»Tom Kenny
Tom Kenny is an American actor, voice actor and comedian, best known as the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants in the television series of the same name, as well as Gary the Snail and the French narrator based on Jacques Cousteau.
»Tony Shasteen
Tony Shasteen is currently illustrating the Talisman graphic novel, co-written by Stephen King and Peter Straub. He was the illustrator behind 12 Gauge Image Comic’s The Occult Crimes Taskforce (the O.C.T.), co-created by David Atchison and Rosario Dawson.
»Gil Gerard
Gil Gerard is best-known to SF audiences as Capt. William "Buck" Rogers in the SF TV series, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. His other roles include several movie and TV series appearances.
»Lou Ferrigno
A world-renowned bodybuilder and actor, Lou Ferrigno has played many roles calling for someone really big, but none as famous as The Incredible Hulk.
»Sanford Greene
Sanford Green worked professionally in comics for four years. His credits include Neon Cyber, Lady Pendragon, and Spyboy.
»Phil Noto
Phil Noto is an American comic book artist. He has worked with writer Gerry Drugan on the comic book series 'The Infinite Horizon', which was published by Image Comics from 2007. He has furthermore done art on titles like 'Grendel', 'Birds of Prey', 'Harley Quinn' and 'Jonah Hex'.
»Eric J Dionne
Eric J. Dionne is the Founder of The International Cryptozoology Establishment, better known as I.C.E.. Eric is also the Co-Founder of S.E.P.I.A. a paranormal investigative group, and the Host of SEPIA RVP Radio on the Para-X Radio Network at www.para-x.com.
»Jessica L Dionne
Jessica L. Dionne is the Co-Founder of I.C.E. and Founder of SEPIA.
»Steve Nappe
Steve Nappe is the East Coast Case Manager for Hollywood Ghost Hunters.
»Peter Mayhew
Peter Mayhew played Chewbacca in 4 of the 6 Star Wars movies and continues to be a fan favorite. He has been noted by Steve Sansweet of Lucasfilm as a good will ambassador.
Scott Adsit
Scott Adsit is an American writer, actor and improviser. He is currently appearing in 30 Rock on NBC and played an active role in Moral Orel on Adult Swim.
Tia Carrere
Tia Carrere is an American actress, model, and singer, perhaps most widely known for her role as Cassandra in the feature films Wayne's World and Wayne's World 2 and as Sydney Fox in the TV series Relic Hunter.
Paul Dini
Paul Dini is the multiple Eisner Award–winning writer of Batman Adventures and producer/writer of the Batman and Superman animated television series.
Scott Allie
Scott Allie writes and edits comics and prose for Dark Horse Comics and Glimmer Train Press and other publishers. His latest work is the comics series Solomon Kane.
Michelle Hall
Michelle is a certified psychic medium through the Trilogy Institute of Lily Dale New York, and has over 20 years experience.
Dave Jones
Dave is co-founder and owner of the Para X Radio Network, and is co-host of the Para X Radio Show which can be heard each Sunday at 8 PM EST on the Para X Radio Network, as well as on CBS Radio.
Colin Ferguson
Colin Ferguson is a Canadian actor. He currently stars as the lead in Eureka, a SyFy channel series that began broadcasting in 2006. Ferguson was a member of the Montreal improv group On the Spot, as well as a founding member of The Second City in Detroit MI
Dean Stockwell
Dean Stockwell is an American actor of film and television, active for over 60 years. He played Rear Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci in the NBC television series Quantum Leap and most recently appeared in the Sci Fi Channel revival of Battlestar Galactica as Brother Cavil.
Summer Glau
Summer Lyn Glau is an American actress and dancer, known for playing River Tam in the science fiction series Firefly and follow-up movie Serenity, and for playing Cameron in the series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Super 8 Bit Brothers Musical
We're electonic music / with vocals - about video games. We've toured with Mindless Self Indulgence, Protomen - we're right up your alley - your fans are our fans and vice versa. We are signed to THE END RECORDS. WE ARE BIG
The Ghosts Project Musical
Based around sizzling gypsy violin and pounding drums, The Ghosts Project is Paul Mercer / Violin & Davis Petterson / Percussion. The Ghosts Project is an improvised music ensemble featuring a revolving lineup of special and unique musical guests and is a favorite of dance troupes everywhere.
Oliver Phelps
James and Oliver Phelps play the Weasley twins, Fred and George, in the five Harry Potter films, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and their latest adventure, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
The Green Goblyn Project
The Green Goblyn hail from Cape Canaveral Florida. The band has put out 3 CDs on Bony Orbit Records as well as varios 7" eps and been on countless compilations.
James Phelps
James and Oliver Phelps play the Weasley twins, Fred and George, in the five Harry Potter films, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and their latest adventure, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Weep (Featuring Doc Hammer) Musical
Mixing the stuff about music that's really cool, and deleting all the crappy parts, WEEP has created a sound that is as new as any great idea executed well, and as fresh the memory of the first time you were laughed at for wearing that floral shirt to school.
Mark Brooks
Mark Brooks has been a contracted artist for Marvel Comics for the last four years, working on such titles as Marvel Age, Spider-man, Amazing Spider-man, Ultimate Spider-man, Cable and Deadpool, Uncanny X-men, and New X-Men.
David Mack
David Mack is the writer, creator, and artist of the acclaimed Kabuki and writes the best-selling comic Daredevil.
Jennifer Teeter
Jennifer Teeter is a 21 year old ukulele player and songwriter. Her songs are quirky, funny, and often lude. Jennifer performs in coffee shops and cabarets around Atlanta.
Paul Jenkins
Paul Jenkins is one of the premier creators and writers of comic books, graphic novels and video games in the world today. After five years working with the creators of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, he began his freelance writing career in 1993 as scribe of the DC Comics Hellblazer.
Greg Theakston
Greg Theakston is the publisher of Pure Imagination. He has also worked for all of the major comics publishers, and has written extensively on the topic of comic books. He also published The Betty Pages and Tease! magazine
Larry Elmore
Larry Elmore is one of the world's leading fantasy artists. His works have graced the covers of National Lampoon, Heavy Metal, and Dragon magazine, among others. He is best known for his covers for the original Dragonlance novels.
Brandon Routh
Brandon Routh is an American actor best known for his role as Superman in the 2006 film Superman Returns. Additionally, Brandon plays the role of Daniel Shaw on the television series Chuck.
Ego Likeness Musical
Ego Likeness is a female fronted, dark electronic rock band. In the past 11 years they brought their energetic "Post Goth Juggernaut" live show to audiences across the United States and Europe. Their recent best selling album "Breedless," was released in April on Metropolis in the US and Dependent in Europe. This is their third Dragon*Con.
Pandora Celtica Musical
An a cappella and percussion group playing Celt/Pirate/Pagan/Steampunk/Goth music.
Koi Turnbull
Art Credits include Artist of Fathom, Wolverine, Aspen Seasons, Batgirl, Batman and the Outsiders, Batman: Gotham Knights, Black Panther, Detective Comics, Fathom: Cannon Hawke, The Flash, Green Lantern, Heroes, New Warriors, Nova, Outsiders: Five of a Kind, Superman Confidential, What If...?, Worlds of Aspen & more!
Scott Bakula
Scott Bakula is an American actor, best known for his role as Sam Beckett in the television series Quantum Leap, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in 1991 and was nominated for four Emmy Awards. He also had a prominent role as Captain Jonathan Archer in Star Trek: Enterprise.
URIZEN
URIZEN is a unique electronic/avant garde metal band with an elaborate stage show that features space suits, giant robots, monsters, and other surprises
Celldweller Musical
Live Electronic music set with augmented multimedia video show with 2 performers alternating between guitars, keys, vocals and performance art pieces incorporating percussion pieces.
I:Scintilla
I:Scintilla is a female-fronted industrial-rock quartet from Chicago. Their newest album "Dying & Falling" is set to be released in May 2010. The band has built a rabid following and generated a strong reputation as an intense live act, most notably during their 2008 tour with The Cruxshadows.
Jason Pearson
Jason Pearson has been an artistic talent of the industry for twenty years. At some time or another, he has worked for every major publisher (Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, and a host of others).
The Extraordinary Contraptions Musical
The Extraordinary Contraptions, an analog, trans-dimensional rock band, materializes most frequently in Atlanta after a major breakthrough in calibrating their temporal stabilizers. Under the auspices of Gilded Age Records, they now travel the country seeking greater understanding of their time-twisting technology and promoting their sophomore album, Scratch the Aether.
The Gypsy Nomads Musical
Gypsy Cabaret with french and English lyrics, pounding tribal march style drum instrumentals. Touring year-round for the past 5 years. Shared stages with acts such as Voltaire, Ego Likeness, Dinosaur Jr, Qntal. Four CDs, most recent release in 2010. French-born singer, high energy show!
Attention System Musical
A rock band who's mugged an electronica group and is digging through a stolen, dirty pair of pants for extra synth lines. Winner: Creative Loafing's Best New Act, 2009, Readers' Pick.
Black Tape For A Blue Girl Musical
Dark rock outfit Black Tape For A Blue Girl presents a new collection of sinister character sketches performed in theatrical cabaret style. Sam Rosenthal, the groups founder/keyboardist, is joined by vocalist Athan Maroulis (formerly of the pioneering electronic band Spahn Ranch) and dark cabaret chanteuse Nicki Jaine.
Brazen Angel Musical
We are a high energy act that love the music we play! Our music can be best described as melodic heavy metal with seriously catchy choruses. We have performed at many music establishments around Atlanta including (when it existed The Cotton Club) and most recently The Masquerade.
Brad Linaweaver
Nebula finalist and Prometheus award winner, Brad has done other media tie-in novels (Sliders and Battlestar Galactica). He has now moved from story credits in the independent film scene to his new role as Executive Producer on forthcoming productions.
George Lowe
Cartoon Networks wildly popular Adult Swim block was built
on the cult hit Space Ghost Coast to Coast which ran for a decade with
legions of fans responsible for its success. George Lowe is the
ad-libbing madman behind Space Ghost and its his honor to visit
Atlanta for Dragoncon.
William Stout
William Stout is an American fantasy artist and illustrator with a specialization in paleontological art. His paintings have been shown in over seventy exhibitions, including twelve one-man shows. He has worked on over thirty feature films, doing everything from storyboard art to production design.
Ben Armstrong
This twisted horror show host has an Emmy nomination for Tales from 6 Feet Under and a Telly Award for The True NETHERWORLD Story of the Harvestman. In recent years he has hosted many events and spent his spare time creating evil scenarios and vile experiences for NETHERWORLD Haunted House.
Jacob Rougemont
Jacob Rougemont has been a writer/proofreader for the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe since 2004 and began work on the Official Index to the Marvel Universe as of 2009.
Tommy Castillo
Tommy Castillo, Batman Detective, Toetags with George Romero, Warhammer, Tales From the Crypt, Alice in Wonderland, King Kong, Paramount Pictures. His diverse painting styles, insane line work have defined him as one of today's greatest and most sought after artist in the field of comics, film and fine art.
Mercedes Lackey
Mercedes "Misty" Lackey is an American author of fantasy novels. Many of her novels and trilogies are interlinked and set in the world of Velgarth, mostly in and around the country of Valdemar. Her Valdemar novels form a complex tapestry of interaction between human and non-human protagonists with many different cultures and social mores.
Dexter Vines
Atlanta native and 13 year comics vet Dexter has inked them all and at most companies in the biz. Dex is part of that other Atlanta Studio, Studio Revolver so stop by the booth and say hi. Current projects include Wolverine "Old Man Logan"and The Hulk for Marvel Comics.
Bill Bridges
Bill Bridges is Senior Content Designer at CCP Games / White Wolf. He is the co-creator of Holistic Design’s Fading Suns science fiction game universe, and was designer/developer of many of White Wolf's World of Darkness games, such as Mage: The Awakening, Promethean: The Created, and Werewolf: the Apocalypse.
John DiMaggio
John is know as the voice of Bender on Futurama as Ric on The Penguins of Madagascar.
Tom Feister
Tom’s work has appeared on the covers of FANTASTIC FOUR, IRON MAN, EXILES, and LEGION.
Billy West
Bill is mostly know for his many voices on Futurama that include Philip J. Fry, Professor, Hubert J. Farnsworth, Dr. John Zoidberg and others. He is also know for The Ren & Stimpy Show as Stimpson J. "Stimpy" Cat.
John Bridges
Currently a concept artist at CCP/White Wolf, John Bridges has many years of experience as an illustrator for games, comics, and advertising projects.
Ben Browder
Browder is best known for his role as John Crichton on Farscape and can most recently be seen in Stargate SG-1 as Lieutenant Colonel Cameron Mitchell.
Christopher Judge
Christopher Judge's TV appearances include Stargate SG-1, Martin, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Lush Life, Wise Guy, 21 Jump Street, MacGyver, Gabriel's Fire, and as a regular on Sirens. Christopher Judge's TV appearances include Stargate SG-1, Martin, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Lush Life, Wise Guy, 21 Jump Street, MacGyver, Gabriel's Fire, and as a regular on Sirens.
Jonathan Maberry
Jonathan Maberry is a NY Times bestseller, multiple Bram Stoker Award winner and Marvel Comics writer. He is the author of Patient Zero, The Dragon Factory, Rot & Ruin, Wanted Undead or Alive, Zombie CSU, DoomWar, Marvel Universe vs The Punisher, and co-author of Marvel Zombies Return.
