Tiffany Shepis is a beautiful, sexy, and talented actress whose star is on the rise! She will soon be seen in the nationwide release of her starring vehicle, NIGHTMARE MAN, a horror thriller opening on 700+ screens through Lions Gate and After Dark Films "HORRORFEST: 8 Films To Die For" on November 9th 2007.Patrick Scherberger is a comic book artist currently working for Marvel Comics.
His career began when he won Comicbookresources.com’s internet competition Comic Book Idol in 2004. During the competition he was contacted by Joe Quesada to do a formal try-out for Marvel Comics and, as a result of this, was soon chosen to pencil Marvel Age: Spider-Man. Some of the comics he’s worked on are Marvel Adventures: Spider-man, GeNext, Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil, and Spider-Man and the Secret Wars.
And is currently working on the second part of World War Hulks: Spider-Man vs. Thor issues 1 and 2 due out in July.
Dug Nation has worked as a professional illustrator/storyboard artist in the film and video game industries for 9+ years with clients including Sony Cinematic Solutions,White Wolf publishing, Hyundai,Millar Lite,Walmart,Frontline and Watts Atelier of the Art. Dug has just completed the Story and Illustrations for the painted graphic novel "The Cobweb Detective Club" for 
Warren Davis's TV and film credits include "Yesterday Was a Lie," "LAX," "E.R.," "General Hospital," "The Innocents Mission," and "The Practice." For several years he served as artistic producer of the "Living Room Series" at Noah Wyle and Daniel Henning's Blank Theatre Company in Hollywood. A former game programmer, Davis is renowned for creating such arcade classics as Q*bert, Terminator 2, and Us vs. Them, and has also worked for George Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic.
James Kerwin's recent feature film, "Yesterday Was a Lie," screened at Phoenix Comicon in 2009 before being picked up by E1 Entertainment and given a commercial release last December, followed by DVD release this April. His directing style has been honored by critic Paul Birchall for two consecutive years in Back Stage Magazine's "Best of the Year" list. In addition to a dozen festival jury and audience prizes for "Yesterday Was a Lie," Kerwin was named "Best Director" and "Best Screenwriter" last year by New York Visionfest. He has served as a production/cinematography instructor at T.C.U. and a guest artist at U.T. Austin, and has spoken on filmmaking in venues as diverse as San Diego Comic-Con, Space Camp, and the University of Arizona's Center for Consciousness Studies. Kerwin's directorial work has been analyzed by scholarly organizations and journals such as the Shakespeare Association of America and "Shakespeare Newsletter," and is studied in several universities' curricula. His live stage credits include critically acclaimed adaptations of the rare Shakespeare piece "Venus and Adonis"; an adaptation of "The Second Maiden's Tragedy" controversially performed as Shakespeare's "Cardenio," for which he was named one of the "Los Angeles Times" Faces to Watch; the world premiere of Amber Benson's "Albert Hall;" and David Ives' "Seven Menus" and "Mere Mortals" for Noah Wyle and Daniel Henning's Blank Theatre Company.
For DDP founder, Joshua Blaylock, comic books were a childhood passion, and succeeding in their field was the goal his education and life revolved around. After a period of time spent in the world of licensing for brands such as Disney and Warner Bros., and designing clothing lines for alternative nationwide boutiques like Hot Topic, Blaylock combined his licensing and comic book knowledge to form the Devil's Due that readers know today.
Rob Osborne is the author of the award-winning graphic novel 1000 Steps To World Domination and the critically-acclaimed graphic novella Sunset City. As a writer-artist working in independent comics, his credits include Old Man, The Nearly Infamous Zango, The Accountants, Talking Noggins, and Go Forth & Conquer. Osborne has also written for video games and worked as an editorial cartoonist. He taught cartooning at the Austin Museum of Art. He knows how to swing a sledge hammer and drive a forklift.
