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Peter Vinton, Jr. got his start in Fredericksburg, Virginia by selling

real estate renderings for local advertisements and he stresses the importance

of NEVER forgetting one's humble beginnings. Early in 1995, Vinton's first

genre illustration appeared in Aberrations and he has been immersed in the genre

ever since. Vinton has been a featured artist at New York ComicCon 2008, at

Granite State ComicCon, the Boston Comic Book Spectacular, Boston ComicCon,

BigAppleCon, and elsewhere. His illustrations have appeared in Aberrations,

Medusa's Hairdo, Lost Worlds (cover, September 1998), and also in Free Lunch

Comics' Sky Pirates of Valendor.

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Everett Soares, the creator of Sky Pirates of Valendor, had been working on this concept for over 2 years, it truly did not come to life until he met Brian Brinlee, current penciler for the project. In December of 2006, the 2 were introduced. They started working on concept sketches and before they knew it, Everett's words came to life on Brian’s 11 x 17 art boards. In the process, Everett has also become versant on all things pirate and steampunk.

Four months and 8 pages later, they stumbled upon the chance of a lifetime, Small Press Idol. SPI is an American Idol-like competition for aspiring artists and creators. Everett entered the competition with work that he and Brian had done so far. What occurred over the following year was beyond any of their expectations!

Sky Pirates of Valendor finished the competition in 2nd Place. Shortly after the end of the competition, Free Lunch Comics extended an offer to publish Sky Pirates of Valendor, in a five-issue miniseries followed by a trade paperback that debuted in January 2010. Now fans have the opportunity to share in the joy and excitement of Sky Pirates of Valendor. Everett travels throughout the country promoting Sky Pirates. The entire team is very proud of their accomplishments and look forward to the future of Sky Pirates and their careers in the comic book industry.

Besides his work on Sky Pirates, Everett is stretching his writing skills through a variety of pending projects, working with a collection of very talented artists. Everett is an active member of the Comicbook Artists Guild and lives in Rhode Island with his wife and dog.

http://skypiratesofvalendor.ecrater.com

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Bob Almond been a professional comic book inker for 18 years, working for publishers such as Marvel, DC, Valiant Entertainment, Acclaim, Penny-Farthing Press, Harris, Wildstorm, IDW, and more.

He is perhaps best-known for his award-winning three-year run with his oft-partner Sal Velluto on Marvel's BLACK PANTHER.

He's been working with Sal recently on The Phantom for oversees publisher Egmont. He's also been a SKETCH MAGAZINE columnist for three years on 'Inkblots' ,

Bob Also founded his non-profit charity, "The Inkwell Awards" in 2008, in an effort to bring more recognition towards the craft of inking. You can visit Bob's new and revised website at http://www.almondink.com

SINicallyTwisted (all one word) is also known as Amy Fletcher, born August 05, 1976 and was raised in the Sebago Lakes area of Maine, in a town called Standish. Amy attended Bonny Eagle High School and graduated in 1994. She now resides blissfully happy in Massachusetts with her son and her fiancee, Eric whom is an ex-lead singer for 2 Boston bands (Rogue and RNT) and is now a Teseracte Player of Boston, playing as Dr. Horrible.

Amy's amazing artistic talents have reached across country and over seas, from Hollywood, California and over to the U.K. Amy has worked for several MySpace bands including her close friends, HALLION, to which she provided them with the artwork for their 'Rythym & Bruise' Album. Amy is even mentioned in several interviews with lead singer and song writer, Gav from Hallion. You can check out Hallion and the Rythym & Bruise CD artwork at the Hallion website or the band's MySpace profile. Amy also works with the web designer from Design By 10, providing logo's for websites when needed.

Amy will also model for other artists. If you're an artist looking for model shots, please feel free to contact Amy at sinicallytwisted@yahoo.com

*All reference photos are kept confindential unless authorized by artist.

On top of all the artwork and modeling, Amy does find time for other crafty things. Be sure to check out the For Sale Page to get your hands on original artwork, prints and some other "crafty" things from SIN.

