GARDEN STATE COMIC FEST ATLANTIC CITY EDITION April 7-8th 2018 0

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SAVE THE DATE!
GSCF is going to Atlantic City!
Garden State Comic Fest is proud to announce our next show will be at the Showboat Hotel and Convention Center April 7-8th 2018 in Atlantic City, NJ. 
The Showboat which is no longer a casino has transformed the entire casino floor into an amazing exhibition space at close to 120,000sqft. and Garden State Comic Fest is taking it over!
This will be our biggest and best comic fest to date with great vendors, artists, guests, panels, workshops, and cosplay! 
Not to mention great hotel deals for everyone!

More information on this incredible convention coming soon!

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Great News!!!
Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition: April 7-8th vending booths and artist tables are now open to purchase.
Contact us today at:
http://www.gardenstatecomicfest.com/vendor-application.html
To reserve your space
Space is filling up quickly (over 35% already reserved) with major guest announcements right around the corner.
Note: You may make a deposit to reserve your space now to be paid in full by February 2018.
Thanks and see you all soon!!

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Our First Guest Announcement! 
Garden State Comic Fest is proud to announce Kevin Eastman is coming to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City, April 7-8th!!

Born in Portland, Maine in 1962 Kevin Eastman began drawing at a very young age copying children’s books and reading comics. Inspired by master storyteller Jack Kirby, and later by self publishing creators Richard Corben, Vaughn Bode, and Dave Sim, all of his early work focused more on Science Fiction influences than traditional Superhero style comics.
In 1982, while trying to sell some of his illustrations to local fanzines, he met Peter Laird in Northampton, Massachusetts and the partnership studio; Mirage Studios was formed. Less than a year later in the middle of a late night drawing session, Eastman doodled a new character he dubbed a “Ninja Turtle” to make Laird laugh—several sillier sketches and a final drawing of four characters later “Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” had officially entered the universe!
Self published in May of 1984 the first issue sold out of its 3000 copies overnight and quickly became a fan favorite. Catching the eye of Merchandising Agents and Hollywood Producers, Eastman and Laird maintained full control of their creations while guiding them through Toy Licensing, TV Series adaptation, as well as Feature Film exploitation, and by 1989 the TMNT’s were number one in all three categories.
Thanks to “THE BEST FANS ON THE ENTIRE PLANET!” according to Eastman, after 32 amazing years the Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesSTILL continue to find their way into the hearts and imaginations of kids, large and small. 
Currently under an exclusive creator contract with IDW Publishing and IDW Entertainment, when not having way to much fun drawing the TMNT’s, he also launched three new series in 2015/16; Fistful of Blood, Lost Angeles, and Underwhere.
Kevin Eastman resides in San Diego with wife, Courtney (aka First Lady of the Turtles), son Shane, as well as three insane Dachshunds, and two bad kitties.

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I should go... lets see how 2018 proceeds...

Edited October 3, 2017 by D-Optimist

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GSCF welcomes Jim Steranko to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Editionthis April 7-8th at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City NJ!
Jim has cut a ferocious path through the entertainment arts, with a dozen successful careers to his credit: author, magician, illustrator, escape artist, historian. He is cited as one of the prime architects of Marvel Comics and the co-creator of NICK FURY, AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D. He also wrote and drew CAPTAIN AMERICA, THE HULK, SUPERMAN, and THE X-MEN (for which he designed the classic title logo); generated more than 150 original storytelling devices and techniques that changed the direction of the comics medium; and evolved a devoted cult of followers who have nicknamed him The Innovator. WIZARD magazine credits Steranko as the 5th Most Influential Artist in the history of the form.
Over the past several decades, he has amassed more than 100 highly-commercial Intellectual Properties—his Theatre of Concepts—which range from children’s interactive-learning entertainments to high-action adult digital gaming, from science fiction to superheroes. His vision is to shape, structure, and synthesize character-driven projects with state-of-the-art technology for the World of Tomorrow. And he's still the best-dressed man in comics.