Named one of the world's "50 Sexiest Women" by "Femme Fatales Magazine," Chase Masterson first became known for her break-out role as Leeta in the final five seasons of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine." Known to millions of fans worldwide, TV Guide's online readers poll voted Chase the "Favorite Science Fiction Actress on Television," "Sci-Fi Universe Magazine" honored her as one of the "Top 20 People to Watch in Hollywood," and in 2009 AOL named her one of the "Ten Sexiest Aliens" in television history. Chase has held recurring roles on "General Hospital" and "Live Shot"; guest starred on programs such as "E.R.," "Presidio Med," "Sliders," and "Acapulco H.E.A.T."; and served as host of "Sci-Fi Entertainment," "Showtime: Nighttime," and Encore's STARZ On Demand. Her film credits include "Yesterday Was a Lie," "Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles," Stephen King's "Sometimes They Come Back For More," "Robin Hood: Men In Tights," "In a Moment of Passion," "Married People Single Sex," "Sammyville," "Manticore," "Chastity," "Terminal Invasion," "Creature Unknown," and "Comic Book: The Movie." Chase's recent producing credits include the documentary "Through Your Eyes" with Michael Madsen and David Carradine (featured twice on Dr. Phil), and the short "L.A. Actors" with Tony Shalhoub and Brandon Routh. An accomplished jazz singer, she has received high praise for her music from magazines such as "Film Score Monthly" and "Entertainment Today." Chase hosted her own weekly internet radio show on TheFandom.com, and has been singing in USO Tours for the Navy and the Marine Corps. She was selected as one of the "Hot Leading Ladies" of film by Film Fetish for her role in "Yesterday Was a Lie," and was named "Best Feature Film Producer" last year by the LA Femme Film Festival.
Cory VandenBos has been providing make-up and special effects to the AZ film industry for over ten years. He has worked in films featuring talents such as Kane Hodder, Corbin Bernsen and Brinke Stevens. Along with special effects he works as a sculptor, mask maker and painter with his company Malign Creations.
Jaime Paglia is the co-creator and Executive Producer of the Syfy Channel record-setting series, Eureka, which is currently in production on its fourth season of 20 episodes. Having started in feature films, Paglia sold his first spec script, Bombshell, (written with David Draffin) to Team Todd at New Line Cinema, followed by Kringle (written with Andrew Cosby), which sold to Oscar-winning screenwriter/producer Akiva Goldsman and producer Mark Canton. Paglia went on to co-create Eureka with Cosby for the Syfy Channel and NBC Universal Television Studios, and adapted the feature film Damn Nation for MTV Films and Paramount Pictures.
Dietrich Smith is an Arizona based artist. He began as an intern for Extreme studios/Image comics and moved on to titles with Malibu, Marverl, DC and a variety of small publishers. Looking to expand his talent and he began storyboarding in the animation field on shows like Men in Black, Jumanji, Robocop, and Spider-man. In addition to comics and animation Dietrich has illustrated for newspapers, magazines and children's books.
Jason began working in the comic book industry painting covers for Star Trek and Star Wars in 1990. Since then, he’s worked as an illustrator on a vast variety of projects, including art for TV shows, story boards, advertising, concept work and collectibles. His recent projects include Indiana Jones concept designs for Lucasfilm, and licensed work for Warners Brothers and Universal Studios.
Maia Gray, known to the community as NyuNyu, has been cosplaying and attending conventions since 2003. Her first major award was Best Novice at Anime Expo 2005 and she has since moved up to win awards in Master Class including Best of Show. Despite her young age, NyuNyu is experienced, with 50 handmade costumes under her belt. 
Mikoto has been making costumes for about 5 years and loving lolita fashion for longer than that. While she is a master class costumer, her real love is Japanese fashion. In 2010 she released her own brand of clothing inspired by the lolita style popular in Japan. She enjoys sharing her love of fashion with the convention crowds by running panels that teach and show what Japanese fashion is all about. Mikoto is also a panelist with SunaCosu.
Nikki Ollive, better known as Fuu, has been making and wearing costumes for all of her life. She made her cosplay debut in 2007, and quickly moved up to competing in Master Class. Never one to miss an opportunity to dress up, Fuu has expanded her cosplaying hobby to include historical costuming, traditional Japanese clothing, and fashion. She has become best known for her award winning prop work, which she continues to improve as she pursues a metals major at ASU. Fuu is also a member of SunaCosu, where she enjoys helping other cosplayers, as well as hosting panels, workshops and other events.
