Donny Cates

Known For

Venom, Thanos, Thor, Hulk

Award winning Cult Leader/Writer: VANISH, HULK, THOR, VENOM, SILVER SURFER, COSMIC GHOST RIDER, THANOS, DOCTOR STRANGE, GOD COUNTRY, BABYTEETH, REDNECK Is a current Marvel Comics and indy superstar, past works include God Country, Redneck, Baby Teeth, Atomahawk, Doctor Strange, Thanos, and Venom. This year he is working on Hulk, Thor and several creator owned comics.

Ryan Stegman

Known For

Vanish, Venom, Absolute Carnage, Superior Spider-Man

Ryan is the interior artist on Marvel’s hit series Venom alongside Donny Cates, and has also worked on Marvel’s She-Hulk, Spider-Man, X-23 and most recently Absolute Carnage.

Dave Aikins

Known For

SpongeBob, Blue's Clues & You, John Cena's Elbow Grease, Dora The Explorer, Zombies!!!

Dave Aikins is a children’s book illustrator and Nickelodeon publishing artist, who over the past 20 years has illustrated over 200 books featuring SpongeBob Squarepants, Kamp Koral, Paw Patrol, Blue’s Clues & You, Top Wing, Shimmer & Shine, Blaze and the Monster Machines, Rusty Rivets, Dora & Friends, Dora the Explorer, Team Umizoomi, The Backyardigans, Ni Hao Kai-Lan, Dinosaur Train, The Cat in the Hat and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. New for 2022 are books for Nickelodeon‘s Blue’s Clues & You, SpongeBob’s new show Kamp Koral, John Cena’s Elbow Grease, and Netflix‘s Go Dog Go. To balance out all of this cuteness, Dave is also the illustrator of Twilight Creations’ popular Zombies!!! board game series which is celebrating it’s 20th anniversary! Dave is also a product design artist for The Bradford Exchange and The Hamilton Collection, creating concepts and designs for statues and collectibles featuring numerous pop culture characters including The Nightmare Before Christmas, Mickey Mouse, Marvel, Rudolph, The Simpsons, Batman ‘66, Universal Monsters, and his own Creatures Of The Night monster series of products. In between working on his book and product design jobs, Dave enjoys doing pop-culture portrait commissions which can be seen in his 50 PORTRAITS art book collections available at conventions and on Amazon.

Simon Bisley

Known For

ABC Warriors, Sláine, Lobo

Bisley first became well known in England and Europe in the 1990s for his rough-edged Frank Frazetta-style painted artwork in the pages of the premiere British anthology series 2000 AD, on such titles as Judge Dredd, ABC Warriors, Slaine. He also became a regularly contributor to Heavy Metal magazine. Bisley's style, reliant on paints, acrylics, inks and multiple-mediums, was strongly influenced by Frank Frazetta, Gustav Klimt, Salvador Dalí, William Turner and fellow A/P/AVP-comics contributor Richard Corben. He also took inspiration from rock album covers and graffiti as well as traditional comics art. In turn he and his work has inspired various forms in media, including the Beast in the 2006 Doctor Who episode "The Satan Pit", and Simon Pegg's character graphic artist Tim Bisley on the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced. Bisley was born in 1962. While still a student, Bisley did a painting of a robot holding a baby that he sent to the offices of 2000 AD. The image was seen by writer Pat Mills and inspired him to relaunch the ABC Warriors strip, with Bisley as artist, in 1987. Following this, Bisley took over drawing of Sláine. In America Bisley grew to fame as the artist of the Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgement on Gotham crossover (for he which he won the Eisner Award for Best Artist), a number of Lobo miniseries (with his take on the character considered to be definitive), Hellblazer, Doom Patrol, The Demon, Swamp Thing, Sandman and others, all for DC Comics. Bisley has also worked on a number of major and indie comics projects including his story Bad Boy with Frank Miller for Oni Press. He has also worked for Marvel, Image, Dark Horse (for whom he has also worked on the Grendel series) and other publishers. He is most famous for his painted cover art, but also often contributes pencil and ink interiors. As of 2007, Bisley is still an occasional contributor to the comics magazine Heavy Metal. He has also worked on album cover art for such bands as Danzig, King Prawn and Mortal Sin.

