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Alain Viesca Fantasy artist and illustrator, Alain is best known for his pin up fantasy work and recent steampunk fantasy art. Holding in particular interest the arts, science, fantasy & 3D animation. Alain has been working on his mojo professionally since 1990. He has incorporated digital matte painting with his traditional illustration techniques and custom built cgi models. He spends the vast majority of his day working on his art, reading, cooking and watching after his little girl, two red Dobermans and one very dim witted cat. He enjoys all things science and high tech, how it affects humanity and exotic and new foods. Alain lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with a blonde sometimes redhead with a zeal for mortgage and underwriting, his daughter, the previously mentioned oversized Dobermans who enjoy pecans and bloody meat and one very dim cat. |
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Shane
Moore ...grew up on a farm in rural Illinois. An only child that was six miles from his nearest peer, Shane often created wild tales of heroes and villains during his many trips into the deep woods that surrounded his home. Shane was accelerated in his class and started his senior year of high school at age sixteen. After graduating and getting a waiver for his age, Shane joined the United States Navy to pay for college. He participated in campaigns; "Provide Hope" and "Secure Democracy" during the Yugoslavian civil war. Shane received several naval awards and citations and was one of the highest trained members of his ship. After getting out of the service, Shane began college. He was soon hired by the Carlinville Police Department, beginning his multiple venue police career. Shane retired as a detective for the Gillespie Police Department after serving twelve years. His police career was quite notable with awards for bravery and with one life saving medal. He was named Officer of the Year in 2005. A lesser known truth about Shane is that he played eight years of semi pro football with the Central Illinois Cougars. Shane is the team's all-time tackle leader and holds the record for most special teams tackles in a season and the most tackles in a game. Shane received many awards including Defensive Player of the Year in 2005. January 14th, 2008. Shane retires from his police career to be a professional novelist. His Abyss Walker series has spawned two franchise writers; renown novelist and playwright, Roy C. Booth and up and coming novelist, Dave Barlow. The series has spawned five graphic novel spin offs with artists from Marvel and Gene Simmons’s “Dominatrix” writer, Sean Taylor. In August 2009, Shane will release book five in his Abyss Walker series with the debut appearance of a character modeled after Peter Mayhew (“Chewbacca” from Star Wars.) Be sure to check out the newest hit fantasy world- The Abyss Walker series! Mr. Moore resides in Central Illinois with his son, Dakota. |
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Javier Saltares Javier Saltares began his comics career in 1983 at the age of 22 with DC Comics. In 1986 he was offered a position in marvel's production deptartment affectionately known as the "BULL PIN". After one and one half years of on the job training, he began to recieve freelance work. Starting with an "Ironman" one shot. Many "Marvel comics presents" stories and the first ever "Spider man" annual "Atlantis attacks". aswell as many of the then marval line "New Universe". In 88'/89', he began work on the heroes reborn series, "Ghost Rider." He has worked over 25 years in the comics industry for all the major publishers as well as for some of the independent companies. He has also self-published to creator projects, B.E.A.S.T.I.E.S. and David's Mighty Men. he is currently working for Dark Horse Comics on "Predator" and also on "Transformers" for IDW. Originally from NYC, he has lived in Florida, then North Carolina to end up here in the Ozarks. |
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At Dragon*Con 2004, Dr. Demento declared "the great Luke Ski" to be his radio program's "Most Requested Artist of the 21st Century". Luke has held onto that title by having multiple songs on "The Dr. Demento Show's" year-end "Funny 25" countdown of his most requested songs of the year for the past seven years, including two of them at #1. Hissong parodies, originals, stand-up and sketches about pop culture phenomena (doot doo, do-do-do!) have made him a favorite performer at science-fiction and fandom conventions all across the Midwest and beyond. He's released nine albums over the past fifteen years, many of which feature collaborations and cameos by his fellow comedy musicians of the Funny Music Project (the FuMP dot com), most significantly Carrie Dahlby, who often sings lead vocals on Luke's parodies of female musicians. His past hits amongst his fans include songs aboutSpider-Man, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5, Doctor Who, Heroes, 24, and Family Guy, with more recent hits about horror icons (Freddy, Jason, Chucky, etc.), Lost, and the new Star Trek movie. He recently performed at the "Nerdapalooza" nerdcore music festival, and his ode to pack-rats entitled "Too Much Stuff" is currently one of the most requested song of 2009 on "the Dr. Demento Show". You can find him on the web at www.thegreatLukeSki.com. |
