Nichelle Nichols Joins PHXCC 2013

Phoenix Comicon is proud to announce that actress Nichelle Nichols will be attending Comicon 2013.

“We are so happy, and relieved (laughs) to finally have Nichelle Nichols come to Phoenix Comicon. She is the last of the living original Star Trek cast members to attend our show and we could not be more excited,” says Convention Director Matt Sorberg.

Nichelle Nichols is an actress, singer and voice artist most famous for her tole of communications officer Lieutenant Uhura aboard the USS Enterprise in the popular Star Trek television series (1966 to 1969), as well as the succeeding motion pictures. Her Star Trek character was groundbreaking at the time and civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. personally praised her work n the show. There were six subsequent Star Trek movies that Nichols played Uhura, now promoted to Commander that were released from 1979 to 1991

After her time on the Star Trek movies, Nichols has appeared is many other movies including Snow Dogs in 2002 and Lady Magdalene's in 2006. For her musical career, she has released two albums, Down to Earth and Out of This World, which is themed around Star Trek and space exploration. Nichols has twice been nominated for the Sarah Siddons Award as best actress..

Phoenix Comicon is the signature pop culture experience of the southwest. Comicon is presenting guests and programming for hobbyists by attracting the top segments of the comics, anime, sci-fi, film, tv, and gaming industries. Entering its eleventh year, Phoenix Comicon is expected to draw over 40,000 attendees to its May 23-26, 2013 convention held at the Phoenix Convention Center and Hyatt Regency in Downtown Phoenix.

For more information, please go to http://www.phoenixcomicon.com.

Mike Choi, Joe Corroney, Peter David, Greg Horn, Mike McKone, Jim Valentino and Matt Wagner Join PHXCC 2013

Phoenix Comicon is proud to announce that comic book artists Mike Choi, Joe Corroney, Peter David, Greg Horn, Mike McKone, Jim Valentino and Matt Wagner will be attending Comicon 2013.

“We love comic books and artists, so our philosophy is the 'more the merrier' for this year's Comicon,” says Marketing Director Jillian Squires.

Mike Choi is best known for his work on books such as Witchblade (2003 to 2006), X-23 (2007) and X-Force (2008 to 2010). Most recently, Choi provided the cover to Green Lantern vol. 5 #5 in 2012.

Joe Corroney is an illustrator who is best known for providing Lucasfilm Ltd. With official Star Wars artwork for related books, games, trading cards and magazines since 1996. He has also developed his creator owned comic book series, Death Avenger. Currently, he is creating new Star Wars artwork for Lucasfilm and Star Wars Insider.

Peter David is best known for his comic book work for an award-winning, 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk. He is also known for his runs on Aquaman Young Justice, Supergirl and Fallen Angel. David has earned multiple awards for his work, including a 1992 Eisner Award, a 1993 Wizard Fan Award, a 1996 Haxtur Award, a 2007 Julie Award and 2011 GLAAD Media Award.

Greg Horn is best known for his work as a cover artist for Marvel Comics and various other publications.  In addition to comic book covers, his art has been featured in posters for Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics. His latest projects include covers for the on-going Ms Marvel series from Marvel Comics, Jenna Jameson's Shadow Hunter from Virgin Comics, as well as a series of pieces promoting Marvel's 2008 "event" Secret Invasion.

Mike McKone first published works included DC Comics' Justice League of America and Justice League International, as well as The Punisher War Zone for Marvel Comics. He is best well known for his work on Marvel's Exiles. This led to his work on DC's Teen Titans and Marvel's Fantastic Four.  Most recently, McKone has done work for Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man in 2011.

Jim Valentino began working for Marvel Comics on their superhero titles and his most notable work, at the time was as writer/artist for the series Guardians of the Galaxy. In 1992, he left Marvel to co-found Image Comics. Of the titles he created at Image, the super-hero series ShadowHawk is the most notable. In 1999, Valentino became publisher of Image Comics until 2003. Most recently, he created Silverline books an all-ages imprint for original graphic novels in 2008.