Carissa "Kisa" Sortman first started showing up in the costuming community in 2005, when encouraged by friends to cosplay Aeris. At AniZona 2, her first convention, she won Best of Show along with her group for their Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children skit. Since then, she has won numerous local contest and Best of Show with her group at Con-Nichiwa. She also has participated and performed in various maid cafes. Kisa is a Fiber Arts major at ASU and is also a panelist with SunaCosu.
Eric Mengel is an American cartoonist that writes, illustrates and publishes his mini comic, OCHO. He has been a staple in the Arizona comics community since 1995. Two books have been published so far-BLIND MICE (2005) and OCHO: Kill the Blue Man (debuts at the 2010 Phoenix Comicon). His website is 
Comic book artist extraordinaire, whose amazingly detailed style and incredible desire to grow and evolve as an artist have made him a fan-favorite. Greg first made a name for himself while working on Marvel Comics X-Force, but he has left an unmistakable mark on the landscape of the comic book industry with his breathtaking work on Spawn and his creator-owned title, The Creech. Greg's art can currently be seen in the top selling ongoing series, Haunt from Todd McFarlane Productions and Image Comics.
Diana Clark is a legal secretary working for one of the top litigation attorneys in Phoenix. She has many varied interest, including costuming, reading great fantasy and sci-fi fiction, and cooking, just to name a few. Madame Zamboni was born in the old country, the daughter of a gypsy and a hockey player, she pursued the arcane arts from a young age. Her husband died many years ago, leaving her to pursue her dream of enlightening people's lives with a bit of magic.
Mike has been creating award-winning independent short animations at his Goofa Man Productions for several years. Shorts such as "Invisible Master" and "Fantastic Fortune" have shown at film festivals all across the country, including the San Diego Comic-Con Short Film Festival. A few of his animations may be found at his youtube channel,
Peachcake is something that was created in hopes of making the world a safer, better, happier place for all the creatures inhabiting it. The group team up with various individuals from time to time, who help further their quest, enhance their ideologies/enablement of creative endeavors, and see eye to eye on their desire to help people and improve the earth's homeostasis. Peachcake does this by creating a fun, upbeat, positive message and environment through which their sonorous sounds, live application of their antics and music can be correctly conveyed and seen in a lighthearted, personable, and interactive way to thus see people smile, laugh, dance, and just plain?feel good! It's all about spreading the understanding, acceptance, and greatness of vibes! You can find out more about Peachcake at 
For nearly 10 years Jeff Dolniak has been an active producer of cult films and horror on dvd. Working closely with such genre dvd companys as, Synapse films, Shout Factory, Code Red Dvd and others. Jeff and his company Ban 1 Productions (which he runs with Mike Heenan) are best known as the creators of the popular grindhouse-style trailer dvd compilations , 42nd Street Forever, produced with Synapse films. Jeff is also an actor and writer as well. Currently hes playing the role of "Henry" in the futuristic thriller "Crushed Velvet", directed by Brian Skiba. Other acting credits include, David Hayes's "Blown", Sportkill, Oranges:Revenge of Eggplant.
Thrill The World - Phoenix Valley is part of an annual performance with Thrill The World. Every year we dance with the world the weekend before Halloween in an effort to break a world record for the largest simultaneous dance in multiple locations. Last year our Phoenix Valley group had 179 dancers and we danced with 22,596 people from 32 countries and broke the world record with Record Holders Republic! We dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller song. If you are interested in dancing with us email with interest from the website below.
CGC will be on hand during the Phoenix Comicon to witness signatures by Stan Lee.
Michael R. Mennenga (MEN-en-gay) was born in Nebraska, and grew up on a small farm outside of Holdrege. He began writing in late 1986 but it took a couple of years for Michael to develop his style. He began working on his first book in 1988 and spent the next six years submitting manuscripts, talking with publishers and agents, learning the ins and outs of this changing industry. Even though he remained unpublished, he had become a proficient writer and by the end of 1995 he had written 2 young adult books, 1 novel, and had 9 others in various stages of production. In late 1995 he also turned his attention to the Internet.
