the 2012 Con Book as a PDF

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• September 21 – 23, 2012 • Rockville, MD
Convention Map
Table of Contents
Words from the Con Chair
1
Autographs24
Rules and Regulations
2
Artists’Alley and Vendors
35
Guest Biographies
5
Area Guide
44
Con Staff
18
Our Sponsors
46
Panel Listings
19
Thank You!
48
Words from the Con Chair
When we started Intervention, we knew it wouldn’t be easy. Not having a big company backing a grassroots event like this is more than difficult. Many thought we wouldn’t be able to
do it at all.
What good can a group of geeks do, right?
A lot, actually.
In the past two years I’ve watched as we’ve slowly but surely grown every year regardless of
the seemingly endless wall of challenges we’ve had to face. Against all odds we’ve expanded
and even managed to give to charity.
To hell with the odds.
I want to make sure that you know how much we appreciate your support and patronage. It’s
not a marketing line. It’s not a canned phrase. Nothing is more real than that sentiment. This
is a small, family-owned business run by volunteers who really believe in doing this for the
right reasons.
None of this would happen without you. You attending and bringing your friends is how we
can afford to fund more charitable and fun efforts in the future.
We do our best to meet as many of you as possible. Why? Because you are awesome. We
made the event we wanted to go to and would attract the people that are fun to be around. It
also helps us figure out what to do differently for next year and how to help the community
better. We know some things, but we don’t know everything.
This con is for you. That’s why we have the “We are the Intervention” panel on Saturday and
the “So, How’d We Do?” panel on Sunday. Go to them. Meet us. Tell us what you think. Laugh
at the sleep-deprived people.
Become a part of the growth of our con.
You requested more video content last year. We added that and invited indie actors to come
and speak. You wanted more video gaming, so we expanded our video gaming room and
added a Retro Arcade with actual arcade cabinets. When you ask for things, we do them.
We want this to be your favorite event of the year. As we grow, our ability to add more things
will grow too. Those “Enabler Levels” are real. Those donations actually help us make this
happen. We just feel that it’s the right thing to give you cute rewards for contributing, like
our Saturday night VIP party.
We could not do this without you. Someone asked me why I’m always on the con floor since
I’m the boss. The reason why is because I freakin’ care. I have no problems jumping in and
doing whatever needs to be done to make sure you have an awesome weekend.
If you need to reach me anytime, you can follow me on Twitter @Onezumi. Follow @InterventionCon on Twitter for breaking news updates, schedule changes, and geeky fun.
On behalf of the entire Intervention family – welcome!
<3 Oni
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RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. Please do not damage the convention
space. We like the hotel and the hotel
likes us; we want to keep it that way. This
includes painting or sketching on walls
(except for the function rooms that have
dry-erase walls), slamming doors, etc.
Please do not hang any flyers on any wall
or other surface of the hotel or convention space; we will have a specialized area
for hanging/placing flyers.
2. Please wear your attendee badges at
all times. There will be badge checkers
throughout the convention space and you
will be asked to return with your badge
if you do not have it on you in order to
access convention areas.
3. Intervention and the hotel are not respon-
sible for missing items. Any bag(s) or other
items left unattended around the convention space will likely be picked up by
either an Intervention staffer or another
attendee and be taken to Lost and Found
in Intervention Operations (the Montrose
room) or to the hotel; please check with
both places to locate your item. The
item may be turned over to the police if
deemed necessary.
4. Please step off the main path to take
photos. If someone asks you for a photo,
please make sure you step out of the way
of traffic, entrances, stairs, and escalators
so that everyone else can still get by and
no one gets trampled.
5. Please remember that, in your hotel room,
there are other rooms next to you. If you
and several of your friends are talking, your
neighbor can likely hear you. If your neighbor, an Intervention staffer, or someone
from Hotel staff comes to your room to ask
you to quiet down, please be considerate and reduce the noise to a dull roar or
perhaps find someplace else to talk.
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ONCE I THOUGHT ABOUT A PAIR OF AARDVARK PANTS.
6. The legal drinking age in Maryland is 21.
Do not drink alcohol at Intervention if you
are younger than 21. If you are of legal
age to drink, do not carry open alcohol
throughout the convention space. Keep it
to the bar, other appropriate areas where
alcohol is being sold by the hotel, or your
hotel room.
7. Please don’t run, play tag, or throw things
inside the convention space. Please also
don’t carry a radio, iPod or other device
that is playing music at a loud volume
(only you should be able to hear it).
Please use basic common sense.
Over 18 Events: Some events at Intervention are intended for an adult audience; you
will need to present your legal ID at the door,
showing that you are 18 or older, in order to
attend these events. The following IDs will
be accepted: US or International passport,
permanent resident card, driver’s license,
government-issued ID card with date of birth
(federal, state, or local), military ID.
Harassment Policy
Intervention is dedicated to providing a
harassment-free convention experience for
everyone regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body
size, race, religion, choice of CMS platform, or
operating system. We do not tolerate harassment of convention participants in any form.
Convention participants violating these rules
may be sanctioned or expelled from the convention without a refund at the discretion of
the convention organizers.
Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, sexual orientation,
disability, physical appearance, body size, race,
religion, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing
photography or recording, sustained disruption
of talks or other events, inappropriate physical
contact, and unwelcome sexual attention. Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior
are expected to comply immediately.
If a participant engages in harassing behavior, the convention organizers may take any
action they deem appropriate, including
warning the offender or expulsion from the
convention with no refund. If you are being
harassed, notice that someone else is being
harassed, or have any other concerns, please
contact a member of convention staff immediately. Convention staff can be identified by
their special Intervention staff badges.
Convention staff will be happy to help participants contact hotel/venue security or local
law enforcement, provide escorts, or otherwise assist those experiencing harassment to
feel safe for the duration of the convention.
We value your attendance.
We expect participants to follow these rules
at all convention venues and convention-related social events.
Note on sexual imagery and speech at Intervention events: Intervention may schedule
events that are considered “adult” in nature
which will be clearly marked as such in all
convention materials and schedules. In these
cases, the participants will be limited to adults
over the age of 18 and will specifically require
the display of photo ID to attend. The use of
sexual imagery and speech within events will
always be used in the context of art creation,
or the discussion of artistic issues. Intervention does not believe in the censorship of
sexual imagery or speech, but are committed
to balancing the concerns of artists and artistic output with the issues of harassment. Participants or exhibitors displaying illegal examples of sexual imagery or using sexual speech
with the purpose of harassment or degradation may be sanctioned or expelled from the
convention without a refund at the discretion
of the convention organizers. When choosing
to attend 18+ events please use your best
judgment to determine if the content or performance is within your comfort zone.
Costume Prop Guidelines
To ensure the general safety of Intervention’s
attendees, we can’t allow people to carry the
following types of weapons or props:
 Live steel of any kind including knives,
swords, axes, martial arts equipment, or
any other type of bladed weapon.
 Any weapon/prop that could currently
or in the past shoot a projectile (includes
water, aerosols/sprays, Airsoft guns, toy
bows, etc.).
 Anything generally awkward to carry, or
that can’t be controlled by the person
carrying (i.e., it is so heavy that you are
consistently dropping it in the hallway, or
cannot keep it from swinging into other
attendees). Intervention staff will be the
final determinant as to whether something is too awkward or too dangerous to
be carried around the convention.
 Any item that is deemed to be too awk-
ward or dangerous to carry must either be
taken to the attendee’s hotel room, car,
or checked with the hotel bag check, or
otherwise removed from the active areas
of the convention.
Convention Badges
Convention badges ensure your access to all
convention events and must be worn where
visible at all times while in convention space.
Your legal name will be written on the back of
your badge; you can put whatever you want
on the front. You must have your badge with
you to get into any convention event. If you
find a convention badge, please turn it into
Security; you likely will make a fellow congoer very happy.
The Chairs or any Vice Chair of Intervention
reserve the right to revoke the badge of any
attendee not following or ignoring these rules
and guidelines and to request that person
leave the convention without a refund.
Badge Replacement Policy
In the event you lose your badge, please check
with both with Intervention’s Lost and Found
as well as the hotel’s version. If neither location has your badge, you may purchase a new
badge at Registration for a reduced price with
proof of registration. If you pre-registered,
please show your photo ID to the Registration
staff and they will locate your registration in
our pre-registration list. If you registered at
the convention, please bring your receipt as
well as your photo ID as proof of registration.
Replacement for single day badge: $10
Replacement for full weekend badge: $20
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Refund Policy
Generally, no refunds will be issued for atdoor registrations purchased at the convention. Exceptions may be made on the sole
discretion of either the Convention Chairs
or Treasurer. Refund requests must be made
during the convention. These personnel may
be located by going to the Information Booth
and asking that one of them be contacted via
the convention radio.
Lost and Found
We know that sometimes, no matter how hard
we try, things get left behind; at Intervention, we’re lucky enough to have wonderful
people (you!) that routinely find these things
and want to do everything possible to reunite
these lost items with their rightful owners. The
lost and found department will be available
at Intervention Security for people to drop
off and pick up lost items so if you’re missing
something, come check with us. Please don’t
forget to check with the hotel, too, just in case.
Please bear in mind that Intervention and the
hotel are not responsible for missing items.
Any item that is deemed potentially unsafe
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I don’t believe in elitism. I believe in realism. And chainsaws.
may be turned over to the police. If you lose
an item at Intervention or have a found item
you’d like to help return to its owner and you
don’t find it/have a chance to drop it off before the convention ends, please contact Security with the subject line “Lost and Found.”
If we have your lost item, we will happily make
arrangements to return it to you.
Notice Regarding Audio/Video
Recording at Intervention 2012
You will be entering an area where photography, video and audio recording may occur. By
entering the event premises and/or your participation in this event you are consenting to
the use of your photograph, likeness or video
or audio recording in whole or in part without
restriction or limitation for any educational,
promotional, any purpose for distribution in
online and printed publications or any public
in other media. You release the event sponsor,
its officers, employees, contractors and each
and all persons involved from any liability connected with the taking, recording, digitizing or
publication of interviews, photographs, computer images, video and/or sound recordings.
By entering the event premises, you waive all
rights you may have to any claims for payment
or royalties in connection with any exhibition,
streaming, web casting, television or other
publication of these materials regardless of
the purpose or sponsoring of such exhibiting,
broadcasting, web casting or other publication
irrespective of whether a fee for admission or
sponsorship is charged. You also waive any
right to inspect or approve any photo, video,
or audio recording taken by the event host or
the person or entity designated to do so by
the event host. You have been fully informed
of your consent, waiver of liability and release
before entering the event.
Intervention’s harassment policy is based
on several other policies, including the Ohio
LinuxFest anti-harassment policy, written
by Esther Filderman and Beth Lynn Eicher,
and the Con Anti-Harassment Project. Mary
Gardiner, Valerie Aurora, Sarah Smith, and
Donna Benjamin generalized the policies and added supporting material. Many
members of LinuxChix, Geek Feminism and
other groups contributed to this work.
GUEST BIOGRAPHIES
Pete Abrams • Sluggy Freelance
http://www.sluggy.com/
Pete Abrams is the
creator of the highly
addictive
niftiness
that is Sluggy Freelance, a remarkably
twisted daily online
comic strip that has
been appearing at
www.sluggy.com
since August 25, 1997. Starting the comic strip
as a creative outlet, his world with the switchblade-wielding rabbit quickly expanded into
uncharted territory and grew into over a decade of alien vampire missile-launching fun.
Since its Satan-spamming beginnings, Sluggy
Freelance has attracted a devoted global following and is one of the most popular and
well-known comics on the web.
Pete holds the honor of being twice-invited
as a speaker at Harvard conventions as well
as at a Vassar convention, making him all ivyleague-ish. Pete has gained recognition not
only online, but through such high profile
appearances as the original comics included
in NY Times bestselling author John Ringo’s
Hell’s Faire, and as part of the New York’s Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art webcomics
exhibition in Fall, 2007, as well as appearances on NPR’s Weekend Edition with Liane
Hansen. Pete is reputed to be the first person
to ever make a living by drawing a webcomic.
year at cons &
events on the
East Coast.
The group is primary made up
of three dancers:
Ayla, the head
choreographer,
who also runs the blog & co-runs the podcast
Geek Belly Dance and their YouTube account;
Merika, the costumer, who runs their Etsy site
under “Antipode Antics”; and Termariel, the
scriptwriter that founded the group “The LARPettes”.
Fusing the theatrics of acting with a mix of
cosplay, pop culture and off-beat humor, Antipode brings the audience not just dance, but
full geek entertainment. For more information
about their shows, check out their Facebook
page and please like them.
H.A. “Chezhnian” Kennedy and Eren
Fitzgerald • Tamuran
http://tamurancomic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Antipode/144889438907660
H.A.
“Chezhnian”
Kennedy and Eren
Fitzgerald are
the respective
creator/writer
and
artist/cowriter of Tamuran, a manga-style epic fantasy webcomic.
Tamuran is a story about a young royal heir
suddenly turned king-in-exile and his unlikely
protectors, and their quest to save their kingdom from the country of powerful, grudgebearing sorcerers that have taken it over. The
story has been under the pen since 2008, and
the webcomic has been ongoing since 2010.
The enticing dance group, Antipode, has combined their love of otaku/nerd culture with
their love of belly dancing to create a unique
form of dance known as Theatrical Belly
Dance. Antipode performs throughout the
Chezhnian has been world-building the setting in which Tamuran takes place for over 12
years, and she does the main writing for the
comic and also contributes design work. Writing music is one of Chezhnian’s passions, and
Currently, Pete lives in New Jersey (and
doesn’t even mind it) with his wife, Rachel,
and two daughters, Leah and Sarah.
Antipode
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an original score soundtrack inspired by the
comic is currently in progress.
Eren has been drawing webcomics since
2005, when he started working on Shades
of Veil [http://shadesofveil.net] as an homage to his college roommates’ Dungeons
and Dragons campaign. Now he is focusing
his comicking mainly on co-writing and illustrating Tamuran. Eren recently spent a
year and a half teaching English in elementary and junior high schools in Japan, where
his drawing skills and love of manga ended
up being just as useful as his Japanese language degree.