Billy Tucci is an illustrator, writer and filmmaker best known for his modern-day samurai fable Shi. Through Billy's Crusade Fine Arts, the multi-Eisner Award nominated Shi has been printed in four languages and has sold more than 4 million comic books. His warrior-woman has also grossed over 25 million dollars in prints, toys and other merchandise worldwide while garnering several international creative and printing awards.

Shi has been featured on FOX, NBC, and E! television while also gaining recognition in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today. The character has also crossed over with many comic book icons including Daredevil, Witchblade and Wolverine. For more than two years Shi - The Way of the Warrior #1 remained firmly atop Wizard Magazine's Top Ten Comics list, a record for any single issue that still stands to this day. Billy is also one of the few comic book creators recognized by Wizard on both their Top Ten Artists and Writers list.

Tucci produced a six-part miniseries for DC, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, which premiered in Nov. 2008. The final part was released in June 2009. Describing the series, as a "labor of love", Tucci spent time at a large reenactment with over 2,000 World War II reenactors in Pennsylvania as part of his research for the story. In the reenactment, Tuccci acted out the part of a war correspondent, interviewed several veterans of the campaign, and visited the grounds where battles took place.

For more you can find Billy on Facebook and at http://www.crusadefinearts.com/

Scott Hamilton ("HAMILTOONS Caricatures" or "Toons" as the con set calls him) has been drawing caricatures for 17 years. He specializes in drawing folks as their favorite superhero or fantasy character and has appeared at many conventions over the past years along the east coast. Located in Central Massachusetts, Scott travels around the state and United States drawing caricatures for various clients to include Sprint, Anheuser-Busch and the NFL.

Customized caricature art is done on 8.5 x 11 paper and can be done in Black and White or in Color per the fan's request. Larger format drawings can be done as well. Scott draws at any live event and also produces studio pieces for private clients by request. His business was featured at the end of 2009 on local Boston radio station Mix 104.1 and prior to that had been interviewed by the Worcester Telegram and Gazette. Scott can be reached by email at hamiltoons1@aol.com or by phone at 508-801-5137 for caricature entertainment at your event or for gift or personal caricatures. To see a gallery of Scott's work please feel free to visit www.hamiltoons.com

Cesar Feliciano has worked for One Shot Press, Dark Moon Productions, Steve Woron's llustration Studio, Masterpiece Comics, Bluewater Productions as both a penciler and inker. His works include the Horror Anthology "Captain's jolting Tales, The Inovators, The Thespian, Prophecy, The Survivors, Full Moon Craze, Female Forces, and background inks on Suicide Squad. Cesar's current project is "Ripperman" for Arcana Comics.

Cesar has been featured on Fox affiliate's "Stan Simpson Show", as well as Telemundo's national broadcast.

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http://serendipityartsales.net/feliciano.html

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Greg Moutafis is a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art and works as a designer and illustrator, skilled in traditional and digital techniques. Entering the comic industry in 1994 with a Xeric Foundation Award for Indie Comic Artists, his published credits include Negative Burn from Caliber Press, Johnny Raygun, Topps Terminator:Salvation sketchcard series, Lollipop music magazine and The Rookie graphic novel from BabyShark Productions.

Greg illustrates private commissions and pinups of comic characters, new and old. View his online galleries or get in touch at the show!

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Artist and Writer George Burnett fell in love with the art of comics at an early age, but never seriously pursued the art form until recently. He started working on his sword-and-sorcery epic White Rose while commuting back and forth to his web designer job at an internet startup in Cambridge, MA. He got serious about the project while taking a class in comic illustration at Mass College of Art.

In 2009, on a sudden impulse, George entered White Rose in Small Press Idol, the American Idol-esque contest for amateur comics creators. Over the course of the contest, he had the pleasure of meeting and befriending alot of fellow creators, including the artists and writers from the Comicbook Artists' Guild, of which he is a proud member.

Through the support of fans and friends alike, White Rose finished 2nd place in SPI '09, in what turned into a very close race. The premiere issue was shipped in November 2009.

George is currently working on the story-arc and scripts for the first 6 issues of White Rose, as well as a few other projects. He now lives in Gloucester, MA in a house built in 1749, where he has started his own web design business and creates comics in every spare moment he can get. He shares his anceint domicile with his lovely fiancée and their menagerie of pets.