Jared von Hindman
Jared von Hindman is a Berlin-based cartoonist and columnist for Dungeons & Dragons. From morbid to maniacal to sickeningly cute, his style is always his own, for better or for worse. He’s worked for Dungeon Crawler, Ratten, Kingdom of Loathing and HeadInjuryTheater.com, which happens to be his website.
Derek Yaniger
Derek Yaniger is a toothless hillbilly. Born in the backwoods of Arkansas, he was raised on little more than pork rinds and corn squeezins. Derek still resides in the south, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Daisy Viktoria
Daisy Viktoria has 18 years of experience in historical and fantasy costuming. She currently owns her own fashion company and works as a costume designer for film. She also holds a Master's degree in chemical engineering and has done work in cloning.
Bill "Splat" Johnson
Bill is an Atlanta based make up effects artist and owner of Lone Wolf Effects. He has worked on over 50 films including "The Patriot", "Eight Legged Freaks", "Zombieland", "Ben 10 Alien Swarm", "The Book Of Eli", and many more.
James Minz
James Minz is a Senior Editor with Baen Books.
Ted Naifeh
Comics creator Ted Naifeh is responsible for many dark, delicious worlds. These include the gothic romance Gloomcookie (with Serena Valentino), Courtney Crumrin (optioned for a movie by DreamWorks in 2007), and the all-ages Polly and the Pirates. Currently he is illustrating The Good Neighbors by bestselling author Holly Black.
Chris Walker
HeadHunta’ Studios has started to generate a buzz in the industry and has managed to put together some amazing talent which is resounding through the industry. HeadHunta’ Studios is a new comic studio out of Atlanta, GA. They Specialize in Custom comics, and art / storyboards for film & video games.
David Gerrold
David Gerrold is a Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of such series as “Star Wolf” and “The War Against the Chtorr”. Best known for TOS episode “The Trouble with Tribbles”, his long and varied television career includes involvement in TNG, Land of the Lost, Sliders, and Babylon 5, among others.
Andrew Greenberg
Andrew Greenberg, co-creator of HDI’s “Fading Suns” and original developer of White Wolf’s “Vampire: The Masquerade,” has worked on numerous traditional and digital games. Computer game credits include Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Emperor of the Fading Suns, Warhammer 40K: Final Liberation, Mall Tycoon, Railroad Tycoon Mobile and more.
Ashley Eckstein
Ashley Eckstein is the voice of Ahsoka Tano on the hit animated series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars. She is also the creator/founder of Her Universe, a new apparel line featuring fashionable, feminine products for fangirls starting with Star Wars!
Benjamin Curtis Jones
Known for his masterful artwork based on science fiction films and entertainment, Ben Curtis captures the heart of characters and stories throughout the world of film. Ben is one of Lucasfilm's official artists where he has worked on numerous licensed projects for the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchise.
Paul Stevens
Paul Stevens is an Editor with Tor Books where he acquires a wide range of science fiction and fantasy. Paul has worked with some of the genre’s top authors, including Robert Jordan, Ben Bova, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, Brandon Sanderson, Tobias S. Buckell, and A. Lee Martinez.
Brian Allen Brushwood
Tours colleges with his award-winning "Bizarre Magic Show" and skeptic lectures, and hosts "Scam School" on the Revision3 network, as well as "NSFW" on Leo Laporte's TWiT network.
ckknight
ckknight is a World of Warcraft Addon Developer as well as the Lead Developer of WowAce.com and CurseForge.com. Most famous for the addons FuBar, Cartographer, PitBull, and Ace.
Dave Cook
Dave is a local illustrator - Poster artist for the Atlanta Rollergirls and Netherworld Haunted House, Zombie Portraits at DragonCon in past years. He also has a line of creepy cute monsters on t-shirts using characters that would never be seen at his day job for Carter's Baby Clothes.
Diana Gabaldon
Diana Gabaldon is the author of the #1 NYT-bestselling OUTLANDER novels, described by Salon.com as "the smartest historical sci-fi adventure-romance story ever written by a science Ph.D. with a background in scripting "Scrooge McDuck" comics." She returns to her comics roots with THE EXILE, an OUTLANDER graphic novel.
Catherine Lee Jones
Catherine Jones is an award winning seamstress and owner of GSTQ Fashions, an Atlanta costuming company. She has done work for Theater Emory, Georgia Shakespeare, College Humor, nationally known female impersonators, and cosplayers around the world. Her work has been seen in Cosmode, Kotaku.com, and Gizmodo.com.
Bob Burden
Creator of Flaming Carrot, the world's first surrealist superhero, along with the spinoff Mysterymen, about second string, wannabe super heroes, which was made into a major motion picture. Most recently, Bob, along with Rick Geary and Steve Oliff, brought the award winning Gumby comic series to fruition.
Chad Vader
Chad Vader -- the internet series about Darth Vader's younger brother who managers a grocery store -- made a big viral splash in 2006, quickly becoming one of the most viewed series on Youtube.
Cully Hamner
Cully Hamner is these days mainly known for drawing DC Comics' latest
BLUE BEETLE series, and as the co-creator, with Warren Ellis, of RED,
now in development as a feature film from Summit Entertainment.
Laura Martin
Laura Martin is an award-winning colorist. She is currently the colorist on Astonishing X-Men and Thor. She will be coloring Adam Hughes on All Star Wonder Woman and Cully Hamner on Black Lightning and has colored Ultimates, The Authority, Planetary, and Ruse.
Brian Stelfreeze
Brian Stelfreeze has the distinction of painting over 50 consecutive Batman: Shadow Of The Bat covers. His other covers for DC, Marvel, and various other publishers are beyond the ability of most people to count.
Karl Story
Karl Story inks and inks and inks, making him one of the most sought-after freelancers in comics. He has carved out a vast body of work on Nightwing, Batman, Star Trek, Aliens Vs. Predator, X-Men, and many more comics.
Michael Baker
Over recent years, Michael’s expertise and involvement in the paranormal field has flourished. He has worked with, instructed and consulted for dozens of paranormal teams and investigators across the U.S. and has become a nationally recognized authority on paranormal technology, evidence analysis and scientific investigation techniques.
Chris Bruno
Chris Bruno is an American film and television actor best known for his role as Sheriff Walt Bannerman on the USA Network television series The Dead Zone.
C. Martin Croker
C. Martin Croker is a seasoned animator and voice actor whose work can be recognized in shows such as Aqua Teen Hunger Force from character designs to providing voices. Also notable is his involvement in the development of Space Ghost:Coast to Coast voicing the villain characters Zorak and Moltar.
Larry Flaxman
Larry Flaxman is a best-selling author, paranormal investigator, public speaker, scientific researcher and screenwriter.
Ken Plume
Ken Plume writes, does interviews, co-hosts podcasts, plots, and sings horribly. He runs FRED Entertainment (www.ASiteCalledFRED.com), where he hosts the interview series A BIT OF A CHAT WITH KEN PLUME.
Melissa Sehgal
Melissa Sehgal (better known as Vegan Mel) is an avid Animal Rights activist. For the past five years she has worked with various paranormal investigative teams.
Robert Wade Pralgo
Robert Pralgo, currently based in Atlanta, has been acting for 25 years in theater, film, tv, and commercials. The past 7 years he has also begun producing low-budget feature films. Most recently he completely the 1st season of "The Vampire Diaries" on The CW playing 'Mayor Richard Lockwood"
Ingrid Neilson
Ingrid's drawings have appeared in Vampirella and The Comics Journal, and she has inked for the comics MythAdventures and ElfQuest: New Blood. She currently oversees ASFA's Chesley Awards, now in its 25th year, and she was a consultant for the Hugo-winning book The Chesley Awards: A Retrospective.
Philip Nutman
Philip Nutman is a critically acclaimed, best-selling author (WET WORK, the recently published CITIES OF NIGHT), award-winning screenwriter (JACK KETCHUM'S THE GIRL NEXT DOOR), journalist (FANGORIA's Senior Correspondent) and sometime comic book writer/editor (HELLRAISER, CHASTITY, NIGHTMARE THEATER.) He is currently working on two feature films and a TV series.
Edward Furlong
Edward Furlong is an American actor whose best known film roles include John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Daniel Vinyard in American History X. He is a two-time Saturn Award nominee, winning the 1992 Best Performance by a Younger Actor award for his performance in Terminator 2.
Ethan Van Sciver
Artist of the Year, Wizard Artist of the Year, Eisner-nominated, Eagle-nominated: Green Lantern Rebirth, Flash Rebirth, Superman/Batman, Imupulse, New X-Men, Cyberfrog
Paul Wesley
Paul Wesley is a Polish American actor, best known for his roles as Aaron Corbett in the ABC Family miniseries Fallen and Stefan Salvatore in The CW TV series The Vampire Diaries.
Pete Abrams
Pete Abrams is the creator of the highly addictive niftiness that is Sluggy Freelance, a daily online comic strip that's been appearing since August 25, 1997.
Georges Jeanty
With such titles as Bishop the Last X-Man, Gambit, Weapon X and Deadpool for Marvel and Superman, Superboy, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern for DC in his portfolio, This Miami native who now calls Atlanta home has acumulated an impressive run in comics.
Phil LaMarr
Phil is known for his voice of Hermes Conrad on Futurama as well as the Green Lantern in the Justice League also plays Bail Organa in Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Mark Bagley
Mark Bagley is an American comic book artist. He has worked for Marvel Comics and DC Comics on such titles as The Amazing Spider-Man, Thunderbolts, New Warriors, and Ultimate Spider-Man.
Matthew J Brown
Matthew J. Brown, Ph.D is a professional scholar of comics, popular culture, and philosophy of food and a professor of philosophy at The University of Texas at Dallas. He has presented at San Diego Comic-Con and Dragon*Con and has organized an academic conference at Dragon*Con since 2008.
Elonka Dunin
Elonka Dunin, namesake for Dan Brown’s “Nola Kaye” character in “The Lost Symbol”, is an award-winning cryptographer and author, world expert on unsolved codes such as the “Kryptos” sculpture. She is General Manager of Online Community at Simutronics Corporation, creators of legendary online games such as GemStone and CyberStrike.
Brian Holloway
Brian was the previous Director of the Costuming Track at Dragon*Con since 2003 and hold a degree from USC. His design credits include works ranging from local and Regional productions all the way to the Keenedy Center in Washington, DC.
Lips Down on Dixie Theatrical
Lips Down On Dixie is an Atlanta based Rocky Horror Picture Show cast which performs weekly Friday midnight shows at The Plaza Theater. Known nationally for their screen accuracy, the cast has made appearances at venues around the Southeast region including MASQUERADE, CLUB FUTURE, CHAMBER, TONGUE & GROOVE, and others.
Widgett Walls
Widgett Walls is the chief cook and bottle washer of Needcoffee.com, the award winning pop culture website. He is also half of the brains behind the ever popular and ever evolving Gonzo Film Spectacular at DragonCon.
William C. Martin
WILLIAM C. MARTIN, Ph.D., has been dubbed “Atlanta’s Forry Ackerman.” An original Buck Rogers Solar Scout and member of First Fandom, he has read and collected SF since the 1930s. He has penned numerous professional papers SF’s history and development as the “Literature of the 20th Century.”
Atlanta Radio Theatre Company Theatrical
. We like to think that what we do is classic "old-time radio", as it would sound with today's technology and dramatic techniques.
Emerald Rose Musical
Emerald Rose continues to produce and perform their trademark blend of smart, quirky Celtic-inspired Folk Rock, announcing "That Night In The Garden", a new live release of recent material for Fall 2009. The band is also currently producing a retrospective documentary.
Erin Leigh Bushko
Erin Bushko is the Co-Founder and lead Costume Designer for Penny Dreadful Productions. She has been a professional in her field for over ten years specializing in Historical, Steampunk, and Fantasy costuming. Her work has been featured in publications such as Escapist Magazine and Star Wars Insider.
Flynn's Folly Musical
Whether Gamer or Jedi, Browncoat or Rennie, you will be intrigued, entranced, inspired and amused by Flynn's Folly's rhythmic audacity and melodic mischief. So join the frolicsome half a foursome for Celtic folk, filk, and fun!
Marc Gunn Musical
It's a joyful juxtaposition between the morbid and comic. Award-winning Indie Celtic musician Marc Gunn blends kilts and drinking songs with Sci Fi Fantasy about Firefly, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Shawn of the Dead, cats, and dead people.
Chesya Burke
Chesya Burke writes speculative fiction. She has published many short stories and several of her articles appeared in the AANB published by Harvard and Oxford University Press. In 2010, film production will begin on The Light of Cree, based on her story of the same name published by Kensington Publishing.
Chris Marie Green
Chris Marie Green is the author of the urban fantasy Vampire Babylon series from Ace Books. Her latest release is a reissue of book four, A Drop of Red. Starting in August, 2011, Ace will be publishing her new series, Bloodlands, a post-apocalyptic urban fantasy western trilogy.
Kevin Dockery
Kevin Dockery has done 37 books, magazine articles, and appears on The History Channel, Discovery Channel, and the Military Channel. His additional work has been with weapons, as a custom gunsmith or in the U.S. Military. He holds a patent on a new round of 40mm ammunition.
Kelly LeBrock
Kelly LeBrock is an actress / supermodel, and 1980's sex symbol known for her acting debut in The Woman in Red, co-starring with comedian Gene Wilder, and the film "Weird Science".
J. Scott Campbell
Jeffrey Scott Campbell is an American comic book artist. He has had several pen names, including "Jeff Scott", but is best known as J. Scott Campbell. He rose to fame as an artist for Wildstorm Comics, though he has since done work for Marvel Comics (most notably as a cover artist on Amazing Spider-Man), and the video game industry. He resides in California.
