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FLORIDA SUPERCON 2012 GUEST CREATORS New guests are being announced all the time, so stay tuned for more exciting guest additions as we get closer to the show! FEATURED GUEST CREATORS: INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS & CRAFTS PERSON: Facepalm Comics
Elizabeth Fernandez
Gabi Gonzalez
Luiza Fontoura - Nokomomo
Serena Ramos - Sirena Entertainment
Lizzy Stiches
ARTIST ALLEY:
Raymond Ayala - Random Planet
Michael Banks - Coallus
Monique Blaize - Sakura02
Manny Cartoon
Ben Cecil
Nicole Echeverria
Andrew S. Exposito
Joe Fauvel
Derrick Fish
Katie Hazzard - Hazzard Ink
Lee Lee - West Drawing and Illustration
Levar Leo - Facepalm Comics
Erika Taguchi
Stephen Wittmaak - Port City Underground
Carmine’s first published work was for Timely Comics (USA Comics #3) in 1941. He worked for several publishers in the 1940’s including Hillman (Airboy, The Heap), Fawcett, Holyoke and of course DC Comics, where he became a regular on the Golden Age Black Canary, Green Lantern, Justice Society of America and the Flash.During the early '50s, he did work for Simon and Kirby’s company Prize Comics, drawing Charlie Chan and at DC, where he drew westerns, mysteries and science fiction. In 1956 editor Julius Schwartz assigned him to design the look for a new version of The Flash, which premiered in Showcase #4 and was the start of the Silver Age of comics! Infantino was the artist on the Flash for several years as well as Adam Strange. In 1964, Carmine and John Broome were handed the fading Batman titles and asked to try to bring them back to life. Infantino used his more realistic art style to help made a clean break with the past. During this time he worked primarily on Batman, Elongated Man, Adam Strange, The Flash and a number of science fiction stories for editor Julius Schwartz. During this time (1967) Infantino worked with writer Arnold Drake to introduce Deadman.
Infantino was made DC's publisher in early 1971. The same year he signed super star Jack Kirby away from Marvel Comics, which lead to the creation of The New Gods, Forever People, Mister Miracle, Omac, Kamandi and The Demon! During this time Carmine worked with writer Mario Puzo on the first Superman movie and collaborated with Marvel on the historic company-crossover publication Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man. In 1975, Carmine stepped down as DC’s Publisher to return to the drawing board. In the late 1970’s and early 1980s Infantino worked at Marvel on titles such as Star Wars, Spider-Woman and Nova. In 1981 he returned to The Flash with issue #296 and drew the book until #350. Other projects in the 1980s included penciling The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl, a Red Tornado miniseries, and a comic book tie-in to the television series V.
Tony's immense credits as a writer include: Green Lantern Corps, DC Universe Online, DC Universe Online: Legends, Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps, Brightest Day, Adventure Comics, Batman Confidential, Birds of Prey, Black Canary, Blackest Night: JSA, Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns, Catwoman, Countdown, Crossgen Chronicles, DC Infinite Halloween Special, Exiles, Gotham City Sirens, JSA: Classified, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Magnus Robot Fighter, Mystic, Negation, Oracle: The Cure, Outsiders, R.E.B.E.L.S., Rogue, Supergirl, Spider-Man: Breakout, Starman/Congorilla, Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes, Uncanny X-Men, Wonder Girl, X-Men, X-Men Unlimited and X-Men: Age of Apocalypse. Tony's credits as an editor include: Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, Aquaman, Codename: Knockout, DC One Million, Fallen Empires on the World of Magic: The Gathering, H.A.R.D. Corps, Harbinger, Hellblazer, Hourman, JLA, JLA/Witchblade, The Kingdom, Legends of the DC Universe, Lobo, Magnus Robot Fighter, Martian, The Spectre, Starman, Transmetropolitan & Wonder Woman.
