Howard Porter is an American comic book artist from southern Connecticut.

Biography[link]

Porter graduated from Paier College of Art in Connecticut where he majored in illustration. One of his teachers there was Frank McLaughlin. McLaughlin also worked as a comic book inker and he began to give Porter work assisting him in his inking jobs which led Porter to assist other inkers and eventually find work for himself in the industry.

Porter eventually became a penciller, and his first major run on a title came with DC Comics' The Ray (vol. 2) (1994–1995), where he worked with writer Christopher Priest. Shortly afterward, Porter worked on DC's summer 1995 crossover event Underworld Unleashed, with writer Mark Waid, followed by the Justice League of America relaunch, JLA (1997–2000), with writer Grant Morrison and inker John Dell.^[1]

Porter temporarily left comics to work in banking, doing graphic design work for Credit Suisse First Boston. He left that job in 2003 to open an artists' studio with comics artist Ron Garney. Porter returned to comics that year with a six-issue run of Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, reuniting with writer Waid.

In July 2004, Porter signed a two-year exclusive contract with DC, and began as regular penciller of The Flash, with writer Geoff Johns and inker John Livesay.

In 2006, DC announced Porter would pencil the limited series The Trials of Shazam!, collaborating with writer Judd Winick. Unfortunately he was unable to finish the series because he severely injured his hand (severed a nerve and almost the entire tendon in his thumb) and had to take time out from comics for recovery.^[2] Unable to draw, he worked as a school bus driver until his return in late 2008, when he drew DC Universe: Decisions #2. He became the regular penciller on Titans^[2] and then was the first artist for the Doc Savage series.^[3] He also drew an issue of The Brave and the Bold featuring a team-up between Static and Black Lightning. He then became the regular penciler on DC Comics' Magog for the series' first ten issues, before being replaced by Scott Kolins.^[4]

Bibliography[link]

Comics work includes:

• The Ray #0-11, 13, 14 (with Christopher Priest, DC Comics, 1994–1995)
• Underworld Unleashed #1-3 (with Mark Waid, DC Comics, 1995)
• Extreme Justice #7, 9 (1995)
• JLA #1-7, 10-16, 18, 19, 22-25, 28-31, 34, 36-41, 43-45 (with Grant Morrison and Mark Waid, DC Comics, 1996–2000)
• Fantastic Four #503-508 (with Mark Waid, Marvel Comics, 2003–2004)
• Aquaman #12, 14 (DC Comics, 2004)
• The Flash #207-211, 213-217, 220-225 (with Geoff Johns, DC Comics, December 2003-August 2005)
• Trials of Shazam #1-9 (with Judd Winick, 12-issue limited series, DC Comics, 2006–2007)
• JLA Classified #37, 39 (DC Comics, 2007)
• Countdown to Final Crisis #32(20) #34(18) (DC Comics, 2007)
• DC Universe: Decisions #2, 4 (with Judd Winick and Bill Willingham, DC Comics, 2008)
• Titans #7-11 (pencils, with Judd Winick, DC Comics, January–May 2009)
• Magog #1-7 (pencils, with Keith Giffen, DC Comics, September 2009-March 2010)
• Doc Savage #1- (with Paul Malmont, ongoing series, DC Comics, April 2010, forthcoming)

Notes[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website

Porter Robinson
Performing in January 2012.
Background information
Birth name	Porter Robinson
Born	(1992-07-15) July 15, 1992 (age 19)
Origin	Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Genres	Complextro, Electro House, dubstep, Moombahton, trance, progressive house
Occupations	Producer, DJ, Musician
Years active	2010–present
Labels	OWSLA, Big Fish Recordings, Ministry Of Sound
Website	Porter Robinson Facebook Porter Robinson Twitter

Porter Robinson (born July 15, 1992) is an American electronic dance music producer and DJ from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He primarily produces in the electro house genre. He also named the genre complextro when he created the portmanteau to describe his own sound.^[1]

Biography[link]

Porter Robinson began producing at the age of 13 using Sony ACID Pro emulating sounds he heard from video games. He later began producing hands-up under the alias Ekowraith^[2] using FL Studio. It was at this time that Robinson became friends with a young Madeon, who was also producing hands-up under the name Deamon, and also using FL Studio.

