We’re getting ready to leave for Ithacon this weekend. Really excited to be part of this list of guests:
- Artist and inker Bill Anderson Bill has inked many titles for Comico, DC, and Marvel Comics, including The Silver Surfer.
- Writer and publisher John Brhel co-founder of Cemetery Gates Media, a publisher of fantasy and supernatural fiction.
- Fantasy & Horror author C.W. Briar
- Writer Caytlyn Brooke whose YA novel Dark Flowers is available from BHC Press.
- Crafter Diana Carver
- Cosplay accessories crafter Kirsten Clinton
- Manga writer Maegan Cook
- Artist Storn Cook Storn is an artist, art teacher, and fantasy illustrator. Clients include AEG, Hero Games, and Wizards of the Coast.
- Caricature artist and cartoonist from Cortland NY Jim8ball Among his many talents, Jim produced our new ITHACON logo!
- Crafters Professionally Unprofessional Nerdcrafters (sisters Amanda and Erica DiVergilio)
- Comic book artist and fantasy illustrator Steve Ellis
- Graphic designer Myles Eggert
- Comics writer and movie extra Mark Fenton
- Superman comic strips expert Sid Friedfertig
- Author Alec Frazier A disability rights advocate since he was eight years old, Alec is the Director of his own firm, Autistic Reality, and is the copyrighted author of two books, Without Fear: The First Autistic Superhero and Veni! Vidi! Autism!.
- Crafter Sharon Gates
- Artist and animator Warren Greenwood Care Bears (2007), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2005-06), Duck Tales: The Movie, and Grasshopper and Cricket
- Artist and Club member turned pro Jon Haeffner Haeffner is an artist on Alien Dawn, a series for Nicktoons, and the creator of the web-comic Phantom Hurricane.
- Artist Joe Holley
- Fantasy writer John Koloski whose debut novel EMPYRES: Bloodblind was published by Northampton House
- Photographer and clay and wood artist Gabrielle Krogstad
- Fan artist Anne LaClair
- Horror author Kevin Lucia whose latest book Mystery Road is forthcoming from Cemetery Dance Publications
- Twilight Zone expert Nick Parisi author of Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination
- Fantasy artist Alan Pollack whose work is seen in Magic: The Gathering as well as on book covers, with recent titles including Cruel Zinc Melodies, The Two Worlds, and Miles and Metallurgy.
- Fan artist Liz Pritchard autistic comic book artist of PaperBag Comic.
- Artist Diggory Reep
- Artist/writer William Rodriguez
- Fan artist Joseph Schichtel
- Game designers Harold Sipe and Meg Stivison
- Jason and the Draconauts series writer Paul Smith
- Marvel Comics writer Roger Stern
- Online, Roger hangs out at http://sterntalk.yuku.com and at http://www.imwan.com
- His Spider-Man Omnibus reprints his entire first run on Spider-Man.
- Artist Emily Swann
- Artist Ken Wheaton
- Ken has worked on many TV tie-comics such as the official adaptation of Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol, and Simpsons comics, contributing to Bart Simpson’s Manual of Mischief, vol.2 in the “Vault of Simpsonology” series. He drew several issues of IDW’s Popeyeseries, and is currently working on a creator-owned project, The Doomsday Brigade.
- Artist Brandon Whipple
- Writer and publisher Craig Yoe
- Inkpot Award winner Yoe has worked as a designer on Cabbage Patch Kids and My Little Pony, has been the creative director and general manager of the Muppets, has written multiple books on comics history, and is currently running Yoe! Books, whose recent publishing line-up includes The Unknown Anti-War Comics, We Spoke Out: Comicbooks and the Holocaust, and Jungle Girls.
You can see the full, constantly updated list on Ithacon’s official site.
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