BACC HOLIDAY CON NOVEMBER 23 2024 ****************GUESTS*****************

<div></div> <div>Aaron Reynolds is thefive-time Webby Award-winning author of Effin’ Birds, a comic strip<span id="m_-3284012046735976329gmail-highlight-tooltip-target">pairing intricate artwork with mundane daily frustrations read by over a million people every</span>day. His first book, Effin’ Birds: A Field Guide ToIdentification, hit bookstores in 2019 and forseven whole days was the bestselling book by any Canadian author not named MargaretAtwood. Prior to writing Effin’ Birds as his full-time gig, Aaron was the creative director for apodcast network, a software trainer for Apple, and a Santa Claus photographer at the worst mall in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada..</div>

With our show partner <strong>Crash Media Partners</strong> a very special guest <strong>Al Kahn</strong> Al is a giant, he has had an enormous influence over the toy industry, the way we see the world of comics and games, and on most of our lives. As a licensing executive, Kahn brought <strong>Pokemon</strong> out of Japan and then continued with the <strong>Cabbage Patch Kids, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, James Bond and Yu-Gi-Oh.</strong> But let's let Al speak for himself: "I ran a company called <em><strong>4Kids Entertainment,</strong> </em>which was responsible for producing and licensing some of biggest kids’ properties in history – <strong>Pokémon, Yu Gi Oh!, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, World Wrestling</strong> <strong>Federation, Nintendo, Super Mario Bros, Zelda, Donkey Kong, and Monster Jam,</strong> just to name a few. <strong>I</strong> <strong>actually discovered Pokémon in Japan when it was still Pocket Monsters and changed the name to</strong> <strong>Pokémon before bringing it outside of Japan</strong>. Before my days at 4Kids, as the head of Coleco Industries, I found and renamed Cabbage Patch Kids, which set industry records for toy sales in North America, Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand following its launch. I’m in both the <strong>Murray Altschuler</strong> <strong>Licensing Hall of Fame and the Kidscreen Hall of Fame.</strong> I’ve dedicated my life to improving the lives of children and families all over the world&quot;.

Al Milgrom is known for his 10-year run as editor of Marvel Fanfare;his long involvement as writer, penciler, and inker on Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man;his four-year tenure as West Coast Avengers penciller and his long stint as the inker of X-Factor. Check out some of his fabulous covers here: https://13thdimension.com/13-outstanding-annual-covers-an-al-milgrom-birthday-salute/

<h4 class="subheading guest-known-for">Black Panther, X-Men, Voltron, Fearless</h4> Alitha Evelyn Martinez is the Eisner Award Winning artist of the Black Panther: World of Wakanda series. Her professional career began in 1999 penciling Iron Man for Marvel Entertainment. Since then, she has worked on X-Men: Black Sun; Marvel Age Fantastic Four; Black Panther and Black Panther: World of Wakanda; X-Men Gold Annual; Moon Girl, Mark Morales Spiderman, and Fearless; Voltron; NBC’s Heroes; New 52 Bat Girl; Archie Comic’s New Crusaders and Riverdale; and WWE Superstar, WWE Slam City, and Barbie for Paper Cutz. Larger projects that required more than just penciling and inking include graphic novels like Vampire: My Boyfriend Bites; Kung Fu Masters; Quest for Dragon Mountain for Lerner Publications; also, Political cartooning for the New York Post. She also works on her creator-owned titles Yume and Ever, and Foreign, which is published through her company, Ariotstorm Productions, LLC. Current projects include Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur for Marvel and Humanoid’s new American title, Omni. Alitha says the most rewarding part of her career is participating in the US State Department’s World Speaker Program. Traveling to parts unknown to teach comic book workshops and bring the art of storytelling to people who would have no other way of getting such information. "I was once in the same position, practicing a craft that I didn’t know was a profession. I love representing my country and my industry."