Robinson primarily uses Lennard Digital Sylenth1, Native Instruments Massive, 3xOsc, Sytrus and several other commercial and free audio plugins.

He is currently 19 years old and recently graduated high school in his hometown of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.^[3][4]

Music career[link]

He has released a variety of original singles on Glamara Records and Big Fish Recordings. His first single, "Say My Name", was an enormous success, landing at #1 on Beatport's Electro House chart.^[5][6] In the summer of 2011 he signed with OWSLA, a new label operated by Skrillex, to release his first EP entitled Spitfire. Spitfire reached the number one spot on the iTunes Dance chart as well as the number one spot on Beatport's overall release chart.

Porter has been commissioned for official remixes by Lady Gaga (Interscope Records), Avicii (Ministry of Sound),^[7] Spencer & Hill (Bazooka Records)^[8] and Innerpartysystem (Red Bull Records).^[9]

Touring[link]

As a DJ, he has toured internationally^[10] and performed alongside artists including Deadmau5, Tiesto, David Guetta, Skrillex, Diplo, Madeon, Moby, Afrojack, Above & Beyond, Dada Life, A-Trak, Gareth Emery and many more.

He performed at many major music festivals during 2011 including Ultra Music Festival,^[11] Electric Daisy Carnival (3 cities),^[12] Electric Zoo,^[13] South by Southwest,^[14] Global Dance Festival, Virgin Mobile FreeFest, Beyond Wonderland,^[15] Electric Forest and Nocturnal Festival.^[16]

Throughout February 2011, he appeared on the Project Blue Book Tour with Skrillex and Tommy Lee & DJ Aero.^[17]

In June and July 2011, he performed as direct support to Skrillex on the OWSLA tour.^[18]

In August 2011 he toured throughout Australia and New Zealand.^{[citation needed]}

In September and October 2011, he performed as direct support to Tiesto on his College Invasion tour of the United States and Canada.^[19] Following this, Porter began a run of headline dates across clubs in North America as part of "The Spitfire Tour".^[20]

In 2012 he is announced to play festivals including Festival Imperial, Coachella, Future Music Festival, Ultra Music Festival, and Lollapalooza, and performed a live Essential Mix that was broadcasted from Hull City Hall, January 28 on BBC Radio 1 during his first trip to the UK. During the set, he played a new, unreleased track called "Language" which was later released on April 10.

Discography[link]

EPs[link]

• Spitfire (2011)

Singles[link]

• "Leaving" (2010)
• "Get Brain" (2010)
• "Say My Name" (2010)
• "I'm On Fire" (2010)
• "Hello" (with Lazy Rich and Sue Cho) (2010)
• "The Wildcat" (2010)
• "Language" (2012)

Remixes[link]

• Picco , "Venga" (2010)
• Heiko & Maiko, "Wer Ist Sie?" (2010)
• Spencer & Hill, "Less Go" (2010)
• Tim Berg, "Seek Bromance" (2010)
• Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup, "We No Speak Americano" (2010)
• Innerpartysystem, "American Trash" (2011)
• Lady Gaga, "The Edge of Glory" (2011)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Porter Robinson Beatport
• Porter Robinson Soundcloud
• Porter Robinson Twitter
• Porter Robinson Facebook
• Porter Robinson OWSLA
• Interview with Porter Robinson Immediately following his first show ever
• Porter Robinson FL Studio Power User page

