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Comic-Con 2010 Special Guest List
Sergio Aragonés
Cartoonist, Groo, MAD Magazine
MAD magazine's longest-running
cartoonist and the creator of dim-witted barbarian Groo, Sergio Aragonés
is one of comics' most popular creators. Most recently, the man some call the
world's fastest cartoonist ventured into the popular world of The Simpsons,
becoming a regular featured writer/artist in Bart Simpson Comics.
Brian Michael Bendis
Writer, Ultimate Spider-Man, Dark Avengers, Powers
Brian Michael Bendis is an award winning comics creator (including five Eisner Awards)
and one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. He is currently
helming a renaissance for Marvel's popular Avengers franchise by writing every
issue of the New Avengers and Dark Avengers titles, along with
the wildly successful "event" projects House Of M, Secret War, Secret Invasion,
and the upcoming Siege. Brian is one of the premiere architects of Marvel
Comics' Ultimate line, having written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man
since it's best selling launch in 1999. His other projects include the Eisner
award winning Powers (with artist/co-creator Mike Oeming). He lives in
Portland, Oregon with his wife Alisa, his gorgeous daughters Olivia and Sabrina,
and his dogs Lucky and Buster.
Berkeley Breathed
Syndicated Cartoonist, Bloom County, Opus
Berkeley Breathed
began drawing Bloom County, a political satire, for college newspapers
in the early 1980s. The racy cartoons, often focusing on swinging lawyer Steve
Dallas and an unnamed elderly woman, gained a cult following and soon became
syndicated. Nationwide recognition came to Breathed with his creation of Opus,
an insecure penguin who reflected the political conscience of America. Opus
became a pop culture icon with dolls, cartoons, action figures, telephones,
and books all dedicated to him. Breathed furthered his fame with his subsequent
creation of Bill the Cat—a drug-addicted, alcohol-chugging, chain-smoking rocker.
When Bloom County ended, Breathed created Outland, where Opus,
Bill, and several other characters resurfaced in a utopia-like world. Outland
had a successful four-year run, after which Breathed started Opus, a
new strip featuring Opus, Bill, and other characters, which ran until 2008.
Bloom County Complete Library is currently being published by
IDW.
Kurt Busiek
Writer, Marvels, Astro City
Kurt Busiek has been writing comics professionally since three days before he graduated
from college in 1982, when he sold a "Tales of the Green Lantern Corps"
backup story that appeared in Green Lantern #162. Since then, he's worked
on just about everything from Action Comics to Zot!, including
runs on Avengers, Superman, Conan and others, and has co-created Thunderbolts,
Shockrockets, Arrowsmith, and more. He is perhaps best known for his work
on the multiple-award-winning Marvels and Astro City.
Chris Claremont
Writer, Uncanny X-Men, X-Men Forever
Chris Claremont has encountered more success than most writers ever dream of. Although known
for his work on Marvel Comics' X-Men series, he has written other seminal characters
such as Batman and Superman, originated several creator-owned series, is published
throughout the world in many different languages, and has written nine novels.
His work has touched millions. His initial unbroken 17-year run on Marvel's
Uncanny X-Men is the stuff of industry legend. The story arc "Dark Phoenix,"
with its radical treatment of the story's central character, paved the way for
the reinterpretation of superhero mythos throughout the comics industry. Current
projects include the ongoing Marvel series X-Men Forever, X-Women (drawn
by renowned Italian artist Milo Manara), the young adult novel Wild
Blood, a contemporary urban dark fantasy, and the screenplay Hunter's
Moon.
Mark Evanier
Writer, Comics Historian, Groo the Wanderer, Kirby: King of Comics
Comics, animation, TV, and blog-writer Mark Evanier is known for his work with
Jack Kirby (his art book Kirby: King of Comics won the 2009 Eisner Award
for Best Comics-Related Book) and Sergio Aragonés (he does something
on Groo, but no one is quite certain what it is), Evanier brings his
incredible wealth of knowledge of comics and pop culture to light each and every
day on his blog at www.newsfromme.com, and will once again moderate and host
a plethora of panels at Comic-Con.