Allen Bellman was born in Manhattan and studied at the High School of Industrial Arts. After leaving the comic book industry due the cutbacks of the mid 50's, Allen became a successful businessman, and after 18 years he moved down here to South Florida where he joined the art department of a major daily newspaper, The South Florida Sun-Sentinel. After that he went into photography and won many nationwide photography contests. Hundreds of his photos have appeared in hardcover books, have been on exhibit in museums and received great reviews in numerous newspapers.
His long list of credits as an artist include: 52, Adventure Comics, Amazing Adventures, American Century, American Flagg, Avengers 1959, Batman Family, Batman: Black and White, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Batman/Catwoman, Black Kiss, Blackhawk, Blade, Captain America, Challengers of the Unknown, Civil War: X-Men, Cody Starbuck, Conan the Barbarian, Deadpool, Detective Comics, Dominic Fortune, Fear Itself: The Home Front, G.I. Joe: Hearts and Minds, Guy Gardner: Collateral Damage, Hawkgirl, Heavy Metal, House of Mystery, The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones, Iron Wolf, Invincible Iron Man, Justice Society of America, Marvel Premiere, Marvel Preview, Marvel Super Special, Marvel Team Up, Men of War, Micronauts, Midnight Men, New Avengers, Night Man, Orion, Power and Glory, Punisher. Punisher War Journal, Rawhide Kid, She-Hulk, The Shadow, Star Wars, Star Reach, Sub-Mariner, Superboy, Superman, Superman/Batman, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, Tarzan, Time Warp, Unknown Soldier, Vampire Tales, Weird War Tales, Weird Worlds, Wolverine, Wolverine / Nick Fury: The Scorpio Connection, X-Men: Legacy and more! His long list of credits as a writer include: American Century, American Flagg!, Angel and the Ape, Avengers 1959, Batman, Batman Chronicles, Batman: Black and White, Batman: Dark Allegiances, Batman: Gotham Knights, Batman: Legends Of The Dark Knight, Batman/Catwoman: Follow the Money, Batman/Houdini: The Devil's Workshop, Bite Club, Black Kiss, Blackhawk, Captain America, Captain America: Theater Of War - America First!, Captain America/Nick Fury: Blood Truce, Challengers of the Unknown, Cody Starbuck, Deadpool, Die Hard: Year One, Dominic Fortune, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Fear Itself: The Home Front , Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D., Green Lantern: Evil's Might, Guy Gardner: Collateral Damage, Heavy Metal, Ironwolf, JLA: Classified, JLA: The Secret Society of Super-Heroes, JSA: All Stars, Legend, Marvel Premiere, Marvel Preview, Marvel Super Special, Midnight Men, Mutant X: Origins, Nocturnals: Archives, Orion, Power & Glory, The Shadow, Son of Superman, The Spirit, Squadron Supreme, Star Wars, Star Reach, Sub-Mariner, Superman: Distant Fires, Tales Of The New Gods, Thrillkiller, Thrillkiller '62, Time2, Twilight, Weird Worlds, X-Men: Curse of the Mutants - X-Men Vs. Vampires and more!
Olivier's long list of art credits include: The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers, Fear Itself: Fellowship Of Fear, Heroic Age, House of M, JSA Secret Files, Legion Lost, Legion of Super-Heroes, Legion Worlds, The Legion, Legionnaires, The Mighty Thor, New Avengers, The Pulse, Resident Evil, Siege, Stan Lee Meets Spider-Man, Superman: The Man of Steel, Thor and Uncanny X-Men. Additionally, Olivier has done cover work for Age of X: Alpha, Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers/Invaders, Black Panther, Captain America, Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born, Eternals, Generation Hope, House of M, Hulk, Legion Lost, Legion of Super-Heroes, The Legion, Legionnaires, The Mighty Thor, New Avengers, Siege, Spider-Woman: Origin, Stan Lee Meets, Stan Lee Meets Spider-Man, Thor, Ultimate Avengers, Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate X-Men, War of Kings, What If? Wolverine And Jubilee, Wolverine: Weapon X, X-Men and X-Men: Return of Magik.
