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    Diane Pershing is coming to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition April 7-8th at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City!!Over the years, Diane has had lead cartoon characters in projects such as Dale Arden in Flash Gordon, Pearl Pureheart in The Adventures of Mighty Mouse, Netossa in She-Ra: Princess of Power, and Dynak X in Defenders of the Earth. However, she is most notable for her iconic portrayal as Poison Ivy in Batman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, Gotham Girls, and Justice League. Overlapping her VO career, the years have also seen her finding success as a TV writer, romance novelist, film critic and radio disc jockey. Today, Diane counts herself extremely lucky to be someone who gets to work in an industry she loves; how many can say that? This is a very rare appearance for Diane in this area so make sure to be here. Get your tickets today at GSComicFest.com
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    Bob Budiansky is coming to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition April 7-8th at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City!! Bob is a comic book writer, editor, and penciller, best known for his work on Marvel's Transformers comic.Budiansky worked at Marvel Comics for approximately 20 years. He is responsible for much of the writing of the original Marvel Transformer comic, and conceived the names of most of the original Transformers, including Decepticon leader Megatron, Autobot medic Ratchet, and Decepticon Ravage. He also wrote the vast majority of the descriptive "tech spec" biographies printed on the Transformers toy packages that Hasbro produced in the 1980s, giving each figure unique personality quirks. After a long hiatus from the Transformers mythos, Budiansky scripted a new adaptation of the original 1986 The Transformers: The Movie for IDW Publishing in honor of the film's 20th anniversary. Bob has also worked as a penciller. He drew the final years of the Johnny Blaze/Zarathos version of Ghost Rider, including drawing the majority of Ghost Rider covers from 1978 to 1983. From 1983 till 1996, Budiansky was on staff at Marvel as an editor. During this period, Budiansky oversaw such titles as Fantastic Four and Daredevil and the Spider-Man Clone Saga. He also created the Marvel character Sleepwalker and wrote all 33 issues of that comic
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    Tom Mandrake is coming to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition April 7-8th at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City New Jersey!!Tom Mandrake 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. Tom has also been working with writer John Ostrander on their creator owned graphic novel, Kros: Hallowed Ground.Get your tickets today at www.GSComicFest.com
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    Tom DeFalco is coming to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition April 7-8th at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City!!Tom is a comic book writer and editor, well known for his association with Marvel Comics and in particular for his work with Spider-Man. Working on over 4000 comics through the years including The Amazing Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Captain America, Machine Man, Spider-Girl, Thor, Thunderstrike, and Archie to name a few. Tom also co-created such notable characters as Rose, Black Fox, Spider-Girl, Dazzler, and Silver Sable In the early 80’s, Tom worked closely with toy manufacturer Hasbro heading the creative team that produced the backstory and dossiers that served as the basis for the relaunch of the phenomenally successful G.I. Joe toy line and animated television show. As part of this relaunch, Marvel produced a comic titled G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero in which DeFalco personally edited the first six issues. DeFalco was "part of the creative team that introduced the Transformers to the American public. DeFalco wrote the first four issues of the third series of Red Sonja and after shedding his Spider-Man editorial duties he took over as writer of The Amazing Spider-Man. He collaborated with Roger Stern on April–May's #251-252 (the Secret Wars crossover issues), before taking over fully with #253, for a two-year run, chiefly in collaboration with artist Ron Frenz. Concurrent with editing Jim Shooter's Secret Wars, DeFalco introduced Spider-Man's "black costume" in the pages of Amazing. Tom created Spider-Girl, which ran for 100 issues.The Spectacular Spider-Girl, making her Marvel's longest-running female star of a solo series. Tom is also the Consultant Editor for the Marvel Encyclopedia. He is the author of several Dorling Kindersley Ultimate guides to Marvel Superheroes: Avengers: The Ultimate Guide, Fantastic Four: Ultimate Guide, Hulk: The Incredible Guide, and Spider-Man: The Ultimate Guide. In December 2016, Archie launched a new ongoing Reggie & Me series by DeFalco and artist Sandy Jarrell. Tom's appearance at GSCF was put together by Hero Initiative and will be at their booth in AC. Make sure to stop by, meet Tom, and make a donation to this wonderful charity.