Matt Fraction
Writer, Invincible Iron Man, Uncanny X-Men
Matt Fraction is one of the hottest writers working in comics. His first big hit was Casanova
for Image Comics, drawn by Gabriel Bá and Fabio Moon. From there, he went
to work for Marvel on such titles as Immortal Iron Fist and Punisher
War Journal. His Invincible Iron Man title with artist Salvador Larroca
won the 2009 Eisner Award for Best New Series. Fraction also writes the flagship
X-title, Uncanny X-Men.
Nicholas Gurewitch
Cartoonist, The Perry Bible Fellowship
The cartoonist behind the Eisner and Harvey award-winning online strip The Perry
Bible Fellowship, Nicholas Gurewitch started his career in the Syracuse
University newspaper The Daily Orange. In addition to being featured
online, PBF appeared in newspapers, magazines, and other school papers.
The strip ended in 2008 but remains an online favorite. Dark Horse has published
two extremely popular collections, The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other
Stories and The Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack. Recently Gurewitch
contributed to Marvel Comics' Strange Tales title, featuring popular
Marvel heroes in stories by indie cartoonists.
Keith Knight
Syndicated Cartoonist, The Knight Life, the K Chronicles, (th)ink
Keith Knight is one of the most prolific cartoonists in the country. He is the creator of three
comic strips: The Knight Life, a nationally syndicated autobiographical
daily; (th)ink, a sociopolitical single panel of ethnic concern; and
his signature strip, the K Chronicles, winner of the 2007 Harvey Award
for Best Comic Strip. A frequent contributor to MAD magazine, Knight'
offers a potent combination of highbrow and lowbrow humor. Frequent subjects
include racism, police brutality, war, mimes, and bacon. With one foot underground
and the other in the mainstream, his work has caused more than a few ripples
across the media spectrum. He is celebrating the first collection of his daily
strip, The Knight Life: Chivalry Ain't Dead, and his latest (th)ink
collection.
Jim Lee
Artist, All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder
Acclaimed comic book illustrator Jim Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1964. Today,
he is the creative director of WildStorm Studios (which he founded in 1992)
and the penciller for many of DC Comics' bestselling comic book and graphic
novels, including All Star Batman and Robin, The Boy Wonder, Batman: Hush,
and Superman: For Tomorrow. He also serves as the executive creative
director for the upcoming DC Universe Online videogame. In his spare time, Jim
enjoys a good laugh or two.
Stan Lee
Writer, Editor, Co-creator, Fantastic Four, Amazing Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, et al.
Stan 'the Man' Lee's influence over comic books is incalculable. His co-creations,
Spider-Man, X-Men and Iron Man have been monster movie hits, helping make Marvel
Comics the leader of the comic book industry. Some of Stan's other great co-creations,
such as Hulk, Fantastic Four and Daredevil have sequels on the way, while Thor,
Avengers and Silver Surfer, plus many others, are now in development. Last year,
President Bush presented Stan a Medal of the Arts, lauding his amazing career.
Stan is currently developing movie and TV projects with his company "POW! Entertainment"
while still proudly cherishing the title Chairman Emeritus of Marvel. Lee was awarded the 2009 Comic-Con Icon Award.
Paul Levitz
Writer, Editor, Publisher, Legion of Super-Heroes
Paul Levitz entered comics in 1971 as editor of The Comic Reader, the
first comics newszine, which won two Best Fanzine Comic Art Fan Awards. He has
received the Inkpot Award and the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award and serves
on the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund board. Levitz is known for his writing,
including an acclaimed run on the Legion of Super-Heroes, a series to
which he's returned. On staff from 1973, Levitz was DC's youngest editor ever,
ultimately became publisher in 1989 and president and publisher from 2002 to
2009. He is now primarily writing. A San Diego Comic-Con attendee since 1974,
this will be his first time as a guest.
Larry Marder
Writer/Artist, Beanworld
Larry Marder's Beanworld has delighted readers from grade school to grad school for
more than a generation, earning him a spot on the New York Times' Graphic
Books Best Sellers List. Marder's Tales of the Beanworld, a most peculiar
comic book experience, was first released in 1985 by Eclipse Comics; 21 issues
were published until 1993. Marder returned to creating Beanworld full
time in 2007. He lives in Orange County, California, with his wife, Cory, and
their two cats, Olive and Chipper.