<div dir="ltr"> Amanda Madison is a welcome new friend of BACC. An up and coming creative writer, she will be signing copies of her acclaimed debut novel, <i>Program 38: Sparks </i>at Big Apple Comic Con. Amanda was raised in Northeastern Pennsylvania where she spent her childhood dreaming of magic and saving the world. Fresh out of her creative writing bachelor’s degree at Western New England University, she plans to do just that: writing stories that inspire people to find the good in themselves. Driven by her family and close friends, Amanda strives to bring a sense of found family everywhere she goes. Book Synopsis: <span lang="EN">Kelsey Clay is running from a past she wants no part of, but can’t escape her powerful destiny. Fear led Kelsey to hide her superhuman abilities, hoping she could forget about them while attending Sherman University. When she’s accepted into the mysterious Program 38, her powers—and apprehensions—will be thrown front and center. She can’t escape a part of herself she’s born to embrace.</span> <span lang="EN">Join Kelsey as she learns about herself in a chaotic world of lies, mysteries, and supervillains. With her new friends, she realizes studying for exams is the least of her problems. As a corruptive force consumes the student body, the superheroes of Program 38 must determine why it’s happening and who’s the villain behind it. The answers they find plunge them into a rabbit hole of Sherman’s shadowy past.</span> <span lang="EN">War is coming; Kelsey must choose to deny who she is or accept herself in this harrowing chronicle, <i>Program 38: Sparks</i>.</span> <div></div> <div dir="ltr">Amazon link:</div> </div> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span id="m_-4096825083448732642m_5767586960171257000ydp2949badcTSRSpan_1"><img /></span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Program-38-Sparks-Amanda-Madison-ebook/dp/B0D8D3H28K/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3A8A6VBKRILNK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.nzFh3rNDRnm_bkN2X8PTz4ErjpQ6LSpHfN0BailGaSgC3GVeLVKeVgAHLlPEuxhX1UtWDOVNtynmJOho61YiQaQGfa16rfm7QVmTTCJVceZTLeDO2EdpClm6ltf_NycKcN9EtopalI7orynhiflAag5ecLkgGo7JX-Z1r7VhG7fDsmeFhtdjYXRs-GTzjzjXtYjf5FNQU4qAWasCrvQ3y5jRYBRh4DM5-GIkgf4fzkM.Rp_sWHiXX0n-qjZqm0ab3d1MYwjEyzDU60e5XYOXigY&dib_tag=se&keywords=program+38&qid=1729830825&sprefix=%2Caps%2C94&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/Program-38-Sparks-Amanda-Madison-ebook/dp/B0D8D3H28K/ref%3Dsr_1_1?crid%3D3A8A6VBKRILNK%26dib%3DeyJ2IjoiMSJ9.nzFh3rNDRnm_bkN2X8PTz4ErjpQ6LSpHfN0BailGaSgC3GVeLVKeVgAHLlPEuxhX1UtWDOVNtynmJOho61YiQaQGfa16rfm7QVmTTCJVceZTLeDO2EdpClm6ltf_NycKcN9EtopalI7orynhiflAag5ecLkgGo7JX-Z1r7VhG7fDsmeFhtdjYXRs-GTzjzjXtYjf5FNQU4qAWasCrvQ3y5jRYBRh4DM5-GIkgf4fzkM.Rp_sWHiXX0n-qjZqm0ab3d1MYwjEyzDU60e5XYOXigY%26dib_tag%3Dse%26keywords%3Dprogram%2B38%26qid%3D1729830825%26sprefix%3D%252Caps%252C94%26sr%3D8-1&source=gmail&ust=1731519282002000&usg=AOvVaw0yKBTszxIB-VpvnDYQaJzI">Program 38: Sparks</a></span>

Amy Chu is an American comic book author who runs the comic imprint Alpha Girl Comics as well as writing comics for other publishers. She wrote the six-issue miniseries Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death and a few Wonder Woman issues for DC. She published three collections of short stories under Alpha Girl Comics titled Girls Night Out from 2012 to 2014. Chu has been writing Red Sonja for Dynamite Entertainment since late 2016. She also started working on Dynamite's KISS in 2016. Chu took over writing duties for Dynamite's Green Hornet beginning with the 2018 run. Writing a comic adaptation of Carmilla titled Carmilla: The First Vampire set in 1990s New York City she went on to win the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel.

