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The following people are scheduled to appear at Intervention 2013 as Guests / Panelists
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Mark Frauenfelder - BoingBoing, MAKE Magazine Mark Frauenfelder is the founding editor-in-chief of MAKE magazine, and the founder of Boing Boing. He was an editor at Wired from 1993-1998, the founding editor of Wired.com, and is the author of six books. His latest book is Made By Hand: My Adventures in the World of Do It Yourself |
Paul Sabourin - Paul and Storm, w00Tstock Photo credit: Maarten de Boer Paul Sabourin is one-half of Paul and Storm, a duo known internationally and across the Internet for their original comedy music (often with a "nerd-ish" bent). In addition to their own live performances, they are co-founders of the geek-oriented variety show w00tstock, along with Wil Wheaton and Adam Savage. The duo's original webseries musical, "LearningTown", debuted on YouTube's Geek & Sundry channel in January 2013. |
Pete Abrams - Sluggy Freelance Pete Abrams is the creator of the highly addictive niftiness that is Sluggy Freelance, a remarkably twisted daily online comic strip that has been appearing at www.sluggy.com since August 25, 1997. Starting the comic strip as a creative outlet, his world with the switchblade-wielding rabbit quickly expanded into uncharted territory and grew into over a decade of alien vampire missile-launching fun. Since its Satan-spamming beginnings, Sluggy Freelance has attracted a devoted global following and is one of the most popular and well-known comics on the web. Pete holds the honor of being twice-invited as a speaker at Harvard conventions as well as at a Vassar convention, making him all ivy-league-ish. Pete has gained recognition not only online, but through such high profile appearances as the original comics included in NY Times bestselling author John Ringo's Hell's Faire, and as part of the New York's Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art webcomics exhibition in Fall, 2007, as well as appearances on NPR's Weekend Edition with Liane Hansen. Pete is reputed to be the first person to ever make a living by drawing a webcomic. Currently, Pete lives in New Jersey (and doesn't even mind it) with his wife, Rachel, and two daughters, Leah and Sarah. Click here to read his comic. |
Raul Aguirre Jr. - Disney Animator, Man Vs. Art Podcast Raul Aguirre Jr. draws, animates, and writes. He studied Fine Arts at The Laguna College of Art and Design and also studied animation at Dave Master’s Rowland Animation. In 1994 he was recruited by Walt Disney Feature Animation where he spent the next 8 years as an animation artist. He had the honor of being Glen Keane’s right hand and protégé on Disney's "Treasure Planet" Long John Silver. After Disney he found work designing characters and drawing storyboards all over "Toon Town". It was at Nickelodeon that he made his directorial debut on his first animated short 'Hero Heights." Recently Raul has worked on "Family Guy" and continues doing development and animation work on his own properties. Currently Raul teaches Animation at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects and works in house at Moonscoop Productions as Storyboard Supervisor for an upcoming animated TV show. He is also the creator and host of the Man vs. Art Podcast, a show specifically geared towards informing, inspiring, and entertaining his fellow artists while they toil away on their art! |
Shaenon Garrity - Skin Horse, Narbonic Shaenon K. Garrity is an award-winning cartoonist and scriptwriter best known for the online comics Narbonic, Li'l Mell, Smithson and Skin Horse. She works as a manga editor for Viz Media and teaches at the Academy of Art in San Francisco. Her writing on comics appears in The Comics Journal, Otaku USA and Comixology.com. She lives in Berkeley with her husband Andrew and their cat Tesla. |
Jeffrey Wells - Skin Horse Jeffrey C. Wells is best known as the co-writer and co-creator of the award-winning webcomic Skin Horse. His short story "Torn Apart and Devoured by Lions" is featured in the recent Machine of Death anthology. He lives in the wilds of rural Wisconsin with a wonderful spouse, a dial-up modem, and more pets than you can shake a stick at. |
A.J. Rosa - My Life with SEGA Born and raised in San Pedro, CA, A.J. is an independent moviemaker who's risen to some notoriety thanks to his YouTube webseries, "My Life with SEGA", where he reviews retro SEGA games and consoles, using nothing more than a video game, a DVD-R recorder, an off-the-shelf consumer editing program and a raunchy sense of humor. A.J. has made several short films - The Devil's Due (2010), Flicker (2011) and Quiet Torments (2012) - and music videos since he was 19, using the very same tools he emplys today. How does a drop-out go about doing all of this without blowing a few thousand dollars on film school and professional equipment, you may ask? That's easy; he educated himself by watching a lot of movies, listening to countless audio commentaries, reading some books, playing video games and making flicks with action figures in his bedroom. A true product of the digital age where the greatest talents who have ever lived can be your teacher, only to achieve it with cheap consumer equipment. A.J. is now hip-deep in pre-production on his very first feature-length movie, as well as producing new episodes of "My Life with SEGA" for segabits.com, in association with mondocoolcast.com. |
