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| This is where you will find the
growing list of COMIC BOOK ARTISTS, ILLUSTRATORS, STUDIOS & SPECIAL GUESTS that will be attending
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Shawn Alleyne - Artist, Illustrator & Publisher
http://www.myspace.com/pyroglyphics1
Shawn was born and raised on the island of Barbados but later moved and set up in Philadelphia. From an early age he knew he wanted to be involved with art in some capacity and is currently working as a freelance artist, with many clients ranging from the field of comics, to music and film. Shawn is setting up a studio by the name of PYROGLYPHICS, a stylistic name that translates to “Hot Images”, to reflect his self-taught style. Interested clients may contact Shawn here: pyroglyphic1@comcast.net
Ken Branch - Illustrator
http://www.khbproductions.co
Ken has been a freelance illustrator for 20+ years. His credits include inking thousands of pages for various comic companies DC, Valiant, Marvel, Malibu, Image, First and Comico.
In the late 90’s he expanded his horizons to sports memorabilia, painting portraits on baseballs, bats, boxing gloves, etc. Branch has sold several paintings to All American Collectibles. He has also done 2 paintings for a Meet and Greet with A-Rod when he joined the Yankees. He also did the same with Alfonso Soriano for Stars and Pinstripes. He has worked on Sketch Cards for Topps in Heroes Season 2, MLB ‘08, Indiana Jones Masterpiece, NBA Hardwood and Star Wars Galaxy. His most recent work was for Topps Card Company The All hand Painted National Chicle sets for Football and Baseball. Just this last week his new venture into web comics began and can be seen at www.khbproductions.com www.kenbranchart.com
David Devera - Creator, Writer & Colorist
diamondgoat media pittsburgh: Bringing unique storytelling and high quality artwork to the printed page and to your new digital apparatus.
Founded by David DeVera in the spring of 2007, he is the creator, writer and colorist of Ninjabitch: A Grindhouse Graphic Novel. In early 2010, Ben Barnett joined the fold as the penciler and inker.
Stan Gordon - Producer, Writer & UFO Expert
http://www.stangordon.info
Stan is recognized for his investigation of the December 9, 1965, Kecksburg, PAUFO crash incident. He founded and directed three volunteer research groups that investigated UFOs, Bigfoot, and other strange occurrences for many years in Pennsylvania. Stan was also a former Pennsylvania State Director for MUFON and was the first recipient of the MUFON Meritorious Achievement in a UFO Investigation Award in 1987.Stan is the producer of the EBE award winning video documentary, “Kecksburg The Untold Story.” He is the author of the new book, “Really Mysterious Pennsylvania.” His second book, “Silent Invasion: The Pennsylvania UFO-Bigfoot Casebook, will be published later this year.
Stan has been featured on numerous TV programs and news shows. Some of his appearances include Unsolved Mysteries, Inside Edition, Evening Magazine, A Current Affair, Fox News Channel, SyFy (Formerly the Sci-Fi Channel), History Channel, Discovery Channel, and Creepy Canada. Stan has also appeared on numerous radio shows such as Coast to Coast. Stan Gordon's UFO Anomalies Zone
Mr. Gordon is only Attending Saturday!
Rob Granito - Artist & Illustrator
Artist/Illustrator Rob Granito has worked with Warner Bros., DC & Marvel Comics, Disney, and many major companies. Where his work includes projects for "Iron Man 2", "Spider-man", "X-Men", "A Christmas Story, The USPS comic/animation stamps, and "Peanuts". Rob's soon to be released work includes projects for "The Incredible Hulk", NY Rangers, Noel (Lois Lane) Neill, and snowboarder Ross Powers.
Daxiong Guo - Comic & Cartoon Illustrator
Daxiong is a pioneer and one of the most successful and well known
artists in Chinese comics with over 100 publications that spanned all of
Asia. He was the first person in China to be given the title of
Professor of Comic and Cartoon Illustrations. His art and creations are
still used in Chinese classrooms today. Since relocating to the U.S. in
2008 Daxiong has worked with IDW, DC and Dark Horse on projects that
include Top 10 Special #1, Star Wars Adventures, Justice League of
America and Tales from the Fringe.