Anthony Forrest has been an actor for almost 50 years. He played the Sandtrooper in the famous “These aren’t droids we’re looking for“ scene in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, where he performed the stormtrooper who was mind-tricked by Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness) at the Mos Eisley roadblock. Anthony also played Fixer in the deleted scene's. He also acted in several films, including “James Bond the Spy Who Loved Me,” “Oppenheimer” and the World War II classic “The Eagle has Landed.”

Bill Plympton is the King of Indie Animation, and is the first person to hand draw an entire animated feature film. Bill moved to New York City from Portland, Oregon in 1968 and began his career creating cartoons for publications such as New York Times, National Lampoon, Playboy and Screw. In 1987, he was nominated for an Oscar® for his animated short <a href="https://archive.org/details/your-face"><em><strong>Your Face.</strong></em></a> In 2005, Bill received another Oscar® nomination, this time for his short <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=300548376638424"><em><strong>Guard Dog</strong></em>.</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA_IgVAHaKA">P<em><strong>ush Comes to</strong></em> <em><strong>Shove</strong></em></a> won the prestigious Cannes 1991 Prix du Jury; and in 2001, another short film, Eat, won the Grand Prize for Short Films in Cannes Critics' Week. Of course there is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqiJTgORBLc"><strong><em>Twenty-five Ways To Quit Smoking</em></strong></a> His latest feature <strong><em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYOpnjhQlJg">Slide</a></em></strong> Won the best feature film prize at the 2023 Los AngelesAnimation Festival and the Remi Award at the 2024 World Fest Houston. After producing many shorts that appeared on MTV and Spike and Mike's, he turned his talent to feature films. Since 1991, he's made eleven feature films. Eight of them, The Tune, Mondo Plympton, I Married A Strange Person, Mutant Aliens, Hair High, Idiots and Angels, Cheatin', and Revengeance are all animated features. Bill Plympton has also collaborated with Madonna, Kanye West and Weird Al Yankovic in a number of music videos and book projects. In 2006, he received the Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award from The Annie Awards. He also animated <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL022D27CB9866EEBA">6 opening "<em><strong>couch gags" for FOX-TV's "The Simpsons"</strong></em></a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/opinion/trumps-bites-worst-nightmare.html"><em><strong>6 "Trump Bites" shorts</strong></em></a> using real audio from Donald Trump, which won a 2019 Webby Award.

<blockquote>Inkpot Award recipient Billy Tucci is an cartoonist best known for his modern-day samurai saga Shi. Through his company, Crusade Fine Arts, Shi has been printed in five languages and sold more than 3 million comic books. The graduate of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology has earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and has been nominated for four Eisner Awards. In addition to his own creations, Billy’s DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for its depiction of the highly decorated, real-life 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was comprised of Japanese- American soldiers. His earnest retelling of the Christmas story in A Child Is Born has quietly turned into an international blockbuster, winning the Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year Award.  Billy’s critically acclaimed Miss Fury: Joy Division saw the return of the Golden Age Icon for Dynamite Comics. Billy has recently released Shi: Return of the Warrior, Shi: Haikyo, Shi: Omnibus Edition and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ exclusive crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,000,000.00.</blockquote>

<p class="display-view">Bob Camp is a cartoonist, comic-book artist, writer, story artist, designer, director and producer. camp has been nominated for two Emmys, a CableACE Award and an Annie Award for his work on The Ren and Stimpy Show. Bob has been on the cutting edge of TV and film animation and art for 40 years, and at Marvel he created some absolutely stunning books. From Thundercats, to the Grinch who Stole Christmas, Scooby Doo, Sponge Bob, G.I. Joe, and Conan, the list is just too long to fit here.</p> Check it<a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0131968/"> out HERE </a>   and HERE

