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Walter Simonson and Stan Sakai – IDW Doubles Guests For Annual San Diego Comic-Con Dinner

Published Fri, 28 Jun 2019 19:32:16 -0500

Last updated Fri, 28 Jun 2019 19:32:38 -0500

Upping the ante on an annual San Diego Comic-Con tradition, IDW Publishing will by running dinner events with two industry legends – Stan Sakai (creator of Usagi Yojimbo) and Walter Simonson (legendary writer/artist of The Mighty Thor, Manhunter, and Ragnarök).

Attendees can mingle with both Sakai and Simonson on the evening of Thursday, July 18^th in 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. And it means I am going to have to update my Mammoth List of SDCC Party Events to add this as well.

To participate, fans need to purchase a dinner package, with each package including special rewards relative to either Sakai or Simonson. The two dinners are held together in one room so minted fans may purchase both packages.

THE SAKAI DINNER PACKAGE includes dinner, one copy of the Usagi Yojimbo: Grasscutter Artist's Select Edition with a foil stamp unique to this event, one original illustration by Sakai featuring any Usagi Yojimbo character of the diner's choosing, plus additional surprise goodies.

THE SIMONSON DINNER PACKAGE includes dinner, one copy of the Walter Simonson's Star Wars Artifact Editionwith a foil stamp unique to this event, one original illustration by Simonson featuring a character of the diner's choosing, plus additional surprise goodies.

The diners will receive the illustrations featuring the character of their choice as drawn by either Simonson or Sakai, respectively, at the dinner event. The character must be selected by each confirmed guest within 24 hours of purchase to ensure readiness.

Those who buy both dinner packages will also receive a special Walter Simonson & Stan Sakai Artist's Edition Print – a jam piece, only available at this event.

The price for either dinner package is $500 each. Tickets are available here.

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