You can find George and the White Rose on Facebook, as well as at the links below.

http://stormborn.com/whiterose/

http://www.comicspace.com/stormborn/

I don't know if you know this, but I've been a comic book artist for 24 years, having worked for both Marvel and DC comics on the likes of The X Men, Spider-Man, to Batman and The Justice League. There are more than 425 comics that list my name in the credits and 7,000 pages that bear my ink lines on them.

I created the concepts for Banana Tail along with my dear old departed Dad more then 10 years ago.

Here we are 10+ years later with 2 books under my belt, a third in the works, a computer generated movie being created completely based on my first storybook and now an affiliation with the worlds largest bookseller, Barnes and Noble. Things are moving in the right direction for me. I've just reached the milestone of the 1 millionth hit on my website for the year, for the first time in the 3 years that I've had this site. I've received visits to Bananatail.com from countries like Iceland, Denmark, Japan and Romania and it boggles my mind that children from these countries might be familiar with Banana Tail.

As I said, things are moving in the right direction for me, but it's a slow arduous effort to get parents, teachers and even retailers to see Banana Tail the way that many kids and adults do. If you are a parent, retailer or a teacher and have visited this site with a child before and like what you see, please help me keep Banana Tail alive and fresh by reaching out to me. I make school appearances and will discuss traveling reasonable distances to make appearances. I offer a PTO fundraising effort with no appearance fee to the schools I visit and it ends up being a rewarding experience for everybody involved. If you are a retailer, I can discuss wholesale discounts and signed editions for your store to carry.

I will keep continuing to create Banana Tail stories and strive to move forward to make Banana Tail a household name. Its hard, but rewarding work. Thank all of you for your support!

Neil’s been telling stories in comic books professionally now for over 26 years. Among the many comics Neil has drawn in that time are ROBOTECH MASTERS; EAGLE; SUPERMAN ADVENTURES; TARZAN THE WARRIOR; LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING; UNTOLD TALES OF SPIDER-MAN; JONNY DEMON; CONGORILLA; NINJAK; PARLIAMENT OF JUSTICE; THE BLACK FOREST 1 & 2 and THE WICKED WEST 1 & 2. Neil has also drawn chapter illos for two film books: IN ALL SINCERITY, PETER CUSHING by Chris Gullo and VINCENT PRICE: THE ART OF FEAR by Denis Meikle. He is currently drawing a new horror comic series called FLESH & BLOOD with his long time partner and friend, Robert Tinnell.

Sara Richard

Ever since I was a wee nugget, art has been a huge part of my life. Now at the ripe old age of 24, I am currently working on solidifying a signature illustration style and working at Hasbro in the sculpting department.

I graduated from The Columbus College of Art & Design in May 2008 and landed a temp. position at Hasbro a few weeks later. My term was up in January 2008 and so I was thrust into the harsh wilderness that is freelancing. From that however, and between jobs from Hasbro, I began developing a style that incorporated my love of Art Nouveau and wildlife (mostly the extinct kind). It also opened up time for me to learn a little bit of hang-gliding too, which I think is an essential skill to have especially with no health insurance.

But now I'm back in Hasbro and meeting all sorts of awesome people who are really inspirational and helpful, thus opening up new opportunities for me to share my art with the world.

I love comics, toys, cartoons, anime, anything nerdy: I will devour it like a fat kid at IHOP. Cosplay is another one of my many geek-tacular activities. I'm a part of a cosplay team called Human Sushi with my two best friends, Abby and J'aimie (see our finer nerd-moments on the Youtube).

The little dinosaur thing I have can be summed up as this: "Dinosaurs are freaking cool." I've been asked about this interest of mine many times and it confuses my why people think a fancy for dinosaurs need to be something you have to grow out of. I think I actually grew into it since I've always considered "Jurassic Park" one of my favorite movies, I didn't actually become paleo-obsessed until senior year at CCAD.

A couple last tidbits be these: I'm heavily inspired by Japanese Ink Paintings (sumi-e) for their simplicity in composition, so much so that my signature is "Sara" in katakana (the Japanese alphabet system for foreign words and names.) and that I try to emulate the simplicity in my work. And also, I'm terrified of centipedes.

http://www.sararichard.com