MAY 2010 COMIC GUESTS
Publishers & Organizations:

Featuring members of the 501st and events
Alienated Productions
Featuring Scott Crawford and Christopher Knuth. Sponsoring the Motor City Comic Con 21st Annual Costume Contest (Saturday).
Alpha Omega Animation Design

Featuring J.T. Krul, Alex Konat, Joe Benitez and Frank Mastromauro.

With William Christensen, Jacen Burrows, Max Brooks, and Mike Wolfer. (site).
Bachlor Blood Productions
Featuring Brandon Shimko
Eagle One Media
Featuring Eric Reichert
Featuring Michael Winn
(site)
Flint Comix & Entertainment
Featuring Randy Zimmerman
Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers
HeadHunta' Studios
Independent News Service
Presents: Mark Nowotarski, Gordon Castelnero, Dave Drason Burzynski, Brian Bukantis, and Dennis Wagner. Also, "Princess of the East" will be performing at the booth.
Mandalorian Mercs
Featuring costumed members!
R2 Builders
Featuring Mark Schwarz
Runn AMC Productions LLC
(site)
Serenity Studios Celebrity Photography
Will be providing celebrity photo ops. (site)
Thomson-Shore, Inc.
(site)
William Stolpin Art
Venom Energy Drinks
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Guest of Honor:
Al Feldstein - Illustrator and editor for EC Comics. Inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2003.
Also Appearing:
Dave Aikins - A Nickelodeon Publishing artist for books and DVD covers featuring
Dora the Explorer, Diego, The Backyardigans, SpongeBob Squarepants, and
Ni Hao Kai-Lan. (
site)
Sergio Aragones
Roberto Armstrong (
site)
AVALON
Art Baltazar -
Patrick the Wolf Boy and
Tiny Titans. (
site)
Darryl Banks (
site)
Jeremy A. Bastian -
Cursed Pirate Girl, Mouseguard: Legends Of The Guard
Gary Scott Beatty (
site)
Joe Benitez
Andy Bennett - Is best known as the artist for Moonstone Books'
Vampire: The Masquerade-Tremere and
Venture graphic novels. His newest releases include Moonstone's
Kolchak the Night Stalker/Sherlock Holmes mini-series, Moonstone's
The Avenger Chronicles, and IDW's
Lifelike graphic novel. Andy's newest work can be found in Moonstone's
The Phantom: Generations #13. (
site)
Mark Bloodworth (
site)
Mike Bocianowski (
site)
Joshua D. Boeringa
Jay Brant - Creator/writer/artist on
Thugs, Punks & Henchman due out Aug 2010, creator of Heads Up (
site)
Robert Brewer
Max Brooks - Max Brooks is the author of the two bestsellers
The Zombie Survival Guide and
World War Z. He has also written for
Saturday Night Live, for which he won an Emmy. His first graphic novel
The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks was released in 2009.
Bill Bryans
Rebecca Buchman -
Green Lantern Corps (
site)
Alex Buechel (
site)
Jacen Burrows - Jacen has worked with the best writers in the industry, praised for his detail and free-flowing story-telling, he has just finished
Crossed with writer Garth Ennis and is currently working on
Neonomicon with Alan Moore. Previously he has illustrated graphic novels by Warren Ellis (
Scars, Bad World, Dark Blue), Alan Moore (
Courtyard, Yuggoth Cultures) and Garth Ennis (
303, Chronicles Of Wormwood).
Matt Busch (
site)
Michael Calandra (
site)
Devon Camel (
site)
Laura Cascos (
site)
Tommy Castillo (
site)
Bernard Chang
William Christensen - Avatar Press editor-in-chief William Christensen's career in the comics has included contributions in publishing, writing, and journalism-as a prolific freelancer for
Wizard during the magazine's formative years. After founding Avatar in 1996, Christensen became the architect of much of the early company line, including
Pandora and
The Ravening. As Editor-in-Chief of Avatar, he has become known for his knack for working with the industry's best writers, including Warren Ellis, Alan Moore, and Garth Ennis.
