Paradise Toronto Comic Con July 12- 13

[Boss Hogg]

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR WAITING FOR US TO BEGIN POSTING OUR GUEST LIST. WE WILL BE POSTING A NEW GUEST EVERY WEEKDAY UNTIL WE RUN OUT OF DAYS OR GUESTS.....
Paradise Conventions is happy to announce our
FIRST GUEST OF HONOUR

HERB TRIMPE

One of the most popular artists of the Marvel Age of Comics, Herb Trimpe is most famous for his penciling work on The Incredible Hulk. Other Trimpe projects included Godzilla, Shogun Warriors, and The 'Nam. In 2002, Trimpe won the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award for his work as a chaplain at Ground Zero at the World Trade Center after the 9-11 terrorist attacks. He's written a book on his experience, The Power of Angels: Reflections of a Ground Zero Chaplain.

Paradise Conventions is happy to announce our
Second GUEST OF HONOUR

JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER

In 1989 Joseph Michael Linsner created DAWN, a modern take on classic earth Goddess mythology. The smart, scary stories from Joe’s CRY FOR DAWN work are collected in the ANGRY CHRIST COMICS trade. 2003 saw publication of THE ART OF JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER, which sold out instantly, & THE VAMPIRE’S CHRISTMAS, a black comedy & Linsner’s most critically acclaimed work. JML has done covers for all the big publishing houses, including cover art for issues #1 – 7 of Dark Horse’s CONAN THE BARBARIAN comics. In 2006 Linsner did the art for CLAWS, a Marvel mini-series featuring the Black Cat & Wolverine. 2008 sees the debut of DARK IVORY, an unorthodox vampire love story. DARK IVORY is co-created by longtime Linsner collaborator EVA HOPKINS

[Arion]

Thanks for the heads up .

[Boss Hogg]

Paradise Conventions is happy to announce the artist of our 2008 Program Cover
Special Guest
MARK SPARACIO
Mark Sparacio studied sequential art for three years under the legendary Will Eisner at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. While still in school, Sparacio received his first job to do a painting for the movie poster for the United Artist film, “The Draughtsman’s Contract”, which led to a long run as a freelance illustrator in the advertising industry. As the market for illustration collapsed, the door opened for Sparacio to go back to the medium that is his first love: comic books. As well as doing painted covers for Alpha-Omega’s “Spirit” comic book, Sparacio has done cover paintings for Billy Tucci’s “Shi”, DC comic’s “Green Lantern”, Comic’s Buyers Guide and Alter Ego. He has done paintings for card sets for UpperDeck /DC comics and Topps’ “Wacky Packages” and “Garbage Pail Kids”. Sparacio will be penciling the upcoming title “Liberty Girl” for Heroic Publishing as well as Ken Lillie-Paetz’ “Elsinore” for Devil’s Due Publishing. He is also developing his own Sci-Fi/ superhero comic and hopes to find a publisher soon. Sparacio lives with his wife and two sons on Long Island, New York.