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    Bob Wiacek is coming to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City April 7-8th!! Bob got his start in the mid-1970s as a member of the "Crusty Bunkers" inking collective. He inked backgrounds (over CURT SWAN's pencils) on Superman for DC Comics. He moved on to regular inking work for DC, and then in 1978 began a long association with Marvel. Wiacek has inked over such pencilers as Carmine Infantino on Star Wars, Paul Smith and Dave Cockrum on The Uncanny X-Men, June Brigman on Power Pack, John Byrne on Sensational She-Hulk, Walt Simonson on X-Factor and Orion, John Romita Jr. on Iron Man, and George Pérez on Brave and the Bold, volume 2. He has also worked with creators such as Bob Budiansky, Colleen Doran, Ron Garney, Mike Grell, Michael Netzer (Nasser), Kevin Nowlan, Don Perlin, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Barry Windsor-Smith. Over the years, Wiacek has also inked comics published by Dark Horse and Valiant and is credited with being involved on over 800 books throughout his storied career!
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    Adriana Melo is coming to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition April 7-8th at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City!!Adriana Melo is a Brazilian based comic book artist, working for such labels as DC Comics, Marvel, Dark Horse and Image Comics. Some of the books she worked as a penciler are: "Fantastic Four", "Silver Surfer", "Star Wars: Empire", "Rose & Thorn", "Witchblade", "Miss Marvel", "Birds of Prey" ,”Catwoman”. Recently she had a 15-issue run on a monthly series of Doctor Who, the "New Adventures of the Ninth Doctor". You can find her most recent work in the DC Comics / Archie Comics crossover Mini series Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica
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    Anthony Marques is coming to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition April 7-8th at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City!Anthony is a freelance comic book artist. A 2011 graduate of The Kubert School in Dover, NJ, freelance assignments include work for Dynamite Entertainment, IDW and Dark Horse on titles such as Red Sonja, Doc Savage, Green Hornet, Back to the Future, and Vampirella. He is the owner of Dewey's Comic City in Madison NJ and also works for Dynamite Entertainment as an editor on multiple titles.
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    Reilly Brown is coming to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition!A New Jersey native Reilly is a fan-favorite comic book artist and writer for Marvel and DC Comics, known for bringing a sense of character and personality to the projects that he works on, balancing a combination of light-hearted humor, with fast paced superhero action. These talents have been on full display in the pages of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, INCREDIBLE HERCULES, LOBO, and many other comics, perhaps most notably DEADPOOL, Marvel's infamous, rapid-healing, merc-with-a-mouth! He is also a pioneer in digital storytelling, utilizing new ways of making comics for tablets and smart phones with his creator-owned series POWER PLAY, as well as several stories for Marvel, including DEADPOOL: THE GAUNTLET, SLAPSTICK and several others. Reilly currently draws the comic OUTRAGE, which can be read for free on the Line Webtoon website.
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    Billy Tucci is coming to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition April 7-8th at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City!!Working from a one-bedroom apartment in 1994, Billy self-published the phenomenally successful comic property Shi . At times outselling Batman and Superman, over 4 million Shi comics have been sold worldwide, along with a vast array of related merchandise. Shi is an industry superstar that has additionally produced many blockbuster cross-over projects with some of the most well know Marvel and independent characters including Daredevil, Witchblade, Vampirella and Wolverine of X-Men fame. Tucci has done work for all the major publishing companies over the years and also produced a six-part miniseries for DC in 2008, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion. Billy is also one of the few comic book creators recognized by Wizard Magazine on both their top ten artists and writers lists.
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    GSCF is proud to announce Metropolis Comics & Collectibles is coming to Garden State Comic Fest AC Edition April 7-8th at the Showboat in Atlantic City NJ!Metropolis collectibles is the worlds largest dealership of vintage comic books with over 150,000 vintage comic books for sale. Metropolis also ownsComicconnect the premier online auctioneer site that covers everything from discount books to original art. Recently they have also opened Metropolis Galleryin New York City that exclusively sells original comic and fantasy art. Metropolis holds five Guinness World Records including the most expensive purchased comic ever, Action Comics Number 1 with 9.0 condition grade and white pages for $3.2 million. So whether you are looking for that crown jewel for your collection or just taking a trip through comic history their booth is a must see for any fan.
