Peter Laird & Mirage Studios @ Boston Comic Con 11/2

Colin Solan · Post by **Colin Solan** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 18:49 -0700

This is a comic show that I help run. Anyone in the area should come by and check it out:

Join Us On November 2nd For The 4th Boston Comic Con!

Just after Halloween, the Boston Comic Con returns on November 2nd! We are pleased to announce a pair of great special guests: Bernie Wrightson and Peter Laird! Better yet, Peter Laird will be accompanied by the entire Mirage Studios creative team!

Boston Comic Con Welcomes Peter Laird And Mirage Studios!

In the 1980's, no comic book turned the comic world on its collective ear like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Originally intended as a parody, it took on a life of its own spanning an unbelievable line of toys, movies, and cartoons featuring a team of mutant turtles named Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello. We are pleased to announce as our special guest, Peter Laird, co-creator of this continuing phenomenon.

Not only is Peter Laird attending, but he will be accompanied by his whole creative team at Mirage Studios. Mike Dooney, Jim Lawson, Eric Talbot, Dan Berger, Steve Lavigne, and Steve Murphy have all contributed to making the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles not just another superhero team, but pop culture icons.

Come meet Peter and the Mirage Studios players as they make their first visit to the Boston Comic Con! Cowabunga!

Just Announced: Special Guest Bernie Wrightson!

What better time than Halloween weekend to welcome one of the greatest living horror comic artists in the world. We are terrifyingly happy to present the master of macabre himself Bernie Wrightson. Wrightson, who is perhaps best known by many comic fans for his creation of Swamp Thing with Len Wein, and his stints on magazines like Heavy Metal, Eerie, and Creepy, went on to develop himself as a master of adapting stories by Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe, Mary Shelly, and Stephen King.

GUEST ARTISTS

Billy Tucci - Shi, Sgt. Rock, Heroes For Hire

Norman Lee - Exiles, Spider-Man Adventures, Avengers Adventures, Spy Boy, Mary Jane

Paul Ryan - The Phantom, Fantastic Four, Iron Man

Rob Stull - 52, Iron Man, Tellos, Spectacular Spider-Man, Shi

Hannibal King - Night Vision, Magnus: Robot Fighter, Excalibur, Animal Man, Razor

Scott Wegener - Atomic Robo (Red 5 Comics), Punisher War Journal, Killer Of Demons

Mike Lilly - Detective Comics, Annihilation Conquest: Quasar, Vampirella: Revelations, Black Terror

Mark McKenna - Batgirl, Countdown, Teen Titans, Exiles, Excalibur, Detective Comics

Trevor Von Eeden - Detective Comics, Black Lightning, Thriller, Green Arrow, Black Canary, The Original Johnson

Jack Purcell - Gotham Underground, Batgirl, Countdown, Blue Beetle, Green Arrow

Bob Almond - Star Trek: Year 4, The Phantom, Black Panther, Vampirella: Revelations

Jorge Vega - Gunplay

...and many more!

Boston Comic Con
Sunday November 2nd
10am-5pm

Back Bay Events Center
180 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA
corner of Berkeley & Stuart St.

$10 Admission
children under 10 free

The Boston Comic Con will be packed with even more tables this time around! Guest comic book artists! Toys and collectibles! New and old comic books! Superhero memorabilia!

For parking and transportation information, please visit the Back Bay Events Center website. Discounted validated parking is available at 100 Clarendon St.

www.bostoncomiccon.com

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 21:33 -0700

You have a great line-up of guests. Say "hello" to Peter and the Mirage guys for me. While you're at it, give my regards to Billy Tucci and Paul Ryan. Paul has the most beautiful pencils I have ever seen. He used to pencil the Spider-man Sundays, and it was always a joy to see what he had done. It was a shame to have his pencils inked over, even by Joe Sinnott.

Colin Solan · Post by **Colin Solan** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:02 -0700

Thanks Stan! I'll be sure to give them your regards.

Fanfan · Post by **Fanfan** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:59 -0700

Colin,

anychance you take some photos of the event ?

It really looks great, have fun

Post by **Steve Hubbell** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:57 -0700

Definitely looking forward to seeing all the new Usagi artwork you will being aquiring from the attending artists (it's been a while since you posted any new additions to your collection)......

EDIT:
I guess it has just been a while since I visited your sketchbook page, you have a bunch of new stuff posted since the last time I looked....

(This one is great!)

Colin Solan · Post by **Colin Solan** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:45 -0700

Fanfan, we'll see about photos. I'll actually be selling off part of my collection so I'll be pretty busy but usually someone's taking photos for the show.

Steve, pretty much everyone there has already done something for my UY sketchbook. The Mirage guys even know me as "the Usagi guy" by this point. We'll see.

Glad you like that one. It's by Scott Wegener who is blowing up on the Eisner-nominated Atomic Robo, who will incidentally also be at the Boston Comic Con....

Colin Solan · Post by **Colin Solan** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 7:21 -0700

Okay so I didn't have any time to take photos and only really was able to say a quick hello to the Mirage Studio guys but Peter Laird posted some photos from the show on his blog...