#GSCF #JimSteranko #NickFury #Marvel #AtlanticCity#GardenStateComicFest #News12 #NJ #Comics

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Legendary Artist Greg Hildebrandt is coming to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition!!
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 together and 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 for Marvel including Deadpool Vs. Thanos, Secret Wars, Old Man Logan, and Guardians Of The Galaxy, Star Wars, Thor, Daredevil, and just recently X-Men

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GSCF Reminder:
Tickets for our Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition are going on sale Thursday November 9th! With Greg Hildebrandt, Kevin B. Eastman, and Jim Steranko already announced our AC show is promising to be the best yet! Make sure to purchase your tickets early and SAVE!

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GSCF Is proud to welcome Bob Camp to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition April 7-8th at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City! 
Bob Camp is a cartoonist, comic book artist, director, and producer. Camp has been nominated for two Emmys, a CableACE Award, and an Annie Award for his work on The Ren & Stimpy Showimpy Show. He was a co-founder of and director for Spümcø, the animation studio that created The Ren & Stimpy Show. He played a major role in the studio's creative force.
Camp started his animation career as a designer for animated series such as ThunderCats, Silverhawks, TigerSharks, and several other series produced by Rankin/Bass. He then worked as a designer on The Real Ghostbusters for DiC, and later as a storyboard artist on Tiny Toon Adventures for Warner Bros. Television. In the 2000s, Camp worked as a storyboard artist on animated feature films such as Looney Tunes: Back in Action and Ice Age: The Meltdown.
Bob Camp began his career at Marvel Comics as an illustrator on many comic titles including G.I. Joe, Crazy Magazine, Bizarre Adventures, Savage Tales, Conan the Barbarian, and the 'Nam. He is currently an instructor of animation at The School of Visual Arts in New York City and has recently completed work for Paramount Animation as Layout Artist on SpongeBob SquarePants 2. 
Bob can be found drawing at comic conventions around the country throughout the year as well as working on commissioned artwork. 
See more and join the animation discussion on Bob’s Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/boblabstudios.
For more information or to get your tickets go to:
http://www.gardenstatecomicfest.com/ace-tickets.html
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With actor Eric Roberts and comic creators Kevin B. Eastman, Greg Hildebrandt, Bob Camp and Jim Steranko already announced our AC show is promising to be the best yet!
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GSCF is proud to welcome fan favorite Lynne Yoshii to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition April 7-8th at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City NJ!
Lynne was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and currently hails from New York working as an Illustrator and Graphic Designer. Lynne graduated from the School of Visual Arts of New York and has worked as an assistant editor for Marvel and graphic artist for a toy company in New York
She is an extremely talented artist whose work and style especially when it comes to strong female characters is simply some of the best there is in our humble opinion.
You can check out more of her work at: 
http://lynneyoshii.daportfolio.com/
and check out her FB page at Art of Lynne Yoshii
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GSCF is proud to welcome Philadelphia born artist/inker Joe del Beato to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition April 7-8th at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City NJ!
Joe is best known for his work on iconic 80’s inks and cover illustrations for MASK, Inhumanoids, G.I. Joe Order of Battle, Cloak and Dagger, Avengers and Insectaurs, Visionaries as well as many others. His work can also be found in the Who’s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe. 
Now living in Atlantic City, Joe helps to inspire the next generation of comic artists through his popular classes on comic illustrations at the Atlantic City Free Public Library.

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Reminder: All children 13 and under will be able to come out and enjoy Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition for FREE! That's right, we have raised our age limits for children to enjoy GSCF to 13!
With actor Eric Roberts and comic creators Kevin B. Eastman, Greg Hildebrandt, Bob Camp, Lynne Yoshii, Chris Ivy, and Jim Steranko already announced our AC show is promising to be the best yet!
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V Ken Marion is coming to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition!
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 penciled “Jirni,” “All New Soulfire” and “Fathom: The Elite Saga” for ASPEN COMICS, as well as “Extermination” for BOOM! Studios.

