La Vie Cosplay is a multi-talented duo focused on entertainment and education. Since 2013, Elle and Ash have been honing their crafting and perform...
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Dessi-Desu is a cosplayer, costume designer, and illustrator with over 20 years of experience crafting and wearing her cosplay creations. Her cospl...
Elle is one half of the entertainment duo known as La Vie Cosplay. For 25 years, Elle has been in the convention scene as a cosplayer, producer, pe...
Lunar Lyn is an award winning cosplayer and self-taught sewist from Arizona who loves the art and craftsmanship of cosplay, as well as all things S...
Third Coast Costumes, also known as Jessica (she/her/they/them), is a multidisciplinary artist, theatremaker, and hobbyist cosplayer based in Chica...
VantaCreates is a Brooklyn born costume and prop designer. Her love for nerd culture started with reading Ranma ½, watching X-Men and hanging out ...
Jef Aldrich is author in The Ultimate Role Playing Game Series and podcast cocreator and cohost of System Mastery podcast with Jon Taylor.
Alex Is Crafting is a long-time yarn cosplayer and current President of the NYC Crochet Guild. She exchanged fabric for knitting and crocheting her...
Moondrop Atelier is an award winning cosplayer hailing from Upper Michigan. Primarily focusing on needlework, she has recently begun to branch out ...
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Art Baltazar is a super-cartoonist machine from the heart of Chicago! He’s all about peace, love, and joy. He defines cartoons and comics not onl...
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Harry Belden is an American actor. In 2023, he took over as t...
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Eti Berland is the Youth Services School Engagement Librarian at Wilmette Public Library. She moderates social media for the 90-Second Newbery Film...
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Lauren Bolger is the author of Supernatural/Occult Horror novel Kill Radio, a 2023 Malarkey Books title. Her short Horror has appeared in In Somnio...
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Lori Brand is a lifting enthusiast, group fitness instructor, yoga teacher, and software quality engineer. In past lives, she's been a gymnast, dan...
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Christopher Brimmage is the author of the hardboiled urban fantasy series, MANDRILL P.I., the comedic sci-fi series, The Multiverse Askew Trilogy, ...
Josh Brolin is an American actor. Son of actor James Brolin, he gained fame in his youth for his role in the adventure film The Goonies (1985). Aft...
DCW Builds is a costume and prop maker from the Chicago area, and a four time competitor in the Crown Championships of Cosplay. He has been cosplay...
Sue Burke spent many years working as a reporter and editor for a variety of newspapers and magazines. She is a Clarion workshop alumnus, and she h...
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Ian Cardoni grew up just outside Boston, MA. His first acting ...
Stephanie Carr is a four-time Emmy Award winning news producer who turned her media skills toward something a little more joyful: books and pop cul...
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Veronica Cartwright is a British-born America...
Casey Renee (Casey Renee Cosplay) is an award-winning cosplayer focused on education, craftsmanship, and sewing. Casey is incredibly passionate abo...
ChloeCat is a cosplayer from the UK who has been cosplaying since 2015. She mostly cosplays from her favourite anime and video games, loves meeting...
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Luci Christian is a highly acclaimed voice actress kn...
Anthony Cleveland began writing comics after departing from his position as County Coroner Deputy to pursue self-publishing. Shortly after, he was ...
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Nerds Gone Mild Cosplay is an award-winning cosplayer, panelist, judge, and the 2023 Crown Champion of Cosplay. Steph specializes in multimedia cos...
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James Cox is an award-winning filmmaker who has written and directed several motion pictures, including Wonderland starring Val Kilmer and the accl...
Born and raised by the Great Lakes, Alex Crespo writes about queer love, magic, and all the ways they intersect. When not writing, you can find him...
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Darren Criss is an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He rose to fame starring on the television series Glee (2010-2015) and received Emmy and...
James D'Amato is an author in The Ultimate Role Playing Game Series and podcast creator and host of the One Shot and Campaign: Skyjacks podcasts.
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Hugh Dancy is a British actor. He began his career with roles in the series Trial & Retribution (1997), Dangerfield (1995), Kavanagh QC (1995) ...
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Tony Dawkins, a native of Evanston, Illinois, went through many creative stages growing up. Though he lived in two countries and two states as a ki...
Shawnna Deresch has been crafting scary stories since she could first talk. Her love of horror began when she was a child watching horror movies wi...
