PopconAsia : Join This Biggest Comic Workshop Ever!

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Leinil Francis Yu's first mainstream comics gig was Wolverine in 1997, the no. 4 highest selling book at the time. He has also taken on other titles such as Uncanny X-Men, X-Men, Highroads, Superman: Birthright, Silent Dragon, Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk, New Avengers, Marvel's 2008 Epic: Secret Invasion.

Leinil has worked on magazine covers and designed toy packaging as well as produced concept art for movies and video games. Most recently, Leinil is collaborating with Wanted and KickAss writer/co-creator Mark Millar on Ultimate Avengers and their creator-owned project, Superior.

Harvey Montecillo Tolibao was born in June 1981 and raised in Malaybalay, Bukidnon, Philippines.

In 2007, Marvel gave him his big shot - to do Iron Man Annual. Since then he has been working as a freelance artist for Marvel Comics. He has worked on What If?: Civil War; Young Avengers: Hulkling; Ultimate X-Men with Robert Kirkman; Secret Invasion Avengers: The Initiative Tie Up; Darkhawk; Snowbird; Nation X; his first mini-series, Psylocke (written by Chris Yost); X-Men: Hellbound (written by Christopher Yost); Uncanny X-Men and Variant Covers for Heroes For Hire.

"Sunny Gho is the one of first Indonesian artists to break into US comic industry. His unique strokes and color pallete has won him many fans, readers and publishers alike. While busy coloring industry's top titles such as Supercrooks and The Incredible Hulk, Sunny spent the rest of his time managing his Jakarta based illustration company, STELLAR LABS and also founded online comic publisher MAKKO."

Kendrick Lim a.k.a. “kunkka” is an illustrator and concept designer. Beginning his creative journey in Tokyo as a game designer, he has returned home to Singapore in 2005 to establish Imaginary Friends Studios (IFS) together with 2 other partners, with a similar goal of making IFS a creative space for artists by artists. IFS has since become a household name in the entertainment and gaming industry, working with a variety of clients such as Sony Online Entertainment, Capcom, Square-Enix, Ubisoft and DC Comics.

Bold and gritty, with a sensual edge is what describes kunkka's art, as he fuses fantasy, contemporary themes and cultural influences. With this signature style of art, he has garnered fans from both the illustration and gaming world, and has especially found his way into the psyche of millions of gaming fans worldwide with his artworks for the hugely popular game DOTA, and even having a character in the game named after him.

Caravan Studio was founded in January 2008 in Indonesia. Started with only four in-house artists, the studio has grown exponentially in its young age. Beside it's stable full-time artists, the studio also housed many satellite artists from Australia, United States and Canada.

Specializing in creating artwork for comic books, illustration, concept art and toys design, the studio has done works for major names in the entertainment industry such as Sony Online Entertainment, Hasbro, Mattel, Wizard of The Coast, Fantasy Flight Games, Capcom, Marvel Studio, Alderac Entertainment, 2K Games, Vicarious Visions, LEGO, Firaxis, Tokyopop, and many more.

Professionalism in terms of quality and speed are our distinctive factors. This group of young artists are passionate in creating the best artwork out of themselves, hence why they are always ready for projects that challenge their skill.

Sweta Kartika menekuni bidang ilustrasi semenjak masih kecil dan terjun menjadi ilustrator freelance ketika masih kuliah pada tahun 2007 sampai sekarang. Selain Ilustrasi, kariernya difokuskan menjadi seorang komikus dengan memulai debutnya di KOLONI dengan menerbitkan komik The Dreamcatcers. Spesialisasi ilustrasi dan komik buatan Sweta adalah gaya arsir manual dengan konten budaya lokal yang kental tapi tetap menyatu dengan konstelasi saat ini. Setiap karya yang ditelurkannya. Sweta berusaha menanamkan isme dan konsep yang mendalam, sehingga karya-karyanya tidak hanya sedap dinikmatmati mata, tapi juga bisa menjadi lahan pembelajaran dan inspirasi bagi para pembacanya. Gaya ilustrasinya mengadaptasi gaya komik Indonesia jaman dahulu dan sudah mengalami perombakan serta penyesuaian gaya dengan pencampuran manga art dan american comic style. Saat ini, Sweta aktif membuat komik Wanara yang ditayangkan rutin di Makko dan terus berusaha menginspirasikan Budaya Indonesia melalui karya-karyanya.

Born April 1978 in Tokyo, Japan Vivian attended Suginami preschool in Tokyo until age 6. Father worked as obsterician/gynaecologist in Tokyo until 1984, then the whole family moved to Jakarta, Indonesia. Vivian attended St. Theresia private catholic primary school from 1984 until 1990, and then continued to study in St. Theresia junior high school. During her years of stay in Indonesia, Vivian had won many awards in national and international children’s art competitions and frequently represented her school for art competitions.

After graduating from St.Theresia junior high school in 1993, Vivian continued her studies abroad at the Peddie School in Hightstown, NJ, USA (1993-1994), Concord College in UK (1994-1997), and studied medicine in university, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (1998-2003). Upon finishing medical and surgical internship in various places in Ireland, Vivian enrolled the Basic Surgical Scheme from RCSI as part of training to become a surgeon.

Vivian returned to Indonesia after completing one year in the scheme, where she heard about a Japanese manga creator Chakapoko a.k.a. Ms. Machiko Maeyama who opened a school and teaches how to create manga in Jakarta. Knowing that it had been her lifelong dream to become a manga author, Vivian enrolled herself to the manga courses. In the beginning Vivian did not expect to be able to get professionally published, but Ms. Maeyama spotted the talent and recommended her work to be published in Indonesia’s first original manga magazine.

Vivian’s debut comic is titled Prambanana, a fantasy comedy starting off as parody of the legend of Prambanan temple complex. 1st and 2nd chapters were first published in Splash magazine in 2006, 2007. PT Elex Media Komputindo published Prambanana as a completed book in 2008. Currently Vivian has a monthly comic strip series published by Shinano Mainichi newspaper in Nagano, Japan. She also writes one shot manga for Shonen Sunday.

Jotter Production was founded and established at the end of 2005 by Fifi Xu and Xing Jun Long. Started from only comic and illustration projects, Jotter has grown to serve many other kind of graphic projects, such as : children storybook, animation pre-production, trading card game, flash game, browser game, social and mobile game where later on Jotter focus on these game areas. It was since 2009 that we’ve mostly focused our service on character design, illustration, and game sprites.

In the future, while expanding Game Art Production as its core business, Jotter is also looking forward to other possible development in other kind of entertainment media. The medium shall not limit our creativity and passion to keep creating amazing art to entertain and inspire many people in the world.

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