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12.23.08
This is our last update of the year, we wish everyone Happy Holidays and we'll see you in 2009!
Joining us are classic creators ERNIE CHAN (Conan) and TONY DEZUNIGA (Jonah Hex), both of who have made recent returns to the characters that made them famous!
The creative team of Dead Ahead: CLARK CASTILLO, MEL SMITH and ALEX NIÑO are making their way out to the Pacific Northwest for the first time in 2009.
Lastly, fan favorite creator STEVE ROLSTON (Emiko Superstar) returns!
Please note that due to a scheduling conflict, Joe Casey has cancelled his appearance.
12.18.08
For the first time ever, legendary Batman: The Animated Series co-creator and producer BRUCE TIMM will be appearing at the Emerald City ComiCon!
Eisner Award-winning colorist DAVE STEWART (Hellboy, Iron Man) and writer C.B. CEBULSKI (X-Infernus, X-Men: Manifest Destiny) are also appearing!
12.11.08
Returning is that bastion of geek awesomeness and beard luxuriousness WIL WHEATON (he also blogs and acts), while legendary indy creator JAIME HERNANDEZ (Love & Rockets) makes his very first appearance as well!
Even more members from Periscope Studios: JEFF PARKER (Agents of Atlas), PAUL TOBIN (Age of the Sentry) and DUSTIN WEAVER (Star Wars: KOTOR).
Another creator making his first appearnce: GRIS GRIMLY, who is an author & illustrator (and director) best known for his darkly whimsical children's books, including Neil Gaiman's Dangerous Alphabet and his own Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Madness.
Also joining us again is the writer of the top selling video game Gears of War 2 (and the GoW comic) JOSH ORTEGA!
Note that due to a scheduling conflict, Alex Robinson has cancelled his appearance.
12.08.08
Eisner Award nominated writer JASON AARON (Scalped, Wolverine) and Standard Attrition blog-mate G. WILLOW WILSON (Air, Vixen) are making their first appearances in the Northwest!
More members from Periscope Studios return, including COLLEEN COOVER (X-Men: First Class), KIERON DWYER (Fear Agent) and DAVID HAHN (Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four), plus local favorite creators JAY FAERBER (Dynamo 5) and SHANE WHITE (The Overman).
Also note that we've started listing discounted hotel rates for attendees on our hotels page.
12.03.08
RAY PARK, the actor who portrayed Darth Maul in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and will be playing Snake-Eyes in the upcoming live-action G.I. Joe film, is going to be making his very first appearance @ ECCC!
11.25.08
All four creators from the webcomics collective HalfPixel return - BRAD GUIGAR (Evil Inc.), DAVE KELLETT (Sheldon), SCOTT KURTZ (PvP) and KRIS STRAUB (Starslip Crisis).
11.19.08
Tickets for the 2009 Emerald City ComiCon are on sale now.
11.14.08
Making their first trek out to ECCC are a trio of creators from Toronto's Udon Studios - OMAR DOGAN (Street Fighter), JOE NG (Transformers) and JIM ZUBKAVICH (Street Fighter)
Also appearing will be co-creator and illustrator of Whiteout (soon to be a major motion picture), STEVE LIEBER!
11.10.08
Joining us to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of his creation Lady Death is BRIAN PULIDO.
After a two-year hiatus, DC/Vertigo Editor BOB SCHRECK is back to do portfolio reviews.
Also the powerhouse couple of MIKE OEMING (Powers) and TAKI SOMA (Upper Deck Heroes) will be making a return appearance.
Lastly, but definitely not least, we're happy to announce The Art Institute of Seattle has joined the show as both a sponsor and an exhibitor!
10.21.08
Four members of comic book super collective The Boulevard will be making their very first venture out to the Pacific Northwest. Who are the members, you ask?
BERNARD CHANG (Wonder Woman), TOMMY LEE EDWARDS (Marvel 1985), TREVOR GORING (What If? Fallen Son) and JOHN PAUL LEON (Scalped)!
Also appearing again will be BRANDON JERWA (Battlestar Galactica)!
10.14.08
Comics legend HOWARD CHAYKIN (American Flagg) is making a return appearance to the Emerald City.
Also now appearing will be inkers extraordinaire ANDY OWENS (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and DEREK FRIDOLFS (Detective Comics), along with Impaler creator WILLIAM HARMS.
Additionally, award-winning political cartoonist ANDREW WAHL is a first timer in 2009!
09.24.08
NOEL NEILL, the actress who played the original Lois Lane in the 50's on The Adventures of Superman will be making her very first appearance!
09.18.08
Indy darlings and Eisner Award winners BECKY CLOONAN (American Virgin, Demo) and VASILIS LOLOS (Last Call, Pirates of Coney Island) will be making their first appearance in Seattle.
Another first-timer, renowned painter JOE JUSKO (Vampirella, Tomb Raider) will be appearing alongside former DC & Marvel editor RENEE WITTERSTAETTER.
RICK REMENDER joins us once again, one of the busiest writers in comics with work on the shelves including Punisher: War Journal and The Atom, plus creator-owned work like Crawlspace, The End League and Fear Agent!
