{"id":17480,"date":"2019-06-29T16:02:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T21:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=17480"},"modified":"2019-06-29T16:02:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T21:02:35","slug":"idw-doubles-down-on-comic-con-dinner-with-walter-simonson-and-stan-sakai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2019\/06\/29\/idw-doubles-down-on-comic-con-dinner-with-walter-simonson-and-stan-sakai\/","title":{"rendered":"IDW Doubles Down on Comic-Con Dinner with WALTER SIMONSON and STAN SAKAI!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"m_-899588804830387134subTitle\">IDW Welcomes Fans to a Memorable Evening with Two Comic Book Legends, Featuring Original Illustrations by Each Artist, Rare Collectible Books, and More!<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0Upping the ante on an annual SDCC tradition, IDW Publishing will host TWO industry legends \u2013\u00a0<strong>Stan Sakai<\/strong>\u00a0(creator of the critically acclaimed\u00a0<em>Usagi Yojimbo<\/em>) and\u00a0<strong>Walter Simonson<\/strong>\u00a0(legendary writer\/artist of\u00a0<em>The Mighty Thor<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Manhunter<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Ragnaro\u0308k<\/em>) for one very special dinner to which YOU are invited!<\/p>\n<p>Mingle with both Sakai and Simonson on the evening of Thursday, July 18<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0in an event strictly limited to a handful of attendees, taking place in a private room at an upscale restaurant in the San Diego Gaslamp district, just a short walk from the convention center.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>To participate, fans would need to purchase a dinner package. IDW offers two (2) dinner packages, with each package including special rewards relative to either Sakai or Simonson. The two dinners are held together in one room so fans may purchase both packages.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>THE SAKAI DINNER PACKAGE:<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0Includes dinner, one (1) copy of the\u00a0<strong><em>Usagi Yojimbo: Grasscutter<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Artist\u2019s Select Edition<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0with a foil stamp unique to this event, one (1) Original Illustration by Sakai (featuring any\u00a0<em>Usagi Yojimbo<\/em>\u00a0character of the diner\u2019s choosing), plus additional surprise goodies.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>THE SIMONSON DINNER PACKAGE:<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0Includes dinner, one (1) copy of the\u00a0<strong><em>Walter Simonson\u2019s Star Wars Artifact Edition<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>with a foil stamp unique to this event, one (1) Original Illustration by Simonson (featuring a character of the diner\u2019s choosing), plus additional surprise goodies.<\/p>\n<p>Those who buy BOTH dinner packages will receive a special\u00a0<strong><em>Walter Simonson &amp; Stan Sakai Artist\u2019s Edition Print<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 an extremely limited jam piece, only available at this event!<\/p>\n<p>The price for either dinner package is $500 each.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding original artwork, the diners will receive the illustrations featuring the character of their choice (as drawn by either Simonson or Sakai, respectively),\u00a0<em>at<\/em>\u00a0the dinner event. The character must be selected by each confirmed guest\u00a0<u>within 24 hours of purchase<\/u>\u00a0to ensure readiness. Representative examples of Simonson\u2019s and Sakai\u2019s original illustrations can be found at our official sign-up page.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to reserve a spot at this incredible event:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/idwpublishing.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=5792cac24346d164eb0cf6ad2&amp;id=7062145f02&amp;e=2a8ce31b48\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/idwpublishing.