September 19, 2012

Dino Stamatopoulos will return for Florida Supercon 2013!

Dino may be most recognized as one of the stars of Community on NBC ("Star Burns"), but animation fans will know him as the creator, writer, director and executive producer of Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole and Morel Orel.

Dino began his career as a writer for The Ben Stiller Show before joining the writing staff of Late Night with Conan O'Brien. During the '90s he wrote for Late Show with David Letterman, The Dana Carvey Show and Mr. Show with Bob and David. In 2000 Dino and Robert Smigel pitched Comedy Central a spin-off of Smigel's TV Funhouse SNL cartoons which would be a half-hour sketch comedy show. TV Funhouse premiered on 2000. Following TV Funhouse he joined the writing staff on Mad TV.

Dino worked on Tom Goes to the Mayor with Mr. Show alumnus Bob Odenkirk. He created the stop motion animated series Moral Orel for Adult Swim as well as Mary Shelley's Frankenhole. He was the voice of Drinky Crow on The Drinky Crow Show, as well as a writer for Important Things with Demetri Martin and Lucky Louie.

Since 2009, Stamatopoulos has been appearing as "Star-Burns" on the NBC comedy series Community. He is also a consultant and writer on the show. He co-wrote the stop motion animation Christmas special.

September 18, 2012

Several new guests have just been announced for Florida Supercon 2013, including: Eric Stuart (Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Slayers), Jon Schnepp (Metalocalypse, Venture Brothers, Aqua Teen Hunger Force), Lear Bunda (Editor of Squidbillies, Aqua Teen Hunger Force), Raven (Former ECW, WWF, WWE and WCW Champion), Andy Sipes (Code Monkeys, Minoriteam, Archer) and Scott Tepperman (Ghost Hunters International).

Eric Stuart is a multi-talented voice actor, director, singer and songwriter! He is best known for his roles in Pokemon (original Brock and James), Yu-Gi-Oh! (Seto Kaiba) and Slayers (Gourry Gabriev). As a singer/songwriter, Eric Stuart has toured the country with such rock legends as Peter Frampton, Ringo Starr, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. He's also opened for such acts as Jethro Tull, Julian Cope, Hall and Oates, and Chicago. All this while continuing a successful voice acting/directing career, starring in hit shows including Pokemon (original Brock & James), Yu-Gi-Oh! (Seto Kaiba, Elemental Hero Avian, Bastion Misawa), Slayers (Gourry), One Piece (4 Kids Dub - Narrator, Henzo), Viva Pinata, Ultimate Muscle (DikDik Van Dik, Mac Metaphor), Dinosaur King (Dr. Z), Kirby (Metaknight), Slayers (Gourry), F-Zero GP Legend (Black Shadow, Draq, Octoman), Chaotic, Sonic X, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Gennosuke, Yoshi), GoGoRiki, G.I. Joe Sigma 6 (Hi-Tech), in addition to voicing many national radio and TV commercials and audiobook narrations.

Jon Schnepp has been directing, writing and producing episodic series for the past twelve years. His credits include directing and co-producing Metalocalypse, directing the popular Upright Citizens Brigade, directing the 3D origin of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, co-directing the 4th season of The Venture Bros, and editing episodes of Space Ghost: Coast to Coast. He was Animation Director for Nickelodeons What's Inside Heidi's Head?.

For Metalocalypse, he designed and created the look of the five band members, directs the bulk of each season, and works with the show's co-creators/writers Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha. Schnepp directed the 2009 Dethklok Tour with Mastodon, providing a heavy metal movie of the fully animated music videos played to every song of this sold-out tour. Schnepp co-wrote and drew variant covers for all four Dethklok comic books.

He has guest starred on three episodes of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. In two episodes he voices the Wisdom Cube and in the other he plays The Creature from Plaque Lagoon. He is the voice of Dr. Gibbits in Metalocalypse. Jon is deeply, Let me emphasize this, DEEPLY influenced by Comic Books, SciFi and Horror flicks, and all things “geek”. The Schnepp makes his own films, which include Nerd Hunter 3004, Brainwarp and The Removers, one of the trippiest short films ever made. Absorb all that is Schnepp.

