Because Spring-Con deserves its own post

May 09, 2010 16:25

Spring-con is at the grandstand at the MN Fairgrounds this year. Lots and lots of space. Rio and I plan on attending at least one day this year.

Here's the planned guest list, if anyone is curious and link-phobic:

Christian Alamy (Green Lantern & Various DC)
Carter Allen (Candle Light Press)
D. Ryan Allen (Zombie CSU, Zombie Coloring Book, Rock N Rot Art)
Thomas D. Anderson (Kiss Four Ever Artwork)
Tim Arney-O’Neil (Highway Cannibals & RPG, Board Game Artist)
Nadja Baer (Impure Blood)
Tyler Bancroft (That’d Be Sweet)
Brian Bastian (Tommy Chicago)
Scott Beaderstadt (Troll Lords)
Terry Beatty (Return to Perdition - Vertigo)
Terry Blauer (Godseeker)
Lisa Blauersouth (Godseeker)
Anna Bongiovanni (The Pure Bones)
Carl Borg (Imaginators)
Casey Boyd (No Fun Comics)
Andy Brase (Fine Art & Cover Illustrator)
Pat Broderick (The Fury of Firestorm, Micronauts)
Josh Brown (Shamrock, Havoc, The Diner, Phive 2 Die)
Kelly Brown (Woe Is Oz)
Mike Bullock (Phantom, Lions Tigers & Bears, Black Bat)
Bud Burgy (Continuity Guy)
Seamus Burke (Oh Goodie!)
Erik Burnham (A-Team: War Stories)
Everett Paul Burris (If You Can Read This You’re Dead)
Jeff Butler (X-Men Legends & Pulp)
Kevin Cannon (Far Arden & T-Minus)
Zander Cannon (Star Trek, Bumblebee, Top 10, Smax, Rep. God)
W.C. Carani (Troll Lords & Singularity)
Chad Casavant (Blood’s Own and Black Jack)
Evan Cass (American Narada: India)
Matt Chicorel (BuzzPop Comics)
Jim Clark (Colliders)
Joe Combs (Business Casual & Rusty The Wonderdog)
Chad Corrie (The Adventures of Corwyn)
Shawn Crystal (Deadpool, Deadpool Team Up - Marvel Exclusive)
Brian Defferding (Deftoons)
Jeff DeMars (Guilty Conscience)
Charles Denton (Coffee Crumbs & A Literature/Comic Zine)
Scott Dillon (Johnny Recon)
Will Dinski (Comics, Screen Prints, Handmade Books & Illustrations)
Andrew Dobson (Formera Book 2 & The Adventures of Alex Ze Pirate)
Cori Doerrfeld (Welcome to Your World Baby!)
Ryan Dow (Introspective Comics)
Kevin Doyle (Topps Star Wars Cards)
Ryan Duderstadt (LSRMS Studios)
Darla Ecklund (Topps Star Wars Galaxy & Clone Wars, LOTR)
Josh Eddings (Death Valley/IDW Incredible Comic Book Women with TN)
Sigrid Ellis (Cool Kids)
Mark Eric Elton (The Rando Menagerie, Magic Mirror)
Steve Fastner (F+L’s Beauties & Beasts)
Fesworks (Webcomic Beacon Podcast)
Kyle Field (Adventures in Paying Rent)
Paul Fricke (Night of the Bedbugs & Fractured Fables)
Scott Gallatin (Madscott, Nightgig & the Podcast Gigcast)
Mitch Gerads (Johnny Recon)
Aaron Gillespie (Golly! & Big Q)
Pat Gleason (Green Lantern Corps Brightest Day)
Todd Gnacinskl (Satellite State & Serious John)
Jonathan Goltz (Grey Bouquet)
Grant Gould (Star Wars Clone Wars & Wolves of Odin)
Will Grant (Candle Light Press)
Chris Graunke (Guilty Conscience & Damnation of Leroy Miles)
Terrance Griep (Scooby Doo)
Peter Gross (Unwritten, Books of Magic & Lucifer)
Becky Grutzik (Manga Math Mysteries #8/Lerner Publishing)
Jesse Haller (Monster Mash & Little Miracle)
Jerimiah Halonie (Steam Cover Studios)
Adam A. Hansen (The Visible Rooster Jack)
Bud Hanzel (DIYS Guide to Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse)
Jonah Hardenbrook (Blood’s Own and Black Jack)
Anthony Hary (Brethren)