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… is an internationally award-winning playwright with 47 published plays to date that have had 630+ productions in 25 countries, and is noted for working with Brian Keene on the stage adaptation of TERMINAL. Roy is also a five time optioned screenwriter who has other numerous writing credits as a novelist, short story writer, poet, comedian, essayist, journalist, and radio/TV/film script doctor. He is presently under contract to deliver five novels set in Shane Moore’s Abyss Walker epic fantasy universe along with a series of other related side projects, including an Abyss Walker cook book. Already having inked a deal to write a hybridized horror monologue/poetry book set to be released in 2011, Roy is presently negotiating the publication of a half-dozen or so other books as well, all within the realms of horror, science fiction, and fantasy. His one-act play collection of terror, THEATRE OF THE MACABRE, was recently published by Skullvines Press. Despite all of his current and past successes, Roy’s main writing goal is still to become a comic book writer some day, and he has parlayed his vast love and knowledge of comics (and films) into becoming a well-sought convention guest/panelist in the Upper Mid-West and beyond. Roy lives in Bemidji, Minnesota with his oft-time collaborator wife, Cynthia, and their three sons, and owns/operates two comic book/gaming/used book stores in Hibbing and Bemidji. He can also be found on MySpace, Facebook, and at www.roycbooth.com. |
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Bryan started drawing at a very young age, growing up in his hometown of Hannibal, Mo. Working with crayons, markers, pencils and paints he drew everything from cartoon characters to his favorite baseball players. During high school he discovered Prismacolor colored pencils, which became the medium he would work in exclusively from that point forward. Prismacolor allowed him to get the look and feel of a painting, paired with the control of holding a pencil. Bryan attended CMSU in Warrensburg, Mo., majoring in Commercial art with an emphasis in Illustration. Over the past 15 years he has put his illustration knowledge to use in many fields including screen printing, graphic design and even comic book illustration.
Bryan has had a lot of influences that helped develop his illustration style, including his dad, an artist himself, has had a huge impact on Bryan’s style. Sports illustrator Vernon Wells’ art influenced Bryan in his younger years doing sports illustration. However, Bryan's main influence is Drew Struzan, whose style and movie poster work helped inspire most of the work he does today.
Bryan's technique has been refined over many years and is a combination of Prismacolor colored pencils and marker under base. For more information of his work visit www.bryaneward.com
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... is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Deadliest of the Species. His thriller series The Pack has recently been picked up by Evileye Books and will be published in both prose and graphic novel series. The San Francisco Examiner called the first book in the series, The Pack: Winter Kill, "short, snappy, and about as sweet as a chewed stogie." You can learn more about Mike and the series at www.mikeoliveri.com and www.evileyebooks.com
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... is the author of over twenty books, including Darkness on the Edge of Town, Urban Gothic, Castaways, The Rising, Ghost Walk, Dark Hollow, Dead Sea, Ghoul and many more. He also writes comic books such as The Last Zombie and Dead of Night: Devil Slayer. His work has been translated into German, Spanish, Polish, French and Taiwanese. Several of his novels and stories have been optioned for film, one of which, The Ties That Bind, premiered on DVD in 2009 as a critically-acclaimed independent short. Keene’s work has been praised in such diverse places as The New York Times, The History Channel, The Howard Stern Show, CNN.com, Publisher’s Weekly, Fangoria Magazine, and Rue Morgue Magazine. Keene lives in the backwoods of Central Pennsylvania with his wife, two sons, a dog and two cats. You can communicate with him online at www.briankeene.com or on Twitter at twitter.com/BrianKeene |
