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 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 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 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.

Chrissie has designed statues for DC Collectibles and merchandise for Lucasfilm. She created comic book covers for “Star Wars: Forces of Destiny”, “Hack/Slash vs. Vampirella”, “Josie and the Pussycats”, “Vampirella”, “Life With Archie”, and Vertigo’s “Fables: The Wolf Among Us” series, as well as “Fables”, “Fairest”, “Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love”, and “Womanthology”.

She has worked for DC Comics, Fandango, Mattel, Dark Horse, Devil’s Due, IDW, Topps, and Harper Collins. She also has a strange obsession for all things yeti.

Kristen is a Queens, NY-based comics writer and illustrator. She got her start with the webcomic Henchgirl, which was later published by Dark Horse Comics. She has dazzled young readers with her graphic novel series Making Friends from Scholastic Graphix, as well as the Minecraft: Wither Without You trilogy from Mojang and Dark Horse Comics.

Chris is an artist who has spent his career developing a unique style that blends together creepy and cute. He has worked on several projects for DC Comics/Warner Bros, Lucasfilm, Footlocker and many others. Chris produces art for Disney and Disney’s Wonderground Gallery and in 2022 Chris worked with DC Comics on the YA Graphic Novel Batman’s Mystery Casebook.

Check out the Phenomenal IDW Shredder #6 Exclusive done by the legendary Scott Hanna Art for Garden State Comic Fest at the Codey Arena in West Orange NJ June 27-28th 2026 ! Every VIP Pass holder will receive a copy of this extremely limited variant. With artist Scott Hanna, the creator of Shredder, Kevin Eastman, and of course Shredder himself, James Saito at GSCF this is going to be huge for signing!

Bob started as a colorist for Marvel in 1978. He’s had long runs on the Spider-man books, Captain America, GI Joe, Master of Kung Fu, Alien Legion, Iron Man, West Coast Avengers, and at one time or another worked on just about every Marvel title. Since leaving Marvel he is mostly doing hand coloring on fan commissioned one-of-a-kind recreations, and is available for digital coloring.

Mike Lilly’s work include such titles as Monster Hunter Herkules, Broken Gargoyles, The Coming of the Liberty Brigade, The Tick, Van Helsing, Grimm Fairy Tales, Nightwing, Vampirella, Black Terror, Annihilation Conquest Quasar, Detective Comics, Marvel Knights, Catwoman, Punisher, and Dungeons & Dragons.

Gus is a portrait artist turned illustrator who's work can be seen in the hit Samurai series, "Shi No Kage". His Cover work spans from Vampirella, Red sonja, Ninja turtles, Thindercats, and Gi Joe, to Department of Truth, Kim the Delusional, Streetfighter, and many others. He releases his yearly pin-up book titled "Oops All Babes", where he adds a comical theme to each book in the series.

Kevin is best known for Elmo (Sesame Street) 1985-2012, Splinter in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 (1990) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 (1991), Happy Time Murders (SFX) 2018, and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (Netflix) 2019. In addition to Elmo and Splinter Clash is known for Baby Sinclair (Dinosaurs), and Clifford (Muppets Tonight).

Jan is most well known for her work on the Star Wars comics franchise and, believe us, that only touches the surface of her extraordinary career to date. She is the creator of the Twi'lek Jedi Aayla Secura and her Kiffar Jedi master Quinlan Vos as well as Denin and Vila from Naldar.

Tom has been illustrating comic books for over 35 years. His credits include The Spectre, The Martian Manhunter, Batman, Swamp Thing, To Hell You Ride, Weapon X, The New Mutants, The Hulk!, The Punisher, GrimJack, Sidekick, The X-Files to name a few.

Bob is a cartoonist/illustrator, comic book artist, writer, story artist, designer, director and producer. He has worked on many TV series and feature films for such studios as Warner Brothers, Disney, Universal, Fox and Nickelodeon. Bob has been nominated for two Emmys, a Cable Ace award, and an Annie for his work on the “Ren and Stimpy” animated series, which he co-created, directed and produced.

Casey, a fan favorite, is an illustrator, writer and creative mastermind behind the webcomic Trinity: Vampire. Blending elements of graphic design, anime, comics, and a dash of gothic horror, Casey’s artwork has been featured in numerous projects including film posters, book covers, comics, and album artwork.

Scott Is an Eisner Award winning artist in the graphic novel industry, Scott Hanna has been drawing and inking comic books for over 30 years. His work has been published in over 1,000 comics and graphic novels, and he’s inked over 23,000 pages of comics art.

Chris Batista studied under the LEGENDARY Klaus Janson, which quickly lead to a job with Marvel Comics and later DC Comics. The majority of his work is from DC, were he worked on titles such as Booster Gold, JLA, Legion of Superheroes, Hawkman, Aquaman and 52. Recently Chris has been the main artist working on the triumphant return of Gatchaman, the iconic Japanese animated franchise of a five-member, bird-themed superhero team, known to Western audiences as Battle of the Planets for Mad Cave Studios!

Chris has been telling stories through art since he was a kid. He is best known for his dynamic and energetic style and has contributed to major titles across top publishers like Marvel Comics, DC, IDW, Dynamite, Darkhorse and more. His work can be seen in Amazing Spider Man,Daredevil,Green Lantern,Captain America,masters of the universe,Thundercats and more. Campana is also the creator, writer, and artist of the indie hit The Adventures of Parker Reef, which earned him multiple Ringo Award nominations for Best Artist and Best Writer

Saito is best known as the original Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dr. Chen in the ABC series Eli Stone, Harry Kim in the Netflix film Always Be My Maybe, and Kenji in Modern Love.

Some of James's other credits include Life of Pi, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Devil's Advocate, Home Alone 3, Pearl Harbor, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Hot Dog…The Movie, Grey's Anatomy, At Home with Amy Sedaris, Elementary, Instinct, Iron Fist, House of Cards, Hawaii Five-0, Person of Interest, 30 Rock