J.S. DEWES is an author, cinematographer, and video editor who has written scripts for award-winning feature films and shorts. A video game writer ...
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After huge roles in some of the biggest films and shows of the last few years such as striker Jamie Tartt in Apple TV's Emmy award-winning, SAG awa...
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Malayna Evans was raised in Utah and spent her childhood climbing mountains and reading Sci-Fi. She moved to Chicago in her early twenties where sh...
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Layne Fargo has a background in theater women's studies and library science so it's only fitting that she now writes deliciously dramatic unapo...
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Cristo Fernández is a Mexican actor and filmmaker born in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Before acting, Fernández began his professional life as a soccer ...
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Appearing at Booth #SP17 (Comics Illustrated). Les L. Garner, Artist/Writer Les L. Garner is the author and artist of the creator owned title Apoca...
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Kimiko Glenn is an American actress who has performed on Broadway, te...
Author, Voice Over Artist, Audiobook Narration and On Air Radio Personality, I have dabbled into many different aspects of the voice recording i...
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Spencer Grammer is an American actress best known for he...
Marc J Gregson attended the University of Utah, where he graduated cum laude and received his bachelor of arts in English teaching. Marc’s pursui...
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Yaya Han is a cosplayer, designer and author with more than 20 years of activity in the fandom world. Yaya has made over 400 costumes, been feature...
Lana Harper is the New York Times bestselling author of the Witches of Thistle Grove series—queer witchy rom-coms set in a charming, secretly mag...
Fern Haught is an author, illustrator, and adjunct professor based in Cleveland Heights, OH. They love crafting stories incorporating queer charact...
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Maya Hawke is an American actress and model. She is the daughter of actors Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. She made her acting debut as Jo March in th...
Mary Winn Heider is the author of two middle-grade novels: The Losers at the Center of the Galaxy and The Mortification of Fovea Munson. She is cur...
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Rick Heinz is a crowdfunding expert with multiple projects. At Geek & Sundry, his press beat included covering TTRPG and Indie crowdfunding cam...
Hayley Burson (Hobbit Party) is a full time public librarian and part time cosplayer. She began cosplaying with her husband, Michael, in 2016, and ...
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Lauren Jankowski, an openly aromantic asexual, adoptee, feminist author from Illinois, has been an avid reader for most of her life. In 2015, she f...
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Booth : #1528 (Mr. Wayne's Pop Culture Collectibles)
Amanda Haas (Jedimanda) Author of Creative Cosplay and Level Up! Creative Cosplay, Amanda is an avid costume maker with more than 12 years of exper...
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Amy Jo Johnson is an American/Canadian actress and filmmaker. Amy grew up on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. As a child she competed as a gymnast, learnin...
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Samoa Joe, born Nuufolau Joel Seanoa, is a professiona...
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N.D. Jones, Ed.D., is a USA Today bestselling author known for captivating Black Fantasy and Paranormal Romance novels. She lives in Maryland and i...
Aleco Julius is a teacher living in Chicago. His work explores cosmic horror and weird tales. His writing has appeared in Vastarien journal, the fo...
Kate the Great Cosplays is best known for hosting cosplay meetups at conventions. Her favorite fandoms to cosplay from are Critical Role and Disney...
Katielavabug is a UK based cosplayer with 14 years of experience. She has represented the UK 3 times at the finals of the Extreme Cosplay Gathering...
Scott Kenemore is the author of the horror novels THE GRAND HOTEL, ZOMBIE OHIO, and LAKE OF DARKNESS. His newest book – a work of space-horror t...
James Kennedy is the author of the horror thriller BRIDE OF THE TORNADO, which the Guardian named as one of the “Best Science Fiction, Fantasy an...
Kim is a disabled cosplayer who loves to use her cosplay to push the limits of disability through performance and craftsmanship. She's won many Mas...
A.S. King has been called “One of the best YA writers working today†by the New York Times Book Review. King is the author of YA and middle gra...
Kirilee Cosplay has been cosplaying for the last decade and comes from the land down under - yes, Australia. She has won numerous local, national a...
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Katie Kubert is a Group Editor at DC Comics, overseeing some of the company’s most successful initiatives in Webtoons, manga, horror, and media. ...
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Linda Larkin is an accomplished actress best known for her iconic role as the voice of Princess Jasmine in Disney's animated classic "Aladdin." Bor...
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Hope Larson is the Eisner Award–winning author of Salt Magic, illustrated by Rebecca Mock. She has also written and illustrated many graphic nove...
