Paul Gulacy
Paul Gulacy is an internationally acclaimed comic book artist with over thirty years in the field.
Trained at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and Pratt Institute in New York City, Gulacy has also
worked in magazine illustration, animation, and for the most high profile advertising agencies.
His trademark action packed cinematic style can be found in such titles as Shang Chi: Master of Kung Fu,
James Bond, Star Wars, Batman, and many others. His recently published book,
Spies, Vixens and Masters of Kung Fu, is a rich retrospective study of Gulacy's extensive career
catalog of drawings and paintings. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
AUTOGRAPHS
That ’70s (Comics) Panel
Friday, AA1, 2:00pm-3:00pm
» Programs featuring Paul Gulacy
Joe Hill
Joe Hill's first book of stories, 20th Century Ghosts, received the
British Fantasy Award, The International Horror Guild Award, and the Bram Stoker
Award for best collection. He is also a 2006 World Fantasy Award winner, for his
novella "Voluntary Committal," which appears in the same book. His first novel,
Heart-Shaped Box, immediately vaulted him into the top echelon of fantasy
and horror writers.
AUTOGRAPHS
Things that Go Bump
Saturday, AA1, 2:30 am–3:30 pm
Individual Signing
Saturday, AA3, 5:00 pm–6:00 pm
» Programs featuring Joe Hill
Bryan Hitch
British artist Bryan Hitch is most famous for his work on Marvel's The
Ultimates, along with writer Mark Millar. His American comics work includes JLA,
and his co-creation (along with Warren Ellis) of WildStorm's The Authority. One
of the most popular artists in comics today, Hitch has reunited with Mark Millar
to take over Fantastic Four for Marvel in 2008.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA11
» Programs featuring Bryan Hitch
John Howe
One of the world's most renowned fantasy artists, John Howe is best known for
his definitive vision of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle Earth, for illustrating epics
such as Beowulf, and for as his work as concept designer, alongside Alan
Lee, on the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. He is a prominent and active
member of the worldwide fantasy art community and holds regular exhibitions
and lectures on his work around the world. He has published several books featuring
his art, the latest being John Howe Fantasy Art Workshop from
Impact Books.
Co-sponsored by Impact Books
» Programs featuring John Howe
Al Jaffee
One of Mad's maddest cartoonists, Al Jaffee is best known for his
work on the magazine's "Fold-Ins," an incredible piece that has an entirely
different meaning once folded across itself. In addition to producing over 400 of
those for Mad, Jaffee has worked as writer/artist on many other features
including "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions." His comic career dates back to
the 40s and titles for Timely and Atlas Comics.
» Programs featuring Al Jaffee
Geoff Johns
After working as an assistant to movie director Richard Donner, Geoff Johns
broke into comics in 1999 with Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E., and he has since
become one of the top authors in the field, writing titles including Teen
Titans, The Flash, Hawkman, Infinite Crisis, 52, and many others. He is
currently continuing his top-selling runs on Green Lantern, Action Comics,
and Justice Society of America, as well as co-writing the historic
one-shot DC Universe: Zero.
Courtesy DC Comics
» Programs featuring Geoff Johns
J. G. Jones
He brought us 52 weeks of startling covers on DC's ground breaking weekly series, 52.
J. G. Jones's comic work extends beyond the world of covers to include Wanted with writer Mark Millar
(and a major motion picture this Summer), Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia with writer Greg Rucka,
and the eagerly awaited Final Crisis with Grant Morrison, also debuting in Summer 2008.
» Programs featuring J.G. Jones
Todd Klein
Todd Klein's incredible body of work has garnered 14 Eisner Awards
and 8 Harveys as Best Letterer. In addition to lettering and logo design for all the major
comics companies, his work includes a long-time collaboration with Alan Moore.
His most recent work includes lettering and designing Moore's
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier. In 2005, he authored the
lettering section in the DC Comics Guide to Coloring and Lettering,
a popular how-to book published by Watson/Guptill. In 2007, Todd launched his own website
and blog at kleinletters.com,
with a focus on all the aspects of his career,
and lettering in general.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA14
» Programs featuring Todd Klein
Dean Koontz
One of the most popular writers working in fiction today, ten of Dean Koontz's
novels have risen to number one on the New York Times hardcover bestseller
list (One Door Away From Heaven, From the Corner of His Eye, Midnight, Cold Fire,
The Bad Place, Hideaway, Dragon Tears, Intensity, Sole Survivor, and The Husband),
making him one of only a dozen writers ever to have achieved that milestone.
