{"id":8385,"date":"2013-04-19T23:47:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-20T03:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=8385"},"modified":"2013-04-19T23:47:09","modified_gmt":"2013-04-20T03:47:09","slug":"e-v-a-hitch-larroca-yu-layton-among-top-creators-at-philadelphia-comic-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=8385","title":{"rendered":"E.V.A.- Hitch, Larroca, Yu, Layton Among Top Creators At Philadelphia Comic Con"},"content":{"rendered":"

A superstar lineup of comics writers and artists, including such lu\"Wizard-World-Philly-Logo\"<\/a>minaries as
\nBryan Hitch<\/strong> (\u201cWolverine,\u201d \u201cCaptain America\u201d), Eisner Award\u00a0 winner Salvador Larroca<\/strong> (\u201cAvengers vs. X-Men,\u201d \u201cIron Man\u201d), Leinil Yu<\/strong> (\u201cHulk,\u201d \u201cSuperman: Birthright\u201d), Bob Layton<\/strong> (\u201cAvengers,\u201d \u201cBatman\u201d), Yildiray Cinar<\/strong> (\u201cTeen
\nTitans,\u201d \u201cAction Comics\u201d) and Barry Kitson<\/strong> (\u201cThor,\u201d \u201cGreen Lantern\u201d) will be among the more than 175 scheduled to populate Artist Alley at Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con<\/strong>, May 30 \u2013 June 2 at the
\nPennsylvania Convention Center.\u00a0 Eisner Award Hall of Famer Stan
\nLee<\/strong> will attend on Friday and Saturday, May 31 \u2013 June 1, appearing in
\nthe celebrity area.<\/p>\n

The international roster also features top creators like Mico Suayan<\/strong> (“The Punisher,” “Batman: Arkham Unhinged”), Julian Totino Tedesco<\/strong> (“X-Treme X-Men,
\n“Daredevil”), Angel Unzueta<\/strong> (“Titans, “DC Comics Presents”), Michael Golden<\/strong> (“Star Wars,” “BSG”), Greg Horn<\/strong> (“Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark,” “Wonder Woman”), Phil Noto<\/strong> (\u201cBuffy,\u201d \u201cBatgirl\u201d) and J.G. Jones<\/strong> (“Final Crisis,” “Wanted”).\u00a0 Nearly any comics character and franchise imaginable are represented by at least one, and usually more, of these talented men and women.<\/p>\n

In addition to displaying some of their best work at the event, most creators at
\nWizard World Philadelphia Comic Con will be available for commissions.\u00a0 Many
\nwill also take part in four full days of Creator Spotlights and a wide variety
\nof other panel programming focusing on the comics industry, to be announced in
\nthe coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Other special guest creators scheduled to attend are Tyler Kirkham<\/strong> (\u201cSuperboy,\u201d \u201cUltimate FF\u201d), Doug Sneyd<\/strong> (\u201cPlayboy\u201d), Mark Texeira<\/strong> (\u201cThe Punisher,\u201d
\n\u201cBlack Panther\u201d), Tom Raney<\/strong> (\u201cAVX: Consequences,\u201d \u201cDeadpool\u201d)
\nand recent Eisner Award nominee Ryan Inzana<\/strong> (\u201cJohnny Jihad,\u201d
\n\u201cIchiro\u201d).<\/p>\n

Celebrities featured at Philadelphia Comic Con include \u201cCastle\u201d star Nathan Fillion<\/strong>, fellow \u201cSerenity\u201d and Firefly headliner Summer Glau<\/strong>, \u201cStar Trek’s\u201d William
\nShatner<\/strong>, WWE\u00ae Superstars John Cena\u00ae<\/strong> and Daniel
\nBryan\u00ae<\/strong> and \u201cThe Walking Dead\u201d trio of Norman Reedus, Michael
\nRooker <\/strong>and Jon Bernthal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Wizard World Comic Con events bring together thousands of fans of all ages to celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, movies, graphic novels, comics, toys, video gaming,
\ntelevision, sci-fi, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more.
\nWizard World Philadelphia Comic Con show hours are Thursday, May 30, 3-8 p.m.;
\nFriday, May 31, noon \u2013 7 p.m.; Saturday, June 1, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m., Sunday, June
\n2, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

For more on the 2013 Wizard World Philadelphia Comic
\nCon, visit http:\/\/www.wizardworld.com\/home-pa.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A superstar lineup of comics writers and artists, including such luminaries as Bryan Hitch (\u201cWolverine,\u201d \u201cCaptain America\u201d), Eisner Award\u00a0 winner Salvador Larroca (\u201cAvengers vs. X-Men,\u201d \u201cIron Man\u201d), Leinil Yu (\u201cHulk,\u201d \u201cSuperman: Birthright\u201d), Bob Layton (\u201cAvengers,\u201d \u201cBatman\u201d), Yildiray Cinar (\u201cTeen Titans,\u201d … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-e-v-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8387,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8385\/revisions\/8387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}