<div> Brian Kong  started his career at Marvel Comics in 1994, working on iconic characters such as the X-Men, Captain America  & Fantastic Four.  In 1997, he worked in advertising doing storyboards & preliminary/pitch art for the Universal Studios/Marvel theme park opening. <div>From 2000-2004 ,Brian produced over 25 custom comics for MLB & NBA franchises ( including the Yankees & Mets  ) for promotional giveaways at arenas & stadiums across the US.</div> <div>He continues to work on some of the hottest  properties including the Walking Dead, Marvel ,DC, Star Wars, Stranger Things & MLB  for the top card companies today. He has been regularly commissioned by The Topps Company since 2007  to illustrate art for their  MLB , NFL & NBA  card brands & their entertainment division.</div> <div>Brian has  been featured in the Beckett Sports card monthly annual " the Art Issue, "  as well as Non-sport update magazine.</div> <div>He is currently working with Fanatics, and Blackbox comics</div> <div>He will be displaying his sports, comics & pop culture art as well as accepting commissions, sketch covers can be ready for pick up  & submitted at the show to grading companies. Contact : <a href="mailto:bckongart@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">bckongart@gmail.com</a></div> </div> <div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <a href="http://www.briankong.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.briankong.com&source=gmail&ust=1670364315111000&usg=AOvVaw2a-iXCGmLIlTF1LoDGojat">www.briankong.com</a> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Verdana,Arial;"> </span> </div> </div> </div>

<div>Charles Forsman is a 2008 graduate of The Center for Cartoon Studies and a three-time Ignatz Award winner. His comic books include Revenger, Celebrated Summer, Slasher, and Automa. His comics, I am Not Okay With This and The End of the Fucking World, have been adapted into Netflix Original Series.  He lives in Western Massachusetts.</div>

Cynda Williams is an actress and producer, known for <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102592/?ref_=nmbio_mbio">One False Move (1991)</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12580116/?ref_=nmbio_mbio">Mad As Hell (2021)</a> and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100168/?ref_=nmbio_mbio">Mo' Better Blues (1990)</a>.

Emmy and Ringo Award-winning cartoonist Dean Haspiel is best known for creating Billy Dogma, and The Red Hook. Collaborating with Harvey Pekar and Jonathan Ames, and illustrating for HBO's "Bored to Death." His published work includes writing and drawing for Marvel, DC/Vertigo, Archie, Image, and Webtoon on comics such as The Fox, Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, X-Men, Deadpool, Superman, Batman '66, Wonder Woman, and Godzilla. In addition, Haspiel is an accomplished playwright, emerging filmmaker, and Yaddo fellow. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Heidi MacDonald is the editor in chief of ComicsBeat, covering comics and comics culture, and K-ComicsBeat, exploring the world of webtoons, and the executive producer of Con Daily, bringing the world of comic cons to your couch. She has appeared in outlets including CNN, the BBC, NPR, NY Times, Washington Post and other places talking about the business of comics. When not writing about pop culture, she can be found drinking coffee and watching the Mets. <a href="https://www.comicsbeat.com/">https://www.comicsbeat.com/</a>

Inkpot and Eagle Award-winning comic book writer and artist, Howard Chaykin! During an amazing career that has lasted over 5 decades, Chaykin has worked for DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Image Comics and Dynamite penning some of the greatest comics of the last half century. You godda meet this guy he rocks.