Rob Balder
Erfworld / The FuMP / Partially Clips
http://www.erfworld.com
Rob Balder is the author of the webcomic Erfworld, a twiceweekly fantasy story
about an obsessive
strategy game who
is summoned into a
game-like world.
Other projects Rob
has created include the comic strip PartiallyClips, the Funny Music Project (the FuMP), the
Sluggy Freelance card game, Get Nifty, and the
Logan Whitehurst Memorial Awards for Excellence in Comedy Music.
Christopher Baldwin
Spacetrawler, Little Dee
http://spacetrawler.com/
Christopher Baldwin
is a cartoonist, currently producing the
science fiction webcomic Spacetrawler as
well being a regular
contributor to MAD
Magazine. He began
doing
webcomics
with his Bruno starting in 1996 which ran daily for 11 years, and Little Dee in 2004, which
ran 6. He has been written up in the Washington Post, The Telegraph, CNN Online, io9.com,
and many others. He had a Hollywood option contract for Bruno with director Jeremiah
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Chechik, and was represented by United Syndicate for Little Dee. He’s a New Englander at
heart, having grown up in Massachusetts, and
currently resides in Seattle, WA with his girlfriend and four cats.
Blue • Hello The Future
http://www.hello-the-future.net/
Nicole and her oneperson band Hello,
The Future! sings stories about the intersection of fandom
and reality. This is her
THIRD YEAR at Intervention! She has also
performed at MAGFest, the JoCo Cruise
Crazy piano bar,
Dragon*Con, Philcon,
Lunacon, and and a
bunch of other places with “con” at the end
of them. She’ll sing about why dinosaurs have
feelings, why Wash is the best character on
Firefly, and how we didn’t have to stop drawing those giant robots. Get ready to rock.
Matt Blum
Wired.com GeekDad Blog
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/
Matt Blum is the
Managing Editor of
the GeekDad blog on
Wired.com, and has
been writing for the
blog since the spring
of 2007. He lives in
northern Virginia with
his wife and two kids,
all of whom are also geeks, and two cats —
who probably aren’t geeks but one of whose
names is “Gandalf,” so that should count for
something. In his day job, Matt is a software
engineer, and his geeky interests include (but
are not limited to) science fiction, the Muppets,
LEGO, board games, video games, and bacon.
Jennie Breeden • The Devil’s Panties
http://thedevilspanties.com/
Jennie Breeden is the creator of the autobiographical webcomic, The Devil’s Panties. Ms.
Breeden has been posting her daily webcomic
There are a few things I’m srs bznzz about. Dancing bunnies are one of them.
since 2001, over 3,000 comic strips online and
five graphic novels
that are in comic
shops and book stores
around the world. She
documents her adventures at conventions and in life. Really,
who hasn’t gone clubbing with pirates in
Canada, hunted dinosaurs in Virginia, and stalked zombies in an
abandoned mall in Burlington? She’s still
keeping an eye out for those pesky ninjas who
periodically steal her Sharpies. She lives with
her boyfriend in Atlanta, Georgia, where they
eat a disproportionate amount of popcorn.
T. Campbell and Phil Kahn
Guilded Age
http://guildedage.net/
An ex-stage actor
and failed Internet
shut-in, T. Campbell
has written eighteen
gazintillion
pages
of comics, including
Guilded Age, Penny
and Aggie (http://pennyandaggie.com/),
Fans, Cool Cat Studio, Divalicious, Search
Engine Funnies, Rip and Teri, and just a little
Avengers. He spends his “spare time” designing crosswords, drafting health care bills and
seeking the Anti-Life Equation.
A long-time Professional Neckbeard, Phil Kahn
has spent a few years
writing for various
webcomic, webcomic
criticism, and webcomic enthusiast sites
and now is trying to
take his accumulated
knowledge and put it
all to good use on
Guilded Age. While
building a daytime career as an A/V technician
and an IT support specialist, he also spends a
great deal of time practicing silly voices/faces
in front of a mirror for the inevitable day where
the only thing that can save the whole of humanity from certain doom is his impression of
Henchman #24. Out of the three creators, he
has spent the most time playing MMORPGs
and is totally that Gnome Warlock who just
won’t DIE ALREADY. He has also recently risen
to the challenge to become a Super Art Fighter
as Phil “The Commando” Kahn, and is destined
to become the Super Art Fight Champion of
the Universe.
Christiann • Sticky Comics
http://www.stickycomics.com/
Christiann MacAuley is the creator of
the humor webcomic, Sticky Comics. A
former
zine-ster,
Christiann creates
her cute but irreverent comics with
actual paper and
ink for bonus indie cred. Christiann’s work has been seen
around the internet on esteemed venues
like Gizmodo, Groklaw, and Daring Fireball.
This year she has shown her work at DC area
art shows and is publishing a collection of
her cartoons, tentatively titled The Sticky
Comics Picture Book. Christiann lives in Arlington, Virginia.
Cinematic For The People
Cinematic For The People (CFTP for short) is a
live-action bad movie
riffing experience, with
an emphasis on the
Live and a lesser one
on the Action. While a
“movie” (and we use
that term loosely here,
folks) plays on the big
screen, our panel of
“celebrity” (also used loosely) riffers will do
their best to rip the movie a few new sprocket
holes. CFTP aims to be a full-feature experience,
akin to watching an episode of MST3K live (with
a generous touch of Rocky Horror thrown in) –
complete with host segments, silly outfits, and
a cameo appearance by our own suspiciously
Servo-esque “Mr. Hal Sirveaux” at some point
during the event. There will also be prizes, audience participation, and may even be a singalong at some point.
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Danielle Corsetto
Girls With Slingshots
http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/
Danielle Corsetto created her first comic
strip when she was
eight years old, starting with a blatant ripoff of Garfield called
Fat Cat.
She started writing
Hazelnuts in high
school, the precursor to Girls With Slingshots
(unbeknownst to her at the time), and ran a
comic about super-slacker college kids called
Ramblers in the student paper at Shepherd
College (as well as popimage.com).
In October of 2004, she began Girls With
Slingshots; a couple of years later, she was
doing the strip full-time. It’s now updated
five times a week at some god-awful hour.
In addition to GWS, Danielle wrote and
drew The New Adventures of Bat Boy for the
Weekly World News, taking the reins from
Bat Boy’s kind & talented former creator
Peter Bagge.
Danielle lives in Shepherdstown, West Virginia in a 230-year-old house with her two
cats, Smudge and Ellie (aka Fluffy and Sprinkles) and her nine-year-old goldfish Goldie.
She loves sipping tea, going for hikes, and
eating local foods, because she is a filthy
filthy hippie.
Elaine Corvidae • Riven Sol
http://www.rivensol.com/
Elaine
Corvidae’s
mom taught her how
to read using Uncle
Scrooge comic books,
which is no doubt
why
she
always
dreamed of doing her
own comic. When she
read her first webcomic in 1998, Elaine
fell in love with the
medium. She began
serializing her first
science fiction novel online in 2004, and fi-
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nally launched her first webcomic this year.
Riven Sol combines her love of digital art,
H.P. Lovecraft, and science fiction. In addition to her online work, Elaine is the author
of eleven fantasy novels and numerous short
stories and novellas. She lives near Charlotte,
NC, with her husband and their adorable cats,
and enjoys brewing her own beer and eating
vegetarian food. You can visit her on the web
at www.rivensol.com
Cosplay Burlesque
http://www.cosplayburlesque.com/
Cosplay
Burlesque is a
group of burlesque
performers
and
cosplayers
dedicated to combining the two for your
entertainment. Our mission is to take the
characters fans already enjoy and make them
naughty! There is no fandom that we’ll leave
untouched in our quest for great source material. We are fan fiction come to life!
Kara Dennison • ConScrew and many
other comics
http://www.conscrew.com/
Kara Dennison (AKA
The Heaven-Breaking
Pen, etc.) is a deadly
force of nature whose
introduction into your
universe comes in the
form of broken arms
and shattered spirits. It’s not surprising
given her feats of fancy: Aside from making
the sun go supernova in the year 7689 due
to a time paradox, she’s drawn and written
several webcomics, including the recentlywrapped ConScrew, and Fanbreeding for Nth
Degree Magazine
Her acting talents can be seen in various productions (both on stage and in voice) and regular appearances with the elite Luna-C comedy
troupe. Her costuming talents have been proven deadly enough to render a certain Japanese
cosplay idol giddy with joy (before she broke
Let me fairydance your mind with my lovestick!!!!!! I prefer to have that low carb wafflesssss!!! OH YEA
her heart). Currently, she wanders the pop
culture wasteland, searching for the truth that
eludes us all. Pray that she’s still out there....
Tony DiGerolamo
Super Frat
http://www.superfrat.com/
Tony DiGerolamo is a
screenwriter, novelist,
comedian and writer
for the Simpsons and
Bart Simpson comics.
He’s written for Space
Ghost: Coast to Coast
and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher.
He’s the creator of the Super Frat webcomic
(www.superfrat.com) and co-creator of The
Webcomic Factory (www.thewebcomicfactory.com), a high-quality webcomic hub that
posts a new webcomic every day.
Michael Dougherty
Browncoats: Redemption, Z*Con
Michael C. Dougherty
is the president, cofounder and a board
member of Big Damn
Films, Inc. (BDF), a
non-profit that supports
meaningful
causes through the
development,
creation, distribution and
promotion of independent films. BDF’s first
project, Browncoats: Redemption, set the bar
for successful social promotion of independent films, non-profit awareness and fundraising by raising over $117,000 for charity.
Under Michael’s leadership, BDF leveraged
social media to secure extensive media attention for Browncoats: Redemption, including a
four page inclusion in the Firefly Companion:
Still Flying by Titan books, articles in SFX magazine’s “Whedon Universe” edition, Wired.
com, write-ups on a number of widely-read
blogs, and interviews on a variety of podcasts.
Browncoats: Redemption was a finalist in the
4th Annual Mashable Awards for “Most Creative Social Good Campaign”.
Michael’s efforts in raising awareness of the
film, and the causes it supports, has led to
global awareness and donations for the proj-
ect. Michael’s next film, Z*Con, will also leverage the same business model as before, but
with new charities chosen. You can learn more
about Z*Con at zconmovie.com.
Endlight Entertainment • Ninjas
Versus Vampires / TREKOFF Podcast
http://www.endlightpodcast.com/
The folks at Endlight
Entertainment
are based
in the DC
metro area
and have
enjoyed success with their cult films Ninjas
vs. Zombies and Ninjas vs. Vampires.
Started by screenwriter/director Justin Timpane, Endlight has grown to include a small
army of talented artists and technicians all
dedicated to bringing microbudget films to
the next level!
Their next project, Ninjas vs. Monsters, (which
we hope to screen at the event) is slated to
begin production in the first quarter of 2012,
and you can find out more about that at www.
ninjaswin.com!
TREKOFF! The Star Trek podcast with BALLS!
Sometimes crass, sometimes insightful,
sometimes controversial, TREKOFF! has enjoyed thousands of downloads and is available for free every week at www.trekoffpodcast.com. This irreverent Star Trek podcast
is hosted by DC area actress Alexia Poe and
Ninjas vs. Vampires creator Justin Timpane,
with some help from local theatre director
Darrell “Mr. A” Poe. TREKOFF! is exploring
where many have gone before,but it trashes
the hotel room before it leaves..
TREKOFF! is just a part of the Endlight Podcast
Network, which has a bunch of free funny
shows like POPOFF — which is currently taking
a hard, slightly drunk look at the Marvel Movies and Harry Potter — as well as The Hot Mess,
The Suckcast, and Ninjas vs. You - The official
audioblog of the upcoming Ninjas vs. Monsters.
All the shows can be seen and subscribed to
together at www.endlightpodcast.com
Come check out the podcast being recorded
LIVE on Saturday night, and listen every week
at www.trekoffpodcast.com
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Chris Flick • Capes & Babes
http://www.capesnbabes.com/
Chris graduated from
Radford University in
1991 with a graphic
design and commercial illustration degree, did a bunch of
graphic-related odd
jobs, and eventually
wound up in an advertising agency where he taught himself html.
Since then, he got married, had two kids, rescued a couple of stray cats and created a comic strip for www.communitymx.com called
CMX Suite that ran for five years. Somewhere
in all of this, his unpublished college graphic
novel stayed in his brain and eventually he
warped that idea into a humor strip, added
a crazy werewolf, and before he knew it, in
2007, Capes & Babes was officially born.
The stray cats have since passed away and
Chris’ house is now overrun with three dogs.
Chris continues to write and illustrate Capes &
Babes three times a week, attends numerous
conventions along the east coast and Chris
has recently joined the Webcomic Comic
Alliance (www.webcomicalliance.com) as a
contributing member. Chris wants everyone
to know he desperately tried to keep this
bio down to two short paragraphs. Chris also
wants everyone to know he hates everyone
who refers to themselves in third person with
a heated passion.
Chris will be kicking off the THIRD volume of
the Capes & Babes collection called THAT’S
Why You Can’t Print FLICK at Intervention!
You can read Capes & Babes three times a
week at www.capesnbabes.com.
Fresh Dog Productions •
Lloyd The Conqueror
Representing Fresh Dog Productions:
Trevor Reid
Partner, co-owner and
creative lead of a web
design firm company
with offices in Calgary
and Toronto, Trevor is
the Marketing Direc-
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tor for Lloyd The Conqueror handling postproduction art direction and promotions. He
has appeared on the BBC, CBC, and in Atlantic
Business magazine.
Brendan Hunter
Brendan is a professional actor with many
high profile movies,
television shows and
commercials to his
name. Collaborating
with indy film makers,
he worked on both
sides of the camera, in
production management and now as producer of feature films. Assisting with concept, story, and execution on a
large number of projects with many of Canada’s
strongest directors/production companies, he
has been instrumental in solidifying the crews,
cast, money, and resources needed to complete
projects from small to large budgets.
Shaenon Garrity
Skin Horse, Narbonic
http://www.skin-horse.com/
Shaenon K. Garrity is
an award-winning cartoonist and scriptwriter best known for the
online comics Narbonic, Li’l Mell, Smithson
and Skin Horse. She
works as a manga editor for Viz Media and
teaches at the Academy of Art in San Francisco.
