Featured Appearances
Ross Marquand
Booth 1116
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Appearing Courtesy of Bodamer Brothers Flooring
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Ross Marquand is an American actor native to Denver. Upon receiving his BFA in Theatre from the University of Colorado he moved to Los Angeles and quickly garnered attention in various film and television projects.
After portraying the late Paul Newman on "Mad Men," Marquand went on to land perhaps his best known role, Aaron, on "The Walking Dead." Following this came notable credits on "The Mindy Project," "The Last Tycoon," and "Brockmire," as well as a cameo in "The Avengers: Infinity War" as the perennial super villain Red Skull.
Also an accomplished voice actor, Ross has lent his unique vocal talents to projects like "Robot Chicken," "Family Guy," and "American Dad." He is known for impersonating a plethora of celebrities including Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Matthew McConaughey and over 50 others.
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The following options can be pre-purchased by clicking the buttons below for redemption voucher pickup at the C4 Ticket Will-Call the weekend of the convention. Options may also be purchased the weekend of the show at Ross's booth or at the C4 Ticket Counter via cash or credit card. These prices are not inclusive of the cost of entry into the convention. A valid ticket to C4 2025 is required for entry in addition to any guest experiences purchased.
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Bebe Alkaid
Booth 1205
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Bebe Alkaid Cosplay is a professional, international and award winning cosplayer born and raised in Northern Michigan. She has been cosplaying since 2015 and has no interest in stopping! Bebe loves to build big foam armor sets that are challenging, detailed and out of this world, but are also strong characters that she admires. She is known as a Master Foam builder.
Some of the armor sets she has built include various World of Warcraft, Mortal Kombat, Legend of Dragoon and so much more! Video games are where her heart lies. She loves the complexity of video game fashions.
Bebe Alkaid Cosplay has become a positive voice in the cosplay community for body positivity and how to feel comfortable within your own skin (and cosplay). She also loves teaching people about (cosplay) "Builds on a Budget". She has also done various charity work related to her cosplays including the "Street fighter tournament for charity".
Bebe has been featured on magazine covers and center spreads, Nerdist, Yahoo has guested with various online and in person conventions all over the country. Along with all those guest appearances, she has also judged more than 50 cosplay contests big and small.
She was also named Indie Gamers' Cosplay Creator of 2021 and has nearly 100 cosplays to her name.
Ming Chen
Booth 1117
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Appearing Courtesy of Traverse City's Top Comics
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Ming Chen’s road to Jay & Silent Bob’s Secret Stash all began in 1995, when the college student, video store employee, and Kevin Smith follower developed a fan website based on the movie Clerks. Smith, who appreciated Chen’s work, reached out and asked him to create the Web site for his production company, View Askew Productions.
Twenty Six years later, not only does Chen continue to work on many of Smith’s online projects, but he has also ventured into several other areas within the Kevin Smith empire, most recently hosting a weekly podcast called I Sell Comics! on Smith’s podcast network, SModCo. Chen is not only the technical expert for The Stash, but he is also the perfect person to send out to do the jobs no one else wants to do. He takes it all with a smile, and is happy to be a part of
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During his free time, Chen serves on the board for the YMCA of Greater Monmouth County and the Garden State Film Festival. He also co-owns a podcast studio with called “A Shared Universe” and is a partner in a coffee, gaming and comics café called “Coral Sword” in Houston, Texas with former major league ballplayer Hunter Pence. Chen has been married to his wife Debbie for 19 years and has two children, Lillian and Harrison, a dog named Joy and a cat named Scallion.
Ryan Claytor
Booth 1009
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Ryan Claytor is the Coordinator of the Comic Art and Graphic Novel Minor and Assistant Professor at Michigan State University where he teaches the Comics Studio courses and spearheaded the development of the interdisciplinary Comics Minor between the Art and English departments.
Claytor's achievements have included six Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo Prizes, two nominations for the Ringo Comic Industry Award. He also served as a Judge for the Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award (2007) and the Eisner Comic Book Industry Awards (2024).