Carla Speed McNeil
Writer/Artist, Finder; Artist, Queen & Country, Bad Houses
Writer/artist Carla Speed McNeil is best known for her award-winning science fiction series
Finder. McNeil self-published Finder starting in 1996 and continues
the series today on the web, where she moved in 2005. In 2009, Finder
won the Eisner Award for Best Webcomic. McNeil's other work includes illustrating
a story arc for Greg Rucka's Queen & Country and co-creator of a
new Vertigo series, Bad Houses, with writer Sarah Ryan. In addition to
her Eisner Award, McNeil is also the recipient of the Friends of Lulu Kim Yale
Award for Best New Talent in 1997 and the Ignatz Award for Promising New Talent
in 1998.
China Miéville
Author, The City & the City, Perdido Steet Station
China Miéville is the New York Times bestselling author of Perdido Street Station,
The Scar, Iron Council, and several other works. He has won a
number of awards, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the British Fantasy
Award twice each. His latest novel, The City & the City, was named
one of the top 10 books of the year in 2009 by Amazon.com. His new book, Kraken,
will be published in June 2010. Miéville lives and works in London.
Robert M. Overstreet
Author, Comics Historian, The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide
Author Robert M. Overstreet
discovered the EC line of comics in 1952. After joining fandom groups, he wrote
to collectors looking to buy their collections. He found only one taker, but
the spark was lit. A coin collector as well as a comics enthusiast, he wondered
when comic books would have their own "red book" price guide. He continued collecting
through the 1960s, eventually networking with dealers and other collectors to
the point that he thought something had to be done to document the field he
loved. The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide -- now celebrating its 40th
anniversary -- was born.
Douglas E. Richards
Author, The Prometheus Project series
Douglas E. Richards is the author of the children's science
fiction thrillers The Prometheus Project—Trapped and The Prometheus
Project—Captured for kids ages 9 to 13. These books, driven by
accurate science, have been passionately
praised by kids, called "perfect for middle grades" by Teaching PreK-8 Magazine, and endorsed
by the California Department of Education, the AAAS, the UK's Association for
Science Education, and many others. Douglas, a former biotechnology executive,
has a master's degree in molecular biology and writes science pieces for National
Geographic KIDS, an award-winning magazine read by millions.
James Sturm
Cartoonist/Educator, James Sturm's America
James Sturm is a cartoonist whose graphic novels include Market Day (Spring 2010),
James Sturm's America, Adventures in Cartooning, Satchel Paige:
Striking Out Jim Crow, and The Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules.
James is the co-founder and director of The Center for Cartoon Studies, a two-year
cartooning school in the storied railroad town of White River Junction, Vermont.
In 1991 James co-founded the Seattle weekly The Stranger. His comics,
writing, and illustrations have appeared in scores of national and regional
publications, including The Chronicle of Higher Education, Slate,
The Onion, The New York Times, and on the cover of The New
Yorker.
C. Tyler
Artist/Writer, You'll Never Know: A Good & Decent Man
C. Tyler is an award winning autobiographical comic book artist/writer whose work R. Crumb
describes as having "the extremely rare quality of genuine, authentic heart.
Hers are the only comics that ever brought me to the verge of tears." Her stories
first appeared in Weirdo in 1987 and numerous publications over the years,
most recently the Yale anthologies and Kramer's Ergot #7. She has been
nominated for Harvey, Eisner, and Ignatz Awards and
was listed as one of the Top 100 Cartoonists of the 20th Century. She
has three solo books, The Job Thing (1993), Late Bloomer (2005),
and You'll Never Know: A Good & Decent Man (2009).
Al Wiesner
Writer/Artist/Creator, Shaloman
When Al Wiesner was a kid growing up in Philadelphia during the Golden Age of Comics,
he realized that there were no comic books created with a Jewish theme, even though many
comic book artists were Jewish, including the creators of Superman and Batman. After many years
of searching for a Jewish comic book hero, Wiesner decided to create his own. Shaloman
was born in 1985 as an inspiration for Jewish children, with the purpose to entertain as well
as educate them. Wiesner's "Kosher Crusader" jumps into action with the call of "Oi-Vay,"
mixing humor and action. There are currently 38 issues of Shaloman, which combine to tell
the character's story in four volumes. Al is the writer, illustrator, colorist, and publisher
of these books. His background includes having been a draftsman in the Air Force during the Korean War.
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