Onezumi Hartstein - Stupid and Insane Defenders Against Chaos Fans say that Onezumi is what would happen if Dirty Harry and Weird Al Yankovic had a daughter that loved to draw. Oni is one of the most active contributors to and supporter of the webcomics scene: - She co-writes and draws "Stupid and Insane Defenders Against Chaos" and "My Annoying Life", both are Lovecraftian Horror Comedies. - She founded an entire webcomics and New Media convention. Intervention is a convention for webcomics, fans, and creators who want to learn, have fun, or just geek out. - She posts random art, more tutorials, and awesomeness in her personal blog Onezumiverse. CONNECT: Oni's Twitter - Oni's Facebook - Stupid and Insane FB Fan Page |
James Harknell - Stupid and Insane Defenders Against Chaos / My Annoying Life / AWSOM.org / Erfworld Harknell has been working with Onezumi for over 11 years. After noticing that there was very little online to help artists, he decided to do something about it. Harknell customized his first art-centric Content Management System in 2003. Today he releases Wordpress plugins at AWSOM.org and serves as a webmaster and guide for the online comic and blogging industry. His most recent accomplishments include custom website installs for Stupid and Insane Defenders Against Chaos and Erfworld. Harknell co-founded Intervention and recently took over the writing duties for Stupid and Insane Defenders Against Chaos. Harknell is best known for his easy to understand way of helping artists get their websites up and running. He has been a recurring guest speaker at places like XM Satellite Radio, Katsucon (http://www.katsucon.org), Ubercon (http://www.Ubercon.com), Balticon (http://www.balticon.org), and Otakon (http://www.Otakon.com). Today he lives in New Jersey with Onezumi and way too many computers. |
Hello The Future Nicole and her one-person band Hello, The Future! sings stories about the intersection of fandom and reality. This is her FOURTH YEAR at Intervention! She has also performed at MAGFest, the JoCo Cruise Crazy piano bar, Dragon*Con, Philcon, Lunacon, and and a bunch of other places with "con" at the end of them. She'll sing about why dinosaurs have feelings, why Wash is the best character on Firefly, and how we didn't have to stop drawing those giant robots. Get ready to rock. |
Matt Blum - GeekDad.com Matt Blum is Editor-in-Chief of GeekDad.com, and has been writing for the blog since the spring of 2007. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and two kids, all of whom are also geeks, and two cats, who probably aren't geeks but one of whose names is "Gandalf," so that should count for something. In his day job Matt is a software engineer, and his geeky interests include (but are not limited to) science fiction, the Muppets, LEGO, board games, video games, and bacon. |
Chris Impink & Barb Fischer - Sledge Bunny Studio Unseen is made up of two carbon-based creatures: Chris Impink and Barb Fischer. They recently premiered their new project, Sledgebunny: a sports-anime-inspired comic that takes place in the fast-paced world of flat track roller derby. On December 30, 2009, they closed the book on Fragile Gravity, a strip that featured independent comics, conventions, and (in an earlier arc) an invasionary force of penguins. Oh, and an extra-bitter stoat. Chris Impink does the artwork and web design; he has been featured in Antarctic Press and did much of the graphic work for The Babylon Project role-playing game. Additionally, his work has been featured at various conventions such as Katsucon, Technicon, and Rising Star. He is also mildly notorious for co-founding Katsucon, though his team of spin doctors has kept that under wraps for many years. In his rare moments of free time, Chris works with the crew from Super Art Fight (http://www.superartfight.com) , running the Wheel of Death and notching up wins on the championship belt. Barb Fischer does the writing as well as merchandise assembly and convention spotting; when not plotting out the nuts and bolts of Sledgebunny, she supervises the geek training of her eleven-year-old son, who now enjoys listening to the themes to Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Doctor Who. She hopes one day to conquer the world with her invincible shelving robots, but has yet to find anyone who would buy her enough Legos to start construction. |
