EAST BAY COMIC-CON Comic Book and Fantasy shows  
MOONBALL COMICS Presents
February 4th, 2024
CONCORD PLAZA INN (Formerly Crowne Plaza Inn)
45 John Glenn Dr, Concord, CA

Sun. 10:00am TO 5:00pm

Admission is Only $12.00. ($10 in Advance)
(Children under 12 years are Free)

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PARKING IS FREE, If the lot is full, there is plenty of parking across the street at the old Wells Fargo Building.
Please DO NOT PARK IN THE TACO BELL LOT, They Will Tow.

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2024 Guests



BARRY BOSTWICK

Bostwick is from San Mateo, California. He is best known for portraying Brad Majors in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and Mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom Spin City (1996–2002). Bostwick has also had considerable success in musical theatre, winning a Tony Award for his role in The Robber Bridegroom.
Bostwick originated the role of bad boy Danny Zuko in the stage production of Grease, earning a Tony Award nomination for his performance. This was followed by a voice role as Terr in the English-dubbed version of Fantastic Planet in 1973. He later starred with Tim Curry and Susan Sarandon in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), portraying Brad Majors. He also won a Tony Award for his performance in the 1977 musical The Robber Bridegroom. In 1981, Bostwick starred in the TV series adaptation of the 1978 film Foul Play, with his role modeled after Chevy Chase's and co-star Deborah Raffin in Goldie Hawn's part. The following year, he starred in Megaforce. Bostwick starred, along with Carl Weintraub, as Rick Armstrong in the short-lived ABC sitcom Dads during the 1986–87 season. From 1996 to 2002, Bostwick portrayed Randall Winston, the mayor of New York City in the sitcom Spin City opposite Michael J. Fox and his successor, Charlie Sheen. In 2006, Bostwick replaced Peter Scolari as Mr. Tyler, the father of Amanda Bynes's and Jennie Garth's lead characters, on What I Like About You.
Bostwick had a recurring role between 2004 and 2007 on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He has also had leading roles in various mini-series, including George Washington, its sequel George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation, Scruples, A Woman of Substance, War and Remembrance, and Till We Meet Again.

AUTOGRAPH PRICES
  • Signed Photo $50
  • Selfie Only $40
  • Combo (8X10 w/ Selfie) $60


AARON LOPRESTI

Lopresti's first published work of note was the Malibu Comics title Sludge, in 1993. He has since gone on to illustrate such titles as Marvel's X-Men, Captain Marvel, Planet Hulk and Ms. Marvel and was the artist for DC's Wonder Woman for issues #20-23, 26-30, 32-40, switching shifts with artist Bernard Chang. He drew covers for both Adventure Comics and Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton, as well as interior art for Justice League: Generation Lost. Lopresti was amongst the new creative talent running DC Comics' The New 52 relaunch in 2011, becoming the penciller of the new Justice League International series, working with writer Dan Jurgens. In June 2012 it was announced that Lopresti and writer Christy Marx will be producing a revival of Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld in the Sword of Sorcery title.
Since that time, Lopresti has written and illustrated the serialized Garbage Man series for DC Comics which appeared in the anthology mini-series' Weird Worlds and My Greatest Adventure and dealt with the adventures of a young corporate lawyer turned toxic muck monster who, according to Lopresti, was created because "the DCU needed a monster/hero character to replace Swamp Thing which at the time was being held captive by Vertigo". That project was followed by work on Detective Comics and Legends of the Dark Knight. In 2015-2016, Lopresti wrote and illustrated his first creator-owned project, Power Cubed, published by Dark Horse Comics and wrote and illustrated the revamped Metamorpho series for DC Comics.