Olivier Coipel
Olivier Coipel is a French comic book artist best known for his work on DC Legion of Super-Heroes.
Dana Snyder
Actor / comedian / raconteur Dana Snyder is Aqua Teen Hunger Force's "Master Shake," Squidbillies' "Granny," and Minoriteam's "Dr. Wang."
Tom Fleming
Tom is a four time Chesley Award nominee comic book, Fantasy, & Fine artist working for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Magic the Gathering, WOW, Heavy Metal, White-Wolf, Movies & TV.
Matt Green
For over two decades, Matt Green has been one of the southeast’s most active filmmakers. Besides having directed 6 feature films in the last ten years , he has been a creature, makeup and physical effects coordinator for the past 24 years.
Kelley Jones
Kelley Jones is an American comic book artist best known for his runs on Batman with writer Doug Moench and on Sandman with writer Neil Gaiman.
Tim Sale
Tim Sale is an American Eisner Award-winning comic book artist. He is primarily known for his collaborations with writer Jeph Loeb.
Darwyn Cooke
Darwyn Cooke is an Eisner Award-winning comic book writer, artist, cartoonist and animator, best known for his work on the comic books Catwoman, DC: The New Frontier and The Spirit.
Stacy Hague-Hill
Stacy Hague-Hill is an Editor at Tor Books, where she has been fortunate to work with such authors as Carrie Vaughn, L.E. Modesitt, Jr., and David Farland. She’s also the editor for Tor’s tie-in novels for the hit RPG Dragon Age from BioWare.
Gary Raisor
Gary Raisor wrote what some say is the greatest cowboy vampire novel of all time, LESS THAN HUMAN. It received the Kevin J. Anderson and Joe Lansdale seals of approval, great reviews, and was a finalist for the Bram Stoker award.
Colin Christian
Across their galactic, fictitious and erotic universe, Sas and Colin Christian rise to the level of some of the most famous artistic couples producing their work together: Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Gilbert and George, Eva and Adele, Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle and Claus Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.
Sas Christian
Across their galactic, fictitious and erotic universe, Sas and Colin Christian rise to the level of some of the most famous artistic couples producing their work together: Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Gilbert and George, Eva and Adele, Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle and Claus Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.
Travis Louie
Travis Louie draws and paints in a basement studio in his house in Upstate New York. He is constantly writing in his journals, creating characters and stories that often become the basis for his paintings. The visual style of his work is heavily influenced by his love for 19th century ephemera, human oddities, sideshows, atomic age sci-fi, horror, German expressionist and noir films. When he is not painting, he curls up into a little ball and hides under the stairs.
Anya Martin
ANYA MARTIN is an author/journalist specializing in SF/F, horror, comics, rock music and hauntings who currently writes for Strange Horizons, Mythic Passages and many other genre publications. Her story “The Courage of the Lion Tamer” recently appeared in Daybreak, Jetse DeVries’ groundbreaking online sister publication of optimistic SF.
Kathie Olivas
Kathie Olivas is a multi-media artist who resides with her husband and fellow artist, Brandt Peters, in Tampa, FL and Albuquerque, NM. At 31, she has been featured in numerous galleries across the globe and is represented in the permanent collection at the Tampa Museum of Art. She received her bachelor's degree in visual arts from the University of South Florida.
Brandt Peters
The Subject of Brandt’s paintings is a world of creepy side-show icons, deviant Animalia, and ‘masked’ glorified cartoon alter egos. Brandt is currently working on several designer toy projects with MINDstyle and Wheaty Wheat Studios as well as developing his own animation projects including his well known Slap-Happy! property.
Chris Ryniak
Chris Ryniak was born as a baby in 1976 in the suburbs of Detroit. He spent his childhood basking in the warm glow of Saturday morning cartoons and flipping over rocks in search of insects, reptiles and ghosts.
Rob Schwager
In the late 80’s / early 90’s, Rob fulfilled a childhood dream and became an artist working on mainstream comic books. He’s spent the last 20+ years of his life working on such classic icons as Spiderman, Superman, Batman, and the X-men, and his work has helped shape comic book pop-culture as we know it today. For the past 8 years, Rob has been exhibiting his fine art and nose art – faux bomber panels in numerous galleries and group shows all across the US.
Neal Adams
Neal’s had legendary ‘runs’ on Batman, X-Men, Green Lantern-Green Arrow and Deadman. Adams rescued Batman from his campy TV show, and transformed him into his present “Avenger of the Night.” When people say ‘modern Batman,’ they mean Neal Adams’ Batman. His run directly led to the realistic incarnation seen in “Batman Returns”, and the “Dark Knight” movies.
J David Spurlock
Fresh from his recent Rock'n Comic-Con appearance with Stan Lee, this prolific, award-winning author, illustrator and Vanguard publisher is a pop-culture historian and advocate for artists' rights who, has served as President of the Society of Illustrators in Dallas, in addition to working with and representing many of the greatest names in the history of illustration and cartooning including Frank Frazetta, Neal Adams, Jim Steranko, Julius Schwartz, Basil Gogos, Joe Kubert, the Wally Wood Estate, Carmine Infantino and more.
Bill Daily
Bill Daily is an American comedian and dramatic actor, and a veteran of many television sitcoms. On I Dream of Jeannie, Daily played a U.S. Army test pilot and NASA astronaut named Roger Healey, who would be sidekick and best friend to Larry Hagman's main character, Tony Nelson.
Barbara Eden
Barbara Eden is an American film and television actress and singer who is best known for her starring role in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.
John Everson
John Everson is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of the erotic horror/dark fantasy novels COVENANT, SACRIFICE, THE 13TH and the newly released SIREN.
Neil Grayston
Neil currently plays recurring character Douglas Fargo in Eureka, a Sci-Fi network series that began broadcasting in 2006.
Joseph Michael Linsner
Joseph Michael Linsner is the creator of Dawn. Dawn is a modern retelling of ancient pagan mythology; a redheaded Goddess figure who could have gotten her wardrobe from "Beezlebub of Hollywood".
Fraser Cain
Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today and the co-host of Astronomy Cast.
Bob Pendarvis
Bob created SCAD's Sequential Art BFA and MFA programs. Bob currently publishes SUGAR NINJAS, an all-girls comics anthology. In addition, he is working on a follow-up to his well-reviewed BRISTOL BOARD JUNGLE graphic novel, as well as MIDNITE GARDEN PARTY, a surreal musical/comedy/variety stageshow.
Patricia Quinn
Patricia opened the very first performance of The Rocky Horror Show with the song 'Science Fiction Double Feature' on June 16, 1973, at The Theatre Upstairs (Royal Court) in London. The film version of the Rocky Horror Show followed in 1975 and she stepped back into the role of Magenta.
Rekha Sharma
Rekha's career includes films Whisper, Memory, The Chronicles of Riddick, The Core, and Traveling with Jennifer Aniston, Aaron Eckhart and Martin Sheen. Most recently in popular Sci-Fi series, "Battlestar Galactica," playing Tory Foster, aide to President Roslin(Mary McDonnell ) Rekha is currently recurring on the new V series.
Michael Stackpole
Michael A. Stackpole is an award-winner game and computer game designer, novelist, podcaster, editor, screenwriter and graphic novelist. He has an asteroid named after him. He lives in Arizona and is the creator of The Chain Story.
Claudia Christian
Claudia Christian is an American actress, writer, singer, musician, and director most famous for her role as Commander Susan Ivanova on the science fiction television series Babylon 5.
Brandt Howell
Brandt Howell is an attorney who specializes in legal issues relating to technology, intellectual property, and licensing.
Aaron Allston
New York Times bestselling author Aaron Allston has written original fantasy, Star Wars novels, short fiction, role-playing games, and more. In 2010, he and Michael A. Stackpole will again teach their hourly writers' workshop seminars at Dragon*Con. Allston lives in Central Texas. Visit his web site at www.aaronallston.com.
Kara Mikos
Formerly a writer for White Wolf's Vampire: Masquerade, Kara Mikos has worked in legal industry since 2002. Kara returned to Dragon*Con in 2006 to speak on EFF's track on First Amendment rights and pornography. Currently, she returns for EFF's track on the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments and protecting your rights.
Jeffrey J Ello
Jeff Ello (aka "Jello") is a technologist and filmmaker, specializing in digital production, 3d animation and visual effects techniques for film and commercial projects. Jeff is currently serving as VFX director/producer for the upcoming feature "Starship II: Rendezvous with Ramses" and animated short "Spots".
Stan Lee
Stan Lee is an American comic book writer, editor, actor, producer, publisher, television personality, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.
In collaboration with several artists, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, the Avengers, Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, and many other fictional characters.
Shag
Josh Agle (probably better known as Shag, a contraction of the last two letters of his first name and the first two letters of his last) is a painter, illustrator and designed working in Southern California.
Scott Sigler
New York Times best-selling novelist Scott Sigler is the author of INFECTED, CONTAGIOUS and ANCESTOR, hardcover thrillers from Crown Publishing.
Pierre Bernard
Pierre Bernard Graphic Artist from Late Night with Conan O'Brien and the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. He is known for the Recliner of Rage. As well as other comedy appearances on the show.
Edward Douglas
Composer/filmmaker, Edward Douglas is the founder of the gothic, RPG, Halloween soundtrack band MIDNIGHT SYNDICATE and runs the band's label and distribution company, Entity Productions. Recently he scored Robert Kurtzman's THE RAGE as well as THE DEAD MATTER which he also directed and co-produced.
Peter H. Friedman
Peter H Friedman is the managing director of Peter Friedman CPA with offices in San Francisco, New York and Keene, NH. The company specializes in e-commerce, tax litigation support, US and international tax compliance and Business Consulting. Their motto is “we do what other cant or will not do” .
Jeff Lewis
Acting credits include "Glee", "My Name is Earl" and believe it or not, "General Hospital". He currently performs in the improv group "Hammer, Don't Hurt 'em" alongside his Guild co-stars, Felicia and Sandeep
James A. Moore
JAMES A. MOORE is the author of over twenty novels, including the critically acclaimed Fireworks, Under The Overtree, Blood Red, the Serenity Falls trilogy (featuring his recurring anti-hero, Jonathan Crowley) and his most recent novels Deeper and the forthcoming Cherry Hill.
Tom Savini
Tom is a world-renowned expert in special make-up effects (generally the goopy kind) for television and the big screen, and a director and actor in his own right.
Larry D. Curtis
A writer and editor, Larry D. Curtis is senior staff at TheOneRing.net and tracks the progress of the two forth-coming Hobbit movies. An advocate for fans of books, film, and games, especially related to J.R.R. Tolkien, he was a unit director for Ringers: Lord of the Fans.
Brian Cano
Brain Cano is the resident parapsychologist on the SCARED! crew.
Carole Nelson Douglas
The author of the Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator, urban fantasies and the Irene Adler and Midnight Louie mysteries has been seen "Dancing with Werewolves" and a "Cat in a Topaz Tango," and has said "Good Night, Mr. Holmes." Douglas’s character-driven novels combine suspense, action, romance, humor, and animal spirits.
Steve Gonsalves
Steve Gonsalves has been on the Paranormal television circuit for close to 5 years on the wildly popular Sci-Fi hit show Ghost Hunters.
Dave Tango
Dave is one of the investigators/evidence analyst on the popular SyFy Channel TV show Ghost Hunters. Besides the paranormal, Dave enjoys photography, music, and magic.
Robert Beltran
Robert Beltran is an American actor, known for his role as Commander Chakotay on Star Trek: Voyager.
Mike Capps
Dr. Michael Capps is the president of Epic Games, makers of the “Unreal” and “Gears of War” game franchises and the Unreal Engine 3 game technology. He serves on the boards of AIAS, the ESA, and is alon the advisory board of the Game Developers Conference (GDC).
Scott Edgington
Dr. Edgington is the Investigation Scientist for the thermal infrared instrument onboard Cassini, where he also is a Science Planning Engineer. His specialty is the study of the Giant Planets.
Robert J. Sawyer
Robert J. Sawyer's novel FlashForward is the basis for the ABC TV series; he wrote "Course Correction," the 19th episode and is consultant on every episode. His 20 bestselling novels -- including Hominids and Wake -- have won the Hugo, Nebula, John W. Campbell Memorial, Aurora, and Seiun Awards.
Graham Hancock
Graham Hancock's bestselling investigations of historical mysteries such as Fingerprints of the Gods and The Sign and the Seal. His lectures, radio broadcasts and TV appearances, have established his reputation as an unconventional thinker who raises controversial questions about humanity's past. His new book is Entangled, a fantasy-adventure timeslip novel.
Cruxshadows Musical
One of the most notable Dark-wave bands internationally, The Cruxshadows' motto is "Live, love, be, believe," and it serves as a reminder that while The Cruxshadows may write catchy songs, the band has depth that extends beyond the dance floor.
Matt Hughes
Ingeniously blending the aesthetic beauty of Art Nouveau with the dark concepts of Gothic art, painter Matt Hughes is best known for giving rise to Gothic Art Nouveau, a new art movement that's redefining the relationship between viewer and subject, leaving the viewer with a profundity of self-reflection and introspection.
Jessica Lackey
Jessica Lackey is a singer, artist, model, stage performer, and dancer best known for her role in the band the Cruxshadows.
Rogue
Rogue is the lead singer, song writer, front-man, and founder of the band the Cruxshadows.
