Whilce Portacio
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Portacio at the 2015 East Coast Comicon in Secaucus, New Jersey
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| Born | William Portacio July 8, 1963 Sangley Point, Cavite City, Philippines |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Inker, Writer |
| Pseudonym(s) | Whilce Portacio |
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Notable works
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Iron Man Punisher Spawn Stone Uncanny X-Men Wetworks |
| http://whilcedesk.blogspot.com/ | |
William "Whilce" Portacio (born July 8, 1963) is a Filipino-American comic book writer and artist noted for his work on such titles as The Punisher, X-Factor, Uncanny X-Men, Iron Man, Wetworks and Spawn. Portacio was also one of the seven co-founders of Image Comics, though he did not become a partner in the company.
Whilce Portacio was born in Sangley Point, Cavite City, Philippines. He grew up in places such as Midway Island and New Mexico before his family settled in San Diego, California. He began reading comic books at the age of ten, when his neighbor decided to get rid of her husband's collection, and through this, he discovered the work of creators such as Jack Kirby and Neal Adams, who were the two most important influences on Portacio's art. Though Portacio dreamed of becoming an astronaut, his height and eyesight did not meet the necessary requirements, which determined that art would be his vocation. In high school, he continued to create his own comic books with his longtime friend, Scott Williams, who would one day be a prolific comic book inker in the industry.
Portacio attended his first comic book convention in San Diego, where Marvel Comics editor Carl Potts, after seeing Portacio's portfolio, offered him the job inking over Frank Cirocco and Chris Warner's pencils on the 1984 series Alien Legion. The following year, he inked over Art Adams' pencils on the 1985 miniseries Longshot.
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