Guest Artists

Writer, Editor, and Creator. Multi Award winning character creator with a wide range of experience in advertising, production, consulting, editorial, film writing, development and production, media presentation, and video game development. Just a few of his clients include Nike, Nickelodeon, Universal pictures, Disney, Warner Brothers, DreamWorks, Lion's Gate, Vidmark, Starz, Fox Atomic, Alliance films, New Line, Spike TV, MTV, 2kgames, Midway, Radical games, Activision, and THQ games.

Co-founder of such companies as Event Comics, Black Bull Media, Marvel Knights, a division of Marvel comics, and the current Paperfilms, where he is partners with his wife, Amanda Conner. Several of his contributions for both DC and Marvel can be found in major motion pictures and TV series including Black Panther, Painkiller Jane, Daredevil, Suicide Squad, Harley Quinn animated series, Suicide Squad, Random Acts of Violence, Deadspace:Downfall and more.

Amanda Conner is a multi-talented award winning writer and artist who has worked on many of the top titles in comics for companies like Marvel, DC, and Image Comics.
Amanda’s work can also be seen in such places as ABC’s Nightline, New York Times, MAD Magazine, Arm & Hammer, Nickelodeon, and on shows like The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon. She has also enjoyed a huge success with her husband Jimmy Palmiotti, reimagining the DC Comics title HARLEY QUINN into the character you see today in film and animation. She continues to currently work on her own creator owned titles as well as other companies’ top characters like Powergirl, Silk Spectre, Painkiller Jane, and so many more.

Peter Smith graduated from the Columbus College of Art and Design with a Bachelor’s degree in Illustration. From his beginnings working in the Walt Disney animation department at Disney/MGM Studios in Florida to doing his college internship at Marvel Comics in New York City, he has worked for some of the largest entertainment companies in the world.Throughout his career, Peter has done work for companies such as Universal Studios, Disney, Marvel Comics, Hot Topic, MERC Publishing, Dynamite Entertainment, and IDW Publishing. 
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He has worked as a professional illustrator for over two decades and is Editor in Chief, Creative Director, and an owner at Crimson Fable Studios. Currently, he is creating, illustrating, and writing The Chronicles of Zelaria, a comic novella that combines Sci-Fi, SteamPunk, and Fairytales. Peter is also working with Aequitas Comics on several projects, including OMG! A Horror Anthology as a writer, interior artist, cover artist, and advisor. 
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In addition to his professional work in the art field, Peter is also the animation director at the Florida Film Academy in Winter Garden, Florida. Here, he develops the curriculum for the animation department and teaches animation, illustration, and design.