Wizard World Chicago. . . .Here I Come.

For those who don't know I'm a Huge Comic Fanboy,
("fanboy is a term used to describe an individual who is devoted to a single subject, or to a single point of view within that subject, often to the point where it is considered an obsession." according to wikipedia.)
and every year since 1997, Wizard Entertainment has been hosts to four annual comic book conventions in Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Texas.

I have been going since '99 or 2000 and Every year I look more and more forward to it and with most of my friends now reading comics, it has become a big group outing that everyone enjoys.

This year the Convention is in June (june 26-29) instead of late July or early August like previous years, this was done to keep up with having to be so close in dates with San Diego Comic-Con.

The Guest list looks to be very promising with many creators coming for the first time or back again after many years away.

Wizard world Chicago 2008

Guest of Honor

Warren Ellis (Thunderbolts, Astonishing X-men, etc)


Celebrities

Missy Peregrym (Actress – “reaper” Stick it”)

George “The Animal” Steele

Iron Sheik

Honky Tonk Man


Special Guests

Brian Michael Bendis (New Avengers, Mighty Avengers, Powers, ult. Spiderman and Secret Invasion)

Alex Ross (Justice, Avengers/Invaders, Earth X, Kingdom Come)


Comic Creators

Mike Choi – X-men artist

Tony Daniel – Batman artist

Shane Davis – Superman/Batman artist

Adi Granov – Iron Man: Viva Las Vegas artist

Geoff Johns – Green Lantern, Action Comics writer

Alex Maleev – Daredevil: End of Days artist

Marc Silvestri – X-men: Messiah Complex artist, Top Cow Founder

Gail Simone – Bird of Prey, Wonder Woman writer

Arthur Suydam – Marvel Zombies cover artist

Brian Azzarello – 100 bullets, Batman: Gotham Knights writer

Art Baltazar – tiny titans artist

Joe Benitez – Batman, JLA artist

Alan Burnett – Batman: Gotham Knights writer

Mitch Breitweiser – Captain America: The Chosen artist

Jim Calafiore – Gotham: Underground artist

J Scott Campbell – Spider-man artist

C.B. Cebulski – The Loners, Marvel Fairy Tales writer

Olivier Coipel – Thor artist

David Finch – New Avengers artist

Brian J.L.Glass – Mice Templar writer

Greg Horn – Cover artist

Aaron Lopresti – Wonder Woman, Ms. Marvel artist

David Mack – Kabuki artist/writer

Sean Mckeever – Teen Titans writer

Angel Medina – Spider-man Artist

Mike Norton – Green Arrow/Black Canary artist

Mike Perkins - Captain America artist

Humberto Ramos – Uncanny X-men, Runaways artist

Brian Reed – Avengers: Illuminati, Ms Marvel writer

Greg Rucka – Queen & Country, Whiteout, Batman Writer

Billy Tan – Uncanny X-Men Artist

Bruce Timm – Batman: the Animated Series creator

Ethan Van Sciver – Green Lantern artist

Freddie Williams II – Flash, Robin artist

And Many More...

The creators that I most look forward to seeing/meeting are Brian Bendis, Greg Rucka, Humberto ramos and Alex Maleev.

I Can't Wait For the Con to get here and if you go this year,
look for me I will be the one with a huge stack of books in my arms
and a huge smile on my face.