Whilce Portacio

Comic book artist and Bishop creator WHILCE PORTACIO broke into the industry as an inker to Marvel Comics' classic book "Longshot" in 1985, then later proved he was more than ready to headline as a penciler on "The Punisher" in 1988.

His success drawing "X-Factor" and "Uncanny X-Men" in the 90s gave him the chance to create his own, now fan favorite X-Men character: Bishop.

Whilce was also a co-founder of Image Comics, one of the top independent comic publishers in the world today. At Image, Whilce created and launched "Wetworks". He then went on to release the successful independent title "Stone" with his friend and co-creator Brian Haberlin (Stone was all-inspired by Filipino mythology). Under Image, Whilce also released his other creator-owned book with film and comics writer Glen Brunswick, called "Non-Humans".

In 1996, he returned to Marvel to draw "Heroes Reborn: Iron Man" followed by "X-Force". In the new millennium, Whilce signed up with DC Comics and released "Stormwatch", "Batman Confidential" and “Superman/Batman”.

To date, Whilce continues to release books and covers under Marvel (more recent ones are X-Men Legends, Deadpool and Iron Fist) and DC comics, and remains very active in the comic book industry.