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Barry Kitson is coming to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition this July 8-9th at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City, New Jersey!!
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.

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GSCF is proud to welcome Bob Petrecca to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition this April 7-8th at The Showboat Hotel Atlantic City! 
Bob began his comics career as one of John Romita's Raiders in 1990 and went on to ink such titles as Captain America, Dr Strange, Hyperkind, Spider-Man, Thor and What If?, to name a few. For DC he worked on titles such as Justice League, Birds Of Prey, Action Comics, Green Lantern, Justice League Unlimited, Batman Confidential and even Scooby Doo were embellished by his brushes. For Marvel and Upper Deck, Bob has done countless cards for the Marvel Premier sets as well as fully painted images for the Upper Deck and Fox's 10th anniversary Firefly: The Verse card set and the Firefly Legendary card game. He is currently hard at work on a comics visualization of the progressive rock band The Dear Hunter's; Act II: The Meaning Of & All Things Regarding Ms Leading, inking and painting Turkish penciler Ozgur Yildirim and Paris Cullins.

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GSCF welcomes Joe Staton to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition this April 7-8th at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City!!!
Staton, a legend in the comic world and co-creator of such notable characters as Earth 2’s Huntress and the Green Lantern Corps Salaak, Arisia Rrab, and the toughest GL of all Kilowog to name only a few. 
Hired initially by to work for Marvel, Staton was recruited by DC Comics to work on the revival of the Justice Society of America in All Star Comics and later Adventure Comics. In these titles he illustrated stories including the origin of the JSA in DC Special #29. and the death of the Earth-Two Batman. Staton also illustrated the solo adventures of two female JSA members created during the JSA revival – drawing Power Girl in Showcase and The Huntress. During that time, Staton additionally drew Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes, Doom Patrol, and the Metal Men. In 1979, Staton began a two-and-a-half-year run on Green Lantern, during which he co-created the Omega Men with writer Marv Wolfman.
He returned to DC Comics afterwards for a second run on Green Lantern and with writer Steve Englehart, oversaw the title's name change to Green Lantern Corps. In addition, Staton illustrated Guy Gardner, The Huntress, The New Guardians and Superman & Bugs Bunny.
On January 19, 2011, Tribune Media Services announced that Staton and writer Mike Curtis would replace Locher as the creative team of the Tracy comic strip in which he still works on today.
In 1998 Staton received the Eisner Award for World’s Finest: The Superman-Batman Adventure and in 2013, Staton and Curtis were awarded the Harvey Award for Tracy.
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Star Wars fans rejoice!!
Jan Duursema is coming to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition this April 7-8th at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City!!
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.

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Jae Lee is coming to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition this April 7-8th at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City!
Jae is a Korean-American comic book artist, known for his dark style. In 1990, he became one of the youngest artists ever to 
work for a major publisher. He is an Eisner Award-winner for his work 
on Marvel's Marvel's Inhumans. The art from his collaboration with writer 
Grant Morrison on Fantastic Four: 1234, was featured in an exhibition 
at The Society of Illustrators in New York City. In 2007, Lee was 
chosen by Stephen King for a six year collaboration on the The Dark Tower (comics) and novels. 
Lee's recent projects include Before Watchmen: Ozymandias and Superman/Batman.

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Jim Balent is coming to Garden State Comic Fest: AC Edition !!!
Jim‘s work has been published by several comic book companies, including Marvel, Dark Horse Comics, and DC Comics. He has drawn some notable characters, such as Batman, Vampirella, and the sexy femme fatal, Catwoman.

In the year 2000, Jim and Holly Golightly started their own comic book company, BroadSword Comics®.

Jim’s creation, Tarot, Witch of the Black Rose, is an ongoing story about a voluptuous young Witch who battles to keep the balance between Magic and Mankind.
Tickets on sale now at www.gscomicfest.com