Kaare Andrews - has worked on Incredible Hulk, Ultimate X-Men, Gen¹³,
Amazing Spider-Man and The Matrix comics.

He has been recognized for his comics work by winning the "Outstanding
Comicbook Artist" Award (2005) at Canada's first national award for comics
and the Joe Shuster Award for "Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Year One". He has
been nominated for an Eisner Award and won the "Squiddy Award" for Best
Comics Cover Artist (2002). Andrews did a 4 issue mini-series for Marvel
known as Spider-Man: Reign set 35 years in the future staring a retired
Spider-Man.

Jay Fotos - is the illustrator/colorist/creator who brought the smash hit
Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer to Image Comics in 2007. The success of that
series prompted Frazetta Comics into launching all new Frank Frazetta based
comics for '08 leading into '09 and beyond including titles such as Silver
Warrior, Creatures, Dark Kingdom, Dracula Meets the Wolfman, Swamp Demon,
Moon Maid, Death Dealer II, Combat, Neanderthal, Night Stalker and The
Fantastic Worlds of Frazetta Volume 1.

Mike Kunkel - is the Creator of the 2002 and 2003 Eisner award-winning
comic book series "Herobear and the kid" and the critically acclaimed book
"The Land of Sokmunster."  Currently, he is launching a brand new Captain
Marvel series for DC Comics entitled "Billy Batson and the Magic of
Shazam!"  He is both writing and drawing the entire series, and having the
time of his life getting the fun opportunity to create stories about one of
his favorite superheroes from when he was a kid.

Steve Rude  - has won much industry recognition, including the Russ Manning
Newcomer Award in 1983, along with ten Eisner, Kirby and other coveted
awards for artistic excellence. Nexus, an offbeat science fiction superhero
written and co-created with Mike Baron in 1981, remains his most sustained
and best-known work to date.

Ben Templesmith - is an artist and writer most widely known for his work in
the American comic book industry where he has received multiple nominations
for the industry's top prize, the Eisner Award.

As a comic artist his most notable works have been 30 Days of Night (which
has now spawned a major motion picture) and Fell. His other projects
include the critically acclaimed serial Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse which he
also writes, as well as Hatter M, and Singularity 7.

He has also worked on the Star Wars, Army of Darkness, Silent Hill and
Buffy: The Vampire Slayer properties and produces art and design for music
bands, dvds, toys, and film concept work.

Ethan Van Sciver - Ethan's contributed to Cyberfrog, Bog Swamp Demon,
X-Men, The Flash: Iron Heights, Impulse, Green Lantern: Rebirth, Batman and
Green Lantern. Currently, Ethan is doing work on the third part of the
Green Lantern's The Blackest Night, due to come out in 2009.


Guests 2009: Actors

Aaron Douglas -was born in and currently resides in Vancouver British
Columbia, Canada where he films and stars in the critically acclaimed
Sci-Fi television series Battlestar Galactica. Before becoming Chief Tyrol
on Battlestar Galactica Aaron appeared in many of the television series
shot in Vancouver, among them The Outer Limits, Stargate Sg-1, Smallville,
Andromeda, Jeremiah and many others. On the big screen Aaron can be seen in
X-Men 2, Final Destination 2, White Noise, I-Robot, Catwoman, Paycheck, The
Chronicles of Riddick, Butterfly on a Wheel and many others.

Lou Ferrigno - is keeping very busy in 2008. Most notably, appeared in and
supplied the voice of The Hulk in what promises to be this year's Superhero
blockbuster feature film The Incredible Hulk, directed by Louis Leterrier,
with a cast that includes Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt,
and Robert Downey Jr.

Gil Gerard - has starred in numerous successful made for TV movies as well
as feature films. However, his fans prefer to remember him as "Buck Rogers"
from the Universal motion picture and NBC series, "BUCK ROGERS in the 25th
CENTURY".

Erin Gray - For five years on nightly network NBC TV, Erin Gray was the
American public's image of the ideal woman. Her "Kate" in Silver Spoons
managed to have it all: marriage, family, and business carrier.And for the
two years before that, she redifined our public image of the beauty with
brains, when "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" became a hit series, her
sleek sophisticated "Colonel Wilma" became a role model, and Erin Gray
became a household word.

Marina Sirtis - is recognized worldwide as the sexy and cerebral Starfleet
Commander "Deanna Troi" of the STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION series and
STAR TREK feature films. Over time, Marina skillfully transformed the
popular character from reserved beauty to delicious diva by inserting her
own trademark wit and comedic timing.

Wil Wheaton  - became the first teenager to be cast in a permanent role on
Star Trek when, as a 16-year-old, he got the part of Wesley Crusher.
Already a big Star Trek fan when he auditioned for Wesley, Wil was thrilled
when his agent called to tell him the news. Wheaton has emerged as a vocal
member of the geek/nerd community and runs his own weblog, Wil Wheaton Dot
Net. Much of his present popularity comes from Wil Wheaton Dot Net, the
books it has spawned, and from fans who admire his earlier work.

