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Garden State Comic Fest is Back as one of the east coasts premier comic conventions being held July 8-9th 2017 at the Mennen Arena in Morristown NJ. With over 80,000sft. GSCF has hosted some of the top names in comics today including special guests Greg Hildebrandt (Star Wars), Kevin Eastman (TMNT), Jim Steranko (Nick Fury),Neal Adams (Batman) Adam Kubert (X-Men) and so many more. GSCF is also home to this areas largest variety of comics from all eras. We also have toys, art, and some of the best cosplay around. It is a great time out for serious collectors and families alike. Whether you love superheroes or not, a great time will be had by all. Kids under 11 are free!
For more info please check out www.gardenstatecomicfest.com
and on Face Book at www.facebook.com/Gardenstatecomicfest/

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GSCF is proud to announce David Finch is coming to Garden State Comic Fest!!
David has worked on numerous titles for Marvel andDC Comics, such as Batman, Wonder Woman,Ultimate X-Men, The New Avengers, Moon Knight, Ultimatum, and Brightest Day to name a few.
Finch started his comics career drawing Top Cow Productions, Inc. Cyberforce, after series creator and studio founder Marc Silvestri ceased his run as writer/artist on that book. Finch co-created Ascension with Matt "Batt" Banning. He later worked on the first three issues of Aphrodite IX with David Wohl.
In 2003, embarked on a year-long run on Marvel’s Ultimate X-Men with writer Brian Michael Bendis. Following that, the duo moved on to Avengers and relaunched it as The New Avengers. Finch worked on the revamped Moon Knight series with novelist Charlie Huston and then illustrated Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America #4, featuring Spider-Man. This was followed by the crossover event "Ultimatum" for the Ultimate Marvel line. In addition to interior comics work, he has drawn several covers, including those of "World War Hulk"; X-Men #200 and the "X-Men: Messiah Complex" and the X-Infernus miniseries.[2]
In 2008 Finch illustrated the cover to Disturbed's album, Indestructible, as well as doing concept design for the film adaptation of Alan Moore's Watchmen.
In January 2010, Finch left Marvel and became a DC exclusive artist. Finch collaborated with Grant Morrison on Batman #700 (Aug. 2010) an oversized anniversary issue. In July 2010 DC announced that Finch would be writing and drawing a new ongoing series entitled Batman: The Dark Knight, the first story arc of which deals with the detective's more supernatural cases. The series launched with a January 2011 cover date but was relaunched in November of that same year as part of the company-wide reboot The New 52. Finch and Geoff Johnslaunched a new Justice League of America series and the Forever Evil limited series in 2013.Finch and his wife, Meredith Finch, took over the creative duties on Wonder Woman, beginning with issue #36, their first collaborative effort. As part of the DC Rebirth relaunch of DC's titles, Finch teamed with writer Tom King to launch the Batman vol. 3 series in June 2016
In 2009, Finch was awarded the Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Artist

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GSCF is Proud to Welcome Back Legendary Artist GREG HILDEBRANDT to GARDEN STATE COMIC FEST this July 8-9th in Morristown NJ!!!
Greg and his twin brother, Tim, were born in Detroit, Michigan in 1939, Both boys were avid artists and creative thinkers from a young age, and carried their artistic passion with them throughout their childhoods. For years Greg and Tim worked togetherand apart, receiving international recognition and numerous awards and honors. In 1975, Greg and Tim illustrated the first of a series of The Lord of the Rings calendars for Ballantine Books. In 1977,Lucasfilm hired the Brothers Hildebrandt to create the movie poster for the first Star Wars film, Star Wars: A New Hope. 
In 1981, they pursued separate careers. During the ’80s 
Greg’s art appeared on covers for Omni and Heavy Metal. The Franklin Mint and Lenox issued his work on collector’s plates, figurines, dolls and swords. In l984, Greg illustrated Mary 
Stewart’s Merlin trilogy, and he has illustrated 15 classics, including: The Wizard of Oz, Aladdin, Robin Hood, Dracula and Phantom of the Opera. When commenting on Greg's work the New York Times said, “Fortunate the child or adult who receives a gift of the classics richly illustrated by Greg Hildebrandt.”
After 12 years apart, the Brothers reunited in 1993. They worked on Marvel posters, pre-production art for Stan Lee and Michael Uslan, producer of the Batman films, a King Tut book, the 1994 Marvel Masterpieces card set, X-Men and Spider-Man card sets, Terry & the Pirates (comic strip) and an X-Men 2099 painted bookshelf edition. In 1999, Greg began to paint a life-long dream. He created his 'American Beauties' series of retro pinup art. There are presently 100 amazing paintings in this series. In recent times Greg has done a number of covers forMarvel including Deadpool Vs. Thanos, Secret Wars, Old Man Logan, and Guardians Of The Galaxy! This year Greg will be doing a number more as well!!