Matt Wagner is best known as the creator of the series Mage and Grendel. He has also worked on comics featuring The Demon and Batman in addition to the titles Sandman Mystery Theatre and the DC Comics limited series, Trinity. His most recent product is Madame Xanadu.

Phoenix Comicon is the signature pop culture experience of the southwest. Comicon is presenting guests and programming for hobbyists by attracting the top segments of the comics, anime, sci-fi, film, tv, and gaming industries. Entering its eleventh year, Phoenix Comicon is expected to draw over 40,000 attendees to its May 23-26, 2013 convention held at the Phoenix Convention Center and Hyatt Regency in Downtown Phoenix.

For more information, please go to http://www.phoenixcomicon.com.

 Kevin Hearne, Tom Leveen, Joseph Nassise, Yvonne Navarro, Weston Ochse, Janette Rallison/C. J. Hill and Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell Join PHXCC 2013

Phoenix Comicon is proud to announce that authors Kevin Hearne, Tom Leveen, Joseph Nassise, Yvonne Navarro, Weston Ochse, Janette Rallison/C. J. Hill and Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell will be attending Comicon 2013.

“We are so happy to have such an amazing group of authors joining us at this year's Phoenix Comicon,” says Marketing Director Jillian Squires.

Kevin Hearne is best known as the author of The Druid Chronicles, which are set in present day Tempe, Arizona, right down the road from Phoenix Comicon. The fifth book in the series, Trapped was released in November 2012. The sixth and seventh books in the series, Hunted and Shattered are both scheduled to be released in 2013. Currently, Hearne is working on a Stars Wars Universe novel.

Tom Leveen is best known for his young adult novel Party (2010). His second novel, Zero was released  in April 2012.

Joseph Nassise is an author of more than twenty novels. His debut novel, Riverwatch in 2003 was nominated for both the Bram Stoker Award and the International Horror Guild Award. He has also authored the internationally bestselling series Templar Chronicles, Jeremiah Hunt Chronicle and Great Undead War. His latest works released in 2012 are By the Blood of Heroes, King of the Dead and On Her Majesty's Behalf.

Yvonne Navarro is best known for her titles Final Impact, The Willow Files, Vol. 2 and That's Not My Name. Final Impact won the 1997 Chicago Women in Publishing Award for Excellence in Adult Fiction. The Willow Files, Vol. 2 won the 2002 Bram Stoker Award in the category of Works for Young Readers. That's Not My Name was the First Place Winner of the National Federation of Press Women's 2001 Communications Contest in the Fiction Novel Category.

Weston Ochse is best known for his first novel, ScareCrow Gods, in 2005. For ScareCrow Gods, he won the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. His co-written collection of short stories titled Appalachian Galapagos, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize for Short Fiction. In 2008, Ochse's novella Redemption Roadshow was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction.

Janette Rallison, who recently started using the pen name, C. J. Hill. Rallison focuses primarily on romantic comedies and her notable works include Just One Wish (2009), My Double Life (2010) and My Unfair Godmother (2011). Rallison took on the Hill pen name after her writing shift towards being a young adult author. Hill's first book and overall Rallison's latest work is, Slayers.

Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell is best known for her works The Shard Axe, Legacy of Wolves and Skein of Shadows. The Shard Axe was a 2012 Scribe Award Nominee. Most recently, Rockwell was a nominee for the Dwarf Stars Award for the Graveside Spell. 

Phoenix Comicon is the signature pop culture experience of the southwest. Comicon is presenting guests and programming for hobbyists by attracting the top segments of the comics, anime, sci-fi, film, tv, and gaming industries. Entering its eleventh year, Phoenix Comicon is expected to draw over 40,000 attendees to its May 23-26, 2013 convention held at the Phoenix Convention Center and Hyatt Regency in Downtown Phoenix.

For more information, please go to http://www.phoenixcomicon.com.