January 16, 2012

Michael Uslan, David Uslan and J. David Spurlock have been added to the Florida Supercon 2012 guest list!

Michael Uslan is the Executive Producer of pretty much every Batman movie, including: BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT, BATMAN BEGINS, BATMAN, BATMAN RETURNS, BATMAN FOREVER, BATMAN and ROBIN, THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, BATMAN: YEAR ONE, BATMAN: UNDER THE RED HOOD, SUPERMAN - BATMAN: APOCALYSE, SUPERMAN/BATMAN: PUBLIC ENEMIES, GOTHAM KNIGHT, BATMAN BEYOND: RETURN OF THE JOKER, BATMAN: MYSTERY OF THE BATWOMAN, CATWOMAN, BATMAN VS. DRACULA and BATMAN & MR. FREEZE: SUB-ZERO. His autobiograpy, THE BOY WHO LOVED BATMAN has just hit book stores. He was the producer of THE LEGENDS BEHIND THE COMIC BOOKS, part of which was filmed at Florida Supercon 2007.

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.

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!

January 12, 2012

Anime Voice Actors Brittney Karbowski and David Vincent have been added to the Florida Supercon 2012 guest list!

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 and Scott Tepperman from Ghost Hunters International have been added to the Florida Supercon 2012 guest list!

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

Several new guest Comic Book Guests have been added for Florida Supercon 2012, including: Denny O'Neil, Brad Walker and Alex Segura!

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.