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Though C.C. Guice was born in North Carolina and raised all over the world, an odd series of twists brought her to Springfield Missouri twice, where she finally settled in 2000. Working as a bartender and running a veterinary clinic she somehow found time to write more than just the poetry she has been publishing for over 15 years. Debuting in 2008 with the novel BEING WERE, award winning poet, C.C. Guice, introduced a Werewolf named Baylor that all have loved. Continuing to weave a flawless web of spellbinding possibilities with No Ordinary Angel, she has unveiled the supernatural with an old-world almost pagan bard feel. Through the introduction of her Changelings, the author shows you the ages through the eyes of myths and legends. With the First Born Saga C.C. Guice continues to give fans an inspiring glimpse of what awaits in the shadows for those souls who dare turn their back to the beckoning light of the afterlife and howl to the heavens that death must wait... |
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Jon Klement lives in Affton, MO with his three children where he writes the Velocity Girl adventures and the Smerd children's books for Smerdiverse Entertainment. He is also writing the Hacktastic Fantasy Trilogy for Black Pigeon Press. Jon taught high school science for eight years before retiring to write full time. |
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... is a former World Class Heavyweight Kickboxer, a professional Kickboxing and Mixed Martial Arts trainer, distance runner, performance artist, and former street brawler, who is now known for creating some of the most disturbing works of fiction in print. |
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...has been published as a genre artist since 1999, in the UK, US and Australian genre press. He was honored to be included in the prestigious Spectrum annual (#9), and has worked on projects for the British Fantasy Society, Subterranean Press, Cemetery Dance, and many others. Along with appearing in recent issues of Cemetery Dance Magazine, he also created a number of illustrations for author Brian Keene's Scratch.Visit his website galleries and blogs at www.darkstormcreative.com. |
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Hollie Linn worked for Bass Pro from Dec. 2004 to Jan. 2009 as a professional commercial wildlife artist. (She painted fish and wildlife on the chandeliers), She has been tattooing at Electric Voodoo Tattoo since July of 2007 here in Springfield Mo. They also do appointments if you are so inclined. Just give the shop a call at 417 882 5588. www.electricvoodooink.com |
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...is the Editor in Chief of Skullvines
Press and published horror author. His upcoming publications for
2009 include: He is also the Media Promotions Manager of The Metal Crypt on hardrockradiolive.com. |
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was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa on March 7th, 1965 to people who would become my parents, my life would take an artistic bend when I accidentally blew my grandmother's house off it's foundation in 1970. While home repairs were in progress, my grandfather would bring over some typewriter paper and a large permanent marker (the kind that makes you taste copper when the cap is removed) and he would perform magic for me. He would ask me to pick an object for him to draw. I would pick one and then he would do his magic. He would take two pieces of typewriter paper, place one on top of the other, and then draw the object. He would then take the two pieces of paper and show me that, magically, the drawing would become *two* sketches before my unbelieving eyes. That was when I fell in love with art. I wanted to be part of the magic grandpa had shown me. I started my professional art career while in elementary school by selling drawings of Snoopy, The Yellow Submarine and Spiderman for a $1 a drawing during recess. Later, in 1986 I received my Masters in Graphic Design from University of Iowa and began a rather uninteresting career in advertising. All in all, I had a lot more fun drawing Spiderman during recess. I eventually left the corporate knuckle-draggers to follow my dreams of being a freelance illustrator. After jumping through several fiery hoops I managed to find work with several comic book companies: Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Caliber Press and Malibu Graphics to name a few. My best known creation is Steel Angel, a tongue-in-cheek cyberpunk adventure book that I published at Caliber Press. While working in the comic book industry I once again managed to make my saving throw vs. minimum wage employment, and I began to get a lot of illustration work from the likes of Iron Crown Enterprises, Hero Games, R. Talsorian and Steve Jackson Games. I was a regular staff artist for I.C.E. for four years, producing approximately 800 pieces of artwork for various game supplements for Champions and Rolemaster. I currently do work for Steve Jackson Games and Fantasy Flight Games, producing artwork for In Nomine, Traveller, and Disk Wars. My most recent work just appeared in The Deadlands Disk Wars game Range Wars. I also work as a Senior Web Developer for an interactive firm here in the big "O", designing more than a few sites for large corporations. My current website ("The Utopian Home Presence") is chuck full of potential blackmail material. My goal in life? To be a real live boy.
