Mike DeCarlo is coming to Garden State Comic Fest 2025
Creator Eric Bellomo Creator Eric Bellomo

Mike DeCarlo is coming to Garden State Comic Fest 2025

Mike DeCarlo entered the comics industry as an assistant to Dick Giordano. When Giordano became an editor at DC Comics in 1980, DeCarlo became an inker in his own right. DeCarlo inked the penciled artwork of George Pérez on "The Judas Contract" story arc in Tales of the Teen Titans with Giordano.

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Keith Williams is coming to Garden State Comic Fest 2025
Creator Eric Bellomo Creator Eric Bellomo

Keith Williams is coming to Garden State Comic Fest 2025

Keith, a comic book inker, enrolled in the School of Visual Arts in New York City from 1976 to 1980. Majored in Media Arts and studied under Will Eisner, the creator of the Spirit comic strip. He received a Bachelor of Fine Art. With the help of Marvel comic book artist and mentor Don Perlin, Keith started working for Marvel Comics in 1982 as a background inker.

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Agents of SLABS is coming to GSCF 2025
Vendor Eric Bellomo Vendor Eric Bellomo

Agents of SLABS is coming to GSCF 2025

GSCF's Exclusive CGC facilitator, Agents Of SLABS Signature Service, one of the best companies around will be at @Garden State Comic Fest 2025 at the Codey Arena in West Orange NJ June 28-29th! Make sure to bring your submissions and they will take care of everything from grading, pressing, signing, and everything in between, the Agents are the ones to trust with your comics. We trust them with ours.

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Kevin Altieri is coming to Garden State Comic Fest 2025
Creator Eric Bellomo Creator Eric Bellomo

Kevin Altieri is coming to Garden State Comic Fest 2025

Kevin Altieri is a television director of animated cartoons. Altieri's directorial works include episodes of C.O.P.S., Batman: The Animated Series, GI Joe Renegades, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Transformers: Rescue Bots, Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters, and Stripperella.

He also was the Storyboard design, sequence director of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

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Emma Kubert is coming to Garden State Comic Fest 2025
Creator Eric Bellomo Creator Eric Bellomo

Emma Kubert is coming to Garden State Comic Fest 2025

Emma is a comic book creator, writer, artist, and teacher of the Joe Kubert School. After graduating from the Kubert School in 2018, Emma went on to work for many different companies including DC Entertainment, Marvel Comics, Image Comics, Tapas Entertainment, Dynamite Comics, and more! Starting her career as a layout artist for DC’s Teen Titans Raven graphic novel, she also served as an artist for Teen Titans Go!

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New Jersey Veterans Network to Garden State Comic Fest 2025
Charity Partner Eric Bellomo Charity Partner Eric Bellomo

New Jersey Veterans Network to Garden State Comic Fest 2025

New Jersey Veterans Network is a volunteer mobile outreach program that is completely dedicated to helping our veterans and their families live a better life.

Under the leadership of Francisco “Doc” Schupp, a retired Army Medic/Iraqi War Vet, and Veteran Activist and Shadow "America's Pup" GSCF is able to provide many veterans and their families a fun filled weekend.

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Chris Campana is coming to Garden State Comic Fest 2025
Creator Eric Bellomo Creator Eric Bellomo

Chris Campana is coming to Garden State Comic Fest 2025

Chris has worked with Marvel,DC, Hasbro,IDW,Image,Dynamite and many others. His work can be seen in Amazing Spider-man,Ghost Rider,Spiderman 2099,Red Goblin, Daredevil,Masters of the Universe,Green Lantern, Gi-Joe,TMNT,Red Sonja,Death Dealer, Fire and Ice, Lady Death,Vampirella,Pathfinder,Tellos and many others.

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Ryan G Browne is coming to Garden State Comic Fest 2025
Creator Eric Bellomo Creator Eric Bellomo

Ryan G Browne is coming to Garden State Comic Fest 2025

Ryan is a New York based comic book artist who has done work including covers for Image comics, IDW, Aftershock, Happy Tank, BOOM, Dark Horse ( titles including TMNT, Last Ronin, Department of Truth, Usagi Yojimbo, Thundercats, Transformers, GIJoe, MFKZ, MOTU and More) currently the cover artist and interior artist on the new book Murder Hobo

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Graham Nolan is coming to GSCF June 28-29th!
Creator Eric Bellomo Creator Eric Bellomo

Graham Nolan is coming to GSCF June 28-29th!

Graham is a Inkpot Award winning cartoonist best known for his long run on BATMAN in Detective Comics and as the designer and co-creator of the iconic Batman villain: BANE. Since 1983, Nolan has worked in the comic book industry for all the major publishers as a penciller, inker, writer and publisher as well as illustrating the syndicated newspaper strips, The Phantom and Rex Morgan, M.D. for King Features Syndicate.

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Billy Tucci is coming to GSCF June 28-29th!
Creator Eric Bellomo Creator Eric Bellomo

Billy Tucci is coming to GSCF June 28-29th!