Sidney Wicks

Wicks from 1971 UCLA yearbook
No. 21, 12
Power forward / Center
Personal information
Born	(1949-09-19) September 19, 1949 (age 62) Los Angeles, California
Nationality	American
High school	Alexander Hamilton (Los Angeles, California)
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
College	UCLA
NBA Draft	1971 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Pro career	1971–1982
Career history
1971–1976	Portland Trail Blazers
1976–1978	Boston Celtics
1978–1981	San Diego Clippers
1981–1982	Reyer Venezia Mestre (Italy)
Career highlights and awards
4× NBA All-Star (1972–1975) NBA Rookie of the Year (1972) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1972) 3× NCAA Champion (1969–1971) NCAA Final Four MOP (1970) 2× Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1970–1971) Sporting News Player of the Year (1971) USBWA Player of the Year (1971) Consensus NCAA All-American First Team (1971) Consensus NCAA All-American Second Team (1970) #35 retired by UCLA
Career NBA statistics
Points	12,803 (16.8 ppg)
Rebounds	6,620 (8.7 rpg)
Assists	2,437 (3.2 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Sidney Wicks (born September 19, 1949) is a retired American basketball player. A native of California, he played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins and played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1971 to 1981. In the NBA he played for the Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics, and San Diego Clippers, earning NBA Rookie of the Year in 1972 as well as four all-star selections.

Early life[link]

Sidney Wicks was born in Los Angeles, California, on September 19, 1949.^[1] He attended Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, but because of non-qualifying grades in high school, he had to attend Santa Monica College for a year until he could go to his preferred university, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Wicks later earned Academic All-America honors at UCLA in 1971.^{[citation needed]} He earned a degree in sociology from the school.^[2]

A 6'8" power forward/center, Wicks was a phenom at UCLA, playing on three straight NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championships from 1969 to 1971, the Bruins' star player on the latter two, being named the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four in 1970, Helms National Co-Player of the Year (1970) USBWA and Sporting News Player of the Year (1971) and two-time consensus All-American in 1970 and 1971. On Feb 1, 1996, his jersey #35 was retired in a halftime ceremony at UCLA's home court, Pauley Pavilion. Wicks was an 1985 inductee into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame and in 2010, was selected to the College Basketball Hall of Fame.

Professional career[link]

The Portland Trail Blazers selected Wicks with the second pick of the 1971 NBA Draft after paying the Cleveland Cavaliers $250,000 not to select him,^[2] and the Dallas Chaparrals chose him in the 1971 ABA Draft.^[1] After averaging 24.5 points and 11.5 rebounds, Wicks was named NBA Rookie of the Year. He also played in the NBA All-Star Game that season.^[1]

Wicks played for the Trail Blazers from 1971 to 1976, earning a total of four selections as an All-Star (1972–1975) and averaging over 20 points per game each of his first four seasons.^[1] He holds the Blazer's franchise record for rebounds in a game with 27,^[3] and averaged 22.3 points per game and 10.3 rebounds a game in his five years with the team.^[2]

In October 1976 he was sold to the Boston Celtics, while Portland went on to win their only NBA championship the next season. Wicks played for the Celtics from 1976 to 1978.^[2] Wicks then went to the San Diego Clippers and played there until 1981.^[1] Overall, Wicks averaged 16.8 points per game and 8.7 rebounds per game over ten seasons and 760 games.^[1] He had four seasons averaging over 20 points per game, and four seasons averaging over 10 rebounds per game, accomplishing both of those feats in the same season three times (1971–72, 1972–73, and 1974–75).^[1] His scoring average dropped every year after his rookie season.^[2] Following his NBA career he played one season in Italy.^[2]

Awards and honors[link]

• 1970 – national co-player of the year honors from the Helms Athletic Foundation
• 1971 – player of the year awards from the USBWA and The Sporting News
• November 21, 2010 – induction into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

Later years and family[link]

Following his playing career, he lived for a year in Italy before returning to the United States.^[2] He served as an assistant coach at UCLA during Walt Hazzard's four years as head coach.^[4] Following coaching he entered the real estate field, living in Atlanta, Florida, and Los Angeles.^[2] He was married from 1973 to 1979 and has one daughter, Sibahn Epps.^[2] As of 2006, he lived in North Carolina and LA.^[2]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Career stats at basketball-reference.com
• 1971 Oscar Robertson Trophy USBWA College Player of the Year

Travis Porter is an American hip hop act from Decatur, Georgia. Ali and Quez are step brothers; the two met Strap while attending the same middle school. The three grew up together and in 2006 began exploring music.^[1] The group’s biggest hits are "Go Shorty Go","Bananas", "Ayy Ladies", "Bring It Back" and "Make It Rain" produced by F-K-I. Travis Porter released a biographical film titled Proud to be a Problem on May 18, 2010.^[2] Travis Porter has a YouTube channel with over 100 million views and a Twitter page.^[3] In November 2010 the trio signed with Jive Records.^[4]