Fourteen of his books have risen to the number one position in paperback.
Hailed by Rolling Stone as "America's most popular suspense novelist," 2008 marks
Koontz's first appearance at Comic-Con.
AUTOGRAPHS
Limited Signing
Line ticket drawing at 10:30 am on Saturday
Saturday, AA3, 1:00 pm–3:00 pm
» Programs featuring Dean Koontz
Tite Kubo
Bleach is author Tite Kubo's second title. Kubo made his debut with
ZOMBIEPOWDER, a four-volume series for Weekly Shonen Jump. To date,
Bleach has been translated into numerous languages and has also inspired an animated TV
series that began airing in Japan in 2004. Beginning its serialization in 2001,
Bleach is still a mainstay in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump. In 2005, Bleach
was awarded the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award in the shonen (boys)
category. Bleach manga volumes have sold over 1.3 million copies in the United
States. The manga is currently serialized monthly in the U.S. in Shonen Jump
magazine.
Courtesy VIZ Media and Shueisha
» Programs featuring Tite Kubo
Verne Langdon
Verne Langdon is a renaissance man in the fantasy publishing world. His
association with James Warren and
Forrest J Ackerman goes back to the founding
days of Famous Monsters of Filmland, as a major contributing writer (his "Men
Behind The Monsters" columns introduced Verne's famous fellow film makeup
artists to FM readers). He served as one of the head makeup lab technicians for
the Academy Award winning Planet Of The Apes films. As a makeup artist, Langdon
worked with every major horror star of the period, including Karloff, Lorre,
Price, and Chaney Jr. As a writer and producer, he created and directed The
Land Of A Thousand Faces and Castle Dracula for Universal, created all the masks
that appeared in FM including the most sought-after mask of all time by
collectors, his Zombie character, which adorned the cover of the 1972 Creepy
Annual, and conceived and produced the Decca LP, An Evening With Boris Karloff
And His Friends. His music career includes creating, producing and performing
legendary horror albums (now available as Warren Music Group CDs), The Phantom
Of The Opera, The Vampyre At The Harpsichord, Music For Zombies, Music For Dead
Things, John Carradine: Poe With Pipes, and Doctor Druid's Haunted Seance.
AUTOGRAPHS
Signing with Jim Warren
Friday, AA4, 4:00pm–5:00pm
» Programs featuring Verne Langdon
Jim Lee
Acclaimed comic book illustrator Jim Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1964.
Today Lee is the creative director of WildStorm Studios (which he founded in
1992) and the penciller for many of DC Comics’ best-selling comics and graphic
novels, including All Star Batman and Robin, The Boy Wonder; Batman:
Hush; and Superman: For Tomorrow.
EXHIBIT HALL: 2042
» Programs featuring Jim Lee
Rutu Modan
Born in Tel-Aviv in 1966, Rutu Modan is one of Israel's best-known cartoonists, and co-founder of the
alternative comics collective and publishing house Actus Tragicus. She has received much recognition for her
work, including nominations for Eisner, Ignatz, Quill, and
Angoulême awards. Drawn & Quarterly published her critically acclaimed graphic novel Exit Wounds
in 2007, which was named "Best Comic of the Year" by Entertainment Weekly, and included on
"Best Of" lists from Time, The Washington Post, New York Magazine and more. She currently lives in
England with her family.
» Programs featuring Rutu Modan
Noel Neill
Celebrating her 60th anniversary as America's favorite fictional reporter,
Noel Neill is the Lois Lane. Noel first took on the role of
Superman's girlfriend in the 1948 Columbia serial, and then revisited the
character in the '50s, on the classic Adventures of Superman
TV series co-starring George Reeves and Jack Larson. Noel's work includes
many other film roles, and a new book on her, Beyond Lois Lane,
by Larry Thomas Ward, showcases the actress' incredible career.
» Programs featuring Noel Neill
Floyd Norman
Animator Floyd Norman began his career while still in high school assisting
Bill Woggon on the Katy Keene series for Archie Comics. He started working
in animation for the Walt Disney Studio on Sleeping Beauty and graduated
to the story department, doing story sketches on The Jungle Book. In
the 1970s, Floyd supervised animation layout at Hanna-Barbera Productions, then
he returned to Disney in the early 1980s to join the Disney Publishing Group.