Her writing on comics appears in The Comics
Journal, Otaku USA, and Comixology.com. She
lives in Berkeley with her husband Andrew and
their cat Tesla.
Darren Gendron • Alignments
http://www.dernwerks.com
Darren J. Gendron is
a writer, creator, and
known scallywag. As
half of the partnership known as Scallywags International,
he’s the writer of the
webcomic Hello With
Cheese and the chil-
If I knew you were that kind of lady, I’d have brought my magnificent froghat to this gunfight.
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Parlor (monthly Steampunk hootenanny). If
that’s not enough, he’s DJ for a butt-load of
conventions like Wicked Faire and The Steampunk World’s Fair.
Dave Ghoul will be DJing both nights at
Intervention; the themes are still being
worked on but expect some Zombie, Steampunk, and other action to occur starting
around 10:30 PM (and going until well past
your bedtime).
Dave Ghoul can be contacted by email – dave
at daveghoul.com or visit his website at DaveGhoul.com.
Garth Graham • Finders Keepers
dren’s book The Monster Alphabet. He’s also
the writer of one of the first official Dungeons
and Dragons webcomics, Alignments, and the
creator of the board game Scurvy Dogs: Pirates and Privateers. He doesn’t sleep much.
If you come in contact with Dern in the wild,
you can calm him and draw his attention with
the traditional call of “Heyo Dern!” Be warned
that he may still be hostile to you if you are a
hobo or a clown. Oddly, hobo clowns are not
threatening to him.
Dave Ghoul • DJ
http://daveghoul.com/
He’s baaaaaaaaack! DJ and all around convention dance-party instigator Dave Ghoul
returns to Intervention to provide the
soundtrack to Friday and Saturday night’s
festivities!
Dave Ghoul is
a longtime DJ
and event organizer from
Philadelphia
that specializes in alternative dance music. He’s one of
the co-organizers of the
Philly Zombie
Crawl and its
undead siblings: the Philly Zombie Beach
Party and the Philly Zombie Prom. He’s also
a resident DJ at both Shadowland Lancaster
(spooky fun-time club night) and Dorian’s
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http://www.finderskeepers.gcgstudios.com
“Hey you sass
that
hoopy
Garth Graham?
Now there’s a
frood who really knows where
his towel is,”
would be the
words on the
lips of internet
trawlers
the
world ‘round if we didn’t happen to live in the
unfashionable western spiral arm of the galaxy. Instead, Garth lurks in moderate obscurity
churning out captivating comics since 2004 in
an artistic style that mystically abducts the essences of both western comics and eastern
manga, blending them together through patent pending methods into an addictive drug
that tantalizes the optic nerves in ways science has yet to be able to explain.
His latest artistic creation is Finder’s Keepers
(http://www.finderskeepers.gcgstudios.com),
the dark urban fantasy of a young lady who
accidentally claims the soul of a man who is
not entirely human, thus entangling herself in
a mystery that spans the breadth of human
imagination. It is a mystery whose solution
will most likely get her killed, but is the only
thing that can return her to a normal life and
break the bond between herself and her otherworldly companion.
Garth is also becoming well known for his steampunk art, though his heart will always belong to cyberpunk.
This Mexican drink has a drunk in it gaiz. Mexico is like-the food Capitol of the awesomeface. I can’t feel my face. However it is a tasty...
James Harknell • Stupid and
Insane Defenders Against Chaos /
My Annoying Life / AWSOM.org /
Erfworld
http://www.awsom.org/
Harknell has been
working with Onezumi for over 11 years.
After noticing that
there was very little
online to help artists, he decided to do
something about it.
Harknell customized
his first art-centric Content Management
System in 2003. Today he releases Wordpress plugins at AWSOM.org and serves as a
webmaster and guide for the online comic
and blogging industry. His most recent accomplishments include custom website installs for Stupid and Insane Defenders Against
Chaos and Erfworld. Harknell co-founded Intervention and develops free iPhone apps
for webcomics.
Harknell is best-known for his easy to understand way of helping artists get their websites
up and running. He has been a recurring guest
speaker at places like XM Satellite Radio, Katsucon (http://www.katsucon.org), Ubercon (http://
www.Ubercon.com), Balticon (http://www.balticon.org), and Otakon (http://www.Otakon.com).
Today he lives in New Jersey with Onezumi
and way too many computers.
Onezumi Hartstein • Stupid and
Insane Defenders Against Chaos
http://www.onezumi.com/
Fans say that Onezumi is what
would happen if
Dirty Harry and
Weird Al Yankovic
had a daughter
that loved to draw.
Oni is one of the
most active contributors to and supporter of the webcomics
scene:
She writes and draws Stupid and Insane
Defenders Against Chaos: A Lovecraftian
Horror Comedy.
Her dev team made the Webcomics Central App Service. They give free custom
iPhone apps to other webcomics.
She founded an entire webcomics and
new media convention. Intervention is
a convention for webcomics, fans, and
creators who want to learn, have fun, or
just geek out.
She posts random art, more tutorials, and
awesomeness in her personal blog, Onezumiverse (http://www.onezumiverse.com/).
Chris Impink and Barb Fischer
Sledgebunny
sledgebunny.com
Studio Unseen is
made up of two
carbon-based creatures: Chris Impink
and Barb Fischer.
Their current project is Sledgebunny:
a sports-anime-inspired webcomic that takes place in the fastpaced world of flat track roller derby. Their
first webcomic, Fragile Gravity, was a strip that
featured independent comics, conventions,
and (in an earlier arc) an invasionary force of
penguins, and an extra-bitter stoat.
Chris Impink does the artwork and web
design; his work has appeared in Antarctic Press anthologies and on io9. He did
much of the graphic work for The Babylon
Project role-playing game. Additionally, his
work has appeared at various conventions
such as Katsucon, Technicon, and Rising
Star. In his rare moments of free time, Chris
works with the crew from Super Art Fight
(http://www.superartfight.com), running the
Wheel of Death. He currently shares the tagteam championship belt with Jamie Noguchi.
Barb Fischer does the writing as well as merchandise assembly and convention spotting;
when not plotting out the nuts and bolts of
Sledgebunny, she supervises the geek training
of her eleven-year-old son, who now enjoys listening to the themes to Hitchhiker’s Guide to the
Galaxy and Doctor Who. She hopes one day to
conquer the world with her invincible shelving
robots, but has yet to find anyone who would
buy her enough Legos to start construction.
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Insane Ian
InsaneIan.com
Insane Ian is a comedy musician who
specializes in songs
about video games,
comics, sci-fi & other staples of nerdy
culture. He has appeared on the nationally syndicated
Dr. Demento radio show, was a featured artist
at 2012’s NY Funny Songs Fest, 2011’s Nerdapalooza, and has shared the stage with comedy musicians and nerdcore hiphop artists alike,
such as MC Frontalot, Shaffer the Darklord, the
great Luke Ski, YT Cracker, Devo Spice, MC Lars
and has even been introduced by “Weird Al”
Yankovic. His music videos for Bob-Omb (his
Super Mario version of the Bruno Mars hit
Grenade) and Gotta Catch Em All (a mashup of
Adele’s Rolling in the Deep and the Pokémon
theme song, sung by his wife, The Stacey) have
collectively reached over 170,000 hits on YouTube, securing his fame as an internet celebrity, and his CD/DVD Collection Grand Theft
Audio will be released later in 2012.
He is also an artist on The FuMP (the Funny
Music Project), a community of over 30 comedy musicians who release two new comedy
songs a week under a Creative Commons License to thousands of subscribers, both on
the website as well as their podcast. Ian himself releases at least one song per month on
the site, and has songs and videos on his own
site, InsaneIan.com
Ben Kahan • Ansem Retort
http://www.ansemretort.org/
Ben Kahan is the
writer and creator of
the webcomic Ansem
Retort. Ben has been
making Ansem Retort, a Kingdom Hearts
sprite comic that
has nothing to do
with Kingdom Hearts,
since 2005. Holding
to the commandment that nothing’s sacred,
nothing and nobody is off limits, morals are
gleefully thrown out the window. If it can of-
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Making Siri text my friends about buttcracks
fend somebody, he’s made a comic about
it. Originally from Connecticut, Ben spends
most of the year in Philadelphia, where he is
an English major at the University of Pennsylvania. Ben has worked for the Howard
Stern Show and will be published in the upcoming Graphic Novels, an academic source
from Salem Press.
Ben McCormick • Reality Amuck /
Playing Doctor Podcast
Ben McCormick (aka
Tovias) is the cartoonist and writer for Reality Amuck, a webcomic
about politics, religion
and sex. After publishing his book collecting
the first years of the
comic (It’s Supposed to
Be America: Reality Amuck Vol. 1) he decided he
wasn’t sharing enough of his personal life online and jumped into podcasting.
Now Ben co-hosts the Playing Doctor Podcast, a weekly Doctor Who-themed show
and is a permanent guest host on Dork Trek,
a twice-weekly Star Trek: The Next Generation podcast.
In his free time, Ben likes to sit quietly in a
dark room contemplating the discovery of
the Higgs Boson and the implications this
has on the price of Krispy Kreme crullers and
other tasty treats.
Steve Napierski • Dueling Analogs
http://duelinganalogs.com/
Steve Napierski first
got into webcomics
in 1999 with the illfated Life With Fishnets about his local
Rocky Horror cast.
In 2004, he began
work laying out and
coloring Bored and
Evil, a task he performed for the first two years of that comic’s
run. The following year he launched the daily
webcomic, The Outer Circle, and later that year
he debuted the twice-weekly Dueling Analogs. He is also the founder of the webcomic
group Gamers Pair of Dice.
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Jamie Noguchi • Yellow Peril
Jamie Noguchi is a
DC area illustrator
and cartoonist. He
is the creator of the
Asian American office romance comic,
Yellow Peril, and cofounder of Super Art
Fight. In his spare
time, he journeys
through parallel worlds recruiting fellow Kamen Riders to join in the fight against the evil
empire, Dai Shocker.
tertainment world. Now a full-time comedic
actress, Pineda has been featured in College
Humor.com, worked
with director Ed Burns
on several films, (Newlyweds, Doggy Bags, A
Fitzgerald Christmas),
and is currently working with MTV. She is
also producing her
first film entitled Cocaine Sleepover, a 70s
gore comedy shot in
3D. Pineda currently
resides in Bushwick,
Brooklyn.
Ross Nover •The System
Radio Cobalt
http://ypcomic.com/
http://www.notquitewrong.com/rosscottinc/
Rosscott is kinda
famous on the Internet.
Between
podcasting, blogging, and writing
bios about himself
in the third person, he finds time
to write the always
amazing webcomic, The System, a daily comic-strip style mess starring iconography and
graphics most notable from street and wayfinding signage. Having been written about
in Fleen, Comic Book Resources, and onward
through the blogosphere (which surprisingly
does not set off the spell check), The System
and its growing fans (known as Systemics) are
sneaking up behind you and hoping that you
join their ranks, for which you may receive a
cookie*. While he often travels, he maintains
his humble apartment in Washington, DC
(which is in need of a fair amount of tidying).
*Cookie currently unavailable.
Daniella Pineda • Collegehumor.com /
Cocaine Sleepover
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cocainesleepover/cocaine-sleepover
Up-and-coming actress and writer Daniella
Pineda has been making a splash with her satirical YouTube videos. Arriving to the Big Apple only three years ago, Pineda found her
hobby of writing and producing funny video
shorts would lead to a serious career in the en-
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My ovaries are two dapper sumo wrestlers in game of life.
http://www.radiocobalt.com
The Radio
Cobalt collective
is
coordinated
by C.W. Cobalt, a satirical, new
media cartoonist/poet/musician working three dimensionally. Radio Cobalt collaborators include
artists, models, photographers, actors, and
musicians; many of the works produced use
the “rock band” as a paradigm. Art objects,
text, multiples, sound compositions and performances create a rich, quirky cartoon universe in which time travel is commonplace
and artists function as part-time superheroes.
Often, participants adopt fictional identities
within the works. Much in the same manner
as The Simpsons or “The Flintstones” offer a
collection of characters that coalesce as a satirical mirror of society, Radio Cobalt repackages the world as an “alternate reality”. The
Radio Cobalt world provides a backdrop on
which the group can employ popular narrative strategies and mass media techniques
to explore, deconstruct and decode social
behavior, historical assumptions, cultural stereotypes, and gender relations.
A.J. Rosa • My Life with SEGA
http://segabits.com/
Born and raised in San Pedro, CA, A.J. is an independent moviemaker who’s risen to some
notoriety thanks to his YouTube webseries, My
Life with SEGA, where
he reviews retro SEGA
games and consoles,
using nothing more
than a video game, a
DVD-R recorder, an
off-the-shelf consumer editing program
and a raunchy sense
of humor. A.J. has
made several short
films — The Devil’s
Due (2010), Flicker
(2011) and Quiet Torments (2012) – and music
videos since he was 19, using the very same
tools he employs today.
How does a drop-out go about doing all of this
without blowing a few thousand dollars on
film school and professional equipment, you
may ask? That’s easy; he educated himself by
watching a lot of movies, listening to countless
audio commentaries, reading some books,
playing video games, and making flicks with
action figures in his bedroom. A true product
of the digital age where the greatest talents
who have ever lived can be your teacher, only
to achieve it with cheap consumer equipment.
A.J. is now hip-deep in pre-production on
his very first feature-length movie, as well
as producing new episodes of My Life with
SEGA for segabits.com, in association with
mondocoolcast.com.
Bree Rubin • Nerd Comics
http://www.sexdrugsandjunecleaver.com/
Bree Rubin is
the co-founder of NERD
comics. She
is the creator
of two regular
webcomics:
the autobiographical Sex,
Drugs, & June Cleaver and the irreverent story
about the business of God Mysterious Ways,
Inc.. She is also responsible for several selfpublished comic titles, such as Silly Rabbit: Revenge of the Trix Rabbit. Known for drinking to
excess and general rowdy behavior, be wary if
she offers you baked goods.
