ComicFest 2011 Special Guests!
Steve Niles – JT Krul – Andy Kuhn – J. Scott Campbell – Tyler Kirkham – Elliott Serrano
Josh Howard – Amy Reeder – Matt Sturges – Alex Lodermeier
Guest of Honor Steve Niles! Steve Niles is a writer. He writes comics, novels and films.
He is one of the writers responsible for bringing horror comics back to prominence.
Niles is currently working for the four top American comic publishers – Marvel, DC, Image and Dark Horse. Currently ongoing at Image is the creator-owned series BAD PLANET with co-writer Thomas Jane and THE CRYPTICS with artist Ben Roman. Everyone’s favorite monster hunter Cal McDonald returns in the monthly CRIMINAL MACABRE series from Dark Horse. And later this year, continuing 30 DAYS OF NIGHT spin-offs and AMERICAN FREAKSHOW return to IDW Publishing.
After moving from his home state of Michigan in 1996, J.T. Krul took up residence in Los Angeles, California. There, Krul was able to land the job of production assistant on the TV show Seinfeld. He managed to move up the ladder, becoming the show’s production coordinator in its last season.
J.T. Krul’s first comic work was at Marvel Comics, writing X-men Unlimited. He has since made quite a name for himself in the comic industry, writing the majority of books at Aspen MLT.
Recent projects include the Poison Ivy one-shot, the third in the Joker’s Asylum series. He is also the writer for Blackest Night: Titans and several issues of Titans and Teen Titans for DC. Krul will also write a one shot called Justice League: The Rise and Fall, as well as Justice League The Rise of Arsenal and will take over the Green Arrow series with a storyline called “The Fall of Green Arrow”.
Krul will launch a new Green Arrow series in 2010 as well and return to Teen Titans as the main writer.
After short stints in both the advertising, and animation fields, Andy Kuhn has been a professional comics artist since 1994. He has worked for every major American publisher, and many of the minor ones too. His titles have included MARVEL ADVENTURES, SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED, and MARVEL TEAM-UP ( marvel comics), BLUE BEETLE, THE FLASH, YOUNG JUSTICE, and THE JOKER : LAST LAUGH (dc comics).
With writer Phil Hester, he co-created the monster-adventure comic FIREBREATHER. The critically aclaimed Image Comics series was adapted into an animated movie for Cartoon Network which debuted on November 24th. Andy and Phil are currently at work on the next FIREBREATHER mini-series titled Firebreather : Holmgang.
Andy recently wrapped up a stint doing production art on the DreamWorks Pictures remake of the eighties horror classic FRIGHT NIGHT. Other recent comics works by Kuhn include a Jack Sparrow story for Disney Comics, the crime drama EASY WAY (idw), Kieth Giffen’s violent comics opus 10 (boom studios), Robert Kirkman’s high tech super-spy BRIT(image), and the short lived series REX MANTOOTH : KUNG FU GORILLA with writer Matt Fraction.
His clients outside of comics have included DREAMWORKS, RCA, GE, BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT, and UPPERDECK ENTERTAINMENT.
Special Guest J. Scott Campbell!
J. Scott Campbell is probably known most recently for his gorgeous covers for Image and Marvel comics. He is best known for his creator owned title Danger Girl. He’s noteworthy work with Gen13 and Wildsiderz.
He also keeps busy with pinups and work collected in art books which can be found at his online store.
J. Scott Campbell will appear at Comicfest on Saturday only, and will be signing at the Time Warp Comics table in the Dealer’s Room.
Tyler Kirkham was born and raised it Utah. He grew up loving art, and has always enjoyed drawing. He really found a love for comics in the early 90s when Image Comics came on the scene. At that moment he knew what he wanted to do with his life. After going to countless conventions and sending out lots of samples, his first paid art gig was drawing for a local newspaper. He later landed a job drawing an indy book called “The Gift.”
Tyler has worked on titles such as Strykeforce, Tomb Raider, The Darkness, Transformers, Amazing Spiderman, X-Men Phoenix Warsong, and Ultimate Fantastic 4 to name just a few. He’s currently working at DC Comics as the artist on Green Lantern Corps.
Tyler Kirkham appears courtesy of I Want More Comics of Westminster, and will be signing at their booth in the Dealers Room.
Special Guest Elliott Serrano!
As an infant, Elliott Serrano was rocketed to Earth from a dying planet. Upon arrival, he was subsequently exposed to cosmic rays, bitten by a radioactive spider and raised by apes.
His tenuous mastery of the language you humans call ‘English’ came from years of watching Saturday morning kid shows and reading comic books. Already on the path to becoming a member of the socially awkward sub-sect called ‘geeks and nerds,’ his fate was sealed when he saw the movie ‘Star Wars.’
When he is not fighting evil, saving the damsel in distress, or creating a device to prevent the Earth’s destruction by runaway meteorite, he searches for geek/nerd/comic-culture topics and events for his feature ‘Geek To Me’ in the RedEye.
He also writes comic books, hosts a number of shows on YouTube and is a columnist, associate editor and graphic artist for the comic & pop-culture website ComicsWaitingRoom.com.
You can find him on Facebook and Twitter. You can also reach him via e-mail at RedEyeGeek[at]gmail.com.
He is also the writer of the Army of Darkness comics for Dynamite.
He is currently accepting applications for a sidekick.
Josh Howard is the creator of the Image comic Dead@17 which currently spans six mini-series. The seventh and final chapter to the series is scheduled for release later this year.
Josh’s other works include Black Harvest and The Lost Books of Eve, as well as a Ghostbusters one-shot for IDW.
Amy Reeder first came to prominence in the comics industry as the fourth of Tokyopop‘s Rising Stars of Manga competitions and went on to write and illustrate the Original English Language manga Fool’s Gold.
Becoming an artist in the world of DC superheroes is intimidating, but taking over art after J.H. Williams III on Batwoman?
For artist Amy Reeder, it’s just another challenge she’s using as inspiration. Reeder will provide interior art for the second arc of the new Batwoman ongoing series, providing pencils for writer J.H. Williams.
Reeder will also be providing covers for Supergirl beginning in August.
Matthew Sturges currently writes several comics for DC, including the critically-acclaimed House of Mystery, JSA All-Stars, and the Eisner-nominated Jack of Fables (with Bill Willingham).
Other recent work includes the Shadowpact series, Blue Beetle and Final Crisis Aftermath: Run!. He has also written a book of short horror fiction, Beneath the Skin and Other Stories. the novel Midwinter (available from Pyr) and its sequel The Office of Shadow, which will be published Summer 2010.
Matt lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and two daughters.
Matthew Sturges appears courtesy of I Want More Comics of Westminster, and will be signing at their booth in the Dealers Room.
Special Guest Alex Lodermeier!
Alex Lodermeier was born somewhere in the cornfields of Ohio, he grew up skateboarding backyard halfpipes with punk & hip hop music blaring from an old ’80s boombox, and skipping karate lessons to play Mortal Kombat II.
His art has been on cd’s, record covers, posters, apparel, and Print Design Annuals. Today he continues creating art for the music industry, film industry, clothing lines, and still maintains his skills at Mortal Kombat II.
Recently he co-founded Bloody Pulp Books with writer Steve Niles and they are self publishing art house style books.
