PANELIST SPOTLIGHT: Venessa Giunta

Venessa Giunta is a writer of weird things, an editrix extraordinaire, and a little bit of a nerd. She is a published author, with non-fiction essays, short stories, and a couple novels (including two under a pen name) under her belt. She is a dedicated viewer of the show Supernatural and was devastated when Sense8 […]

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PANELIST SPOTLIGHT: BatJordan Valdes

BatJordan Valdes is a massive fan of Batman, Catwoman, and DC Comics in general. He fell madly in love with the DC Universe as a young child thanks to the premiere of the animated series The Batman, and that in turn led him to its tie-in comic book series The Batman Strikes!, which was the […]

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PANELIST SPOTLIGHT: TaLynn Kel

TaLynn Kel is a writer, cosplayer, and podcaster in Atlanta, Georgia. She writes about racism, cosplay, interracial relationships, and pop culture fandom through the lens of social justice. She conducts panels on these topics at fandom conventions both in and out of Georgia. Her cosplay and essays have been featured by NBC, Safety Pin Box, […]

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PANELIST SPOTLIGHT: Ellie Raine

Ellie Raine is an epic fantasy author who grew up in a family of book lovers, comic readers, and video gamers in the suburbs of Georgia. Her ongoing Scythe-and-Sorcery book series, The NecroSeam Chronicles, was originally intended to be a video game series, but she’s found that the book adaptation was more exciting than she […]

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PANELIST SPOTLIGHT: Violette Meier

Violette L. Meier is a happily married mother, writer, painter, poet, and native of Atlanta, Georgia, who earned her B.A. in English at Clark Atlanta University and a Masters of Divinity at Interdenominational Theological Center. Writing since her preteen years, she’s written 11 books. Her books include: The First Chronicle of Zayashariya: Out of Night, Angel […]

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PANELIST SPOTLIGHT: Ashleigh Davenport

Ashleigh Davenport is the founder of the romance comic publishing house, Final Beat Comics. What began as a creative writing project is now a full-fledged publishing company which caters to the need for fun and different comic book heroines and their romantic encounters with the sexy monsters who can’t get enough of their curves. Her […]

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PANELIST SPOTLIGHT: Dedren Snead

Dedren Snead is the creator/ writer of the Glyph Comics Award-nominated series and future animated series, Sorghum and Spear, and creator-writer of the upcoming Turnkey comic book series. He is a writer, content creator, and being both a Futurist and Retroist, his mind wanders throughout the space-time continuum, with at 10 year +/- around 1993 […]

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2019 Call for Panels

Share your passion. Share your knowledge. Are you a natural born presenter or performer?  Do you have a topic that you are passionate AND knowledgeable about? Maybe you’ve already presented the material in another forum, but would like to see how it plays to a different audience? We’re now accepting panel submissions and would love to […]

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Panelist Spotlight: Sherita Dunbar

Sherita “Ree” Dunbar, also known as Super Fit With Ree Cosplay, burst onto the cosplay scene in 2008 with a winning smile and personality that made her an instant favorite amongst con-goers.  Since then, she has built a reputation for herself in the cosplay community as an exceptional cosplayer, fitness enthusiast and namesake, often participating with […]

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Panelist Spotlight: Craig Campbell

Craig Campbell is a local, indie RPG designer who published his first game, Murders & Acquisitions, through his company, NerdBurger Games, in 2016. His second RPG, CAPERS (featuring super-powered 1920s gangsters), will be going to Kickstarter on March 6 to fund final artwork and layout. Future plans include a short-play horror-comedy game about getting horror […]

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Vendor Spotlight: Don Hillsman II

Don Hillsman II is a seasoned veteran comic book artist who has worked for all of the major publishers. Since age 16, his credits include Street Fighter, By Any Means Necessary: The Life & Times of Malcolm X, Daemonstorm, Devil Dinosaur Spring Fling, JLA Secret Files & Origins, Southern Knights, Ultraverse Unlimited and Xavier Institute […]

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