2008 Dragon*Con Program Book

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Shimerman. The following year, he made an appearance on CSI: Miami. He appeared in Trekkies 2 and in the motion picture Fronterz. He recently completed work on the independent feature The Inevitable Undoing of Jay Brooks. Lofton will be seen in the web based fan film miniseries Star Trek: Of Gods and Men. Directed by Tim Russ (who also appears in the series as Tuvok), the series also stars fellow Trek veterans Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, Grace Lee Whitney, Garrett Wang, Alan Ruck, and Lofton’s DS9 costars J. G. Hertzler and Chase Masterson.

George Lowe The first original piece of production to hit the air at Cartoon Network was the quirky cult hit Space Ghost Coast to Coast, voiced by Atlanta resident George Lowe. Lowe stays busy these days with voice work (you expected his other hobby neurosurgery?) and just did a third episode of Robot Chicken with Seth Green. Other credits include Father on The Brak Show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab 2021, Perfect Hair Forever, Assy McGee and the guy who tells you how to keep your pool from scumming up in the Home Depot pool shocking kiosk!

Daniel Logan Daniel Logan, a New Zealand native, started acting when he was ten years old. He got his break when local children’s rugby teams were being scouted for a TV commercial. After auditioning with hundreds of other young rugby players, Daniel got the part, his first acting role. Daniel starred in the short film “Falling Sparrows” and provided the lead and supporting voices in two animated series Tamota and Takapu. Daniel’s most recent project was starring in The Legend of Johnny Lingo. At the top of this young actors growing resume sits Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones with the coveted role of Boba Fett, winning the part, out of thousands who tried out, after just one audition!

Jonathan Maberry Jonathan Maberry is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Ghost Road Blues, first of a trilogy of thrillers with a supernatural bite that includes Dead Man’s Song and Bad Moon Rising. The first book in a series for St. Martin’s Press, Patient Zero, is scheduled for release in early 2009. His nonfiction works include Vampire Universe and The Cryptopedia: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange and Downright Bizarre. Jonathan is also the author of The Vampire Slayers’ Field Guide to the Undead under the pen name Shane MacDougall. In 2004 Jonathan was inducted into the International Martial Arts Hall of Fame largely because of his extensive writings in that field.

David Mack David Mack is the creator, author, and artist of Kabuki published by Image Comics and the writer and artist of Marvel Comics’ Daredevil. Mack’s work has garnered nominations for two 1999 International Eagle Awards in the categories of Favorite Comic Artist and Best Cover Art of the Year, the Eisner Awards in the category of Best Painter, and both the Harvey and Kirby awards in the category of Best New Talent, as well as other awards and nominations. Kabuki has earned Mack international acclaim for its innovative storytelling, painting techniques, and page design. It is available in seven different languages in addition to well over a million copies of Kabuki comics, paperbacks, and hardcovers in print in the U. S. alone. In addition to the writing and cover art for Daredevil, and writing and painting the Kabuki comic books, he has also written the treatment for the Kabuki film which is in preproduction with Fox Animation.

Dean Lorey For over 15 years, Dean Lorey has been a screenwriter in film and TV. Emmy nominated for Arrested Development, his credits also include executive producer on the TV show My Wife and Kids and the films Major Payne, Friday the 13th Part 9: Jason Goes to Hell, and My Boyfriend’s Back, among others. He’s currently writing the third book in the scary and funny young adult series Nightmare Academy. Book one, Monster Hunters, was published in over 20 countries and the second book, Monster Madness, hits shelves in the US in September 2008. The Nightmare Academy series has already been optioned by Universal studios and will be produced by Bob Ducsay and Stephen Sommers for a potential 2010 release.

John Lotshaw John Lotshaw is a cartoonist, animator, and the owner of Moonbase LLC, the publishers of Kevin & Kell by Bill Holbrook. John began cartooning early, at the age of three, copying Charles Schulz’s Peanuts out of the newspaper. In college, John created a comic strip that was seen in weekly entertainment magazines in Georgia and North Carolina. Later, he designed, wrote, and animated three films for the American Trauma Society starring Troo the Traumaroo. He branched out into webcomics with the premiere of Accidental Centaurs, a fantasy adventure with comedic overtones. In 2008, John left the aegis of Plan Nine to venture out into the world of publishing once more. In addition to Accidental Centaurs, his company will also be publishing the works of syndicated cartoonist Bill Holbrook, including Kevin & Kell, the world’s first comic created exclusively for distribution over computer networks. August 29-September 1 G Atlanta, GA

Scott MacMillan Scott MacMillan has been a filmmaker, an award-winning editor of Western fiction, a world-class black-powder shootist, a mounted police officer, a novelist, a screenwriter, a reserve army officer, a vintage car enthusiast, an expert on antique arms and armour, and an avid student of heraldry, military history, crumbling castles, chivalry, and Scottish and Irish heritage. While living in Ireland, he served as a Herald of Arms in the Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland. Scott is working on several potential film projects while he observes the differences (and similarities) between Scottish and Southern gentlemen. 59


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