 

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[comicjack]

You did a great job on the show last year always good to see Greg Hildebrandt and his amazing art 

[Jking3437]

Is metro going to be at the show as a dealer ? 

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On 2/28/2017 at 5:03 PM, comicjack said:

You did a great job on the show last year always good to see Greg Hildebrandt and his amazing art 

Thank you!!! Greg will be back this year with some amazing new art as well!

 

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16 hours ago, Jking3437 said:

Is metro going to be at the show as a dealer ? 

YES!!!! Metropolis will be setting up at GSCF as always!!!! They will be joined by some of the best comic vendors in the country!!

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On 2/28/2017 at 5:03 PM, comicjack said:

You did a great job on the show last year always good to see Greg Hildebrandt and his amazing art 

Thank you!!

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GSCF is proud to announce Chris Batista is coming to Garden State Comic Fest at the Mennen Arena in Morristown, NJ. 
Chris Batista was born and raised in New York City. It was hard to find him without a pencil in his hand. All he drew was superheroes and devoured comic books. This eventually led to his attendance at Laguardia HS, were he studied the arts for 4 years instead of getting better at math and science. He then attended the School of Visual Arts were he studied illustration and animation. It was there that he studied under the LEGENDARY Klaus Janson, which quickly lead to a job with Marvel Comics and later DC Comics. The majority of his work is from DC, were he worked on titles such as Booster Gold, JLA, Legion of Superheroes, Hawkman, Aquaman and 52. His most recent work is for an issue of Justice Leauge 3000!

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GSCF is proud to announce Barry Kitson is coming to GSCF this July 8-9th at the Mennen Arena in Morristown NJ!!
Barry has been a professional illustrator since the 1980’s, he has drawn most of the flagship characters of both DC Comics and Marvel Comics. His first published work was for Marvel drawing both Spider-Man (comic book) and TRANSFORMERS. He later worked on 2000AD ,drawing both Judge Dredd and Judge Anderson before concentrating on the US market working for DC Comics for whom he drew, The Adventures of Superman, Batman, Justice League of America Year One, Azrael, The Flash, Teen Titans, The Brave & the Bold, The Legion of Super-heroes, Fables and Fairest. Subsequently Barry’s work was seen at Marvel Comics including drawing The Amazing Spider-man, The Fantastic Four, Avengers, The Order, X-Men, Iron Man: Public Identity, The Incredible Hulk, and The Mighty Thor. He also worked at Valiant on Harbinger and Bloodshot.
Currently Barry is delighted to have renewed his working partnership with Mark Waid returning to their acclaimed creator-owned series Empire and working on the new series AVENGERS 1.1. for Marvel Entertainment . Barry is also creating covers for Valiant’s relaunch of the X-O Manowar series.

He can be contacted on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/barry.kitson
Or by email barry.kitson@btconnect.com

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GSCF is proud to announce Kristen Gudsnuk is coming to Garden State Comic Fest!!
Kristen is the writer and artist of the hit comic series Henchgirl, published by Dark Horse Comics. She is currently working on a graphic novel from Scholastic Graphix, and has also worked with IDW, Scout Comics, Penguin Random House, and Hachette. She currently resides in Queens, NY and is looking forward to coming out to the Garden State July 8-9th!

