PALMCON: TREASURE COAST - GUESTS

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Mark Baumgarten is an old school Whovian who hosts and runs the award-winning Doctor Who podcast MarkWHO42. He became a fan in 1978 and worked on several of the Omnicon Conventions in South Florida back in the 1980s. With an accumulated Knowledge of Who-lore as well as Science Fiction in general, he needed to share it with the world. He is the co-creator and showrunner of MarkWHO42’s Universe, the best show this side of Gallifrey, available on all podcast platforms. He is also the creator, producer, and co-host of MarkWHO77, a video podcast all about British comic book creators with a connection with 77 Publishing!

Mark will be joined by his co-host - Juan Sanmiguel!

As a musician, writer, and convention personality, Matt Knowles has dipped his toes into many different creative pools over the years. He is no stranger to being in the public eye, having fronted metal bands and also being an in stadium P.A. announcer for multiple pro/semi-pro soccer teams.

Matt's first foray into the non-lyrical writing and creating world was the e-book version of HEIRS OF ISILDUR - THE CROSSROADS CONUNDRUM which begat the comic story arc of the same name. That arc saw 11 individual issues that were then reformatted / re-envisioned into a 268 page graphic novel.

The HEIRS OF ISILDUR one-shot NIGHTMARE SCENARIO and the BRAND NEW arc THE PERILOUS PROSPECTS are co-written by KNOWLES and his #TeamINSYM partner STEPH CANNON. They are in traditional comic format.

PikaBelleChu is most well known in the  anime world for her continuing passion for Pokemon.She has appeared in  many magazines and newspapers such as Nintendo Power, Animerica, Anime  Insider, Pokemon Fan, Beckett Pokemon Collector, VW Trends, EGM, Star  Banner, Riverland News, St. Augustine Record and the highest achievement  of being featured in the Gamers Edition of Guinness Book of World  Records 2009 for having the Worlds Largest Pokemon Collection in the  World, with over 8,000 items from American to Japanese collectibles. Also a cosplayer she has created more then  80 costumes mostly consisting of Pokemon and her own special creations  called Pokewomon Princesses where she takes a Pokemon and creates a  royal version of that Pokemon, some costumes taking more then 3 months  to create. When not promoting Pokemon and cosplaying for events for  children she also teaches kids cartooning at local craft stores and  paints murals in businesses and private homes where she lives.

Ryan Miller is a mixed-media Florida based artist, who is best known for his incredible Transformers and Transformers: Beast Wars art pieces. He painted the variant cover for the first issue of Cosmic Times’ series The Good, The Bad, and The Prehistoric. Other comic work for Cosmic Times includes the dynamic cover for the Chaser Platoon Collected Edition Trade Paperback. Recently Ryan has done some stellar work for the Transformers universe - painting several comic book covers for the Transformers: Beast Wars series. He also publishes his own webcomic and is constantly streaming his creative endeavors on Twitch and other platforms.

Steph Cannon's debut story, the one-page "Boot Hill," was a finalist in the Ghost City Comics Competition 2017. Since then, she has co-written and co-created multiple titles for #TeamINSYM, including Misfitz Clubhouse, Heirs of Isildur: Nightmare Scenario, Heirs of Isildur: The Perilous Prospects, and Tales from Nocturnia.

Steph has been a panelist at major conventions like San Diego Comic-Con, WonderCon, and Megacon Orlando, and has hosted panels at Ocala Comic Con, PalmCon, and Aethertopia. She also supports #TeamINSYM’s Matt Knowles with research for panel hosting.

As a freelance reviewer and columnist, Steph specializes in horror and geek culture, with over 90 credits in publications such as Fangoria, Horror Geek Life, Creepy Kingdom, Daily Dead, and Horror Buzz.