Bill Hauser (Hirax, Bane & Ozzy Osbourne)
Christopher Herndon (Tales of the TMNT, Living With Zombies, Terra Tempo)
Phil Hester (Green Hornet & The Anchor & Firebreather)
Jessica Hickman (LF Artist, Space Quint & Zombies Vs Cheerleaders)
Sam Hiti (Death-Day)
Mike Hoffman (Venus Envy)
Meghan Hogan (Geirdoz, GMN#4, Manny+Bigfoot)
Raighne Hogan (Mother Lover & RDCDFish)
Adam Hughes (Cover Artist Extraordinaire)
Ursula Murray Husted (Looking Up & Drawing on Yourself)
Michael Hutchison (MetroMed)
Ryan Jacobson (Monster Ninjas)
Thomas Jannusch (Corenega)
Georges Michael Jeanty (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gambit, Weapon X)
Chester Johnson (Gorillahead Comics)
MP Johnson (Barbaric Robotic & Are You Sick of Zombies Yet?)
Rachael Ratchet Johnson (Barista Girl)
Christopher Jones (DC Comics Artist & Pin Up Artist)
Steven Philip Jones (Worlds of HP Lovecraft, Sherlock Holmes & Talisman)
Christopher Judd (Tastes Like Good: Powerlines, The Union and Keystones)
Dan Jurgens (Booster Gold)
Matt Kaufenberg (Shrek Prequel, Mysterious Adventure Magazine, X-Men)
Nick Kaufman (Crypticon)
Jim Keefe (Flash Gordon)
Ryan Kelly (Local & The New York Four)
Jason Kipp (Golem of Prague)
Reynold Kissling (Illustrator)
Danno Klonowski (Manly Tales of Cowardice)
J.J. Kocholek (McGuffin Exchange & Strips Between Feedings)
Sarah Kopitske (Monster Merchandise)
Corey Kramer (Not Really Sure!)
Peter Krause (Irredeemable)
Matthew Kriske (Oddment, CP comics, Muscles & Fights, Lutefisk Sushi)
Jake Kujava (Rada the Cat & Crumbum)
Steve Kurth (Ultimate Armor & Iron Man Legacy)
Candace Marie Lafvor (Graphite, Ink)
Rich Larson (F+L’s Beauties & Beasts)
Kyle Latino (Unreal Fantasy Graphic Album)
Kevin Lenagh (VentureLand & Domino Chance)
Patric Lewandowski (Freaks N Squeeks & Fun Factory)
Jeff Limke (Bald Eagle in Air Fighter)
Bob Lipski (Uptown Girl Comics)
Ant Lucia (Pinups of classic monsters with their sexy counterparts!)
Latham Luepke (LSRMS Studios)
Nathan Lueth (Impure Blood)
Sean Lynch (Processing & Nuclear Twilight)
Jamin MacKenzie-Brown (Guilty Conscience)
Chas Studio Manderley (Really Cool Design & Conceptual Art)
Lars Martinson (Tonoharu: Part One & Part Two)
Michael May (Cownt Tales & Robot 6)
Kevin McCarthy (Epoch & Casual Heroes)
Aric McKeown (Blank It)
Angel Medina (Top Secret (Seriously!))
Kevin Mellon (Bombhead, Suicide Sisters & Lovestruck)
Jennifer Menken (Cool Esoteric Handcrafted Items!)
Zach Miller (Joe and Monkey)
Mojo Moen (Steel Rising & Le Muerte)
Daniel Mohr (The Comic Everyday Gods, Jewelry and More)
Ed Choy Moorman (Ed’s Dead Body)
Sarah Morean (City/City)
John Mundt, ESQ. (Adventures of Monkey)
President Nelson (5ive 2 Die)
Nolan Nesbitt (Guilty Conscience)
Alex Ness (Empire of Stone)
Tom Nguyen (Green Lantern & Corps & Incredible Comics w/Tom N)
Diana Nock (The Intrepid Girlbot)
Daniel Olson (Super Maxi-Pad Girl)
Jeremy Olson (Ghost of Christmas Future)
John Olson (DIYSG to Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse)
Tyler Page (Nothing Better)
Evan Palmer (Cooking With Food)
Jeff Parker (Red Hulk, Fall of Hulks, Atlas)
Douglas Paszkiewicz (Writer Illustrator Mad Magazine & Arsenic Lullaby)
CR Pechonick (Piper May, P.I.)
Evan Pedersen (Fancy Pants Gangsters)