You can visit Mr. Delbo on the web at www.josedelbo.com Mr. Delbo will be at the show on Saturday and Sunday.
Steve got his start at First Comics with back up stories for Nexus, guest-artist duties on Dreadstar and Whisper, and two miniseries starring Nexus supporting character Judah Macabee: Hammer of God and Hammer of God: Sword of Justice. In 1991 Steve made the jump to Marvel Comics and began work as the main artist of The Avengers from issue #335 to #375. After leaving Avengers in 1994, Epting spent the next few years working on Marvel's franchise of X-Men books. Towards the end of the 90s, Epting moved from Marvel to DC Comics. Most of his work for DC was on Aquaman, where he was teamed up with writer Dan Jurgens from issue #63 - #75. In 2000, Epting returned briefly to Marvel's Avengers for a few issues but most of Epting's efforts during this time were spent with Crossgen Comics on Crux and El Cazador.
2004 found Epting returning to Marvel to work with writer Ed Brubaker on Captain America and has recently been the artist of FF and is the current artist of the Fantastic Four. Steve's huge list of credits includes: Captain America, Fantastic Four, The Avengers, Abadazad, Adventures of Superman, Aquaman, The Avengers, Bishop: XSE, Civil War: Casualties of War, Crux, Daredevil, Dreadstar, El Cazador, Excalibur, Factor X, Forge, Hammer of God, The Marvels Project, New Avengers, Nexus, Superman, Thor, Ultimate Nightmare, Uncanny X-Men, The Vision, Whisper, X-Factor, X-Men Unlimited, X-Men: Alpha, X-Universe and more!
Rob's Extensive Art Credits include: JLA, Blackest Night, Blackest Night: Titans, Green Lantern Corps, Captain America and Falcon, Alpha Flight, Ant, Scion, Amazing Spider-Man, Batman, Cable, Crux, Detective Comics, Gambit, Iron Man, Justice League, Teen Titans, Uncanny X-Men, Gambit, X-Men, Superman/Batman, 2099: World of Tomorrow, Adventure Comics, Aliens vs. Predator, Avengers / X-Men: Maximum Security, Batman and Robin, Batman Chronicles, Batman: Gotham City Secret Files, Batman: No Man's Land, Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps, Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps, Brightest Day, Cable/X-Force '96, City of Heroes, Countdown Presents: Lord Havok & the Extremists, Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer: Crime Society, Crossing Midnight, Cyberforce, Cyberforce/X-Men, The Darkness, DC Comics: The New 52, Decimation: House of M - The Day After, Excalibur, Final Crisis, Final Crisis: Submit, Freex, Gambit, Green Lantern,Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War, Green Lantern: War of the Green Lanterns, Iron Man, Justice League of America,Mystery in Space, Rann/Thanagar Holy War, Strange Adventures, What If...?, Witchblade, Wolverine, X-Factor, X-Man, X-Men 2099, X-Men Unlimited and more!
