Gordon Purcell - Comic Book Artist

Gordon was a trooper in a year when we were trying to figure out how to fit comics programming into the structure of our con. Always a treat to listen to, we were very happy to have Gordon Purcell as a part of CONvergence.

Comic book penciller Gordon Purcell has a long list of credits to his name, and has found particular success in the area of comics licensed from movies and TV. His work includes Star Trek, X-Files, Xena, Lost in Space, Godzilla, Young Indiana Jones, Barb Wire, Terminator, and others, plus illustrations for Star Trek young people's novels from Pocket Books and Star Trek coloring books. Gordon has also pencilled traditional super hero fare for DC, Marvel and Image Comics.

Gordon's panels at CVG 1999 included:

• The Insane World of Comics
• Giving Birth to a Star Trek Comic Book
• How I Stopped Worrying About the Bomb
• Xena, X-Files & Star Trek: The Comics
• Spandex vs. The Suit (or Superhero vs. Non-Superhero Comics)