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Important Information Regarding Programs and Autographs at WonderConAll 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. |
Sergio AragonésCartoonist, Groo, MAD magazineMAD 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 co-wrote Will Eisner's The Spirit with frequent collaborator and fellow WonderCon guest Mark Evanier. 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. 
Frank ChoArtist, Liberty Meadows, Mighty Avengers, Jungle GirlAward-winning cartoonist Frank Cho started his comics career with the syndicated strip Liberty Meadows. Cho eventually took his popular strip to comic book form, published by Image Comics. He has also produced work for Marvel Comics, including New Avengers, Mighty Avengers, and Hulk, and Dynamite Entertainment's Jungle Girl. 
Amanda ConnerArtist, Power Girl, Supergirl in Wednesday ComicsAmanda Conner's comics career started at Marvel and Archie in the late '80s. In the 1990s she worked for Claypool Comics on Soulsearchers and Company and for Harris on Vampirella. She's best known as the current penciller on DC's Power Girl, co-written by fellow WonderCon special guest Jimmy Palmiotti (with Justin Gray). She also illustrated the Supergirl feature in Wednesday Comics, featuring Krypto the Super Dog and Streaky the Super Cat. 
Darwyn CookeWriter/Artist, DC: The New Frontier, Parker: HunterWriter/artist Darwyn Cooke is best known for his work at DC Comics, including Catwoman, Will Eisner's The Spirit, and the Eisner Award-winning series DC: The New Frontier, which was turned into an animated movie in 2008. His current project is a series of graphic novels published by IDW based on Richard Stark's legendary Parker books. The first, The Hunter, premiered at Comic-Con this year, while the second -- an adaptation of The Man with the Getaway Face -- will debut in 2010. 
Colleen DoranWriter/Artist, A Distant Soil; Artist, Sandman, OrbiterColleen Doran is an illustrator, film conceptual artist, cartoonist, and writer whose published works number in the hundreds. She has illustrated the works of Neil Gaiman, Clive Barker, Warren Ellis, Anne Rice, J Michael Straczynski, Peter David, and Tori Amos. Her credits include: Sandman, Wonder Woman, A Distant Soil, Legion of Superheroes, Teen Titans, Walt Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Tori Amos: Comic Book Tattoo, and many more. 
Mark EvanierWriter/Comics Historian, Groo, Kirby: King of ComicsComics, animation, TV, and blog-writer Mark Evanier comes back to WonderCon to host a bevy of panels for comics-loving fans of all ages. 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. 
David FinchArtist, Moon Knight, UltimatumA fan-favorite artist known primarily for his work at Marvel, David Finch started his comics career at Top Cow on Cyberforce. He went on to illustrate The New Avengers at Marvel, along with the relaunch of Moon Knight and the Ultimate Universe-changing event series Ultimatum, written by Jeph Loeb. He's also done album cover art for the band Disturbed, and concept art for films, including Watchmen. 
Hunter FrebergHumorist, Entertainer, Media PersonalityHunter Freberg is a humorist, entertainer, well-known media personality, and keynote speaker. She has been a correspondent on KRON-TV (San Francisco), KNBC-TV (Los Angeles), WJBK-TV (Detroit), and CNN, answering viewers' questions from around the country. Her commentaries have been syndicated on over 300 radio stations across the country and she has served as co-host for ABC Talkradio. Her no-nonsense, breezy, on-target style has even taken center stage at The Improv in Los Angeles. Audiences have described Hunter as hilarious, captivating and endearing. She has spoken to the DGA, WGA, American Women in Radio and Television's national convention and Women in Film, to name just a few. Women in Communications' national convention voted her the most popular speaker. Since marrying humorist/satirist Stan Freberg, audiences have declared it, "A comedy match made in heaven". They have appeared together at Disney and co-keynoted the Las Vegas Book Festival. 
Stan FrebergAuthor, Humorist, Satirist, Voice-Over ActorStan Freberg is one of America's best-loved humorists, satirists, and keynote speakers. He is known worldwide as an award-winning composer, lyricist, singer, actor, writer and director. His albums and CDs have sold millions, reaching multi-generations of fans. Starting at the age of 18, he began a lifetime career as a voice-over actor doing over 400 Warner Bros. cartoons. His radio career started with him appearing in a small part, on the Jack Benny Show and culminated a few years later with actually replacing Benny with the Stan Freberg Show on the CBS Radio Network. During the same time period he helped create the award-winning children's program Time For Beany (Beany & Cecil), which received an Emmy for Best Children's Show three years in a row. The Capitol Tower was Freberg's next home where he recorded such hits as "John and Marsha", "St. George and the Dragonette", "Green $hristmas", and "Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America". He is known as one of the handful of Capitol Legendary Recording Artists and served on the founding Board of Governors of NARAS, where he personally created the word "Grammy" in 1957. Radio, television, and print advertising were next. There was no humor in advertising before Stan Freberg. Advertising Age magazine called him "The Father of the Funny Commercial." His many awards include four Emmys, a Grammy, the Venice Film Festival's Grand Prix, and 21 Clios (the Oscar of Advertising). Freberg has been inducted into The Radio Hall of Fame, The Animation Hall of Fame, and has a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame. 