Justin Chung - A popular sketch card artist and illustrator on such hot properties as Marvel Comics, DC Comics,
Star Wars, Star Trek, The Lord of the Rings, and
Indiana Jones. The creator of well-known Web destinations including WorldFamousComics.com, ComicBookClassifieds.com, and SketchCards.com. Kai Justiss, a
Star Wars Expanded Universe character who's a Jedi Knight and Jedi Watchman, is named after Justin and based on his likeness. (
site)
Katie Cook (
site)
Shawn Coolidge
Joe Corroney - Lucasfilm artist For
Star Wars, cover artist For IDW Publishing's
Star Trek and
G.I. Joe comics, cover artist For Boom! Studios'
Farscape comics. (
site)
Terrell Culbert
Robin Dale - Original creator of The Comic Book Fact Finder, the first computerized database on comics. Wrote the Comic Quiz section in
Comic Book Marketplace, was the creator/writer of
The Comic Professionals Checklist and
The Comic Character Checklist Volumes 1 and
2, and is the author of the upcoming
Dale's Comic Fanzines Price Guide.
Guy Davis
Diane Days (
site)
Matt Delight
Michael DiPascale
Donald England (
site)
Howard Feltman
Jay Fife (
site)
GW Fisher -
Shadow Hawk, Marvel Licensing
Gnora Ford-Lepthien (
site)
Sean Forney - (
site)
Jay Fosgitt - Creator of
Dead Duck, sketch card artist on
Star Wars Galaxy 5 (
site)
Robert J Garcia
Leslie Gauthier -
Gingerly Made Goods, Missed Connections: Loving & Losing (
site)
Bruce E Gerlach (
site)
Asif Gill -
48 Days in Tokyo (
site)
David Girdley
Stacey Girdley
Lee Gothro (
site)
Rob Granito - Artist and illustrator, has worked for over 15 years in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comic art.
Scott Hall -
Velkro Boy, Action Greg, and
Honey Well Dingdong
Jill Hamilton-Krawczyk (
site)
Casey Heying
Nate Higley - (
site)
Greg Horn - A fan-favorite cover artist currently drawing variant covers for the top-selling
Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps, as well is all three covers for the
Blackest Night: Wonder Woman mini-series. Also created covers for
Green Arrow and Green Lantern, and is currently working on
Justice League: Rise and Fall. Just published a new art book,
Cover Stories: The Art of Greg Horn Vol 2 with Image Comics and will be offering a $10 discount at his table for anyone who wants to purchase both (Vol 1 & 2) of his art books.(
site)
Chris Houghton (
site)
Terry Huddleston - Terry Huddleston is an pencil artist, inker and color artist for Big Bang Comics. Also has one America's largest selections of nostalgic pin-up art that hearkens back to the late 70's early 80's with a new school twist. (
site)
Mike Indovina (
site)
Ron Jacek
Rachel Kaiser
Gemma Amendola-Keech -
Bludgeoner, The Bunny Butcher, The Clay Shaper, and portraits (
site)
Randy "Rantz" Kintz (
site)
K.J. Kolka - The Cardinal (
site)
Alex Konat - Artist on
Mindfield
Robert A Kraus (
site)
J.T. Krul - Writer and creator of
Mindfield
Chris Kuchta - Horror artist (
site)
Ray Kukurka
John Layman -
Chew
Kevin Leen (
site)
Leo Leibelman (
site)
Vince Locke (
site)
David Losso
J.E Lozano (
site)
Eric Lynch (
site)
Frank Mastromauro
Mike McKone - Mike Mckone has penciled many major titles including
Teen Titans, Fantastic Four, Green Lantern, Punisher War Zone, Justice League of America and
Exiles. He is currently an artist on Marvel's
Amazing Spider-Man, and is working on covers for
Deadpool: Suicide Kings and
Punisher.