Travis Surber • Hainted Holler
http://haintedholler.com/
Travis Surber wanted
to be a writer of serious comics and fantasy novels.Instead he
is in his third year of
producing the humor
strip Hainted Holler
which follows a group
of southern geeks in
a small redneck town. Along the way, he has
somehow managed to produce two print collections of strips, generate a cult like following, and keep the majority of his co-workers
from discovering his webcomicking genius.
(They’d be jealous.) Despite a full-time job
though, and an infant daughter, Travis has
recently found time to revisit the novel and
comic ideas and hopes to make a big announcement soon.
H. Caldwell Tanner •Loldwell
http://www.collegehumor.com/
During
the
day,
Caldwell works full
time for CollegeHumor.com as an editorial illustrator; at
night he staves off
sleep and sanity by
working on his personal
webcomic,
Loldwell.com. He was
born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee and
then spent four years in North Carolina perfecting the art of blowing off class to draw
comics. He currently lives in New York City
with a bunch of other people, some of whom
he knows.
Michael “Mookie” Terracciano
Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire
http://www.dominic-deegan.com/
Michael “Mookie” Terracciano is
the author and
artist of the fantasy manga webcomic, Dominic
Deegan: Oracle
for Hire. Since its
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humble beginnings nine years ago, it has
received acclaim for its unique characters,
addictive storylines, painful puns, awful
alliteration, and (gasp!) reliable update
schedule. Want to know what’s so interesting about a grumpy seer, his deformed
girlfriend, his angelic little brother, his talking cat, his archmage mother, and rock-star
father? See for yourself at www.dominicdeegan.com!
Ryan Thompson • Darkstar Studios
Ryan Thompson is the latest addition to Darkstar
Studios lineup. Born and raised in Germany for
10 years on a steady diet of Ninja Turtles and
Pokémon, Ryan discovered webcomics at age
13. Inspired, he intensified his already passionate work in comics, hoping to someday run his
own projects. He is now the artist and writer for
his webcomic, Fajita. A lifelong fan of comics, and
die-hard cartoon enthusiast, Ryan hopes to bring
his personal eclecticism, beliefs, and experimental styling’s to the world through his work.
http://www.darkstar-studios.com/
Jeffrey Wells • Skin Horse
Darkstar Studios was founded in 2007
by Mike Hall,
which currently
features three
webcomics:
Across the Multiverse, [sic] Productions, and
the most recent addition, Fajita, which was
created by Ryan Thompson who joined the
Darkstar ranks in 2009. Between all three
comics, the site updates five days a week.
Jeffrey C. Wells is best
known as the co-writer
and co-creator of the
award-winning
webcomic Skin Horse. His
short story, “Torn Apart
and Devoured by Lions”, is featured in the
recent Machine of Death
anthology. He lives in
the wilds of rural Wisconsin with a wonderful
spouse, a dial-up modem, and more pets than
you can shake a stick at.
CON STAFF
Artists Alley
Robert Thomas
Blogger
Michael Fenn
Children’s
Programming
Corinne Simmers
DJ
Dave Ghoul
Green Room
Jonette Butler
Guest Relations
Ian Webb
Hotel Liaison
Colette H. Fozard
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http://www.skin-horse.com/
Co-con Chairs
Onezumi Hartstein and James Harknell
Info Booth
Operations
Grig Larson
Paul DiGennaro
Christopher Raven
Performance
Miles Walsh
Coordinator
LARPs
Gil Cnaan
P.J. Simmers
PR
Ben W
Brian Lynch
Leonard Bass
Greg Benge
Programming
Jax F
Tango
Reed M
Lex M
Publications
Sarah F
Chris Impink
Ed M
Barb Fischer
Dave M
Registration
Jocy F
Tiffanny Walsh
Ausling F
Steve M
Security
Medical
Frank Huminski
Illya Kuryakin
Beth Kee
Morgan Kee
Tony Montuori
This mushroom soup smells like a yeti’s buttcrack. I call foul play, Watson.
Technical
Isaiah Beard
Treasurer
Chuck Fozard
Video
Terry Berendt
Video Gaming
Wesley Mason
Rebecka Myott
Ernest Oporto
Andrew Rozak
General Staff
Judy Al-Ahmary
Jefferson Eng
Maria Katsos
Kathryn Marino
Aristotle Pramagioulis
Kimu Theodore
Volunteer
Coordinator
Rodger Burns
Volunteers
Mona Carol
David Sullivan
Robert Parades
Ary Widdes
Jeremy
Jay Koby
Cathryn Smith
Justin Kauffman
Joey Morris
Zach StengerHayden
Paul Johnson
Zach Cloyd
PANEL LISTINGS
A Geek and his DeLorean Journey
A small Q&A about the famous DeLorean,
clearing up commonly held misconceptions,
understanding protocol for its use in time
travel, and how to explain you aren’t a god to
people in the 1800’s.
Advanced Cel Shading
Learn how to use cartoon/anime style cel
shading to render figures, establish mood and
tone, and impress the hell out of your friends.
Antipode Presents:
Super Smash Bellydance
Ever wonder what happens behind the
scenes when the Super Smash Crew doesn’t
get picked from your select screen to brawl it
out? What’s an iconic character supposed to
do? Belly Dance Battle! Come watch the everyday life of the heroes (and villains) on the
Junior Varsity Team.
Antipode Presents:
Accio BellyDance! Harry Potter
and the Dark Lord’s Nighmare
In a world of magic and wizards, one wizard
is known for his dastardly deeds and his hatred for humankind. What could bring down
a dark lord of such power? Reliving high
school. Come watch as Voldemort has nightmares of a life at Hogwarts with Harry Potter
and the gang.
Audio Podcasting and
Internet Radio 101
Our panelists will talk about ways to start up
your own audio podcast, or Internet Radio
station: the equipment to get, software to
use, and creating a website for distribution or
hooking up with a streaming provider.
for at least seven years or more. They will
grouse about the “good old days” and tell you
youngsters to get off their yard. They might
also tell you something that might “learn
you” something.
Beyond the Fill Bucket:
Experimentation in Comic Creation
Ideas like Scott McCloud’s “Infinite Canvas”
challenge and inspire us to literally think outside the box when it comes to webcomics. In a
similar way, this panel is a friendly discussion
of webcomics as an art form, as a means for
communicating visual artistic ideas and finding your own voice. Panelists will share their
own unique methods, influences, use of tools
(digital and/or traditional) and otherwise stylistic choices that set their works apart.
Blogging For Fun and Profit
Do you have something to say? Why not start
a blog? Is it really that easy? Our panelists will
talk about the fun parts, and the not-so-fun
parts, about making your blog successful and
possibly even profitable.
Charity Auction: Electronic Frontier
Foundation Benefit
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the
leading organization defending civil liberties
in the digital world. They defend free speech
on the Internet, fight illegal surveillance, promote the rights of innovators to develop digital technologies, and work to ensure that the
rights and freedoms we enjoy are enhanced,
rather than eroded, as our use of technology
grows. Intervention is happy to donate the
proceeds from this charity auction, which will
feature items and artwork from many of our
guests, to this worthy group and cause.
Back In My Day:
The Webcomic Veterans Panel
This panel is comprised of webcomic artists
and creators who’ve been doing their work
(of some sort, not necessarily just one comic)
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Children’s Programming
Our Children’s Programming is organized by art teacher Corinne Simmers and will be
comprised of panels and workshops where parents and kids can work on creative projects together.
Art supplies, games, and other materials will be available during the panels,; there is no
need to bring your own (unless you’d like to).
Friday
5:00 pm -7:00 pm:
Art Media Exploration
We will start out our panels by exploring
the different media that art has to offer
such as ink, pencil, marker, etc. we will discuss what the different type of media can
be used for and then get down and dirty
playing with it.
Saturday:
Building a Comic Book Day
10:00 am – 12:00 pm: How to
Draw a Comic Book Character
Children will explore the different techniques in creating a comic book character
and some may even attempt drawing different facial expressions and features, and
even a sidekick or two.
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm:
Story, Story, Story
A great storyline is very important in a successful comic book, like a punch line is to
a good comic strip. So it is important that
we better understand the parts that make
up a story, such as a rise to action, plot, fall
to action, and conclusion, not to mention
who our Antagonist and Protagonist are in
the story, this panel will allow children to
develop a better sense of how to create
their story line and get help in character
creation with words.
Club 242 Presents BATTLE III:
FROM BEYOND!
Intervention’s Friday night dance party! Dave
Ghoul returns to Intervention for another
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4:00 pm – 6:00 pm:
Creating Backgrounds
As we know, good filler is almost as important as the character that stands in front of
it. We will discuss the importance of creating a background and scene setting in comic books and then play with different media
to get that scene just right. This panel will
help us tie everything together and our end
product will be the comic book we have created throughout the day.
Sunday: Animation Day
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
(Covers both parts)
Part 1: Animation
We will discuss the various techniques used
in animating cartoons and movies that we
watch today. This will include drawing animation, computer generated animation, and
stop motion animation. We will explore some
of these techniques by creating our own
thaumatropes, flick books, and clay models.
Part 2: Model Building
Here children will learn or play with the concepts of building models out of clay, they can
build their own comic hero that they have
been working on or even props that they
think their story may need. We will also go
over why some individuals like to use model
building in their work, such as Tim Burton,
and the possibilities that come with sculpting.
installment of Lovecraftian mayhem and
OONTZY music! Join him for Intervantion’s
opening night party and shake your shoggothmakers into the night!
WOOO WORK AND COLLECT DA MONIES OH YESH OH YEAH GET A MONIEZ TO GO BACK TO ORLANDO AND PLAN WORLD DOMINATION
or perhaps a cabbage and a hat
Club 242 Presents RAVE FROM THE
GRAVE: A ZOMBIE THEMED PARTY
Intervention’s Saturday night dance party!
The dead have come in search of catchy beats
and... braaaaaaains! Join Dave Ghoul as he
ushers in the final conflict between the survivors of the zombie apocalypse and the hordes
of the living dead! Prizes for best costumes
will be given out, including tickets to the 2012
Philly Zombie Prom!
Convention Horror Stories
and Lessons Learned
Join our panel of veterans of the convention
trenches to hear tales of their sometimes harrowing, sometimes hilarious misadventures
encountered in the course of running conventions. Perhaps equally important are the
lessons we learned from these experiences,
which will also be shared. Bring your stories
as well to share!
Copyright 101
A run down from an artist’s standpoint of what
copyright is, how it works, what it does, and
what you only think it does. Learn how you
can use the law to protect your work, and
discuss the grey and ill-defined line between
outright theft and fair use.
Cosplay 101
Making and wearing a cosplay. What to avoid.
What are the best materials, which don’t work
so well. Places to get supplies. Wig types, how
to alter wigs, footwear, etc.
Cosplay Burlesque
(18+) Cosplay Burlesque is a group of burlesque performers and cosplayers dedicated
to combining the two for your entertainment.
Their show will be the epitome of live-action
fan service.
Creative Marketing 101
How to figure out who your target market
is, plan your method of attack, and generate
measurable results with your promotional
campaign for your creative work.
Daniella Pineda: Various Works
Comedian and Actress Daniella Pineda has
made a name for herself through her hilarious
satirical YouTube series of videos starring her
character “DW Diaz”. She has also been featured on CollegeHumor.com. She’s currently
working on her own film, Cocaine Sleepover,
a horror comedy in the “grindhouse” style.
Daniella will be at Intervention to do a presentation of her online work and talk about
her new production.
Designing Your First Book
You finally have enough strips in your archive,
or words on a page — now you think it’s time
to put them in a book. What makes a good
book design? From cover design to interior,
our panelists will give you some ideas as well
as a discussion on POD printing and other options for self-publishing creators.
Digital Painting 101
Unleash the digital Van Gogh within! Never
again will you have to kick your significant
other out of the living room to make space
for your giant easel and oil paints. You’ll never
worry about the cat clawing your canvas masterpiece to shreds simply to get your attention. Although, if someone tries to mess with
your Wacom tablet, you may need to unleash
a can of the Whoop-Ass upon them.
Digital vs. Traditional:
The Pros and Cons of Each
It’s an Intervention classic! In this veritable
clash of titans (well, maybe not so much the
“clash” part), panelists from all the schools of
artistic style gather to talk about the use traditional tools, digital tools, and the many inbetweens. What are the pros? What are the
cons? It’s digital vs. traditional!
Doing The Work Is Only The First
Step: Marketing and Publicity is the
Key To Success
You’ve finished your great work, but now how
do you get anyone to know about it? You’ve
put up your website, but your traffic is marginal. The difference between success and failure
is knowing how to get people to know you
exist — our panelists will give you the advice
you need to break out of obscurity.
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Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire Q&A
Care for a peek into the future? Pick Michael
“Mookie” Terracciano’s brain for any questions
and/or comments you may have about his webcomic, Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire. You may
even get a spoiler or two if you’re lucky.
Don’t Waste Time on Social Media
Twitter, Facebook, and other social sites can
be lots of fun and great marketing tools — or
just another way to fritter away an afternoon.
Our panelists will tell you how to get the most
out of social media with tips on when and
what to share, tricks to keep you on track, and
what is definitely, absolutely not worth your
— or your followers’ — time.
Drawing with Photoshop::
From Path Selection to Zoom tool
People love to watch other people draw. Better still, they love to watch to glean the deep
dark secrets of art. This would be an hour to
hour and a half long demonstration of how
to draw using nothing but Photoshop. From
initial roughs, layout out a page, penciling,
inking, flatting, and fully rendering an image.
Leave your scanners behind; where we’re going, we don’t need scanners.
Elevator Pitch:
How To Talk About What You Do
The elevator pitch is not just a marketing tool.
It is the way you get people interested in your
work and the way you understand what your
work is about. It not only helps you sell your
work but it helps you write and refine it. This
panel is a chance to work through the elevator pitch for your creative work. Get feedback
from the panel and the audience to help refine your pitch and your work in general.
Enabler-Only Guest Meet-and-Greet
Become an Enabler of Intervention and get invited to a special guest meet-and-greet event.
We’ll bring the pastries; you bring your questions and small talk.