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Cassie Lee is an Australian born athlete who has been wrestling professionally since 2009, following her childhood dream of becoming a professional...
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Minneapolis native Rachael Leigh Cook began her career as a model at the tender age of 10, gracing Milk-Bone boxes and Target ads nationwide in the...
Don Lincoln is a Senior Scientist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, America’s flagship particle physics laboratory. He has spent thirty ...
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Christopher Lloyd is an American actor with a relatively long car...
Luet K. (@lulucancosplay) is a second year BFA Wig and Makeup Design & Technology major at The Theatre School at DePaul University.
Lunar Lyn is an award winning cosplayer and self-taught sewist from Arizona who loves the art and craftsmanship of cosplay, as well as all things S...
Leo M.(they/him) is a third year BFA Costume Technology student at The Theatre School at DePaul University.
Matthew is a competitive cosplayer from the UK, most recently winning the UK crown championship twice in a row! His strengths lie in mixed media bu...
May Jean Cosplay is a costume and prop maker from Washington State, as well as a past ECCC regional winner for the Crown Championships of Cosplay. ...
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Jessica McKay (AKA Billie Kay) is an actor and professional wrestler. She has worked for WWE & Impact wrestling during her career.
Born...
Ethann Meadow is a second-year BFA Wig and Makeup Design & Technology student at The Theatre School at DePaul University.
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Jason Mewes is a New Jersey born and bred actor, who burst onto cinema screens in 1994 playing the fast- talking, foul mouthed but very likable cha...
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Lars Mikkelsen is a Danish actor known for his compelling performances across film, television, and stage. Mikkelsen began his acting career in the...
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Mads Mikkelsen is a Danish actor, former gymnast and dancer. He rose to fame in Denmark as an actor for his roles in film.
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New York Times bestselling author John Jackson Miller has written in many universes, including the upcoming Star Wars hardcover novel The Living Fo...
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Chad Michael Murray is an American actor and former fashion model known for his performances across television and film. Born in Buffalo, New York,...
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Amber Nash found her way to the entertainment industry in a r...
NGS Fabrications is a prop maker and cosplayer from Detroit, MI and Crown Championships of Cosplay competitor. He has been cosplaying since 2014 an...
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Brendan Noble is an American author writing epic fantasy with inspiration from his Polish ancestry, mythology, video games of all types, and Dungeo...
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Nolan North is an American voice actor from Connecticut who is known for voicing Nathan Drake from the Uncharted video game series, the Space Core ...
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Adam Nusrallah is the Producer and Head of Creative Development for the Cyanide & Happiness series. His other titles include The Stockholms, Pu...
Paige O'Hara is an American actress, singer & painter. She was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and began acting and singing lessons as a child....
Danielle Paige is the New York Times bestselling author of the Dorothy Must Die series, the Stealing Snow series, the graphic novel Mera: Tidebreak...
Maggie Hofmann (PaisleyandGlue) is an award-winning cosplayer, creator, and educator based in Chicago. She has been creating costume professionally...
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Hayden Panettiere is an American actress and voice actress. Her mother got her started in the business by doing commercials when she was just 11 mo...
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Be it as a writer, editor, and/or letterer, Chas! Pangburn puts words in balloons for a variety of publishers across the industry. He’s been fort...
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Chris Parnell is an American actor and comedian. First breaking through as a performer with the Los Angeles comedy troupe The Groundlings, Parnell ...
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Freddie Prinze, Jr. was born in Los Angeles, California, to Kathy Prinze and comedian/actor Freddie Prinze. He is of Puerto Rican, After graduating...
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Charli Rahe made a name for herself in the romantasy genre, writing kick butt heroines in surreal landscapes. Critics praised her debut Tried and ...
Precocious, outspoken child-teen starlet of the 1990s, Christina Ricci was born in Santa Monica, California, the youngest of four children of Sarah...
David Rider grew up roaming the alleyways of Calumet City. Like most Gen X kids, he lived an unsupervised, feral existence. This included consuming...
Veronica Roth is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Divergent series (Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, and Four: A Divergent Collectio...
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K.N. SALUSTRO is an award-winning science fiction and fantasy author who loves outer space, dragons, and stories that include at least one of those...
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Booth #SP3 (Caitlin Sangster). Author of She Who Rides the Storm, He Who Breaks the Earth, A Baker's Guide to Robber Pie, and the Last Star Burnin...