James Sherman is prolific artist and <a title="Colorist" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorist">colorist</a> for <a title="DC Comics" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Comics">DC Comics</a> and <a title="Marvel Comics" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Comics">Marvel Comics </a> His work includes, Tarzan Family, Superboy, Legion of Super Heroes, Black Hawk,  Silver Surfer The Punisher, X-Men, Spiderman and dozens more  

Eisner, Inpot and Harvey award winner Joe Staton is the heartbeat of comic artists, writer, inker, and penciler. He began his career with Charlton Comics in 1971, and has continued at DC, and Marvel producing books from Charlton's <em>Ghostly Tales (1973) </em>to <em>Batman, Green Lantern, The Justie League, Wonder Woman, Superman, Scooby-Doo The Incredible Hulk, Silver Surfer, Spider-man, The Avengers</em> and many 100s more.  <a href="https://www.joestaton.com/">https://www.joestaton.com/</a>

Award-winning actor John O’Hurley has catapulted into one of television’s busiest and most versatile actor/show host, Broadway star, advertising hero as well as being a New York Times best-selling author and Billboard chart-topping composer. O’Hurley is best known as “J. Peterman” on “Seinfeld” which is now the #1 syndicated show in the world and can be seen in 85 countries. John won a Screen Actors Guild Award for his work on “Seinfeld.” It was O’Hurley’s unique portrayal of the wry and witty “J. Peterman” that led to dozens of advertising campaigns for companies earning him multiple advertising and marketing industry awards. Most recently he won Best Actor at the NY Television Festival for his performance in the title role of “ The Tramp”. He captured America’s heart with his turn on Season 1 of “Dancing with the Stars,” where he officially won the ABC series with the highly contested “Dance Off “ and was named one of People Magazine’s, “Sexiest Men Alive”.  O’Hurley is now the regular host of NBC Sports highest-rated yearly show, “The National Dog Show presented by Purina,” a twenty-year- old Thanksgiving tradition to more than 30 million viewers, as well as The Beverly Hills Dog Show airing on NBC in Spring. He was also host of the long-time popular game shows “Family Feud” and To Tell The Truth”. One of the most recognizable voices in entertainment, he is the voice of many animated characters like King Neptune on “SpongeBob Square Pants” and the Mayor on Disney’s hit “Phineas and Ferb.” On Broadway and on stages across the country, he is best known for his many performances as King Arthur on Monty Python’s “Spamalot” and his continuing portrayal of slick lawyer, Billy Flynn in the Broadway legend “Chicago”, which earned him Best Actor status in the city of Chicago in 2011. His current one-man touring show, “A Man With Standards” was nominated as Broadway World’s Best Celebrity Show.

Keith Williams Keith Williams, comic book inker, enrolled in the School of Visual Arts in New York City from 1976 to 1980. Majored in Media Arts and studied under Will Eisner, the creator of the Spirit comic strip. He received a Bachelor of Fine Art. With the help of Marvel comic book artist and mentor Don Perlin, Keith started working for Marvel Comics in 1982 as a background inker. He worked for inkers including Joe Sinnott and Mike Esposito. At Marvel, he became the first John Romita Raider, an art correction group. Keith later became an assistant editor under Jim Owlsley (Christopher Priest) on the Spider-Man group of books. The two became the first all black editorial team in Marvel's history. He later became John Byrne's background artist on Alpha Flight, The Hulk, Superman and Action Comics. Keith began inking regularly with the Web of Spider-Man, which lasted for four years. In between that time and after he worked on many other books at Marvel. Some of which were The Silver Surfer, She-Hulk with John Byrne, Warlock, Quasar with Greg Capullo, Star Trek and the X-men. At Dark Horse Comics, The Mask and Walter with artist Doug Manke and Star Wars Droids. At DC Comics, Superman, and the Lobo/ Mask graphic novel with Doug Manke. For Valiant, he worked on Quantum and Woody and the covers of X-O Man. At Moonstone Comics, The Kolchak Night Stalker Chronicles, Buckaroo Banzai and Domino Lady. For ten years he had worked on The Phantom for King Features Syndicate. And at Avatar Press he inked Lady Death and Crossed covers. A Crossed webisode comic, &quot;Wish You Were Here&quot; and the cover and interiors of the comic book Uber. He has also inked Avatar Press' published graphic novel Max Brook's Harlem Hellfighters. And has recently inked over Ron Frenz pencils for Marvel's Thor the Worthy one shot book this last December.