Everything You Wanted to Know
About Tabling at A Convention
Tips, tricks and general conversations about
having your own art or sales table at a convention — how to go about it, what you should be
aware of, how to be successful at it...
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Expect the Unexpected: Strange
Tales from the Webcomic Universe
Once you place your work online, and get a
certain level of success and traffic, you can expect that you’re going to have a few “interesting” situations or encounters along the way.
Our panelists will recite events or situations
that they’ve encountered that are funny, horrifying, soul-touching, or purely WTF in scope.
Flirting For Geeks
(PG-13) Learn the basics of eye contact and
body language. Know the difference between “How YOU doin’?” and “I NEED AN
ADULT!” If you are a geek who enjoys dating, or a nerd who wants to know a little
more about how it works, come join us as
we rapid-fire through the DOs, the DO NOTs,
and the OMG YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE WHAT
HAPPENED THIS ONE TIME...
For the Love of Cartoons
A fan-based discussion of cartoons and the
adult fanbase. What are the stigmas cartoon
fans deal with when they say they like the
original Ninja Turtles cartoon or Phineas and
Ferb or even My Little Pony (gasp). Also discussing the high quality adult-focused cartoons like The Venture Brothers and Futurama.
Gobwins, Dwagons, and Twolls,
Oh My! The Erfworld Panel
Meet and talk with Rob Balder of the webcomics Erfworld and PartiallyClips fame.
Going Pro: The Business Side of
Quitting Your Job and Making Things
So you want to quit your job and become a
full-time musician, webcomic artist, vlogger, or
whatever? Our panelists discuss the business
end of when to quit, how to quit, and what to
do next. Bring all your questions about LLCs,
health insurance, taxes, burn rates, net-30
contracts, and cash-flow budgets.
Guerrillas in the Machine: Or How I
Learned to Stop Worrying About All
that Technical Crap and Do What I Want
Okay, how many of you wanna make a movie,
or a web series, or maybe even a soft-core
fetish porn (I don’t judge), and distribute it
online? Well, what’s been stopping you? *dramatic pause* Oh, you don’t have a good cam-
CANTANKEROUS BUTT FLOSS KEEPS BUSINESS CASUAL IN LOCKDOWN.
Gaming Panels
Over the course of the weekend we will be
hosting a series of gaming-related panels in
our gaming room presented by the group
Mystic Station Designs:
Introduction to Gaming
Why does my daughter, son, wife, husband,
dad, mom, or significant other like gaming?
What types of games are there? How do I learn
about gaming? How do I know which games or
type of games to play? Come join our host as
he explores these and other questions.
Writing Adventures
How does one start? How does one finish
writing an adventure? What types of adventures are there? Once I have finished writing
the adventure, where do I go from there?
What do I need to tell the players? What
should I show the players? What should the
players be able to figure out for themselves?
Come join our host as he explores these
questions and more.
Using Real History in Your Writing
and Adventures
Join the discussion on using real historical
events and alternate historical events in
your writing and adventures. Using historical events or alternate events can assist the
author on many fronts including; writing the
adventure, getting the readers into the feel
of the adventure, and the art of misdirection.
Women in Gaming
Do women game? Yes, they sure do. Are
there woman in the gaming industry or is it
an all-boys club? At one time, it was; however, that is no longer the case. Women are
an integral facet in gaming and the gaming
industry in every role.
Creating and Using Maps
in Your Writing
Map making, what is a map? How can I use a
map in my story, or in my adventure? What
tools are out there to help me create maps?
Join our host as he explores these and other
aspects of maps in literature and gaming.
C E L E B R AT I N G C L A S S I C A L J A PA N E S E A R T S
AT KATSUCON, our mission is to provide the best convention
programming anywhere. We are thrilled to return to National Harbor
and the Gaylord National Resort, just minutes from Washington, DC.
New and Classic Anime • The Latest Japanese Video Games. • Dealers’ Room •
Artists’ Alley • Art Show • Authentic Japanese-Style Maid Café • The Katsucon
Anime Music Video Awards • Cosplay • Hall Costume Contest • Autograph
Signings • Children’s Programming • Contests • Cosplay Workshops •
Game Shows • Panels • Tabletop Gaming • ... and so much more!
G U E ST S
Christopher Ayers • Voice Actor - (EF ~ A Tale of Memories)
Jamie Marchi • Voice Actress Masane (Witchblade)
Rikki Simons • Voice Actor - GIR (Invader Zim)
Lisle Wilkerson • Voice Actress - Nina Williams (Tekken)
Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons • Artist - (@Tavicat)
Symphonic Anime Orchestra • Musical Guests
MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED AT KATSUCON.ORG
THE OFFICIAL HOME of the 2013
US Finals of the World Cosplay Summit
katsucon.org
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AUTOGRAPHS
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EMBRACE YOUR INNER NAKED MOLE RAT
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era, or you have no idea how to edit, or you
wouldn’t know how to go about putting it out
there? Well, I think it’s high time I demystify all
that bull!@#$, teach you how to use consumer equipment to the fullest, all so that you can
concentrate on what REALLY matters; content.
Your story. Your message.
History of Comics as a Medium
From pulp beginnings to the dawn of the superhero, the Silver Age, the “other” British Invasion, and the “Extreme” Generation, comics
have a storied past full of spandex, heroism,
and superpowers. But are they worthy of academic study? And what would this study reveal about ourselves as comic readers?
How to Find The Doctor
Throughout Time and Space
Do you just have to know if Rory comes back
to life again? Has the Doctor left you hanging again? Cliffhangers are the bane of our
existence as a Doctor Who fan. Let’s talk
cliffhangers and our favorite ways to find
the episodes before we can watch them on
TV or if the DVR fails us. And how does the
Internet contribute to and expand fandom
for this nearly 50-year-old series.
How to Make Money in Webcomics!
Step 1: start a webcomic. Step 2:... Step 3: Profit! Come find out (maybe) some of those Step
2 elements from our panelists.
How to Speak in Public
Do you want to be up at the front of the room
speaking on a panel? Do you want to be more
successful selling your stuff and talking with
people about your work? Get advice on how
to speak in public from the pros who have
been doing it for years.
How to Survive as a Writer in
the Business of Webcomics,
Comics and Other Visual Media
Writer tips on script formatting, dealing with
editors, publishers, artists and (God forbid) Hollywood. Writing is an art that many people think
they can do, but few people can do well. For
creators that do not draw, this panel is a must!
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How We Did It: Webcomic Artists Talk
About Their Origin Stories and Stuff
So you’ve got this awesome idea for a webcomic. You can’t stop thinking about it. You
spend precious company time daydreaming...
no, obsessing over it. You feel as if your ideas
will eat you alive if you can’t share them soon.
You scratch down your first drawings and
you couldn’t be more excited. But your grin
soon fades from your face as that inevitable
“Now what?” comes to confront your happy
thoughts. Just where does one begin? Site
hosting, art supplies, computer tablets, comic
collectives: the list of things you have to do to
“get in” on webcomics seems endless. How
do artists do it? Is it more trouble than it’s
worth? Join the conversation as panelists discuss their unique experiences in going online
with their work, their personal pitfalls, their
goals, and the mentality it takes to keep going.
I Signed WHAT?!
A Beginner’s Guide to Contracts
Your talent has gained the acclaim it deserves
and now someone wants to buy your work.
They are waving around a stack of papers filed
with clauses, promises, and obligations. Are
you prepared? This panel provides an introduction to contract law with an emphasis on
what you need to know before you sign on that
dotted line. Know the terms. Know your rights.
Know what you are signing. Because knowing is half the battle. The rest is red lasers and
blue lasers. Panelists Scott Benfield and Eric
Menge are attorneys with extensive contract
experience and are both licensed to practice
in Maryland.
Internet-Inspired Cupcakes
and RageFace Riceballs
Ever read those food blogs, and want to make
your own decorated delicacy? Make your
lunch less lame? Your bento box bodacious?
Come join Cooking Mama 1 (Rena) and Cooking Mama 2 (Ayla) to make Internet-inspired
cupcakes, or try your hand at making RageFace Riceballs! Bonus: We’re making Harry
Potter and Super Smash Bros. treats as well!
“That Oni is so weird! She tweets about vaseline and twinkies and all kinds of balderdash poppycock! Harrumph!”
Intervention “Inprov”
Comedy Group
For a third year in a row, the Intervention
Inprov comedy players gather together to
entertain you with the jokes they made
up 10 seconds ago. The panelists will play
a number of improv games and solicit interaction from the audience to make a fun
and dynamic show. Come and see your
favorite creators make a fool of themselves. Two shows are scheduled.
It’s All About the Villain
He might be the guy you love to hate,
but without a good villain, your hero
wouldn’t have anything to do but sit
on the couch and drink beer. Panelists:
What makes a compelling villain? How
do you get inside his or her head? Is it
ever more fun to write from the villain’s
POV than the hero’s? Audience: Who
are your favorite villains and why? Everyone: Bring your best evil laugh!
Juggling Geek Life
and Parenting
Keeping up with the latest nerdly trends
can be tricky at the best of times, but
finding time to keep up while raising
kids? Well, that’s a tribble of a different
color. Come hang out with our panelists
as they discuss their methods of trying
to balance their geek life with the challenges of work and parenting.
Live Action Role Playing
Artemis
The bridge of the Artemis will be live! Your online space battle fantasies in real life as you play
the bridge crew of humanity’s first line of defense against invading aliens.
Champions; “Millenium City Mayhem”
Your secret identity in real life. Millennium City
is in trouble — villains, heroes and those inbetween are trapped in the thrall of The Dread
and Terrible Sub-Galactic Emperor. Many heroes
are changed, missing or worse. It is up to you to
save the city, conquer it, or doom mankind. New
players encouraged and welcome; make your
character on site or use a pregen. Also, players
of Champions the RPG and Champions Online
may bring their characters to be translated into
the Live Action System. Costumes a plus!
Echoes of Empires
The Echoes of Empires group will also be back
this year for those of you who like their undead
with less shamble and more fangs. If you want to
dive deep into vampire politics and otherworldly drama, this is the event for you.
Freeblades
Bring your team, or join one on site. Up to eight
teams of five players each will take part in a
tense, vicious tournament of strategy and guts!
Each team consists of a Captain and five heroes.
Randomly allocated rounds will be run by normal Freeblades Skirmish rules, with one side
representing The Knights of Haradel and the
other side The Grular Horde . A team wins by
decimating the other side! The battlefield will
be randomly set with full-scale scenery for each
round, and actual line-of-sight will be used for
each decision. The Captain must lead his team
to fight cooperatively and intelligently every
step of the way.
Interfection
Interfection, the Intervention Zombie LARP, will
continue its reign as the preeminent convention
zombie LARP this year. Will you be infected?
Will you fall prey to the evil zombie baby (like so
many of our participants in our first year)? Interfection was a huge success in 2010 and 2011,
garnering some of the highest feedback to us
as a “must do” event at the con, so we are very
excited to have them return this year for further
undead hijinks.
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Keeping Your Stuff Safe:
Strategies For Backing Up and
Preserving Your Digital Life
Think about everything digital that touches
your life. Your blog posts and social networking statuses. Digital photographs and artwork. Text messages on your cell phone. All
of these things can grow in importance over
time, in ways that might not be envisioned or
considered in the here and now. How do we
make sure these things are kept safe? Almost
everyone with information stored digitally will
face at least one major, significant loss of their
important data at least once in their lives. And
recent high-profile cloud computing failures
have only shown that the webcomics, blogs
Live Music
Blue from Hello, The Future!
presents: Webcomics
Webconcert LIVE!
Webcomics Webconcert LIVE! is back at
Intervention! Come rock out with a full
hour’s worth of webcomic and other Internet meme songs! Learn why T-Rex
has feelings, examine the mysteries surrounding Beartato, and have your smartphone ready to pull up the lyrics for Xkcd
Loves The Discovery Channel. Get bonus
songs about Portal 2, LARPing, and giant robots! Music and webcomics go together like rockstars and models, and this
show will ROCK YOUR CON!
Insane Ian
Insane Ian is a comedy musician who
specializes in songs about video
games, comics, sci-fi & other staples of
nerdy culture.
Tombstone Teeth:
Recording of The Forgotten
Mansion of Dr. Salamander CD
The music group The Tombstone Teeth
will be recording a full length album at
Intervention — and you can be a part of
it. On Saturday afternoon in our Art and
Music Studio room, stop by and lend your
voice to the project, or just watch some
crazy antics go down.
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and other things we entrust to the cloud is still
at risk. So, how do we keep our stuff safe? This
session will discuss some strategies for good
backup plans that can help preserve the information you value the most.
Kickstart My Art
You’ve heard about Kickstarter, but aren’t sure
how to get started? Then join us as we walk
you through the project creation process and
give you the tips you need to create a successful Kickstarter campaign.
Manga Studio Tricks and Tips
Want to learn how to use Manga Studio? Join
Ayne Hart from Megami Studios, the artist for
Claude & Monet, and learn the basics, the tricks,
and the things you will outright HATE about
this program. Oh and stuff you’ll love, too!
My Little Bronies: An Online Fandom
Phenomenon
“Bronies”, male fans of the new version of the
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic animated
series, are an example of how the Internet is
changing and expanding traditional fandom.
Find out why these Bronies love this series,
and how the Internet is allowing them to connect and expand this fandom in unique and
new ways — and what this might mean for
fandom moving forward in the Internet age.
Ninjas versus Vampires: The Winner
is Endlight Entertainment
Find out how hard it is to pit ninjas versus
vampires (and zombies, and the upcoming
movie with monsters) by talking to the team
behind the Ninjas Versus movie series, Endlight Entertainment.
Politics in Webcomics
How can one delve into hot button topics
while still maintaining an audience? Let’s talk
about webcomics that take a political stand,
the impact of those politics on the creative
process, and the potential pitfalls and payoffs.
Radio Free Intervention
Join us for a live broadcast of Bomb Shelter
Radio. Look over the console while the show
is going; ask the DJ technical and style questions; request a song; sit down at a microphone; suggest a news story. Bring your lap-
I have never met a gargoyle that doesnt like pie. Much like ferrets and socks.