The Chronicles of Kale: A Dragon’s Awakening is a bestselling novel, and book 1 in a young adult high-fantasy series. For more information, please visit: www.AyaKnight.com
Kulpa's first syndicated work appeared in 1983, when he produced the Star Trek and Bruce Lee newspaper comics for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. From 1982-88, Kulpa served as graphic arts manager for the renowned Testor Corporation, manufacturer of model kits, where he designed cartoon instruction sheets and collateral materials for their line of Weird-Ohs models. He illustrated Tribune Media Services' nationally and internationally syndicated Ghost Story Club comic strip and the weekly cartoon panel Draw Play for the Chicago Bear Report newspaper. In 1998, Kulpa illustrated the humor book, The Redneck Guide to Raisin' Children, written by Annie & Glen-Bob Smith. For over 10 years, he served as Art Director for the nationally distributed supermarket tabloid Weekly World News. Kulpa created the now-famous Bat Boy character which first appeared in Weekly World News on June 23, 1992. From 2000 - 2005, Kulpa served as publisher and editor of the national humor magazine Cracked. Kulpa's anti-gang comic book classic "Gangbuster" is currently being circulated by police departments. Visit Dick online at http://captaincartoon.wordpress.com
Kevin's credits as a writer include: Adventures Of Captain America, Dark Horse Classics: Godzilla - King of the Monsters, Gen13/Fantastic Four, Godzilla, Godzilla: Age of Monsters, My Greatest Adventure, Solitaire, Strikeback!, Top Komiks, Trinity Angels, Weird Worlds and X-Men: Millennial Visions. Kevin's credits as an artist include: Action Comics, Adventures Of Captain America, Agent Three Zero, Alan Moore's The Complete WildC.A.T.s, All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z, The Amazing Spider-Man: The Short Halloween, The Astonishing Spider-Man, Avengers Classic, The Avengers, Avengers: First To Last, Back Issue, Batman Confidential, Batman: Legends Of The Dark Knight, Batman/Superman, Captain America, DC Comics Presents: The Metal Men, DC Retroactive: JLA - The '90s, DCU Holiday Special, Defenders, Detective Comics, Doom Patrol, Fantastic Four, Formerly Known as the Justice League, Gen13, Gen13/Fantastic Four, Green Lantern Secret Files, Hawk and Dove, The Incredible Hulk, JLA 80-Page Giant, JLA-Z, JLA: Classified, JLA: Created Equal, Justice League, Justice League America, Justice League International, Justice League International, Justice League of America, Lobo's Greatest Hits, Martian Manhunter Special, Marvel Age, My Greatest Adventure, The New Titans, Penthouse Comix, Pilot Season, Return to Jurassic Park, Secret Origins, Silver Age: The Brave and the Bold, Solitaire, Spider-Man Holiday Special, Strikeback!, Superman, Superman Legends, Superman Monster Edition, Superman/Batman, Team Titans, Transmetropolitan, Trinity Angels, Velocity: Pilot Season, Video Jack, Weird Worlds, WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams, Wildstorm Rising, X-Men Forever, X-Men Unlimited and X-Men: Millennial Visions.
Visit Clay online at www.titanfalls.com
Moldoff's first work was for Vincent Sullivan at National/DC. Moldoff's debut was a sports filler that appeared on the inside back cover of the landmark Action Comics #1 (June 1938), the comic book that introduced Superman.
During the late-1930s and 1940s Golden Age of comic books, Moldoff became a prolific cover artist, one of the highlights being the cover of All-American Comics #16 (July 1940), the first appearance of the Golden Age Green Lantern. Moldoff created the character The Black Pirate (Jon Valor) in Action Comics #23 (April 1940), and became one of the earliest artists for the character Hawkman. Moldoff drew the first image of the formerly civilian character Shiera Sanders in costume as Hawkgirl in All Star Comics #5. Beginning with Flash Comics #4 (April 1940), Moldoff became the regular Hawkman artist, When superhero comics went out of fashion in the postwar era, Moldoff became an early pioneer in horror comics with This Magazine Is Haunted, Worlds of Fear and Strange Suspense Stories. In 1953, Moldoff became one of the primary Batman ghost artists who, along with Win Mortimer and Dick Sprang, drew stories credited to Bob Kane, following Kane's style and under Kane's supervision.
Kane and Moldoff co-created the original Bat-Girl (teen Betty Kane), as well as the novelty characters Bat-Mite and Ace the Bat-Hound. All three were largely phased-out in 1964 after a change in editors. Writer Robert Kanigher and Moldoff co-created the supervillainess Poison Ivy in Batman #181 (June 1966). Moldoff left DC in 1967 and turned to animation, working on such animated TV series as Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse, and created promotional comic books given away at the Burger King and Red Lobster, as well as through the Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball team. In 2000, Moldoff illustrated a chapter of the Evan Dorkin project Superman and Batman: World's Funnest; it was his first work for DC Comics in over thirty years.
