Whilce Portacio

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Whilce Portacio
Whilce Portacio
Born
Nationality	Filipino-American
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker

Whilce Portacio (born July 8, 1963) is a Filipino-American comic book artist.

Born in in Sangley Point, Cavite City, Philippines, Portacio started out as an inker at Marvel Comics in 1985. Later he was given assignments as a penciller as well. Portacio became noted for his work on such titles as The Punisher, X-Factor, and the Uncanny X-Men. However, in 1992, Portacio left Marvel to co-found Image Comics with six other high-profile artists. But, Portacio quickly withdrew from his partnership in this enterprise due to his sister's bout with lupus, eventually publishing his title Wetworks through Jim Lee's Wildstorm imprint in 1994. Other notable series that Portacio has worked on include Stone and Marvel's controversial Heroes Reborn storyline within Iron Man.

In August, 2000, Portacio fell into a diabetic coma as a result of a failing pancreas. He woke up a week later, thirty pounds lighter, and unable to walk, stand or even draw. Only six months later he was able to pick up a pencil and draw. According to his blog, "My mind could see what I wanted to draw but my hand couldn't accomplish it."^[1]

In 2006, Portacio returned to his artistic duties at Wildstorm on Wetworks vol. 2, which was being written by Mike Carey. Unfortunately, Portacio's reputation for being unable to maintain a steady work schedule caught up with him again as Wetworks vol. 2 suffered from numerous delays and Portacio ended up leaving the book with issue #6, but he continues to illustrate cover art monthly since leaving as the book's interior artist.^{[citation needed]} He also began art duties on the new monthly DC Comics series Batman Confidential.

[edit] Selected works

New Mutants vol. 1 #43 (inker)
Wetworks vol. 2 #1-6 (pencils); 1-Present as cover artist
X Factor vol. 1 #61-69 (pencils & Co-Plotter)
Uncanny X-Men vol. 1 #281-286 (pencils & plot), 289-290 (pencils)
Spawn vol. 1 #185- (pencils)

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[edit] References

^ Whilce Portacio (December 6 2006). Wetworks:The Creative Process. Retrieved on April 30, 2007.

Preceded by Series Creator	Wetworks artist 1994–1996; 2006–present	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Jim Lee	Uncanny X-Men artist (with Jim Lee) 1991–1992	Succeeded by Brandon Peterson
Preceded by Walter Simonson	X-Factor (vol. 1) artist 1991	Succeeded by Larry Stroman