Matt Busch
Regarded as one of the top entertainment illustrators, Matt Busch has made a career out of tapping into every expressive art imaginable, surprising even his die-hard fans what he does next.
A.C. Crispin
Ann C. Crispin is the bestselling author of books ranging from V and Trek adaptations to Andre Norton's Witch World. She's also an accomplished writing instructor, as numerous writers workshop attendees can attest.
Eugie Foster
Eugie Foster received the 2009 Nebula Award for Best Novelette, is currently a finalist for the 2010 Hugo Award, and was named the 2009 Author of the Year by Bards and Sages. Her short story collection, Returning My Sister's Face and Other Far Eastern Tales of Whimsy and Malice, is available from Norilana Books.
Richard Jakiel
Richard Jakiel has written nearly 70 articles for a wide variety of professional and popular publications, including such mainstream magazines as Astronomy and Sky and Telescope. He recently co-authored Galaxies: How to Observe Them (2006) and is currently working on a number of related projects relating to astronomy, archaeo-astronomy and geochemistry.
Bonnie Kunzel
Bonnie Kunzel, past-president of YALSA and New Jersey Librarian of the Year, teaches seminars on young adult literature around the country. An acknowledged expert in science fiction and fantasy, she has co-authored: First Contact, Strictly Science Fiction, Fluent in Fantasy, and Tamora Pierce: A Student Companion to Young Adult Literature.
Chris Mueller
Chris Mueller is a freelance costume designer and member of United Scenic Artists USA Local 829. He is a professional designer, technician, and educator. Chris is returning for his fourth year as a costume track panelist to share his wealth of knowledge with the Dragon Con community.
Sandeep Parikh
Sandeep Parikh wrote and directed Comedy Central and Atom.com's highest rated web-series "The Legend of Neil". Sandeep is also known as the co-lead, Zaboo in the acclaimed and multiple award winning webseries "The Guild," which won Streamys for Best Comedy Webseries and Best Ensemble Cast.
Sendhil Ramamurthy
Sendhil Ramamurthy is best known as Dr. Mohinder Suresh, a genetics professor from India, in NBC's award-winning ensemble drama series "Heroes". Ramamurthy next stars as a CIA agent in the upcoming series “Covert Affairs” for USA Network.
Kei Acedera
Kei Acedera joined Imaginism Studios in Toronto in 2005 and became its Art Director. During this time, she illustrated the New York Time best-selling book, "How to Talk to Girls". She was also a character designer for Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland", due for release in 2010.
Bobby Chiu
Bobby Chiu is founder of Imaginism Studios. You can see his creatures in Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" as well as upcoming feature films from Sony, Warner Bros., and Disney due in theaters in 2010 and 2011.
Amanda Conner
Amanda Conner started out in comics working on small projects for Marvel and Archie. She had been working as an illustrator for New York ad agencies Kornhauser and Calene and Kidvertisers. She worked on a number of launches and campaigns such as Arm & Hammer, PlaySchool and Nickelodeon, to name a few.
John Paladin
John Paladin lives in Troy, Michigan and has been doing SFX makeup for over 10 yrs.
Jimmy Palmiotti
Multi Award winning character creator with a wide range of experience in advertising, production, consulting, editorial, film writing, development and production, media presentation and video game development. Just a few of his clients include Nike, Nickelodeon, Universal pictures, Disney, Warner Brothers, DreamWorks, Lion's Gate, Vidmark, Starz, Fox Atomic, Alliance films, New Line, Spike TV, MTV, 2kgames, Midway, Radical games, Activision and THQ games.
C.L. Wilson
C.L. Wilson is the author of the critically acclaimed USA Today and NY Times bestselling Tairen Soul series.
Sean Astin
Sean Astin is most famous for his film roles as Mikey in The Goonies, the title character of Rudy, Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and Drew Barrymore's steroid-juiced brother in 50 First Dates.
Stephen H Segal
Stephen H. Segal is the new editor at Quirk Books, publisher of such innovative and bestselling fantasy/horror/sci-fi books as "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" and "Android Karenina." He is also the Hugo Award-winning senior contributing editor of Weird Tales, the world's oldest magazine of fantastical stories.
Jim Keefe
Jim Keefe is the Writer/Artist of the Flash Gordon newspaper strip currently being distributed by King Features Syndicate and Adjunct Faculty member at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
Glenn Barr
Glenn's work has been featured in a variety of comics and graphic novels such as Mad, DC Comics and Paradox Press as well as in a series of self published books called HEEP. Barr's contribution to animation include background styling for The Ren and Stimpy Show, Bjork's I Miss You video and The New Woody Woodpecker Show.
Jennie Breeden
Jennie Breeden is the creator of the autobiographical webcomic The Devil's Panties. An online comic that's been updating daily since 2001.
Sandra Anglin Chastain
Ms. Chastain has published more than 50 novels and too many short stories to count. Her latest short story appears in the recently released Critters of Mossy Creek. She is a partner in BelleBooks, publishers of Bell Bridge Books.
Betsy Mitchell
Betsy Mitchell joined the Random House Publishing Group in 2002 as Vice President/Editor-in-Chief of Del Rey. Her authors have included Michael Chabon, Terry Brooks, Diana Gabaldon, William Gibson, Naomi Novik, Dan Simmons, Octavia Butler, and many more. She received a World Fantasy Award for co-editing the anthology Full Spectrum 4.
Ericka Boussarhane
Ericka Boussarhane is an American author, radio personality, public speaker, and professional psychic medium. She is a Reiki and Jin Shin Jyutsu trained energy healer.
Patrick Burns
Paranormal investigator and media figure. Star of TruTV's "Haunting Evidence". Host of the weekly internet video podcast "Ghost Hounds: On The Road, On The Hunt"
Sarah Harmon
Sarah, now coined "Paranormal Sarah", is a born gypsy and has talents in psychometry, palm reading, energy reading, healing and other spiritual guiding techniques.
George Hrab Musical
Multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, skeptic, podcaster, producer, composer and heliocentrist George Hrab has written and produced six independent CDs; published one book; performed for President Clinton; and is considered one of the preeminent skeptic/science/atheist/geek-culture music icons currently living in his apartment.
Lisa Phillips
For over 29 years, Lisa Phillips, also fondly known as “MamaLisa,” has been assisting and guiding people to the wonderful life that is theirs through her psychic insight and angelic-guided mediumistic abilities. In addition, MamaLisa is one the host of MamaLisa Cares TV/Radio Show and Psychics Next Door, which can be heard on Para-X.com and seen on ParaXVision.com.
Angelle Maria Tanner
Dr. Tanner is an astrophysicist at Georgia State University. Her research focuses on the search from extrasolar planets around stars smaller than our Sun. She has given presentations on the detection of Spock’s home planet, Vulcan. Her ultimate career goal is to detect life on planets orbiting other worlds.
Amy Bruni
Amy Bruni is a TAPS team member and can be seen on the Syfy series Ghost Hunters.
Crossed SwordsSwashbucklers
Broadswords, rapiers and even batlefs clash in this dazzling display of Hollywood-style combat. Harsch and Sakuta reveal secrets and demonstrate many behind-the scenes moves that make up your favorite movie, TV and theater sword fighting stunts.
Nicole HarschSwashbucklers
Nicole Harsch and Mike Sakuta are the Crossed Swords. For over 20 years, their Crossed Swords Stage Combat Shows have been seen across the continental U.S. and Canada at renaissance festivals and science fiction conventions and, of course, previous Dragon*Cons.
Daniel Logan
Daniel's most recent project was starring in "The Legend of Johnny Lingo." At the top of this young actors growing resume sits "STAR WARS: Episode II - Attack of the Clones," with the coveted role of Boba Fett, winning the part, out of thousand who tried out, after just one audition!
Adrian Pasdar
Adrian Pasdar is best known as Nathan Petrelli in NBC's drama "Heroes."
Mike SakutaSwashbucklers
Nicole Harsch and Mike Sakuta are the Crossed Swords. For over 20 years, their Crossed Swords Stage Combat Shows have been seen across the continental U.S. and Canada at renaissance festivals and science fiction conventions and, of course, previous Dragon*Cons.
Shawnee Smith
Actress, Shawnee Smith, well known for her portrayal of "Amanda Young" in the "SAW" film series is also widely known for her "loopy" character of "Linda" opposite Ted Dansen in tv's sitcom "BECKER."
Richard L. Altstatt
Richard "Hawk" Altstatt produces radiation models and performs radiation engineering for military and civilian purposes. He has four degrees in "fire" and is widely published on radiation effects topics. He is an Eagle Claw sensei, an excellent swordsman, and an expert on fire. Follow his Mad Science at madsci.us
Ginger Campbell, MD
Ginger Campbell, MD is the creator and host of the "Brain Science Podcast," which has been bringing neuroscience to a worldwide audience since 2006.
Rob Fitz
Rob Fitz is a make-up FX artist and Director working in the film industry for 15 years. His most recent make up credits include "The Surrogates" and "Edge of Darkness" and his first feature film "God of Vampires" has been released this year.
Rodney Ramos
Rodney Ramos has been a professional comic book artist for over 15 years . He has Penciled and inked work for Marvel, Dc Comics , Marvel UK ,Valiant , Acclaim, and various other companies. He has worked on such titles as Batman , Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, 52 CountDown and the Critically acclaimed Transmetropolitan.
Marc Singer
A star of both Television and feature films, Marc Singer's popularity stems from such title roles as THE BEASTMASTER in the three original films of that name, and his portrayal of Mike Donovan in the three acclaimed sci-fi TV epics V, V: the Final Battle, and V: the Series.
Skyler White
Skyler White is the national bestselling author of dark fantasy novels 'and Falling, Fly' and 'In Dreams Begin'.
Kathleen O'Shea David
Kathleen O’Shea David is a professional puppeteer, a master costumer, a book editor, and published writer. She is a member of the Puppeteers Guild, UNIMA-USA, Actors’ Equity, and the International Costumers Guild. Her puppets are in private collections and museums all over the world.
Peter David
Peter David is a New York Times bestselling author.
Alaina Huffman
Alaina Huffman is a Canadian film and television actress bestknown for her role on the Canadian television series Painkiller Jane, in which she played Maureen Bowers. Most recently she played Dinah Lance/Black Canary on Smallville and is now Tamara Johansen in the TV series Stargate Universe.
Joe Capobianco
Joe Capobianco is a refined artist in the field of airbrushing and tattooing. He utilizes various techniques and mediums in order to create some of the most fascinating pinup style pieces, resembling those of the late 1950s with an added modern flair.
Carlos East
Born in an Aztec temple, deep inside the jungles of Mexico, The Beast Brothers spent most of their childhood developing their unique and distinct style of art. Through the years, this royal pair has used their mighty twin powers to create memorable works for Nike, Kidrobot, Reebok, Bacardi, and Vans.
Cortney Kane
Cortney Kane will help you understand the truth of who you are through her paintings of your energy, how your energy is forming your life now and how to shift your energy in different ways to bring fulfillment. Cortney interprets the painting through channeled messages to deepen your insight into how to create your new change.
Sarah Milkovich
Dr. Sarah Milkovich is the Investigation Scientist for the HiRISE camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and a science planning engineer with the Cassini Mission at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She works on science planning and operations for both spacecraft, and studies the polar deposits of Mars.
Sabutai Musashi
Subatai Musashi is the current Grandmaster of Ninkage ryu bujutsu; a Japanese martial arts system that includes bare-handed study such as Aikijutsu, weapons study, such as Kenjutsu and Iaijutsu, and internal arts. Grandmaster Musashi and his students have provided exciting demonstrations of Ninkage ryu at DragonCon since 2005.
Rochelle Sparrow
Rochelle is an internationally known psychic trance channel with an uncanny ability to tune in to the Universe. Rochelle has self published two previous channeled books, Healing the Emotional and Physical Body and JFK is Still Alive.
The Baroness
Kidrobot's former promotion queen, "The Baroness" currently manages the urban vinyl and
tattoo elite such as Joe Capobianco, Huck Gee, and The Beast Brothers.
Timothy Zahn
Timothy Zahn has been writing SF professionally for thirty years, and in that time has published thirty-eight novels, including eight Star Wars books and the official Terminator Salvation prequel. Upcoming projects include a second Terminator book, new titles in the Quadrail and Cobra series, and a ninth Star Wars book.
Erica Cerra
Erica Cerra is a Canadian born actress currently starring as Deputy Jo Lupo in SyFy Channel's successful series EUREKA. She was named one of Vancouver's five hottest up-and-coming actresses by Vancouver's Lifestyles Magazine in 2005. Erica is also credited with roles on BSG, 4400, Smallville, and The Dead Zone.
Freddy Clements
Freddy Clements is Professor of Drama and Faculty Costume Designer at Jacksonville State University. He has designed costumes for some of the most renowned theaters in America. On the university level, he has taught courses in costume design, costume construction, and advanced stage make-up.
Margaret Downey
Margaret Downey has been an atheist activist for 30 years. She has been involved as a plaintiff in several legal cases involving questions of separation of religion and government. In her 2010 DragonCon presentation, Downey will connect the Avatar symbolism of the "Home Tree" to the Constitution of the United States.
Tom Heintjes
Tom Heintjes is the co-publisher and senior editor of Hogan's Alley, and he was managing editor of The Comics Journal, where he helped spearhead the battle to help Jack Kirby obtain his original art from Marvel Comics.