After Hawkman, DC and writer Brad Meltzer, who were impressed with the quality of his work, offered Morales the limited series Identity Crisis.Following Identity Crisis, Rags worked on Nightwing, Superman/Batman and Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps. Currently Rags is working with writer Grant Morrison on the DC NEW 52 relaunch of Action Comics.
Throughout his career Olivetti has worked in different mediums, including black and white, digital color, acrylics and oils.
Denny's credits as a writer include: 1st Issue Special, Abbott and Costello, Adventure Comics, All Star Western, Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing X-Men, Armageddon 2001, The Atom, Atom & Hawkman, Azrael, Azrael: Agent of the Bat, Batlash, Batman, Batman and Superman, Batman: Birth of the Demon, Batman: Black and White, Batman: Gordon of Gotham, Batman Chronicles, Batman Family, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Batman: Sword of Azrael, Beware the Creeper, Billy the Kid, Black Lightning, Bomba the Jungle Boy, Brave and the Bold, Captain America, Challengers of the Unknown, Chamber of Darkness, Daredevil, DC Comics Presents, DC/Marvel, DC Special Series, Detective Comics, Diana Prince: Wonder Woman, Doc Savage, Epic Illustrated, The Flash, Flash Gordon, Further Adventures of Indiana Jones, Ghost Manor, Ghost Rider, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Green Lantern/Green Arrow, Hercules, House of Mystery, Hulk, Iron Man, Iron Wulf, Isis, JLA, The Joker, Justice League of America, Justice League Task Force, Kamandi, Kid Colt Outlaw, Legends of the DC Universe, Marvel Preview, Marvel Super Special, Marvel Tales, Modeling With Millie, Moon Knight, Ms. Tree Quarterly, Nightwing, Patsy and Hedy, The Phantom Stranger, Power Man and Iron Fist, The Question, Rawhide Kid, Richard Dragon: Kung Fu Fighter, Savage Tales, Secret Origins, Sensational Spider-Man, The Shadow, Shazam!, Sherlock Holmes, Showcase, Space Adventures, The Spectre, The Spirit, Star Trek, Strange Adventures, Strange Sports Stories, Strange Suspense Stories, Strange Tales, Super-Team Family, Superman, Sword of Sorcery, Tarzan, Team America, Time Warp, Tower of Shadows, Two-Gun Kid, Uncanny X-Men, The Unexpected, Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction, Vampirella, Weird Western Tales, Weird Worlds, What If?, The Witching Hour, Wonder Woman, World's Finest Comics and more!