Scarlet Stitch has been crocheting since 2012 and crocheting full costumes since 2014 and is self-taught and passionate about encouraging cosplayer...
Zack is an award winning cosplayer who has been cosplaying for ten years, and specializes in needlework and dabbles in armor. Along with cosplay - ...
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Award winning author and artist, H. Gorlitz Scott was born somewhere between orange groves and raised amongst the alligator people of America's mos...
Damian Serbu lives in the Chicago area with his husband and two dogs, Akasha and Chewbacca. The dogs control his life, tell him what to write, and ...
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Ralph Shayne is an entrepreneur and finance professional, and the son of a mother who was a Danish citizen until she married an American and immigr...
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Kim Shearer has been a public educator for twenty years, serving students as an English teacher and librarian. She was named the 2012 Kentucky Teac...
Critically-acclaimed young adult author of more than a dozen books, including the Article Five trilogy, The Deceivers series, and The Glass Arrow, ...
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Ian Sinclair is a seasoned voice actor celebrated for ...
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Tiya Sircar is an American actress from Arlington, Texas. Sircar began dancing at age three, first Indian classical and folk dance, then ballet, ja...
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Author Brian John Skillen believes we are all called to adventure. Whether we answer this call by traveling around the world or by living vicarious...
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Kevin Smith is an American director, producer, writer, and actor. He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy buddy film Clerks (1994), which ...
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Julie Snyder is an Actor, Host, and Reader based in Central Florida. You can hear her as Jackie in the Audio Verse Award Finalist True Tales of the...
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Jen is a Lambda Literary Fellow, who holds creative writing degrees from Colby College and Harvard University Extension School. She works in talent...
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Most recognized as the vo...
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Svengoolie has been the premier horror show icon of Chicago, since multiple Emmy award winner Rich Koz became the hand-picked successor to the orig...
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Dr. Ariel Sylvester is the sole proprietor of Pretty Nerd Publishing and author of 12 books in 7 different genres that she wrote in one year. She a...
Jon Taylor is an author of the The Ultimate Role Playing Game Series and podcast cocreator and cohost of System Mastery podcast with Jef Aldrich.
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Evil Ted worked in the movie industry doing visual effects, prop, and model making for 30 years. He worked on films and television shows such as Fi...
The Engineers Cosplay are best friends Jen and Kelsey, who have 10+ years of cosplay experience each. They have won multiple awards, both as a gr...
Meet the McElroys! Clint was born first, which recent studies have shown is the best procedure for fathers and sons. Justin came along twenty-five ...
Michael (The Wizard Tailor) is a self-taught cosplayer and sewist with 9 years creating costumes and fashion pieces that inspire him. Audience Choi...
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Mason Thomas is an author of speculative fiction and his works center on strong and authentic gay protagonists. He currently has four novels, each ...
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Sameer is a filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist who has been cosplaying for over 12 years. With over 30 awards, nationally and internationally, ...
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Monster Maker and Practical FX Artist TrisRex was born and raised on the SouthSide of Chicago, where he was enamored by horror/sci-fi films, comics...
Jana Tropper (Animal Rescue Friends: Friends Fur-ever, Seeker Society) is a writer, a speech-language pathologist in a public elementary school, an...
Colleen AF (Ann Felicity) Venable is the author of many books for kids and was longlisted for a National Book Award for her YA graphic novel debut,...
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Richard White is an American actor and voice actor. With a career spanning both stage and screen, he has captivated audiences with his range and ch...
Laura Whitlock is an industry milliner, craftsperson, and educator with decades of experience in theatre, film and television.
Wigsmall is one half of Wig-Wig Cosplay! Wig-Wig Cosplay is an award-winning competitive cosplay pair out of Minnesota, USA. WigTall and Wigsmall h...
WigTall is one half of Wig-Wig Cosplay! Wig-Wig Cosplay is an award-winning competitive cosplay pair out of Minnesota, USA. WigTall and Wigsmall ha...
G.E. Woods (they/she) first ran into the arms of horror as a 5-year-old working in haunted houses. Queer, nonbinary, and invisibly disabled, they a...
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David Yost is an actor and producer best known for his role as Billy Cranston, the Blue Ranger, in the iconic television series "Mighty Morphin Pow...
YupKat (she/her) is cosplayer out of NW FL whose interests in crafts range from sewing and needlework to fabrication and electronics. She has been ...