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GSCF is proud to announce V Ken Marion is coming to Garden State Comic Fest!!!
V Ken Marion is a penciller for DC Comics currently working on Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps.
Past works for DC include “Bloodlines” and “DC Rebirth Holiday Special.” He has also pencilled “Jirni,” “All New Soulfire” and “Fathom: The Elite Saga” for ASPEN COMICS, as well as “Extermination” for BOOM! Studios.

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SATURDAY ONLY!!!!!!!!

GSCF is proud to welcome Legendary artist and writer Walter Simonson to Garden State Comic Fest July 8th in Morristown NJ.
Simonson is most known for his work on Thor, which he wrote and illustrated for nine years, during which he created the character Beta Ray Bill and Malekith the Accursed
Among others.
He has also worked on other Marvel titles such as X-Factor and Fantastic Four, on DC Comics books including DETECTIVE COMICS, Manhunter, Metal Men and Orion, and on licensed properties such as Star Wars, Alien, Battlestar Galactica and Robocop vs. Terminator.
In addition to his work for both Marvel and DC, Simonson has also generated a considerable body of creator-owned work, like Star-Slammers and Ragnarok. Simonson is married to Louise Simonson. The couple made a cameo appearance in the 2011 Thor feature film.
Simonson has won numerous awards for his work and has influenced artists such as Arthur Adams and Todd McFarlane.
At the 2010 Harvey Awards, Simonson received the 2010 Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award. It was presented to him by his wife, Louise Simonson.
Currently Walter has been working on his creator-owned series Ragnarök published by IDW Publishing. It features a version of Thor unrelated to the Marvel character. The first issue was published in July 2014.
You can see more on this at Walter Simonson's Ragnarök and check out The Official Walter Simonson Page

REMEMBER SATURDAY ONLY!!!!

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[Bird]

Well, I guess I will be going on Saturday then. Gotta get my Ragnaroks signed! Walt is a true gentleman and I always enjoy chatting with him. It seemed like last year he was really tired with two full days so i am glad he is taking it easy and yet still finding time for the fans. He don't charge nothing for sigs and often does free quick head sketches.

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GSCF is proud to announce Bob Wiacek is coming to Garden State Comic Fest!
Bob got his start in the mid-1970s as a member of the "Crusty Bunkers" inking collective. He inked backgrounds (over CURT SWAN's pencils) on Superman for DC Comics. He moved on to regular inking work for DC, and then in 1978 began a long association with Marvel. Wiacek has inked over such pencilers as Carmine Infantino on Star Wars, John Romita Jr.. on The Uncanny X-Men, June Brigman on Power Pack, John Byrne on Sensational She-Hulk, and Walt Simonson on X-Factor and Orion and George Pérez on Brave and the Bold, volume 2. He has also worked with creators such as Bob Budiansky, Colleen Doran, Ron Garney, Mike Grell, Michael Netzer (Nasser), Kevin Nowlan, Don Perlin, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Barry Windsor-Smith.
Over the years, Wiacek has also inked comics published by Dark Horse and Valiant and is credited with being involved on over 800 books throughout his storied career!
Bob will also be making an appearance in the upcoming indie film Manos The Rise of Torgo.

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GSCF is proud to announce Budd Root is coming toGarden State Comic Fest!

Budd is an American cartoonist, and creator of the independent comic book Cavewoman, published by Root's company Basement Comics/Amryl Entertainment. Root's one-shot Cavewoman: Jungle Tales, was nominated for a 1999 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Story 

Root is one of the premiere contemporary "good girl" artists, with an art style similar to Art Adams.