David Crownson

Known For

Harriet Tubman: Demon Slayer

Born and raised in the exotic town of Frenchtown, New Jersey, David Crownson is the founder of Kingwood Comics where he publishes and distributes his comic book series Harriet Tubman Demon Slayer , and the upcoming Nightmare In Newark and Killer Bee. He's also an actor appearing in the award winning series Bubbly Brown Sugar. Recently , Crownson signed a development deal with Prentice Penny to produce Harriet Tubman Demon Slayer as tv series at Disney.

Cory Hamscher

From the great state of Indiana, Cory has been working in mainstream comics since 2001 with the release of Purgatori: Mischief Night #1 from Chaos! Comics. An inking stint with Devil's Due soon followed which saw Cory working on titles such as G.I.JOE and G.I.JOE vs Transformers. In 2006 he was hired by Marvel and has worked on many titles including Marvel Adventures Spider-Man, X-Men Forever, X-Men '92, Avengers Academy, Skaar Son of Hulk and The Incredible Hulk. In 2012 he helped relaunch Supreme at Image Comics with Alan Moore and Erik Larsen. In 2017 Cory was the artist on Marvel's Learn to Draw volumes and in 2019 he was the inker on the Star Wars Age of Resistance oneshots. Most currently Cory has contributed art for Snake Eyes: Endgame #5, Prophet #1 remastered, and Brigade #1 remastered.

Camron Johnson

Camron Johnson is an artist/author based out of Central Illinois. His work is featured in comics, books, and trading cards with companies & licensed properties such as Marvel, Spider-Man, Upper Deck, Star Wars, Topps, Warner Brothers, Middle-Earth (The Lord of The Rings + The Hobbit film trilogies), Space Jam, Cryptozoic, Adult Swim, Rick and Morty, Printed in Blood, Hannibal (TV series), Source Point Press, Perna Studios, Legends Publishing. He is the creator of the best-selling independent graphic novel / comic book series’ Bonecheck, Freezer Burn, and Meduson.

Andy Lanning has been working in the comics industry for more than three decades and is probably best known for his work writing Marvel's 'cosmic' characters, particularly The Guardians of the Galaxy. Andy is also an inker, working with some of the biggest artists on top titles such as Wonder Woman, X-Men, Spider-Man and many others. Andy has also written for video games and spent 8 years as the Executive Creative Director for Magic Leap, a tech start-up developing Augmented Reality glasses.

Alitha Martinez

Known For

Black Panther: World of Wakanda, Nubia

Alitha Evelyn Martinez is the Eisner Award and GLAAD 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 titles like 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; Omni for Humanoids; WWE Superstar, WWE Slam City, and Barbie for Paper Cutz. Recents works include “It’s a Bird” and Nubia for DC comics and the up-coming title The Science of Ghosts for Legendary Comics. In her spare time she works on her creator-owned titles Yume and Ever, and Foreign, published through her company, Ariotstorm Productions, LLC. She is a professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Finally, it’s official! she is a writer too, her longest, deepest-held dream. She has two stories for Epic under her belt. The most rewarding part of my career is participating in the US State Department’s World Speaker Program. She travels 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. She was once in the same position, practicing a craft that she didn’t know was a profession. She loves representing her country and herindustry.

Jarrett Melendez

Known For

Chef’s Kiss

Jarrett Melendez grew up on the mean, deer-infested streets of Bucksport, Maine. A longtime fan of food and cooking, Jarrett has spent a lot of his time in kitchens, oftentimes as a paid professional! Jarrett is a regular contributor to Bon Appetit and Food52, and is the author of The Comic Kitchen, a fully illustrated, comic-style cookbook. When not cooking and writing about food, Jarrett usually writes comic books and graphic novels, including Chef’s Kiss from Oni Press, and has contributed to the Ringo-nominated All We Ever Wanted, Full Bleed, and Murder Hobo: Chaotic Neutral. He is currently writing a graphic memoir, an action comedy graphic novel, a kids fantasy graphic novel, and a cookbook. Jarrett lives in Somerville, MA, with his collection of Monokuro Boo plush pigs.

Kayden Phoenix

Known For

A LA BRAVA, The Majestics

Kayden Phoenix is the creator of A LA BRAVA, Latina Superhero team and THE MAJESTICS, Native and Latina Princess comic series. With an all Latina artist crew, Kayden hopes to give voices to stories as multifaceted, atypical, and diverse as the people we find in the real world.