Lear Bunda is a filmmaker, writer, editor, artist, musician, and space enthusiast. You can currently find him editing Squidbillies and Aqua Teen Hunger Force for [adult swim], writing and directing commercials for [adult swim], and directing and producing Shutdown Fullback for Sportsnation.com. He is the writer/director/editor of The Space Coast (short film) and was an editor for 12 oz. Mouse on [adult swim].

Wrestling Legend Raven is an American professional wrestler, wrestling producer, wrestling writer, and occasional author and actor. He is a former ECW, WWF, NWA and WCW champion.

He is a three-time World Champion, having won the ECW World Heavyweight Championship twice and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship once. On the independent circuit, he has held the VCW World Heavyweight Championship once, and the 3PW World Heavyweight Championship once.

He also held the WCW United States Championship once, and is the record holder for most reigns as WWF/E Hardcore Champion with 26 reigns. He is the 2005 King of the Mountain winner at Slammiversary in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, being only the second person ever to win the annual event. Between WCW, TNA, WWE/WWF and ECW Levy has held 36 total championships. He also briefly wrestled for the Ring of Honor promotion.

Andy Sipes is a voice actor, art director, editor and producer. His voice can be heard on the G4 animated series Code Monkeys as the insane Texan Mr. Larrity, Mr. Larrity's idiot son Dean and Sergeant Murder. He also played a number of different characters on Adult Swim's Minoriteam, including Larry Bird, Rick and Dick. Andy can be seen playing Stromulus Guandor, Birdbat Leader (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui), on the Adult Swim series Saul of the Mole Men. He regularly makes appearances on NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly, usually playing a crude slob or one of Carson Daly's buddies.

Andy Sipes was the art director on Code Monkeys, Consulting Producer for Your Dungeon, My Dragon and Associate Producer of Crank Yankers. He has worked as the editor of Archer, Warren The Ape, DJ & The Fro, Minoriteam and most recently Unsupervised.

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.

After four years of being lead investigator for a local amateur ghost team, Scott formed the Association for Locating Paranormal and Haunted Activity (ALPHA), a professional paranormal research organization based out of North Florida.  He is also the co-creator and co-host of the hugely successful online radio show, Dead Serious. In the summer of 2011, Scott published Chasing Winter - his first book of poetry about his experiences while traveling abroad. A second book, Silent Morning, is due out in January 2012. He is currently traveling the world filming with the rest of the GHI team.

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September 16, 2012

Dana Snyder has just been added to the guest list for Florida Supercon 2013!
Dana Snyder is a comedian, actor, producer, voice artist, and man about town! He is best known as the voice of Master Shake in Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Granny in Squidbillies and The Alchemist in Venture Brothers.

His credits are mighty! His voice acting credits include: Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Master Shake), Squidbillies (Granny), Fish Hooks (Mr. Baldwin, Bud, Clamantha's Mom), Mad (various voices), Chowder (Gazpacho), Your Dungeon My Dragon (Hork the Nomad), Penguins of Madagascar (Leonard), Code Monkey's (Todd, Warden Shank), The Venture Brothers (The Alchemist, President Breyer), Minoriteam (Dr. Wang), Robotomomy (Dreadnot, Thunderbite), Robot Chicken (Master Shake, Twinkie the Kid, Lego Pharoh and more!) and Sealab 2021.

His live action credits include: The Young Person's Guide to History (Benjamin Franklin), Saul of the Mole Men (Strata Operator, Benjamin Franklun), Gary Unmarried (Chris), Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell, ER, Brothers and Sisters, Stomp! Shout! Scream!, Come on Over, Gypsy Crepes, Terror Phone, If You Could Say It In Words and more! His video game credits include: White Knight Chronicles: International Edition (Belcitane) and Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am (Master Shake).