Andrew Harmon - Graphic Artist
http://charactersink.deviantart.com
Andrew has been involved in graphic design for over 14 years, primarily doing corporate multimedia training and marketing but his love has always been cartooning and comic book characters. Through the encouragement of his family and friends, Andrew has begun to combine his knowledge of computer graphics with traditional illustration to help bring his passion to the forefront while increasing his skills. In addition, he also looks to help raise awareness and support for children with Type I Diabetes with his superhero creation called the Dynamic League
Kevin Leen - Illustrator & Painter
http://www.leenink.com
Illustrator and Painter having worked on such great titles as Boomtown Scabs and Chakan:day of the Dragon from RAK Graphics. Kevin is a founding member of Fantastic Storytime Entertainment with Brett R. Pinson and Tony Miello publishing comics for Wolfman Mac’s Chiller Drive in, Rock Group Bowling for Soup and Zombies Dinosaurs and Flying Saucers
Ben Lichius - writer, creator & artist
http://www.the-black-coat.com
Ben created "The Black Coat" in 2004, successfully marrying pulp, swashbuckling action with supernatural high adventure set against the backdrop Revolutionary War-era New York City. The first series, 'A Call to Arms' was published in 2006 by Ape Entertainment and was well received by fans and reviewers alike. The Black Coat was even nominated as one of the Best New Characters of 2006 by the Comic Geek Speak podcast. The newest mini-series, '...Or Give Me Death', came out in 2009 and was recently collected into a trade paperback this past Spring. Ben writes for the book and has drawn several Black Coat one-shot adventures. For his day job, Ben has spent over 12 years in the video game industry and has worked on such titles as 'Robotech: Battlecry', 'Robotech: Invasion', 'Spy vs. Spy', and 'The Marvel Trading Card Game' just to name a few. He is currently the Art Director for Spark Plug Games in Raleigh, NC. Ben lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and two kids.
Barry Linck - Writer, Artist & Creator
http://www.phinmagic.com
Barry Linck has been producing and publishing comic books for well over a decade. As writer, artist and creator, he has continued to produce his fan favorite ‘Phineus: Magician for Hire’ and ‘Gil: The Walking Dead (or Vampires Suck)’, a monthly comic strip. Barry served as artist on ‘Khozyain Protocol’, and contributed artwork for ‘The Creators’ and ‘Reverie’. Barry collaborated with Brian Babyok on such titles as ‘Pan’, ‘Phineus: The Glamour’, and ‘Dark Time’ An avid fan of role playing games, Barry co-created ‘Backwaters of Mysticism’ with John Burris. Barry currently is doing the art chores on the webcomic ‘Weirdlings’ and working on his fourth volume of ‘Phineus: Magician for Hire’ and ‘Creephunter’ & ‘The Pocket Pulp Project’ with Mike Wood all while raising a family in Pittsburgh
Amy Lynn Best - Actress, Producer & Director
Amy Lynn Best is an actress, producer, director and co-founder of Happy Cloud Pictures. Through HCP she has produced and starred in THE RESURRECTION GAME, A FEAST OF FLESH and the upcoming DEMON DIVAS AND THE LANES OF DAMNATION; she has directed and starred in SEVERE INJURIES and SPLATTER MOVIE: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT. In addition, she can be seen in AMERICAN NIGHTMARE, COUNTESS BATHORIA'S GRAVEYARD TALES and GEORGE ROMERO PRESENTS: DEADTIME STORIES.
Dave Nestler - Pinup Artist & illustrator
http://www.davenestler.com
In the world of Pinup art, it is rare that an artist is able to push the edge to create something so unique that it is without comparison and ripe for imitation. Most pinup artists fall into one of the two underlying schools or styles: Either hardcore in your face images most notably exemplified through the latest works of Sorayama, or the traditional lightly teasing, cheesecake style most commonly seen in Alberto Vargas' and Olivia's works. Dave Nestler has tread the waters between the two shores, creating his notorious Glamourotica series: Dave's ability to capture the likeness' of recognizable people kept him very busy through the mid-80's. Moving through the local and regional ranks of free-lance illustrators, Dave soon found himself working on national accounts. His work appeared on regional covers for TV Guide and other national publications alongside some of his biggest art school inspirations such as artists Drew Struzan and Richard Amsel.
ATTENDING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ONLY
Don Pedicini - Professional illustrator & Lucasfilm Artist
http://www.donpedicinijr.com
Don is an illustrator who has worked for such clients such as Topps, Lucasfilm, Strictly Ink, Target, Upper Deck, Breygent, MLB and many more. The licenses he has worked for include: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, Terminator, Marvel, CSI, Doctor Who, Hammer Films and many more.
Brett Pinson - Professional Comic Book Writer
http://www.boomtownpress.com
A professional comic book writer who got his start with the self published title, Boomtown Scabs. Brett has continued writing, coloring, lettering and publishing with new titles The Expendables and the Adventures of Carl. Brett’s work also appeared in Incessant Yarns with two comic stories about Socrates Papadopoulos, Gunslinger, which will be published in 2010 with 2 new stories. Brett is also a Founding member of Fantastic Storytime Entertainment with Kevin Leen and Tony Miello publishing comics for Wolfman Mac’s Chiller Drive in, Rock Group Bowling for Soup and Zombies Dinosaurs and Flying Saucers
John Puhlman - Film, Music & Photo Production Company
JP Ash Company is a new company that does short film, music video, etc. JP Ash Company is currently working on their second short horror film called execution.com and it should be completed in September or October.