This will be a rare appearance by Budd so don’t miss out on meeting him in person at this years GSCF!
Check out his work at:
https://www.facebook.com/cavewomancomics/?fref=ts
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GSCF is proud to Announce Billy Tucci is coming to Garden State Comic Fest!!
Working from a one-bedroom apartment in 1994, Billy self-published the phenomenally successful comic property Shi. At times outselling Batman and Superman, over 4 million Shi comics have been sold worldwide, along with a vast array of related merchandise. Shi is an industry superstar that has additionally produced many blockbuster cross-over projects with some of the most well know Marvel and independent characters including Daredevil, Witchblade, Vampirella and Wolverine of X-Men fame. 
Tucci has done work for all the major publishing companies over the years and also produced a six-part miniseries for DC in 2008, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion. 
Billy is also one of the few comic book creators recognized by Wizard Magazine on both their top ten artists and writers lists.

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GSCF is proud to announce Colleen Doran is coming to Garden State Comic Fest July 8-9th at theMennen Arena in Morristown, New Jersey!
Colleen is the The New York Times bestselling artist for the Neil Gaiman graphic novel Troll Bridge, andStan Lee’s autobiography Amazing, Fantastic, Incredible Stan Lee which earned a Young Adult Library Services Great Graphic Novels for Teens nomination. Upcoming works include American Gods with Neil Gaiman, The Clock with Matt Hawkins for Top Cow Productions, Inc. at Image Comics, a new project with Red writer Warren Ellisentitled Finality, Blue Beetle and other works for DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics. Recent projects include issues of Faith, Justice League 3001, Wonder Woman 75th Anniversary, and covers forThe Walking Dead, Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D., A-Force, and Squirrel Girl.

Other works include The Vampire Diaries as writer and artist for DC, Red Sonja, and the award-winning graphic novels Mangaman and Gone to Amerikay. 

Clients include Lucasfilm, Random House, Scholastic, Houghton Mifflin, Simon and Schuster, and Disney. She has illustrated Amazing Spider-Man, The Teen Titans, Wonder Woman, Captain America, Superman, Sandman, and she is the sole creator of the graphic novel series A Distant Soil for Image Comics which Vector: The Journal of the British Science Fiction Association declared a “groundbreaking science fiction comics…ahead of its time.”

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GSCF is proud to announce Dean Cain is coming toGarden State Comic Fest!! JULY 8-9TH AT THE MENNEN ARENA IN MORRISTOWN NJ !!!
Dean is an American actor, best known for his role as Clark Kent/Superman in the popular American television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and currently, Dean has a recurring role on the popular SUPERGIRL TV Series on CW as Jeremiah Danvers, Melissa Benoist's TV foster dad.

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GSCF is proud to announce Jan Duursema is coming to Garden State Comic Fest this July!
Jan is most well known for her work on the Star Wars comics franchise and, believe us, that only touches the surface of her extraordinary career to date. She is the creator of the Twi'lek Jedi Aayla Secura and her Kiffar Jedi master Quinlan Vos as well as Denin and Vila from Naldar.
Jan’s first published illustration work appeared in Heavy Metal. From there she drew several stories for DC Comics' Sgt. Rock. She co-created Arion Lord of Atlantis with Paul Kupperberg and also drew stories in Warlord and Wonder Woman #300.
Her first work for the Star Wars franchise appeared in Star Wars #92, published by Marvel Comics. Other work there includes art for X-Factor, Hulk,Spider-Man and X-Men. 
At DC, Jan drew the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons series, then worked with John Ostrander on Hawkworld and the series relaunch of that title,Hawkman. 
Jan's association with the Star Wars franchise atDark Horse Comics began with Star Wars: Chewbacca #2. That was followed by several Star Wars series for Dark Horse: Star Wars Republic and Star Wars Republic: Clone Wars with John Ostrander, the Star Wars: Darth Maul mini in 2000 with Ron Marz and the comic adaptation of Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. Jumping ahead into Star War's future, Duursema and Ostrander collaborated on the Star Wars Legacy series. After that, the team of Ostrander and Duursema launched the Star Wars Dawn of the Jedi series at Dark Horse which delved into the beginnings of the Jedi.
Other works include DC's Convergence: Nightwing and Oracle with Gail Simone, Ghost for Dark Horse, as well as work for Valiant Comics and Elric:The Vanishing Tower by Michael Moorcock, adapted byRoy Thomas for First Comics