(1966)
©2012 Turner Entertainment Co. and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved
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Movie Showings
Browncoats: Redemption
(PG-13) Browncoats: Redemption is a crowd
sourced, independent film set in Joss
Whedon’s Firefly/Serenity universe,
Cinematic For The People: Live
Riffing of Invasion of the Bee Girls
Join the crew of Cinematic For The People
as we tackle Invasion of the Bee Girls, and
we’re abuzz about stinging this movie a
couple times. The men of a quiet town in the
shadow of a research facility have started
mysteriously dying, and it’s up to ace detective guy Neil Agar and an army of 70’s porn
‘staches to get to the bottom of the mystery.
Cinematic For The People:
Live Riffing of Gamera vs. Jiger
Join the crew of Cinematic For The People
as we tackle Gamera vs. Jiger, a Japanese
monster movie of gigantic turtle proportions. When an archeological dig accidentally awakens the giant dinosaur dog... thing
named Jiger, Gamera rushes to save the day
— and winds up pregnant. To save him, two
small children enter Gamera via a sub and
perform an abortion. They then electrify
Gamera’s lungs to make him fight again,
driving him into a murderous frenzy that
only the blood of another kaiju can quench.
Con Drama
(PG-13) Intervention 2012 will be the first
convention to show the full-length video,
Con Drama, created by the crew at Vidgle.
tv. This short film relates the misadventures
of a group of friends sharing a room at a
convention. In their words: “If you’ve been
to a con with your friends, you might know
the drama that goes on in your room. Con
Drama is a film about that.”
Dork of the Rings
(PG-13) A Lord of the Rings parody film:
Frudo Buggins must deliver The One Ring of
Boundless Credit to Bank Boom to close the
account of Lord Mauron, who is rapidly taking over Muddle-earth with his oppressive
Dork-mart franchise.
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AUTOCORRECT OR ONI? YOU DECIDE! :D
Harvey Putter and the Ridiculous
Premise
(PG-13) Intervention is pleased to offer its
attendees a showing of the feature-length
Harry Potter parody film, Harvey Putter and
the Ridiculous Premise.
Lloyd the Conqueror
(R) Three male college students, must do
battle against Derek the Unholy, a dark wizard who is determined to hold onto his title
as champion of the Larpers.
The Mignogna Chronicles
(PG-13) The Mignogna Chronicles is voice
actor Todd Haberkorn’s final epic 40-minute
volley in the Tribute Wars with his arch-rival
Vic Mignonga. This video is exclusive to the
con circuit in 2012, with Intervention being
the only Northeast con currently scheduled
to show the video. If you’ve been following
this series of videos, you’ll want to see this
hysterical conclusion as soon as possible.
Ninjas versus Vampires
(R) Ninjas battle vampires for the fate of the
world in this all new action-horror-comedy
from the creators of 2010’s cult smash, Ninjas vs Zombies!
The Troubadoors, Episode 4:
“Comic Book Day”
(PG) This webseries is a musical comedy
about a ragtag group of college students
who go caroling door to door for a new holiday every week. With the top choir of their
university maintaining a stronghold on every performance venue in the city, The Troubadoors must fight for their right to perform.
Working Class Nightmare
(PG-13) Join Jay Joseph Jr., the writer and
director of the horror web series Working
Class Nightmare, as he shows this series
and answers your questions on its development and his next project Black Guy
White Guy.
top and see what is going on in our chat room
and Twitter. This session is part performance,
part Q&A and massively unstructured.
Real World vs. Geek World: Balancing
Your Commitments
Whether you run a webcomic, a blog, a podcast, or an MMO guild, there’s a good chance
you’re not one of those who can (yet) make
a living on your geekery. Is it possible to do
both at the same time? How do you manage
your own creativity as opposed to getting
your real-world job done? And which one
do you tell people is your job when they
ask what you do for a living? Hear what the
web’s multitaskers have to say about how
and why they do it.
Redeeming the World Through Film: A
Conversation with Michael Dougherty
Michael Dougherty, the president, co-founder
and a board member of Big Damn Films, Inc.
(BDF), a non-profit that supports meaningful
causes through the development, creation,
distribution and promotion of independent
films, answers your questions about his work
on Browncoats:Redemption and his new film,
Z*Con, as well as the art of film making and
working with established properties.
Revenue Streams:
How to Make Ten-Tenths of a Living
Books, merchandise, subscriptions, donations,
advertising, spinoff comics, mobile apps, paid
downloads, character licensing, games, animated series, movie options, speaking fees,
selling original art, springboarding your other
projects and services! It might be that none
of these can make you a living on from your
work, but combining many or most into one
business model could.
Robots on Mars and Other Awesome
Things about Space
With Curiosity making people consider the
awesomeness that is space, our panelists are
going to take a hard look at the epic nature
of the void. From fantasy to reality, fact to fiction, space offers so much if we are but bold
enough to seize it.
Sh!t Gets Real: A Conversation with
Frustrated Webcomic Artists
(PG-13) A bunch of webcomic regulars sit
around and complain for an hour. Cursing will
be tallied and encouraged.
Show Me The (YouTube) Money:
The Highs and (Possible) Lows of
Producing Online Video
Our panelists will talk about their experiences
making online video and pass along some
tricks and tips for success — and possibly
help keep you from its pitfalls. And is there
money to be made working with YouTube or
other online video services?
Sluggy Freelance and the
Dimension of Nuts
After over fourteen years of daily webcomic
content, people must wonder just how crazy
Pete Abrams actually is. You can ask Pete
questions and watch him skillfully (?) dodge
the point. Pete is notorious for drawing and
sketching his way through panels, but at this
one, he’ll have to actually say something!
So, How’d We Do?
This panel is the last panel of the con. Come
give Harknell, Onezumi, and the rest of the Intervention team your feedback on the event.
We encourage you to make suggestions for
next year as well.
Taking a Shot at Danielle Corsetto:
The Girls With Slingshots Panel
This is your chance to talk with Danielle
Corsetto of the webcomic, Girls With Slignshots; just be on guard for an attack by McPedro: he’s dangerous...
Telling the Microserialized Story
Webcomics and flash fiction/microfiction often involve stringing out one long story over
dozens or hundreds of updates, with gaps of
days in between. Not every page of a graphic
novel can pack a punch to tide the reader
over. Or can it? Should it? And what happens
to surprise when fans have days to speculate
about the upcoming plot? How does it affect a
writer’s approach when the story must be told
in such tiny increments?
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The Art and Music Studio
Intervention presents the Art Studio and Music
Studio, a room open 24 hours a day that encourages attendees, guests, and staff to contribute
artwork or statements on the dry erase walls of
the room. At the end of the con, the results will
be imaged and placed online. The room is also
available for spontaneous musical performances, with the Tombstone Teeth recording a full album on Saturday afternoon!
The Artist/Writer Relationship
It’s not easy to find the right artist or writer to collaborate with — our panelists will discuss some
common pitfalls of the artist/writer relationship
and how to deal with them when they arise.
The Computer is Willing, But the Spirit
is Weak: How to Build the Motivation to
Keep Going
Everyone hits that point in their career — where
it seems like a wall has popped up in front of
your creativity or output. How do you find the
motivation to keep on working? Our panelists
will talk about the techniques they’ve used to
move forward and keep their motivation and
creative juice flowing.
The Devil’s Panties Panel
(18+) Not Satanic Porn...Honest
Tone it Down 3:
Tone it Down with a Vengeance
(18+) The GOtaku crew are back for another
round of ruthlessly taking to task the negative aspects of our treasured geek culture!
Be warned; this panel is not for the faint of
heart or those lacking in self-awareness or
a sense of humor. But if you think you’ve
got what it takes to join us for a send-up of
some of the things we hold dear, strap in
for a night of vicious masochism! This year,
we’ll be torching such topics as steampunk
culture and the pervasiveness of zombies in
the media, as well as covering the usual constench, bad cosplay, and much more. It ain’t
gonna be a roast... it’s gonna be a bonfire!
Traditional Inking
Practical discussion of materials and methods for inking comics from preparing pencil drawings for inking, papers suitable for
inking, and types of inks, pens, brushes and
drawing aids that can be used to create a
finished product. Pros and cons of the various materials from personal experience.
Physical examples will be available for participants to examine and try their hand at. A
question-and-answer period will conclude
the presentation.
The Skin Horse Panel
TREKOFF LIVE: A Foulmouthed
Star Trek Comedy Podcast
Shaenon Garrity and Jeffrey Wells of the webcomic Skin Horse talk about their work and
where they are going from here.
(18+) Endlight Entertainment, the producers of the Ninjas Versus movie series, bring
their Star Trek podcast live to Intervention.
The Time For Indie Film Is Now!
We Are The Intervention
Do you want to make a film? Do it now! The time
has never been better for to get involved with
film production. It won’t be easy of course, but
our panelists will give you some info on how you
can get started in a professional (and hopefully)
profitable way.
Come talk to Onezumi and Harknell, founders and Co-Con Chairs of Intervention,
about the event, their comic work, their
theme park and haunted attraction adventures, or any other stupid and insane stuff
you can think of. They are (almost) guaranteed to stay in one place during the duration of this panel.
There Is a Line: Handling Potentially
Offensive Topics in Webcomics
Since webcomic creators only answer to themselves and their audience, how do they decide
how far to go with humor, language, violence,
sex, and other situations? Does a creator have
a greater responsibility to police themselves or
does literally anything go?
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Webcomic Beacon Newscast Live
Jason Strawsberg and Eric Kimball of the
Webcomic Beacon Newscast will review the
week’s webcomic news and with the aid of
special guests from Intervention will provide in-depth analysis... or just spout uninformed opinions — that works, too.
PULL UP THAT BEETS AND WAYLAY THE SHIP FOR THE CANDY STORE.
Video Gaming
Room Hours:
Friday: Noon – Midnight
Saturday: 8:00 AM – Midnight
Sunday: 8:00 AM – Noon
Intervention 2012 will be expanding our already extensive video gaming area for even
more fun this year. The newest games, and
the best cooperative experiences available
will all be set up and ready to for you to
jump right in. If you like the newest stuff,
then chop up some fruit with Kinect or
show your dance or singing skills. Those of
you into retro can play our library of Commodore 64 games alongside your friends
on the NES.
There will be at least:
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Wii
NES
SNES
Nintendo 64
Sega Genesis
Commodore 64
RockBand and Kinect set ups
We are also happy to have yyrGames demoing some of their Xbox Live games in our
video room this year:
Aaron Teplitsky develops arcade-style
action-packed games for Xbox LIVE Indie Games (and hopefully for other platforms, in the future). The definition of “indie games” is often cloudy, because they
come from teams in all different shapes
and sizes. yyrGames is as “indie” as it gets,
because it’s just one person doing it all.
The graphics aren’t great, but you’ll have
fun... guaranteed!
In Intervention’s game room, you’ll be able
to try the unique, newly-released, terroristblasting experience of Bungee Ferret Tossing; the skill-testing challenge or 4-player
battles of the unreleased Snake361; and
perhaps some other things that are in the
works. Be sure to stop by, give them a try,
and say hello!
Intervention will also have its own dedicated Arcade Gaming room this year. We
will have a selection of games spanning
the history of arcade gmes, and including
the ever popular multi-player X-Men arcade game.
One Xbox 360 will be focused on kids’ games
(arcade and such)
Webcomics 101:
Creativity, Art, and Writing
You’re looking at a blank screen or a blank
piece of paper and you just keep looking!
Let our panelists help you figure out how to
get started, how to keep going and how not
to paint yourself into an artistic corner. Let’s
talk formatting and how to best communicate
your vision to your artist and, if you’re an artist, how can you take advantage of the written
word to make your story better.
WordPress 101
WordPress is the fastest growing online content management system, and can be adapted for use for comics, blogging, podcasting,
video, and nearly infinite other uses. Come
learn the basics on its set up and usage from
our panel of experts.
Working with Wacom: Cintiq Demo
Wacom is the maker of the most widely used
professional drawing tablets in the industry.
Their Cintiq series combines a pen tablet
with an LCD screen. Is drawing directly on the
screen better for you than using their regular
Intuos or Bamboo tablets? Come see a handson demo of the Wacom Cintiq Pen Display
and find out.
Workshop: Event Runners AMA
We are the people who set up Intervention
(and other) events; come to this workshop to
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ask us anything about the process — from business, programming, guest relations, operations,
or anything in-between.
fall into place. Join our panelists as they
discuss creating vibrant and dynamic characters that will grip your audience.
Workshop:
Everyone Needs Help Sometimes —
Webcomic and Art Portfolio Reviews
Writing for Fantasy Stories
You have an idea for a comic or want to get some
feedback on your work? This is the place for you.
During this open workshop, our artists will gladly
chime in and give feedback on your work or ideas
and give you tips to get going to the next level.
Workshop: Tell Me A Story
This workshop is your opportunity to talk to other authors to help refine your written work. Get
feedback or just bounce ideas off our authors to
help you get to the next step in your work.
World Building 101
A pivotal part to any great story is the world in
which it takes place in, be it the past, present, future, or even an alternate universe! If you are new
to story creation, or are just looking to get a different perspective, stop on by as we discuss the basics of creating and presenting a new, fascinating
setting for your comic or game.
Writing and Creating Three Dimensional
Characters
When writing an adventure or a story, having
characters that the readers can get into is half the
battle. If the readers or players become intrigued
by the characters, then the rest of the story will
Writing for a fantasy story can be fun and
exciting, but it can also be a daunting
task. How do you build an entire original
world from the ground up, complete with
unique cultures, people, geography, creatures, magic, and everything else? How
do you populate your world with memorable, three-dimensional characters, and
a unique and intriguing plot? Finally, how
do you spin all these fantastic elements
into a believable story that will resonate
with real-world readers? Come join us for
a creative discussion where we’ll take a
look at topics including creation of setting
and characters, various methods for getting ideas and steering your plot, resources and research, editing and how you can
communicate your vision in collaboration
with an artist. The panelists will be sharing
plenty of tips and anecdotes from their
own comic and writing journeys.
You’re Too Dumb To Play My
Game!
