April 2–4 • Moscone Center South • San Francisco SPECIAL GUESTS
WonderCon 2010 showcases an incredible list of artists and writers from the world of comics and science fiction/fantasy. These special guests are confirmed for 2010: Murphy Anderson (artist, Hawkman, Adam Strange). One of comics’ most respected inkers, Murphy Anderson is also known for his stunning pencils on Hawkman and Atomic Knights. His clean, precise inking style made him a natural for pencillers such as Carmine Infantino (Adam Strange) and Curt Swan (Superman). Anderson’s long career in comics—dating back to the Golden Age—includes the Buck Rogers syndicated comic strip and a long stint producing PS, the Preventive Maintenance magazine for the U.S. Army. Sergio Aragonés (cartoonist, Groo, MAD magazine). MAD 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.
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Peter S. Beagle (author, The Last Unicorn, “Two Hearts”) Peter S. Beagle’s extraordinary body of work — including A Fine And Private Place, The Last Unicorn, Tamsin, and the award-winning “Two Hearts” — has made him an American fantasy legend. He also wrote the animated versions of The Lord of the Rings and The Last Unicorn, plus the fan-favorite “Sarek” episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Starting in April 2010, IDW Publishing will release a six-issue adaptation of The Last Unicorn, to be followed by an adaptation of A Fine and Private Place.
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Frank Cho (artist, Liberty Meadows, Mighty Avengers). Award-winning cartoonist Frank Cho started his comics career with the syndicated comic strip Liberty Meadows. He eventually took his popular strip to the comic book format, 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 Conner (artist, Power Girl, Supergirl in Wednesday Comics). Amanda 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 Cooke (writer/artist, DC: The New Frontier, Parker: Hunter). Writer/artist Darwyn Cooke is known for his award-winning work at DC Comics, including Will Eisner’s The Spirit, Catwoman, and 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 leg-
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