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    Jim Balent is coming to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition !!! Jim‘s work has been published by several comic book companies, including Marvel, Dark Horse Comics, and DC Comics. He has drawn some notable characters, such as Batman, Vampirella, and the sexy femme fatal, Catwoman. In the year 2000, Jim and Holly Golightly started their own comic book company, BroadSword Comics®. Jim’s creation, Tarot, Witch of the Black Rose, is an ongoing story about a voluptuous young Witch who battles to keep the balance between Magic and Mankind. Tickets on sale now at www.gscomicfest.com
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    Jae Lee is coming to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition this April 7-8th at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City!Jae is a Korean-American comic book artist, known for his dark style. In 1990, he became one of the youngest artists ever to work for a major publisher. He is an Eisner Award-winner for his work on Marvel's Marvel's Inhumans. The art from his collaboration with writer Grant Morrison on Fantastic Four: 1234, was featured in an exhibition at The Society of Illustrators in New York City. In 2007, Lee was chosen by Stephen King for a six year collaboration on the The Dark Tower (comics) and novels. Lee's recent projects include Before Watchmen: Ozymandias and Superman/Batman.
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    Star Wars fans rejoice!!Jan Duursema is coming to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition this April 7-8th at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City!!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. Jan’s first published illustration work appeared in Heavy Metal. From there she drew several stories for DC Comics' Sgt. Rock. She co-created Arion Lord of Atlantis with Paul Kupperberg and also drew stories in Warlord and Wonder Woman #300. Her first work for the Star Wars franchise appeared in Star Wars #92, published by Marvel Comics. Other work there includes art for X-Factor, Hulk, Spider-Man and X-Men. At DC, Jan drew the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons series, then worked with John Ostrander on Hawkworld and the series relaunch of that title, Hawkman.
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    GSCF welcomes Joe Staton to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition this April 7-8th at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City!!!Staton, a legend in the comic world and co-creator of such notable characters as Earth 2’s Huntress and the Green Lantern Corps Salaak, Arisia Rrab, and the toughest GL of all Kilowog to name only a few. Hired initially by to work for Marvel, Staton was recruited by DC Comics to work on the revival of the Justice Society of America in All Star Comics and later Adventure Comics. In these titles he illustrated stories including the origin of the JSA in DC Special #29. and the death of the Earth-Two Batman. Staton also illustrated the solo adventures of two female JSA members created during the JSA revival – drawing Power Girl in Showcase and The Huntress. During that time, Staton additionally drew Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes, Doom Patrol, and the Metal Men. In 1979, Staton began a two-and-a-half-year run on Green Lantern, during which he co-created the Omega Men with writer Marv Wolfman. He returned to DC Comics afterwards for a second run on Green Lantern and with writer Steve Englehart, oversaw the title's name change to Green Lantern Corps. In addition, Staton illustrated Guy Gardner, The Huntress, The New Guardians and Superman & Bugs Bunny. On January 19, 2011, Tribune Media Services announced that Staton and writer Mike Curtis would replace Locher as the creative team of the Tracy comic strip in which he still works on today. In 1998 Staton received the Eisner Award for World’s Finest: The Superman-Batman Adventure and in 2013, Staton and Curtis were awarded the Harvey Award for Tracy. #Comics #GreenLantern #Kilowog #JoeStaton
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    ONLY 1 DAY LEFT!Want the perfect stocking stuffer?Use code: GSCFHoliday to save 25% on tickets until 12-22-17 for that special someone or yourself as we all deserve something special.http://www.gardenstatecomicfest.com/ace-tickets.html
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    GSCF is proud to welcome Bob Petrecca to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition this April 7-8th at The Showboat Hotel Atlantic City! Bob began his comics career as one of John Romita's Raiders in 1990 and went on to ink such titles as Captain America, Dr Strange, Hyperkind, Spider-Man, Thor and What If?, to name a few. For DC he worked on titles such as Justice League, Birds Of Prey, Action Comics, Green Lantern, Justice League Unlimited, Batman Confidential and even Scooby Doo were embellished by his brushes. For Marvel and Upper Deck, Bob has done countless cards for the Marvel Premier sets as well as fully painted images for the Upper Deck and Fox's 10th anniversary Firefly: The Verse card set and the Firefly Legendary card game. He is currently hard at work on a comics visualization of the progressive rock band The Dear Hunter's; Act II: The Meaning Of & All Things Regarding Ms Leading, inking and painting Turkish penciler Ozgur Yildirim and Paris Cullins.