George McVey (
site)
Josh Medors
Kevin Meinert (
site)
Tony Miello (
site)
Jake Minor - Artist for Moonstone Comics'
Lady Action Zero, Captain Action, and both the upcoming
Honey West and
I.V. Frost shorts. He is also a sketchcard artist for Topps, Upper Deck, and 5Finity.
Dave Nestler - pip-up artist. (
site)
Eddy Newell
Jacque Nodell - Did you know that many of your favorite superhero artists of the 1960s and '70s also drew romance comics? Join Jacque Nodell of the premier romance comic book blog, Sequential Crush, for a surprising look at what artists such as Win Mortimer, John Romita Sr., Gene Colan and others were doing when they weren't bringing caped crusaders to life. Don't miss out -- one lucky attendee will win a romance comic!
Darrell Oriley (
site)
Dan Parent
Vincent Peeper - Hanger 18 shirts (
site)
Michael L. Peters - (
site)
David Peterson (
site)
Brett Pinson (
site)
Chad WM. Porter (
site)
Andy Price (
site)
PRIMO
Bill Pulkovski - An entertainment illustrator and designer who's work can be found in comic books, trading cards, prints, and film. Has worked on many properties such as
Star Wars, Star Gate, The Prisoner, Betty Boop, Mighty Mouse, King Kong, Jimmy Hendrix, Dracula, The Black Terror and
Mr. Monster to name a few. (
site)
David Quinn - Influenced two 90's comics revolutions - comics for adults and creator-owned publishing -- with
Faust: Love of the Damned and
Nightvision. Scripted memorable runs on
Doctor Strange, Vampirella and
Chaos!. Contributed stories to every major comics publisher. Wrote screenplays, including the first
Faust film, distributed by Lions Gate. Two-time Bram Stoker Award finalist and recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Scholarship and a Denis Johnson award for playwriting. David is pleased to launch
The Littlest Bitch, the first book in the Not-for-Children Children's Book series at Motor City Comic Con.
Chris Ringler - (
site)
Darick Robertson
Kevin Robinson (
site)
Don Rosa -
Scrooge McDuck and
Donald Duck
Jesse Rubenfeld (
site)
Stan Sakai -
Usagi Yojimbo
Alex Saviuk -
Spider-Man newspaper strip,
Phantom Generations, Web Of Spider-Man, X-Files, Green Lantern, The Flash, Superman
Stuart Sayger - Known for his moody and expressive style, Stuart often uses many mediums when creating his art. Along with inks, gouache, chalk and oil pastels are standard when creating comic book pages. He is the creator of
Shiver In The Dark, producing the comic independently from start to finish. (
site)
Mike Scaggs (
site)
Alan Schell (
site)
Steve Seck (
site)
Jay Shimko (
site)
Andrew Shirey (
site)
Mike Skaggs/Shock Studios - Digital zombie prints, masks, zombie dolls
Mark Sparacio
Dean Stahl (
site)
Kelli Anne Stakenas (
site)
Ryan Stegman -
site
Diana Stein (
site)
William Stolpin (
site)
Dirk Strangely
Adam Tally (
site)
Ryan Thompson (
site)
Herb Trimpe
Jason Ujvari (
site)
Susan Van Camp - Illustrated
Magic: The Gathering cards, designed and helped illustrate
Dragon Storm card game.
Ethan Van Sciver
Erika Wagner (
site)
Aaron Warner (
site)
Joshua Warner - (
site)
Larry Welz -
Cherry (
site).
