Silicon Valley Comic Con (SVCC), Steve Wozniak’s pop culture and technology expo, is only a few days away! Taking place April 21-23, 2017 in downtown San Jose, Silicon Valley Comic Con aims to inspire and entertain with celebrity appearances, science/tech discussions, film and TV screenings, panels with award-winning authors and artists, cosplay contests and more.
In addition to celebrating the pop culture and technology of today, SVCC 2017 will feature a series of themed exhibits and sessions focused on the “Future of Humankind: Where will we be in 2075?” SVCC 2017 attendees will be able to hear visions of the future from high profile guests and companies spanning a variety of industries. Here’s a look at the featured artists, guests authors, and exhibitors at SVCC 2017:
Best known for Ancient Dreams
Bronze Age Marvel Artist
Best known for Swamp Thing, Current Artist for Prince Valiant
Best known for his work on the Violent Messiahs and Snake Plissken comic books
Best known for art on such comic book titles as Deadpool Corps, X-Force: Shatterstar, Grifter, Brigade, Notti & Nyce, and more
One of the most prolific comic book artists of the 1980s
Best known for the interior artist for “Harley Quinn and Her Gang of Harleys”
Curator for San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum
Artist, Illustrator and Storyteller
Acclaimed Disney Animator and Illustrator
Best known for co-creating “Alien Legion”
Producer of the very first all-woman comic book, “It Ain’t me, Babe.” and One of the Founding Mothers of “Wimmin’s Comix”
Eisner Award-Winning Cartoonist and Illustrator best known for his work on Simpsons, Futurama and as a Disney Illustrator
Insightful Curation of Cartoon & Comic Book Art, Re-Opening Summer 2017
Best known for his design work on popular films including Pan’s Labyrinth, First Blood and The Mist
Award Winning Creator & Marvel Artist Best Known For His Work On Marvel Zombies
Face painter at Disneyland in Anaheim
Co-Creator & Illustrator for Eisner Award Nominated Transmetropolitan and The Boys, Also Known for His Work On Wolverine, Deadpool, Batman, Justice League and More
Best known for his work in Somerset Holmes, Strikeforce: Morituri, and the Eisner Award-Winning Astro City
Best known for her work for Eclipse and Marvel, her 2D animation on Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle and Sam and Max Hit the Road games for LucasArts
Best known for his Illustration art of Firefly, Star Wars, Once upon a Time and Indiana Jones
Cover Artist for Zenescope, IDW Entertainment, Valiant Entertainment, Lady Death, Contraband, and Stan Lee’s POW Entertainment
Storyboard Artist Known for Catwoman, Wonder Woman and Supergirl
Top Cow Digital Colorist Behind Cyber Force, Artifacts, Eclipse, IX Generation and more
Best known for his work on “Seven Soldiers: Zatanna,” “X-Factor” and “The Spectre”
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Sonic the Hedgehog, The Simpsons and Annoying Orange
X-Men, Supergirl
Former editor for Marvel and one of the most prolific comic book artists of the 1980s and 1990s
Legendary Marvel comic book artist behind Longshot, X-Men and More
Mark is best known for his work on the graphic novel series COBALT 60 and as the creator of the hit comic Miami Mice
Current Deadpool artist
Inker on X-Men for nearly 10 years
Best known for Top Cow’s Witchblade
Bay Area Fan Favorite, 12-Year Old Up and Coming Comic Book Artist
Marvel Comics’ “The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe”
Charcoal Portrait Artist
Marvel editor and comic book historian
Best known for his work on Marvel Comics Spider-Woman series and Fables from Vertigo
3D Model Maker Making a Massive Papercraft K-2SO on SVCC Show Floor Model Maker
Artist Behind 150+ Iconic Movie Posters, Including Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Back to the Future Films
Best known for Lady Death and Evil Ernie
Eisner Nominated Comic Book Artist and Illustrator
Best known for FAUST
Comic book artist and inker for Marvel, DC, Valiant, Image, and Top Cow
Legendary DC Comics War artist
Owen Gildersleeve is an artist best known for specialising in handcrafted illustration, design and art direction
Illustrator and Harvey Award Nominated Inker
Partner Studio of Image Comics
DC Comics Eisner Award Winning Inker & Bay Area Native
TV Host & Documentary Maker
New York Times bestselling author, television writer, and the co-creator and executive producer of EXTINCT, a new science-fiction television series premiering October 2017 on BYU TV
Author of “The Martian”
Award-winning screenwriter and author, best known as the co-writer of ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY
M Todd Gallowglas is a professional storyteller (like on a stage with a show in front of real people) and the bestselling author of the Tears of Rage and Halloween Jack series
Best known for “A Tale of the Red Riding Rise of the Alpha Huntress,” “Clan of the Vein” and “Kaijudo Clash of the Duel Masters”
Best Known as the authors of “The Strand Prophecy,” “Extinctions Embrace,” “Red Moon Rising,” and soon to be released, “The Perfect Compatibility Test”
Best Known for for continuing the Dragonriders of Pern series in collaboration with his mother Anne McCaffrey
General admission tickets are now on sale for Silicon Valley Comic Con (SVCC), Steve Wozniak’s pop culture and technology expo taking place April 21-23, 2017 in downtown San Jose. Pairing science with fiction, Silicon Valley Comic Con aims to inspire and entertain with celebrity appearances, science/tech discussions, film and TV screenings, panels with award-winning authors and artists, cosplay contests and more.
Three-day and single-day passes for SVCC 2017 can be purchased today at www.svcomiccon.com. Fans who purchase three-day passes before October 1 will be entered into a drawing to ride around SVCC 2017 with the Woz in his VIP golf cart.
Be sure to stay with PopCultHQ as we bring you more pre-convention news as well as our live and on-the-scene coverage at Silicon Valley Comic Con this weekend!
Silicon Valley Comic Con celebrates the Age of the Geek by bringing together America’s two greatest superheroes: pop culture and technology. Featuring top celebrities, comics, independent artists, cosplay, video game creators, consumer electronics, music and apps, Silicon Valley Comic Con is where entertainment and our electronic worlds intersect. The second annual Silicon Valley Comic Con will be hosted at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, CA the weekend of April 21-23, 2017.
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