WHILCE IN FAN EXPO CANADA

Whilce Portacio joins Fan Expo Canada this weekend Aug. 27-29, 2010 in Toronto, Canada (Metro Toronto Convention Center).

Whilce kicks off his Friday @ 6 p.m. with the Sketch Duel with Image buddy Jim Valentino, Room 206C. He will also have signing and Marvel panel after the sketch duel, Signing Area CC and Rm. 205B.

On Saturday, Whilce will have signings @ 12 nn, Marvel Booth #1027 and @ 5:30 p.m. Signing Area CC.

Sunday signings are @ 12:30 p.m. - Signing Area CC and @ 2:30 p.m. Marvel Booth # 1027.

Check us out also at the Artist Alley.

Thanks Tim!

Thanks to Tim Boal, Suzie and Tim's brother Rick for the wonderful time we had in Couer D'Alene, Idaho. My kids had a blast and as they said, what a great time to end summer vacation. Girls are now back in school. Thanks to all who came to Hayden Library and to Karen. Girls loved the books! To those who showed up at the signing at the Lightning Comics store - you guys are great! Hey thanks Chef Chris Chung for the great sushi boat at Bonsai. Thanks to all the cool peeps I met. Your place is so beautiful and serene. - Whilce

Book Signing in Idaho

If you are from this area or from Spokane and around here, please don't forget to check Whilce Portacio's signing at Lightning Comics & Games store (located @ 411 W.Haycraft Ave. Suite C1. Coeur D'Alene, Idaho). Signing is between 1 to 4 p.m. this Saturday, AUGUST 14,2010.

Whilce will also visit Hayden Library on Friday, AUGUST 13 between 6-8 p.m. For details, call Tim Boal @ (208) 667-2400.

Don't forget to pick up your copies of Uncanny X Men Heroic Age and #526 @Lightning Comics.

SAN DIEGO COMICON 2010

Don't miss Whilce Portacio and Francis Manapul in Comic-Con How To Session:

Acclaimed artists Whilce Portacio (Uncanny X-Men, Image United) and Francis Manapul (The Flash, Adventure Comics, Superman/Batman) will demonstrate how to create and draw characters for comic books at Room 18 on FRIDAY,July 23.
Also drop by the Artist Alley to check on Whilce (EE-18) and Francis (EE-17).

Wishing You The Best!

HaPPy BIRTHday WHILCE !!!

In case you miss this:

Here's a tidbit from Newsarama's Vaneta Rogers worth reading:

MagnusBane wrote: When the future Image boys were taking over Uncanny X-Men and Adjectiveless, did they have a character in mind as The Traitor when they created Bishop?

Rogers: We went to two of the Image founders who worked on those comics to find out: Jim Lee (DC co-publisher) and Whilce Portacio (Image United artist).

Lee: "The answer is 'yes.' But to elaborate, there were a couple possibilities that would work depending on which fandom was guessing. The choices we had would work with the hints we were laying down."

Portacio: "As I remember it, Bob asked me to come up with a new strong X- Man to balance out my team against Jim's X- Men team. The conventional wisdom was my team needed someone who had no problem doing anything that needed be done to counter Wolverine on the new team. It was only weeks later that we started thinking about a traitor in terms of Professor X. And yes there was discussion on Bishop being that traitor, though to my recollection, no decision was ever made. I never drew a page to that effect."

VOTE HERE!!!

CAST YOUR VOTE FOR WHILCE

Last day to cast your vote for Whilce to bag the 2010 Asian Heritage Awards art & literature category award. Show your support by voting here: http://www.asianheritageawards.com.

Thanks a lot to all of those who voted already. Whilce definitely appreciates it.

TEXAS COMICON

Whilce will be at the Texas Comicon on June 18, 19 and 20 - San Antonio Event Center - together with other comic book creators and Garfield who will be celebrating his birthday the same time that Texas Comicon honors Whilce with the 2010 Texas Comicon Creator In Excellence Award. Because of this, Whilce is looking forward to this trip and greatful to the organizers for such honor.
The three-day con will surely be lots of fun so see you all in Texas!!!

2010 ASIAN HERITAGE AWARDS

Comic book artist Whilce Portacio was overwhelmed to hear from one of the heads of the 2010 Asian Heritage Awards Dennis-Michael Broussard that he was chosen as one of the nominees in the category of Art & Literature.
As Broussard mentioned in his email : "We received hundreds of nominations in our 12 categories and our... nominee selection committee has chosen you as one of our finalists for your category. The Asian Heritage Awards is among the premier events in the Asian Community in southern California, and is taking place on Saturday, July 10, aboard the USS Midway in downtown San Diego."
But in order for Whilce to be honored as a winner in his category, AHA has set up a voting site to cast your support. You can go to this site to vote: http://www.asiamediainc.com/site/c.enJNKQNlFiG/b.5105387/k.6B31/ASIA_Facing_East_Front.htm
or directly to this link: http://www.kintera.org/AutoGen/Contact/ContactUs.asp?ievent=428337&en=gqIHLPMvFcJIKOMzEeKFKOPAJlIXI3OyFgKQJVMCJnLUKYNFIlJNJYOBLfLSK5MQG
If you get the time, please join us to support Whilce's nomination. Thanks!

Above Cover Art is Whilce Portacio's internationally-released comicbook STONE based on Filipino mythologies

THANK YOU PHOENIX!

We just wrapped up another con for the year - the 2010 Phoenix Comicon. And congratulations are in order for their new home in the Phoenix Convention Center. Bigger area and more activities to include because of the huge floor the Convention Center can actually offer. The date was fab too, from January in the past to Memorial Day weekend. There were so much ongoing in downtown area which made the whole place lively and fun. Nope, Arizona people did not go out of town because it was Memorial Day. They actually made the most of it that Monday was non-working holiday so no reason to rush home. Sunday became the new Saturday for that particular date. So again, congratulations Matt Solberg and Joe Boudrie and thank you!



First con day - Sketch off! with Tony Parker and Todd Nauck




With best pals Philip Tan n Brian Haberlin; Proud to be w/ Spawn big man Greg Capullo


The talented Owen brothers (Whilce's daughter Kami is James' no.1 fan); and with another Pinoy talent Mr. Jo Luna


The newest Comicon baby Noah with proud Dad Kandrix Foong, head of Calgary Entertainment Expo in Calgary, Canada. Proud mom of course is artist Laurie B! Whilce's now 9-year old daughter attended her first con this age : D



Of course, sketching... drawing....