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January 5th, 2008 5:53 PM

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SPACE Exhibitor Bios

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Here's the first batch of bios about exhibitors scheduled to appear at SPACE, March 1 &2, 2008.

Ray Basham:
Freaks-An American Family is an ongoing series that in each issue tells a tale of a different member of the "Family", and how they got the way they are.
Issue #1 is about a carnivorous 2 headed baby, Issue #2 is about a wealth adventurer that has a curse put on him and his family. Issue #3 was written by Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether, horror hosts from the Toledo, Ohio area. Issue #3 is about Creepy
Crab Boy. He has a pension for murder and mayhem, and being an ego maniac.

Matt Feazell:
Matt Feazell a freelance cartoonist and graphic artist living and working in Hamtramck, Michigan. His comics and spot illustrations appear regularly in The Hamtramck Citizen and Disney Adventures Magazine. His current project is a stick
figure graphic novel, "The Death of Antisocialman."

Robert Gavila:
Robert Gavila returns to Space with the third issue in his ongoing "Nisha" series.

Steve Hamaker:
Steve works full time for Jeff Smith as the colorist for the Bone graphic novel series published by Scholastic Books. Other work includes coloring Jeff's Shazam: Monster Society of Evil mini-series from DC Comics, as well as the self
published all-ages action/adventure comic Fish N Chips.

Eric Adams:
ERIC ADAMS is best known as the creator of the indie comic series, LACKLUSTER WORLD, a story nominated for the 2004 Day Prize Award. In 2006, he illustrated STUART, a short story penned by Chris Arrant, which ran in the FOUR STORIES anthology and later in NEGATIVE BURN.
Eric is also a contributor to Newsarama.com, writing SEQUENTIAL SMARTS, a series of thorough articles about marketing comics from the perspective of a small press / self-publisher. He exists in Cincinnati, OH.

Matt Dembicki:
Run by Matt Dembicki, Three Crows Press publishes a variety of comics, such as the magazine-size 'MonstraCity' and upcoming 'Bad Habits,' the mini-comic 'Animal Stew' and the mini-mini-comic 'Spadefoot.'

Rickey Gonzales:
VICTIMS AT THE END OF THE WORLD is the tale of the world beyond ours where forgotten dolls are reborn and reformed in a way which mirrors our own world in world-mirroring otherworldliness... Of course the series has little to do with
this, and is all about Algernon, a furry in his early twenties who lives in the city, works in a used record store, frequents the local Starbuckses and spends his time obsessing over his friends and their skewed relationships, trying his best
to be the person everyone (who counts) thinks he should be as he struggles with the conflicts of life and death, love and friendship and heroes and victims.

Pat Lewis:
PAT LEWIS is a 31-year-old artist from Pittsburgh, PA, raised on MAD Magazine, Looney Tunes, and "Peanuts" reprint books. After bouncing around from various part-time and temporary jobs, he eventually managed to make a living
as a freelance illustrator while still finding time to self-publish his own minicomics, some of which have been nominated for the Ignatz Award and the Howard E. Day Memorial Prize. Right now he could probably use a shave and a cup of coffee. THE CLAWS COME OUT (published by IDW) is his first book.

Steve Noppenberger:
Hatched in the last century on the 1st of August 1960. Completed High school in Randallstown, Maryland, enlisted in the MARINE in 1980, traveled the world, volunteer as a Peace Keeper in Beirut in 1983. First published illustrated story
was with Brad Foster Jabberwocky Graphix GOODIES. Gave up adult comics in search of normal comics but was rejected by all. In 1993 started an illustrated story for EROS Comix. ONCE attempted to find " normal work" was again rejected
by all. Started self publishing 1999. Been addicted to self publishing every since. There are only two things that will stop you, that is yourself and death. Okay maybe children and or NAKED woman, might slow you DOWN.

Jonathan Hodges:
Bad Place Productions publishes the SafeWords anthology, The Invisible World and Woodboy.

Joseph Morris:
Joseph Morris is the owner and operator of TORC Press, a small time publisher based out of the middle of nowhere, IL. His books include SDF, New Super Fun Comix, Gulatta!, and the comic book/CD combo Death Nuevau.

