Tim Powers, Writer Guest of Honor
| | Tim Powers is the author of thirteen novels, including The Anubis Gates, Declare, Hide Me Among the Graves, and On Stranger Tides, which was adapted for the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie of the same title. His novels have twice won the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award, twice won the World Fantasy Award, and three times won the Locus Poll Award.
Powers has taught fiction writing classes at the University of Redlands, Chapman University, andthe Orange County High School of the Arts, and has been an instructor at the Writers of the Future program and the Clarion Science Fiction Workshop at Michigan State University.
Powers lives with his wife, Serena, in San Bernardino, California.
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Garth Graham, Webcomic Guest of Honor
“Hey you sass that hoopy Garth Graham? Now there’s a frood who really knows where
his towel is,” would be the words on the lips of internet trawlers the world
‘round if we didn’t happen to live in the unfashionable western spiral arm of
the galaxy. Instead, they just say how
professional he is as he lurks in modest internet fame, churning out
captivating comics since 2004 in an artistic style that mystically abducts the
essences of both western comics and eastern manga; blending them together
through patent pending methods into an addictive drug that tantalizes the optic
nerves in ways science has yet to be able to explain.
His latest artistic creation is Finder’s Keepers (http://www.finderskeepers.gcgstudios.com),
the dark urban fantasy of a young lady who accidentally claims the soul of a
man who is not entirely human, thus entangling herself in a mystery that spans
the breadth of human imagination. A
mystery whose solution will most likely get her killed, but is the only thing
that can return her to a normal life and break the bond between herself and her
otherworldly companion. It is kind of
like what you’d get if Scott Campbell of Danger
Girl drew Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere.
Garth has become well known for his steampunk art, though
his heart will always belong to cyberpunk.
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