ECCC - Sketchbook: Black - Todd Nauck Interview

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Todd Nauck is a well known artist of the comic book industry and works regularly for Marvel and DC Comics, with credits including Amazing Spider-Man, FriendlyNeighborhood Spider-Man, Teen Titans Go, Young Justice, Nightcrawler, and Deadpool: Too Soon? as well as countless others.

Todd Nauck is the artist of the best selling comic book of the last decade, Amazing Spider-Man #583: the Spider-Man/Barack Obama Team-Up. Nauck also is the artist of the children’s books The Amazing Spider-Man Storybook Collection, 5-Minute Marvels, This is Spider-Man, Spider-Man vs. The Lizard, and Spider-Man vs. Mysterio by Disney Publishing. Nauck’s art was also prominently featured on the season 8 finale of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition as well as on episodes of ESPN’s NFL Sunday Countdown and SportsCenter.

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Todd Nauck has done work for Robert Kirkman’s superhero titles Invincible Universe and Guarding the Globe at Image Comics and the X-Men series Nightcrawler written by legendary X-Men writer, Chris Claremont, for Marvel Comics. Other recent comics on shelves are Deadpool: Too Soon and Spider-Man: Homecoming Prelude both now in trade paperback. He is currently drawing Spider-man/Deadpool for Marvel Comics.

 

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THE JBN TEAM INTERVIEW WITH TODD NAUCK
Journalist: ERIK WERLIN
Location: EMERALD CITY COMIC CON, SEATTLE

Video/Audio/Edit: James Vallesteros (@jamesvallesteros)

Comic book artist: Marvel, DC, & Image Comics. Artist of Deadpool, Spider-Man, Nightcrawler, Young Justice, Teen Titans, Doctor Who
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ECCC - Sun Dogs - Jennifer Morrison Interview

Jennifer Marie Morrison was born in Chicago, Illinois, the oldest child of teachers David and Judy Morrison. She was raised in Arlington Heights, IL, with a younger sister and brother. She attended the same school her parents taught at, Prospect High School. As a child, she did some work as a model. After graduating from high school, she attended Loyola University in Chicago, where she studied Theater and English. She then moved on to study at the Steppenwolf Theater Company, before relocating to Los Angeles, California to pursue her acting career. Morrison's movie debut came in 1994, playing the daughter of Richard Gere and Sharon Stone in Intersection (1994). Success followed with various film and television roles, including the lead in Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000). She came to wide scale public attention in 2004 for her role as Dr. Allison Cameron in the television series House (2004), for which she was nominated for a prestigious Screen Actors Guild Award. Since leaving "House M.D.", her career has continued to progress with roles in Star Trek (2009), How I Met Your Mother (2005) and Warrior (2011).

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THE JBN TEAM INTERVIEW WITH JENNIFER MORRISON
JOURNALIST: JESSE CAMARENA
LOCATION: EMERALD CITY COMIC CON. SEATTLE
CONVENTION DATE: MARCH 1ST - 4TH
DATE: MARCH 4, 2018

Video: Erik Werlin. Audio/Edit: James Vallesteros (@jamesvallesteros)

JENNIFER MORRISON TRIVIA:

• March 2003: Her father, David Morrison, won the Illinois state 2003 teacher of the year award.
• Attended Prospect High School (class of 1997) and majored in Theatre with a minor in English at Loyola University Chicago. She received her Bachelor's degree in three years; class of 2000.
• Played clarinet in high school marching and symphonic bands.
• Former high school cheerleader; sang in her high school choir.
• Has appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated for Kids with Michael Jordan when she was around 10 or 11 years old.
• Is a Chicago Cubs fan.
• Friends with Ashlee Simpson and has guest-starred on the latter's show on MTV several times.
• Has portrayed a Ball State University student in commercials for the school titled "Everything You Need", even though she wasn't then and never has been a student at the university.
• (December 23, 2006) Engaged to her House (2004) co-star Jesse Spencer. He proposed to her at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. The engagement ended August 15, 2007.
• Studied with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
• Parents are David and Judy Morrison; has two younger siblings: Julia and Daniel Morrison.
• A former child model. She did print advertisements for JC Penney and Montgomery Ward and commercials for Rice Krispies and Mondo.
• Grew up in Arlington Heights, Illinois, an affluent village and suburb of Chicago.
• 2007: Was chosen for the Top 10 of TV's Sexiest Stars for TV Guide's 2007 Sexy Issue along with the likes of Evangeline Lilly, Eva Longoria, Patrick Dempsey and Josh Holloway.
• Her favorite television series are Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2003), Battlestar Galactica (2004) (she especially likes the character of Starbuck), The Oprah Winfrey Show(1984) and Planet Earth (2006).
• No relation to actor Matthew Morrison.
• Born on the exact same day as actress Claire Danes.
• Good friends with her Once Upon a Time (2011) co-stars, Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas.
• Content Taken From IMDB

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ECCC - Jen Wang Author Interview

Photo Credit: Ye Rin Mok

Jen Wang is a cartoonist, author and illustrator living in Los Angeles. She is the author of The Prince and the Dressmaker, Koko Be Good, and co-author of the New York Times Bestselling graphic novel In Real Life with Cory Doctorow. Her work has also appeared in Los Angeles Magazine, The Believer, Hazlitt, Slate, and McSweeney’s. She has also written for the Adventure Time and Lumberjanes comic series. She is the co-founder and organizer of the annual festival Comics Arts Los Angeles.