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As a Missouri native Mike Strain Jr's "FX" career began in 1985 when he began creating latex masks, learning and honing his craft while creating special effects (FX) for local shows. In the early 90's Mike's professional career began when he was hired for Rescue 911 and America's Most Wanted. In 1994 he created FX for his first motion picture and since then has created special make-up effects and pyrotechnics for sixteen features to date. Creating FX for movies from New York to Los Angeles and everywhere in between. Not to mention television shows, commercials, live shows, displays, and exhibits. His FX work has been reviewed by Fangoria, GC magazine, Springfield Business Journal, Scan Magazine, Thare.com, 417 Magazine, Amazing World of Cult Movies, Buried Alive.com, local newspapers, and more! He is currently creating FX for The Stranger for Starlight Pictures out of Las Vegas, Nevada and has just built a 10-foot mechanical peteradon for a local science center. Mike is also writing a sequel to his popular book "Special FX From The Movies Of Fantasy Creations" and producing an 8 video how-to series on creating FX, from make-ups to miniature illusions. Look at the Con for his new make-up appliance line, masks, corpses, props & more! Mike also broke into writing, producing, and directing his own independent features in 1995 by starting his own production company Oaktree Studios motion picture/video productions with his directorial debut of Vile 21. A sci-fi monster movie that uses old-fashion stop-motion animation for the monster and one of maybe the only independent features at this level to feature a full body burn and car roll. It was distributed by Brimstone Productions out of New York and was picked up in Germany & Indonesia, and is now distributed through Royal Oaks Distribution (a division of Oaktree Studios). Mike has since finished two additional features that are in post production Hotel Of Terror and Mystery, Monsters, And Magic. Mike has numerous scripts in pre-production and is also writing a book called B-Movie Making 101 Plus Some! He has also written for the second edition of the independent filmmakers guide published by McFarland press, due out spring 2002. Oaktree Studios is also introducing a merchandising line of t-shirts, sound tracks, and more! Check them out on the web at Oaktree Studios and Fantasy Creations FX.
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...'s fiction and non-fiction has appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies. Somewhere along the way, he founded Undaunted Press and edited the small press horror magazine, Whispers from the Shattered Forum. He also managed to win the infamous World Horror Convention Gross-Out Contest four times -– an honor for which he is proud, appreciative, and–at least a little–ashamed. The first issue of Cullen's horror noir comic book, The Damned, was released by Oni Press in 2006. The first story arc, Three Days Dead, has been collected in trade paperback. The second story arc, Prodigal Sons, has been published as a three-issue mini series. A third arc, Daughter's Danse, is forthcoming. Since the publication of The Damned, Cullen has focused primarily on writing comic books. Oni Press will soon be publishing The Tooth, a tribute to the comic book horror heroes of the 70s, and The Hollows, an epic horror graphic novel. Cullen still makes some time for prose, and some of his more recent short stories have been published in the Dark Arts Book collection, Like a Chinese Tattoo. Cullen knows a little too much about classic professional wrestling and just enough to be dangerous about power tools. The son of a professional stage hypnotist, Cullen has performed as "the world's youngest hypnotist." (He also wanted to compete on the lip sync TV show, Puttin' on the Hits, but that dream never came to fruition.) Rumor has it, he makes a mean margarita. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri, and you can learn more about his work by visiting www.cullenbunn.com.
