Sergio Aragones Icon winner to attend Stockton Con

Photo by Bruce Guthrie

Sergio Aragones is scheduled to attend Stockton Con. A few years back he attended a Sac Con, and many years ago he visited UCDavis. He recently won the SDCC Icon award--well deserved. The Icon award has been given out for 10 years, to comic artists.

The Stockton Con is set for late August.

There is a new Groo storyline from Dark Horse comics.

San Diego Comic Con SDCC Intl was great

David Lloyd was once again present and he had a good location in the hall. A respected comic creator and the artist for the famous V mask---now known worldwide. He also mentioned his appreciation of Mr. Robot.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
was a hit at SDCC and he has a new comic book, Mycroft Holmes. Kareem is very intelligent and he has a degree in English. The questions from the audience were great.

The Conan tv show gave away special figure with Conan as Superman, Star Wars character, and so forth.

The great Sergio Aragones was present, as well as Mark Evanier. Sergio also won the and coveted Icon award---yea.

Stan Sakai had his artist edition book-- a nice oversized book of his Yojimbo book.

Geof Darrow has a new sketchbook, and same for Art Adams.

Gal Godot was present as Wonder Woman---looks to be good.

The Touch marker folks were also present--Soltero used the pens for his presentation

Sanrio, Hello Kitty, Marvel, The Walking Dead (Kirkman), and many others were also present, including Mignola of Hellboy fame.

Entertainment hosted Con X, with Krispy Creme, Jim Lee, Paul Dini, T shirts, and food trucks.

Soltero at Comic Con International schedule SDCC Intl Friday Evening

Emilio Soltero, Ph.D. (Draw the Line, Figure It Out, John Buscema: A Life in Sketches) presents a primer on drawing the figure for popular media, including drawing for comics and character design. The focus will be on anatomy and figure drawing. Come ready to take notes and to draw. Cosplayers are welcome to join and artists of all levels are encouraged to attend. Bring your own materials. Some guest artists and cosplayers. Kat Bell in Batman costume.

Friday, July 22, 7-8pm,
Room 30 C,D, E.

Cool beans! Lynda Carter to play president on the Supergirl show.

Lynda Carter has confirmed her role as the president for the upcoming Supergirl season. Lynda was the first actress to bring critical attention to a super heroine-- Wonder Woman.

She is also a great singer.

The Late Tony Dezuniga, DC artist, recalled when she came to the DC offices in New York, in the late 70s, everyone at DC was excited.

Dr. Soltero to present at SDCC Intl 2016 UPDATE

Dr. Soltero will present yet another free figure drawing workshop at Comic Con International, SDCC, this July, most likely in the evening. A few rare books will be given away, special guests.
If you are a cosplayer please join us as a model at the event--most likely in the evening--more info. to follow.

There will be some extra artists joining the presentation. The event will be Fri. evening with specific details coming soon. Artists bring your drawing materials.  This has been a popular panel for drawing levels, including professionals.


Friday, room 30 C,D,E, 7pm-8pm, with some special guests. July 22, 2016.

David Lloyd of V for Vendetta fame along with Alan Moore has a cool website

David LLoyd runs an awesome website with stories from many awesome writers and artists, featuring Herb Trimpe, James Hudnall, Steve Bissette, and many others.

You can even get free samples, showing you the quality of the work." I spoke with Mr. David Lloyd about it at last year's SDCC," Soltero said.

Check them out, really, at
www.acesweekly.co.uk
On a related, collaborative, note Alan Moore's Jerusalem is ready for orders at Amazon.

Darwyn Cooke has passed

The great comic book artist and writer has died at the age of 53. He worked on animation and comic book projects. I believe he was scheduled to attend the upcoming San Diego Comic Con International. He died from cancer and he will be missed by his fans and family.

"I met him once or twice and he was very cordial," Soltero.

His most famous work is New Frontiers from DC.
He had a unique style, a retro look but one that never existed. He had a way with two tones, and flat colors, with an expressionistic application.

Another great project that he worked on was the Parker series of graphic novels.

Darwyn also had an awesome team-up with Gilbert Hernandez on the Twilight Children from Vertigo.