<div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="background-color:transparent"></span><img src="cid:ii_mv9s4w3z0" alt="Simonson Poster, 10.20.26.jpg" width="351" height="542" style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color:transparent"></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem;padding:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5rem;background-position:center top;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:AvenirLT-Medium,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:start">Walter Simonson, American comic book writer and artist, has been working in the American mainstream comic book industry since 1972.  Simonson first worked as an artist and later as both an artist and writer.  He’s written and/or drawn a lot of titles over his career including <em style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;background-position:center top;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-family:AvenirLT-MediumOblique,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The Mighty Thor</em>, <em style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;background-position:center top;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-family:AvenirLT-MediumOblique,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">X-Men</em>, <em style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;background-position:center top;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-family:AvenirLT-MediumOblique,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">X-Factor</em>, the <em style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;background-position:center top;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-family:AvenirLT-MediumOblique,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Rampaging Hulk Superman</em>, <em style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;background-position:center top;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-family:AvenirLT-MediumOblique,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Batman</em>, <em style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;background-position:center top;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-family:AvenirLT-MediumOblique,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Wonder Woman</em>, <em style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;background-position:center top;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-family:AvenirLT-MediumOblique,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Alien: The Illustrated Story</em>, <em style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;background-position:center top;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-family:AvenirLT-MediumOblique,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0px">The X-Men vs. the Teen Titans</em>, and many others.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem;padding:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5rem;background-position:center top;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:AvenirLT-Medium,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:start">Mr. Simonson will talk about the comic book industry, graphic storytelling, page design, composition, and the nuts and bolts of creating comic books. He has made vast contributions to comics publishing, as a writer, an artist, and even in founding publishing imprints. He was recognized in 2012 at the Harvey Awards in Special Award for Excellence in Production/Presentation and Best Domestic Reprint Project for <em style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;background-position:center top;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-family:AvenirLT-MediumOblique,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Walt Simonson’s The Mighty Thor, Artist’s Edition</em> from IDW, and in 2013 for <em style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;background-position:center top;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-family:AvenirLT-MediumOblique,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0px">Alien: The Illustrated Story</em> from Titan Books for Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work. He also received the Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010 at the Harvey Awards.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem;padding:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5rem;background-position:center top;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:AvenirLT-Medium,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:start"><b>Mr. Simonson will give a presentation on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 6 p.m., in the Alumni Conference Room, ACC.</b></p></div></div>