Ken Wheaton (
site)
C.J Wheeler (
site)
Brandon Williams
Mike Wolfer - With the self-publication of
Daikazu #1 in 1987, Mike Wolfer began a comic book career which has spanned over 20 years. After creating and publishing 14 issues of
Widow for his own Ground Zero Comics, Wolfer moved on to work on various series such as Dark Horse Comics'
Godzilla, Chaos! Comics
Lady Death, and many others. Wolfer's largest body of published work has been for Avatar Press, where his unique brand of graphically illustrated horror and violence has been on display in Warren Ellis'
Strange Kiss/Strange Killings, Alan Moore's
Yuggoth Creatures and Garth Ennis'
Streets Of Glory. In addition, Wolfer has contributed to several licensed comic series, serving as both writer and illustrator on such well-known properties as George Romero's
Night Of The Living Dead, New Line Cinema's
Friday The 13th and John Russo's
Escape Of The Living Dead. Wolfer is currently serving as co-writer with Warren Ellis on Avatar's
Gravel and
Wolfskin, and with Brian Pulido on the new
Lady Death series.
Workhorse (Scott Wygmans) -
Party Pizza, Michigan Dirtbags (
site)
Chris Yambar (
site)
Randy Jay Yarger (
site)
Scott Zambell (
site)
Randy Zimmerman
more to come soon...
MAY 2010 MEDIA GUESTS
Click the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) link to read each media guest's film/TV credits.
New Additions!
Melissa Coates - Professional fitness model, pro wrestler,
Ultimate Deathmatch 2, WWE Backlash 2005, Extreme Dodge Ball Seasons 1 & 2. (
IMDb)
Virginia Hey - "Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan" from
Farscape and "Warrior Woman" from
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. (
IMDb)
Leonard Lies - "Machete Zombie" from
Dawn of the Dead. (
IMDb)
Marina Sirtis - "Deanna Troi" from
Star Trek: Next Generation TV series and films. (
IMDb)
Vernon Wells - "Wez" from
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, "Bennett" from
Commando, and "Ransik" from
Power Rangers. (
IMDb)
Fred "The Hammer" Williamson - Former Pittsburgh Steelers, Oakland Raiders, and Kansas City Chiefs football star. Actor in
From Dusk Till Dawn, MASH, Starsky and Hutch and more. (
IMDb)
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Also Appearing:
Jeremy Ambler - Actor and movie extra. (
IMDb)
Billie Rae Bates - Author of "Them Dukes! Them Dukes!"
* Appearing with the Canadian Dukes Museum *
Josh Becker - Director of
Xena: Warrior Princess and
Hercules. Director/writer/producer of four critically acclaimed independent films and three TV movies. His SyFy Channel film
Alien Apocalypse was SyFy's highest-rated movie ever. (
IMDb)
Stephanie Bellars - Formerly "Gorgeous George", valet/manager for "Macho Man Randy Savage", WCW, ECW, TNA. (
IMDb)
Sandahl Bergman -
All That Jazz, Conan the Barbarian, Red Sonja. (
IMDb)
* 1st Appearance at any show *
Linda Blair -
The Exorcist, The Exorcist II, Airport 1975, Hell Night, Sweet Hostage, Summer of Fear and TV's hot new series
Pit Boss. An Academy Award nominee as well as a Golden Globe and People's Choice Award winner. Linda Blair is signing on behalf of the Linda Blair Worldheart Foundation (
www.lindablairworldheart.org). (
IMDb)
Ken Bottcher - Car Builder/Race Car Driver - Denmark Europe.
* Appearing with the Canadian Dukes Museum *
Todd Bridges - "Willis Jackson" from
Diff'rent Strokes. (
IMDb)
Clyde Brown - Creepy Clyde from the
The Ghoul Show. (
IMDb)
Brian Bukantis - Writer, wrestling historian, commentator, editor-in-chief of publication
Wrestling Revue.
Jeremy Bulloch - "Boba Fett" from
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back &
Return of the Jedi. (
IMDb)
Dave Drason Burzynski - Writer, photographer-wrestling historian and manager of wrestling's greatest villain, "The Sheik".
Tia Carrere -
Showdown In Little Tokyo, Duck Dodgers, Wayne's World 1,2, Rising Sun, True Lies, Relic Hunter, High School High, Kull The Conqueror, Lilo & Stitch. (
IMDb)
Gordon Castelnero - Emmy award winning producer and author of the book,
TV Land Detroit.