Mary Robinette Kowal
Mary Robinette Kowal is the 2008 recipient of the Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Her short fiction appears in Strange Horizons, Cosmos and Asimov's. Mary, a professional puppeteer and voice actor, lives in Portland, OR. Her novel, Shades of Milk and Honey, debuts this year from Tor. www.maryrobinettekowal.com
John D. Ringo
John Ringo had visited 23 countries and attended 14 schools by the time he graduated high school. This left him with a wonderful appreciation of the oneness of humanity and a permanent aversion to foreign food. Now he writes books. Lotsa books. Buy his books. Buyyyy… Buyyy…
Mark A. Sheppard
Mark Sheppard may be best known for his television work, as Romo Lampkin in “Battlestar Galactica”, Badger in Joss Whedon’s “Firefly”, Ivan Erwich in Day 5 of “24”, plus roles on “The X-Files”, “CSI”, “Star Trek: Voyager” and a host of other characters in films and television.
Fiona Broome
Fiona Broome is passionate (and geeky) about paranormal phenomena, and her irreverent weekly podcasts are practically legendary. Fiona is the founder of HollowHill.com, exploring haunted places -- and what makes them weird -- since 1999. Her 15 books include “Ghosts of Austin, Texas” and “Paranormal Patterns: Predicting Hauntings and Anomalies.”
Martin Quinn Gero
Writer/Director/Executive Producer on 100 episodes of Stargate: Atlantis (writing 32 episodes, more than any other writer). Writer/Creative Consultant on Stargate: SG-1. Writer/Consulting Producer on Stargate: Universe
For his work on the Stargate Franchise Martin was awarded a People's Choice Award and has been nominated for Hugo Award.
Kristina Leigh Howard
Kristina Leigh Howard is a costume designer and a costume technician in theatre. She has worked for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival and the Virginia Shakespeare Festival. She specializes in costume history and period costume construction. This will be her third year as a panelist for the Costume Track.
Corin Nemec
Corin Nemec is best-known for playing the title character on Parker Lewis Can't Lose and Jonas Quinn in Stargate SG-1.
Voltaire Musical
Voltaire and the Skeletal Orchestra: It's upbeat, low-brow Victorian hi jinks of the macabre kind, as Voltaire and his band of gypsy pirates stomp through songs about Zombie Prostitutes, The Day of the Dead and hits, including songs from Cartoon Network's "The Grim Adventures of Billy And Mandy".
Dr. John E. Bradford
Dr. Bradford is President of SpaceWorks Engineering. His expertise is in advanced space transportation system design and he has served as project manager for numerous DoD and NASA sponsored programs. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Georgia Tech and on the Steering Committee for NASA's national RASC-AL student competition.
James Cawley
James Cawley is "Captain Kirk", the creator/executive producer of the award winning internet series "Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II", and the new "Buck Rogers" internet series. A costumer on TNG, he is an expert on recreating both Trek costumes and sets, and appeared in the new Trek movie.
Travis Scott Merrill
Travis Scott Merrill is currently in his sixth season at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival as a costume crafts artisan, specializing in leatherwork, mask-making, millinery, puppetry, armor construction, airbrush painting for large scale theatrical productions, and works with some of the best costume designers in the US.
Richard Hatch
Internationally known Actor, writer and director Richard Hatch starred as the original Capt Apollo in 1978 and Tom Zarek in the re-imagined BG series and has written 7 BG novels for I-books, editor for "So Say We All" writer for several BG comics and starred in the movie Inalienable.
J.G. Hertzler
J.G. Hertzler portrayed the Klingon, “General Martok” on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Robert O'Reilly
Robert O'Reilly is best known to his many fans around the world as the wild eyed Klingon "Chancellor Gowron" on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek is a Canadian film and television actor. He has also directed and produced feature-length films. Rubinek currently plays "Arthur 'Artie' Nielsen" a covert agent employed by a secretive council to recover super-scientific and mystical artifacts, in the Syfy series Warehouse 13.
Jewel Staite
Jewel Staite recently joined the cast of the Sci-Fi hit Stargate:Atlantis as ?Dr. Keller?, in addition to shooting the lead role in the feature The Tribe, which depicts the story of five young adults shipwrecked on a deserted island off the coast of Latin America where they encounter a lost tribe of savages.
Morena Baccarin
Morena starred in the television show Firefly and Serenity film. She has also provided the voice for Black Canary in multiple episodes of the animated series Justice League Unlimited and appears as the re-occurring character Adria in Stargate SG-1.
Tom Biondolillo
Tom Biondolillo is a multifaceted artist/creator who works as a concept/pre-production artist, storyboard artist, designer, illustrator, comic artist, animator, industrial model maker and designer, and at sundry times a writer.
Danielle Harris
After a twenty-year hiatus starring as “Jamie Lloyd” in HALLOWEEN IV & V, and to the delight of horror fans everywhere, Danielle Harris returned to the HALLOWEEN franchise – this time starring as “Annie Bracket” in the Dimension Films, Rob Zombie-directed of the classic HALLOWEEN. She has reprised her role once again in HALLOWEEN II which premiered in theatres in August 28th 2009.
Sean Maher
Sean Maher is an American actor, best known for his role as Simon Tam in the short-lived science fiction television series Firefly.
Joel Hodgson is the creator of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and currently performs with Cinematic Titanic, his live movie riffing group comprised of the original cast of MST3K. Joel has written several movies, including Disney's "Honey We Shrunk Ourselves" with Nell Scovell. Over the last ten years, Joel has been a consultant with his brother, studio artist and designer Jim Hodgson working on projects as diverse as ride theme-ing "The Beatles Yellow Submarine" (Sony), magic consultants for "Sabrina, The Teenage Witch"(ABC) and Penn and Tellers "Sin City Spectacular"(FOX), supervising producers for the live event "Robot Wars" and "Everything you need to Know" (Discovery). Creative consulting on the game shows "You Don't Know Jack"(ABC) and "Smush" (USA)
Jason Momoa
Jason Momoa is best known for his roles as "Jason Ioane" in Baywatch and as "Ronon Dex," an elite firearms and melee warrior in Stargate Atlantis.
Adam Savage
In addition to co-hosting Discovery Channel's MythBusters, Adam teaches advanced model making, most recently in the industrial design department at the San Francisco Academy of Art. Somehow he also finds time to devote to his own art — his sculptures have been showcased in over 40 shows in San Francisco, New York and Charleston, W.Va.
Stephanie Gladden
Stephanie Gladden started drawing comic books in '93; her work includes The Simpsons, Ren & Stimpy, The Powerpuff Girls, and Tom& Jerry. She's also drawn for Jim Ottaviani's Dignifying Science, Peter Bagge's Sweatshop, and Paul Dini's Jingle Belle, as well as her first creator-owned comic Hopster's Tracks. comic book, Hopster's Tracks.
LeVar Burton
LeVar Burton, is an American actor, director and author who first came to prominence portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley. He is also well known for his portrayal of Geordi La Forge on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation and as the host of the PBS children's program Reading Rainbow.
Lexa Doig
Lexa Doig is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Rommie in the science fiction TV series, Andromeda.
Michelle Forbes
Michelle Forbes is an American actress who has built a career of work in television and independent film and has acted in productions in both the United States and in the United Kingdom. Forbes first gained attention from her dual role in daytime soap opera Guiding Light, for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination. Although she has appeared in significant roles in movies such as Escape From LA, Kalifornia and Swimming with Sharks, Forbes is perhaps best known for her recurring appearances on genre and drama shows such as Star Trek: The Next Generation and Homicide: Life on the Street during the nineties, while building her career with roles throughout the 2000s in Battlestar Galactica, 24 , In Treatment and True Blood.
Eddie McClintock
Edward "Eddie" McClintock is an American actor who has starred and guest starred in numerous television shows. He currently portrays the role of Secret Service agent Peter Lattimer on the Syfy series Warehouse 13.
Edward James Olmos
For the last 5 years , EJO starred in the Sci Fi Channel's breakout hit, "Battlestar Galactica," as Admiral William Adama. In 2008 he's been preparing for his next project in which he will act, direct and produce "The Crystal Frontier," a drama that examines U.S.-Mexico border issues.
Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks is a Canadian actor who achieved fame for his role as "Dr. Daniel Jackson" on the science fiction television series, Stargate SG-1. He also provides the voice of the recurring character, "Thor," on the same series.
Greg Simkins
In 2005, Greg Simkins pursued his desire to paint as a full time artist. Since then, he has been featured in numerous group exhibitions has had successfully sold out solo exhibitions. His art is seen in a wide variety of industries from clothing to video games and has also come to life in the form of toys. His client/collaboration list includes Disney, Mattel, Upper Playground, Juxtapoz, To Die For, Vans, Converse, AFI, Saosin, Gym Class Heroes, Pennywise, STRANGEco, Ningyoushi, Kid Robot, Zero Friends, Epitaph, Dark Horse, Iron Fist and Pulse International.
Elizabeth Donald
Elizabeth Donald's most recent book is "The Cold Ones," a zombie novella from Sam's Dot Publishing. She is a three-time winner of the Darrell Award and author of the Nocturnal Urges vampire series, among other novels. By day, she is a newspaper reporter and author of "CultureGeek."
Leslie Fish Musical
I play 12-string acoustic guitar and sing my original filksongs
Frazer Hines
Frazer Hines is best known for his role as Jamie in BBCs "Dr Who."
James Randi
James Randi is a retired magician and escape artist and a best-selling author. After four-decades entertaining audiences around the world, Randi rededicated his life to combating unreason and superstition, taking on faith healers, psychics, and frauds of every stripe. He now leads the James Randi Educational Foundation in Fort Lauderdale.
Aron Siegel
Aron Siegel's a professional sound mixer whose recent work includes the CW series “Vampire Diaries”, and SONY series "Drop Dead Diva". Aron’s worked with Dean Cain, John Schneider, Josh Leonard, Ernie Hudson, and others. Dragon*Con showcased three films Aron's worked on. "Blood Car", "The Signal", and "20 Years After"
Greg Williams
Greg "Dark One" Williams is a comic book artist who has published over 30 books, and is best known for creating Animal Mystic. Greg recently started a new company with writer/business partner Chris Walker called Void Comics.
Brian Green
Brian Green, often known by the online pseudonym of 'Psychochild', is an experienced online game developer. In his many years of professional game development, he has done programming, designing, writing, and administrating. He is best known for his work on the classic online game, Meridian 59.
Kane Hodder
Kane Warren Hodder (born April 8, 1955) is an American actor and stuntman. Standing 6' 3˝" (192 cm), he is best known for his portrayal of Jason Voorhees in the Friday the 13th film series.
Liz Maverick
Liz Maverick is known for prancing around in Antarctica but also for writing science fiction/romance novels with unique plots and kick-butt action. Her works include the USA Today bestselling Crimson City series, and Wired, a Publishers Weekly Top Book of the Year. Stop by www.lizmaverick.com for more.
Todd McCaffrey
Although New York Times Bestselling author Todd Johnson McCaffrey is best known for his writing on Pern, in the Dragonriders of Pern series created by his mother, Anne McCaffrey; he has also designed board games, worked in the software industry, and flown his own plane twice across the continent.
Aaron Douglas
Aaron Douglas is best known for his work on Battlestar Galactica as the Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol, or as he is known to the fans, Chief. He currently stars as Frank Leo on the CBS hit television series The Bridge.
Chandra Free
Chandra Free is the creator of the dark psychological comic The God Machine, published by Archaia. She has also worked on Sullengrey as a digital painter on Sacrifice #1 and parts of the graphic novel Cemetery Things.
Raven Hart
Raven Hart is the author of the Savannah Vampires series from Ballantine books. The series debuted with "The Vampire's Seduction," and continued with "The Vampire's Secret," "The Vampire's Kiss," "The Vampire's Betrayal," and ""The Vampire's Revenge." Hart also writes for Belle books under real name, Susan Goggins.
Cheralyn Lambeth
Cheralyn Lambeth is a professional prop, costume, and puppet builder/performer whose work includes multiple feature films (The Muppet Christmas Carol, Leatherheads,) TV shows (Dinosaurs!) and various interactive properties (Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton.) She also writes nonfiction "ghost story" books with Schiffer Publishing.
Jamy Ian Swiss
According to Penn & Teller, magician Jamy Ian Swiss is “James Bond with a deck of cards for a pistol!” Seen on 48 Hours, Nova, and The Today Show – The New Yorker declared, “Swiss is widely thought to have one of the most masterly sleight-of-hand techniques in the world today … “
D.J. Grothe
D.J. Grothe is President of the James Randi Educational Foundation, the international educational non-profit founded by celebrated social critic and activist James Randi. Previously, Grothe hosted over 200 episodes of the popular interview program Point of Inquiry, which he founded with his partner Thomas Donnelly in 2005.
Raelee Hill
Raelee Hill originally auditioned for the very different role of Commendant Grayza. When that went to Rebecca Riggs, Farscape's producers decided to create a role especially for her because she'd impressed them so much.
Cat Staggs
Cat Staggs recently worked with Lucas Film on exclusive prints for Celebration III, IV and Europe. She's also worked on two Lord of the Rings card sets for Topps; for Rittenhouse Archives, the Complete Marvel Avengers and the DC Legacy card sets; Worlds Finest VS trading card game with Upperdeck.
Camilla d'Errico
Camilla is known for her edgy, emotive, sexy low brow paintings and manga influenced, west meets east comic style. Her work includes BURN, Avril Lavigne’s Make 5 Wishes, Sky Pirates of Neo Terra (game + comic), Angry Universe illustration for Neil Gaiman and Helmetgirls.
DJ DragonBoy DJ
One DJ spinning records on a mixer and two or three turntables.