Claytor's international client list includes companies such as Moleskine, Stern Pinball, Verizon Wireless, Mr. Jones Watches, and more.
Other artistic pursuits include designing neon signs, watches, fancy pancakes, and cross-stitching.
Seth Damoose
Booth 907
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C4 2025 Poster/Guide Cover Artist
Inaugural Gary Reed Independent Creator of the Year Recipient
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Award winning comic book artist and Eisner nominated Seth Damoose was born from the frozen tundra of Lake Michigan. Seth Damoose entered the world with a salt-and-pepper beard so perfect, that God herself wept at the creation. With a lifelong fascination with drawing and the drive and determination of a Detroit muscle car, Seth set out to carve his niche in the comic world. After being told that his style was more VW Beetle than Ford Mustang, Seth opted to forego traditional training and hone a style the profits would call "Too Cartoony." His clients include Image Comics, IDW, SPP, Devils Due and more.
Jason Douglas
Booth 1007
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Jason Douglas is a Northville based, Plymouth raised, MSU educated, Michigan author of comics, stage plays, and prose. He has been a public school teacher for the last 25 years, which means that while his entry into the world of published comics is relatively new, fresh, and exciting, he is no spring chicken. While he is humbled and honored to be back at the warmest, kindest convention around… You should not chase him at book signings, conventions, or even on the street, as his knees no longer work the way they once did.
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PARALLEL, Jason’s very first published comic, sold out of its initial SPP print run and garnered not one, but TWO Ringo Award Nominations for Best Writer and Best Single Issue or Story. The story is a dark twisted sci-fi tale in the vein of the most mind bending episodes of Dark Mirror and The Twilight Zone, and is now available in an expanded Special Edition.
Jason’s newest book JANE AMERICAN entered the world last year as a 32 page one-shot in partnership with Comix Well Spring. It is set in historic Plymouth Michigan and is inspired by and dedicated to the life of his late grandparents (long time pillars in the community).
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The exciting 132 page followup Original Graphic Novel continuing Jane’s adventures is OFFICIALLY available in both Hardcover and Softcover formats at 2025 C4! Jane was living a life of family, stability, and hope during the war years… until she wasn’t. Until the war brought tragedy to her front doorstep and changed her in unbelievable ways that were better left hidden. But the economic hardships brought on by the end of the war have left Jane with a choice… stay safe, stay hidden… of embracing who she really is and what she can really do for the sake of everyone that she loves!
Jay Fosgitt
Booth 909
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Jay P. Fosgitt has created comics for many familiar properties, such as SESAME STREET and DREAMWORKS ANIMATION (Ape Entertainment), MY LITTLE PONY, G.I. JOE, MICRONAUTS, TRANSFORMERS, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES and STAR TREK (IDW), POPEYE (KING FEATURES), ADVENTURE TIME, RUGRATS, THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL, UNCANNY VALLEY, JIM HENSON'S LABYRINTH, THE DARK CRYSTAL and FRAGGLE ROCK (Boom), BETTY AND VERONICA and LITTLE SABRINA (Archie), ROCKET RACCOON AND GROOT, AVENGERS, GWENPOOL, WEB WARRIORS, CHAMPIONS, DEADPOOL, JESSICA JONES, NOT BRAND ECHH. LOCKJAW, SPIDER-GEDDON and DAMAGE CONTROL (Marvel), RUMBLE, I HATE FAIRYLAND(Image), DARK RIDE (Skybound), and Jay has illustrated several book series for Disney Publishing. Jay has also written and drawn his creator-owned titles BODIE TROLL, JUNK DRAWER COMICS (Cheeseburger Press), DEAD DUCK AND ZOMBIE CHICK (Source Point Press), and NECRONOMICOMICS (Rue Morgue). He resides in Metro Detroit with his cats, Goonie and Sparky.
Ryan Lee
Booth 1008
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​C4 2025 Badge Artist
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Ryan is a Michigan-based comic artist whose work includes various RICK AND MORTY projects for Oni, the horror epic, MOUNTAINHEAD, and ARCHER and ARMSTRONG for Valiant. He’s currently drawing the horror comedy GOOBERS for Vault Comics. In the past he’s drawn weird, spooky, and screwy stuff for Marvel, Dark Horse, Image Comics and many others.