* Sat and Sun Only *
Byron Cherry - "Coy Duke" from
The Dukes of Hazzard.(
IMDb)
* Appearing with the Canadian Dukes Museum *
Don Pedro Colley - "Sheriff Little" from
The Dukes of Hazzard, also
Beneath the Planet of the Apes. (
IMDb)
* Appearing with the Canadian Dukes Museum *
Amy Dumas - Former 4-Time WWF/WWE Women's Champion known as "LITA". Amy is
also the lead singer for the band
The Luchagors. (
IMDb)
Daphnee Duplaix - "Rachel Gannon" on soap
One Life To Live. Also in
Passions, Felicity, and
Angel and Playboy Playmate Miss July 1997. (
IMDb)
Charles Fleischer -
A Nightmare On Elm Street, Back To The Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Polar Express, and
Zodiac (2007). (
IMDb)
Anthony Forrest -
Star Wars: A New Hope, famous for his line, "These aren't the droids we're looking for." (
IMDb)
Lilian Garcia - Former WWE Diva and Monday Night RAW ring announcer (1999-2009). Lilian is also an international recording artist. (
IMDb)
The Ghoul -
The Ghoul Show (
IMDb)
* Fri and Sat Only *
Mark Goddard - "Don West" from
Lost In Space. (
IMDb)
Larissa Gomes - "Emily" in
SAW VI and
SAW VII (in production). Also in
Resident Evil: Apocalypse, "Naomi in
La Femme Nikita,
CSI: Miami and "Suzette" in
Get Over It. (
IMDb)
Johnny Green and the Greenmen - From the Batman TV series. Signing all week long. (
IMDb)
Nora Greenwald - Best known to wrestling fans as "Molly Holly", former two-time WWE Women's Champion and one-time WWF Hardcore Champion. Also wrestled with WCW from 1999-2000. (
IMDb)
* Sat and Sun Only *
Robyn Griggs - From
One Life to Live,
Another World and over a dozen horror movies. (
IMDb)
Paul Harrington Jr. - "Canada's Biggest Dukes Fan" seen in episode 2 of the reality show
FANatical". (
IMDb)
* Appearing with the Canadian Dukes Museum *
Jenilee Harrison - "Cindy Snow" from
Three's Company. Also in
Dallas and
Curse 111. (
IMDb)
Danny Hicks - "Jake" from
Evil Dead II and "Skip" from
Darkman. (
IMDb)
Herb Jefferson, Jr. - "Boomer" from the original
Battlestar Galactica. (
IMDb)
Mia St. John - Model, Professional Boxer (
IMDb)
Jim Kelly - Martial arts legend,
Enter the Dragon, Black Belt Jones, and
Black Samurai. (
IMDb)
Mac Kelly - Wolfman Mac for the
Wolfman Mac's Chiller Drive-In (
IMDb)
Josie Lee - International pin-up and fashion model, actress and TV Host.
Daniel Logan - "Boba Fett" from
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones. (
IMDb)
Candie Lovett - Model
Dawn Marie - Former WWE & ECW Diva. (
IMDb)
Julie McCullough - Playboy Playmate,
Growing Pains,
Big Bad Mama 2,
The Blob(1988),
Jack Rio. (
IMDb)
Ryan Meade - Michigan filmmaker,
100 Miles to Midnight, You Can't Rent Here Anymore
Antonio Mireles -
Gran Torino. (
IMDb)
Mark Nowotarski - Award winning independent film producer. Will be showing his newest production,
The Sheik, Wrestling's Most Dreaded Villain. Program to premiere at the con.
Princess of the East - From Lana of Detroit Bellydance.
