Wondercon 2025 Day Two Highlights

 

Saturday at Wondercon 2025 was a lot of fun. The Invincible panel was one of the highlights.

I enjoyed seeing clips from Season Three and hearing from the creative team. They face a lot of challenges in adapting Robert Kirkman's comics into an adult animated hour-long drama. They discussed those and focused on key moments from the recent series, such as the Invincible War, Mark telling Eve how he felt about her, and Conquest's arrival on Earth.

 

Bad Idea started off only publishing in select comic shops. But now they are making their books available to everyone! They have an ambitious launch schedule, with a new series beginning every month in the second half of 2025.

 

One of those is Planet Death. If you attend the convention tomorrow, you can get your photo taken inside the space armor used in the series!

 

Jessica Fong discussed her cover work for Poison Ivy. She rarely stays on projects for more than a couple months. But she's on her third year with the series, and still loving her job!

 

She shared her influences and fascinations about the character. Jessica also showed us how she narrows her ideas down to a final image that best represents the story in each issue.

 

Writer and Artist Cutter Hays presented his annual panel The Marco Polo of Inking. My wife and I always enjoy his presentations. Some of it is his enthusiasm for art. Another is how you can see the ink move across the page as he works. The ink has a personality all its own. One day the ink will perform one way, then next another!

At least, that's Cutter's story. (And he's sticking with it!)

 

My wife suggested he try his hand at a unicorn. A couple minutes later, this magic happened. But then, art is a magical process. And Cutter Hays insists that we can all be magicians!

Thanks to the folks at Wondercon for inviting me to share some of the great things going on this weekend. Come back for Sunday! There's more to see and do at the best convention in Anaheim, California!