Media release — The Baltimore Comic-Con is pleased to reveal the addition of British comic legend Brian Bolland to the growing line-up of guests for this year’s show, taking location September 8-9, 2012 at the Baltimore Convention Center.
Bolland, finest understood for his thoroughly in-depth line work, is one of the artists who helped define judge Dredd for the British anthology series 2000 AD. In 1982, Bolland spearheaded what has ended up being understood as the “British Invasion” of the American comic industry, blowing open the doors for some the most prolific creators from across the pond to showcase their work throughout the States.
Bolland Dial HBolland’s cover work for such DC Comics titles as animal Man, The Invisibles, as well as question lady defined the look as well as feel of these books with the late-’80s as well as early-’90s. His a lot of recent work includes Cover Story: The DC Comics Art of Brian Bolland, which hit stores last September, as well as covers for DC Comics’ Dial H, one of the titles in the second wave of books from the new 52, which hit stores this past week.
“We are thrilled to have Brian Bolland going to this year’s show,” stated Marc Nathan, show promoter of the Baltimore Comic-Con. “His influence on both the world of British as well as American comics continues to be felt with his eye-catching structure gracing the covers of DC Comics.”
In addition to Bolland, other verified guests for the show including: Laura & Michael Allred (Madman, iZombie); Greg Capullo (Batman, Spawn); Tommy Castillo (Grimm Fairy Tales); Cliff Chiang (Wonder Woman); Frank Cho (Avengers vs. X-Men, liberty Meadows); Steve Conley (Bloop webcomic www.bloopstree.com); Amanda Conner (Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre); Lar deSouza (Looking For Group, least I might Do); Dan Didio (O.M.A.C.); Garth Ennis (The Shadow, Hellblazer, Preacher, The Boys); rich Faber (Roboy Red); David Finch (Batman: The Dark Knight); John Gallagher (Buzzboy); Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (Batman, Superman, question Woman); Keith Giffen (Superman, OMAC, eco-friendly Arrow); gene Ha (Justice League); Larry Hama (G.I. Joe, Wolverine, The ‘Nam); Cully Hamner (Action Comics); Dean Haspiel (Billy Dogma, ACT-I-VATE, trip City); Jamal Igle (KISS, Supergirl, The Ray); J.G. Jones (Wanted, Doc Savage); Barry Kitson (Captain America, Iron Man, amazing Four); Scott Kurtz (PvPonline.com); David Mack (Kabuki); Ron Marz (Artifacts, Voodoo); Bob McLeod (DC Comics Presents: question Woman); mark Morales (Avengers vs. X-Men); Jimmy Palmiotti (All-Star Western); David Petersen (Mouse Guard); Brian Pulido (Lady Death); Frank Quitely (All star Superman, Batman & Robin); John Romita, Jr. (Avengers Vs. X-Men); Don Rosa (Uncle Scrooge); Stuart Sayger (Infestation 2: 30 Days of night One-Shot); Walter Simonson (Thor, legion of Super-Heroes, Avengers); Ryan Sohmer (Looking For Group, least I might Do); Scott Snyder (Batman, Severed, Swamp Thing); Brian Stelfreeze (ICE); Karl story (Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 9); Peter Tomasi (Batman as well as Robin); Billy Tucci (A kid Is Born, Shi); Matt Wagner (Tower Chronicles, Mage, Grendel); mark Waid (Daredevil, Incorruptible, Irredeemable); as well as Bernie Wrightson (Frankenstein).
In the coming weeks, look for a lot more announcements from the Baltimore Comic-Con. We are looking ahead to highlighting our guests, the Harvey Awards, market exclusives, as well as programming. the current advancements can always be discovered on our website, Twitter, as well as Facebook pages.
This year’s Baltimore Comic-Con will be held September 8-9, 2012. Convention hours are Saturday 10 AM to 6 PM as well as Sunday 10 AM to 5 PM. The ceremony as well as banquet for the Harvey awards will be held Saturday night, September 8th.
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harveys@baltimorecomiccon.com – for the Harvey awards ceremony as well as banquet
general@baltimorecomiccon.com – for general Baltimore Comic-Con inquiries
About The Baltimore Comic-Con
The Baltimore Comic-Con is celebrating its 13th year of bringing the comic book market to the Baltimore as well as Washington D.C. area. With a guest listing unequaled in the industry, the Baltimore Comic-Con will be held September 8-9, 2012. For a lot more information, please see www.baltimorecomiccon.com.
About The Harvey Awards
The Harvey awards are one of the comic book industry’s oldest as well as a lot of respected awards. Withnull
