FLORIDA SUPERCON : JULY 3-6, 2014 : MIAMI, FL. - MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER

[SUPERCON MIKE]

Updated list

 

John Romita Sr.

John Romita Jr.

Allen Bellman

Howard Chaykin

Adelso Corona

Terry Cronin

Tom DeFalco

Jose Delbo

Danny Fingeroth

Dan Green

Greg Horn

Klaus Janson

Michael Kingston

Greg LaRocque

Bob Layton

Pablo Marcos

Pat Martin

Mervyn McKoy

Bob McLeod

Al Milgrom

Tom Palmer

George Perez

Josef "Joe" Rubinstein

Alex Saviuk

Dan Slott

Mark Sparacio

Bob Wiacek

[SUPERCON MIKE]

Al Plastino has just been added to the guest list for Florida Supercon 2014 at our "NEW LOCATION" The Miami Beach Convention Center July 3-6, 2014! http://www.floridasupercon.com/

 

Al Plastino is a living legend in the comic book industry and will be making an extremely rare public appearance at Florida Supercon! Al is well known as the co-creator of Supergirl, The Legion of Superheroes, Braniac, The Parasite and more during his run as one of the main artists of Superman in the 1950's-1960's on titles such as Superman, Action Comics, Adventure Comics, Superboy, Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen and World's Finest Comics.

 

 

Al’s earliest work was for Dynamic Publications' Dynamic Comics #2 (1941) followed by work for Timely / Marvel on Captain America, The Patriot, Sub-Mariner and The Vision. With the outbreak of World War II, Plastino and his brothers were drafted, and he served in the U.S. Army where he was assigned to the Grumman Aerospace Corporation, the National Inventors Council and then the Pentagon. In 1948 he was brought into DC Comics by Superman editor Mort Weisenger, where he became one of the core artists for the Superman family of comics. He was the co-creator on characters such as Supergirl, The Legion of Superheroes (Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl), Bizarro Superman, Braniac, The Parasite, Krypto The Super Dog and Mr. Mxyzptlk.

 

Plastino drew the syndicated Batman comic strip from 1966–72, and the Superman strip in the late 1960s. In 1970, he took over the syndicated strip Ferd'nand, which he drew until his retirement in 1989. In the early 1970s, DC assigned Plastino to retouch Jack Kirby's renditions of Superman and Jimmy Olsen, fearing that Kirby's versions were too different from the established images of the characters. Plastino also worked on Sunday episodes of Nancy from 1982 to 1983 after Ernie Bushmiller died. He was also commissioned by the United Media newspaper syndicate to ghost Peanuts when Charles Schulz underwent heart surgery in 1983. Al retired from the comics in 1990 and pursued his love for painting. His work has and continues to be displayed at Galleries all over New York.

[SUPERCON MIKE]

Mad Rupert has just been added to the guest list for Florida Supercon 2014 at our "NEW LOCATION" The Miami Beach Convention Center July 3-6, 2014! http://www.floridasupercon.com/

 

 

Mad is a comic book / web comic artist and writer best known for her work on Regular Show, Regular Show: Skips, Adventure Time, Adventure Time: Candy Capers, and her web comic Sakana http://sakana.smackjeeves.com/. She also lettered the Adventure Time "Playing With Fire" OGN, as well as "The Summiteers" included in the recent Adventure Time Annual comic. She is originally from Philadelphia, and is currently a freelance comic artist living in Savannah, GA. She graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2011 with a BFA in Sequential Art, and is currently working on here Sequential Art MFA. Her other interests include collecting rare cacti and houseplants, and fawning over her pugs.

[SUPERCON MIKE]

Brad Walker and Vinnie Tartamella have just been added to the guest list for Florida Supercon 2014!

 

Brad Walker's art can currently be seen in Green Lantern: New Guardians and recently on Action Comics, Heroes For Hire and Marvel's cosmic titles The Thanos Imperitive and Guardians of the Galaxy. His other art credits include: Age of Heroes, The Avengers, Batman: War Drums, Batman: Legends of the Dark Night, Batman Allies: Secret Files and Origins, Birds of Prey, Catwoman, Detective Comics, Supergirl, Secret Six, Tangent: Superman's Reign, Manhunter, Nightwing and Richard Dragon.

