Travis is a comic book artist based out of Calgary, his first work was Savage Dragon #122 as a back-up story. In 2007 he was hired to do Adventures of Spawn by Mcfarlane Entertainment. He is now in the throes of creating his own intellectual properties Big Hitters,  Dreaded Fist and Reverse the Curse. Check [...]

Jorden Oliwa aka Johnny Gonzo is canadian artist/animator/storyteller/ who is a creator of timeless characters and stories in the form of animation, graphic novels and illustrations. Jorden loves to draw….Ink, paper, pencil, paint, pixels, it doesn’t matter. Pushing boundaries, remix it digitally with photos, 2d, 3d, music, poetry and any other kind of art to [...]

Dario was a Penciller for Marvel Comics in the early 90s on the following titles: Alpha Flight #125-130, Northstar mini-series, Night Thrasher #21-22, Captain America #432, What If? #67-68, Nova #12-13, The Marvel Action Hour: Iron Man and Pinhead mini-series from Epic Comics. In 1994 through 1998, Dario penciled the following titles: Star Wars Tales [...]

Tom Bagley is an illustrator, musician and instructor born and raised in Calgary. After a few early childhood years spent in Edmonton and Toronto, he has resided here since 1974.

Tom has been working professionally since 1988, when he graduated from the Alberta College of Art and Design. Having latched onto lifelong interests in dinosaurs, monsters [...]

Self-taught artist Cary Nord caught the attention of Marvel editors with his original artwork in the mid-90s. He has since gone on to illustrate series runs on Daredevil and Mutant X. He may be best known for his revitalization of Robert E. Howard’s pulp fiction Cimmerian barbarian, Conan, with Kurt Busiek writing, for Dark Horse. [...]

Scott Kowalchuk is co-creator of the acclaimed series The Intrepids (Image Comics). Below is an excerpt from FFWD’s article on the subject:

The Intrepids is a retro-style tale about a band of orphans who set out to counter the threat of mad scientists under the tutelage of an aging inventor whose inventions give the scientists enhanced [...]

Riley Rossmo is an artist for Marvel’s Daken – Dark Wolverine along with Matteo Buffagni. This is his first title with Marvel.

Riley has made a name for himself with the mysterious creatures of folk mythology in Proof, written by co-creator Alex Grecian, and Multiple Personality Disorder counter-intelligence agents called Triplets in Cowboy Ninja Viking, written [...]

Quickdraw Animation Society aims to surprise and delight audiences at Calgary Comic and Toy Expo by screening the very best, locally crafted, hyper-colourful and super flashy 8-bit animations! Created during Quickdraw’s annual “48 Hour Lockdown,” (an event where teams are designated 48 hours to construct a complete animation), the 8-bit animations will be preceded by [...]

Scott Cozens and Sheldon Smithens, stars of Canadian Pickers, will be attending the 2011 show, to buy collections and give out free autographs.