Appearances[link]

Besides performing throughout the USA, Travis Porter has performed internationally. In 2008 the trio took a tour through , Kaiserslautern, Germany and Bamberg, Germany.^[5][6] They appeared in one of Atlanta’s biggest concerts, Birthday Bash, during the summer of 2010^[7] and on the The Mo'Nique Show.^[8] They performed with Canada’s own Drake at BMI’s Unsigned Artist showcase in Atlanta.^[9]

Label and recognition[link]

Travis Porter now belongs to Jive Music and Porter House music. They also recently joined the BMI family. The trio was honored in the Underground Music Awards 2010 in New York City with other well-known underground artist like J. Cole with the “Most Dynamic Rap Group Duo” award.^[10] Though when they were unsigned they still worked with notable signed artist such as Roscoe Dash, Fast Life Yungstaz and Waka Flocka Flame.^[11] Travis Porter was also featured on MTV Jams Feb 5.^[12] The group also received Myspace’s #1 unsigned group title.^[13] Their single “Go Shorty Go” made it on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Chart and in fall 2010, their track “Make it Rain” hit number 50 on the urban radio charts and debuted on the charts at number 97 then climbed to number 46.^[14] Gucci Mane reportedly announced interest in signing Travis Porter to 1017 Brick Squad Records, saying "Just give me 12-15 songs. I don't know about that other stuff. Handle your business".^[15] The group ended up signing a record deal with Jive Records. On October 7, RCA Music Group announced it was disbanding Jive Records along with Arista Records and J Records. With the shutdown, the group (and all other artists previously signed to these three labels) will release their future material on the RCA Records brand. ^[16][17] In 2012, their single "Ayy Ladies" with Young Money rapper Tyga peaked at #56 on the Hot 100 and topped the Heatseekers Songs chart, becoming Porter's most successful song to date.^[18] Their debut studio album, From Day 1, was released on May 29, 2012 on RCA Records and Porter House Music.^[19]

Musical career[link]

The group started out as the “Hard Hitters”, but changed their name to Travis Porter in late 2008 to be more marketable.^[20] Four of their biggest hits “Black Boy White Boy” "Uh Huh (Produced by 706HITZ)" "Go Shorty Go (Produced by Spinz n Fresh) "All the Way Turnt Up" also turned out to be huge controversy in their career. “All the Way Turnt Up” caused controversy with Roscoe Dash. After Roscoe Dash came up with the song and asked Travis Porter to be featured on it Travis Porter added the song to their mixtape causing fans to believe it was not Roscoe Dash’s song, but Travis Porters’. Soon Roscoe Dash released another version of the song through his label Interscope Records featuring Soulja Boy.^[21] The song “Black Boy White Boy” caused a bit of controversy with Young Dro because he and label-mate Yung L.A. say that the song title was initially theirs. There has also been rumors that Travis Porter has a feud with fellow Atlanta group Cloud 9 who has the underground hit single "Shawty Shake Yo Ass". Cloud 9 confirmed that this was a rumor in a recent interview and on Twitter.^[22]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• 2012: From Day 1 (May 29th)^[19]

Mixtapes[link]

• 2009: Who Is Travis Porter?
• 2009: I'm A Differenter (Hosted By DJ Teknikz)
• 2009: I'm A Differenter 2 (Hosted By DJ Teknikz)
• 2009: Streets R Us (With Waka Flocka Flame) (Hosted By DJ Teknikz)
• 2010: Proud 2 Be A Problem (Hosted By DJ Teknikz)
• 2010: I Am Travis Porter (Hosted By DJ Pretty Boy Tank & DJ Spinz)
• 2010: Differenter Gang (With MGK & FKi) (Hosted By DJ Teknikz)
• 2011: Music Money Magnums (Hosted By DJ Teknikz, DJ Scream, & DJ Drama)
• 2011: Differenter 3 (Hosted By DJ Teknikz, DJ Pretty Boy Tank, & DJ Spinz)

Singles[link]

Other charted songs[link]

References[link]