Josh Malerman
Booth 1118
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Appearing Saturday 5/24 ONLY!
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Josh Malerman is the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box and Incidents Around the House. The former was made into a hit Netflix movie starring Sandra Bullock and the latter begins filming in May. Malerman is also one of two singer/songwriters for the Michigan rock band The High Strung, whose song "The Luck You Got" can be heard as the theme song to the Showtime show "Shameless." He lives in Michigan with his fiancee/soul mate, the artist/musician Allison Laakko and their dozens of pets.
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This is his first foray into the graphic novel world and he could not be more excited than he is.
Jeff Manley
Booth 702
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Jeffery J. Manley has been a ProAm cartoonist for 25 years. He is best known for his comic strip Riley a Teenage Bigfoot and his collaborative webcomics Punching the Clock and Terrorbads. Jeffery has three brand new books since his last appearance at Cherry Capital Comic Con.
Dirk Manning
Booth 1118
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Dirk Manning is the writer/creator of comic series such as the supernatural noir TALES OF MR. RHEE and the genre-bending horror anthology NIGHTMARE WORLD.
More of Dirk’s comic work includes an official graphic novel adaptation of the classic lost horror film LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT (with the estate of Lon Chaney), RSVP: E.S.P. (with New York Times #1 bestselling author Josh Malerman), BUTTS IN SEATS: THE TONY SCHIAVONE STORY (a #1 Best-Selling Graphic Novel on Amazon), BURIED BUT NOT DEAD (Ringo Award finalist for Best Original Graphic Novel in 2021), TWIZTID HAUNTED HIGH-ONS (Ringo Award finalist for Best Humor Comic in 2020 and 2022), HOPE, THE ADVENTURES OF CTHULHU JR. AND FRIENDS, HOMESTEAD, and ARN ANDERSON: MY LIFE AS THE ENFORCER among others. Now predominantly publishing with Source Point Press (where he also serves as Special Projects Manager), Dirk was an early adapter in using crowdfunding to launch his comics and graphic novels, with his works having raised over half a million dollars and counting in pre-sales on Kickstarter alone.
Dirk is also the author of the inspirational/how-to column turned book series WRITE OR WRONG: A WRITER'S GUIDE TO CREATING COMICS and has contributed several short stories to the RPG game series CLOCKWORK: DOMINION for Reliquary Game Studios. His screenplay writing credits include the YouTube horror series BLACKBOX TV episode “The Hunger” (directed by Drew Daywalt and featuring Bonnie Aarons and Jon Gries).
When not at his desk writing, touring the comic convention circuit, and/or sampling his way across the best ice cream shops in the world, Dirk can be found online at www.DirkManning.com and on most social media platforms as @dirkmanning.
He does not wear a top hat and scarf in real life.
Bryan Mazany
Booth 811
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C4 2025 Badge Artist
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Bryan is a traditional artist from Freeland Michigan who specializes in portraits and dabbles in sequential comic book art. His design was chosen for the 10th anniversary C4/Right Brain beer can design contest, he is the artist for Amanda Cannon featured in Source Point Presents vol 1, and his artwork has been featured in the Ghostbusters Artbook by Printed in Blood. He loves to draw pop culture icons and characters from comic, horror, and sci-fi genres...and the occasional pet portrait.
Angel Medina
Booth 1121
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Angel Medina began his career with Megaton Publications (‘Berzerker’, ‘Megaton’) and First Publishing (‘Dreadstar’, ‘Jodah the Hammer’) in the second half of the 1980s. He then went to Marvel Comics, where he had runs on ‘The Incredible Hulk’, ‘Warlock and Infinity Watch’ and ‘The Avengers’. Later on he joined Image Comics with Todd McFarlane, where he was the artist of ‘Sam and Twitch’, Spawn, and ‘Kiss: Psycho Circus’.In 2005, he was assigned to the Marvel Knights Spider-Man’ title with writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa at Marvel.