Ken Landgraf's career in comics started with a conversation on the street with Stan Lee which led to years of work at Marvel, DC and others, including providing art for Wolverine's first solo story in Marvel Treasury Edition #26, Hawkman, NIghtwing and Flamebird and more.  He is perhaps best-known as the artist for New York City Outlaws, a five-issue series from the mid-1980s described as "a staggering whirlwind of vigilante chaos" and though not widely popular in its day has gained far wider appreciation over the years, earning a legendary status as possibly the greatest vigilante comic of all.  This is a very rare public appearance!

  Kristen Gudsnuk is a comics writer and illustrator. She got her start with the webcomic Henchgirl, which was later published by Scout Comics in single issue and Dark Horse Comics as a collection. Her other works include the middle grade graphic novel series Making Friends from Graphix, the Minecraft: Wither Without You trilogy, co-illustrating Amelia Aierwood: Basic Witch by Emily Hampshire, and illustrating Modern Fantasy by Rafer Roberts.

<div></div> <div>Larry Welz is a legendary underground comix icon!  Creator of Cherry Poptart, writer and artist for Cherry Comix.</div> <div>From the dawn of the underground movement, his work appeared regularly in <i><a title="Yellow Dog (comics)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Dog_(comics)">Yellow Dog</a></i>, a comics anthology published by the Print Mint in Berkeley, California. He also contributed to <i><a title="San Francisco Comic Book" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Comic_Book">San Francisco Comic Book</a></i>, <i>Captain Guts</i>, <i>Funnybook</i>, <i>Bakersfield Kountry Komics</i>, <i>American Flyer Funnies</i>, and <i>Good Eatin' Comix.  <a href="https://www.cherrycomix.com/">https://www.cherrycomix.com/</a></i></div> <div></div>

Actress, producer, podcaster, Lisa Rodriquez is currently working on a new film project. Check out Lisa in the comedy film <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195945/">Next Friday,</a> and her podcast Limo Chats,

<div dir="ltr"> <div>Mahdi Khene is a New York City-based cartoonist and publisher. in 2021, he co-founded an indie publishing company called Zuperhero Comics. Along with having been a score composer for short films, he dove into the world of underground comics and released acclaimed titles such as "Steel Streets" and "Bootleg Spider-Man". You can find his work, art, and future projects on the Zuperhero Comics website.</div> </div>

Marc Thompson has been featured on many many cartoons such as MTV’s “DARIA” (Kevin, Mr. Demartino, Mr O’neil) , &quot;Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” 2003 Casey Jones, “Yu-gui-oh” ( Duke Devlin, “Yu-gi-oh GX”( Chazz,) “Yu-gi-oh ZEXAL” (Astral)  “ &quot;GI Joe Sigma Six”( Cobra Commander, Destro, Zartan) , “Poke’mon” (Gengar, Cubone, Tepig etc) , “P.king Duckling”, “Transformers Cyberverse” (Megatron) , and “Karma’s world”.”Bread Barber shop” (Bread )  He has narrated over 80 Star wars audiobooks Including the Thrawn books , and has won an Earphones award, an Audie award and a SOVAS award for some of those titles. Marc has acted in plays off-broadway, starred in the film &quot;Bringing up Bobby&quot;, and made his Broadway debut in the Tony nominated revival of &quot;Talk Radio.&quot;

Mark Morales has worked for many companies, including Image, Dark Horse, Chaos, DC Comics, and Marvel Comics, mostly as an inker. Past projects from Mark include Thor, Daredevil, Batman, X-Men, Avengers vs. X-Men, Spider-Man/Deadpool, and Astonishing X-Men. Currently, he is working on Heroes Reborn and The High Republic from Marvel Comics.

