Panelist Spotlight: Marilyn Williams

Marilyn Williams is an established Designer and Tailor.  She is a fourth-generation designer with over 20 years’ experience. Her love for fashion has taken her on a quest to find training in many avenues of the fashion industry. Marilyn Williams is Torie-Mekhi’s Fashion Couture head designer and founder located in Lithonia Ga. She has spent […]

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Panelist Spotlight: Cara Caravan

Cara Caravan is an award-winning artist and costume designer who has been cosplaying in Atlanta for over 10 years. She has won several awards for her sculptures, paintings, and costumes. One of her favorite art mediums is a process of sculpting wool into 3D sculpture, otherwise know as “needle-felting.” As an artist, Cara has been […]

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Guest Spotlight: Bob Carter

  Bob Carter is an internationally recognized Voice Actor and Voice Coach known for voicing characters in the Street Fighter series, Mortal Kombat 9, Dragonball Z, Smite, Lifeless Planet, and many other popular characters in a wide range of video games! Carter also has voiced many anime projects such as Fairy Tail, My Hero Academia, […]

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Guest Spotlight: Carey Means

Carey Means has been the voice of Frylock on the Adult Swim TV show Aqua Teen Hunger Force (aka “Aqua TV Show Show”). His career also includes having been in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and the Atlanta Opera Chorus. He has also performed on stage at the Georgia Renaissance festival as Sir Richard Do […]

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The Cosplay Your Way X-Perience!

Be prepared to immerse yourself into the Cosplay Your Way X-Perience at this year’s Atlanta Sci-Fi and Fantasy Expo. You will be able to spend hours learning and creating next to some of the regions top award-winning cosplayers and crafters. Cosplay Your Way is all about helping you do you! It’s your voice, your style, […]

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Panelist Spotlight: OREATHIA SMITH

Oreathia Smith received her BA in English from Millsaps College (Jackson, MS) and her MFA in Writing for the Screen and Television from the University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA). Oreathia was a writer on Issa Rae’s hit web-series Mis-Adventures of an Awkward Black Girl (she created the beloved character “White Jay”). In 2016, Oreathia’s script Mona. […]

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Panelist Spotlight: Amy Li

Amy S. Li is currently an English Ph.D. student (ABD) at Emory University. Her primary research focus is on representations of embodiment in science fiction.  She graduated from Cornell University in 2014 with a B.A. in English, a B.A. in Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, and a minor in Music. Her research interests include science […]

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Panelist Spotlight: Dana Morgan

Dana Morgan is an Executive Assistant / Event Planner by day, and a con / cosplay photographer by night. Her passion for photography is uncharted and she uses that passion to drive the art of cosplay pass the limits; providing her subjects with eye-catching photos that embody their characters and compliments their creativity. Dana has […]

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Panelist Spotlight: MATT FRANKLIN

For nearly ten years, Matt Franklin has helped developed AV and broadcasting teams for numerous non-profit organizations around Atlanta. Matt is a graduate of the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) and the co-founder of Most Uniquest.

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Panelist Spotlight: Amanda Ray

Founder of MCSFO – The Multicultural Sci-fi Organization and organizer of The Atlanta Sci-fi Film Festival, and Kids with S.T.E.A.M. children’s sci-fi film festival, Amanda Ray is providing many platforms for sci-fi creatives. Born and raised in New York City, Amanda Ray relocated to Atlanta in 1993 to study music at Georgia State University School […]

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Panelist Spotlight: Eric L. Watts

Eric L. Watts has been active in Star Trek fandom for forty years and is one of the most well-known Star Trek fans in the southeast. He brings a wealth of convention-running experience, fan club management and insider knowledge to the Treklanta con committee. In 2006, Mr. Watts was elected Commanding Officer of the USS Republic NCC-1371, the STARFLEET […]

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