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Please welcome, Keith Champagne

Keith Champagne is a veteran writer/artist/inker best known for his decades of work with DC Comics on Green Lantern, JSA, and many more. He’s currently producing the Stranger Things series of comics for Dark Horse, in addition to several creator-owned properties.

Please welcome, Brandon Aten!

Brandon K. Aten is a writer and game designer who has been working in the industry since 2004. He has worked with a number of mainstays of gaming, including Palladium Books, Third Eye Games, NerdBurger Games, and Bloat Games. He worked on a team for Third Eye Games which was awarded an Ennie Judge’s Selection […]

Please welcome, David Avallone!

A filmmaker for over thirty years, with the eclectic career to show for it, David expanded into writing comic books in 2014. Since then, he’s written a number of iconic comic characters, including BETTIE PAGE, THE SHADOW, DOC SAVAGE, VAMPIRELLA, RED SONJA, JOHN CARTER, ZORRO, and multiple series and specials for ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE […]

Please welcome, the Mando Mercs!

Mando Mercs are a world wide LFL recognized costume club focused on building movie quality costumes and using them to promote charities around the globe. The 12 chapters making up the North East region will be having their meet up at Granite State comic con and are looking forward to sharing their tips and tricks […]

Please welcome, Ed Smith!

Born and raised in New England, this doofy goose in shoes grew up watching and learning the finer points of comic books and cartoons. As he got older, he earned a background in illustrating and production for just about any method and media, while still keeping his heart rooted in comic books and cartoons. His […]

Please welcome, Matthew Orr!

Matthew Orr is Creative Director at Wet Ink Games, which he co-founded in 2015. Since then he has helped bring to life such games as Into the Wyrd and Wild, Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall, and Never Going Home (2020 ENNIE nominee: Best Art, Interior). He has also written for other indie publishers including […]

Please welcome, Emily Drouin!

Emily Drouin is a professional illustrator of comics, children’s books, character design, animation, video editing, graphic design, member of the National Cartoonists Society, the SCBWI, art educator, founder & owner of Kids Con New England – the region’s first, largest, and favorite comic con for kids, with events in NH & ME. Kids Con promotes art education […]

Please welcome, Khoi Pham!

Khoi is an artist and mentor. His artworks include DC’s Teen Titans, Marvel’s Mighty Avengers, X-Men Legacy, Scarlet Spider, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Chaos War, Incredible Hercules, Gambit, Mighty Thor, X-Factor, and Topcow’s Cyberforce.  He has done numerous cover illustrations for various publications. Khoi was an attorney and venture capitalist prior to switching to art and mentoring.  He […]

Please welcome, Scott Hanna!

An Eisner Award winning artist in the graphic novel industry, Scott Hanna has been drawing and inking comic books for over 30 years. His work has been published in over 1,000 comics and graphic novels, and he’s inked over 23,000 pages of comics art. At Marvel Comics, Scott’s worked on all the top characters at […]

Hocus Pocus Tour!

Join Coolwaters and celebrity guests DOUG JONES, TOBIAS JELINEK & LARRY BAGBY on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th, 2022, as we put a spell on you and take you on a tour of some of the original filming locations for the film “HOCUS POCUS” in Salem, MA.! This is a special event happening outside the normal convention hours and requires a […]