Nerd Fest Guests & Vendors

 Neil  Vokes has been active in the comics field since the mid-1980s, drawing  his first comic, 'The Key Eternal', at Comico in 1984. He has worked for  several companies in various genres since. His work was published by  the two major comic book publishers: Marvel ('Untold Stories of  Spider-Man') and DC ('Superman Adventures'). He was also present at Dark  Horse with 'Adventures of the Mask' and 'Jonny Demon'. Among his other  credits are Malibu's 'Tarzan the Warrior', Crystal/Apple's 'Eagle' and  Comico's 'Robotech Masters'. He has also drawn graphic novels like  'Parliament of Justice' and 'The Black Forest' at Image Comics.  

  Bob Petrecca's comics career began in 1990 as one of John Romita's  Raiders at Marvel Comics and continued as a freelance inker/artist for  Marvel, DC, Continuity and Malibu from there. Some Marvel titles include  Captain America, Thor, Dr Strange, What If, Hyperkind, Spider-Man. Some  DC titles include Batman Confidential, Justice League Unlimited, Green  Lantern, JLA, Birds of Prey, Action Comics, Aquaman, even Scooby Doo  among others. Also, countless sketch cards for Upper Deck that include  Marvel, Firefly, X-files and Aesop's Fables. He has worked with  prog-rockers, The Dear Hunter in bringing their music to comics in the  form of "All Things Regarding Ms. Leading". Bob has also done movie work  for the CROSS franchise of films as well as the upcoming "The Rufus  Buck Gang". Currently, he is devoting as much time as possible to his  own graphic novel based on his screenplay, "The Armor  

 Carmen Costa is a writer and educator from the Southern New Jersey/Philadelphia area and the founder of the publishing house Harpoon Creative Industries. Though passionate about education, he spends much of his free time writing about fantastic worlds and their characters. He has earned a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Rutgers University and a Master’s degree in education from Wilmington University. He recently finished his graduate studies in Reading Specialization at Rowan University. Along with the publication of Proctor issues 1-6, he will be releasing a children’s book in the coming months.  

Leonard  Apa is an author living in New Jersey. He is a member of ITW  (International Thriller Writers). His short fiction has been published  in CAPED: An Anthology of Superhero Tales, Deadman's Tome Campfire Tales  Book One, the first issue of Creepy Campfire Quarterly, and The Good  Fight 5: The Good Fight. He was also featured in the "Reject a Hit"  segment of Writer's Digest. Introducing the Scarlet Scrapper is his  debut novel.
 

Summary-
Set  in the 1940’s, a young boy witnesses a murder and narrowly escapes his  own death. He sets out to find the only man that can help him: The  Scarlet Scrapper. The only problem is that the Scarlet Scrapper doesn’t  exist in the real world, and Frank Hodge, the man who voices him, is no  hero; he just plays one on the radio.

Hodge,  dealing with demons of his own, must decide if he will continue down  his own disastrous path, or become the hero that Thomas needs him to be. 

L.S. has worked as a submissions editor and a copy editor on several magazines, authored a column for new writers, and was a founding editor of the online magazine, Ray Gun Revival, now on hiatus.

She has books published in two series, Deuces Wild and the Sword’s Edge Chronicles, and is known for blending futuristic tech with medieval mysticism and creating rich worlds filled with action, heart, and humor.

Her short stories have been included in two anthologies of the best short stories and poetry from Double-Edged Publishing, and also in Inkd Publishing's Hidden Villains. Various online and print magazines have published her stories as well.