Tag: Artist (Page 1 of 2)

Gary Cohn

March 31, 2026 / ravenchair

For over thirty years Gary Cohn’s business card has read, “writer, teacher, fencer, motorcyclist.” He says that he has had two careers as a comics writer. The first was in the early eighties, when he co-created Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld and Blue Devil at DC Comics. His second comics career came a dozen years later, when he got aboard the Crusade Entertainment bandwagon early on, editing Shi and writing Shi: Senryaku as well as his own Demon Gun. Additionally, he has written a wide variety of other work, including several Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew paperbacks, short fiction, essays, history articles, ad copy, and more. In 2014, after retiring from teaching in NYC, he moved to Richmond, VA, where he has returned to writing. Current projects include Magic Bus, a collection of semi-autobiographical short stories; Playing With My Friends, an anthology of comics stories in the old House of Mystery model; New Devil, with Blue Devil artist/co-creator Paris Cullins and artist Derwin Roberson; and Nemesis, with former NYC teaching colleague and BronxHeroes Con founder Ray Felix. Gary is currently also doing writing/editorial/consultant work for Udderly Ridiculous Productions (udderlyridiculousproductions.com).

Fox and Field

March 29, 2026 / ravenchair

Fox and Field is a local crafter, creating hand-made goodness with a cottage nerdy twist! Including plushies, needle felting, accessories, and more.

Helen of Joy

March 28, 2026 / ravenchair

By day, I wrangle teenagers as a Career and Technical Education teacher in a small rural high school. By night, I turn into a Crafting Necromancer, conjuring creations out of recycled fiber, paper, resin, filament, electronics, fabric, and occasionally old mail (okay, frequently bills). My newest obsessions are cosplay and sending Happy Mail—because who doesn’t love a mailbox full of joy?

I’m a proud Cat Person =^.^=, currently under the benevolent reign of Gandalf (a regal Persian) and his sidekick Bookstahoodah (a tuxedo mischief-maker). For balance, I also have a Yorkie named Shostakovich who insists on being the dramatic lead in the ongoing sitcom that is my household.

I believe in kindness, creativity, and the power of meeting other kind, creative people—preferably over tea, good conversation, and spirited debate… like who the best Doctor was, and why it is Tom Baker.

Hobbes Holluck

March 28, 2026 / ravenchair

Hobbes Holluck is an artist/writer and art educator who has dabbled in many forms of visual storytelling to include comics, illustration, and puppetry. Hobbes’s work tends to be a whimsical combination of fantasy, adventure, and humor. He is best known for his all ages fantasy-comic series Fuzzbuquet. Hobbes’s other works include the sci-fi/fantasy series Green Knight Street Fight, the mythologically inspired The Krampus Cometh and various short form comics that have been published in Magic Bullet, a bi-annual comic newspaper. Hobbes tends to use traditional media when illustrating to include markers, acrylics, and airbrush.

Nick Justus

March 28, 2026 / ravenchair

Nick Justus is a 2011 graduate of The Kubert School of Cartoon & Graphic Art. His list of clients include Topps, Upper Deck, Tidalwave Comics, Blue Juice Comics, Thorny Comics, Image Comics, IDW Comics, Scout Comics, Black Caravan Comics, and Cosmic Lion Productions. He frequently works on artwork for Bad Dreams Books horror authors Aron Beauregard, Daniel J. Volpe, and Kristopher Triana. He also works on personal commissions for clients and self publishes his own comics. His 9-year-old son, Ryley, is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and is a cooler version of his dad.

Kit’s Craft Shop

March 28, 2026 / ravenchair

Kit’s Craft Shop is a woman-owned, LBGTQIA+ friendly local business that specializes in oddities, curiosities, crafts, décor, and more. Our mission: To spread creativity and love through all creations! Our motto: Never lose your fire and stay inspired!

Maya Preisler

March 22, 2026 / ravenchair

Maya Preisler has been creating art and telling stories since they were old enough to hold a pen, writing and illustrating their first science fiction novel at age eight. Their art has been featured on book covers, convention badges, and in numerous art shows. Their professional credits include cover design, book layout and editing, videography, video editing and special effects, podcasting, acting, illustration, IT, and political campaign management. In 2020, they published their first novel: The Laws of Entanglement. They are also the author of three published short stories, including “Daughter of the Birds,” which was included in CORVID-19: A RavenCon Anthology. Maya is the Art Director for Mocha Memoirs Press. Learn more at mayarenee.com.

Chris Semtner

March 11, 2026 / ravenchair

Chris Semtner is an award-winning, internationally exhibited visual artist whose work can be found in numerous private and public collections. He has written several articles and chapters in addition to eight books about Poe, visual art, horror, pop culture, and cryptography. His writing has appeared in Biography.com, Crime Writers’ Chronicle, Resources for American Literary Study, and other publications. He has been featured in publications including the New York Times, Mental Floss, Atlas Obscura, SyFy Wire, and Rue Morgue Magazine, in addition to appearing in documentaries in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Venezuela, and Japan. As the curator of the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond, VA, he regularly speaks about strange and macabre subjects at various venues from the Steampunk World’s Fair to the Library of Congress and as far away as Paris and Kyoto, Japan. He has participated in several RavenCons, and they even gave him a Webster Award.

Xexilia O. Shadows

March 10, 2026 / ravenchair

Xexilia O. Shadows is a “retro” webcomic artist who began her magnum opus Eternity Concepts in 1999, a mystery-romance. She has since continued and crossed into gallery and museum showings of her work, along with publishing her web-comic series in an ongoing collection of volumes. With an urge to express millions of unsaid moments, screams, and cries, Shadows’ works are both cryptic and emotionally deep, functioning as a storytelling medium. Using her own unique symbol language parsed within many wider meanings of imagery, she calls her pieces “visual mysteries” and maintains that most, if not all, works contain one, often several, puzzles. Far more complex than appearances let on, with the puzzles never publicly acknowledged or discussed, Xexilia has opted to present viewers with an intellectual test and allow curiosity, boldness, and willingness to accept failure all as solutions to help unlock the deepest meanings of each work.

This year marks the second edition release of her original first volume of Eternity Concepts, which was first announced and released at RavenCon 2015! She hopes to release the second volume this year. Eternity Concepts was also the subject of her solo exhibition at ArtWorks Gallery, featuring a collection of pieces of characters and themes from the series, and chosen as the subject as she wanted to ensure Eternity Concepts—and webcomics—crossed over into serious art pieces rather than being just a mere online hobby. Her pieces will show in London, Paris, Milan, Tokyo, and NYC over the course of 2026, and are always on display at ArtWorks Gallery in downtown Richmond at her resident studio space in studio 108.

Tangent Artists

March 8, 2026 / ravenchair

Tangent Artists, founded in 2009, has had the privilege of providing entertaining stories in the form of comics, gaming books, merch and now novels and videos. Starting with their best seller: The Handbook for Saucy Bards their Guild Guide series is expanding to include The Barbarian’s Coloring and Activity Book (for reading levels 2-4). And Monica Marier’s Must Love Dragons series is launching the prequel: Must Love Humans! Find out how Linus met Deirdre in this meet-cute gone wrong.