This panel will be about the philosophy
of “making games simple” and “Addictive Play”, and to re-evaluate the games
that people play on a daily basis. Why are
sequels and games that farm money from
their users so popular? The presentation
takes a look at such games as Warcraft,
Zynga, and Call of Duty. The goal is to get
the audience to think about games differently and maybe help future game creators to make better games.
Your Ultimate Beginner
Booze-ucation
(21+) In this panel, you’ll be given the
breakdown of basic liquors, safe drinking skills and hangover cures, and (an improvement from last year) how to actually
throw an epic room party. There will be
GRAPHS!!! This will be held at the Event
Hotel Bar area.
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Track 4 and track 6 are so bad I want to claw my ass off and eat it with a fork.
ARTISTS’ ALLEY and VENDORS
21st Century Sandshark Studios
www.21sandshark.com
Dan Nokes is the sequential indie creature of myth that
other creators speak
of in fearful hushed
tones! He is usually spotted in the
suburban Southern
Maryland marshland known as Lusby MD!
When not roaming the commercial district,
finding unhealthy low nutritional and other
survival items, he is diligently at work, on his
various creator owned projects, as part of his
one man company known as 21ST CENTURY
SANDSHARK STUDIOS!!! His past projects
have included The Reptile and Mister Amazing (2002), The Paranormals (2003-2008),
The Pistoleers (2008-2010), and Adam and
Eve: Bizarre Love Triangle in the Zombie
Apocalypse (2011-2012) Approach him with
extreme caution, accolades of his artistic
endeavors and large sums of cash...IF YOU
DARE!!!!
21 Century Sandshark Studios will be entering the webcomic fray for the first time with
two projects slated to come out in the second
half of 2012. The first is The Reptile and Mister
Amazing: The Return of Kat Carson with artist
Will Nix III! The second is a space comedy described as Men In Black meets Clerks entitled
Impossible Space Tales of the Last Pit Stop!
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Accidental Fancies
www.facebook.com/AccidentalFancies
A crafter with a mission: Learn new
techniques
and
combine them to
create new and interesting accessories. If there is a hidden secret to it, then
BONUS POINTS!
Jenny Truss has an addiction to crafts of all
sorts, and an even greater addiction to finding
new ways to make new and interesting items
with geeky themes to it.
Binary Souls / Other Dimensions
http://www.bsodcomic.net
William
‘Shaggy’
Chrapcynski is a musician, producer and
3D graphic artist.
He’s been composing
a stylistic variety of
music for a number
of years and his webcomic, Binary Souls
/ Other Dimensions,
has been running for
nearly five years. Music and comics aside,
he is involved in community theater doing
sound design. When he’s not busy doing all
of these things, he’s playing video games as
well as taking on the role of house husband.
Cynical Woman
http://www.cynicalwoman.com
Helen E. H. Madden, also known as
Cynical Woman, is a
writer and artist who
quit her lucrative day
job years ago with no
idea what she might
do next. In the last
three years, she’s
written 165 short stories and one novel for
the Heat Flash erotica podcast.
As a webcomic artist, she has produced The
Adventures of Cynical Woman and Rats! She
also runs VeryScaryArt.com, an online gallery of children’s artwork about scary stuff,
and draws Mustachequerade, a small zine
about the wonders of mustaches. She is
very much in love with zombies right now,
but that’s probably because she is one, and
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could someone please explain the concept
of “sleep” to her? Because she’s never experienced it herself.
Issue 3 of Mustachequerade, a zine about
the wonders of mustaches, will be debut at
Intervention. The 8-page zine will feature a
very special story called The Mystery of Medusa’s Mustache. Cost will be $1 per copy.
Some issues 1 and 2 will be available for
sale as well.
DanaBoBana
http://onthebrightside.
smackjeeves.com/
Dana is an illustrator
and webcomic artist
from southern New
Jersey. She is the creator of the romantic
comedy webcomic,
On the Bright Side.
Dechanique
http://deannaechanique.deviantart.com
Creator of the webcomic La Macchina
Bellica [http://www.
macchinacomic.com]
and artist of the
webcomic Kindling
[http://www.kindlingcomic.com]
Professional illustrator and comic artist.
Duae Designs
duaecat.etsy.com
A crafter with a mission: “Can you teach
me how to crochet?”
Aries asked.
“Sure.” said Duae.
A few ugly scarves,
lopsided
blankets,
and wonky hats later,
Aries decided to try his hand at amigurumi
Now, pretty much anything he can think of can
be recreated in tiny yarn form.
Duae handles the organization and has epic
battles with the sewing machine that often
result in cool stuff. She also dabbles in soapmaking and other crafts.
Together they make a pretty good team.
Eattoast
Eattoast.deviantart.com
Kelsey is a Marylandbased
toymaker/illustrator who teaches
a college comic book
class during the summer. She makes ugly
things cute and cute
things ugly. Her terrible things have been
featured on io9, the Daily What, and Kotaku.
She lives in a cornfield and doesn’t understand how magnets work.
At Intervention, there will be comics, handmade toys, prints, sketchbooks, custom vinyl
toys and HIGH FIVES
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TONIGHT I WILL TAKE MY SHIRT OFF AND MAKE ART IN MY LAIR LIKE A FERRET
Escapement Studios
Luke Foster
http://escapementstudios.com
http://moonfreight3.com
Escapement Studios
is a small independent game development team based out
of Raleigh, NC. We’re
all about exploring
new possibilities in
interactive entertainment! Our primary
gaming project, In The Dark, is currently in development and expected to release within a
year. You can keep up with the game’s progress on the Escapement Studios website.
Luke Foster is the
cartoonist of the science
fiction/comedy webcomic, Moon
Freight 3, which has
updated every Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday since August
2008. He is also the
cartoonist of the new,
daily all-ages strip, The Center of Somewhere,
which debuted Aug. 6, 2012. He was also the
writer/artist of the non-fiction comedy comic
strip, The Gang From the Store: True Tales From
the Comic Book Shop, which ran from November 2009 to June 2010. He lives in Connecticut and likes pancakes.
Katy Millay (animator for In The Dark), joined
by Mark Thompson (project lead & programmer), will have game merch and original art
available at their table for your perusal.
Fes Works
www.WebcastBeacon.com
Fes Works is a cartoonist and podcaster,
active within the webcomics
community
since 2006. A person
addicted to projects,
with the goal of encouraging people to
share and create. He
has worked on several webcomics over the
years, in several collaborations; including the
Crossover Wars. Presently he runs The Webcast Beacon Network, a podcasting group,
with one of the strongest running webcomics
podcasts online: The Webcomic Beacon. His
present comic endeavor is in co-writting and
coloring the comic, Ardra, of which he will be
showcasing the first issue at Intervention.
Erica Fletcher
www.ericafletcher.net/
Geeks Next Door
http://www.geeksnextcomic.com
When two geeks love
each other very much,
they get together and
make a webcomic.
Resident artist Jessi
and snarky writer Matt
have been posting the
exaggerated everyday
adventures of their
lives for five years, including tales of mechafighting girl scouts, meme-tastic romance,
muffin attacks, and tales of the convention
scene. Start getting to know the folks who
might just be the geeks next door to you!
At Intervention we’ll have a few surprises on
hand, for sure! Please drop by and take a look!
The Gneech
gneech.com
John “The Gneech”
Robey is the creative
force behind the popular webcomics, NeverNever and The Suburban Jungle, Starring
Tiffany Tiger. There are
currently five collections of his cartoons
in print: La Vida Panthera, Love Bites, Orange
Alert, and Tough Breaks are the Suburban Jun-
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gle collections, and Childproof the Unicorns is
from NeverNever. Previous writing credits also
include pieces for White Wolf Games’ Mage:
The Ascension line, Street Fighter: The Storytelling Game supplements, and West End Games’
World of Indiana Jones. Gneech has received
several honors for his work, being named
Guest of Honor at the 2005 Mephit Furmeet
and Confuzzled UK 2011, Iron Artist (Comics)
for three years at Further Confusion in San
Jose, and of course, multiple-time recipient of
Websnark’s “Tasty, Tasty Biscuit.”
Alex Heberling
http://www.alexsguide.net
Alex Heberling hails
from Columbus, Ohio,
and has been making comics for the
web since 2005. She
currently
produces
Alex’s Guide to a Life
Well-Lived, a slice-oflife journal-ish comic
that updates twice a week. Her previous work,
a fantasy epic titled Garanos, was recently completed after 3.5 years and 487 pages. When not
chained to her desk making art, she also enjoys
The Office, caricaturing, ponies, and works for a
local screen printing business. She earned her
BFA from Ohio State’s Art & Technology department, where she learned how to make robots,
holograms, and 3D models of nanomachines.
(This means she’s pretty much ready for whatever the future tosses her way. Bring it on, Science!)
other humorous works, including a multipart
parody of Bleach (part one published, part two
in the works) called Blecch!, portraits, fanart
and the occasional dark work when he is in
a really bad mood. Besides his ongoing blog
and Blecch!, he is currently working on a ghost
story based on the Hanako-san legend
In addition to selling T-shirts, mugs, buttons, holiday cards, individual prints of art
works, a book of collected political cartoons, Bushwhacked, and part one of Blecch!,
Greg will be debuting “Blecch! Part Duh” at
Intervention.
Megami Jadeheart
megamijadeheart.deviantart.com
Megami
is
an artist and
seamstress
from
either
7000 years in
the future or
the past. She
can’t
seem
to remember
which. But with a passion for Historical Recreation and Science Fiction, it doesn’t matter much to her when she is, as long as she
has access to art supplies and fabric.
She has been known to occasionally work on
a webcomic called Annie: a Space Western in
between work, cons, sewing, and taking care
of her cat. This will be her third year at Intervention, and she’s glad to be back.
Intravenous Caffeine
Jay Joseph Jr.
ivcaffeine.com
http://www.workingclassnightmare.com
Greg Uchrin is a
cartoonist
and
satirist from Alexandria VA. His political cartoon, Intravenous Caffeine
(ivcaffeine.com),
and its predecessor, Hail Dubyus!
(haildubyus.com),
have been running
since 2003. Intravenous Caffeine is
also the name of his studio. A visit to his deviantart site (gregoriusu.deviantart.com) reveals
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YEA LET’S BRING THEM BUTT MUFFINS TO THE PARK
Jay Joseph is an artist
of questionable age,
skill and origin. Born
in a horrific wasteland,
he learned his craft by
modeling himself after the most powerful
man of the 20th Century: Trevor Belmont from
Castlevania 3. He has now saved the world
several times over, namely by co-authoring a
deceased webcomic named Chugworth Academy, creating films, and working for television
networks you may have actually heard of. His
latest project is Working Class Nightmare, a
webseries that stars actors.
He will be debuting Black Guy White Guy, a
sketch webseries exploring the deep intricacies of race relations and nerdy black dudes.
Details TBA at www.networkjay.com
Scott King
http://www.Holiday-Wars.com
Scott King was born in
Washington D.C. and
raised in Ocean City,
Maryland. He received
his undergraduate degree in film from Towson University, and
his M.F.A. in film from
American University.
She currently lives in Raleigh, NC with two
roommates and a cat.
The second book of Worst Idea has just come
out.
Lesser Key Studios
http://ianuae.deviantart.com
Selling: comics, prints, stickers, bookmarks,
buttons, plushes, and jewelry for them.
Megami Studios
http://www.megamistudios.com
DAD! A Documentary
Graphic Novel, King’s first book was published
in Fall ’09. He is also the creator and writer of
Holiday Wars. In addition to his work in comics, King is also a part-time faculty member at
the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
Rob Barba
and Ayne
Hart make
up Megami
Studios, a
Virginiabased media and design company. Established in 2004, Megami’s project range from
website and graphic design to typography to
their webcomic, Claude & Monet.
He will be debuting Holiday Wars Volume 1 at
Intervention (The book officially releases on
September 25th but there will be copies for
sale at the show!).
They will be offering the limited edition font
“Onigiri” for sale at Intervention. This is an
Intervention exclusive and will not be made
available after the con is over.
Brenda Kirk
Monica “MonMon” H.
http://www.geektress.com
http://chibihoshiko.wordpress.com/
Brenda Kirk is a cartoonist and illustrator.
She created the webcomic Lanarama and
founded Geektress.
com, and is a contributor to IDW’s Womanthology. She likes
pizza and hockey and
shirtless Batman. Also, puppies.
Currently
residing in Northern VA
with her two fish
(Fin and Picasso),
Monica or “MonMon” works as a
graphic designer/
web developer for
a county site by
day and a webcomic artist by night.
Kytri
She has been drawing and crafting since she
was very little. Her hobbies consist of painting,
drawing, baking, crafting, and graphic design.
http://www.skyscrapersoup.com
Kytri writes and draws
an urban fantasy comic called This is the
Worst Idea You’ve Ever
Had! as well as a few
other things. She’s
been doing webcomics in one form or another since 2003.
She will be debuting her mini-comic, Lost Dog,
from her collection called Push Pin Comics in
print.
Push Pin Comics are a collection of mini-comics ranging between 8-10 pages long.
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Chris Otto
Christopher Paulsen
http://adogslifecomic.com
http://www.precociouscomic.com/
Now entering its third year, A Dog’s Life
has brought many people lots of smiles
and joy, especially its creator, Chris Otto.
This past year, he has published two
compilations of his comics, appeared on
TV to promote his work, and completed
Bark To The Future, a year-long story written by his friend, Ben Taylor. Ben will be
appearing with Chris at their second Intervention, and both will be signing and
sketching all weekend!
Raised on newspaper
comics, when Chrispy decided to toss out his fine
art degree in favor of cartooning, it was only natural he would emulate his
heroes. His daily webcomic, Precocious, is now in its
fourth year.
Ben sums
up A Dog’s
Life perfectly in the first
book: “How
often
do
you follow a
dream with
no preparation and no prior experience? That’s what
A Dog’s Life is all about. One man following his dream to sit down and draw funnies. These humble beginnings will warm
your heart and tickle your funny bone.”
Bark To The Future, a book collecting
over a year’s worth of strips in which
they parodied Back To The Future, will be
featured at Intervention. 161 full color
strips, plus extras.