Kara Dennison - Con Screw and many other comics Kara Dennison (AKA The Heaven-Breaking Pen, etc.) is a deadly force of nature whose introduction into your universe comes in the form of broken arms and shattered spirits. It's not surprising given her feats of fancy: Aside from making the sun go supernova in the year 7689 due to a time paradox, she's drawn and written several webcomics, including the recently-wrapped ConScrew, and Fanbreeding for Nth Degree Magazine Her acting talents can be seen in various productions (both on stage and in voice) and regular appearances with the elite Luna-C comedy troupe. Her costuming talents have been proven deadly enough to render a certain Japanese cosplay idol giddy with joy (before she broke her heart). Currently, she wanders the pop culture wasteland, searching for the truth that eludes us all. Pray that she's still out there.... |
Travis Surber - Hainted Holler Travis Surber wanted to be a writer of serious comics and fantasy novels.Instead he is in his third year of producing the humor strip Hainted Holler which follows a group of Southern Geeks in a small redneck town. Along the way he has somehow managed to produce 2 print collections of strips, generate a cult like following, and keep the majority of his co-workers from discovering his webcomicking genius.(They'd be jealous.) Despite a full time job though, and an infant daughter, Travis has recently found time to revisit the novel, and comic ideas and hopes to make a big announcement soon. |
Chris Flick - Capes -N- Babes Capes -N- Babes Chris graduated from Radford University in 1991 with a graphic design and commercial illustration degree, did a bunch of graphic related odd jobs and eventually wound up in an advertising agency where he taught himself html. Since then, he got married, had two kids, rescued a couple of stray cats and created a comic strip for www.communitymx.com called “CMX Suite” that ran for five years. Somewhere in all of this, his unpublished college graphic novel stayed in his brain and eventually he warped that idea into a humor strip, added a crazy werewolf and before he knew it, in 2007, Capes & Babes was officially born. The stray cats have since passed away and Chris’ house is now overrun with three dogs. Chris continues to write and illustrate Capes and Babes three times a week, attends numerous conventions along the east coast and Chris has recently joined the Webcomic Comic Alliance (www.webcomicalliance.com) as a contributing member. Chris wants everyone to know he desperately tried to keep this bio down to two short paragraphs. Chris also wants everyone to know he hates everyone who refers to themselves in third person with a heated passion. You can read Capes & babes three times a week at www.capesnbabes.com. |
Nerd ComicsBree Rubin:  Bree Rubin is the co-founder of NERD comics. She is the creator of two regular webcomics, the autobiographical Sex, Drugs, & June Cleaver and the irreverent story about the business of God Mysterious Ways, Inc.. She is also responsible for several self-published comic titles, such as "Silly Rabbit: revenge of the Trix Rabbit". Known for drinking to excess and general roudy behavior, be wary if she offers you baked goods. |
Eric Kimball - Exiern, Sarah's Missing Shadow Eric Kimball (Drowemos) is the writer for the webcomics Exiern (exiern.com) and Blade Bunny (bladebunny.com). Exiern is a fantasy parody exploring about a barbarian warrior that gets turned into a barbarian maiden by an errant wizards spell. The comic explores gender roles and self perceptions in a humors light hearted way. Blade Bunny follows the adventures of a ninja assassin in a playboy bunny outfit . As for Eric he's just a guy who still finds the word Titmouse funny. |
Ben McCormick - "Reality Amuck", "Playing Doctor Podcast" Ben McCormick (aka Tovias) is the cartoonist and writer for "Reality Amuck" a webcomic about politics, religion and sex. After publishing his book collecting the first years of the comic (It's Supposed to Be America: Reality Amuck Vol. 1) he decided he wasn't sharing enough of his personal life online and jumped into podcasting. Now Ben co-hosts the "Playing Doctor Podcast" a weekly Doctor Who themed show and is a permanent guest host on Dork Trek" a twice-weekly Star Trek: The Next Generation podcast. In his free time Ben likes to sit quietly in a dark room contemplating the discovery of the Higgs Bosun and the implications this has on the price of Krispy Kreme crullers and other tasty treats. |
Dave Ghoul - DJ DJ and all around convention dance-party instigator Dave Ghoul returns to Intervention to provide the soundtrack to Friday and Saturday night's festivities! Dave Ghoul is a longtime DJ and event organizer from Philadelphia that specializes in alternative dance music (Electro, EBM, Synth, Industrial, Goth, Steampunk, Neo-Swing, Dark Cabaret). He's one of the founders and co-organizers of the Philly Zombie Crawl and its undead siblings the Philly Zombie Beach Party and the Philly Zombie Prom. He's also a resident DJ at both Shadowland Lancaster (monthly Goth and Industrial club night) and Dorian's Parlor (quarterly Steampunk hootenanny). And, if that's not enough, he's DJed a long list of conventions and events including Dracula's Ball, Diabolique Ball, The Philly Pirate Cruise, The Steampunk World's Fare, The SteamWërk Ball, The Twisted World, and Wicked Faire. For more information about Dave Ghoul, please visit DaveGhoul.com. Also, Dave Ghoul feels awkward writing in third person. |