Virginia Hey
Virginia Hey starred in the Saturn award winning Farscape playing an alien priest "Zhaan" for 3 years. She made her big screen debut with Mel Gibson in the film classic Mad Max 2: Road Warrior, in which she portrayed Warrior Woman.
Mari Mancusi
Marianne Mancusi is a multiple Emmy award-winning television producer and author of thirteen novels for adults and teens. Best known for her Blood Coven Vampire young adult series, she's also written paranormal romance, time travel, cyber punk, and contemporary fiction.
Paul McGillion
Paul McGillion was born in Paisley, Scotland but emigrated with his family to Canada at the age of 2. He's worked extensively in film, TV and theatre for over 15 years and is best known for the role of 'Dr.Carson Beckett', the loveable Scottish physician in 'Stargate: Atlantis. Paul also recently co-starred in the Lifetime movie 'Just Breathe' alongside 'The Office's Melora Hardin, independent feature 'A Dog's Breakfast' with Atlantis co-star David Hewlett and appeared in JJ Abram's 2009 'Star Trek' feature film.
Garrett Wang
Wang is best known for his role as Ensign Harry Kim on Voyager which ran from 1995 to 2001. He was keen to participate in a new role for the 2007 fan production Star Trek: Of Gods and Men
Jean Marie Ward
Jean Marie Ward writes fiction, nonfiction, and everything in between. Her first novel finaled in two categories of the 2008 Indie Book Awards. Here Be Dragons: Tales of DragonCon features one of her stories. Her latest art book, Fantasy Art Templates, will be released in March 2010.
DJ Nemesis DJ
Industrial, EBM, Goth, 80's, New Wave and more. Resident for www.secretroom.net, Resident for Sleep When You're Dead [Birmingham, AL], Dragon Con 2008 and 2009, Fetish Con [Tampa], Purgatory [Charlotte, NC], Black List [Club La Vela - Panama City Beach], Kink Patrol [Atlanta], Imagicon [Birmingham], Ceremony [Boston], and many more.
Claire M. Eddy
Claire Eddy is a Senior Editor at Tor/Forge Books. During her 25 years with the company she has worked in the science fiction, fantasy, and mystery fields with such luminaries as Orson Scott Card, Jacqueline Carey, and countless others.
Gavin Goszka Musical
Midnight Syndicate's Gavin Goszka lends a unique acoustic take to favorite songs from popular anime shows. Featuring performances in both Japanese and English.
Marrus
Marrus got her start inking for Valiant and ElfQuest Comics. She has illustrated magazines, adventure games, and book & album covers, as well as body painted for fashion shows & music videos. In her spare time, she storyboards for the film industry. Her illustrated memoirs were published in 2009.
Teresa Patterson
Patterson co-authored the World of the Wheel of Time with Robert Jordan, The World of Shannara with Terry Brooks, No Quarter, with Robert Asprin, many fantasy stories (one in Here be Dragons), many non-fiction articles, and a ghosted military adventure. A former president of ASFA, she holds two Chesley Awards.
Josepha Sherman
Josepha Sherman is a fantasy novelist, folklorist, and editor, who has written everything from Star Trek novels to biographies of Bill Gates. Current titles include MYTHOLOGY FOR STORYTELLERS and FOLKLOPRE FOR STORYTELLERS. Sherman also owns Sherman Editorial Services. Visit it at www.ShermanEditorial.biz.
Gillian Summers
Gillian Summers is the pseudonym of the writing duo of Berta Platas and Michelle Roper, authors of the popular young adult urban fantasy series, The Faire Folk Saga. Berta also writes women's fiction for St. Martin's Press.
Michael Z. Williamson
Michael Z. Williamson writes science fiction and fantasy, military fiction, tests and reviews firearms, field and emergency gear, consults on disaster preparedness and is a regular guest on "The Best Defense" on the Outdoor Channel.
Aubrey de Grey
Dr. de Grey is a biologist working on defeating human aging. He has devised a seven-part program for completely eliminating aging, which he estimates could be realised within 25 years. He has published numerous academic papers on this plan and discussed it in many national TV and newspaper interviews worldwide.
Jennifer St. Giles
Jennifer St. Giles is an award winning USA Today Bestselling Author of paranormal and gothic romances. She also writes suspense as JL Saint and Contemporary Romances as Jennifer Saints.
Tony DiGerolamo
Tony DiGerolamo is a writer for the Simpsons comics. He’s the creator of the Super Frat webcomic (www.superfrat.com) and the Complete Mafia RPG. He's written for Hero Envy, Kenzer & Co., Space Ghost and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher. He writes for Zombie Country at www.superfrat.com.
Randy Martinez
Randy is one of todays most popular Star Wars artists appearing on Topps Trading Cards, Scholastic Books, and fine art prints. His credits include Lord of the Rings, Heroes , Indiana Jones, and Marvel Comics. Randy is also author and illustrator "Creature Features" & " Sketch Card Mania" for Impact Books.
Andy Runton
Andy is the creator of the breakout all-ages series of graphic novels, Owly, starring a little owl who's always searching for new friends. Relying on a mixture of symbols and expressions to tell his
silent stories, Runton's heartwarming style has made him a favorite of both fans and critics alike.
Denise Vasquez
Denise Vasquez is a professional artist whose talents run the gamut from being an Award Winning Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist, to being a published writer & illustrator. Denise is currently co-authoring a book “SKETCH CARD MANIA” for IMPACT BOOKS with Randy Martinez. Denise is also an official Lucasfilm Licensed artist.
Debra Dixon
Debra Dixon (ten novels, contributor to eleven anthologies) is the creator of the popular writer’s bible - GMC:Goal, Motivation, and Conflict. When not boarding planes bound for workshop locations, Debra is the Acquiring Editor for SF/F and YA published by BelleBooks’ imprint Bell Bridge Books.
Larry Hagman
Larry Hagman is an American film and television actor, producer and director best known for playing J. R. Ewing in the 1980s primetime television soap opera Dallas and Major Anthony Nelson in the 1960s sitcom, I Dream of Jeannie.
Todd Lockwood
Todd Lockwood's work has appeared on NY Times best-selling novels, magazines, video games, and fantasy role-playing games. His first art book, "Transitions", from Chrysalis books (U.K.), was released in September of 2003. You can see more of his work at his website, http://www.toddlockwood.com/
Lee Arenberg
LEE ARENBERG best known for his portrayal of, "ELLO' POPPET!" pirate in Walt Disney's blockbusters, Pirates of the Caribbean.
Vincent Villafranca
Vincent Villafranca has been sculpting in rural Texas for many years. He has had the opportunity to learn a good deal from sculptors and foundrymen in the American Southwest and abroad. Vincent believes in keeping the tradition of "creativity through artisanship" alive. Whether he is working on a wildlife sculpture, a devotional piece or a work dealing with the fantastic, he is grateful to be a link in the long-standing tradition of image-making and artisanship.
Kristin Bauer
American film and television actress Kristin Bauer has been in show business since her early 20's. Kristin is most known for her role as Pam, the vampire co-owner of Bon Temps' Fangtasia bar, in True Blood.
Martin Klebba
Martin Klebba, a veteran of the first Pirates of the Caribbean film, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Martin Klebba repeated his role as the diminutive but tough and loyal Marty, in both sequals; Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End. He currently just finished working on Zombieland.
Susan Kearney
USA Today Bestselling author Susan Kearney does something really hot--she writes futuristic romance. Her current Pendragon Legacy trilogy LUCAN, RION and JORDAN about Arthurian Legend and dragons is available now. You can visit her web site and read excerpts at www.susankearney.com
Lynn Abbey
Lynn Abbey's first novel, DAUGHTER OF THE BRIGHT MOON, Since then she's published more than two dozen novels. She is also responsible for the creation and resurrection of THIEVES' WORLD, now destined for a third life on the Internet.
Kathleen Duey
Kathleen Duey writes over-the-edge YA fantasy. Her in-progress trilogy, A Resurrection of Magic, has been honored as a National Book Award finalist, Cybil's finalist, Kikus "best of YA" 2007 & 2009, Locus Featured YA 2007, Locus New and Notable 2009. She appears nationwide and internationally.
John Zaffis
John Zaffis has over 35 years in the paranormal field. John has appeared on many televison shows, radio shows and at many conventions. He speaks about being in this field, his book and what he has experienced first hand. John has been a guest on both SyFY's Ghost Hunters, and The Travel Channel's Ghost Adventureres". His second DVD was just released based on his haunted museum.
Doc Hammer
Doc Hammer writes, voices, and does other crap for The Venture Bros (a show you can watch on cable TV).
Mary Jo Pehl
Mary Jo Pehl is a writer, actress and comedian. She is best known for her various roles on the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Jackson Publick
Drawing on the powers and influence of his amazing Bilderberg Group superpals, Jackson made up The Venture Bros.
Brian Despain
Brian Despain's professional career has spanned over 21 years and has seen him doing every kind of art, from graphic design, illustration for books and magazine, to a long stint designing and creating video games. Recently Brian left the work a day world to focus on a fine art career, drawing, painting and sculpting the stories in his head.
Chris Fleming
In 2003 Chris began co-hosting the international TV show "Dead Famous" with European model Gail Porter. This allowed Chris to attempt to contact and investigate claims of hauntings by celebrity ghosts and visit over 150 of the most haunted locations in America. He has also appeared on numerous radio shows and TV shows such as the Ghost Hunters and Larry King.
Jason Limon
Following twelve years of commitment to producing award winning logos and designs Jason Limon then turned his focus and concentration to where his heart truly began: developing artwork by hand and brush, no longer by the clicks of a mouse. He is currently creating gallery work and commercial illustrations, some of which can be seen in Communication Arts, Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, American Illustration, Print Regional Design and Graphis.
Menton J Matthews III
Menton J Matthews III is the creator,writer,and artist of his graphic novel series Ars Memoria. Menton is one of the featured artists for the new Zombies vs Robots Aventures from IDW. His work can also be seen in the pin up section of Proof issue 25 from Image.
Shannon K. Butcher
Shannon K. Butcher is an award winning romantic suspense author as well as the author of the new paranormal romance series The Sentinel Wars.
Mark Goddard
Mark Goddard played Major Don West on the 1960's classic television series Lost in Space. He also starred in the series, Johnny Ringo, The detectives and General Hospital. He currently teaches at the F.L. Chamberlain School in Massachusetts where he lives with his wife, Evelyn, and their son, John.
Rosemary Ellen Guiley
Rosemary Ellen Guiley is one of leading experts on the paranormal and supernatural. She has written more than 40 books and hundreds of articles on ghosts, hauntings, vampires, werewolves, angels, demons, and other paranormal topics. She possesses an exceptional and broad knowledge of the field. Her website is www.visionaryliving.com.
Gary Kim Hayes
He is a multi-award winner for his short fiction and for a time, was Managing Editor of Critical Mass Magazine. At present, his fantasy novel, Sleag’s Quest is being considered by Baen Books.
Kathryn Hinds
Kathryn Hinds is a novelist, poet, copy editor, and author of more than forty young-adult books about ancient, medieval, and early modern cultures. Her six-book series Barbarians! came out in January and she is at work on a new series, Fantastic Creatures. Her fiction includes both YA and adult fantasy.
Kriss Hougland
A contractor working at NASA as a technical expert to help support the training of ISS and ground cadre. Takes part in the NASA HUNCH program as the computer and electronics expert.
Deidre Knight
Deidre Knight is known for her urban-fantasy series, GODS OF MIDNIGHT, featuring RED FIRE, RED KISS and RED DEMON (June 2010), as well as her sci-fi/fantasy series, MIDNIGHT WARRIORS. She's also president/founder of The Knight Agency, where she has guided the careers of numerous authors to bestseller status.
Daniel Loxton
Daniel is an author and illustrator of science and critical thinking books, especially for young readers. His latest illustrated book is Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be. Daniel investigates paranormal claims for the Skeptics Society. He is Editor of Junior Skeptic — skepticism's premier publication for kids.
Chris Moreno
Chris Moreno is a comics creator whose most recent work has appeared in Toy Story for BOOM! Studios, Paul Jenkins’ Sidekick from 12 Gauge/Image Comics, and World War Hulk: Front Line for Marvel Comics. His creation, Sanz Pantz: Ninja Platypus can be seen in the POPGUN anthologies from Image.
Tone Rodriguez
Tone Rodriguez is an illustrator from Southern California who has been producing artwork for many comic books and graphic novels, as well as designing for television and motion pictures. His credits include MAYHEM!, SIMPSONS, CONAN, THE SNAKE PLISSKEN CHRONICLES, and Showtime's DEXTER.
Susan Sizemore
Susan Sizemore is the NYT Bestselling author of fantasy and paranormal romance novels and short stories.
Tom Smith Musical
Me and my guitar. Mostly comedy, mostly folk-rock original and parody songs combining SF/fantasy, gaming, popular culture, progressive politics, cartoon voices, unbelievably bad puns, and the occasional recipe into a high-energy show.
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
85 books published, 77 short stories, Grand Master, World Horror Convention, 2003; Living Legend, International Horror Guild, 2006; Life Achievement Award, Horror Writers of America, 2009.
Davey Beauchamp
Davey Beauchamp is best known for his Writers for Relief anthologies, The Amazing Pulp Adventures Radio Show Starring Mister Adventure, and the Agency 32 series.
Jamie Chambers
Jamie Chambers is a tabletop game designer and author who is best known for his work for RPGs based on Firefly/Serenity, Battlestar Galactica, and Supernatural, as well as the Dragonlance game line.
