Sunday March 7, 2010 at Sacramento's Scottish Rite Center
Actress who played Diane in the horror movie "Paranormal Activity." Ashley is a professional actress working in film, television, commercials, hosting, print and theatre. Ashley began her acting career at age five when she played the title role in a community production of Chicken Little. Since then, she has received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting/Musical Theatre and has captured the attention of audiences on the New York stage, film festivals, and primetime television shows on FOX, HBO, E! and the Style Network. She can currently be seen in Paramount's Paranormal Activity, now on Blueray & DVD.
Career achievements include originating a role in an off Broadway play, performing in a National tour, cover modeling for best selling author Stephen J. Cannell, being directed by Darren Star, and sharing the stage with Elaine Stritch. Favorite theatre roles include Lina Lamont in Singin' in the Rain, Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest, Louisa in The Fantasticks and the title roles in both Cinderella and Lysistrata. On film she has played everything from trophy wife to drug addict, professional woman to demonically possessed! Ashley has studied improv at the famed Upright Citizens Brigade theatre, and performed with the comedy troupe Intruders on Campus. She also continues to combine her interests in travel, design and event planning with her talent and personality in order to host educational programs. She grew up in the Midwest, spent several years living in Manhattan, and currently resides in Los Angeles.
Artist extraordinaire, Tone has been making a name for himself as a heavy hitter in the comic books world. He's worked on Simpsons Super Spectacular, Bart Simpson's Treehouse Of Horror, Radioactive Man, Urban Monsters, Masters Of The Universe, Conan, Grimm Fairy Tales, Violent Messiahs, Snake Plissken Chronicles, Kiss, The Covenant, U.T.F. "Undead Task Force", Josh Whedon's Angel and Chassis. Rodriguez has also contributed to television shows including Numb3rs, E-Ring, Power Rangers: Time Force and Dexter. For Dexter season 2 episode 5 "The Dark Defender" Tone had a character role in the episode as well as contributing all of the artwork for the Dark Defender comic book shown in that episode. He is currently working on Tyrese Gibson's Mayhem! released through Image Comics. www.tonerod.com
Haubrick works as a full time tattoo artist (Nice Guy Tattoo www.myspace.com/niceguytattoo) and illustrator. In his paintings he portrays the struggles of love, loss, and travels over the last few years of his life. He has shown all across the states but you can find most works on display at Gallery 1988, Hive Gallery, Cerasoli-LeBasse Gallery, Black Maria Gallery, Subtext Gallery and the Distinction Gallery. His artwork has also been featured in Hi-Fructose and Empty magazine. Haubrick has also contributed to several mini comics such as We Love Heads, Two Weeks & Bargain Bin Comics. He currently resides in the small town of South Pasadena. http://www.haubscomix.com
Ken Garduno was born in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Art Center College of Design with honors in illustration. Since graduation, Ken has gone on to have his work shown in galleries internationally, as well as working as a commercial illustrator on various projects. Ken's work has been published in various publications. He did the cover art for Shane Jones' novel "Light Boxes," worked on skateboard decks & t-shirt designs for Gnarled, contributes artwork to the L.A. Weekly, illustrated album art for Fall Out Boy & As Tall As Lions and has artwork in the mini comics such as Bargain Bin Comics and We Love Heads. www.kengarduno.com
An art collective by Sacramento artists Corey Bernhardt, Richard Curtze, Hainanu Saulque and Junior Bruce.
Prior to being a freelance artist, Corey Bernhardt spent time as a graphic artist for Tower Records. In 2008 he started his own personal graphic design company Archive Design Studio, which is focused on layout design, illustration, and photography. Corey is currently pursuing a career in the field of tattooing at “Pretty In Ink” tattoo in Roseville,CA. Currently, he's been busy working on his first creator owned indy comic book titled “Cardboard City” which will see release in 2010.
Hai-Na-Nu Saulque started working on comics around 2005 with Ben Schwartz of ECV Press. He worked on his first comic with ECV Press and has continued to work with them up to date. Nu is also one of the co-creators of the Sacramento chapter of “Drink and Draw” and is currently pursuing a career in the field of tattooing at Side Show Studios. At the moment Nu is working on a few projects, one is his creator own comic “God Punish” and the other is “Hank Houston” a project he co-created with Ben Schwartz of ECV Press.
Now in hiding among the mundane denizens of this small orb, Richard Curtze has no idea of his true purpose. Whether the destroyer of worlds or the savior of all sentient species only time will tell. Thankfully, for all of you, he has chosen to while away his time as an Earthly artist extraordinaire. During the day he pretends to be productive as a county worker while he waits for his destiny to unfold. By night he brings you the best in local artwork.