Billy is an award-winning cartoonist best known for his modern-day samurai fable, “Shi”. Through Billy’s Crusade Fine Arts, the multi-Eisner Award-nominated Shi has been printed in five languages sold more than 3 million comic books. He has also worked on a litany of projects for DC Comics’ including “Sgt. Rock”, “Harley Quinn”, “Flash Vs. Superman,” and “Batman.”

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Maitland Ward is coming to Garden State Comic Fest at the Codey Arena in West Orange NJ June 28-29th
Guest Eric Bellomo Guest Eric Bellomo

Maitland Ward is coming to Garden State Comic Fest at the Codey Arena in West Orange NJ June 28-29th

Maitland is an accomplished actress and author. She made her acting debut as Jessica Forrester on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. Ward had guest-starring roles on USA High and the seventh season of ABC's Home Improvement; and co-starred with Jay Thomas and Mario Lopez in the 1997 television film Killing Mr. Griffin. Continuing to appear in film and television through the mid-2000s,

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Ron Garney is coming to GSCF Summer 25
Creator Eric Bellomo Creator Eric Bellomo

Ron Garney is coming to GSCF Summer 25

Over the course of his thirty five year career, Ron Garney has built a large fan following, illustrating some of the industry's greatest characters including Spider-Man, Hulk, Wolverine, Thor, X-Force, Captain America, Ghost Rider, Moon Knight, Silver Surfer, G.I. Joe and the Justice League of America, along with original series like Men of Wrath with Jason Aaron and acclaimed runs on Daredevil and Savage Sword of Conan at Marvel Entertainment.

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Andy Smith is coming to Garden State Comic Fest Summer 2025
Creator Eric Bellomo Creator Eric Bellomo

Andy Smith is coming to Garden State Comic Fest Summer 2025

Andy has been working as a professional artist since 1991. Mostly working in the field of comic books for major publishers such as Marvel, DC, Image, Acclaim and, Cross Gen Ent. Not content with just comic book projects Andy has also done a variety of commercial jobs for clients such as Athlita Entertainment/ Chicago Bears,

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James Pax is coming to GSCF Summer 25’
Guest Eric Bellomo Guest Eric Bellomo

James Pax is coming to GSCF Summer 25’

n the 30 years of acting & producing career, James played the Legendary role of Lightning starred next to Kurt Russell & Kim Cattrall in Big Trouble in Little China, Kinjite with Charles Bronson, Invasion USA with Chuck Norris, TV movie In love & War with James Woods, NBC TV series Nasty Boys as series regular as Narcotic cop Jimmy Kee with Benjamin Bratt.

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Steve Whitmire is coming to Garden State Comic Fest 2025
Guest Eric Bellomo Guest Eric Bellomo

Steve Whitmire is coming to Garden State Comic Fest 2025

Steve is best known for voicing many of our childhood favorites including Kermit the Frog, Statler, Rizzo the Rat, Beaker, Ernie, Wembley Fraggle, Bean Bunny, and Sprocket for nearly 40 years.

Since starting on THE MUPPET SHOW in 1978, Whitmire has performed in virtually every Muppet project including FRAGGLE ROCK and SESAME STREET,

Whitmire’s legendary voice can also be heard in such iconic movies and shows like THE DARK CRYSTAL, LABYRINTH, THE WITCHES, DREAMCHILD, and DINOSAURS.

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Kevin Clash is coming to GSCF: Summer 25
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Kevin Clash is coming to GSCF: Summer 25

Kevin Clash is best known for Elmo (Sesame Street) 1979-2012. He also was part of Labyrinth (1986), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 (1990) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 (1991), Happy Time Murders (SFX) 2018, and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (Netflix) 2019. In addition to Elmo, Clash is also known for performing Splinter (TMNT) Baby Sinclair (Dinosaurs), and Clifford (Muppets Tonight). 

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V Ken Marion is coming to GSCF: Summer 25
Creator Eric Bellomo Creator Eric Bellomo

V Ken Marion is coming to GSCF: Summer 25

V Ken Marion is a comic book artist, concept artist, and illustrator best known for his work with DC Comics, Aspen Comics, Image Comics, and Dream Key Studios. Notable works include “Aquaman: Deep Dives”, “Trinity,” “Deathshroud,” “Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps,” “Green Lanterns,” “Titans,” “Vanish,” “Jirni,” and “All New Soulfire.”

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Howard Mackie is coming to GSCF: Summer 25
Creator Eric Bellomo Creator Eric Bellomo

Howard Mackie is coming to GSCF: Summer 25

Howard was dragged kicking and screaming into writing his first comic book (Iron Man #211) a few years ago and has been working in comic book publishing ever since. Chronicling the adventures of GHOST RIDER, SPIDER-MAN, THE X-MEN, X-FACTOR, GAMBIT, WOLVERINE, BATMAN, and countless other characters for Marvel, DC, and Archie Comics. His most recent work for Marvel was GHOST RIDER: RETURN OF VENGEANCE and the 2023 GHOST RIDER:: BLOOD AND VENGEANCE featuring his return to writing Danny Ketch as the Spirit of Vengeance.

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