May 31 – June 2, 2013 at The Hilton Anatole Dallas

Meet Ray Dillion and Renae De Liz

Meet Ray Dillion and Renae De Liz

04/24/13

              RAY DILLON has worked as an artist in film, tv, gaming, comics, trading cards, and more for 13 years on projects like HBO’s Game of Thrones, Borderlands 2: Origins, Mars Attacks IDW, Ridley Scott’s “Prophets of Science Fiction” & “Meteorite Men” on The Science Channel, R.L....

Meet Awkward Zombie creator Katie Tiedrich

Meet Awkward Zombie creator Katie Tiedrich

03/19/13

Katie Tiedrich writes and draws the webcomic Awkward Zombie, a collection of videogame parodies known for punchy art and a sometimes dark sense of humor. The comic started out with a focus on Nintendo games, but has since branched out to a more general scope. Katie currently studies Mechanical Engineering in Hoboken, New Jersey, and hopes to someday build a...

Rob Balder creator of Erfworld at A-Kon

Rob Balder creator of Erfworld at A-Kon

02/26/13

Rob Balder is a professional webcomic creator who has also ventured into game design, comedy music, publishing and new media business development. Most of his time is consumed writing and producing Erfworld, an epic fantasy/comedy comic about an obsessive strategy gamer who is summoned to fight a real war. Erfworld was co-created in 2006 with illustrator Jamie...

Meet Erfworld illustrator Xin Ye

Meet Erfworld illustrator Xin Ye

02/26/13

              Xin Ye is a self taught illustrator focusing in comic making. She graduated from the college of Architecture at University of Houston in 2008, but decided that illustration was much more fulfilling. After bumbling around on her own for a year, she unexpectedly and ecstatically became the illustrator for Erfworld....

Meet R. Cat Conrad

Meet R. Cat Conrad

02/26/13

Cat hails from Fort Worth, after residing many years in Arlington – that’s Texas, not the national cemetery, even though his life reads like a cemetery plot  … one that might’ve been dreamed up by his renowned vampire author wife (Rachel Caine).  Alas, Cat’s puns have reportedly jeopardized his allotted nine lives so just pretend he’s a famous...

Meet Bob Eggleton at A-Kon 24

Meet Bob Eggleton at A-Kon 24

01/05/13

Bob Eggleton is a successful science fiction, fantasy, horror, and landscape artist, encompassing twenty years of putting brush to canvas or board. Winner of 9 Hugo Awards-he has been nominated an amazing 28 times over 24 years, 12 Chesley Awards, as well as various magazine awards, his art can be seen on the covers of magazines, books, posters and prints, and...

Steve Bennett returns to A-Kon 24

Steve Bennett returns to A-Kon 24

01/05/13

Steve first honed his artistic chops when he was just a teenager living in Tokyo.  He landed a part-time gig with Noburu Furusei (New Dominion Tank Police, Lupin III, etc.) at Studio Aoehyma and was lucky enough to work on series like Only You and Yamamoto. Later he was able to turn this experience into an actual job in the States—from 1997 until 2004 Steve was...

Meredith Placko (aka) Ana Aesthetic returns to A-Kon

Meredith Placko (aka) Ana Aesthetic returns to A-Kon

12/27/12

Meredith Placko, known around the con circuit as Ana Aesthetic, is a journalist, cosplayer and self proclaimed crazy cat lady.

IDW Artist Matt Frank to be at A-Kon 24

IDW Artist Matt Frank to be at A-Kon 24

11/03/12

Matt Frank is best known for his kaiju-riffic work with IDW on the Godzilla comic series, starting with covers for Kingdom of Monsters and providing interiors for Godzilla: Legends issue 1.

Kristen McGuire returns to A-Kon 24

Kristen McGuire returns to A-Kon 24

09/23/12

Kristen McGuire is a self published manga artist who has plagued the local anime conventions for years convincing unsuspecting victims to purchase her comic book series, Enchanted.

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