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John Benton Artist & Storyteller headshot, he holds the cut out sign, 'happy'.

John Benton

Artist & Storyteller

Illustration of a figure with light skin, brown hair tied in a ponytail, red glasses and hoodie looking towards the right against a purple background.

Simini Blocker

Illustrator

Paul Briggs

Head of Story

Disney

Ryan Browne

Comic Book Artist & Writer

Chris Buzelli

Illustrator

Elinor Carucci

Photographer

Headshot of Betsy Cornwell.

Betsy Cornwell

Author

Nick Cross

Director, Art Director

Patrick Crotty

Boss of Peow Studios

Andrea Dezsö

Visual Artist

Jay Rachel Edidin

Transmedia Storyteller

Kevin Fenton

Novelist

Clara Fernandez-Vara looks directly into the camera with a smile.

Clara Fernández-Vara

Associate Arts Professor at the NYU Game Center

Sarah de Gaudemar headshot.

Sarah de Gaudemar

Animator

Samantha Gorman

Writer, Artist

Asaf Hanuka

Cartoonist and Illustrator

Melanie Hoopes

Storyteller

Sam Ita

Daniel Warren Johnson

Comic book Writer, Artist and Illustrator.

Joe Kelly

Writer, Filmmaker

Daniel Kirk

Author, Illustrator

Fran Krause

Animator, Writer, Illustrator

Hyesu Lee

Illustrator

Ross MacDonald

Illustrator, Prop Designer

Benjamin Marra SVA Visual Narrative MFA

Benjamin Marra

Illustrator | Writer

David Mazzucchelli

Penciller, Artist, Inker

Richard McGuire

Illustrator, graphic designer, comic book artist, animator, children's book author, musician and toy designer

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Richard McGuire

Anthony Meloro

Cartoonist

Nik Mikros

Game Designer

Flat and graphic illustration of a pigeon facing left in desaturated dark blue and green.

Hato Moa

Artist, Writer, Designer

Eric Molinsky

Producer, Broadcaster

Ken Niimura

Cartoonist and Illustrator

Drawing of a light shining behind a woman with glasses, hoop earrings and a bun while she writes something.

Summer Pierre

Cartoonist and Writer

Photo of Catya Plate holding up a spiral bound white book, in front of a set.

Catya Plate

Visual Artist, Animator, Filmmaker, Producer

Julia Pott

Animator

Graham Rawle

Author, Artist, Designer

Antoine Revoy

Writer, Illustrator

Christina Roussos

Director

Jim Rugg

Comic Illustrator, Comic Writer

Headshot of Benjamin Schipper.

Benjamin Schipper

Writer and Artist

Headshot of Daniela Sherer.

Daniela Sherer

Indie Animation Director, Illustrator and Painter

A white woman with a bandana, a denim jacket and long brown hair, wearing a lanyard for Cake 2015 exhibitors.

Caitlin Skaalrud

Cartoonist, Comics Educator, and Self-publishing Artist

David Soman

Illustrator, Author

Ryan Stegman

Comic Book Artist

Barron Storey

Illustrator

Yellow macaroni on top of an ink illustration of a bald head with glasses.

Kyle Strahm

Comic Book Storyteller

Black and white headshot of Katherine Streeter.

Katherine Streeter

Illustrator

Justin Thompson

Production Designer

Robbie Tilton

Designer

Interactive Virtual Reality Design

Jörg Tittel

Filmmaker

Rich Tommaso

Comic book artist/writer

Thu Tran

Visual Artist, Writer, Producer

Headshot of Andrea Tsurumi.

Andrea Tsurumi

Author, Illustrator, Cartoonist

Sara Varon stands with a smile at a convention, holding a bag with a mammal with long ears inside of it.

Sara Varon

Illustrator & Children's Book Author

Bob Walles Storyteller headshot.

Bob Walles

Storyteller

Rose Wong

Illustrator

Headshot of Liz Wong.

Liz Wong

Author, Illustrator

Agnieszka Woznicka

Animator, Artist

Headshot of Ru Xu.

Ru Xu

Comic Artist & Illustrator

Marc Zegans

Advisor

Alexandra Zsigmond

Art Director and Artist