FLORIDA SUPERCON: South Florida's Comic Book, Anime, Animation, Video Game, Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Pop Culture Convention is JUNE 29 - JULY 2, 2012 for 4 days of fun dedicated to Comic Books, Anime, Animation, Video Games, Fantasy, Sci-Fi and all of pop culture featuring celebrity guests,comic book creators, voice actors, industry guests, cosplayers, artists, writers, panels, Q&A's, films & shorts, costume & cosplay contests,vendors, parties, anime, workshops, video gaming and more! 2012 will be the 7th annual Florida Supercon!
FSC will be returning for year seven to the MIAMI AIRPORT CONVENTION CENTER (MACC), formally known as the Miami Mart Airport Hotel and Convention Center.
FSC is JUNE 29 - JULY 2, 2012Miami Airport Convention Center711 NW 72nd Ave, Miami FL. 33126
HOTEL PHONE: 305.261.3800
SUPERCON HOTLINE: 954.399.1330
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Friday, June 29: 12:00PM - 3:00AM
Saturday, June 30: 11:00AM - 3:00AM
Sunday, July 1: 11:00AM - 3:00AM
Monday, July 2: 11:00AM - 9:00PM
Exhibition Room hours are
Friday: 2:00PM - 9:00PM
Saturday: 11:00AM - 8:00PM
Sunday: 11:00AM - 8:00PM
Monday: 11:00AM - 6:00PM
Hotel Room Reservations for Florida Supercon 2012 are now available at the host hotel, The Doubletree Miami Airport Convention Center. CLICK HERE to make your reservations. Rooms are limited, and will sell out! They sell out faster and faster each year, so don't procrastinate. Rooms are $99 for single/double (1-2 people) and $109 if 3-4 people are staying in a room. The direct link to the reservations page is http://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/M/MIAMADT-FLO-20120625/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG
CLICK HERE for directions to the convention center and hotel
January 18, 2012
Roy Thomas has been added to the guest list for Florida Supercon 2012! Roy is well known as a writer and editor. He introduced Conan the Barbarian and Star Wars to comics and had long tenures as the writer of The Avengers, The X-Men and All-Star Squadron. He is currently the editor of Alter-Ego Magazine. He was Stan Lee's first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics and was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2011. Roy created or co-created numerous characters at Marvel, including: Yellowjacket, Adam Warlock, Morbius, Doc Samson, Ms. Marvel,Valkyrie, Killraven, Ultron, Man-Thing, Iron Fist, Brother Voodoo and Ghost Rider. He also devised the fictional metal adamantium, used in countless stories.
January 17, 2012
Billy West and Brina Palencia have been added to the Florida Supercon 2012 guest list!
Billy West is best known as the star of Futurama, Ren & Stimpy, Doug, The New Woody Woodpecker Show and the voice of Bugs Bunny in Space Jam! On Futurama he is the voice of Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, Zapp Brannigan, Leo Wong, Richard Nixon's head, Ipgee, M5438, The Educational films narrator, Gearshift, Humorbot 5.0, The Transition Announcer, Judge Whitey, The Galactic Entity, Sinclair 2K and more. He was the voice of Stimpy in The Ren & Stimpy Show from 1991-1996, and he provided the voice of Ren from 1993–1996. Billy performed other characters on the series as well, such as Mr. Horse and the "Announcer/Salesman". He was the voice of Doug in the long running Doug series, and has been the voice of both Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd for several Looney Tunes films and video games, including Space Jam. He was the star The New Woody Woodpecker Show, voicing Woody Woodpecker, Wally Walrus and Dr. Doug Nutts.
Brina Palencia is a multi-talented actress, voice actress and director. Some highlights from her Anime career include: Natsuki in Summer Wars, Chibitalia in Hetalia, Ciel Pahntomhive in Black Butler, Holo in Spice and Wolf, Yumi Azusa in Soul Eater, Sora in Oh Edo Rocket, Rei Ayanami in Evangelion 1.0 and 2.0, Juliet in Romeo x Juliet, Miharu in Nabari No Ou, Tony Tony Chopper in One Piece, Tamama in Sgt. Frog, Ennis in Baccano, Mikoto in School Rumble, Georgie in Shin Chan, Eve in Black Cat, Moro and Zashikiwarashi in xxxHolic. In the land of gaming she can be heard as Mad Moxxi in Borderlands, Gerda and Paper Lad inComic Jumper, Moogle/Dungeon Hero X in Final Fantasy Fables, the main player in Mushroom Men and The Maw, and various characters in Duke Nukem, Guitar Hero III and IV, Stunt Driver 2, Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Donkey Kong Country Returns, and Street Fighter 4.
January 16, 2012
Lloyd Kaufman and Herschell Gordon Lewis have been added to the Florida Supercon 2012 guest list!
Lloyd Kaufman is the President and Co-Founder of Troma Entertainment, film director, producer, screenwriter and occasional actor. He is best known as the creator and director of The Toxic Avenger and Tromeo and Juliet. Kaufman also serves as chairman of the Independent Film & Television Alliance.