        

Praise for THE PRINCE AND THE DRESSMAKER

"Jen Wang’s cartooning is full of warmth and charm." —AV Club, from their "10 Most Anticipated Comics of 2018"

"A unique and thoroughly modern fairy tale. . . . a great story about being true to yourself and the kind of companionship you can find when you do." —Nerdist

"This graphic novel has all the trappings of a rags-to-riches romance. And it is one—in a joyfully subversive and inclusive way." —Horn Book, starred review

"Gorgeously dense artwork, lively sense of movement, effervescent fashions, sweet romance, and heartwarming denouement." —Booklist, starred review

"With inviting illustrations and a relatable story line, this tender tale of friendship and identity is sure to delight even readers who aren’t fans of the graphic novel format." —School Library Journal, starred review

"It’s all but certain to deliver grins, gasps, and some happy tears." —Publisher Weekly, starred review

"A visual feast, filled with exuberant charm and delightful characters." —VOYA

"For kids who never found a Disney princess costume to fit—literally or figuratively—Wang offers a second chance to claim a fairy tale of one’s own. Readers new, or resistant, to graphic novels will also discover magic here in Wang’s visual storytelling." —The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

THE JBN TEAM INTERVIEW WITH JEN WANG
JOURNALIST: JORDAN PARKER
LOCATION: ECCC, SEATTLE WA

Jordan with Jen Wang during their interview at Emerald City Comic Con, Seattle.

Paris, at the dawn of the modern age:

Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride―or rather, his parents are looking for one for him. Sebastian is too busy hiding his secret life from everyone. At night he puts on daring dresses and takes Paris by storm as the fabulous Lady Crystallia―the hottest fashion icon in the world capital of fashion!

Sebastian’s secret weapon (and best friend) is the brilliant dressmaker Frances―one of only two people who know the truth: sometimes this boy wears dresses. But Frances dreams of greatness, and being someone’s secret weapon means being a secret. Forever. How long can Frances defer her dreams to protect a friend? Jen Wang weaves an exuberantly romantic tale of identity, young love, art, and family. A fairy tale for any age, The Prince and the Dressmaker will steal your heart.

You can purchase The Prince and the Dressmaker at the following Retailers:

        

And now, The Giveaways.

Thank you JEN WANG for making this giveaway possible.

1 Winner will receive a Copy of The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang.

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ECCC - Tales of Science Fiction - Sandy King Interview

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SANDY KING IS AN ARTIST, WRITER, FILM PRODUCER AND PRESIDENT OF STORM KING PRODUCTIONS.

With a background in art, photography and animation, Sandy King’s filmmaking career has included working with John Cassavetes, Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Mann, Walter Hill, John Hughs, and John Carpenter.

She has produced films ranging from public service announcements on Hunger Awareness to a documentary on astronaut/teacher Christa McAuliffe, and major theatrical hits like John Carpenter’s Vampires. From working underwater with sharks in the Bahamas to converting 55 acres of New Mexican desert into the vast, red planet of Mars, new challenges interest and excite her. The world of comic books is no exception. It allows her to bring her art and story telling experience to a new discipline with an expanded group of collaborators.

She is married to director John Carpenter and lives in Hollywood, California.

JOHN CARPENTER'S TALES OF SCIENCE FICTION

Based on a story by JOHN CARPENTER & SANDY KING
Written by Mike Sizemore
Art by Dave Kennedy
Edited by Sandy King
Cover Art by Tim Bradstreet

VORTEX #1
SYNOPSIS

With all communication lost from a mining asteroid, space station Benson dispatches a rescue ship to investigate. What the team discovers threatens not only to overwhelm and destroy them, but could ultimately threaten all life on Earth. VORTEX (#1 of 8) is the second story of John Carpenter’s monthly anthology series Tales of Science Fiction.

VORTEX #2
SYNOPSIS

A mysterious life form tears its way through a rescue team on a deep space asteroid mining facility. The survivors of the disaster now vow to get to the bottom of the continuing mystery as Earth sends its own investigator to space station Benson.

VORTEX #3
SYNOPSIS

Investigating exactly what happened on the mining asteroid, Jake Dixon returns with a new team that includes the one man he can’t trust. As they make a startling discovery another threat begins to unfold back on space station Benson.

           

THE JBN TEAM INTERVIEW WITH SANDY KING
Journalist: Shannah Caffey
Location: Emerald City Comic Con, Seattle. WA

FEATURE FILMS
2002 | Vampires: Los Muertos (Executive Producer)
2001 | Ghosts of Mars (Producer)
1998 | Vampires (Producer)
1995 | Village of the Damned (Producer)
1994 | In the Mouth of Madness (Producer)
1988 | They Live (Associate Producer)
1987 | Prince of Darkness (Associate Producer)

TELEVISION
1993 | Body Bags (TV Movie) (Executive Producer)
1983 | Key Tortuga (TV Movie) (Associate Producer)

DOCUMENTARY/OTHER
2017 | John Carpenter's Christine (Music Video) (Producer)
2006 | Christa McAuliffe: Reach for the Stars (TV Documentary) (Consulting Producer)
1989 | Street Aid USA – 27 Hunger Awareness Public Awareness Ads (Producer)

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