Spring Fling 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. 

 Christian Angeles runs the pop-up comic booth Monomythic, selling graphic novels while bringing fans together to talk comics and entertainment. He is an Eisner Award–winning journalist who served as Senior Editor at ComicsBeat during its award-winning year (2024) and currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of The DeMonster, an outlet founded by BOOM! Studios influencer/creator Sami DeMonster. He's currently finishing a sequel to his story in Mark McKenna's The Tomb of Baalberith, alongside artist Katia Vecchio (Image Comics, Mad Cave) and letterer Dezi Sienty (Batman: The Court of Owls) 

 Christian     Espiritusanto learned the trades for the love of Comic and          Storytelling  at The Joe kubert School of Cartooning in Dover New         Jersey  & from  the best Artist in the Industry along with  many    TOP      Superstars &  instructors from big Names in Comic  Book     publishing     company such as  Marvel,DC, Dynamite,and  DarkHorse.      Christian     Espiritusanto  was  published on the   Official Walking    Dead magazine    issue #18, aka   contributing pin up    artists on  TWD    mags. Christian  Espiritusanto  collaborated  with   several      artists,writers and published  on  Horrendous and stupendous    magazine     .In  1995 Christian Espiritusanto   Created his very own  comic     series   called  Warriors Amongst Realms  that  was released On  August    1st   2018  Christian  Created his own  production  company  called   Iloco    productions  Studio Were  other  artists and  creators  come   together to    create and  work on new   projects from story   boards   designs to Films   you  can check  out  Christian  Espiritusanto  on  of   Facebook  Instagram  at    Christian.E.Santo_ArtWrite

 Chris  Lundy will be selling Transformers from Beast Wars and other series at  the show, as well as his middle grade horror novel "The Book That Haunts  Me" and his comic book "Hero Of The Day." Stop by to talk about The  Toms River Book Show which takes place in June. 

 Freelance artist~ Taking commissions, Comic/poster art, prints, portraiture, concept artist, writer 

 Steven  Farkas is a horror and Science Fiction writer. He has written and  published fifteen books in the genres of horror, science fiction and  dystopian futures. He is best known for his short horror fiction and  novellas, zombie books and collections, and the Blue Blaze books, his  science fiction crime book series.
Find out more information at
https://linktr.ee/darkmindofstevenfarkas 

 Gianni  Boy Vee is an aspiring children's comic book creator and freelance  illustrator. He is the owner and editor-in-chief of his comic book  business, Highland Pop Media. Gianni Boy Vee recently released the first  issue of his new children's comic book series, Tales from Places Beyond  Belief. To view his work, visit his website, www.highlandpopmedia.com. 

Lifeline Comics is a Ringo Award-winning New York-based comic publisher founded by Kat Calamia & Phil Falco.

As a company founded by queer creators, Lifeline Comics is dedicated to publishing comics across a wide range of genres with an emphasis on diversity and inclusiveness.

You may know Kat & Phil from their WEBTOON Slice of Life, our comic anthologies (the Ringo Award-Winning Transphoria, Bi Visibility, Aces & Aros, and the Ringo Award-Nominated Hairology), or from their many creator-owned series.

Kat is a member of the Kickstarter Advisory Council and Lifeline Comics release the majority of their titles first through Kickstarter campaigns.

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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.

The 501st Star Wars Legion is a charity organization with wonderful volunteers that cosplay as Star War Characters.  " Bad guys with big hearts! New Jersey's chapter of The 501st Legion, supporting charities through the love of Star Wars ."

Gizmo Bros. offers up great fun for all ages with their Hot Wheels Themed Races.  They have proven to be a HUGE hit with show attendees!

A cosplay group founded by Military Veterans to help other Veterans with PTSD thru costume building and cosplay.