Herschell Gordon Lewis is the undisputed Godfather of Gore! In 1963 Lewis, with his monumental splatter movie Blood Feast, single-handedly changed the face of horror cinema forever. As well as virtually inventing the gore generation, Lewis also produced a number of "exploitation" movies, as well as sampling the full gamut of exploitation subjects ranging from wife-swapping and ESP to rock 'n' roll and LSD. A Taste of Blood details all these, plus gore classics such as 2,000 Maniacs, The Gore Gore Girls, Color Me Blood Red and Wizard of Gore, placing them in context amid the roots and development of the exploitation film. After over three decades away from filmmaking, HGL returned in 2002 with Blood Feast 2 and most recently completed The Uh-Oh Show in 2010.
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January 16, 2012
David Uslan is Vice President of Business Development for Graphicly, a revolutionary digital comic book publishing and distribution company. Graphicly is currently partnering with over 325 top comic book and graphic novel publishers, mainstream publishing houses, and many small press and independent companies, as well as over 5000 individual creators and renowned feature film and television talent, to help produce as well as distribute their content across a wide range of mobile, web, and desktop platforms in a new, exciting, socially interactive way. Uslan formed Graphicly Studios in the spring of ’11 as the feature film/television production arm to the company.
January 12, 2012
Brittney Karbowski is an Anime Voice Actress for many Funimation and ADV releases including: Soul Eater (Blackstar), Xenosaga (M.O.M.O.), Pani Poni Dash! (Himeko), Coyote Ragtime Show (Franca), Kanon (Ayu Tsukimiya), Yumeria (Mone), Godanner (Momoko), Gilgamesh (Fuko), Ouran High School Host Club (Hinako), Negima!? (Anya), Sasami: Magical Girls Club (Anri Misugi), Air Gear (Reng Fa), One Piece (Apis), Le Chevalier D'Eon (Anna Rochefort), Claymore (Riful), Hell Girl (Minami Shibuya) and more! Brittney is more than just a voice actor, and can be seen in the upcoming feature films Up & Down and Puncture (co-starring with Chris Evans). David Vincent's anime voice acting credits include: Code Geass (Li Xingke), Bleach (Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez), Tekken: Blood Vengeance (Shin Kamiya), Blade of the Immortal (Giichi), Blue Dragon (General Logi), Daphne in the Brilliant Blue (Katsuya Mori), Durarara!! (Seiji Yagiri), Fate/stay night (Assassin), Gun X Sword (Van), Naruto (Fukusuke Hikyakuya). His video game credits include: Alpha Protocol, Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica, BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, Bleach: Shattered Blade, Bleach: The 3rd Phantom, Bleach: Soul Resurrección, Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers, Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight, Medal of Honor, Super Street Fighter IV, Tales of Phantasia, Tekken 6, Time Crisis 4 and more! January 12, 2012
Paul Bradford is a member of Ghost Hunters International! Born and raised in Britain, Paul’s interests in the Paranormal unlike many didn’t come from any personal experiences but, in fact, from his love of Science Fiction, such shows as ‘Dr Who’, ‘Stargate’ and ‘The X- Files’ have lead to some of Paul’s own ghostly inventions, inventions that he has spent the past 3 years bringing to the paranormal community. Paul passion for the paranormal has lead him to develop and create a number of different tools used now by paranormal groups all over the world. In his own words, Paul says, “my aim is to bring affordable equipment to the paranormal community”. Scott Tepperman is one of the stars of the SyFy Channel’s hit TV show, ‘Ghost Hunters International’. A native of Queens, NY, Scott first became involved with the paranormal after visiting the original "Amityville Horror" house in Long Island. Intrigued with the case at a very young age, he immersed himself in all aspects of the supernatural and has since become a die-hard horror movie enthusiast. January 12, 2012
Denny O'Neil is best known for his work as a comic book writer and editor at Marvel and DC starting in the 1970s. Denny is best known for his work on Batman, Green Lantern/Green Arrow, Detective Comics, Iron Man, The Shadow and The Question. In addition to his work in comics, Denny is an accomplished novelist.
Brad Walker is best known for his recent work on Heroes For Hire and Marvel's cosmic titles The Thanos Imperitive and Guardians of the Galaxy. His other art credits include: Actions Comics, Age of Heroes, The Avengers, Batman: War Drums, Batman: Legends of the Dark Night, Batman Allies: Secret Files and Origins, Birds of Prey, Catwoman, Detective Comics, Supergirl, Secret Six, Tangent: Superman's Reign, Manhunter, Nightwing and Richard Dragon. 
Alex Segura is the Executive Director of Publicity and Marketing for Archie Comics. He is also a comic book writer, with credits including Archie, Archie Meets Kiss, Archie & Friends and DCU 2010 Halloween Special. His first novel was titled Silent City and he is currently working on his second novel, Down The Darkest Street. |
J. David Spurlock is an author, illustrator, editor, and artist's-rights advocate best known as the founder of Vanguard Productions, a publisher of art books, graphic novels, and prints. Spurlock founded Vanguard Productions in 1993 to publish a comics anthology, Tales from the Edge. The company moved into art books, biographies and, eventually, graphic novels, including Neal Adams' Monsters. DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz, an architect of the Silver Age of Comic Books, said "Spurlock's line of books serve as the vanguard of Silver Age comics histories." Other comics magazines and collections published by Vanguard beginning in 2001 include Space Cowboy, Jesse James Classic Western Collection, Steve Ditko: Space Wars and Wally Wood's The Complete Lunar Tunes, The Alluring Art of Margaret Brundage, Frazetta Sketchbook, The Complete Frazetta White Indian, Joe Kubert: How To Draw From Life, The Wizard King and much more!