Dr. David A. Williams is currently serving as a Faculty Research Associate in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University. He served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at ASU in 2001-2002, in which he co-taught Physical Geology and a graduate seminar in Planetary Volcanology. David is currently performing research in volcanology and planetary geology, with a focus on planetary mapping, geochemical, and remote sensing studies. His research has included computer modeling of seismic wave propagation through planetary interiors, visible and near-infrared spectroscopy of the lunar surface, planetary geologic mapping of the satellites of Jupiter and the planet Mars, computer modeling of the physical and geochemical evolution of lava flows in a variety of planetary environments, and petrologic study of lava samples from Mount St Helens. He was involved with NASA's Magellan Mission to Venus and Galileo Mission to Jupiter, and he is currently serving as an Associate US Investigator on the European Space Agency's Mars Express mission. David is currently the First Vice Chair of the Planetary Geology Division of the Geological Society of America, has served on several NASA committees including the 2007 Jovian System Observer Science Definition Team, and is currently a steering committee member of the NASA Outer Planets Advisory Group.
Paul Davies is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, astrobiologist and best-selling author. His research ranges from the origin of the universe to the origin of life, and includes the properties of black holes, the nature of time and quantum field theory. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 1995 Templeton Prize, and the 2002 Michael Faraday Prize from the Royal Society. He is the director of the ASU Beyond Center and just published his latest book, The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence.
Kris Neri writes an urban fantasy series featuring fake psychic, Samantha Brennan, and genuine Celtic goddess/FBI agent, Annabelle Haggerty. The first book in the series, High Crimes on the Magical Plane, was a Lefty Award nominee. She also writes the Agatha, Anthony, Macavity Award-nominated Tracy Eaton mysteries, Revenge of the Gypsy Queen, Dem Bones' Revenge and Revenge for Old Times' Sake. Kris has published some sixty short stories and is a two-time Derringer Award winner and a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee for her short fiction. She teaches writing online for the Writers' Program of the UCLA Extension School, and, with her husband, owns The Well Red Coyote bookstore in Sedona, Arizona.
Peter Clines grew up in the Stephen King fallout zone of Maine and started writing science fiction and fantasy stories at the age of eight. He is the author of Ex-Heroes and the genre-classics blender The Eerie Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, along with numerous pieces of short fiction and countless articles on the film and television industry. He currently lives and writes somewhere in southern California, where he is hard at work on his next novel, Ex-Patriots.
Diana Gabaldon is the author of the award-winning, NYT-bestselling Outlander novels, described by Salon magazine as "the smartest historical sci-fi adventure-romance story ever written by a science Ph.D. with a background in scripting "Scrooge McDuck" comics," and the Lord John Grey novels, which are only slightly more describable. Dr. Gabaldon holds several advanced degrees in science, (plus an honorary degree as Doctor of Humane Letters (though no one has yet explained to her just what a humane letter is) and spent a dozen years as a university professor with an expertise in scientific computation before beginning to write fiction. None of this has anything to do with her novels, but there you are. She has also written a graphic novel based on her Outlander series, The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel, with art by Hoang Nguyen, which will be released this fall.
Danny Marianino is an owner of the acclaimed b-movie website I Can Smell Your Brains .Com. He is also a host and producer of I Can Smell Your Brains Radio Show which has been awarded the Golden Knife for the best podcast online two years in a row. He is a musician and his music has appeared in video games as well as selling over a million albums world wide with his band North Side Kings. Danny is currently working on his next New York Times Best Seller and enjoys exaggerating.
James Daly III has always been sketching monsters and robots with his pencils, pens and brushes. He can't help it. Some of his drawings can be found on covers of The X-Files, Bionic Commando, Halloween, Spooks: Omega Team, Gutwrencher, and Graveslinger. 
Terry Tibke has been illustrating and building the world of Armageddon for the last 20 years – since he was 11 years old. He is the author, artist and creator of the young adult novel Armageddon: The Battle of Darkening Skies, first in a series of fantasy books published by Eloquent Books in 2009.