Denny’s novels include: The Bite of Monsters (Belmont, 1971), Dragon’s Fists – Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Master (1974), Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Crown Publishing Group, April 1976), The Super Comics (Scholastic Book Services 1981), Batman Knightfall (1994), Green Lantern Hero’s Quest (2005), Batman Begins (2005), DC Universe: Helltown (2006) and The Dark Knight (2008). Denny's novella's include:
He created groundbreaking movie promotional art for The Dark Knight, The Grinch, Unforgiven and the hit video game Resident Evil. Sienkiewicz' character design for the upcoming DreamWorks' film Alcatraz Versus The Evil Librarians has now opened doors for producing. Sienkiewicz is conceptualizing characters for LionsGate's supernatural Western The Man With No Name, which he will executive produce with Braxton Pope. He will also jointly produce, write and direct the film of his Stray Toasters with Jeff Renfroe. His work has graced the National Museum of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; galleries in Paris, Barcelona and Tuscany; Spain's famed La Semana Negra (The Black Week) Festival; advertising campaigns for Nike, MTV and Nissan; posters for The Green Mile and 2006 Winter Olympics; and magazines such as Entertainment Weekly and Spin. Books include Jimi Hendrix, Voodoo Child: The Illustrated Legend of Jimi Hendrix and Santa: My Life & Times (An Illustrated Autobiography). CD covers include The Very Beast of Dio, Bruce Cockburn's The Charity Of Night, The RZA's Bobby Digital In Stereo, EPMD's Business As Usual and Sold Out: A Threevening With Kevin Smith. With longtime friend and mentor Neal Adams, SIenkiewicz also designed multimedia stage productions for Roger Waters' 2006 Dark Side of the Moon Tour. A classically-trained painter, Sienkiewicz's renderings incorporate abstract and expressionist influences and any combination of oil painting, acrylics, watercolor, mixed-media, collage and mimeograph - previously unheard of in comics. His work has garnered numerous accolades - most notably a 2004 Eisner Award for DC Comics' The Sandman: Endless Nights, and 1995 and 1996 Emmy Award nominations for production and character design on the PBS children's TV series Where In the World is Carmen Sandiego? Elektra: Assassin swept the top comic illustration awards in the U.S., Europe and Italy, respectively, with a 1987 Kirby Award, 1986 Yellow Kid Award and 1986 Gran Guigiri Award.
J. David Spurlock has taught art at The University of Texas at Arlington, the Joe Kubert School, and the School of Visual Arts in New York. He has served as a president of the Dallas Society of Illustrators. 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! Visit Vanguard on the web at http://www.vanguardproductions.net
Roy’s comic career began in 1965, at DC Comics assisting Mort Weisinger (editor of the Superman titles). His first tenure at DC lasted only a few weeks before being offered a position at Marvel by Stan Lee. His early works includes Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos, The X-Men and The Avengers, as well as an occasional "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D" and "Doctor Strange" story in Strange Tales. When that title became the solo comic Doctor Strange, he wrote the entire run of new stories. Thomas, who had turned over X-Men to other writers, returned with issue #56 and his collaboration with artist Neal Adams through #63 is regarded as a Silver Age creative highlight. 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. He introduced Conan the Barbarian to comics, as well as Red Sonja writing hundreds of stories featuring the two characters in comics and magazines. Roy was Editor-In-Chief of Marvel Comics from 1972-1974 replacing Stan Lee, who became Marvel's publisher. He continued to script comics, including Marvel's flagships, The Fantastic Four and The Amazing Spider-Man. He launched new titles The Defenders, What If? and The Invaders.; and was instrumental in engineering Marvel's comic-book adaptation of the movie Star Wars, which he wrote. In 1975, Thomas wrote the first joint publishing venture between Marvel and DC Comics - a 72-page Wizard of Oz movie adaptation in an oversized "Treasury Edition". In 1981 Thomas moved to DC Comics. He marked his return with a two part Green Lantern story in Green Lantern #138-139. At DC some of the titles he wrote included Wonder Woman, Arak, Batman, DC Comics Presents, and the Legion of Super-Heroes. He revived the JSA, creating The All-Star Squadron and launched a JSA spin-off, Infinity Inc., set in the present day and depicting the adventures of the JSA's children. Thomas wrote several mini series for DC including America vs. the Justice Society, Jonni Thunder a.k.a. Thunderbolt, Shazam! The New Beginning, and Crimson Avenger. From 1986 to 1988, Thomas contributed to the Secret Origins series and wrote most of the stories involving the Golden Age characters. Young All-Stars replaced All-Star Squadron following the changes to DC's continuity brought about by Crisis on Infinite Earths. Roy collaborated with Gerry Conway on the screenplays for the animated feature Fire and Ice (1983) and Conan the Destroyer (1984). Roy returned to Marvel and by 1986 had begun writing for Marvel's New Universe line, beginning with Spitfire and the Troubleshooters. He then embarked on a multi-issue run of Nightmask, co-scripted by his wife Dann Thomas. He went on to script titles starring Doctor Strange, Thor, the Avengers West Coast, and Conan. During the following decade, Thomas began working less for Marvel and DC than for independent companies. He wrote issues of the TV-series tie-ins Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys for Topps Comics. Additionally, he began writing more for other media, including television, and relaunched Alter Ego with TwoMorrows Publishing in 1999. In 2005, he earned a Master's degree in Humanities from California State University.