Floyd went back to animation to storyboard on The Hunchback of Notre Dame,
and other features. In 1997, Floyd moved to Pixar, where he joined
the story crew for Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc.
» Programs featuring Floyd Norman
Jim Ottaviani
Writer/editor Jim Ottaviani makes science fun with his series of "real-life"
graphic novels. Ottaviani's books include Levitation: Physics and Psychology in
the Service of Deception, Fallout, Dignifying Science, and
Two-Fisted Science. His work has been nominated for numerous awards,
including the Eisner and the Ignatz.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA13
» Programs featuring Jim Ottaviani
Mike Peters
Mike Peters has been interested in cartooning since childhood. Born in St. Louis, Mo., Peters was
mentored by the renowned WWII artist Bill Mauldin, who helped him find a cartooning position on the
Dayton Daily News in 1969. In 1972, his editorial cartoons became syndicated nationally. In 1981,
Mike was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Journalism, and in 1984, Peters created the award-winning
Mother Goose & Grimm comic strip, which currently appears in more than 500 newspapers worldwide and
consistently places in the top 10 most popular ratings. Peters has 28 Mother Goose & Grimm books in print.
» Programs featuring Mike Peters
Wendy Pini
Wendy Pini began her professional career as an illustrator for science fiction
magazines such as Galaxy, and Worlds of If. In 1977, a deeply
personal project called Elfquest was born. With husband/publisher/editor
Richard, she has scripted, drawn, and painted many Elfquest comic books
and graphic novels and co-written and illustrated prose novelizations. She has
also produced numerous calendars, portfolios, and art prints. As of spring 2008—
the 30th anniversary year—millions of copies of Elfquest comics, graphic
novels, and books have been sold worldwide. Her current projects include a full-color,
adult-oriented, three-volume graphic novel adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The
Masque of the Red Death.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA3
AUTOGRAPHS
Individual Signing
Sunday, AA3, 2:30pm–3:30pm
CCI:IFF: Room 26AB
Post-screening appearance
6:25-8:00 Independents: A Guide for the Creative Spirit
» Programs featuring Wendy Pini
Steve Purcell
Winner of the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic,
Steve Purcell started his career illustrating covers for video games, penciling Marvel comics and
animating for classic Adventure Games at LucasArts. Steve is best known for creating the characters
Sam & Max Freelance Police, the verbose and overzealous dog and rabbit crime-fighting team.
Over 20-odd years Sam & Max have appeared in comic books, a LucasArts video game, and an award winning
animated TV series. Sam & Max are currently appearing in Season Two of an acclaimed episodic game series
from Telltale Games while Steve works in story development at Pixar Animation Studios.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA4
» Programs featuring Steve Purcell
Robert J. Sawyer
Hailed as the "dean of Canadian science fiction" writers, Robert J. Sawyer is a Hugo and Nebula
award-winning author. The only writer in history to win the top science-fiction awards in the United States,
China, France, Japan, and Spain, Sawyer has also won a record-setting nine Canadian Science Fiction and
Fantasy Awards ("Auroras"). In 2006, his novel, Mindscan, won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award
(the world's top juried prize for Science Fiction) for Best Science Fiction Novel of the Year.
His work includes Hominids (Hugo Award winner for Best Novel), The Terminal Experiment
(Nebula Award winner for Best Novel) and his latest, Rollback, published in 2007.
AUTOGRAPHS
Looking at Our World: Eye on the Future
Saturday, AA1, 11:00am–12:00pm
» Programs featuring Robert J. Sawyer
James Shoop
A professional sculptor since 1983, James Shoop began his career working at
his family’s bronze-casting foundry. James then moved to New York City where
he studied sculpture at The Art Students League, The National Academy of Design,
and The New York Academy. Since 2001 he has worked for DC Comics, on such projects
as the Superman/Batman Bookends designed by Ed McGuinness, the Batman 1:4 Scale
Museum Quality Statue, and action figure sets including Looney Tunes, Green
Lantern Series 1, and more.
