As we celebrate this year’s Lasallian Art’s Month, Animotion, the College’s organization for Animation (AB-ANI) students, presents its upcoming workshop event: “Filipino Stories in Comics and Beyond with Whilce Portacio.” Open to the public and with limited slots available, the special talk will be from 10 a.m. to 12 nn on Feb. 13 via Zoom meeting. 

“Join him [Whilce Portacio] in a special talk as he relates his experience in comics and how it encompasses new media trends in film and animation, [and] how our own unique Filipino stories can be the content of tomorrow,” Animotion’s Facebook post reads.

About the speaker

William “Whilce” Portacio is a Filipino-American comic book writer and artist. From starting out as an inker at Marvel Comics in 1985, Portacio ventured into penciller assignments. Some of his famous works include: The Punisher, X-Factor, Wetworks, and Uncanny X-Men.

He was born in Sangley Port, Cavite City. His family moved to the United States and settled in San Diego, California. At the age of 10, his love for comic books began when he discovered the works of comic book legends such as Jack Kirby and Neal Adams, who were major influences on his art style.

In 1992, Portacio served as co-founder, alongside six prolific artists, of the creator-owned publishing company Image Comics. Portacio also launched Wetworks in 1994 for Image co-founder Jim Lee’s Wildstorm imprint. 

Other notable series crafted by Portacio were Stone and Marvel's Iron Man, as part of the controversial 1996-1997 “Heroes Reborn” storyline. Meanwhile, he took part in pencilling duties for DC Comics with the monthly comic book series Batman Confidential, which debuted in 2006. 

Only 100 participants are allowed to join. You may register here until tonight, Feb. 11.