In 2007, Mr. Uslan became a partner in the formation of COG1 Entertainment, a renowned digital interactive production company. As senior vice president of development, Mr. Uslan was responsible for selecting, acquiring and developing properties for feature film, television, videogames and Digital Uses. Among projects acquired or developed by Mr. Uslan are the upcoming feature films Honor Thy Father, Mascot To The Rescue, Money To Burn, Breed, and Shinku as well as the National Geographic documentary Mob’s Greatest Hits currently airing in Europe and Asia. This year, Uslan also produced fourteen documentaries for AMC which aired during their popular Mob Week. During the fall of 2009, David came on board as 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. Along with his career in the comic book industry, David consults for a number of entertainment and digital companies as well. Most importantly are Peel Interactive, a renowned digital marketing shop based in Seattle, WA, and VenSat Animation, a leader in the Asian and European animation marketplace. He is also on the Board of Directors for Team Prime Time, an influential afterschool organization based in Los Angeles, as well as a member of the Board of Advisors for the Stan Lee Foundation.
He was the producer of THE LEGENDS BEHIND THE COMIC BOOKS, part of which was filmed at Florida Supercon 2007. His huge list of credits in film also includes: BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM (Producer), CONSTANTINE (Producer), THE SPIRIT (Producer), NATIONAL TREASURE (Assoc. Producer), SWAMP THING (Producer); THE RETURN OF SWAMP THING (Producer), SWAMP THING cartoon series (Exec. Producer), SWAMP THING prime-time live-action series (Producer), WHERE ON EARTH IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? (Exec. Producer), THREE SOVEREIGNS FOR SARAH (Exec. Producer), TUROK, SON OF STONE (Exec. Producer), ROBIN COOK’S HARMFUL INTENT (Exec. Producer), LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE’S VERY ANIMATED CHRISTMAS (Executive Producer/Writer), FISH POLICE animated series (Exec. Producer), DINOSAUCERS (Creator,/Writer/Executive Producer) and THE MARVEL SUPER-HEROES GUIDE TO NEW YORK CITY (Producer). He he been the Director/Producer of remakes of Thomas Edison’s earliest films, including: THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY, THE KISS, THE SNEEZE (1993); Executive Producer of historical segments for NBC’s 1988 Summer Olympics; Director/Writer of the stage play, CASABLANCA REVISITED, about the making of the classic movie (1997); Producer of TELEVISION’S GREATEST BITS (VH-1); Producer of THE FIRST NATIONAL TRIVIA QUIZ; and Executive Producer of the PBS special, TEACHING TOLERANCE (1994). Mr. Uslan is an authority on comic book history as instructor of both the first accredited college course and correspondence course on comic books (Indiana University 1971); author of: the first text-book on comics, The Comic Book In America (Indiana University); America At War - A History Of War Comics (Simon & Schuster); Mysteries In Space - A History Of Science Fiction Comics (Simon & Schuster); The Best Of Archie (G.P. Putnam’s Sons); The Comic Book Revolution (Indiana University) and The Pow! Zap! Wham! Comic Book Trivia Quiz Book (William Morrow) He is the Author of the children’s book, CHATTERBOX: THE BIRD WHO WORE GLASSES, a 2006 Best Books Award Finalist. Author of the acclaimed hardback graphic novel, BATMAN: DETECTIVE #27 (DC 2004). Co-Creator of the manga graphic novel, THE MYSTERIANS (Tokyopop 2008). Mr. Uslan