Michael Dougherty - Browncoats:Redemption, Z*Con Michael C. Dougherty is President, co-founder and a board member of Big Damn Films, Inc. (BDF), a non-profit that supports meaningful causes through the development, creation, distribution and promotion of independent films. BDF's first project, Browncoats: Redemption, set the bar for successful social promotion of independent films, non-profit awareness and fundraising by raising over $117,000 for charity. Under Michael's leadership, BDF leveraged social media to secure extensive media attention for Browncoats: Redemption, including a four page inclusion in the Firefly Companion “Still Flying” by Titan books, articles in SFX magazine's Whedon Universe edition, and Wired.com, write-ups on a number of widely read blogs, interviews on a variety of podcasts, and Browncoats: Redemption was a finalist in the 4th Annual Mashable Awards for Most Creative Social Good Campaign. Michael’s efforts in raising awareness of the film, and the causes it supports, has led to global awareness and donations for the project. Michael's next film, Z*Con, will also leverage the same business model as before, but with new charities chosen. You can learn more about Z*Con at zconmovie.com. |
Cinematic For The People Cinematic For The People (CFTP for short) is a live-action bad movie riffing expereince, with an emphasis on the Live and a lesser one on the Action. While a “movie” (and we use that term loosely here, folks) plays on the big screen, our panel of “celebrity” (also used loosely) riffers will do their best to rip the movie a few new sprocket holes. CFTP aims to be a full-feature experience, akin to watching an episode of MST3K live (with a generous touch of Rocky Horror thrown in) – complete with host segments, silly outfits, and a cameo appearance by our own suspiciously Servo-esque “Mr. Hal Sirveaux” at some point during the event. There will also be prizes, audience participation, and may even be a singalong at some point. |
H.A. "Chezhnian" Kennedy and Eren Fitzgerald - Tamuran H.A. "Chezhnian" Kennedy and Eren Fitzgerald are the respective creator/writer and artist/co-writer of Tamuran, a manga-style epic fantasy webcomic. Tamuran is a story about a young royal heir suddenly turned king-in-exile and his unlikely protectors, and their quest to save their kingdom from the country of powerful, grudge-bearing sorcerers that have taken it over. The story has been under the pen since 2008, and the webcomic has been ongoing since 2010. Chezhnian has been world-building the setting in which Tamuran takes place for over 12 years, and she does the main writing for the comic and also contributes design work. Writing music is one of Chezhnian's passions, and an original score soundtrack inspired by the comic is currently in progress. Eren has been drawing webcomics since 2005, when he started working on Shades of Veil as an homage to his college roommates' Dungeons and Dragons campaign. Now he is focusing his comicking mainly on co-writing and illustrating Tamuran. Eren recently spent a year and a half teaching English in elementary and junior high schools in Japan, where his drawing skills and love of manga ended up being just as useful as his Japanese language degree. |
Steve Napierski - Dueling Analogs Steve Napierski first got into webcomics in 1999 with the ill-fated Life With Fishnets about his local Rocky Horror cast. In 2004, he began work laying out and coloring Bored and Evil, a task he performed for the first two years of that comic's run. The following year he launched the daily webcomic The Outer Circle and later that year he debuted the twice-weekly Dueling Analogs. He is also the founder of the webcomic group Gamers Pair of Dice. |
Hello:
My name is Robert Axelrod. I am the voice of LORD ZEDD and FINSTER in the wildly popular MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS. I also did the voices of ARMIDILLOMON and WIZARDMON in the DIGIMON series, MICROCHIP in SPIDERMAN, wrote several episodes of SAMURAI PIZZA CATS, and have done dozens of Anime projects including AKIRA, JIN-JIN, and COWBOY BEBOP. I’ve just finished anime mini-series GAIKING, DANGUARD ACE, CAPTAIN HORLOCK, and FIST OF THE NORTH STAR for Winckler Productions. Also was RICO in ROBOTECH! I’ve been in the business since 1981. I would like to be a guest at your convention. I’ve been a guest at over fifty conventions since 2008 including ACEN and TEKKOSHOCON. I can lead many different interesting panels concerning voice acting and ADR writing and directing. My fan base is tremendous!
I’ve also starred or co-starred on camera in many sci-fi/fantasy/horror projects including STAR TREK VOYAGER & ENTERPRISE, THE BLOB, EXORCISM, ICE CRAWLERS, TOTAL REX (both directed by John Buechler), STARMAN, MIDNIGHT, AMAZING STORIES, and THE REVENANT.
Would you please steer this communication in the right direction, to the right person, so we may talk about my being a guest? I’d be ever so grateful.
Sincerely,
Robert Axelrod
(213) 483-1449
Rob27Axelrod@yahoo.com
I for one would most assuredly wish to meet our glorious dark master Lord Zedd in person and hope that the fine people of InterventionCon will be jumping right on this!