Jason Moore
Booth 1122
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Jason’s most current work is as inker over pencils by TMNT: The Last Ronin artist Ben Bishop on the Image Comics series Drawing Blood which was co-created and is written by legendary Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Co-Creator Kevin Eastman and Elvira scribe Dave Avallone.
In recent years, Jason has been working as inker on many of the Elvira comics series published by Dynamite Entertainment and has been inking variant covers for the wildly popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin - Lost Years mini series, the regular TMNT series and Thundercats. He’s also inking pencils by Immortal Hulk artist Joe Bennett on a number of historical comics mini-series for publisher U.S. Comics.
Jason also provided the original cover artwork for the recently collected hardcover and trade paperback editions of 80’s “Outlaw Comic” Faust: Love of the Damned by David Quinn & Tim Vigil.
He began his career in comics in 1989 working for Caliber Comics inking The Realm, Deadworld, Caliber Christmas, Caliber Presents, and the Realm/DeadWorld crossover title Realm of the Dead among several other projects. After working at Caliber, Jason began inking for Chaos! Comics on Evil Ernie: Destroyer, Halloween II and Halloween III, co-pencilling Leatherface for NorthStar Comics and inking many titles for Malibu Comics/Ultraverse such as Rune, Mantra, Codename: FireArm, The Exiles to name a few.
He worked as inker over Kelley Jones on the comic adaption of the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp film Sleepy Hollow, as well as Batman: Haunted Gotham and The Crusades… all of which were published by DC/Vertigo Comics. He has also been a long time inker for Kyle Hotz on Spider-Man: The Osborn Journal and many other titles for Malibu, Kingstone Comics and also Eibon Press on Maniac, Gates of Hell, House by the Cemetery and Laserblast.
Long before The Walking Dead and Zombie craze that is everywhere these days, Jason was the penciller/inker for the early 1990s Arrow Comics title The Dead which was featured in Fangoria Magazine and was banned in Canada and the United Kingdom and is now featured in the Key Collector app as a rare “controversial comic”!
He was the movie poster artist for the Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe documentary seen on Netflix, inker over Mike Zeck on Great Lakes Comic Con G.I.Joe #224 Variant cover as well as inker over Jim Lawson on Great Lakes Comic Con variant cover of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #78.
Jason's also worked with the company Super 7 as inker on mini-comic covers and packaging artwork for the toy line of Masters of the Universe Ultimates featuring He-Man, Skeletor, Teela, Ram-Man and Faker.
Bill Morrison
Booth 1124
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Bill Morrison is best known for his work with The Simpsons and Futurama as Creative Director, writer, and artist at Matt Groening’s Bongo Comics.
He began his career as an illustrator, painting dozens of movie posters including many for Walt Disney Pictures, such as The Little Mermaid, Bambi, Peter Pan, Cinderella, and The Jungle Book.
When Matt Groening founded Bongo Comics, Bill was on board as art director and drew the very first Simpsons comic. He soon took on the role of Creative Director, editing Bongo’s entire output, and writing and drawing stories and covers.
In addition to his Bongo work, Bill has created thousands of Simpsons and Futurama drawings for T-shirts, video games, posters, toy packaging, books, calendars, limited edition prints, etc.
Bill also worked with Groening on early character designs for the Futurama TV series and served as series Art Director. And he recently worked as character designer and artist on Groening’s Netflix series, Disenchantment.
Most recently, Morrison created a graphic novel adaptation of The Beatles Yellow Submarine for Insight Editions, was Executive Editor of MAD Magazine, and is producing more merchandise art for The Simpsons.
Pink Petal Cosplay
Booth 1206​
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Pink Petal Cosplay is a Michigan-based cosplayer specializing in 3D printed cosplay props and weird fabrication methods They aim to encourage people to think outside the box, educate on topics such as electronics and 3D printing, and inspire people of all levels to continue to grow their skills in the ever-evolving hobby that is cosplay. They offer learning resources such as panels and presentations, patterns, cosplay guides, tutorial videos and photo guides, and more to help foster growth and creativity in the cosplay community.