Tiffany Grant - is happy to be back at Phoenix Comicon! Best known as Asuka
from NEON GENESIS EVANGELION, Tiffany was the first voice actor hired by
ADV in February 1994. She's since voiced characters in approximately 1000
TV episodes, OVAs & movies including CHRONO CRUSADE (Satella), BLUE SEED
(Kome), GOLDEN BOY (Madame Pres.), AZUMANGA DAIOH (Kaorin), GODANNAR
(Shizuru), FULL METAL ALCHEMIST (Marta) and MABURAHO (Kuriko). Video game
credits: UNLIMITED SAGA, DEUS EX II: INVISIBLE WAR. Recent projects include
MOONLIGHT MILE (Connie), THE WALLFLOWER (Auntie), KURAU: PHANTOM MEMORY
(Ayaka), MAGIKANO (Rika) and episodic leads in MUSHI SHI and HELL GIRL.

Matt Greenfield - Raised on a steady diet of science fiction novels, giant
monster movies, special effects and early TV anime like Astroboy, Tobor,
Kimba and Speed Racer, Matt Greenfield has somehow managed to end up with a
career that ties all those youthful interests into one neat package.Since
1992, he has racked up over a thousand production credits, serving as
writer, producer, and director on over 500 anime and live action titles,
including such anime classics as BATTLE ANGEL, BUBBLEGUM CRISIS TOKYO 2040,
CHRONO CRUSADE, EXCEL SAGA, GANTZ, GODANNAR, GOLDEN BOY, GUNSMITH CATS,
MACROSS, NADESICO, NOIR, PRINCESS NINE, RAHXEPHON, SLAYERS, SPRIGGAN, NEON
GENESIS EVANGELION, THE WALLFLOWER, the live action GAMERA-GUARDIAN OF THE
UNIVERSE and the all-time Godzilla classic DESTROY ALL MONSTERS.

Reuben Langdon - is a Los Angeles based Actor/Producer/Director who began
his career in Japan as a series regular on the Japanese superhero TV series
B-Fighter Kabuto, better known in the US as Beetleborgs Metallix. Later, he
relocated to Hong Kong to work amongst the most famous names in the Hong
Kong film industry, most specifically with Jackie Chan in Jackie Chan: My
Stunts, Gen-Y Cops, and the internationally renowned, fantasy adventure The
Medallion. Currently residing in Los Angeles, Reuben continues to share his
talent onscreen. He has appeared alongside Sammo Hung in the Martial Law
series and has worked regularly on the hit show, The Power Rangers.

Yuri Lowenthal - is best known for his voice acting in such roles as
Superman (Legion of Superheroes), The Prince of Persia (PoP:Sands of Time),
Kamal (HALO 2/ ilovebees), Sasuke (Naruto) and Ben Tennyson (Ben 10: Alien
Force). He also recently kicked Samuel L. Jackson's ass in Spike TV's Afro
Samurai.

Tara Platt - is best known for her voice acting work on such roles as Dream
Girl (Legion of Superheroes), Hrist/Leone (Valkyre Profile: Silmeria),
Genie/Isabel (HALO 2/ilovebees), Temari (Naruto) and Tokiko (Busou Renkin).
Tara has performed internationally in film, TV, animation and theatre. Some
of her on-screen credits include TV: Gilmore Girls, Charmed, The Playbook,
One Life to Live, Days Of Our Lives; FILM: Time & Tide, Scarecrow III, I'm
Through With White Girls, BackSlash. Anime fans may also recognize her
voice-over work in animated series and features from: Digimon: Island of
Lost Digimon, RaveMaster, Tokko, FateStayNight, DearS, Boys Be; VIDEO
GAMES: Tokobots, Eternal Sonata, Final Fantasy XII, Desperate Housewives,
Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria, World of Warcraft. She is currently acting in
and producing the feature film Tumbling After with her partner Yuri
Lowenthal and their production company Monkey Kingdom Productions.

Christophe Tang - Passion, hard work and a love to perform have led
Christophe Tang to become the "people's champion" of cosplay with over 30
awards in costume competitions. His creations are often empowered with
lights, moving wings, transformations, and other fun action features! Fan
favorites include the transforming Autobot Smokescreen Subaru WRX,
Battlized SPD Red Power Ranger, Gundam Epyon, Sportacus, and Capcom's
classic mascot, Captain Commando. Unexpected side effects of his cosplay
affliction include being voted JANIME/POPJNEO's "COSPLAYER OF THE YEAR" by
fans around the world, and appearing on HBO's hit series "Entourage".