09.09.08
As a quick change from announcing comic guys (though I'll get to that in a second), DOUG SNEYD has agreed to appear at Emerald City. Mr. Sneyd has been a cartoonist for Playboy Magazine for over 40 years and will be making his first ever appearnce in the Pacific Northwest.
As for comic guys, we're welcoming back a pair of creators - GENE HA, of Top Ten and JLA fame, and also current Gen 13 penciler MIKE HUDDLESTON!
09.04.08
Multiple Eisner Award winner DAVID PETERSON, known for his Mouse Guard series, will mark his first ECCC appearance in 2009.
Another pair of first-timers are MARK TEXEIRA, whose work can be seen on Ghost Rider, Hercules and Moon Knight, while BRIAN DENHAM has recently completed work on Iron Man: Hypervelocity and Nova, and he's currently the penciler on the new X-Files comic.
Native son TIM SALE once again returns. The prolific artist of the TV series Heroes and the upcoming Captain America: White caused quite a frenzy with his artwork created for our 2008 show. I won't even say anything about what he has in store. Yet.
Also returning are MIKE BULLOCK who writes the beloved Lions, Tigers & Bears, and ERIC S. TRAUTMANN who has written Checkmate for DC and is co-writing the upcoming Final Crisis: Resist.
08.25.08
Starting the week off right with four new additions to the guest list!
PAUL SMITH, best known for his run on Uncanny X-Men, along with Doctor Strange and his creator-owned Leave it to Chance, is currently the penciler on The Spirit from DC Comics.
One of the most well respected indy creators, JAMES KOCHALKA can be found online with his daily sketchblog, American Elf.
STEPHEN SILVER is a character designer who has worked on everything from Clerks: The Animated Series to Kim Possible.
Lastly, the artist responsible for the critically acclaimed Green Lantern Corps, PATRICK GLEASON, shines the emerald light on us for 2009. Emerald Light. Green Lantern. Get it? Ah, nevermind...
08.18.08
We're thrilled to announce a couple creators who are not only popular requests, but now first-time guests to Emerald City: MIKE MIGNOLA and BEN TEMPLESMITH!
Unless you've been living under a rock (and also not going to the theater), then you'll recognize MIKE MIGNOLA as the multiple award-winning creator of Hellboy and the B.P.R.D., concepts which have been turned in to two live-action feature films and two animated films as well. In addition, he's known for acclaimed runs on Batman and Wolverine, as well as a multitude of work in the animation field.
BEN TEMPLESMITH is best known for being the co-creator and artist of 30 Days of Night (which has also been turned in to a feature film). He is the co-creator/artist of Fell and the creator/writer/artist of his own Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse series as well as his newest series Welcome To Hoxford. He also recently completed art on the miniseries Dead Space.
08.14.08
Since our first update, we've added quite a few new guests. Making their first appearance are the writer/artist duo of the popular Tiny Titans series, ART BALTHAZAR and FRANCO.
ROB LIEFELD is a founding member of Image Comics, creator of Youngblood and he helped create Cable, Deadpool and the New Mutants for Marvel Comics.
BOB LAYTON is one of the best-known and beloved artists to have ever worked on Iron Man, while KHOI PHAM is a newcomer who has been making a name for himself lately working on Incredible Herc and Mighty Avengers.
Indy sensations ALEX ROBINSON (Too Cool To Be Forgotten), JIM MAHFOOD (Grrl Scouts, Clerks), DAVE CROSLAND (Everybody's Dead) and SCOTT MORSE (Wall*E, Magic Pickle) will all be keeping it fresh at the show.
DAVE JOHNSON creates striking covers for 100 Bullets and Punisher every month, while BRANDON PETERSON is known for illustrating such books as Ultimate Vision and Ultimate Extinction.
Returning again to the show are Uncanny X-Men artist MIKE CHOI, Elephantmen creator & writer RICHARD STARKINGS, The End League artist ERIC CANETE and Secret Invasion: Home Invasion writer IVAN BRANDON.
Speaking of Secret Invasion, GREG HORN has been creating beautiful covers to tease the entire series over the last year, in addition to his huge body of cover work for Marvel.
That's about it, keep checking back for more updates!
07.29.08
Welcome back to the Emerald City ComiCon, the premier comic book and pop culture convention of the Pacific Northwest! On April 4th and 5th, 2009 we will be presenting our 7th annual show which will be bigger and better than last year's triumphant debut at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center.
In fact, we've already outgrown the space we used for last year's show, so we are expanding our show floor by an extra 15,000 square feet! This means we will now by holding the show in the larger event hall across the skybridge on the same floor of the convention center, just on the other side.
This move will allow us to bring you even more of what you've come to expect from the Emerald City ComiCon - great artists, exhibitors, dealers and much, much more!
We already have a stellar list of guests lined up for next year, with many more to come! We have some fan favorites returning to our show this year, such as Frank Cho, Stuart Immonen, Adam Hughes, Steve Niles and Joe Linsner! Plus, we've got a few new names to our roster of creators - Humberto Ramos, Barry Kitson, Darwyn Cooke, Mark Brooks, Joe Casey, Chirstos N. Gage, Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner!
Also, for those of looking to exhibit at ECCC in 2009, we are now accepting applications for publishers, dealers, creators and more! Just head on over to the Exhibitors or Artist Alley pages to download the application.