In 2008, Junior Bruce was tapped to draw a 36 page chapter of the graphic novel, "Stranger Danger" for Arcana Studios. This project lead to Junior working on a short story for "Twist in the Night" a horror anthology graphic from Torn Comics. His story, Still Born (which he conceptualized and co-wrote) is his opus to the women-in-prison movies he watched and loved as a kid on USA Up All Night...if that prison was located somewhere within the city limits of Tromaville. Currently, Junior is developing his property about a mullet and wife beater wearing trailer-park protector, "Cracker Ace" for Torn Comics, as well as taking on writing duties for the blaxploitation occult hunter series, "Oshira Jones" also for Torn Comics. www.littlecarbonrobot.com
Who is Mr. Lobo? Is he friend or foe? Will he save late night television or destroy it? Shrouded in the obsidian mystique of a formless void, this innovative horror host presides over Cinema Insomnia from the regal heights of the finest rocking chair that 1971 had to offer. The nationally syndicated show has been seen in over 30 television markets - The 2006 Halloween spectacular had a footprint of 45 Million households. Mr. Lobo is an advocate for 'Bad Movies'. In fact, he claims, "They're not bad movies just misunderstood". Mr.Lobo has also written & drawn comic books such as Fal Brand Funny Pages, Nuke Nova, The Queen of Trash and later this year, 13 Hosts. He is the mortal enemy of WWE Wrestler Chris Jericho and has also appeared in the horror host documentary "American Scary" and is set to start filming in the Plan 9 From Outer Space remake, "Plan 9" as the character Criswell. www.cinemainsomnia.com
Writer of the Western Horror comic book graphic novel "Strangeways: Murder Moon" a story of Werewolves in the Old West. Maxwell worked as an animator on Thumb Wars, a deranged parody of the original Star Wars. He also worked on the animations Max Steel and Dan Dare. Maxwell is currently working on his follow up to Strageways: Murder Moon, (www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_C0KfUwFjQ) Strangeways: The Thirsty. www.highway-62.com
Artist and creator of the animation Thom Cat and co-creator of The Infinite Goliath, which both air on Nickelodeon in December as part of the Random Cartoons series. Also airing on the Random Cartoon series, Ape Escape based on the hit video game from Sony in which he is the head writer for. Thom G. Cat is a genius inventor, a brilliant scientist, and a fashion trendsetter…not bad for a cat! The smartest cat in the world that is! Thom Cat first appeared in Mike’s self-published comic book, Fluff #1. Mike Gray is an award–winning writer, cartoonist, animator, director, and stand-up comedian. He has also worked on The Three Little Pigs animated short that was an official selection for the Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival. www.pencilforhire.com
Brereton is one of a bare handful of painters left in the industry who still do comics full time. Just barely out of art school, Dan burst onto the scene in 1989 with the award winning BLACK TERROR miniseries and hasn't looked back since. For years now, he's produced an amazingly prolific body of work and has been nominated many times for several different industry and fan awards. His credits include The Nocturnals, The Gunwitch, ThrillKiller, JLA: Seven Caskets, Superman: Silver Banshee, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror, The Psycho, Clive Barker's Dread, Legends of the World's Finest, The Immortal Iron Fist, Vampirella Halloween Special, Thor: God Size, Beta Ray Bill: The Green of Eden and Giantkiller to name a few. His artwork has graced the comic covers of Creepy, Conan, Mars Attacks, Nightbreed, Hellraiser, From Dusk Till Dawn, Death Jr and Lobo. He's painted covers for various White Wolf RPG editions (including Werewolf: Dark Ages and Werewolf: Second Edition Player's Guide), Star Wars RPG illustrations for Wizards and has also appeared in horrorshow rocker, Rob Zombie's album HELLBILLY DELUXE.
www.nocturnals.com
Tim is an artist, mostly working in the horror/adult genre, known for his work on Faust. Faust was adapted as the movie Faust: Love of the Damned (2001). The followup Faust: Book of M was nominated for the 1999 Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative. He is praised for his attention to detail in his anatomy and his extremely graphic art. His works include Grips, Omen, Gunfighters in Hell, Webwitch, Gothic Nights, Jack The Lantern, Zero Tolerance and Cuda. Tim is currently working on the Frank Frazetta line of Image comic books: Moon Maid, Dark Kingdom & Neanderthal. www.myspace.com/rebelartvigil
Local tattooist extraordinaire of Fallen Angel Tattoo, Brandon Bracamonte is breaking into the comic book industry with his debut comic "Hey Rube!" He is also co-collaborator on the upcoming Homicide Girls comic with Mike Hampton. He will be selling his comic, prints & sketchbook at the show. www.myspace.com/knucklesandwich
All around nice guy, Jason Dube has been writing/drawing/self-publishing comics for over the last decade. He has worked on Scattered, Panda Days, Wildflower: Lost Yesterdays, Night Owl, Waiting For Something To Happen, Amber Hagerman Deserves Justice, The Blonde Assassin and Caffiene Poisoned. www.scatteredcomics.com
Artist/writer of Hot Zombie Chicks, Captain A-Hole, & Zodiac Killers. Captain A-Hole, Mike's hip-hop/alternative alias, is currently selling his 3rd album titled "Zombie". Hampton is the subject of a new documentary "I Dream Of Being An Artist... And It Makes Me Sick", a film about a year in the life of a starving artist, which will be available for purchase at our show. He is also co-collaborator on the upcoming Homicide Girls comic with Brandon Bracamonte. Mike will also have prints, statues & t-shirts for sale and is known to draw caricatures of attendees as zombies for commission! www.916halo.com
The masterminds behind the horror/comedy comic book BrAiNs! BrAiNs is about the creepy little town of Creepsville and it's inhabitance. Where everything bizarre, wrong and abnormal are the norm. Where zombies rome the graveyards, monsters creep under your beds, serial killers stalk the streets and aliens invade your backyard. A town where the thing you fear the most may well be your local sheriff! Strap in your seatbelts and get ready. Descend into the madness of our BrAiNs! Paul will be available for commissions of disturbing images. www.myspace.com/brainscomic
Sacramento based comic book company who produces the comic books The Continuum, The Hunters, Relic & Ego, Triad, and Little Kori in Komaland. ECV Press founder Ben Schwartz will have several of his comic creators in attendance at our show. www.ecvpress.com
Comic Book Artist who's worked on Scream Queen (BOOM! Studios), the Ghostbuster's & Star Trek Manga's (Tokyopop), Grimm's Fairy Tales, 10th Muse, Wraith of the Titans, Tomb Raider, VSS: Nemesis Rising, The Legend of Isis, Hero Squared: Love and Death and is currently working on illustrating the adventures of Buzz Lightyear & Woody in the "Toy Story" comics released through BOOM! Studios. http://skribbln8.deviantart.com/
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