<div>Michel Fiffe is the creator / writer /artist of the action series COPRA. He’s worked with Marvel and DC on top of fully producing Panorama (Dark Horse), Bloodstrike: Brutalists (Image Comics), and Zegas (Fantagraphics).</div> <div></div>

Ming Chen is a podcaster, graphic designer, entrepreneur and reality TV cast member most known for the AMC TV show Comic Book Men. While in college at the University of Michigan he met filmmaker Kevin Smith when he developed a fan website based on the movie <a href="http://movies.amctv.com/movie/134586/Clerks/overview">Clerks</a>. Smith, who appreciated Chen’s work, reached out and asked him to create the Web site for his production company, View Askew Productions. Twenty Six years later, not only does Chen continue to work on many of Smith’s online projects, but he has also ventured into several other areas within the Kevin Smith empire, most recently hosting a weekly podcast called I Sell Comics! on Smith’s podcast network, SModCo. During his free time, Chen serves on the board for the YMCA of Greater Monmouth County and the Garden State Film Festival. He also co-owns a podcast studio called “A Shared Universe” and is a partner in a coffee, gaming and comics café called “Coral Sword” in Houston, Texas with former major league ballplayer Hunter Pence. Chen has been married to his wife Debbie for 19 years and has two children, Lillian and Harrison, a dog named Joy and a cat named Scallion.

<div>“Tha True Original Gata” is referred to affectionately as The First Black Scream Queen. This actress and pro-wrestler (House of Hardcore and Impact Wrestling) was also the first black “Tromette” in many of Lloyd Kaufman’s Troma Entertainment films. She is recognized for her recent role as “Caliban” from Troma Entertainment’s “#Shakespeare’s Sh*tstorm” and has been in over 150 film and television projects. She wears many hats including publishing, promotion, photography, internet radio, fitness, production, and, of course, pro-wrestling. She was trained and worked side by side with WWE ECW legend Tommy Dreamer from 2012 to present. She is currently commissioner for an Illinois based wrestling promotion called NWR (New Wrestling Revolution)</div> Monique is also internationally known for her horror themed burlesque performances.

Niall is a Ringo nominated comic book illustrator and writer. He is the creator of The Crying Boy, a supernatural horror story and Squish and Squash, and all ages sci-fi adventure series. Both series are published by Teens potential Entertainment.

Nik Virella is a native New Yorker and School of Visual Arts alumnus. Her previous work includes The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones graphic novel, IDW’s G.I. Joe, and Marvel titles such as Return of the Living Deadpool, 1872, Hyperion, All-New Wolverine, Star Wars &amp; Black Widow. In addition, she’s had her work featured in Marvel’s QuickDraw, VOGUE Italia, and Entertainment Weekly.

<div dir="auto"> <hr /> Peter Kuper is a regular contributor to The New Yorker<em>,</em> The Nation, Charlie Hebdo and MAD magazine where he has written and illustrated <em>SPY vs. SPY</em> since 1997. He has produced over two dozen books including <em>The System</em>, <em>Diario de Oaxaca, Ruins </em> and adaptations of Franz Kafka's works into comics including <em>The Metamorphosis</em><em>. </em> Peter has won the Eisner and Reuben Awards for best graphic novels and the 2024 Kennedy award for cartooning. <em>INSECTOPOLIS</em>, his graphic novel history of insects and the people who have studied them, will be published in 2025. He has lectured around the world and teaches comics at Harvard University. </div>

Sean Chen's career took off after he was discovered by Barry Windsor-Smith.  At Valiant Comics, Chen penciled their flagship title, X-O Manowar, as well as Bloodshot, Harbinger, and Rai and the Future Force. After Valiant, Sean moved to Marvel Comics, where he drew Iron Man. His other works include Wolverine, Elektra, and the maxi-series X-Men: The End. Chen is the regular artist on the monthly Nova series from Marvel. He is currently working on EVERMIND a Sci-Fi Saga with Daniel Wu & 247 Comics.

