Mike Choi, Joe Corroney, Peter David, Greg Horn, Mike McKone, Jim Valentino and Matt Wagner Join PHXCC 2013

Phoenix Comicon is proud to announce that comic book artists Mike Choi, Joe Corroney, Peter David, Greg Horn, Mike McKone, Jim Valentino and Matt Wagner will be attending Comicon 2013.

“We love comic books and artists, so our philosophy is the 'more the merrier' for this year's Comicon,” says Marketing Director Jillian Squires.

Mike Choi is best known for his work on books such as Witchblade (2003 to 2006), X-23 (2007) and X-Force (2008 to 2010). Most recently, Choi provided the cover to Green Lantern vol. 5 #5 in 2012.

Joe Corroney is an illustrator who is best known for providing Lucasfilm Ltd. With official Star Wars artwork for related books, games, trading cards and magazines since 1996. He has also developed his creator owned comic book series, Death Avenger. Currently, he is creating new Star Wars artwork for Lucasfilm and Star Wars Insider.

Peter David is best known for his comic book work for an award-winning, 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk. He is also known for his runs on Aquaman Young Justice, Supergirl and Fallen Angel. David has earned multiple awards for his work, including a 1992 Eisner Award, a 1993 Wizard Fan Award, a 1996 Haxtur Award, a 2007 Julie Award and 2011 GLAAD Media Award.

Greg Horn is best known for his work as a cover artist for Marvel Comics and various other publications.  In addition to comic book covers, his art has been featured in posters for Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics. His latest projects include covers for the on-going Ms Marvel series from Marvel Comics, Jenna Jameson's Shadow Hunter from Virgin Comics, as well as a series of pieces promoting Marvel's 2008 "event" Secret Invasion.

Mike McKone first published works included DC Comics' Justice League of America and Justice League International, as well as The Punisher War Zone for Marvel Comics. He is best well known for his work on Marvel's Exiles. This led to his work on DC's Teen Titans and Marvel's Fantastic Four.  Most recently, McKone has done work for Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man in 2011.

Jim Valentino began working for Marvel Comics on their superhero titles and his most notable work, at the time was as writer/artist for the series Guardians of the Galaxy. In 1992, he left Marvel to co-found Image Comics. Of the titles he created at Image, the super-hero series ShadowHawk is the most notable. In 1999, Valentino became publisher of Image Comics until 2003. Most recently, he created Silverline books an all-ages imprint for original graphic novels in 2008.

Matt Wagner is best known as the creator of the series Mage and Grendel. He has also worked on comics featuring The Demon and Batman in addition to the titles Sandman Mystery Theatre and the DC Comics limited series, Trinity. His most recent product is Madame Xanadu.

Phoenix Comicon is the signature pop culture experience of the southwest. Comicon is presenting guests and programming for hobbyists by attracting the top segments of the comics, anime, sci-fi, film, tv, and gaming industries. Entering its eleventh year, Phoenix Comicon is expected to draw over 40,000 attendees to its May 23-26, 2013 convention held at the Phoenix Convention Center and Hyatt Regency in Downtown Phoenix.

For more information, please go to http://www.phoenixcomicon.com.