SIUniverse Blog Parade Day One: Adam WarRock

Shattered – Secret Identities & some news updates
Originally posted at AdamWarRock.com

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I was lucky enough to be included in the recent publication Shattered: Secret Identities Vol. 2. Shattered is the second in a line of anthologies that seek to bring multicultural voices and perspectives through the medium of comics. It’s a book full of amazing, original art and stories by creators like Fred Chao (Johnny Hiro), Greg Pak (The Incredible Hulk), Larry Hama (GI Joe), and tons more.

I got to work with Ming Doyle (Future Foundation, Loneliest Astronauts, Girl Comics), who’s not only an amazing illustrator, but without a doubt, one of my favorite comic artists in the world. We contributed a gallery piece that basically made me into a superhero. Here’s what I look like, in a nice sepia tone:

The SIUniverse at New York Comic Con!

Come by Epic Props booth 1113 and get a copy of SHATTERED before it’s in stores.

Also, stop by the booths of other members of the SIU family:

Bernard Chang will be in Artist Alley at C8!

Cliff Chiang will be in Artist Alley at N1!

Greg Pak will be in Artist Alley at K18!

Larry Hama will be at Epic Proportions Booth 1113!

Ming Doyle will be in Artist Alley at B2!

Sean Chen will be in Artist Alley at C9!

Sonny Liew wil be in booth U12!

Billy Tan will be in booth P2!

Dustin Nguyen will be in booth H1!

Greg LaRocque will be in booth O5! (Saturday only)

Louie Chin will be in booth 448!

SDCC '09 Jam Piece Winner

San Diego Comic Con 2009 was a huge success and 153 lucky people walked away with their newly purchased copies of Secret Identities.

With each signing we had everyday, an artist sketched either an existing Asian Superhero or one in "Secret Identities" as a part of a collage/jam piece to be raffled off to one lucky winner at the end of the convention (although Snake Eyes gets a pass on the Asian theme since hey, it's a Larry Hama original and "Asian Hulk" in the b.g. by Bernard Chang as well -- unless Hulk scribe Greg Pak writes it into reality at Marvel?).

However in order to get an entry, folks needed to first show us at least 10 collected signatures in their copy of "SI" from the 22+ contributors spread throughout the convention.

In the end, 30 folks had collectively compiled over 300 signatures/sketches and the winner is... Cecil DeClaro or Orange, CA. So thanks to everyone for playing along and great meeting you all!

Thanks to all the artists who jammed on this: Bernard Chang, Jimmy Aquino, Benton Jew, Tiffanie Hwang, Jerry Ma, Ming Doyle, Larry Hama, Gene Yang, Walden Wong and Sonny Liew.

Secret Identities Interviews from Around the Web

With the book less than two weeks away, several prominent Secret Identities contributors have been making the rounds and talking about their participation in the book. First up is a video interview with actress Lynn Chen (Saving Face) by the fine folks at channelAPA talking about her story "You Are What You Eat".

Next is another channelAPA interview, this time with Secret Asian Man creator Tak Toyoshima. Tak talks about how he got involved in the project and what it was like talking to Larry Hama, the subject of Tak's S.I. piece, "S.A.M. Meets Larry Hama".

Finally, our friends at GilmoreGirlsNews got a hold of Gilmore alum Keiko Agena and artist Ming Doyle to talk about the story "Learn to Share". Keiko and Ming discuss how they came together on Secret Identities and what it was like to collaborate.

Read their interview here.

Also, keep a look out for more posts describing the kickoff of the Secret Identities Book Tour! Our first jaunt through the Midwest was a rousing success thanks to the great organizers, faculty, and students at Purdue University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University. In addition, we want to thank the fine folks at Von's Comics in West Lafayette and Challengers Comics + Conversations in Chicago for letting us hang out at their stores!