Eric Powell
Booth 1119
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Eric Powell is an Eisner, Ringo, National Cartoonist Society, International Horror Guild, and Inkpot award-winning cartoonist. While he has worked for every prominent American comics publisher on titles such as Superman: Bizarro World, Big Trouble in Little China, Marvel Monsters, and Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, the majority of his career has been focused on creator owned comics. Most notably his series The Goon and his work through his own imprint, Albatross Funny Books. Recently he has collaborated on the graphic novels “Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?” And “Dr. Werthless” with prominent true crime author Harold Schechter.
Corinne Roberts
Booth 903​
C4 2025 Exclusive Puzzle Artist
2024 Gary Reed Independent Creator of the Year Recipient
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Corinne Roberts is an illustrator working in comics and children's books (Bug Bites, Drawing Dragons and the Out and About series). She teaches throughout Michigan and continues her passion of painting in watercolor and pen. You can see more of her work and current projects through her website: corinneroberts<dot>com or social media, Instagram: @corinneroberts123
Bart Sears
Booth 1120
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Appearing Saturday 5/24 & Sunday 5/25 ONLY!
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Bart Sears has been drawing comics professionally for over three decades, working for DC, Marvel, Valiant, CrossGen, Image, Dark Horse and a number of independent publishers. A few of the many titles he’s worked on include Valiant’s "XO Manowar" and "Turok," Marvel’s "Captain America and Falcon" and "Blade," and DC’s "Justice League Europe" and "Legends of the Dark Knight." Well known for the cult classic art tutorial column Brutes and Babes that appeared in Wizard Magazine, which inspired a generation of artists, Bart has recently spawned a new series of how-to-draw books called "Drawing Powerful Heroes."
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Bart also works extensively in the toy and gaming industry, designing C.O.P.S., G.I. JOE and WWF boys toys for Hasbro, and X-Men figures for Toybiz, and in video games, producing concept art for multiple titles.
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The creative force behind Ominous Press, telling relentless, powerful, compelling tales of heroes, creating “Dread Gods” and “Demi-God” as well as writing and drawing "Giantkillers," he is busy creating lessons and content for the Drawing Powerful Heroes series of books, along with a slew of other IP and creative projects.
Find him at:
bartsearsart<dot>com
ominouspress<dot>com
K Lynn Smith
Booth 902
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​C4 2025 Badge Artist
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K. Lynn Smith is an award winning artist and writer from Michigan. She is the creator of the western comic PLUME, published by Devil's Due Comics, the fantasy adventure FOR GOODNESS' SAKE, and the 1940's supernatural THE HOUSE OF LOWTHER, and has been involved with projects such as GARFIELD: HIS 9 LIVES from Boom!, AFTERGLOW from Space Between Entertainment, HOPE from Source Point Press, and LOOT from Scout Comics & Entertainment.
Tom Waltz
Booth 1123
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Tom Waltz is a former active duty U.S. Marine, Desert Storm vet, and former California National Guard Military Policeman. He is also the NYTimes bestselling writer of critically-acclaimed and fan-favorite graphic novels, including TMNT: THE LAST RONIN, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, WOLVERINE : BLOOD HUNT, PHASES OF THE MOON KNIGHT, VENOM, THE LAST FALL, CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE, FINDING PEACE (with Nathan St John), AFTER THE FIRE, SILENT HILL: SINNER'S REWARD, SILENT HILL: PAST LIFE, SILENT HILL DOWNPOUR: ANNE'S STORY and many others. He has also written for video games, including as co-writer for SILENT HILL: DOWNPOUR (Konami), and writer for GHOSTBUSTERS: SANCTUM OF SLIME (Atari), TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: BROTHERS UNITE (Paramount), and TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANTS IN MANHATTAN (Activision) and TMNT: SPLINTERED FATE (SEMC). He grew up in Clinton, Michigan and currently makes his home in San Diego, California.