Hunter Cressall
Hunter Cressall is a director, editor and DP in consumer and broadcast HD. Hunter specializes in bridging the narrowing gap between consumer, prosumer and broadcast video. Hunter is a skilled editor on Avid, Final Cut and Premiere. His background in feature films includes art direction, miniatures and special effects photography.
Denise Crosby
Denise Crosby created the role of Lt. Tasha Yar on one of the most popular TV series ever, "STAR TREK, THE NEXT GENERATION." She later returned to play Tasha's daughter "Sela," a role she helped create.
A.J. Hartley
A.J. Hartley is the New York Times bestselling author of several mystery/thriller and fantasy novels. He is also a Shakespeare professor.
John P. Helfers
John Helfers works for Martin H. Greenberg at Tekno Books as an editor, and has helped produce dozens of anthologies and novels. His latest nonfiction project, The Vorkosigan Companion, co-edited with Lillian Stewart Carl, was nominated for a 2009 Hugo Award.
Kerrie Lynn Hughes
Kerrie Hughes has edited 8 DAW anthologies and written 10 published short stories. Two anthologies came out last year; Gamer Fantastic in June, and Zombies Racoons and Killer Bunnies in October. She has also done research and editing for two compendiums; The Vorkosigan Companion,(a Hugo nominee), and the Valdemar Companion.
Marta Kristen
Although Marta Kristen has had a long film, theatre and television career, you probably remember her best as Judy Robinson in the iconic 60's series "Lost in Space." Marta's career also includes many films, television, television commercials and theatre productions.
Brent Spiner
Brent Spiner is best known for his portrayal of the beloved android, "Data," on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Laura J. Underwood
Laura J. Underwood has authored over 200 short stories and several novels. Recent stories in STRIP MAULED and the forthcoming FANGS FOR THE MAMMARIES edited by Esther Friesner. She is a librarian, a former fencing champion and an active member of the SFWA Musketeers who lives in East Tennessee.
Graham Watkins
Graham Watkins, a former researcher at J.B. Rhine's parapsychology laboratory in Durham, NC, published his first novel, Dark Winds, in 1989. His works are available in six languages.
Carlos Pedraza
Carlos Pedraza is a writer, independent filmmaker and longtime producer of the Web's popular series, Star Trek: Phase II and Star Trek: Hidden Frontier.ť He and author David Gerrold collaborated on Phase II's recent Blood and Fire.ť His feature, Judas Kiss, is slated for production this year.
Lois H Gresh
Lois H. Gresh is the New York Times Best-Selling Author and Publishers Weekly Best-Selling Paperback Author of 23 books, including vampire horror novel BLOOD AND ICE (2010), vampire romances (pseudonym), fiction collection ELDRITCH EVOLUTIONS (2011). Recent stories are in Tales Out of Miskatonic, Ancient Shadows, Hungry for Love: Zombie Romance, others.
Don Maitz
Art received two Hugos, a Howard, an Inkpot, a Society of Illustrators' Award, and ten Chesley Awards. Maitz created the Captain Morgan Rum character and concept art for two feature films. Don Maitz is an artist member of the American Society of Marine Artists. www.paravia.com/DonMaitz
Mark Dos Santos
A Joe Kubert School Alum, MARK DOS SANTOS has done work for Image, Zenscope, and most recently BOOM!. His work can also be seen on sketch cards for such properties as Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Hellboy Animated and Family Guy.
Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden is a novelist, comic book writer, screenwriter, and editor. 2010 will see the publication of THE NEW DEAD, his zombie anthology for St. Martin's, and his new Dark Horse comic book series with Mike Mignola, BALTIMORE: THE PLAGUE SHIPS, among others.
David H. Lawrence XVII
Fans of Heroes know David H. Lawrence as the beloved, yet hated villain Puppet Master Eric Doyle. Besides Heroes, David has appeared in Lost, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and The Unit. David is also known for his voice over work and is producer/co-writer for the video game Saints Row.
Heather Brewer
Heather Brewer is the author of a best-selling teen vampire series called The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod.
Brian Dunning
Brian Dunning is the host of the podcast Skeptoid: Critical Analysis of Pop Phenomena (skeptoid.com), applying critical thinking to pseudoscientific subjects promoted by the mass media. He is the author of several books.
J F Lewis
J. F. Lewis is author of the internationally published of the Void City series (Staked, ReVamped, and a third novel forthcoming).
Frank Conniff
Frank Conniff is a comedy writer and performer who began his TV career writing for the Peabody award winning Comedy Central series "Mystery Science Theater 3000" (MST3K), where he also played "TV's Frank," the bumbling yet lovable mad scientist.
Misty Lee
Misty Lee is a magician whose stage performance combines music, theatre, and a bit of acting with her natural charisma to create a spectacular production for audiences of all ages.
Trace Beaulieu
Trace Beaulieu was a founding writer/performer on "Mystery Science Theater 3000" (MST3K) , playing Dr. Forrester and Crow" for the show's first seven seasons as well as the feature film version of MST.
Bill Corbett
Bill Corbett is a former writer and performer for Mystery Science Theater 3000 on the Sci-Fi Channel, and previously on Comedy Central. He provided the second incarnation of the robot Crow and other strange characters, including the all-powerful but clueless alien The Observer, a.k.a. "Brain Guy."
Stacia Kane
Stacia Kane is the author of the upcoming Del Rey dark urban fantasy series beginning with UNHOLY GHOSTS, as well as the popular Megan Chase series with Juno/Pocket Books.
Jason Carter
Jason is most known for in Science Fiction, the role of the much loved and missed Marcus Cole on Babylon 5 (from 1995-1997). Jason was seen recently in an Indy film called THE DEAD MATTER which will be screening this weekend at Dragon Con.
Mike Lee
Mike Lee is an author, scriptwriter and game designer who’s written nine novels for Black Library Publishing’s Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Fantasy novel lines, including the best-selling Fallen Angels and Nagash the Unbroken. His most recent video game credits include Tom Clancy’s HAWX and Splinter Cell: Conviction.
Ana Aesthetic
Ana Aesthetic is a costume designer, actress, and writer. She (and her costumes) have been featured in print, film and television across the globe. Ana has her own fashion line with Inhale Corsets and Couture and works with Penny Dreadful Productions, a conceptual design and production company.
Avery Brooks
Avery Brooks is an accomplished stage, television and film actor best known for his role as Benjamin Sisko in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is the only actor to appear in all 173 episodes of the series, and has also directed several episodes. In addition, he played Benny Russell in the episodes "Far Beyond the Stars" and "Shadows and Symbols." He also voiced Sisko in the games Star Trek: Deep Space Nine---Harbinger and Star Trek: Legacy.
Daniel Cudmore
Daniel Cudmore most recently wrapped filming in Vancouver and Italy on the feature New Moon, the sequel to the international hit Twilight. He plays the role of Felix and will reprise his role in the next film in the franchise, Eclipse. Daniel is also well known for his role as Colossus in X-Men 2 and X-Men 3.
Eric Flint
Eric Flint is a science fiction author and editor, with over sixty titles in print.
Laura Anne Gilman
Laura Anne Gilman is the author of the Cosa Nostradamus books for Luna (urban fantasy "Retrievers" and "Paranormal Scene Investigations" series), and the critically-acclaimed high fantasy THE VINEART WAR trilogy from Pocket. More information available at www.lauraannegilman.net
Chris Gore
Chris Gore is a writer, filmmaker and a television personality who has built a solid reputation as a hilariously outspoken voice in the film world. Chris has appeared as a film expert on MSNBC, E!, CNN, Reelz Channel and has also hosted shows on FX, Starz, IFC and currently on G4TV's Attack of the Show where he is the show's film expert.
Yaya Han
Yaya Han is a Cosplay idol, model and costume designer of 10+ years experience. She has graced the pages of countless media publications and is a house hold name in the fandom world. She is also lead designer and actress in the TV Show "Desert Foxes".
Leanna Renee Hieber
Award winning author, actress and playwright Leanna Renee Hieber broke into fantasy fiction with her novella DARK NEST, winning the 2009 Prism Award for excellence in Futuristic / Fantasy / Paranormal Romance. THE STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL TALE OF MISS PERCY PARKER began her critically acclaimed STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL series of Gothic Victorian Fantasy novels.
Nancy Knight
Nancy Knight has been a writer all her life, but began her professional writing career in 1983. Since then, she's had 12 novels published, 7 plays and 1 screenplay produced, as well as numerous short stories. She's been teaching creative writing since 1987.
Kevin Murphy
Kevin Murphy is one of the Master Riffers at Rifftrax.com and author of the book "A Year at the Movies," but is perhaps best known for portraying the squat lovable bubble-headed robot Tom Servo for nine seasons on Mystery Science Theater 3000, appearing in 152 episodes.
Joe Nickell
JOE NICKELL may be the world’s only full-time, salaried professional paranormal investigator. A former magician, private detective, and scholar, he writes for Skeptical Inquirer science magazine; has authored two dozen books; appeared on In Search Of, Oprah, etc.; and has been profiled on Today and in The New Yorker.
Jody Lynn Nye
Jody Lynn Nye lists her main career activity as “spoiling cats.” When not engaged in this worthy purpose, she has published more than thirty-eight books and over a hundred short stories. Her latest books are “A Forthcoming Wizard” (TOR Books) and “Myth-Fortunes,” (Wildside Press) co-written with the late Robert Asprin.
Jana Oliver
Jana Oliver is the multi award-winning author of the Time Rovers Series, set in 1888 London. Her new young adult Demon Trappers Series is located in a bankrupt Atlanta plagued by Hellspawn and scheming necromancers. It appears no major city is safe from her fertile imagination.
Jennifer Ouellette
Jennifer Ouellette is the author of "The Physics of the Buffyverse" and "Dangerous Curves: A Calculus Diary," and blogs at Discovery News and Cocktail Party Physics. She is also director of the Science and Entertainment Exchange, a program of the National Academy of Sciences to connect science and Hollywood.
Benjamin Radford
Benjamin Radford is a science-based paranormal investigator, magazine editor, author of four books and hundreds of articles, filmmaker, and board game designer. He is perhaps best known for solving the mystery of the bloodthirsty "chupacabra."
Mike Resnick
All-time leading award winner, living or dead, among short science fiction writers. Author of 60 novels, 240 stories, 2 screenplays, and editor of more than 40 anthologies.
Jason Schneiderman
Dr. Schneiderman is a neuroscientist at Brigham and Women's Hospital of Harvard Medical School.
Chaske Spencer
Chaske's latest and most buzzworthy role to date was playing SAM ULEY (the leader of the werewolves); in the popular Summit Entertainment TWILIGHT film series sequels: NEW MOON and ECLIPSE.
S.M. Stirling
S.M. Stirling writes science-fiction and fantasy, including the postapocalyptic DIES THE FIRE series and urban fantasy A TAINT IN THE BLOOD.
J. Elvis Weinstein
Weinstein was one of the founding writers/performers of the show in 1988 at the age of 17. On October 30, 2007, Joel Hodgson announced he was starting a new show with the same "riffing on bad movies" premise as MST3K called Cinematic Titanic, together with former MST3K cast and crew members Weinstein, Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff and Mary Jo Pehl. As of November 2009, he continues to tour with Cinematic Titanic.
Mark I. West
Mark I. West is a Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he teaches courses in children's and young adult literature. He has published numerous books and articles, many of which relate to fantasy literature.
Jackie Kessler
Jackie Kessler, author of the Hell on Earth series and coauthor of Black and White, has branched out into YA with HUNGER, her debut YA novel, which she wrote as Jackie Morse Kessler.
Gail Z. Martin
Gail Z. Martin is the author of The Summoner, The Blood King, Dark Haven and Dark Lady's Chosen (The Chronicles of The Necromancer series). A new series set in her world of the Winter Kingdoms, The Fallen Kings Cycle, debuts from Orbit Books in 2011 with Book One: The Sworn.
James Palmer
James is a freelance writer, editor and author who has written for Strange Horizons, RevolutionSF, and the Internet Review of Science Fiction.
John C. Snider
John C. Snider is the editor of the long-running online science fiction magazine SciFiDimensions.com. He's also the co-host (with David Driscoll) of the skeptical podcast American Freethought (www.AmericanFreethought.com).
Kim Steadman
Kim Steadman is a Flight Operations Systems Engineer with the Cassini-Huygens Mission at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She previously worked on the X2000 Project and the Mars Exploration Rover Mission at JPL. She holds a B.S and M.S in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech.
Jeanne C. Stein
Jeanne Stein is the bestselling author of the Urban Fantasy series, The Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles. Last April, her character, Anna Strong, was chosen Best Urban Fantasy Protagonist by RT Book Review Magazine. The sixth in the Anna Strong series, Chosen, was released in August.
M. B. Weston
Award-Winning author/speaker, M. B. Weston, attracts young and old with her fantasy series, The Elysian Chronicles, soon to be a graphic novel. Her 2nd book debuted this October, and her 3rd is due August 2010. Weston also showcases her storytelling abilities in her podcast, To Elysia & Back Again.
Diane Whiteside
Arriving third in four generations of published authors, Diane Whiteside has a dozen novels, four novellas, and a collection of short stories under her belt. Creator of the Texas vampire series, she has also written fantasy and historical novels.
Jonathan Tarbox
“Jake” Tarbox spent most of his adult life in Japan, working as a media manager and television personality. After working at Coamix Inc. as senior editor of Raijin Comics, he took the position of Group Editor at DC Comics. He now runs Arashi Productions.