Adam HughesArtist, Wonder Woman, CatwomanBorn Cinco de Mayo during the Summer of Love, in Riverside, New Jersey, Adam escaped to Atlanta, Georgia, in the early '90s, when such things were possible. Starting his comics career in 1987, Adam Hughes has drawn for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Sideshow Collectibles, and many other companies. He has also done work for Lucasfilm, Warner Bros. Pictures, and Joss Whedon's Mutant Enemy Productions. 
Geoff JohnsWriter, Blackest Night, Green Lantern, FlashThe mastermind behind this year's biggest comics event, Blackest Night, is DC's go-to guy for relaunching their heroes. Geoff Johns brought back Hal Jordan (Green Lantern Rebirth), Barry Allen (Flash Rebirth), Connor Kent (Superboy in Adventure Comics), and is currently telling the tale of Superman: Secret Origin. His other work includes long popular runs on Hawkman, Teen Titans, and Justice Society of America. 
Robert KirkmanWriter, Invincible, The Walking Dead, HauntRobert Kirkman's comic writing career started with the self-published Battle Pope. The success of that series caught the eye of Image Comics and soon after Kirkman created Invincible and The Walking Dead for the publisher, both of which continue to be hit series, along with The Astounding Wolf-Man. Kirkman also produced work for Marvel, most notably Ultimate X-Men and the original Marvel Zombies series. In 2008, he was named a partner at Image and is working on a new series, Haunt, with Image co-founder Todd McFarlane. 
Steve McNivenArtist, Civil War, "Old Man Logan"Steve McNiven has been working at Marvel comics for almost all of his professional career, drawing a wide range of characters including Spider-Man, Wolverine, and the New Avengers. He has collaborated with some of the best writers in the business, from Brian Bendis on New Avengers and Warren Ellis on Ultimate Secret, to Mark Millar on Civil War. Currently his work can be seen in the collected graphic novel, Old Man Logan, an eight-part series which debuted in the pages of Wolverine and won McNiven a 2009 Scream Award for best comic book artist. 
Jimmy PalmiottiWriter, Jonah Hex, Power Girl, Last ResortStarting off as one of comics' top inkers, Jimmy Palmiotti has added writer to his resume. The co-founder of Event Comics and Marvel Knights, Jimmy now chronicles the adventures (along with writing partner Justin Gray) of Jonah Hex (soon to be a major motion picture), and Power Girl for DC, and the zombie horror/thriller The Last Resort, published by IDW. His co-creation (with Joe Quesada), Painkiller Jane, was a TV series on Sci Fi in 2007. 
Tim PowersScience Fiction and Fantasy Author, Last Call, DeclareTim Powers was born in Buffalo, NY, on Leap Year Day in 1952, but has lived in southern California since 1959. Powers' first two novels, The Skies Discrowned and Epitaph in Rust, were both published in 1976. His subsequent novels include The Drawing of the Dark, The Anubis Gates (winner of the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award and the Prix Apollo), Dinner at Deviant's Palace (winner of the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award), On Stranger Tides, The Stress of Her Regard, Last Call (winner of the World Fantasy Award), Expiration Date, Earthquake Weather, Declare (winner of the World Fantasy Award), and Three Days to Never. Powers has taught at the Clarion Science Fiction Writers' Workshop at Michigan State University six times, and has three times co-taught the Writers of the Future Workshop with Algis Budrys. 
Gail SimoneWriter, Wonder Woman, Secret SixA multiple award-winning, critically acclaimed writer of comics and animation, Gail Simone began writing as a columnist for comicbookresources.com, producing the comics parody column "You'll All Be Sorry." She has since had fan favorite runs on such books at Deadpool, Agent X, Birds of Prey, Gen13, and the creator-owned Welcome To Tranquility. She currently writes Wonder Woman, Secret Six, and other special projects for DC Comics. Simone has also written for animation, including Justice League Unlimited and Tomb Raider, and is currently working on film and game projects. 
Ethan Van SciverArtist, Green Lantern Rebirth, Flash RebirthNot many artists can say they were present at the rebirth of a character, but Ethan Van Sciver teamed with writer (and fellow WonderCon special guest) Geoff Johns to relaunch two of comics most popular heroes: Hal Jordan (Green Lantern) and Barry Allen (The Flash). Coming off the recent Flash Rebirth mini-series, Van Sciver is one of the most popular artists working in comics today. 
Judd WinickWriter, BatmanWith a writing career that runs the gamut from Barry Ween: Boy Genius to the Dark Knight, Judd Winick has brought to vivid life an incredible assortment of comic characters. From his touching true-life graphic novel Pedro and Me to his current work for DC on Batman, Winick has been a fan-favorite writer for many years, including popular stints on Green Arrow, The Outsiders, and Green Lantern. His work also includes the animated series, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, which ran for three years on Cartoon Network. |
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WonderCon 2010
Friday, April 2
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