Phoenix
Comicon is proud to announce that comic book artists Mike Choi, Joe Corroney,
Peter David, Greg Horn, Mike McKone, Jim Valentino and Matt Wagner will be
attending Comicon 2013.
“We love comic books and artists, so our philosophy is the 'more the merrier' for this year's Comicon,” says Marketing Director Jillian Squires.
“We love comic books and artists, so our philosophy is the 'more the merrier' for this year's Comicon,” says Marketing Director Jillian Squires.
Mike Choi is best known for his
work on books such as Witchblade (2003 to 2006), X-23
(2007) and X-Force (2008 to 2010). Most recently, Choi provided the
cover to Green Lantern vol. 5 #5 in 2012.
Joe Corroney is an illustrator
who is best known for providing Lucasfilm Ltd. With official Star Wars artwork
for related books, games, trading cards and magazines since 1996. He has also
developed his creator owned comic book series, Death Avenger. Currently,
he is creating new Star Wars artwork for Lucasfilm and Star Wars Insider.
Peter David is best known for
his comic book work for an award-winning, 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk.
He is also known for his runs on Aquaman Young Justice, Supergirl
and Fallen Angel. David has earned multiple awards for his work,
including a 1992 Eisner Award, a 1993 Wizard Fan Award, a 1996 Haxtur Award, a
2007 Julie Award and 2011 GLAAD Media Award.
Greg Horn is best known for his
work as a cover artist for Marvel Comics and various other publications. In addition to comic book covers, his art has
been featured in posters for Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics. His latest
projects include covers for the on-going Ms Marvel series from Marvel
Comics, Jenna Jameson's Shadow Hunter from Virgin Comics, as well as a
series of pieces promoting Marvel's 2008 "event" Secret Invasion.
Mike McKone first published
works included DC Comics' Justice League of America and Justice
League International, as well as The Punisher War Zone for Marvel
Comics. He is best well known for his work on Marvel's Exiles. This led
to his work on DC's Teen Titans and Marvel's Fantastic Four. Most recently, McKone has done work for
Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man in 2011.
Jim Valentino began working for
Marvel Comics on their superhero titles and his most notable work, at the time
was as writer/artist for the series Guardians of the Galaxy. In 1992, he
left Marvel to co-found Image Comics. Of the titles he created at Image, the
super-hero series ShadowHawk is the most notable. In 1999, Valentino
became publisher of Image Comics until 2003. Most recently, he created Silverline
books an all-ages imprint for original graphic novels in 2008.
Matt Wagner is best known as the
creator of the series Mage and Grendel. He has also worked on
comics featuring The Demon and Batman in addition to the titles Sandman
Mystery Theatre and the DC Comics limited series, Trinity. His most
recent product is Madame Xanadu.
Phoenix Comicon is the signature pop culture experience of the southwest. Comicon is presenting guests and programming for hobbyists by attracting the top segments of the comics, anime, sci-fi, film, tv, and gaming industries. Entering its eleventh year, Phoenix Comicon is expected to draw over 40,000 attendees to its May 23-26, 2013 convention held at the Phoenix Convention Center and Hyatt Regency in Downtown Phoenix.
For more information, please go to http://www.phoenixcomicon.com.
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