Annamarie Pellow (Drawing & Lobsters)
Bob Peterson (Sci-Fi Artist)
Lemuel Pew (Blank It Comics)
Aaron Poliwoda (Low Blow)
Martin Powell (Phantom Unmasked, Black Angel & Sinbad)
Gordon Purcell (Beyond the Wall & IDW Star Trek)
Rana Raeuchle (Chibi Toaster)
CJ Renner (Colliders)
Sandez Rey (Robot Jungle Girl)
Joe Rheault (The Burbs & Asha in her Thievin’ Ways)
Christopher Rich-McKelvey (Pin-Up Artist)
Jake Rueth (Personal Paintings & Illustrations)
Ryan Ruffatti (Shift & Don’t Be Afraid)
Brittney Sabo (Ghost Jars & Francis Sharp)
William Schar (Iron Sea)
Brent Schoonover (Astronaut Dad, Toy Story & Marvel Cards)
Nicole Schoonover (Homemade Cool Stuff You Want)
Barbara Schulz (Inky Fingers)
Geoff Sebesta (Cloudhopper, MegaTexas, President of Ice Cream!)
Evan Shaner (Freelance Cartoonist & Dinosaur Enthusiast)
Sean Shaw (Lady Death & Grimm Fairy Tales)
Damian Sheridan (Out of a Cold Forest & Pope Cat)
Jim Shooter (Comic Industry Legend)
Eric Shuster (Nerve)
Tim Sievert (That Salty Air & The Intrepideers)
Amanda Simmons (Golem of Prague)
Andy Singer (No Exit Panel Cartoons)
Jon Sloan (Sa-Bom Jim Webcomics)
Uko Smith (FX-Lost Land, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, X-men Cards)
Gordon Smuder (Translyvania Television)
Allison Sohn (Star Wars Galaxy 5 Cards)
Nate Sorenson (Barbaric Robotic & Are You Sick of Zombies Yet?)
Chad Spilker (Classic Pin Ups)
Mark Stegbauer (Buckaroo Banzai & Guide to Surviving Zombie Apocalypse!)
David Steinlicht (In This Corner & Cornered)
Kyle Strahm (The Equitable)
Brandon Strate (No Fun Comics)
Travis Strickland (Online Internet Webcomic Show)
Steven Stwalley (Lutefisk Sushi Volume D)
Adam Sward (Doofus to Death & Loving the Bomb)
Jonathan Switzer (Creator/Writer/Artist of Scwonkey Dog)
Steve Takada (Symphony of Blood)
Tim Tapp (Maggie & Kowala)
Ethan Tarshish (Woe is Oz, The Basement Brigade & Bluto)
Paul Taylor (Wapsi Square)
Brandon Terrell (Drake Bacula: MonSTAR, Horrorwood)
John Ira Thomas (Candle Light Press)
Zachary Thomas (Trepidation Comics)
Mike Toft (Brain Food)
Sarah Tulius (RDCD Fist, GMN#4)
Shawn Van Briesen (Buckaroo Banzai & Lady Domino)
Corbett Vanoni (Cartoons & Illustration)
Ben Vazquez (Lost Kids)
Joey Vazquez (Lost Kids)
Hedwig Vinson (Sailing Forever)
Kevin Voith (Kestrel)
Joel Vollmer (Writer, Illustrator, Designer)
Stephanie Vozzo (Archie Comics Colorist - New Look)
Daniel Vozzo (Jack of Fables & Kolchak Night Stalker)
Lance Ward (Hotwire Comics)
David Watkins (Broadstrokes)
Matt Wendt (Great Big Pissed Off Bear & Peep)
David Wheeler (Misadventures of Wonderboy)
Ron Wilson (Marvel Comics Artist & Comics Illustrator)
Brandon Wind (Holy Roman Empire)
Kevin Wind (The Local Haunt)
Vanesa “Vas” Littlecrow Wojtanowicz (Polska, Sucka!, Velvet Rasputin Online, Catnose Comics)
Jennifer Young (Ink Bunny Diaries)
Ben Zmith (The Visible Rooster Jack)

And let's not forget Sarah Douglas, aka Ursa from the old Superman and Superman II movies (you know, the one's that weren't Supes verses an island). This looks like it should be pretty cool. Should be interesting to see what level of cosplayers it brings out. I know there's a few DC and Marvel ones in the area, so it should be fun. ^_^
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