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of WonderCon 2009
Important Information Regarding Programs and Autographs at Comic-Con
All event and program rooms have limited capacity as set by the Fire Marshal. Even though your badge
is needed to get into all events, it does not guarantee you access to any event if it has reached its
capacity. We do not clear rooms between events. Most autograph signings are of a limited nature.
Your badge does not guarantee autographs at any event.
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Sergio Aragonés
Writer/Artist, Groo, MAD, Bat Lash
MAD magazine's longest-running cartoonist and the creator of
that popular dim-witted barbarian Groo, Sergio Aragonés
is one of WonderCon's most popular guests. Sergio recently helped
revive the DC Western hero Bat Lash in a new miniseries, and
he continues to write Will Eisner's The Spirit with frequent
collaborator and fellow WonderCon guest Mark Evanier.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA001
» Programs featuring Sergio Aragonés
Brian Azzarello
Writer, 100 Bullets, The Joker
Brian Azzarello is the Eisner
Award-winning author of 100 Bullets, Loveless, Batman: Broken
City and Superman: For Tomorrow vols. 1 and 2, Sgt.
Rock: Between Hell and A Hard Place, Lex Luthor: Man of Steel,
and, most recently, the highly successful graphic novel The Joker.
Brian also contributed a story and screenplay called “Working Through
Pain” to 2008's Gotham Knight animated DVD. Azzarello and Argentine
artist Eduardo Risso have recently finished their 100-issue, 10-year
collaboration on 100 Bullets, but the pair plan on continuing
their collaboration into the future. Brian lives in Chicago with his
wife, comics creator Jill Thompson.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA075
» Programs featuring Brian Azzarello
Ed Brubaker
Writer, Captain America, Daredevil, Criminal
Ed Brubaker is one of the most acclaimed writers currently
working in comics. After working at DC Comics for many years on titles
such as Gotham Central, Batman, Sleeper, and Catwoman,
Brubaker moved to Marvel, where he took over Uncanny X-Men
and Daredevil, and jump-started Captain America into
its most exciting ongoing storyline in years. Brubaker’s work also
includes The Immortal Iron Fist (with co-writer Matt Fraction),
and the creator-owned Criminal, drawn and co-created by Sean
Phillips. Brubaker has won the Eisner
Award for Best Writer the past two years in a row, and Criminal
won for Best New Series in 2007.
» Programs featuring Ed Brubaker
Mark Evanier
Writer, Comics Historian
Coming off a big year with his Jack Kirby biography, Kirby: King
of Comics, being a smash hit, writer Mark Evanier also
co-writes The Spirit with Sergio Aragonés
for DC Comics and blogs on a daily basis at his famous online outpost
newsfromme.com. Mark will be drawing on his vast knowledge of comics
history for the many panels he’s sure to be moderating.
» Programs featuring Mark Evanier
Matt Fraction
Writer, Invincible Iron Man, Uncanny X-Men
Matt Fraction writes Casanova for Image Comics and Uncanny
X-Men and The Invincible Iron Man for Marvel Comics. He's
written the graphic novels The Five Fists of Science and Last
of The Independents. His other comics work includes a Sensational
Spider-Man annual and The Immortal Iron Fist (with Ed
Brubaker), both of which were nominated for Eisner
Awards; Punisher War Journal (alone, and with Rick Remender);
Thor: Ages Of Thunder and Thor: Secret Invasion; the
Harvey-nominated The Order; and more. He lives in Kansas City
with his wife, the writer Kelly Sue DeConnick, his son Henry, two
jerky dogs, and two jerky cats. And some fish. But that's it.