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    Barry Kitson is coming to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition this July 8-9th at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City, New Jersey!!Barry has been a professional illustrator since the 1980’s, he has drawn most of the flagship characters of both DC Comics and Marvel Comics. His first published work was for Marvel drawing both Spider-Man (comic book) and TRANSFORMERS. He later worked on 2000AD ,drawing both Judge Dredd and Judge Anderson before concentrating on the US market working for DC Comics for whom he drew, The Adventures of Superman, Batman, Justice League of America Year One, Azrael, The Flash, Teen Titans, The Brave & the Bold, The Legion of Super-heroes, Fables and Fairest. Subsequently Barry’s work was seen at Marvel Comics including drawing The Amazing Spider-man, The Fantastic Four, Avengers, The Order, X-Men, Iron Man: Public Identity, The Incredible Hulk, and The Mighty Thor. He also worked at Valiant on Harbinger and Bloodshot.
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    V Ken Marion is coming to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition!V Ken Marion is a penciller for DC Comics currently working on Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps.Past works for DC include “Bloodlines” and “DC Rebirth Holiday Special.” He has also penciled “Jirni,” “All New Soulfire” and “Fathom: The Elite Saga” for ASPEN COMICS, as well as “Extermination” for BOOM! Studios.
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    Only 2 days left to save BIG on Garden State Comic Fest: AC Editiontickets! Our taxes and fees promotion runs out this Thursday at Midnight.Get your tickets now for Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition, April 7 & 8 at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City & Convention Center now as we will pay all taxes & fees until this Thursday which means BIG SAVINGS FOR ALL OF YOU!http://www.gardenstatecomicfest.com/ace-tickets.htmlReminder: All children 13 and under will be able to come out and enjoy Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition for FREE! That's right, we have raised our age limits for children to enjoy GSCF to 13! With actor Eric Roberts and comic creators Kevin B. Eastman, Greg Hildebrandt, Bob Camp, Lynne Yoshii, Chris Ivy, and Jim Steranko already announced our AC show is promising to be the best yet! And remember GSCF tickets make the best and easiest holiday gift for that comic enthusiast in your life
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    GSCF is proud to welcome Philadelphia born artist/inker Joe del Beato to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition April 7-8th at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City NJ!Joe is best known for his work on iconic 80’s inks and cover illustrations for MASK, Inhumanoids, G.I. Joe Order of Battle, Cloak and Dagger, Avengers and Insectaurs, Visionaries as well as many others. His work can also be found in the Who’s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe. Now living in Atlantic City, Joe helps to inspire the next generation of comic artists through his popular classes on comic illustrations at the Atlantic City Free Public Library.
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    GSCF is proud to welcome fan favorite Lynne Yoshii to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition April 7-8th at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City NJ!Lynne was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and currently hails from New York working as an Illustrator and Graphic Designer. Lynne graduated from the School of Visual Arts of New York and has worked as an assistant editor for Marvel and graphic artist for a toy company in New YorkShe is an extremely talented artist whose work and style especially when it comes to strong female characters is simply some of the best there is in our humble opinion. You can check out more of her work at: http://lynneyoshii.daportfolio.com/ and check out her FB page at Art of Lynne Yoshii Get your tickets now at http://www.gardenstatecomicfest.com/ace-tickets.html
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    Looking for that perfect gift for that special someone or a perfect time to treat yourself? Get your tickets for Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition, April 7 & 8 at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City & Convention Center now as we will pay all taxes & fees until November 30th! So don't wait! http://www.gardenstatecomicfest.com/ace-tickets.html Reminder: All children 13 and under will be able to come out and enjoy Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition for FREE! That's right, we have raised our age limits for children to enjoy GSCF to 13! With actor Eric Roberts and comic creators Kevin B. Eastman, Greg Hildebrandt, Bob Camp and Jim Steranko already announced our AC show is promising to be the best yet! ITS THE BEST HOLIDAY GIFT AROUND!!!