Nelsan Ellis
Nelsan Ellis is an award-winning American film and television actor and playwright, perhaps best known as Lafayette Reynolds on HBO's True Blood.
Janny Wurts
Janny Wurts is the professional author of eighteen fantasy novels and thirty-five short stories. Also a cover illustrator, artist, and piper for your parade.
Kevin J. Anderson
Kevin J. Anderson is the author of over 100 books with more than 20 million copies in print worldwide; best known for his Dune novels with Brian Herbert, his Star Wars and X-Files work, and his original "Terra Incognita" and "Saga of Seven Suns" series
Rebecca Moesta
Rebecca Moesta has written the Young Jedi Knights series and the Crystal Doors trilogy with her husband Kevin J. Anderson; she has also written comics and a Buffy the Vampire Slayer novel.
Trina Ray
Trina Ray is an astronomer with the Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn operated out of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In her current position she coordinates all the Titan science opportunities for the Cassini Mission. She is an active public speaker for NASA, invited to give many talks around the nation.
Richard Saunders
Richard Saunders is one of the stars of the Paranormal Australian TV show 'The One', the host of 'The Skeptic Zone Podcast' and author of many books and a DVD on origami.
Randal L. Schwartz
Randal L. Schwartz is a renowned expert on the Perl and Smalltalk programming languages, having contributed to a dozen top-selling books and over 250 magazine articles, and hosts the successful FLOSS Weekly podcast, covering Open Source Software by interviewing the project leaders and legends in the industry.
Samantha Sommersby
Samantha Sommersby is the author of the critically acclaimed Forbidden series. In 2007 Sam left what she used to call her “real life” day job as a psychotherapist to write full-time. Now she spends her days in a world where vampires, werewolves and demons are real, and where magic is possible.
Sam Trammell
An intelligent, highly-versatile actor who made inroads on the New York stage while building an intriguing career in mostly independent features, Sam Trammell can currently be seen starring opposite Anna Paquin in HBO's critically acclaimed series TRUE BLOOD (Sundays @ 9:00p.m. ET/PT).
Clifton Tunnell
Clifton Tunnell is an attorney whose legal specialty is in the field of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, and copyrights.
Chris Wiese
Chris Wiese, is a partner at Holistic Design, developer for Noble Armada, Carnage & Fantasy Encounters game lines and author or co-author of many HDI titles. Game designer, artist, writer and business owner/operator, Chris brings a skill set to gaming with vision for taking games from concept to finished product.
Barbara A. Drescher
Barbara Drescher is a scientist and lecturer at CSU Northridge researching perception, reasoning, and attention. At ICBS Everywhere.com, Barbara evaluates claims and promotes science and skepticism. She is a co-founder of the Critical Thinking Education Group and develops materials for teaching of quantitative research methods and critical thinking.
Bill Fawcett
Bill is a founder of Mayfair Games, a board and role play gaming company and designed award winning board games and role playing modules. He has designed computer games and co-authored several novels.. His company Bill Fawcett & Associates has packaged over 300 books. Bill has edited or co-edited over 40 anthologies.
Alethea Kontis
Alethea Kontis is an essayist, interviewer, and New York Times bestselling author of the AlphaOops series of picture books & Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter Companion.
Kevin Sorbo
Kevin Sorbo rose to international stardom in the title role of the hit series, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, but has become equally well known as "Dylan Hunt" in the science fiction series, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda.
Lou Anders
Lou Anders is the three-time Hugo-nominated editor of Pyr books, as well as nine critically-acclaimed anthologies, including Swords & Dark Magic and With Great Power. He won a Chesley Award for Best Art Director, and was nominated for a Philip K Dick Award for his anthology Fast Forward 2.
Rosemary Laurey
Georgia Evans is the Fantasy pseudonym for USA Today Bestseller Rosemary Laurey. Georgia launched in 2009 with a dark Dark Fantasy, WW2 set vampire trilogy from Kensington Publishing.
Rosemary Laurey will have three Vampire romances released by Kensington in 2010.
Lee Martindale
Lee Martindale’s work has appeared in numerous anthologies, including TURN THE OTHER CHICK, CATOPOLIS, WITCH WAY TO THE MALL, and the upcoming vampires-in-suburbia anthology edited by Esther Friesner. She also edited the groundbreaking SUCH A PRETTY FACE, and THE LADIES OF TRADE TOWN, the latter due out in April 2011.
Selina Rosen
Selina Rosen’s is the author of many stories that have appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine and the 2008 Dragon*Con collection. She has over fourteen published novels, she owns Yard Dog Press, and she created their Bubbas of the Apocalypse universe.
John de Lancie
John De Lancie was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Kent State University where he won a scholarship to Juilliard. John's father was a professional oboist with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. Mr. De Lancie is probably best known for his portrayal as "Q" In Star Trek the New Generations"
Anne Sowards
Anne Sowards is an executive editor at Penguin Group (USA) Inc., where she works with a number of great authors including Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, Ilona Andrews, Karen Chance, and Jack Campbell.
Racheline Maltese
Racheline wrote The Book of Harry Potter Trifles, Trivias, and Particularities. Her fiction has appeared in numerous outlets and she is a regular speaker on pop-culture topics at fan and academic conferences. Racheline also voiced Desire and Delirium in a benefit performance of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman for the CBLDF.
Rob Levy
Rob hosts Juxtaposition, an award-winning music program, on KDHX 88.1 FM in St. Louis. Since 1996 Rob has served as president of the United States' oldest Doctor Who/British media fan club, The St. Louis Celestial Intervention Agency.
Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher is the #1 NYT bestselling author of The Dresden Files and Codex Alera.
Van Allen Plexico
Van Allen Plexico stands at the forefront of the pulp revival movement and the new wave of prose superhero fiction, with popular works including his “Sentinels” novels, “Sherlock Holmes,” “Lucian,” and “Gideon Cain” (with Kurt Busiek). His big-selling “Assembled!” books garnered praise from the original Marvel creators themselves.
Les Johnson
Les is Deputy Manager for Advanced Concepts at NASA. He flew two space experiments and twice received NASA’s Exceptional Achievement Medal. He co-authored three popular science books and one SF novel. Les consultanted for the movie “Lost in Space” and has appeared on multiple TV documentaries about space.
Mike McKone
Mike McKone has penciled many major titles including Teen Titans, Fantastic Four, Green Lantern, Punisher War Zone, Justice League of America and Exiles. Mike has recently worked on Amazing Spider-Man and Ms. Marvel.
Doktor A
Raised by the military and monitored by men in white coats until he was 16. Doktor A has always scribbled monsters.
George Perez
George Pérez is an illustrator and writer of comic books born of Latin-American (Puerto-Rican) descent. Along with John Byrne, he was arguably the most popular and influential artist in American comic books in the 1980s. He primarily illustrates superhero comics, mainly published by DC Comics and Marvel Comics, and is known for his clean, dynamic, yet ornate style, with a strong emphasis on group superhero action scenes.
William B Davis
William B. Davis is one of the most recognizable villains in television history, for a decade he played the Cigarette Smoking Man/Cancer-Man in The X-Files. His other well-known credits include: Smallville, Stargate SG-1, Andromeda, Battlestar Galactica, Sliders, Poltergeist The Legacy, MacGyver, 21 Jump Street, Stephen King's It, and Fear Itself.
Luke Perry
A versatile and talented actor, Luke Perry is one of the most charismatic performers of his generation. Perry is known for his roll as Dylan McKay on 90210 and the lead roll in sci-fi television series, "Jeremiah" for Showtime, based on the comic book series of the same title.
Veronica Belmont
As one of the most well-known female talents in the tech and gaming scene, Veronica co-hosts Tekzilla on Revision3 and hosts the monthly gaming show Qore on the PlayStation Network. She also dishes out the latest in scifi and fantasy with Tom Merritt on The Sword and Laser podcast.
G. D. Falksen
G. D. Falksen is the author of "The Strange Case of Mr. Salad Monday," "An Unfortunate Engagement" and "The Mask of Tezcatlipoca." He is a speaker on the steampunk subculture. He has given interviews to the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and MTV.
John L. Flynn
John L. Flynn, Ph.D. is the author of 13 books, two screenplays, several dozen articles and short stories. He is a member of the Science Fiction Writers of America, and has been nominated for three Hugo Awards. Together with Bob Blackwood, he is part of The Film Doctors.
Dr. Stephen Granade
Dr. Stephen Granade is a senior scientist specializing in quantum mechanics and autonomous guidance sensors. His sensors have flown in space and guided the shuttle to the Hubble Space Telescope in May, 2009. He has provided scientific commentary for CBS Marketwatch and won awards for presentations to non-scientist audiences.
Patrick Mason
Patrick Mason spends his time as a Reactor Engineer at a Nuclear power plant in Louisiana. When not moving control rods or reloading nuclear fuel he travels to spread the good word of nuclear power. Over the last four years he has become DragonCon’s resident nuclear power expert.
Bill Keel
Astronomer Bill Keel, author of "The Sky at Einstein's Feet" and "The Road to Galaxy Formation", has appeared at DragonCon since 2004. He has presented overnight "Live Astronomy" sessions, and spoken on cosmology, extrasolar planets, public-participation discovery in astronomy, real-world connections of the Star Wars universe, and space technology.
Tom Merritt
Tom Merritt of CNET.com, has a big online following for his shows Buzz Out Loud, a daily tech news and commentary show, Sword and Laser with Veronica Belmont about SciFi and Fantasy and ten other shows. Tom appears on network TV regularly as a tech and geek culture expert.
Cherie Priest
Cherie Priest is the author of seven novels from Tor books and Subterranean Press, including Boneshaker, the award-winning Eden Moore series, Dreadful Skin, and Fathom.
Stephen W. Ramsden
Stephen W. Ramsden is an accomplished Solar Astronomer and full time Air Traffic Controller. He runs the nations largest privately funded Solar Astronomy Outreach Program in Atlanta, GA.
Kevin R. Grazier
Dr. Kevin Grazier is a research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and is the science advisor for Eureka, the animated series The Zula Patrol, and several projects in development. He was the science advisor for Battlestar Galactica and Virtuality, and is the co-author of "The Science of Battlestar Galactica".
John Picacio
John Picacio is an award-winning American artist specializing in science fiction, fantasy and horror illustration.
Dr. Bob Blackwood
Dr. Bob Blackwood is a film critic and a journalist/photojournalist. Author: From the Silent Era to "The Sopranos": Italian American Gangsters.... Co-Author of Future Prime: The Top 10 Science Fiction Films. Film critic for The Columbia River Reader.
Dr. Pamela L. Gay
Dr Pamela L. Gay is an astronomer, writer, and podcaster focused on using new media to engage people in science and technology. She cohosts Astronomy Cast with Fraser Cain and writes the StarStryder blog.
Elizabeth Moon
Elizabeth Moon is the Nebula-Award winning author of the Serrano/Suiza, Vatta's War, and Paksenarrion books and a ton of other SF/fantasy/weird stuff.
Donato Giancola
Giancola describes himself and his work as a 'classical-abstract-realist working with science fiction and fantasy' and lists Hans Memling, Jan Van Eyck, Velázquez, Caravaggio, Vermeer, Piet Mondrian, Rembrandt, Rubens and Titian as his favorite artists.
Sherrilyn Kenyon
International phenomenon, Sherrilyn Kenyon has over sixteen million books in print in 36 countries. With four #1 New York Times bestsellers this year alone, she's the #1 bestselling author of adult vampire novels in the world. She's also the only author to have her work translated into both manga and comics.
Brandon Winn Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson writes epic fantasy books for Tor Books and children's fantasy books for Scholastic Press. In 2007, it was announced that he would be completing Robert Jordan's epic masterpiece, The Wheel Of Time. Brandon is a two-time Campbell award nominee; his books have been published in 14 languages.
Armin Shimerman
Known best to Dragon*Con members as Quark from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and as Principal Snyder in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Armin's other work spans all screen-sizes, bookstores and the stage.
Rene Auberjonois
René Murat Auberjonois (born June 1, 1940) is an American actor, known for portraying Father Mulcahy in the movie version of M*A*S*H and for creating a number of characters in long-running television series, including Clayton Endicott III on Benson (for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award), Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and attorney Paul Lewiston on Boston Legal.
Jonathan Frakes
Jonathan Frakes is best known for his portrayal of Commander William Riker in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Laurell K. Hamilton
Laurell Hamilton is the best-selling author of the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series; her new fantasy series is being released by Ballantine.
Marina Sirtis
It was Marina's portrayal of Deana Troi, the psychic counselor, for seven years on the series Star Trek: The Next Generation, as well as in the Star Trek feature films, that has brought her legions of fans throughout the galaxy.
Dragon*Con has had a long tradition of providing a wide variety of performances for the enjoyment of our attendees. Each year we host at least a dozen performances from bands, theatrical troops, Combat Demonstrations, and DJs.
Musical acts from the past have ranged from light pop (Apollo Smile) to Goth and world-music (The Cruxshadows, Voltaire, The Changelings) to the heavy (The Misfits, Godhead).
Theatrical troops like the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company and the Mighty Rassilon Art Players have taken to the stage with their own brands of SCIFI entertainment.
Swashbucklers like The Crossed Swords have provided sword play performances and combat demonstrations with Sci-Fi and Renaissance flare.
Some of the best local and national DJ's provided music to get your body moving in our late night DJ'd dances.
The items below show which of the names on this page are performers and what type of performance they fall under.
Musical - Musical Acts & Performances
Theatrical - Theatrical Performances
Swashbucklers - Combat Performances and Demonstrations