Allen Freeman:
(Comic Work partial list:)Newspaper Syndicate (1982) Editorial Cartoons (also edited the weekly features for a few months.)
Comic Buyer's Guide (1983)
Cartoons published
Many covers for other small press comics, mostly 1984-1990.
New Frontiers Comics (1986):
New Frontiers #1 and #2 (Airbrushed the covers and created 2 color overlays) (First
comic work besides printing my own comics.)
(Future Beat #1 Cover airbrush black and white. Can't remember publisher) (Also
painted a color cover to #2 but never published)
Cat's Paw Comics (1987):
Morgana X #1 (Painted cover, wrote and inked the interior. Designed the logo and
interior editorial pages and ads.)
(a second issue was completely finished, I did the inking, painted the cover and
centerfold....never published.)
Spectrum #1 (Inked and colored the cover, wrote one story and inked 2 stories in
the anthology.)
Jabberwocky Graphics (1988-90)
Fever Pitch #8 (Painted cover)
Best of Fever Pitch (Painted the wrap-around cover.)
Chuck Haspel Publishing (1989):
Rocketpack #1 (Newsletter for Dave Steven's Rocketeer, cover art.)
Blind Bat Press (1989)
Wavemakers #2 (I designed and painted the color cover.)
NOW Comics and Now Video (1989-1992):
Covers for:
Fright Night 11 and 12
Speed Racer Classics #2 (wraparound cover)
Ralph Snart Adventures ( 3 covers and one poster)
Now Video:
First 3 boxes for Speed Racer
Also created The Ralph Snart fanclub! Put out 4 issues of the newsletter.
Brady Games (1992):
Donkey Kong Country 2 (Designed and painted cover to guidebook)
Super Mario SPG (Designed and painted cover to guidebook)
Mortal Kombat Card Game (I designed and painted 9 cards in this set.)
NME (1992)
Battlelords Card Game (I designed and painted 12 cards for this set.)
Caliber Comics:
Frankenstein (Full color comic 48 pages, I did the inking and background art. This
was Caliber's all time best selling comic.)
The Realm (inked part of 2 issues.)
SKY Comics:
Seeker #1 and #2. (Colored the cover to #1 and inked it. Also inked the interiors
of both issues and designed the logo for the book.)
Morgana X Special #1 and #1 regular series. (Painted the covers and inked the books
and wrote most of the stories.)
Sky Comics Presents (A Morgana X story in every issue, that I inked.)
Sky #0 ashcan (Inked a Morgana X story)
Arena Comics Magazine (Colored almost all of the covers for this magazine.)
Comics Conspiracy (2004):
Tie Teddies (Inked the 3rd issue.)
Wunderman Comics (2005-06)
E.I. #1 (Designed and computer painted the cover. Designed the logo, lettered the
64 interior pages.)
Sean McGrath Publishing (2006)
Frater Mine #2, #3 (lettering)
Fan-Atic Press (1984 to present):
Some mini comics in 1984: (Zappy Pinhead and the Beatles from Neptune, Evil Doll)
Then the digest comics:
Captain Optimist #1-5 (Artist and inker)
Slam Bang vol 1, #1-33, Slam Bang Annual 1999, Vol 2 #1-7, Vol 3 #1, Slam Bang Greatest
Hits #1 (Artist, letter, writer, editor, publisher)
Anton Bogaty Sketchbook (Editor and publisher)
Doc Paradox #1 (Editor and publisher)
Plus about 4 more books back in the 80's I can't remember right now. (Alien
Bondage, Video Blues)
DVD's I've shot, edited and produced:
San Diego Comic Con 2004 approx 35 min
North End Mafia (2005) 6 live song set (edited MTV style) DVD + a 9 song studio
CD (+Easter egg of a full live show.)
Chicago Comic Con 1988 approx 35 min (I just converted the video shot by Matt Feazell,
to DVD, and added a commentary bonus feature track) (released 2005) Shows me on
my very first comic book panel.
SPACE CON 2005 approx 45 min (Small Press and Alternative Press Expo. I shot it,
edited it and created the DVD and Box.)
SPACE CON 2006 1 hour (done, just not on the web site yet, 2 DVD set. I shot some
of it, I'm in some of it, and creating the DVD and Box.) Shows me on my second
comic book panel ever.
Dean LeCrone vs. The Mutants of Comic Con 40min (Shot at the 2006 San Diego Comic
Con) Finished just adding extra features. I shot it, wrote some of it, edited it,
and created the DVD and Box.)