Kevin J. Anderson - is the author of more than ninety novels, 43 of which
have appeared on national or international bestseller lists.

Anderson has coauthored ten books in Frank Herbert's classic DUNE universe
with Herbert's son Brian. The first novel, DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES became a 1
international bestseller and was voted "Book of the Year" by the members of
the Science Fiction Book Club by the largest margin in the history of the
award. All of the subsequent DUNE novels have also been bestsellers, each
one peaking even higher on the lists; the most recent, SANDWORMS OF DUNE,
hit 4 on the New York Times bestseller list. Anderson's blog running on
the official "Dune" site, www.dunenovels.com, received 2.9 million hits per
month.
Rebecca Moesta - is the author of 28 books and numerous short stories,
including the award-winning Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights series and two
original TITAN A.E. novels, which she co-authored with husband Kevin J.
Anderson, and BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER novel, "Little Things." With
Anderson, she has written an original young-adult fantasy series, "Crystal
Doors," for Little, Brown.

In comics, she has worked with Anderson on the hardcover Star Trek: The
Next Generation graphic novel, The Gorn Crisis from Wildstorm and GRUMPY
OLD MONSTERS from IDW.

Exclusives

Phoenix Comicon and Frazetta Comics '09 Exclusive! 
We are excited to announce that we will be offering Frazetta Comics's first
exclusive to Phoenix's premier pop culture event! The Phoenix Comicon and
Frazetta Comics produced limited, signed and numbered 1 to 100 Frank
Frazetta's Death Dealer 1 Special Edition comics. The detailed silver foil
accents are a special feature of this limited edition comic book that comes
sealed within a MYLAR rigid sleeve and signed by co-creator Jay Fotos.

They will be available for $10 (ten bucks!) beginning during our Thursday
night preview.   Jay Fotos and Frazetta Comics can be found at booth 78.

With a full extra day for 2009 we're making the most of it!

We're presenting an expanded evening Art Auction and already have several
outstanding pieces in hand.

Building on the spectacular success of last years dance, we're moving into
a new large ballroom and are even looking at multiple nights and different
themes.

Our marvelous Masquerade Costume Contest is moving to Saturday night and
promises to be better than ever.

And our one-of-a-kind Zombie Beauty Pageant returns from the grave on
Friday night; we've already got contestants dying to get in.

You'll have a chance to meet our stellar guests, get their autographs and
hear them talk about your favorite comic books, TV and anime shows and
films at our Guest Panels.

Speaking of films, we have brand new films for our Film Festival including
exclusives and world premieres.

And don't forget about our fun filled kids programming, including the
Return of the Jedi Training Academy and Imperial Stormtrooper Boot Camp.

We're very excited about all of the new events and improvements we have
planned for 2009. Check our programming page on the website for more event
announcements and schedules.

Joe Boudrie

Director of Programming

Our Film Festival is seeking film submissions for our 2009 convention.
Submissions should be related to comics, horror, and science fiction. Fan
films are most welcome. Films should be no more than 50 minutes in length.
For those films we show we do ask that someone involved with the production
of the film come to the convention and present it. This is a non-juried
event, however the audience will vote one winner "Best in Show".

Send your submissions and contact information no later than December 1,
2008 to:
Phoenix Comicon Film Festival
401 E. Dunbar Drive Suite 45
Tempe, AZ 85282

All entries must be postmarked by December 1, 2007. Submit by November 1st
to avoid the $10 submission
fee. Fan Films and Arizona produced films are exempt from this fee, even
after the deadline.
For more information contact Film Festival Director Todd Hutchins at
filmfestival@phoenixcomicon.com.


Volunteers & Staffing
We are looking for volunteers!

The Street Team is currently searching for volunteers to help prepare for
Phoenix Comicon 2009.

What does the Street Team do?

Some of the Street Team's responsibilities includes:·

   * Attending events and representing Phoenix Comicon by passing out
fliers and answering questions.
   * Providing fliers and membership passes to local stores·

   * Collecting Membership registration forms from local stores· and
planning store events to promote Phoenix Comicon·

   * Additional duties may be decided at a later date 

What would I do as a Street Team volunteer?

Depending on the type of Street Team position you are looking for, you may
be able to do all of the above or just attend events to promote this year's
convention.

If you are interested in becoming a Street Team volunteer please contact
Sarah Neiswonger at street.team@phoenixcomicon.com.

One of our favorite local creators and Phoenix Comicon logo designer,
Daniel Davis of Steam Crow Press, launched his new webcomic this past
Monday.

It's called "Monster Commute".  It's about traffic. 

And it's cute and funny as all get out and we're already bonding with
Beastio and Chadworth Machine and have now learned about the nutritional
value of a scented pine air freshner.  Seriously. 

Check it out at www.steamcrow.com and then see Daniel at the Phoenix
Comicon in January.