Courtesy DC Direct
» Programs featuring James Shoop
Jim Starlin
Comics’ most cosmic creator also seems to be the go-to guy when it
comes to killing off characters. Writer/artist Jim Starlin gave Marvel’s Captain
Marvel* a graceful exit, killed Warlock*, and has just finished up DC Comics’
The Death of the New Gods. Starlin’s long career also includes Silver
Surfer, and the Infinity Gauntlet at Marvel, Batman (writing the
story arc “A Death in the Family, ” which featured the death of the second Robin,
Jason Todd*,), Cosmic Odyssey, and the upcoming Rann/Thanagar: Holy War.
His creator-owned comics include the long-running Dreadstar for Epic
Comics and First Comics. (*Don’t worry: they all came back.)
AUTOGRAPHS
That ’70s (Comics) Panel
Friday, AA1, 2:00pm-3:00pm
» Programs featuring Jim Starlin
Joe Staton
Prolific and versatile, Inkpot and
Eisner Award winner Joe Staton has, since
1971, drawn everything from The Incredible Hulk, to Scooby Doo, to
Classics Illustrated, including two strong runs on Green Lantern. In the early 70s, Joe
co-created E-Man with Nicola Cuti at Charlton Comics. Joe is also credited as
co-creator of The Huntress, The Omega Men, and several members of the Green
Lantern Corps, all from DC. In addition to the return of E-Man from Digital
Webbing, Joe is also doing a Femme Noir mini-series with Chris Mills from Ape
Entertainment and is taking his shot at re-imagining the Archie gang.
AUTOGRAPHS
That ’70s (Comics) Panel
Friday, AA1, 2:00pm-3:00pm
» Programs featuring Joe Staton
J. Michael Straczynski
J. Michael Straczynski is a writer for comics, TV and the movies most known for creating,
writing and producing Babylon 5 and Jeremiah. In the last year, he has adapted
World War Z for Paramount and Brad Pitt, adapted They Marched Into Sunlight for
Tom Hanks and director Paul Greengrass, written Ninja Assassin for the Wachowski Brothers and
Joel Silver to produce, and his first film, Changeling, was directed by Clint Eastwood,
produced by Ron Howard, stars Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich, and was selected for
competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. In comics, he currently writes
Thor and The Twelve for Marvel, has begun writing for DC (with his first title soon
to be announced), and this fall will be launching two creator-owned titles from Image, Final Justice
and Ten Grand. He has not slept since 1986.
» Programs featuring J. Michael Straczynski
Adrian Tomine
Born in 1974 in Sacramento, Adrian Tomine has written and drawn the comic book
series Optic Nerve since 1991. His most recent graphic novel is Shortcomings,
which was selected as a New York Times Notable Book and made the Best
of 2007 lists of Amazon, Publishers Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, and
papers around the country. His previous books include 32 Stories, Sleepwalk,
Summer Blonde, and Scrapbook. Tomine’s artwork has graced the covers
of the New Yorker and the New York Times Magazine. He lives
in Brooklyn.
Courtesy Drawn and Quarterly
» Programs featuring Adrian Tomine
Ethan Van Sciver
One of the most popular artists working comics today, Ethan Van Sciver is best
known for his work on the mini series that brought back Hal Jordan, Green
Lantern: Rebirth. He's also penciled Superman/Batman and the special issues
introducing readers to the Green Lantern nemesis The Sinestro Corps, and is one
of DC's top cover artists. For Marvel Comics, Van Sciver has worked on X-Men.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA1
» Programs featuring Ethan Van Sciver
James Warren
James Warren’s pioneering publications (including Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella, and Blazing Combat)
thrilled millions of comics fans. He’s perhaps best known as the man who first published Famous Monsters of Filmland,
celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Many of today’s top Hollywood filmmakers were inspired by FM and
Warren’s other magazines, which defined a whole generation of creative talent in movies, television, and comics.
Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Stephen King are among Warren’s early readers.
AUTOGRAPHS
Signing with Verne Langdon
Friday, AA4, 4:00pm–5:00pm
» Programs featuring James Warren
Jeff Watts
Artist and educator Jeff Watts studied at The California Art Institute where he was soon invited
to teach as he began his illustration career in the movie industry. However, Jeff's desire to become an
easel painter would draw him back to San Diego where he started a small life drawing and painting studio,
which has evolved into Watts Atelier of the Arts, now managed by Jeff and his wife. Jeff's oil paintings
have won numerous awards, and he has received feature articles in Art of the West, Southwest Art,
and American Artist Magazine.