 

Comic Book artist Vinnie Tartamella has credits including: Hack/Slash, Female Force (Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Princess Diana, Sarah Palin, Stephanie Meyer, Oprah), Political Power (Bill Clinton, Colin Powell), Project Eon & more! As well, Vinnie is a former lead designer for McFarlane Toys and designer for Diamond Select, Toybiz and Bowen. Visit Vinnie online at http://vinroc.deviantart.com/

 

Updated list of Comic Book Creators

 

John Romita Sr.

John Romita Jr.

Allen Bellman

Howard Chaykin

Adelso Corona

Terry Cronin

Tom DeFalco

Jose Delbo

Danny Fingeroth

Dan Green

Greg Horn

Klaus Janson

Michael Kingston

Greg LaRocque

Bob Layton

Pablo Marcos

Pat Martin

Mervyn McKoy

Bob McLeod

Al Milgrom

Tom Palmer

George Perez

Al Plastino

Josef "Joe" Rubinstein

Alex Saviuk

Dan Slott

Mark Sparacio

Vinnie Tartamella

Brad Walker

Bob Wiacek

[SUPERCON MIKE]

Clay Mann has just been added to the Florida Supercon 2014 Guest List!

 

Clay Mann is currently working for Marvel Comics on The Indestructible Hulk, following a 2 year run on Gambit. He has recently been the artist of X-Men: Legacy and Magneto: Not A Hero. His other art credits include: Dark Reign: Elektra, Daredevil, Ultimate X-Men, Thor: Man of War, Heroes For Hire, Marvel Knights 4, Four, The Immortal Iron Fist, Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four, Marvel Adventures: Two In One, X-Men Unlimited, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (2008) and more!

[SUPERCON MIKE]

D ick Kulpa has just been added to the Florida Supercon 2014 Guest List!

 

 

D ick Kulpa is best known for his work with Cracked and Weekly World News (as the creator of Bat Boy) in the 1990's and early 2000's, as well as on the Star Trek and Bruce Lee newspaper strips in the 1980's. D ick got his start in the cartooning business in 1969 when his hometown Illinois weekly newspaper, the Loves Park Post, published his first cartoon strip, Double Eagle & Co. The Double Eagle strip brought much attention to the young Kulpa, and he continued working as an independent editorial cartoonist and graphic artist. Kulpa's first syndicated work appeared in 1983, when he produced the Star Trek and Bruce Lee newspaper comics for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. From 1982-88, Kulpa served as graphic arts manager for the renowned Testor Corporation, manufacturer of model kits, where he designed cartoon instruction sheets and collateral materials for their line of Weird-Ohs models.

 

He illustrated Tribune Media Services' nationally and internationally syndicated Ghost Story Club comic strip and the weekly cartoon panel Draw Play for the Chicago Bear Report newspaper. In 1998, Kulpa illustrated the humor book, The Redneck Guide to Raisin' Children, written by Annie & Glen-Bob Smith. For over 10 years, he served as Art Director for the nationally distributed supermarket tabloid Weekly World News. Kulpa created the now-famous Bat Boy character which first appeared in Weekly World News on June 23, 1992. From 2000 - 2005, Kulpa served as publisher and editor of the national humor magazine Cracked. Kulpa's anti-gang comic book classic "Gangbuster" is currently being circulated by police departments.

[Chemistry]

Please get Dustin Weaver!!!

[SUPERCON MIKE]

José Luis Garcia-Lopez has just been added to the Florida Supercon 2014 Guest List!

 

 

José Luis Garcia-Lopez is simply one of the most iconic DC Comics artists of all time! He is well known for his work on Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Teen Titans, Flash, Jonah Hex, Batgirl, and pretty much every other DC Comics character from the 1970's to the present day.

[Par2ch]

[mangbus]

Nice. Went ahead and booked a hotel that is right between the convention center and the beach. Can't wait!