Sara Richard

Known For

Deadman Tells The Spooky Tales, My Little Pony

Lady Sara Richard is an Eisner and Ringo Award–nominated artist from New Hampshire. Sara’s inspiration comes from Art Deco, Art Nouveau, 1980s fashion, and Victorian-era design. When not making art or writing, she’s watching horror movies, cleaning forgotten gravestones, and collecting possibly haunted curios from the 19th century. Sara's work can be found across years of IDW's My Little Pony comic covers as well as upcoming covers for world mythology books from Simon & Schuster. Sara has also contributed horror stories to John Carpenter's Tales For A Halloween Night graphic novels. Sara is the illustrator for the DC Justice League Tarot set as well as the upcoming "Midnight Magic" mushroom-themed tarot set. Deadman Tells The Spooky Tales from DC Comics and The Dead Hand Book are also two of Sara's newest publications. Her work can also be found at Gallery1988 in Glendale, CA.

David Angelo Roman

Known For

Rick and Morty

David Angelo Roman is a Rick and Morty comic book artist under Adult Swim, Oni-Press and Cryptozoic. He has also created art for Lucas Film, Star Wars, The Walking Dead, Marvel Premier, and Steven Universe under Topps, Upperdeck and Cryptozoic.

The Kubert School

The Kubert School is passionate about providing you a truly personalized education, one that stretches the limits of your talents and potential. With a specialization in Cartoon and Graphic Art the graduating student leaves the School with a developed understanding and an enlarged imagination stirred by an established work ethic, with the passion and drive to be an artist for years to come.

TJ Sterling

Known For

Okemus, RAE Comics

TJ Sterling is an artist and writer from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Growing up he frequented local comic shops where he began to collect his first comics which would eventually inspire his signature 90’s comic style. TJ continued to hone his artistic ability and in 2001 he moved from Michigan to New York to attend art college. During college he worked for the infamous Bullpen at Marvel Entertainment. After graduating college, working at Marvel, Dark Horse and Aspen Comics, TJ started his own comic book company; RAE Comics. The first comic book produced by TJ was “Okemus”, which debuted Okemus at San Diego Comic Con 2015 and sold out his first print run of 400 copies. Since then, TJ has garnered an amazing fanbase across the globe which he passionately serves. To date TJ has raised over $50K via Kickstarter for various titles from RAE Comics. During his off time he has freelanced for various clients such as Universal Music and DC Comics on Batman Giant #5. TJ is also a teacher at the Joe Kubert School of Comic and Cartoon art. TJ is also a teacher at the Joe Kubert School of Comic and Cartoon art.

Peter Tomasi

Known For

Superman, Batman and Robin, Super-Sons, Batman - Detective Comics

Peter J. Tomasi, recipient of the 2018 Inkpot Award for achievement in Comics, is a New York Times bestselling author known for his work on Superman, Batman and Robin, Super-Sons, Batman - Detective Comics, Green Lantern Corps, Superman/Wonder Woman, as well as Brightest Day, Black Adam, Emerald Warriors, Nightwing, Batman - Arkham Knight, and many more. In the course of his staff career at DC Comics, Tomasi served as group editor and ushered in new eras for Batman, JSA, and Green Lantern and oversaw numerous high-profile projects like Kingdom Come. He is also known for his creator-owned titles The Bridge, Blood Tree, The Mighty, Light Brigade, and House of Penance, and the upcoming series Snipe and Slug.

Jamie Tyndall

Known For

White Widow, Grimm Fairy Tales, Red Sonja

Jamie Tyndall is a Canadian - American Comic book artist that is known for his depictions of strong, sexy female characters. He does the pencil, ink and color for most of his very detailed work. He is also very lucky to work with some of the best colorists in the industry. Jamie Tyndall graduated with an honors degree from the University of Toronto in art and history coupled with another degree from Sheridan College of Art in Toronto. Partnering with the imaginative writer, Benny Powell, they created Absolute Comics Group in 2017. His amazing fans jump started the home of White Widow to on the indie comics charts with the release of White Widow #1. Jamie Tyndall has had the honor of working with Zenescope , IDW Entertainment, Valiant Entertainment, Coffin Comics, Contraband, and Stan Lee’s POW Entertainment. Various titles in his cover portfolio include GI JOE, Transformers, My little pony, TMNT, Archie, Grimm Fairy Tales, Red Sonja, Alice in Wonderland, Ninjak, Godzilla and Danger Girl. I have also done concept and promotional work for FOX STUDIOS on movies such as Deadpool, X-men and Logan