Ray Park - "Darth Maul" from
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace,"Snake Eyes" from
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, and "Edgar" from
Heroes. (
IMDb)
* Sat and Sun Only *
Michael Popajohn -
Spider-Man The Movie, Transformers, Terminator Salvation. (
IMDb)
Timothy Patrick Quill - The Blacksmith in
Army of Darkness and "Frank" in
My Name is Bruce. (
IMDb)
RAVEN - three-time world heavyweight wrestling champion (ECW twice & NWA once). WWF/E record holder as most reigns as Hardcore Champion (26 times). First pro wrestler to hold championships in each of the major American promotions of the last decade. Currently signed to TNA Wrestling in Florida. (
IMDb)
Eliza Roberts - "Miranda" from
Doctor Who (1996 TV movie) and more. (
IMDb)
Eric Roberts - "Thompson" from
Heroes, "Salvatore Maroni" from
The Dark Knight, voice of "Mongul" from "Justice League", "The Master" from
Doctor Who (1996 TV movie) and more. (
IMDb)
Will Rodgers - aka "The Voice Man" from Dukes Fest Nashville, TN.
* Appearing with the Canadian Dukes Museum *
Mark Ryan - Voice of "Bumblebee" and "Jetfire" in
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and was also in
Robin of Sherwood. (
IMDb)
Rekha Sharma - "Tory Foster " from
Battlestar Galactica. (
IMDb)
Felix Silla - "Cousin Itt" from
The Addams Family, "Lucifer" in original
Battlestar Galactica "Twiki" from
Buck Rogers in The 25th Century and an Ewok in
Return of the Jedi.(
IMDb)
* Appearing with the Canadian Dukes Museum *
Billy Stephenson - Singer/Entertainer.
* Appearing with the Canadian Dukes Museum *
Cathy St. George -
Star 80, The Men Who Loved Women, Brewster's Millions, Beverly Hills Brats, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Eden Formula. (
IMDb)
Tom Savini - Special Effects Artist, Dawn of The Dead, Friday the 13th, Grindhouse: Planet Terror and many others (
IMDb)
Tom Sullivan - Special Effects Artist, Evil Dead, Army of Darkness (
IMDb)
Tiffany Taylor - Playboy Playmate, Miss November 1998 (
IMDb)
Kevin Thorn - Former WWE Superstar, Smackdown 2004-2005, ECW 2006-2007. (
IMDb)
Dennis Wagner - Bodyguard of wrestlings greatest villain, "The Sheik".
Lindsay Wagner - "Jaime Sommers" from
The Six Million Dollar Man and
The Bionic Woman. (
IMDb)
Claudia Wells -
Back to the Future. (
IMDb)
Dawn Wells - "Mary Ann" from
Gilligan's Island. (
IMDb)
Adam West - "Batman" from TV as well as "Mayor West" on
Family Guy. (
IMDb)
TV VEHICLES
The Canadian Dukes Travelling Museum with
the General Lee, Sheriff's Car with Marine Unit Speed Boat.

Ecto 1 from Ghostbusters

The Bumblebee Camaro, courtesy of StylinOnline.com

Black Beauty from The Green Hornet

Car driven by "Humongous" in Mad Max 2:The Road Warrior.

COMICS CANCELLATIONS
- Murphy Anderson - Due to serious Health issues. Murphy apologizes for not being able to make it and we all wish him the very best.
- Howard Chaykin - Due to family obligations.
- Bob Burden
- Dan Fogel
- Rob Guillory
MEDIA CANCELLATIONS
- Jake Busey - Due to professional commitment.
- Rae Dawn Chong - Due to professional opportunity.
- Angie EverHeart - Due to weight loss campaign tour.
- Cassandra Freeman
- Dorian Gregory - Due to scheduling conflict.
- Ernie Hudson
- Ola Ray - Due to scheduling conflict.
- Louise Robey - Due to scheduling conflict.
All
guest appearances are subject to change. Motor City Conventions
is not responsible for cancellations, missed flights, or other
unforseen circumstances. Some guests may have autograph fees.