[Par2ch]

Which hotel chris?

[mangbus]

Which hotel chris?

 

Crest Hotel Suites best combination of price / location I could find.

[gcstomp]

I looked at the Crest Hotel Suites, very close to show, looks like its a short walk. My concern was that there is no, none, zero parking at the hotel. You need to park at the parking across the street from the hotel that STARTS at $40 per night.

[mangbus]

Not sure there are any free parking hotels within walking distance of the convention. Most have Valet services only and are priced through the roof.

 

Best case scenario is, unload at hotel, drive to the 17th Street Garage (0.4 miles away) and walk back. Leave the car there the entire time since walking to and from the convention will be very easy. $20 per day for this lot (24 hour access in the event you do need to leave for any reason.)

[SUPERCON MIKE]

I'm going to announce about 10 more "offical" hotels in the next 2 weeks, with preferred rates. All these hotels will be on the Beach (North Beach and South Beach) and will between $99 and $189 a night. All of our official hotels will have a free shuttle service to the convention center.

 

I will say that there is no free parking at any of the beach hotels... just the reality of being on the beach. We'll have a list of all the parking in the area. Parking options at the lots range from $15-$25 for overnight all day / all night parking.

[mangbus]

At past shows, what kind of signature pricing have the Romita's used?

Are quick sketches even something to consider as a possibility?

 

[SUPERCON MIKE]

I'll have more info on signature pricing... and sketch availability in the near future.

[SUPERCON MIKE]

Scott Hanna has just been addded to the guest list for Florida Supercon 2014 at our "NEW LOCATION" The Miami Beach Convention Center July 3-6, 2014! http://www.floridasupercon.com/

 

Scott Hanna is an 25 year veteran of the comic industry as both penciler and inker, best known for his work on Amazing Spider-Man, Captain America, Batman, Avengers, Detective Comics, Avengers vs. X-Men, Green Lantern Corps, Cable, Thor, Astonishing Spider-Man, Spider-Man, X-Men and much more!

 

The Facebook event page for FLORIDA SUPERCON 2014 is now up! RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/194210944084345 and let us know where you'll be July 3-6, 2014. www.floridasupercon.com

 

[SUPERCON MIKE]

Peter David has just been addded to the guest list for Florida Supercon 2014 at our "NEW LOCATION" The Miami Beach Convention Center July 3-6, 2014! http://www.floridasupercon.com/'>http://www.floridasupercon.com/

 

Peter is a prolific author whose career, and continued popularity, spans nearly two decades. He has worked in every conceivable media: Television, film, books (fiction, non-fiction and audio), short stories, and comic books, and acquired followings in all of them. Comic fans will know him best from his award-winning, 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk, his current long run on X-Factor, and his work on Aquaman, Young Justice, Supergirl, Star Trek, Soulsearchers and Company, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099, Wolverine, The Phantom, She-Hulk, Sachs & Violens, Action Comics, Amory Wars, Captain Marvel, Dark Tower, Dreadstar, and Fallen Angel (to name a few).

 

The Facebook event page for FLORIDA SUPERCON 2014 is now up! RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/194210944084345 and let us know where you'll be July 3-6, 2014. http://www.floridasupercon.com

 

[SUPERCON MIKE]

Updated list of Comic Book Creators

 

John Romita Sr.

John Romita Jr.

Allen Bellman

Howard Chaykin

Adelso Corona

Terry Cronin

Peter David

Tom DeFalco

Jose Delbo

Danny Fingeroth

Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez

Dan Green

Scott Hanna

Greg Horn

Klaus Janson

Michael Kingston

D.ck Kulpa

Greg LaRocque

Bob Layton

Clay Mann

Pablo Marcos

Pat Martin

Mervyn McKoy

Bob McLeod

Al Milgrom

Tom Palmer

George Perez

Al Plastino

Josef "Joe" Rubinstein

Alex Saviuk

Dan Slott

Mark Sparacio

Vinnie Tartamella

Brad Walker

Bob Wiacek