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    GSCF Is proud to welcome Bob Camp to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition April 7-8th at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City! Bob Camp is a cartoonist, comic book artist, director, and producer. Camp has been nominated for two Emmys, a CableACE Award, and an Annie Award for his work on The Ren & Stimpy Showimpy Show. He was a co-founder of and director for Spümcø, the animation studio that created The Ren & Stimpy Show. He played a major role in the studio's creative force.Camp started his animation career as a designer for animated series such as ThunderCats, Silverhawks, TigerSharks, and several other series produced by Rankin/Bass. He then worked as a designer on The Real Ghostbusters for DiC, and later as a storyboard artist on Tiny Toon Adventures for Warner Bros. Television. In the 2000s, Camp worked as a storyboard artist on animated feature films such as Looney Tunes: Back in Action and Ice Age: The Meltdown. Bob Camp began his career at Marvel Comics as an illustrator on many comic titles including G.I. Joe, Crazy Magazine, Bizarre Adventures, Savage Tales, Conan the Barbarian, and the 'Nam. He is currently an instructor of animation at The School of Visual Arts in New York City and has recently completed work for Paramount Animation as Layout Artist on SpongeBob SquarePants 2. Bob can be found drawing at comic conventions around the country throughout the year as well as working on commissioned artwork. See more and join the animation discussion on Bob’s Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/boblabstudios. For more information or to get your tickets go to: http://www.gardenstatecomicfest.com/ace-tickets.html #BobCamp #Bob_Camp #Ren_Stimpy
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    GSCF Reminder:Tickets for our Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition are going on sale Thursday November 9th! With Greg Hildebrandt, Kevin B. Eastman, and Jim Steranko already announced our AC show is promising to be the best yet! Make sure to purchase your tickets early and SAVE!
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    Legendary Artist Greg Hildebrandt is coming to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition!!Greg and his twin brother, Tim, were born in Detroit, Michigan in 1939, Both boys were avid artists and creative thinkers from a young age, and carried their artistic passion with them throughout their childhoods. For years Greg and Tim worked together and apart, receiving international recognition and numerous awards and honors. In 1975, Greg and Tim illustrated the first of a series of The Lord of the Rings calendars for Ballantine Books. In 1977, Lucasfilm hired the Brothers Hildebrandt to create the movie poster for the first Star Wars film, Star Wars: A New Hope. In 1981, they pursued separate careers. During the ’80s Greg’s art appeared on covers for Omni and Heavy Metal. The Franklin Mint and Lenox issued his work on collector’s plates, figurines, dolls and swords. In l984, Greg illustrated Mary Stewart’s Merlin trilogy, and he has illustrated 15 classics, including: The Wizard of Oz, Aladdin, Robin Hood, Dracula and Phantom of the Opera. When commenting on Greg's work the New York Times said, “Fortunate the child or adult who receives a gift of the classics richly illustrated by Greg Hildebrandt.” After 12 years apart, the Brothers reunited in 1993. They worked on Marvel posters, pre-production art for Stan Lee and Michael Uslan, producer of the Batman films, a King Tut book, the 1994 Marvel Masterpieces card set, X-Men and Spider-Man card sets, Terry & the Pirates (comic strip) and an X-Men 2099 painted bookshelf edition. In 1999, Greg began to paint a life-long dream. He created his 'American Beauties' series of retro pinup art. There are presently 100 amazing paintings in this series. In recent times Greg has done a number of covers for Marvel including Deadpool Vs. Thanos, Secret Wars, Old Man Logan, and Guardians Of The Galaxy, Star Wars, Thor, Daredevil, and just recently X-Men