Showing posts with label Whilce Portacio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Whilce Portacio. Show all posts

Monday, October 8, 2012

Image Comics NYCC Signing Schedule


(From Image Comics Site)
Image Comics' complete signing schedule for New York Comic Con is now available! The schedule includes signings by top creators every day of the convention, October 11-14 in New York City's Javits Center. Signings will take place at the Image Comics booth, #1229.

Several creators will also be signing convention exclusives, which Image unveiled on September 19. Details on the exclusives, as well as the panel schedule, can be found at Image Comics' website.
Thursday 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM
3:00-4:00
Haunt signing: Joe Casey and Nathan Fox
4:00-5:00
Not My Bag signing: Sina Grace
4:00-6:00
Think Tank signing/Talent Hunt: Matt Hawkins (Top Cow)
5:00-6:00
Mind The Gap signing: Jim McCann & Rodin Esquejo
5:00-6:00
Robert Kirkman signing (Skybound) (ticketed)*
6:00-7:00
Halloween Eve signing: Brandon Montclare & Amy Reeder
6:00-7:00
The Darkness and The Bulletproof Coffin signing: David Hine
7:00-8:00
Comeback signing: Ed Brisson & Michael Walsh
8:00-9:00
Great Pacific signing: Joe Harris
Friday 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
10:00-11:00
Pigs and Choker signing: Ben McCool & Ben Templesmith
11:00-12:00
Point of Impact signing: Jay Faerber
12:00-1:30
Mind the Gap signing: Jim McCann & Rodin Esquejo
1:00-2:00
Thief of Thieves signing: Nick Spencer, James Asmus, Shawn Martinbrough & Felix Serrano (Skybound)
1:30-3:00
Luther Strode signing: Justin Jordan & Tradd Moore (ticketed)*
3:00-4:00
Non-Humans signing: Glen Brunswick & Whilce Portacio
3:30-5:30
Think Tank signing/Talent Hunt: Matt Hawkins (Top Cow)
4:00-5:00
MacGyver signing: Lee David Zlotoff & Will Sliney
4:00-5:00
The Darkness and The Bulletproof Coffin signing: David Hine
4:00-5:30
Robert Kirkman signing (Skybound) (ticketed)*
5:00-6:00
D.O.G.s of Mars signing: Christian Weiser, Tony Trov, & Johnny Zito
5:00-6:00
Artifacts signing: Ron Marz (Top Cow)
6:00-7:00
The Manhattan Projects signing: Jonathan Hickman & Jordie Bellaire (ticketed)*
Saturday 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
10:00-11:00
Point of Impact signing: Jay Faerber
11:00-12:00
Halloween Eve signing: Brandon Montclare & Amy Reeder
11:00-12:30
Think Tank signing/Talent Hunt: Matt Hawkins (Top Cow)
12:15-2:00
Saga signing: Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (ticketed)*
1:00-2:00
Witch Doctor signing: Brandon Seifert & Lukas Ketner (Skybound)
2:00-3:00
Severed signing: Scott Snyder, Scott Tuft, & Attilla Futaki (ticketed)*
3:00-4:00
Top Cow Universe signing: Jeremy Haun, Nelson Blake II, David Hine, Tim Seeley, & Ron Marz
4:00-5:00
Bedlam and Morning Glories signing: Nick Spencer & Rodin Esquejo (ticketed)*
4:00-5:30
Teen Wolf signing: Tyler Posey, Jeff Davis & David Tischman (ticketed)*
5:00-6:00
Great Pacific signing: Joe Harris
5:00-6:00
Thief of Thieves signing: Nick Spencer, James Asmus, Shawn Martinbrough & Felix Serrano (Skybound)
6:00-7:00
The Manhattan Projects signing: Jonathan Hickman & Jordie Bellaire (ticketed)*
Sunday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
10:15-12:00
Happy! signing: Grant Morrison (ticketed)*
11:00-12:00
Super Dinosaur signing: Jason Howard (Skybound)
12:00-1:00
Black Kiss 2 signing: Howard Chaykin
1:00-3:00
Saga signing: Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (ticketed)*
3:00-4:00
Great Pacific signing: Joe Harris (writer/artist)
3:30-5:00
Robert Kirkman signing (Skybound) (ticketed)*
4:00-5:00
Valentine signing: Alex de Campi & Christine Larsen

*Tickets will be available at the Image Comics booth (#1229) on the day of the signing. One ticket per person will be available for each ticketed signing beginning at the start of the show each day and only while supplies last. No purchase necessary.

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Whilce Portacio & Glen Brunswick team for Non-Humans


  More news from San Diego Comic-Con as it was announced today that Image Founder, Whilce Portacio will team with "Jersey Gods" creator and writer Glen Brunswick for a new 4 issue miniseries called Non-Humans from Image.

   Non-Humans details the story of what happens when a NASA probe returns from space with a disease that brings our toys to life and its affects in that future as it fast forwards 26 years later to see how humans live with their now sentient living play things.

   The new miniseries will feature life of the toys and how they are treated in this new future.

Brunswick commented to CBR:

"One of the basic questions that "Blade Runner" asks is, "Are androids actual beings or merely constructs?" It leaves the viewer with plenty of misgivings about whether or not society has the right to eliminate them -- perhaps, in fact, they are too human to kill. Non-Humans are created much in the way that a human mother gives birth to her child. That is to say that they come from us -- the stuff or DNA of our brains. Somehow our personal traits are combined with a spark of life that allows our toys to become sentient. In effect, these live toys are even more human than androids since they actually are a reproductive product of us. Which begs the question, "Does society have the right to eliminate a new partly human life form if it may pose a threat to society?" A good number of Non-Humans are full of anger and violence -- they are deemed a threat. Under these circumstances, the police are ordered to hunt them down and destroy them. On the other hand, some Non-Humans function quite well in society -- once they are registered they are allowed the limited rights of an oppressed minority."


And Portacio added about his collaboration with Brunswick in CBR:

"What attracts me to Glen's style is he is great at establishing a strong premise that instantly evokes images in peoples' minds and that invokes me to ask a lot of 'world building' questions. At my core as a creative I am immersed in Science Fiction and world building. Glen has the confidence to create such a solid premise that allows me to fill in all the details visually, to make this world live and breathe. In fact, throughout we have had hours and hours of conversations just building all the societal structures, how and why they would react to Non-Humans. What would society allow or not allow Non-Humans to do. Even their religion of sorts. We even figured out a philosophy they would naturally develop because of their experiences. We also built layers of different classes of Non-Humans and how they would implant themselves into society. We have so much background that the hardest thing was to edit out what we didn't need at the moment to tell the core story. But if you look at the book and read the script carefully you will see we hint at everything. We meshed so well in building this world we could go for years telling varying stories of how our humans and Non-Humans live and survive."

 And this will not be the normal cute and cuddly story. Buddy-the-Bear is a teddy bear who is a drug dealer while there is a Victoria Secret Mannequin whole will have a toy dog and a Goth doll girlfriend. So, clearly, this will be an interesting future. Non-Humans #1, written by Glen Brunswick with art by Whilce Portacio will hit stores this October.