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...is a dark/adult humor and horror author. He co-founded Skullvines Press and co-hosts the show Metal Crypt on the top 10 internet radio station, Hard Rock Radio Live. He has several stories in the Skullvines Tabloid Terrorsseries, and wrote two film novelizations written for William Winckler: The Double-D Avenger and Frankenstein Vs the Creature from Blood Cove. Based on an essay he’d written, Joss Whedon put his wife, Robin, inside issue #10 of the Dark Horse comic, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8. Currently, he is working on a vampire serial called Fear the Woods. |
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...is a speculative fiction storyteller and internationally award winning/produced playwright whose horror poetry will be featured in "These Apparitions: Haunted Visions of Ezra Pound" from Bandersntach Books in 2010. |
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...is the author of three novels. His latest novel, The Reckoning, released via Wandering Sage Publications, is his first foray into the horror genre (and, the author hopes, not his last). A graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a degree in broadcast journalism, Mikels has worn many hats in the writing profession, from radio and print news, to broadcasting, to writing contracts and manuals for a variety of industries. At present the author is self-employed and resides in windswept western Oklahoma. His second novel, Walk-On, was nominated for the 2004 Mainstream Novel of the Year in the annual contest sponsored by the Oklahoma Writers' Federation. Mikels's trademark in his fiction writing is an always-present metaphysical twist; the author delights in thinking outside the box. The author's website, http://www.dmikels.com/, is currently under construction, but his occasional blogs and ramblings can be followed on his MySpace page at www.myspace.com/d_mikels. All of his books can be found on online retailers Amazon and Barnes and Noble; his novel The Reckoning can be found at a special discounted price at http://www.wanderingsagebooks.com/. |
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's fiction, nonfiction and poetry have appeared in almost 1,000 magazines, newspapers, websites, and anthologies, including Galaxy, Writer's Digest, Cemetery Dance, Black Gate, Midnight Premiere, Dark Arts, and two volumes each of The Best of the Rest, The Best of HorrorFind, and The Year's Best Horror Stories (DAW Books). Collections of McLaughlin's fiction include Motivational Shrieker, Slime After Slime, and Pickman's Motel from Delirium Books; At the Foothills of Frenzy (with co-authors Shane Ryan Staley and Brian Knight) from Solitude Publications; Twisted Tales for Sick Puppies (Skullvines Press); and Raising Demons for Fun and Profit from Sam’s Dot Publishing. HorrorGarage.com features his online column, Four-Letter Word Beginning with 'F' (the word in question is Fear). GravesideTales.com is the home of his blog, Time Machine of Terror! Also, he is the co-author, with Rain Graves and David Niall Wilson, of The Gossamer Eye, which won the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Poetry. With regular collaborator Michael McCarty, he has written the novel Monster Behind the Wheel; the poetry collection, Attack of the Two-Headed Poetry Monster (Skullvines Press); and the story collections, All Things Dark and Hideous (Rainfall Books, England) and Professor LaGungo’s Delirious Download of Digital Deviltry & Doom (Darkside Digital/Delirium Books). To find out more about his work, visit www.facebook.com/markmclaughlinmedia, www.myspace.com/monsterbook, www.myspace.com/poetrymonsterbook and www.myspace.com/phantasmapedia.
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Returning for their second year at VisionCon, this bevy of beautiful cheerleaders in boots and corsets hails from Kansas and packs a comedic payload that even the Master Chief would approve of! Catch Willie’s Wenches (voted one of the top ten acts at the 2008 and 2009 KC Fringe Festival) as they bring you everything from silly “Shakespeare” to Star Wars. See a variety of acts complete with nutty characters, redneck zombies, sword fights, slapstick show parodies, and much much more! |
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Long ago, in the time of Queen Elizabeth, brave men sailed the sea, exploring new frontiers in hopes of making their fortune in the New World. Those that were brave enough to face the dangers of uncharted seas and hostile natives earned the name Sea Dogges. “The sea calls the brave.” We are just such men. Seafarers that have sailed from the shores of England to the savage wilderness of the New World. And if we happened to sink a Spanish Ship or two along the way, well…. who’s counting? You see, we are not Pirates. We are Privateers, boldly riding the waves and exploring new lands in service to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth. Let me repeat, we are Privateers, and we have papers to prove it. Some men still call us pirates… We call them Spanyards. |
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For nearly 15 years, Elvendrums has brought world faerie folklore to life through original songs, drumming and stories. Their unique mix of comedy and fantasy, vocal harmonies and tribal drumming encourages listeners to believe – especially in themselves.
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