Paint Me a Perfect World
Productions
http://facebook.com/paintmeaperfectworld
A duo of video game fans
that <3 Fallout,
bringing
items out of the
games into real
life, comprised
of Sherie Lund,
painter
and
drawer extraodinaire, and Robert Wilfong, master builder and zinc saucier.
In their spare time, they can often be
found wandering the wastes looting
super mutants and raiders and making
wasteland omelettes, yum.
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The first Precocious collection was released in August, and he is very excited
about it! There will be copies of it at Intervention,
which the artist will be signing and sketching in!
Plaza Art
http://plazaart.com/
Whether you’re
an artist looking
to get started,
create your next
masterpiece, or
frame a special
treasure with our expert framing team you have
come to the right place.
Besides a huge selection of art materials, creative
gifts and custom framing, we also offer gift cards,
workshops, demos and classes, delivery, special orders and bulk discounts. If you don’t see what you
are looking for, ask one of our sales associates and
they’ll do everything they can to fulfill your particular needs.
While you are in, don’t forget to ask about our Plaza
Savings Card program and if you can’t get to one
of 12 stores, visit us anytime at www.plazaart.com.
Quirky Crochet
www.quirkycrochet.com
After teaching herself to
crochet in 2008, JJ Blum
quickly realized that she
didn’t follow directions
very well. She began doodling with yarn and creating Amigurumi of pop culture items. Small characters
from movies, TV, and books
and accessories born from a quirky mind and geeky
family dominate her collection.
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Rascals Rogues and Dames
www.nattosoup.blogspot.com
www.electricabyss.com
Becca Hillburn and
Heidi Black are
best friends and
comic artists living in Savannah,
Georgia, and pursuing their Masters in Sequential
Art at SCAD. They
are part of Rascals
Rogues and Dames studio, and produce all
sorts of goodies, ranging from high quality
prints, to mini comics, to buttons, to charms
and paper dolls.
Both artists are willing and able to take
two types of commissions- at-convention
(which are completed at the convention)
and take-home. At-convention commissions tend to be in either pencil or ink on
cardstock, whereas take-home commissions
can be done using any requested media and
mailed to the customer.
Becca Hillburn will be debuting a new installment to her ongoing mini-comic series
When I was 13, a lighthearted autobiographical comic that takes a nostalgic look at being a nerd in the late 90’s.
Heidi Black will hopefully debut the first
chapter of her comic Dealing with Trolls in
garage print format. Dealing with Trolls is a
watercolor fantasy comic with a Nordic flair.
Raven Warren Studios
A
small
studio
based on Maryland’s
Eastern
Shore
producing
sequential art stories and dabbling
in game design.
Currently you can
find them working
on Kidthulhu, Dead
Future, Winter’s Eye and a few other obscure
incantations.
At Intervention, Raven Warren Studios will
be featuring Kidthulhu Volume #1 (writing
by Martin Brandt and artwork by Rihana Martinson), which delves into the madness of
Kidthulhu’s awakening and the hijinks that
ensue thereafter.
Rival Hearts
http://www.rivalhearts.com
Rival Hearts is a fairly new webcomic,
started January 2011.
While making slow
progress, it is building
up to some big adventure.
Rival Hearts will have
its first officially (professionally) printed comic for first release at
Intervention. There will also be new prints and
sketches never before seen.
Jennifer Zyren Smith
http://lasalleslegacy.com
Jennifer Zyren Smith is
an author and artist residing in Maryland. Ever
since she discovered
ElfQuest at the age of
twelve, she has been
telling stories through
comics and has an entire file cabinet filled
with character designs and comics from the
last twenty years. Her current graphic novel,
LaSalle’s Legacy, is a fantasy story about the
adventures of the crew of the Laughing Panda.
When she isn’t making art, she is playing video
games and failing in her duties as cat slave.
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Snow by Night
Technoangel Studios
http://www.snowbynight.com
http://www.technoangel.net
Snow by Night is an online
graphic novel, written
by Eric Menge and illustrated by Brittany Michel.
It updates three times
a week (text update on
Friday). Follow the adventures of a pair of thieves,
Blaise and Jassart, as they
search for a mysterious rival who is beating them
to their marks and stealing from their wards. Muskets and alchemy replace swords and sorcery in
this tale of colonial fantasy.
Technoangel Studios is the joint
venture of Laura
“robynhime” Moiseev and Andrew
“sadboyinsnow”
McLaughlin, born
out of an enjoyment of creating
cute and entertaining artwork in their
spare time. The studio has been spreading their love of all things cute and snarky
across the Mid-Atlantic region since 2008.
Snow by Night will be debuting their latest chapter book, Chapter 4: What No One Expects. In this
chapter, Blaise, Jassart, and the mysterious rival
work together to steal a great treasure but do so
for very different reasons. The chapter book is 40
pages long and is full color.
Toro Comics
Liz Staley
http://adrastuscomic.com
What do you do when
you find that the skeleton
in your family’s closet is
a giant alien robot? Liz
Staley is the creator behind Adrastus, a webcomic about a normal girl who
races motorcycles, fixes
cars, and really would like
it if the tabloid reporters and the invading army
of aliens would just leave her alone!
Tangent Artists
www.tangentartists.com
Rachael Hixon works on
story, inks and colors. David Joria does story and
script. Monica Marier
does story, script, pencils and colors. She has
also written a book series based on CRIT — The
Linus Saga — published
through Hunt Press.
Last year, they debuted the Miles Reyner’s Handbook for Saucy Bards and sold out in record time!
This year, they have restocked and brought along
a new item of interest!
http://theonemanriot.com
Selling: original comics and two different
art books of collected work. Also available
for commissions.
Vidgle
http://www.vidgle.tv
Vidgle is a internet television website with
its original series and films which is available on www.vidgle.tv.
Vidgle will be releasing their first film, Con
Drama, at Intervention.
Wayward Studios
http://www.
waywardstudios.net
Emily R. Gillis
and Crystal M.
Rollins make
up the comiccreating duo
that is Wayward Studios.
Together, they
work on the webcomics Aspect and Jikoshia.
This year, Wayward will be releasing the
first printed volumes of both comics.
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AREA GUIDE
Rockville, one of the largest
cities in Maryland, will host
Intervention. Considered
by many to be the technological center of the region,
Rockville also has a rich
cultural history dating back
to the 1700s. If this is your
first time to the area, here’s a
handy guide to area restaurants, shopping, and attractions to help you feel a little
more at home.
DINING
You can’t throw a stone
without hitting a restaurant
in Rockville, but we’ve taken
the liberty of picking out
some of the better food options within walking distance
of Intervention.
Twinbrook Grille
Hilton downstairs
Breakfast buffet, lunch and
dinner. General US restaurant
fare.
Distance from convention
hotel: zero singularity: they
do room service, too!
Riff’s Lounge
Hilton lobby
Dinner only. General
US restaurant light food
(sandwiches and the like).
Distance from convention
hotel: Just roll out of bed and
into the elevator.
Robeks
1761 Rockville Pike
Smoothies and other
concoctions.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.1 miles
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Rolls ‘n Rice
1701 Rockville Pike
Sushi and rice bowls.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.1 miles
Maria’s Bakery & Cafe
1701 Rockville Pike
A Hong Kong-style cafe that
also has a bakery with a wide
selection of sweets.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.2 miles
Hooters
1584 Rockville Pike
Lots of fried food, girls in
matching orange pants
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.2 miles
Kenny’s Sub Shop
130 Rollins Avenue
Some of the best Chinese
food in the area at good prices.
Apparently they also have
subs, but we couldn’t tell you
much about those.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.2 miles
Ruby Tuesday’s
12266 Rockville Pike
Your typical family restaurant.
Often runs specials for
multiple courses and people.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.2 miles
Whole Foods Market
1649 Rockville Pike
Not a restaurant. It’s a grocery
store with natural and organic
foods.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.2 miles
Pizza CS
1596-B Rockville Pike
Personal gourmet pizzas, not a
part of the Creative Suite.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.2 miles
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Mosaic Cuisine
and Cafe
186 Halpine Road
Waffles and sandwiches by
day, steaks and seafood dishes
by night.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.2 miles
Fuddruckers
1592 Rockville Pike
Very good burgers, made to
order.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.2 miles
Lebanese
Taverna Cafe
1605 Rockville Pike
Perfect for those times when
you wake up in the morning
and say “I need Lebanese food
today or I’m gonna be pissed.”
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.3 miles
Armand’s
Chicago Pizzeria
190 Halpine Road
Nice assortment of pizzas and
Italian food. Lunch and dinner
buffets under $10.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.3 miles
Baja Fresh
Mexican Grill
1607 Rockville Pike
A slightly tastier and healthier
option than most of those
other burrito joints.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.3 miles
Noodles & Co
1609 Rockville Pike
Noodle dishes from around the
globe. You know a place must
be hardcore about noodles
when its URL is noodles.com.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.3 miles
Trader Joe’s
Joe’s Noodle House
Silver Diner
Baskin-Robbins
Subway
Taco Bell
Hinode Restaurant
McDonald’s
12268-H Rockville Pike
Good for munchies and
heat-and-eat meals.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.3 miles
1617 Rockville Pike
Now you can eat ice cream for
every meal!
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.3 miles
134 Congressional Lane
Japanese food with extensive
menu. Lots of sushi options.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.4 miles
Chicken Out
Rotisserie
1560 Rockville Pike
Chicken? No, I mean, do you
like chicken? They got it!
Gluten-free menus available!
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.4 miles
Mi Rancho Restaurant
1488 Rockville Pike
Tex-Mex, sombrero and
trumpet atmosphere, annoying
flash menu
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.4 miles
Yekta Kabobi
Restaurant
1488 Rockville Pike
Cheap Persian food (the
culture, not the rug/cat)
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.4 miles
Starbucks
1621 Rockville Pike
The addictive coffee that
made Seattle hip.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.4 miles
Mykonos Grill
121 Congressional Lane
Is Greek. You like-a the juice?
Juice is good? Don’t fight over
the lamb brain.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.4 miles
1488 Rockville Pike
Chinese cuisine. Vegetarian
menu available.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.4 miles
1402 Rockville Pike
Cheap corporate subs/hoagies/
grinders, made to order.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.5 miles
1390 Rockville Pike
Clown-themed, avant-garde
fast food. Love it ironically
only. The cheapness will
consume you.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.6 miles
Sadaf Halal
Restaurant
1327 Rockville Pike
Middle Eastern food.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.6 miles
Ledo Pizza
1319 – H Rockville Pike
Square shaped pizza? Are
we living in Bizarro world?
Medium pricey, but good pizza.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.8 miles
A & J Restaurant
1319 Rockville Pike
Chinese food. Northern
Chinese dim sum (bread style).
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.8 miles
India Garden
1321 Rockville Pike
Fast and authentic Indian,
Bangladeshi, & Pakistani dishes
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.8 miles
Entenmann’s Bakery
Outlet
1327 Rockville Pike
Yeah, screw that diet. Om
nom nom. Come early, though
(9 AM): discounted bakery
numminess is random and
runs out quick.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.8 miles
12276 Rockville Pike
Standard diner fare and faux50s chrome.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.8 miles
1100 Rockville Pike
How many ways can we make
food from just 5-7 ingredients?
Cheapest food you can get
that is still technically edible.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.9 miles
Temari Cafe
1043 Rockville Pike
Best damn Japanese food
nearby that makes you realize
they export more than sushi
and Hello Kitty.
Distance from convention
hotel: 0.9 miles
Kielbasa Factory, Inc.
1073 Rockville Pike
Polish & European Deli
and Grocery
Distance from convention
hotel: 1.0 miles
Chipotle Mexican Grill
11830 Rockville Pike
Like a Hispanic TGI Fridays, but
they will deny it!
Distance from convention
hotel: 1.0 miles
SUPPLIES & SERVICES
Just in case you need them,
Rockville has several stores
offering supplies and services
you may need on your trip.
Even if you don’t need to hit
the stores while you’re here,
you may still want to consider a
short pilgrimage to the nearby
Micro Center electronics superstore if you’re not fortunate
enough to have one near you.
Micro Center
1776 E. Jefferson #203
FedEx Office
1750 Rockville Pike
US Post Office
143 Rollins Ave
CVS/pharmacy
1580 Rockville Pike
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OUR SPONSORS
OUR ENABLERS
We would like to thank the following people for their generous
donations to Intervention. Your help Enabled us to have this event.
Chad Post
Sharon Henderson (JastaElf)
Gillian Kinney
Randy Ward
Frank “Grayhawk” Huminski
The History Twins
Phil Gorski
@ardosi
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Jean La Valley
aka “Papa Neslo”
Mona Carol
Steve Miller
Chris Sarnowski
Zhobot.net
Tony Montuori
Le Andre’ Ward
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TauRadio
John McMahon
Susan Smith Webb
Pavlina
Raven Warren Studios
Scott Wilson
Kitchen Penguin
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THANK YOU!
Oni and Harknell Would Like To Thank:
Pete Abrams, Ian Webb, Tango, Paul DiGennaro,
Chris Impink, Barb Fischer, Ben Walker, RobertThomas, Rodger Burns, Tiffanny Walsh, Isaiah
Beard, Ilya Kurakin, Grayhawk, Corinne
Simmers, Colette Fozard, Chuck Fozard, Grig
Larson, Mike Fenn, Brian Lynch, Terry Berendt,
Gil Cnaan, Jonette Butler, Wesley Mason,
Janice Hofer, DJ Dave Ghoul, Wesley Mason,
Eric Hardenbrook, PJ and Greg Benge, and all
of the rest who come on board after this is
printed to help us when the poison arrows fall
from the sky and the pillars of Heaven shake.
Our volunteers and staff
All of our Enablers and Sponsors
of every level
Chris / Doktor242, who believed in us be-
fore it was cool.
Arisia for the radios
MAGFest For the arcade cabinets
Oni Would Like To Thank:
Our guests: You guys get it. Thank you for
Coffee. Haunted Houses. Theme Parks.
Chocolate. That bald guy that I married.
Brunetto T-shirts for another year of kick
Harknell Would Like To Thank:
Our Attendees: You guys always motivate
Oni, for being the best wife in the universe.
I couldn’t do this crap without you.
amplifying the signal.
ass shirts!
us to do our best work.
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