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 [...]]]>

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 Of The Jedi: The Sith War series, Golden Age Of The Sith series, Fall Of The Sith Empire series & Jedi Academy: Leviathan mini-series with prolific writer/novelist Kevin J. Anderson. In 2002, he teamed up with Aaron T. Nelson, a budding writer and they co-created Joe Doogan: Zombie Hunter published by Digital Webbing (2005) and Marlow published by Arcana Studio (2012).

Dario owns and runs a virtual studio called Panday Studio since 2002. It’s a venue for all aspiring creators to come in, join and create collaboration projects. Some were mainly from his personal invitation while others invited themselves in. Check out his website or his deviantART page to see some recent work. At present he lives in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada with his wife Florence and three daughters Dareece, Dafne and Danzel.

Don’t despair though … if you are a comic artist and still want a table, you can purchase one. Details are here. We have tables for dealers too!

Will be posting information about all the artists over the coming weeks – stay tuned!

Photo used under creative commons from Jurischk.

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 [...]]]>
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 and rock & roll at quite a young age, his work has been used in numerous publications and advertising campaigns as well as on books and CD covers. He has also illustrated 25 years worth of posters for various bands and venues across Canada and abroad.

Drawing inspiration from such sources as old comic books, movies, paperback covers, children’s books, animation and advertising design, Tom combines a “vintage” look with modern subject matter, using a variety of commercial illustration techniques.

For the last few years, he has been enjoying the challenges of teaching the arcane secrets of Comics and Cartooning to a young clientele at the North Mount Pleasant Arts Centre.

It’s going to be our best yet! Dealers: if you had a table last year, you have 30 days (until the end of May) to confirm your booking for this year. Please call us at 403-246-1706, or email us using this form.

We are expanding our artists’ alley: there will be 20 artists (10 tables). If [...]]]>

It’s going to be our best yet! Dealers: if you had a table last year, you have 30 days (until the end of May) to confirm your booking for this year. Please call us at 403-246-1706, or email us using this form.

We are expanding our artists’ alley: there will be 20 artists (10 tables). If you are a comic artist or illustrator and would like a (free) spot, please contact us. Hurry, it’s filling up fast. Keep your eyes on this blog for announcements, very soon we’ll tell you more about the artists who will be in attendance.

Please call us at 403-246-1706, or email us using this form, to book your table.

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. [...]]]>

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. Conan #0: Conan the Legend won an Eisner for Best Single Issue.

He has also done several miniseries for Marvel including X-Men: Secret Invasion and Ultimate Human.

Cary will be signing, sketching and selling original art at the show on October 16, 2011.

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 [...]]]>

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 powers. The series is a throwback to the freewheeling adventure comics of the ’60s, and Kowalchuk’s illustrations evoke that era brilliantly.

The first issue sold out within its first week on newsstands in March 2010 and it was quickly sent to the printers for another run. It has received favourable reviews from many leading comic sites, in addition to a profile in USA Today.

The Intrepids #6 comes out today (August 24).

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 [...]]]> 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 by AJ Lieberman, both titles from Image Comics.

‘Proof’ is the nickname of John Prufrock, a well-mannered, well- dressed agent for The Lodge, a covert organization tasked with managing trouble-making cryptids. Proof also happens to be bigfoot, putting him in sometimes uncomfortable sympathy with the plight of his wild and weird subjects. It’s up to him, his no-nonsense partner Ginger Brown, and colourful cohort at The Lodge, to investigate and neutralize these creatures before they become anything more to the public than merely legendary.

In Cowboy Ninja Viking, a covert unit of agents selected for their multiple personality disorder become rogue assassins and must be taken down by one of their own, leading to unexpected character collisions as they change behaviour mid-conflict.

A graduate of the Alberta College of Art & Design, Rossmo has also created artwork for IDW, ESPN, Skratch and Skratch Magazine, and taught sequential art at ACAD.

He will be signing, sketching and selling original art at the show on October 16, 2011.