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Word Balloons: Tulsa comic expo homecoming for writer
TULSA — A former "Uncanny X-Men” artist and the writer of "Supergirl” are among the scheduled guests at this weekend’s Tulsa Anime & Comic Expo.
Whilce Portacio, who drew "Uncanny X-Men” during the comics boom and was the creator of "Wetworks,” is among the show’s guests. Portacio is currently the artist of Todd McFarlane’s "Spawn.” He was the plotter and penciller of "Uncanny X-Men” following Chris Claremont’s exodus from the books in the late 1990s, and introduced the Bishop character in "Uncanny X-Men” No. 282.
Tulsa native Sterling Gates plns to return to his hometown, celebrating this week’s release of "Action Comics” No. 881, part one of a four-part crossover Gates is writing with Greg Rucka. Gates said he was looking forward to returning to his former stomping grounds.
"I always look forward to any time I get to spend in Tulsa, but what really excites me is to be a part of Wizard’s Asylum’s convention,” said Gates, current writer of DC Comics’ "Supergirl.
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Features Editor Matthew Price has worked for The Oklahoman since 2000. He’s a University of Oklahoma graduate who has also worked at the...
Features Editor Matthew Price has worked for The Oklahoman since 2000. He’s a University of Oklahoma graduate who has also worked at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and was a Dow Jones Newspaper Fund intern for the Dallas Morning News. He’s always been interested in comics, reading them at age 2, working in comic shops starting at 17, printing his first comics 'zine at 20 and buying a comic-book store at 23. His column on comics, Word Balloons, has run weekly in The Oklahoman’s Weekend Look section since 2001.Matt's blog, Nerdage, has been honored by the Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists, and his store, Norman's Speeding Bullet Comics, co-owned with his wife, Annette, was nominated for the Eisner Spirit of Retailing Award in 2005.
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