Dimitris Patelis
Dimitri is known in the comic book industry for his work on the trading card sets of the 1995 Marvel Masterpieces, 1995 Fleer Ultra X-Men, and his fan-favorite Venom and Carnage cards in the 1995 Fleer Ultra Spiderman sets. Other notable works include his covers for Mars Attacks! by Topps, Aliens and Predator trade paperbacks by Orion/Dark Horse and an illustrated Lady Death annual calendar for Chaos! Comics.
Peter Scanlan
After graduating from The School of Visual Arts in 1986 Peter Scanlan began an illustration career that focused on Science Fiction and Fantasy book covers. He created work for clients like Universal Studios, The New York Times, Warner Bothers, Hasbro, HBO, The Village Voice, and many others. Some career hi-lights have included painting the album cover for Slick Rick’s first single, Teenage Love, producing over fifty paintings for Marvel Comics as one of four 1995 Marvel Masterpiece artists, and painting the Psycho Circus album cover art for KISS in 1998.
Dave DeVries
Dave is a renowned illustrator known for dynamic comic covers, posters, and trading cards for Marvel and DC Comics, including the iconic Marvel Masterpieces ’95 set. In 1998, he launched The Monster Engine, a viral project transforming children’s drawings into fully realized paintings.
Nelson DeCastro
Nelson has been working in comics since 1991 as one of the industry’s most versatile creators. He has written, penciled, inked, or painted covers for every major comic publisher. Nelson is mostly known for his meticulous cover paintings, Fleer’s Marvel Masterpieces ‘95 set.
Terri Hawkes
Terri is actress and writer, known for playing Kelly Hennenlotter in the horror film, Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II, Adrienne in Beverly Hills 90210, Wendy Masters in General Hospital, and for being the second English dub voice actress of the title character of the Japanese anime Sailor Moon.
Gus Vazquez
Gus is an artist, producer, actor and traveler raised in Brooklyn who loves the art of storytelling. A self-taught illustrator and a near 35 year veteran, he started his career as a comic book artist, moving on to drawing storyboards for animation, commercials and music videos. His career took flight with his work on the first appearance of Big Hero 6 in Marvel’s Sunfire and Big Hero 6. Other titles include Spider-Man, Sasquatch Detective, Suicide Squad, Flash, Green Arrow, La Borinqueña, and many others.
Jeff Brennan
Jeff brings years of experience working for notable comics publishers, including DC comics, Heroic Comics, Bongo Comics, and Heavy Metal Magazine, and as a storyboard artist on animated shows like “Jumanji”, “Dragon Tales”, “Courage the Cowardly Dog”, and “Extreme Ghost busters”
Ray Lago
Ray has been a prolific Artist for the comic book/fantasy industry for almost 4 decades, creating covers and cards of popular characters such as Spider-Man, The Avengers, The X-Men, Superman, Vampirella, Ana Ishikawa/Shi, Predator, Robocop, Star Wars, the Garbage Pail Kids and many others. Comic book story credits include Marvel’s Open Space and Hellraiser series, “Ivanhoe” for Classics Illustrated, “Ask Any Mermaid” in NBM’s Skin Tight Orbit vol. 2, Harris Comics’ Vampirella 25th Anniversary Special, “Shi: Masquerade” for Crusade, Little Annie Fanny for Playboy Magazine and “Marwe: Into the Land of the Dead” for Lerner Books.
Barbra Friedlander
Barbara is the first woman to create a character for DC Comics. The comic book was Swing With Scooter. Scooter, a former British musician and rock star, became a staple of the DC Universe for many years, even after her departure. The characters were wonderfully drawn by the great Joe Orlando. These quirky teens were her first children, and they were not unlike her real three offspring that she raised after leaving DC.
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Bud Larosa
Bud worked as regular on The Amazing Spiderman, X-Man, X-Force, The F.F. ,The X-Men, Wolverine, Conan, Dead Pool, The Hulk, Blood of the Demon, The Titans, Big Hero Six, Dr. Strange, and a multitude of others.
Paris Cullins
Paris is best known for his work on DC Comics' Blue Devil and Blue Beetle, and Marvel's Hyperkind comics. He has also worked on several other titles, including Green Lantern, Supergirl, X-Factor, Firestorm, JLA, and Silver Surfer, to name a few.
Billy Tucci
Billy is an award-winning cartoonist best known for his modern-day samurai fable, “Shi”. Through Billy’s Crusade Fine Arts, the multi-Eisner Award-nominated Shi has been printed in five languages sold more than 3 million comic books. He has also worked on a litany of projects for DC Comics’ including “Sgt. Rock”, “Harley Quinn”, “Flash Vs. Superman,” and “Batman.”
Alexandra Bowman
Alexandra is an award-winning cosplayer, illustrator, and arts journalist. She was BroadwayCon's 2025 Cosplay Contest's Best-In-Show, as well as a 2025 BroadwayCon Affiliate and 2026 judge. She also served as a judge of last year's GCSF cosplay contest. Alex is also a nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist and a Director of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, a Contributing Writer to DC Theater Arts -- Washington, DC's premier source of performing arts coverage for over 5 years -- and a private writing, admissions, and art educational consultant.
Pros & Cons Industries
Pros & Cons Industries are a dynamic team of creative builders, event organizers, and photographers dedicated to empowering the cosplay community through networking. Their expertise lies in connecting like-minded individuals, facilitating collaborations, and fostering an environment where creativity thrives.
Nick Caponi
Nick is a New Jersey- based creator, writer, artist, and colorist. Originally breaking in as a colorist in 2017, Nick has colored for companies such as Dynamite, Archie, IDW, Image and more! In 2023, Nick debuted his creator-owned comic “Purity” and has since launched his own independent publishing company Sky Maiden Studios in 2025. Nick is also a graduate of the Joe Kubert School!
Kevin Altieri
Kevin Altieri is a television director of animated cartoons. Altieri's directorial works include episodes of C.O.P.S., Batman: The Animated Series, GI Joe Renegades, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Transformers: Rescue Bots, Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters, and Stripperella. He also was the Storyboard design, sequence director of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Pumpkin Wizard Publishing
Pumpkin Wizard is an exciting young persons publisher and will be bringing two children’s book series, The Pumpkin Wizard and Cul-de-Sac Kids. The Pumpkin Wizard series consists of four books, all of which are picture books for children aged 4-7. The Pumpkin Wizard series is about imagination, friendship, and the power of learning to stand up for yourself. Cul-de-Sac Kids is a series of seven- chapter books for slightly older children, ages 10-13. Cul-de-Sac Kids follows six best friends as they navigate starting middle school as well as their own family and friends.
Charles Paul Wilson III
Charles is the illustrator and co-creator of The New York Times Best-Selling Graphic Novel The Stuff of Legend (published by Th3rd World Studios), and illustrator for WRAITH (with Joe Hill, IDW Publishing). His drawings can also be found in the pages and on the covers for X-Files, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tales from the Darkside, Goosebumps, Superman, Captain America, The Shadow, and others.
Cory Smith
Cory is an American comic artist and illustrator who has worked on some of the industry's biggest titles. Breaking into the business in the early 2010's, Cory made his mark on cult classic properties such as Magnus: Robot Fighter and IDW'S TMNT. Cory has continued to bolster his resume with work for most major publishers, though he is probably best known for his runs on various Marvel titles like Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain Marvel, Ghost Rider, X-Men, Star Wars, Conan and Fantastic Four.
