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

Autograph Events

Autograph Events

05/14/13

                All Autograph sessions will take place in the Autograph Area (in front of Buddha, near Tower Concierge – Tower 1)  Friday:  Voice Actor Autographs with: Kyle Hebert, Todd Haberkorn, Sonny Strait, Lisle Wilkerson, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Vic Mignogna Autograph Session: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Cathy...

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 Jackie Kashian at A-Kon 24

Meet Jackie Kashian at A-Kon 24

04/10/13

Jackie has been a national touring comic for over 15 years. She just made her late night comedy debut on the Conan O’Brien Show. She has her own half hour special on Comedy Central, was a semi-finalist on Last Comic Standing and just recorded This American Life with Ira Glass for NPR.  Her latest CD, “It is Never Going to Be Bread” was one of the top ten comedy...

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...

Meet Professional Zombie Slayer Rachel Lara

Meet Professional Zombie Slayer Rachel Lara

03/09/13

Model/Actress/Gamer/Professional Zombie Slayer

Cathy Weseluck at A-Kon 24

Cathy Weseluck at A-Kon 24

03/07/13

Internationally known, award-winning voice-over actor Cathy Weseluck’s acting/production career extends over a wide range of areas. In addition to her continued success as a voice-over performer, Cathy’s noted accomplishments also include her work as a TV actor, instructor, consultant, guest speaker, casting director/director, associate producer, writer,...

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...

A-Kon 2013: Helen McCarthy

A-Kon 2013: Helen McCarthy

02/21/13

Life is never dull for Helen McCarthy. Since A-Kon 23, she’s been asked to teach at an English university, review and endorse academic publications on anime, help to put together a costume exhibition, revise and update one of her earlier books  and write a history of manga in three months. She’s also got a publisher reading her novel. On a sadder...

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