is an authority on comic book history as instructor of both the first accredited college course and correspondence course on comic books (Indiana University 1971); author of: the first text-book on comics, The Comic Book In America (Indiana University); America At War - A History Of War Comics (Simon & Schuster); Mysteries In Space - A History Of Science Fiction Comics (Simon & Schuster); The Best Of Archie (G.P. Putnam’s Sons); The Comic Book Revolution (Indiana University) and The Pow! Zap! Wham! Comic Book Trivia Quiz Book (William Morrow) He is the Author of the children’s book, CHATTERBOX: THE BIRD WHO WORE GLASSES, a 2006 Best Books Award Finalist. Author of the acclaimed hardback graphic novel, BATMAN: DETECTIVE #27 (DC 2004). Co-Creator of the manga graphic novel, THE MYSTERIANS (Tokyopop 2008). Writer of the syndicated comic strip, TERRY AND THE PIRATES, (1995-96); Initiator/writer of JUST IMAGINE with Stan Lee’s “Batman”, “Superman”, “Wonder Woman” and other DC super-heroes (2001-02); scripter of BATMAN and THE SHADOW comic books (the ‘70’s); THE QUESTION in DC Archives Action-Heroes V 2; Will Eisner’s THE SPIRIT (2009); THE SPIRIT BLACK & WHITE (2010); ARCHIE GETS MARRIED (2009-2010); LIFE WITH ARCHIE (2010); THE AVENGER MEETS THE GREEN HORNET (2012); PUREHEART & THE SUPERTEENS (2012); VERONICA AND BETTY(2012); THE HANGMAN (2012). Creator of museum exhibits on the history and art of comic books for The Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art (NYC 2011); The Montclair Art Museum (New Jersey, 2007-2008); The Lilly Library (Indiana University, 2005); Advising/Loaning, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costume Institute Salutes Power of Superheroes Imagery in Fashion (2008). On-camera appearances as producer/historian: BATMAN YEAR ONE (2011); JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRISIS ON 2 WORLDS (2010); THE SPIRIT (2009); WONDER WOMAN (2009); JUSTICE LEAGUE: A NEW FRONTIER (2008); LEGENDS BEHIND THE COMIC BOOKS (2009); COMIC BOOKS UNBOUND (2008); TUROK, SON OF STONE (2008); THE STAN LEE STORY: WITH GREAT POWER (2012); DREW: THE MAN BEHIND THE POSTER (2012); BATMAN MOVIE 1967 (2008); GOTHAM KNIGHT (2008); POPEYE COLLECTION (2007); AQUAMAN COLLECTION (2007); IN A SINGLE BOUND (2006); SUPERMAN MOVIE COLLECTION (2006); BATMAN MOVIE COLLECTION (2005); WORLD’S GREATEST SUPER-HEROES, SUPER-VILLAINS, SUPER-VIXENS (2005).
Raymond Ayala - Random Planet
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In 1967 Carmine was made art director for all of DC Comics and began to oversee all of DC covers. When DC was sold to National, he was promoted to Editorial Director. He started by hiring new talent, and promoting artists to editorial positions. He hired Dick Giordano away from Charlton Comics, and made artists Joe Orlando, Joe Kubert and Mike Sekowsky editors. New talents such as artist Neal Adams and writer Denny O'Neil were brought into the company.
Mr. Bellman is full of amazing stories from the Golden Age, which he loves to speak with fans about. He is one of the few remaining pioneers of the comic book industry and to hear him speak about Timely in the 1940's, working with the likes of Stan Lee, Syd Shores, Mike Sekowsky and the rest of the bullpen is a rare treat. Not only does Mr. Bellman love to speak about his work, he continues to draw to this day. He recently created a new Let's Play Detective strip for 3 Boys Productions, a cover for a recent convention in Ohio and is available for commissions. 
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