Jul 09, 2009 07:33
Gee, is it REALLY only 8 months till the next Emerald City Comic Con? GOOD THING THEY JUST ANNOUNCED A BUNCH OF GUESTS!!!
GEOFF JOHNS is one of the most prolific writers in comics today, most recently relaunching The Flash and successfully re-imagining Green Lantern. He writes Justice Society of America and is penning the highly anticipated event Blackest Night.
MIKE ALLRED is the Eisner Award nominated creator, writer & artist of Madman, Red Rocket 7 and The Atomics. He works almost exclusively alongside his wife, LAURA ALLRED, who is an Eisner Award nominated colorist.
DARWYN COOKE is the Eisner and Shuster Award-winning creator/writer/artist of DC: The New Frontier, which was also made in to a direct-to-DVD animated feature. He recently wrote Superman Confidential and The Spirit, and is currently adapting Richard Stark's The Hunter novel.
TERRY MOORE is the Eisner Award-winning writer/artist of Strangers in Paradise and his new creator-owned series Echo. He also wrote the Marvel comics series Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane and just concluded writing the relaunch of Runaways.
SKOTTIE YOUNG is currently illustrating The Wonderful World of Oz, which has breathed new life in to the beloved classic story. Before that, his most recent work was on Cable & Deadpool and New X-Men, plus numerous covers for Marvel.
JO CHEN is the massively popular cover artist of Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 and Runaways. She has also illustrated covers for Street Fighter, Serenity, Star Wars, New Avengers, Microsoft's Fable and many more.
JOE CASEY has written for every major publisher, is one of the creators behind the animated series Ben 10, and currently writes Youngblood and his creator-owned series Godland. Major projects coming up include Dark Reign: Zodiac (Marvel) and Final Crisis: Aftermath: Dance (DC).
BRANDON JERWA has written numerous Battlestar Galactica comics, along with Xena, Army of Darkness, Highlander, G.I. Joe and more. He is also the co-creator and co-writer of the online comic Wide Awake.
There isn't a single person on that list that I am not excited as can be about getting to see there at the convention :)