August 4, 2012

The first dozen guests have been announced for Florida Supercon 2013! FSC is proud to welcome Tony Bedard, Allen Bellman, Dennis Calero, Adelso Corona, Terry Cronin, Shawn Crystal, Jose Delbo, Derec Donovan, Greg Horn, James Hudnall, Rob Hunter and Aya Knight back for Florida Supercon 2013.

Tony Bedard is the writer for the new DC 52 titles Blue Beetle and Green Lantern: New Guardians! 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.

Golden Age Legend Allen Bellman started working for Timely (Marvel) Comics in 1942 and was a mainstay during the Golden Age of comics until 1954. He started his career doing backgrounds for Captain America before joining the Timely staff as a full time artist. His body of work includes art for Captain America, The Patriot, The Destroyer, The Human Torch, Jap Buster Johnson, Jet Dixon of the Space Squadron, All Winners Comics, Marvel Mystery Comics, Sub Mariner Comics, Young Allies, Vampire Brats, Suspense and so much more. He created the back-up crime feature Let's Play Detective and also contributed to pre-Code horror, crime, war and western tales for Atlas. In the 50's Allen also did work for Lev Gleason.

Dennis Calero is an award winning and internationally recognized artist best known for his work on X-Men: Noir, X-Factor, The Devil Inside, Legion of Superheroes and The Dark Tower series of comics. His other work includes Doctor Solar: Man of the Atom, Farscape, 28 Days Later: The Aftermath, Cowboys and Aliens, Dark Tower, Fallen Angel, Hawkgirl, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Supergirl and the Legion of Superheroes, Magic The Gathering, Countdown to Final Crisis, Wolverine: First Class and JSA Classified. During his tenure on X-Factor the title was nominated for the Harvey Award for Best New Series (2006).

Adelso Corona is an inker currently working on several DC NEW 52 comics. His list of credits includes: Hawk & Dove, Deathstroke, Deadpool Corps, The Infinite, Youngblood, Farscape, Avengelyne vs. Koni Waves and The Phantom.

Writer and Filmmaker, Terry Cronin is the writer of The Skinvestigator series of novels (The Skinvestigator: Tramp Stamp, The Skinvestigator: Rash Guard and The Skinvestigator: Sun Burn), co-creator of comic book series Students of the Unusual, creator of Adventure Chefs and one of the co-founders of 3 Boys Productions. In addition, Terry is also one of the writers of Indie Comics Magazine.

Shawn Crystal is best known for his artwork on Deadpool, with credits for the character including: Deadpool, Deadpool MAX, Deadpool MAX II, Deadpool Max X-Mas Special, Deadpool: Games of Death, Deadpool Team Up, Deadpool Corps: Rank and Foul and Wolverine/Deadpool: The Decoy. In addition, Shawn's credits include: Birds of Prey: Secret Files, Resident Evil: Fire and Ice, Negative Burn, Chuck Even More Fund Comics, Hawaiian Dick, Heavy Metal, Image Holiday Special and Negative Burn.

Argentinian born artist Jose Delbo has a career that has spanned 50 years, starting in the Silver Age of the early 1960's until today. Comic fans will best know Delbo as the main artist on Wonder Woman from 1976 to 1981 and The Transformers (Marvel Comics) from issue 36-67 (1987-1990).

Derec Donovan has been a professional comic book artist for 20 years, with credits that include: Superman, X-Men: To Serve and Protect, Amazing Spider-Man, Action Comics, Green Lantern, Thunderbolts: From the Vault, Jubilee, Batman: Gates of Gotham, Rogue, Supergirl, Connor Hawke, Ms. Marvel, Outsiders, R.E.B.E.L.S., Robin, Youngblood, Adventures of the X-Men, Avengers: United They Stand, Bug, Captain Marvel, Legion 94', Spider-Man Family, Spider-Man / Doctor Octopus: Out of Reach, Showcase 96', Marvel Comics: Thor, Superman: Ending Battle, Quicksilver, Venom, Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z, Big Hero 6, The Heretic, Nick Fury's Howling Commandos, The Avengers, Tracker, Static Shock, Milestone Forever, Marvel Adventures Super Heroes & Wonder Woman

Greg Horn is well known for his work as a cover artist for Marvel, Zenescope and DC comics, Greg is well known for detailed and realistic painted characters, paintings of beautiful female characters, and expressive lighting effects. In addition to comic book covers, his art has been featured in posters for Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics, video game magazines such as Official Xbox Magazine and InQuest Gamer, and several covers and illustrations for the comic book news magazine Wizard. His art Credits include: Blackest Night, Green Lantern Corps, She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel, Elektra, Secret Invasion, Anita Blake, Black Widow, Blackest Night: Wonder Woman, Dan Dare, Deadline, Emma Frost, Espers, Mystique, Witchblade, Green Arrow, JLA: Rise of Arsenel, Green Lantern, Alice in Wonderland, Marville, Daredevil, Iron Man, G.I. Joe and more!

James D. Hudnall is a professional writer and is the creator of several titles, including: Harsh Realm (which was made into a TV series), Espers, Interface, Streets, The Psycho, Sinking, The Age of Heroes, Chiller, Two to the Chest, Sinking, Shut Up and Die, as well as his latest creation, Aftermath, a graphic novel published by Humanoids. He was one of the founders of the Ultraverse line for Malibu Comics, launching  Hardcase and The Solution, plus working on many of the other titles in the line (Sludge, Freex, Break-Thru and The Strangers).

Rob Hunter has over ten years experience working in the industry and is the current inker on Red Lanterns, part of the New DC 52!

Aya Knight is the bestselling author of The Chronicles of Kale: A Dragon’s Awakening and the new sequel The Chronicles of Kale: Dawn of Retribution. At a young age she developed a strong passion for fantasy and a love of writing. Through movies, books and computer games she would escape into an alternate reality filled with adventure, magic and epic quests. As Aya entered adulthood, she expressed her enjoyment of writing through becoming a freelance journalist. She wrote about a broad variety of topics that gave her a brighter insight of the world. Eventually she left journalism behind to focus on her career as a novelist.

ICW's Summer Brawl wrestling event is this Saturday, August 18th at the Polish American Club. Team FSC will be there in force... come hang out with us and watch some AWESOME wrestling matches. Check out https://www.facebook.com/events/210874745708700/ for all the info!

The Polish American Club is located at 1250 NW 22nd Ave, Miami FL. It's just minutes away from the MACC where we host Florida Supercon each year!

Doors open at 6:30pm and bell time is7:30pm, featuring: ICW Champion Dash Maverick vs. Stevie Richards, FOW Champion Tommy Vandal vs. Aron Agony, ICW Pure X Champion Joker vs. Beastly Brody and much more! www.icwmiami.com

Florida Super Championship Wrestling champion JOKER will defend his World Heavyweight Championship title against ROBIN this Saturday, Aug. 11th at Future of Wrestling at the Deerfield Indoor Sports Center (7:30pm). Join the gang from FSC for a night of some of the best indie wrestling in Florida, featuring many of the stars of FSCW! We'll be there in force! Check out http://www.facebook.com/events/333205866766951/ for all the details.

If you enjoyed the show and want to see and hear more from the guests that were there, please watch the podcasts that we were broadcasting live from the convention on the second floor. Most of the major guests came and visited. Here's the first part from day one. The rest are all available on the YOUTUBE CHANNEL.