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D5792cac24346d164eb0cf6ad2%26id%3D7062145f02%26e%3D2a8ce31b48&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1561928222707000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI60ERbb2U6EHZHBZY33NlFya3MA\">https:\/\/www.idwpublishing.com\/<wbr \/>product\/walter-simonson-and-<wbr \/>stan-sakai-dinner-sdcc-2019\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Creator Bios<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stan Sakai<\/strong>\u00a0began his comic book career by lettering, starting with\u00a0<em>Groo<\/em>\u00a0for Sergio Aragon\u00e9s. His work led him to meet Stan Lee, who asked him to letter for\u00a0<em>Spider-Man<\/em>\u00a0Sunday comics, which he did for 25 years. Sakai is most famous for his original creation of\u00a0<em>Usagi Yojimbo<\/em>, an epic saga celebrating its 35th\u00a0anniversary in 2019 and featuring Miyamoto Usagi, a samurai rabbit living in late-sixteenth and early-seventeenth-century Japan. His work on\u00a0<em>Usagi<\/em>\u00a0has led to multiple awards, including several Eisner Awards, the Harvey Award for Best Cartoonist, the Parent\u2019s Choice Award, and multiple Young Library Association Awards. Skillful weaving of facts, legends, and Japanese culture into his work has made Sakai\u2019s\u00a0<em>Usagi Yojimbo<\/em>\u00a0a favorite among educators as a curriculum tool. Since then, Usagi has been featured on television with the\u00a0Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\u00a0and has been consistently named as one of the top 100 comic book characters of all time. A TV show is currently in the works, produced by Gaumont Studios, Sakai, James Wan\u2019s Atomic Monster, and Dark Horse Entertainment. Stan also loves to travel with his wife Julie, cook, and play with his three dogs, Ani, Momo, and Mika.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Walter Simonson<\/strong>\u00a0has written and drawn nearly every major character from both Marvel and DC Comics over the course of his career, with his run on Marvel&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Thor<\/em>\u00a0from 1983 to 1987 \u2014 in which he created the character Beta Ray Bill \u2014 being a particular standout. His other notable works include an adaptation of\u00a0<em>Alien<\/em>, with his\u00a0<em>Manhunter<\/em>\u00a0collaborator and close friend, Archie Goodwin;\u00a0<em>Star Wars<\/em>;\u00a0<em>The Fantastic Four<\/em>; and\u00a0<em>Orion<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Elric<\/em>. In the 1980s and 1990s Simonson resurrected the concepts from his college thesis, creating the\u00a0<em>Star Slammers<\/em>\u00a0original graphic novel and miniseries. In 2014, Simonson launched\u00a0<em>Ragnaro\u0308k<\/em>with IDW Publishing, a creator-owned series that once again brings him back to his beloved Norse mythology.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IDW Welcomes Fans to a Memorable Evening with Two Comic Book Legends, Featuring Original Illustrations by Each Artist, Rare Collectible Books, and More!&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[17,16],"tags":[56,96],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/unnamed-1-6.jpg?fit=1440%2C750","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17726,"url":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2019\/07\/09\/idw-announces-signing-schedule-panels-and-exclusives-for-san-diego-comic-con-international-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":17480,"position":0},"title":"IDW Announces Signing Schedule, Panels, and Exclusives for San Diego Comic-Con International 2019","author":"DiRT","date":"July 9, 2019","format":"image","excerpt":"George Takei\u2019s\u00a0They Called Us Enemy, All-New\u00a0Locke & Key, the\u00a0Wynonna Earp Cast, and Many More Comic and Entertainment Icons Appear at Booth #2729 Next week,\u00a0IDW Publishing\u00a0will celebrate its 20th\u00a0anniversary at\u00a0San Diego Comic-Con\u00a0with sensational booth appearances by such fan-favorite talents as George Takei, Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodr\u00edguez, Kim Dwinell, Magdalene Visaggio, B.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Comic Book News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Comic Book News","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/category\/i-need-comics\/comic-book-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/unnamed-3-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/unnamed-3-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/unnamed-3-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/unnamed-3-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/unnamed-3-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18623,"url":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/27\/idw-announces-signing-schedule-panels-and-exclusives-for-new-york-comic-con-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":17480,"position":1},"title":"IDW Announces Signing Schedule, Panels, and Exclusives for New York Comic-Con 2019","author":"DiRT","date":"September 27, 2019","format":"image","excerpt":"SAN DIEGO, CA (September 25, 2019) \u2013 Next week,\u00a0IDW Publishing\u00a0will continue to celebrate its 20th\u00a0anniversary at New York Comic-Con with a stellar lineup of creators, panels, and convention exclusives, featuring a rare appearance by comics legend\u00a0John Byrne! 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