EXHIBIT HALL: Watts Atelier, 5361 5362
» Programs featuring Jeff Watts
Len Wein
Comics, TV, and movie writer Len Wein began his career in comics 40 years ago.
He has been editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, Disney Comics, and Top Cow, as
well as a senior editor at DC Comics. He is the co-creator of comic book series
Swamp Thing, Human Target, Brother Voodoo, Wolverine, and the New
X-Men. His new feature-length screenplay of Swamp Thing is currently
in development with Silver Pictures, and he has also written the screenplay
for Whirlwind, a new super-heroine for POW! Entertainment. He is currently
at work on several other projects.
AUTOGRAPHS
That ’70s (Comics) Panel
Friday, AA1, 2:00pm-3:00pm
Individual Signing
Saturday, AA9, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
» Programs featuring Len Wein
Signe Wilkinson
Signe Wilkinson started her newspaper career as a reporter, stringing
for the West Chester (PA) Daily Local News. As she began drawing
the people she was supposed to be reporting on, she realized cartooning combined
her interests in art and politics without taxing her interest in spelling. Wilkinson
landed a full-time editorial cartoonist job at the San Jose Mercury News
in 1982, and she then moved to the Philadelphia Daily News. She became
the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1992.
In 2008, Wilkinson created the syndicated strip Family Tree.
AUTOGRAPHS
Individual Signing
Thursday, AA6, 3:00pm–4:00pm
» Programs featuring Signe Wilkinson
Bill Willingham
Writing, and sometimes drawing, comics for more than 20 years, Bill Willingham
has had work published by nearly every publisher in the comics business, and
he’s created many critically acclaimed comic book series, including Elementals,
Coventry, Proposition Player, Jack of Fables, and the multi-Eisner-winning
Fables. For the DC Universe, Bill has written Robin, Shadowpact, and
part of the miniseries Salvation Run. Along with frequent collaborator
Matthew Sturges, Bill also writes the new monthly Vertigo series House of
Mystery.
Courtesy Vertigo
» Programs featuring Bill Willingham
Connie Willis
One of the most honored Science Fiction writers of the 80s and 90s, Connie Willis’ awards include nine
Hugos and six Nebula Awards. Her work includes Lincoln’s Dreams, Doomsday Book, To Say Nothing of the Dog,
and her latest books include D.A. and The Winds of Marble Arch. Her new book, All Clear,
is in the works. This is her first appearance at Comic-Con.
AUTOGRAPHS
Looking at Our World: Eye on the Past
Thursday, AA6, 6:00pm–7:00pm
» Programs featuring Connie Willis
Jim Woodring
Cartoonist Jim Woodring's is best known for his work in Jim and Frank,
both published by Fantagraphics Books. His surreal and dreamlike art reveal a
lifelong obsession with hidden worlds and alternate realities. Woodring's work has
been collected in the books Seeing Things, The Frank Book, and
The Book of Jim. This is his first appearance as a special guest at Comic-Con.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA 5
CCI:IFF: Room 26AB
Post-screening appearance
6:25-8:00 Independents: A Guide for the Creative Spirit
» Programs featuring Jim Woodring
Bernie Wrightson
Artist Bernie Wrightson started his career at DC in 1968 with a story in House
of Mystery 179. In 1971, he co-created (along with Len Wein) the legendary
DC character Swamp Thing. In the 1970s, he illustrated a version of Mary Shelley’s
Frankenstein, with over 50 intricate pen-and-ink illustrations. He’s
also produced work for Marvel and Warren Publishing, and did the illustrations
for Stephen King’s Creepshow, The Stand, and Cycle of the Werewolf.
His Heavy Metal strip, Captain Sternn was adapted in the movie
based on the magazine.
AUTOGRAPHS
That ’70s (Comics) Panel
Friday, AA1, 2:00pm-3:00pm
» Programs featuring Bernie Wrightson
Dean Yeagle
Dean Yeagle has produced, directed, designed and animated innumerable TV
commercials and CD-ROMs, with clients across the United States and Europe.
He also does work for corporate clients, designing characters for various products,
and works on a continuing series of children's books, designs the occasional toy,
and contributes cartoons to Playboy magazine. In recent years, he has
produced much sought-after sketchbooks for his convention appearances featuring
his famed "Mandy" character.
AUTOGRAPHS
Individual Signing
Friday, AA1, 4:30pm–5:30pm
» Programs featuring Dean Yeagle
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