Pam Bliss:
Pam Bliss has been making minicomics and cartoon short stories since
1989. Her comics take place in Kekionga, Indiana, the perfect small town where
anything can happen, and concern the adventures of a young superhero, his scholarly
Best Girl, an mysterious junkman, a werewolf librarian, and a varying cast of ghosts,
sasquatches, talking animals and visitors from alternate realities.

Michael Neno:
Publisher of fine comics since 1985. Current publisher of The Signifiers
and Reactionary Tales. Creator of the Quacky Pig and Friends online comic strip
and coloring book.
Have freelanced for Silver Comics, Dark Horse, Cracked Magazine, Horse Press (Paul
Pope), and Caliber.

Tony Miello:
Tony Miello is the creator of the comic strip GAPO the Clown and the
mini comic Mr. Happy Pants. He is also to writer and artist behind the Fat Momma
comic from Who Wants To Be A Superhero.

Suzanne Baumann:
Suzanne likes making mini-comics. Fortunately for her, people like to
read them. She has made quite a few comics in the past dozen years or so. She will
undoubtedly make quite a few more.

Steve Peters:
Steve Peters received a Xeric Grant in 1996 to publish Awakening Comics.
He started doing a spiritual native american-flavored series called Everwinds for
Amaze Ink at the same time as he began self-publishing. When Everwinds was cancelled,
he merged both books in The Everwinds Awakening War. At the close of the century,
he took a break from comics to start a band. The result was the Chemistry comic
and soundtrack CD, which won the 2006 Day Prize. He's been publishing a series
of comics about his half-angel, half-devil character Sparky, consisting mostly of
jam comics with many independent comic book creators. In celebration of Awakening
Comics' 10th anniversary, he's created Runner's Paradox, his first full-color
comic, also accompanied by a soundtrack CD.

Kris Lachowski:
Kris Lachowski is yet another deluded person seeking his fortune in comics.
Mean Goat Comics is that delusion incarnate.

Neil Fitzpatrick:
Neil Fitzpatrick has been churning out Neil Jam, primarily in the form
of minicomics, since 1997. Neil Jam is a unique cartoon universe featuring an original
cast of characters. The books vary in format, and run the gamut from silly gags
to epic adventures. With the humanity of "Peanuts," the oddball antics of "Looney
Tunes," the wry sophistication of "The "Simpsons," and the zen of "Nancy," Neil Jam
is, quite simply, the worlds greatest minicomic.

Rick Silva:
Behind the devious schemes of every supervillain there is a tireless
staff of loyal minions who design weapons, genetically engineer mutant bugs, interrogate
captured superheroines, and arrange to have things blown up. Zephyr DeCastle and
Reginald Ertz are two such engineers, dedicated to doing evil... On deadline and
under budget.

Justin Madson:
Justin Madson has slowly carved out his little place in the comics world
with his genre-crossing series, Happy Town, which he has been self-publishing since
2001. He is also at work on Breathers, a mini-series set in a world where it is
no longer safe to breathe the outside air.

Joe Shover:
Zonetrooper Magazine covers a number of intrests. The magazine is based
in sci-fi and fantasy with complete fiction, comic material, and role-playing game
material. Our first issue will include the fiction pieces titled Cronac" Temporal
Enforce, The book of Noheim, and Major Tom's Journal. Our comic section features
Cygann which is a 20+ page action tail based in the manga and hero comic tradition.
Zonetrooper will appeal to a eclectic group if not all.

Jim Main:
Jim Main has been a publisher and writer of fanzines/Independent and
small press comics since the early 1970's and has quite a lot of publications
to prove it! From my earliest titles like *PPFSZT!, Satyr, Gnome and Spectrum, to
his newer books Comic Fan!, Make Mine Monsters, Phanatscape, Six-Guns and Saddles,
The Gallery to name a few. Publishing is his life, so it would seem.

David Branstetter:
"Sometimes Life just Sucks" is the motto of Straw Man, an unlikely
hero who's "superpowers" usually manifest themselves as quirky accidents.
Confused and often disorientated Straw Man is able to overcome the pressures of
having arch enemies, unpleasant encounters with annoying costumed vigilantes, and
the bothersome task of keeping up with everyday life.
Straw Man is an ongoing project by David Branstetter and has made a previous appearance
at SPACE con 2006.

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