Actor, Director, Editor, Sifu Cliff Kupper is the Owner of the Kung Fu & Karate Expo, Masters of Martial Arts Hall of Fame 4th Generation Wing Chun Kung Fu Master on the Ip Man Family tree In a NYC Premiere he will screen his latest film <em><strong>Martialist 2</strong></em> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9414390/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9414390/&source=gmail&ust=1730335342331000&usg=AOvVaw05TEEdrveh9EKkkr3Ll0kX">Sifu Cliff - IMDb</a>  

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Arngrim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stefan Arngrim</a>, The Haunted Man, is best known for the role of Barry Lockridge in Irwin Allen’s <em><strong>Land of the Giants</strong></em>, but he has an acting career spanning across four decades. Acting dozens of films and TV series including:<strong><em> Class of 1984, The x files, Fear no evil, V, Arrow, Fringe, Fargo, The Fog, The A Team</em></strong> Stefan is also a musician and spent some time in a band called The Knights of the Living Dead. The band were offered several record deals, including one with Capitol Records, which was accepted. However, the same week this took place, the President of the record company was fired and a new one brought in. Unfortunately he decided to drop all the new bands that had signed a deal but not yet recorded. After the initial disapointment they picked themselves up again and recorded a Demo with Jane’s Addiction/The Rolling Stones’ Dave Jerden. But by the end of it and before the record could be released, the band decided to split. Both <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Arngrim">Stefan</a> and ex band member Roland Devoile continued to make music till 1994 until the Northhridge Earthquake. After that he got back into acting.

<span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto">Tony Daniels, man of a thousand voices. XMen, Avengers, Daniels TIger's Neighborhood, CBC, Howard Stern, you'll hear him sooner or later...oh yeah he's also Tony The Tiger: GREAT!!! </span> He is well known for providing the voices of Uncle Flippy in  JoJo's Circus , as well as  Jedite  and Wiseman in the original English dub of Sailor Moon. He is also known for providing the voice of Gambit in X-Men: The Animated Series and Marvel vs. Capcom series. Daniels also provides voices for CBC Television and CBC News Network and appeared on camera in shows and films including Code Name: Eternity, Gracie's Choice, Get Ed, and Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension.

Tony Waldman is a voice actor who has brought life to characters like <strong>Mr. Monopoly</strong>, <strong>Genshin Impact's Marcel and Gulab,</strong> <strong>Transformer Boulder,</strong> the Hungry Hungry Hippo Bottomless Potamus, Sam in Guess Who, Mobile Legend's Gord, Claude, and Shah Torre, and many more. Additionally his voice can be heard on national commercials and radio campaigns like the return of Coca Cola's drink Surge to the Burger King freestyle machines. A native of Long Island, New York, Tony lived and worked in Japan for several years where he discovered the manga and anime One Piece. Upon his return to New York, he created what has become the largest public One Piece and anime Facebook group (One Piece - Two Million Fans) which now totals over 2.2 million members. He has continued to be an influencer in the One Piece arena as an event producer, promoter, and content creator with videos, especially anime acapella, totaling over 20 million views collectively with shares by social media titans like 9GAG and Crunchyroll's official One Piece page. Tony currently resides in Queens, NY. TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@wackogramswaldman" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tiktok.com/@wackogramswaldman&source=gmail&ust=1699223687897000&usg=AOvVaw0EA1He_JhMHrwB8hTPbV_Y">https://www.tiktok.<wbr />com/@wackogramswaldman</a> Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@OnePieceOneMillionFans" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/@OnePieceOneMillionFans&source=gmail&ust=1699223687897000&usg=AOvVaw2X3b1-TymKzbELDYhQYFUr">https://www.youtube.<wbr />com/@OnePieceOneMillionFans</a>