Kristoffer Smith - Comic Artist, Illustrator/Painter
Originally From Pittsburgh, Kristoffer has created comics independently
since the age of 16. Now at the age of 25 He currently tackles full art
duties on Bluewater's "Fame" series, featured on MTV, New York Times,
Beck magazine, and so on. Kristoffer continues his duties as artist on
"Fame" while still finding time to create his own original art.
Kristoffer has worked on Projects with the Andy Warhol Museum, as well
as Guided one of the Largest Mural Projects in the history Pittsburgh.
kristoffersart.daportfolio.com
Tod Allen Smith - Sketch Card & LucasFilm Artist
http://norvandell.deviantart.com
Officially licensed Lucasfilm artist, and sketch card artist for Topp's with sets including Indiana Jones Masterpieces, Star Wars Galaxy 4 and 5, Clone Wars 2008 and Clone Wars Widevision and the upcoming The Empire Strikes Back 3D widevision. From Upper Deck Marvel Masterpieces 2 & 3, and the recent Iron Man 2. Also Benchwarmers 2008. Tod has also inked comics for companies like London Night Studios, Imperium Comics, and has done illustrations for Paladium Books for Heroes Unlimited
Peri Toth - Layne’s li’l sister and a creative force behind Sisters Comics™
http://www.myspace.com/seethrubaby
Layne’s li’l sister and a creative force behind Sisters Comics(tm), she’s been on TV and published in 16 comic books to date including Fat Momma from Sci-Fi Channel’s Stan Lee’s Who Wants To Be A Superhero. She is working on See-Thru-Baby!(tm) #0 with Levi Krause and Night of the Living Dead classic horror film co-author John Russo. www.myspace.com/seethrubaby
Layne Toth - Kid pro comic book creator
http://www.sisterscomics.com
Kid pro comic book creator as seen on TV and in magazines such as Time, she has been published in 26 comics to date including Simpsons Comics and Fat Momma from Sci-Fi Channel’s Stan Lee’s Who Wants To Be A Superhero. She is working on Lucky: The One-Eyed Stray Dog!(tm) #0 with: John "Big Dirty" Stump, Night of the Living Dead classic horror film co-author John Russo, and Levi Krause. Also, check out her all-new Taekwondo ashcan comic about her instructor Ronald F. Burch Jr., created with her sister and Paul Sizer. www.sisterscomics.com
K. Brandon Wilt - Pencil & Ink Artist
http://www.bwilt.blogspot.com
K. Brandon Wilt has done pencil and ink work for several companies. Mostly of the darker horror genre, his credits include short stories in Trailer Park of Terror, When Drive Ins Attack, and Silent Screams. He does illustrations for magazines and books as well. Currently he's working on the creator owned series SIX IN THE MOURNING. He owns the comic shop Bent Wookee Comix www.bentwookeecomix.blogspot.com in Johnstown PA and is part of a local radio segment there each Wednesday. Brandon will be selling prints, sketches, and copies of his work.
Chris Yambar - Award Winning Comic Writer
http://www.yambar.com
Award winning comic writer for such mainline character titles as Bart Simpson Comics, Radioactive Man, Popeye, I Dream of Jeannie and Mr. Magoo as well as for his own creator owned properties which include Mr. Beat, El Mucho Grande, Meow Wow!, Spells, Twerp & Blue Baboon, Life Maxx, Suckulina: Vampire Temp and many more. His graphic novel Suicide Blonde won him Best Science Fiction Comic Writer from Cinescape Magazine in 2003. His film adaptation Edison's Frankenstein 1910 won him praise from horor fans the world over. Chris co-wrote the classic monsters of rock issue of Tree House of Horror #10 with Alice Cooper and KISS bassist Gene Simmons. In addition to comics, Chris is also an internationally celebrated pop art painter with work in 16 countries and over 100 celebrity estate collections. You can view his website at www.yambar.com. CHRIS WILL BE APPEARING ON SATURDAY ONLY!
Scott Zambelli - Studio owner and freelance illustrator
Scott is owner of Studio Three16, a Christian art studio that focuses on developing artistic projects in all mediums. In addition to this, Scott is also a freelance illustrator whose works include various sketchcard series for Breygent and an Alice in Wonderland inspired book titled, "The Looking Glass". Previously, Scott worked for a Michigan based animation company where he was the creative force behind projects for the Detroit Pistons and Six Flags.
Chris Zarichansky - Artist
http://chriszarichansky.deviantart.com/
Chris Zarichansky started reading comic books from the moment he learned to read, and early on, that pastime motivated him to express himself artistically. Over the years, that desire has remained strong and
Chris has been published by Previews Magazine over 4 times as an artist of the month in their comic shop magazine and artist of the week once. Today Chris is working on SS Comics Tales of Anomaly and Xbox 360 Game Legend the game. He also has captured the eye of a card gaming company PK Cards.
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