» Programs featuring Matt Fraction
Gary Friedrich
Writer, Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandoes; Co-Creator,
Ghost Rider
Known best for his incredible Sgt. Fury stories for Marvel
Comics in the ’60s and ’70s, writer Gary Friedrich tapped into
the rising surge of negative sentiment toward the Vietnam War when
he penned a series of anti-war war comics classics. During that era,
he did double duty writing both superhero and horror comics at Marvel,
including Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Monster of Frankenstein,
and his co-creation, Ghost Rider.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA004
» Programs featuring Gary Friedrich
Dave Johnson
Cover Artist, 100 Bullets
Dave Johnson’s stunning cover art for titles such as Detective
Comics and 100 Bullets earned him the 2002 Eisner
Award for Best Cover Artist. Johnson’s graphic treatments have
graced the covers of 100 Bullets since the beginning of the
series, which ends in February 2009. In addition, Johnson worked on
the critically acclaimed DC Elseworlds miniseries Superman: Red
Son, which was nominated for a 2004 Eisner
Award for Best Limited Series.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA073
» Programs featuring Dave Johnson
Jim Lee
Artist, All Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder
Acclaimed comic book illustrator Jim Lee 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.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA125
» Programs featuring Jim Lee
Aaron Lopresti
Artist, Wonder Woman
Teaming up with writer Gail Simone to illustrate Wonder Woman,
artist Aaron Lopresti brings new life to one of DC’s signature
characters. Lopresti’s 15-year career in comics has included popular
stints on such titles as Ms. Marvel, New X-Men, and Incredible
Hulk for Marvel Comics.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA003
» Programs featuring Aaron Lopresti
Wendy Pini
Writer/Artist, Elfquest
2008 marks the 30th anniversary of Elfquest, one of comics’
most popular self-published titles. Over the years Wendy and Richard
Pini’s seminal title has been published by Warp Graphics (the Pini’s
own company), and Marvel and DC. Pini’s fluid art and vivid characterizations
of the Wolfriders have made Elfquest a fan-favorite for over
30 years.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA050
» Programs featuring Wendy Pini
Trina Robbins
Writer/Cartoonist, Comics Historian
Herstorian and writer Trina Robbins has been writing graphic
novels, comics, and books for over 30 years. Her subjects have
ranged from Wonder Woman and the Powerpuff Girls to her own teenage
superheroine, GoGirl!, and from women cartoonists and superheroines
to women who kill. She has provided English language rewrites for
shojo manga graphic novels, and she has lectured and taught comics and graphic
novels throughout the United States and Europe. Trina's newest book
is The Brinkley Girls, a full color collection of the work
of early-20th-century cartoonist Nell Brinkley (Fantagraphics), and
2009 will also see the publication of her new history of superheroines,
from Palace Press.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA050
» Programs featuring Wendy Pini
Alex Robinson
Writer/Artist, Box Office Poison, Too Cool to Be Forgotten
The popular graphic novel writer/artist comes to WonderCon as a first
time guest. Eisner Award-winner
Alex Robinson burst on the scene with Box Office
Poison, first serialized in comic book form and collected in a
phone-book-sized graphic novel by Top Shelf. He’s since produced two
more original graphic novels, Tricked, and his latest, Too
Cool to be Forgotten.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA100
» Programs featuring Alex Robinson
James Robinson
(Writer, Superman, Starman)
James Robinson is British by birth but has lived in America
for 19 years. He’s a modest, soft-spoken fellow with a firm handshake
and deep, soothing azure eyes. When not touring Argentina with his
troupe of avant-garde tango dancers, James spends his time seducing
octogenarian women and writing comics. These comic works include Starman,
Leave It To Chance, Firearm, and Legends of the Dark Knight.
Octogenarian women seduced include Millicent Lipshitz of Encino, CA
and Camilla DeRossi of Irvine CA, neither of whom survived the encounter.
James currently writes Superman for DC Comics.
» Programs featuring James Robinson
Stan Sakai
Writer/Artist, Usagi Yojimbo
The rabbit samurai Usagi Yojimbo celebrates his 25th anniversary
in 2009, and creator Stan Sakai is at WonderCon to help celebrate
the occasion! Sakai’s been telling the tales of his hero since 1984,
all the while aiding and abetting his friends Sergio
Aragonés and Mark Evanier as Groo the
Wanderer’s letterer. Sakai is a three-time Eisner
Award winner.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA025
» Programs featuring Stan Sakai
Roy Thomas
Writer/Editor, Avengers, Conan, Alter Ego
A guiding light of the Silver Age of Comics, especially at Marvel
Comics (he was Stan Lee's hand-picked replacement on many titles and
as editor-in-chief), Roy Thomas is best known for his work
on Conan, Avengers, X-Men, and just about every other Marvel
title. Over at DC, he brought new attention to the company's Golden
Age characters in books such as All Star Squadron and Infinity,
Inc. Having started out as a fan, noted for editing the popular
1960s fanzine Alter Ego, Thomas has gone full circle and currently
edits the TwoMorrows magazine Alter Ego, dedicated to the Golden
and Silver Ages of comics. Roy's recent work also includes adaptations
for Marvel Illustrated, including The Three Musketeers and
Kidnapped!, and the historical books The Marvel Vault
(co-written with Peter Sanderson), All-Star Companion vol.
3, and Conan: The Ultimate Guide.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA005
» Programs featuring Roy Thomas
Jill Thompson
Creator/Artist, Scary Godmother; Artist, The Sandman,
The Invisibles
Jill Thompson is the creator and illustrator of Scary Godmother
and Magic Trixie. She has collaborated over the years as an
artist with many writers on such titles as Wonder Woman, The
Sandman, The Invisible, Finals, The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings,
Tales from Wrescal Lane, and many, many more. She's also responsible
for The Little Endless Storybook and the manga style digests
Death: At Death’s Door and The Dead Boy Detectives.
Jill enjoys adapting her work for the stage and screen and is pleased
that The Cartoon Network airs The Scary Godmother and Scary
Godmother—The Revenge of Jimmy annually. Jill lives in Chicago
with her husband, the writer Brian Azzarello.
ARTISTS' ALLEY: AA075
» Programs featuring Jill Thompson
Once again, please note that all programs have limited seating and are on a first-come,
first-served basis. Rooms are not cleared between programs. Names appearing in bold in these
descriptions will be appearing on stage. People appearing on panels are subject to change.
This schedule is subject to change.
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