Bent-Con 2011 Update: Class Comics!
Class Comics publisher-writer-artist Patrick Fillion has made it official: he will be in attendance at the upcoming LGBT comics convention Bent-Con 2011 in Los Angeles. Patrick and his partner, co-publisher & writer Robert Fraser were listed on the prestigious guest list and a few days they confirmed it at the Class Comics blog.
Patrick Fillion and Robert Fraser rarely make convention appearances so their attendance at Bent-Con 2011 on December 3 & 4 is a big deal. The convention at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, California, the was already looking to be bigger & better than before Class Comics' first appearance really makes it so.
In case this in the first time you've heard about Bent-Con it's a convention for LGBT and LGBT-friendly comic-book artists, writers, creators, publishers, directors and producers. If you're a comics fan you really can't afford to miss this.
According to Class Comics Patrick & Fraser will be meeting & chatting with fans, selling & signing comics, giving away free stuff, AND participating in some of the con's panels. In addition Class Comics creators such as Zan Christensen and Mark Brill (Mark of Aeacus) will be there giving the company a strong presence.
Soo we'll have more info about the schedule of events & panels for Bent-Con 2011 but here's the rest of the guest list so far:
- Phil Jimenez, comic book writer, artist and penciller, Wonder Woman, Infinite Crisis, New X-Men and The Invisibles.
- Brad Rader, Emmy award-winning animation director, storyboard artist, and creator of True Adult Fantasy comics.
- Brian Anderson, award-winning creator of the comic So Super Duper.
- Chuck Kim, writer on NBC’s Heroes and with DC Comics.
- Dave Davenport, Comix artist of Marginalized Publications, DogSpunk.Com and tattoo artist.
- Jody Wheeler, writer, director of In the Closet and creator of DoorQ.com: The Gay SciFi, Fantasy and Horror Site.
- Joe Phillips, artist, illustrator, animator, designer and sculptor.
- Jon Macy, winner of the 2010 Lambda Literary Award for Teleny & Camille and creator ofFearful Hunter.
- Jane Espenson, writer and producer, Husbands, Buffy The Vampire Slayer
- Jeff Krell, creator of the groundbreaking comic strip Jayson.
- Belasco, erotic comic-book artist, sculptor and animator.
- Michael Troy, artist, creator of The Blonde Squad and The Boy Who Loved Magnificent Woman.
- Tim Sullivan, director of 2001:Maniacs, I Was A Teenage Wearbear, Chillerama.
- The Tom of Finland Foundation.
- JT Tepnapa, director, Judas Kiss, Star Trek: Hidden Frontier.
- Sean-Z of Rated-Z Studios and the creator of Myth.
- Paige Braddock, creator of Jane’s World.
- Carlos Pedraza, writer, producer, Star Trek Phase II and Judas Kiss.
- Kerry O’Quinn, creator and publisher of Starlog and Fangoria magazines.
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