SAM JONES

Sam Jones made his first film appearance in the 1979 romantic comedy film 10. His appearance in 10 allowed him to beat Kurt Russell and Arnold Schwarzenegger for his most famous role, that of Flash Gordon in the 1980 film of the same name. Jones' hair was dyed blonde for this role. However, a falling-out between Jones and producer Dino De Laurentiis led to the scrapping of a planned film trilogy.
He went on to play Chris Rorchek in the TV series Code Red (1981-1982). He had guest roles in other TV shows including The A-Team, Hunter, and Riptide. In 1987, he played the lead role in a TV adaptation of Will Eisner's comics character The Spirit. He also played the title character in the short-lived NBC sci-fi series The Highwayman. In the late 1980s and early 1990s he portrayed Johnny Valentine on the HBO series 1st & Ten.
Jones starred in the 1986 theatrical release My Chauffeur and the straight-to-video movies Jungle Heat (1985), Jane and the Lost City (1987), Under the Gun (1988), Silent Assassins (1988), Whiteforce (1988), Driving Force (1989), and One Man Force (1989). In the 1990s, Jones had roles in films including In Gold We Trust (1990), Maximum Force (1992), Fist of Honor (1993), Hard Vice (1994), Enter the Shootfighter (1995), Texas Payback (1995), The Killer Inside (1996), Earth Minus Zero (1996), Baja Run (1996) and American Tigers (1996), and guest roles in the TV shows Baywatch, Diagnosis Murder and Walker: Texas Ranger.
n 2007, he played the prisoner Krebb in the Sci Fi Channel original television series Flash Gordon. He also had extended cameos (as himself, with his blond Flash Gordon hairstyle) in both the 2012 comedy film Ted and its 2015 sequel, Ted 2.
STEVE LEIALOHA

Steve Leialoha's career began in 1975 with the early independent comic book Star*Reach, drawing the five-page story "Wooden Ships on the Water", adapted by writer Mike Friedrich from the song by David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Paul Kantner, in issue #3 (Sept. 1975). He continued to contribute to Star*Reach and the same publisher's Quack for four years.
Leialoha freelanced as a regular contributor to Marvel from 1976 to 1988, working on such series as Warlock, Star Wars, Spider-Woman, the Spider-Man title Marvel Team-Up, the Firestar limited series, New Mutants and Howard the Duck. He and writer J. M. DeMatteis co-created "Greenberg the Vampire" in Bizarre Adventures #29 (Dec. 1981).
Leialoha was one of the artists on Batman #400 and in the 1990s, he began working at DC Comics on Batman and other characters; at Harris Comics on Vampirella; and at Claypool Comics on Soulsearchers and Company. He inked part of the World's End story arc in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman series. The following decade, he became the regular inker on most of the issues of the DC/Vertigo series Fables, penciled by Mark Buckingham, for which they won the Eisner Award for "Best Penciller/Inker Team" in 2007


TRINA ROBBINS

Retired underground cartoonist and current comics herstorian Trina Robbins has been writing graphic novels, comics, and books for almost half a century. Her subjects have ranged from Wonder Woman and The Powerpuff Girls to her own teenage superheroine, GoGirl!, and from women cartoonists and superheroines to women who kill. She's won an Inkpot Award and was inducted in the Will Eisner Hall of Fame at the San Diego Comic-Con. She lives in a moldering, 100+-year-old house in San Francisco with her cats, shoes, and dust bunnies.
BRENT ANDERSON

Anderson was one of several artists to draw the comics adaptation of Xanadu in Marvel Super Special #17 (Summer 1980). In 1981, Ka-Zar The Savage, written by Bruce Jones, became Anderson's first regular series. The X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills graphic novel followed, as well as artwork on a number of Marvel Comics series, including the heroic space-opera Strikeforce: Morituri. During this period, Anderson was active doing artwork for independent publishers Pacific Comics and Eclipse Comics, including the innovative cinematic comic Somerset Holmes.
In 1995, Anderson co-created with writer Kurt Busiek and cover artist Alex Ross, the award-winning Astro City. Other work included J. Michael Straczynski's Rising Stars: Untouchable spin-off series written by Fiona Avery covering the life story of special assassin Laurel Darkhaven. Work continues on a 200-plus page graphic novel, Jar of Ashes, written by Shirley Johnston. Anderson worked with writer Marv Wolfman on a one-shot featuring Green Lantern and Plastic Man entitled Green Lantern/Plastic Man: Weapons of Mass Deception, released in December 2010. A Phantom Stranger ongoing series written by Dan DiDio and drawn by Anderson began in September 2012. In June 2013, Busiek and Anderson relaunched their Astro City series as part of DC's Vertigo line. The ongoing Astro City series concluded as of issue #52 in 2018.
In April 2022, Anderson was reported among the more than three dozen comics creators who contributed to Operation USA's benefit anthology book, Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds, a project spearheaded by IDW Publishing Special Projects Editor Scott Dunbier, whose profits would be donated to relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees resulting from the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Anderson and Kurt Busiek teamed up to contribute a new Astro City story to the anthology, which will harbor themes relevant to the events in Ukraine


JESSICA FONG

Jessica Fong is a Bay Area illustrator who enjoys creating surreal work of things that lurk in our dreams and is drawn to personal stories, projects for a cause, and worlds that need a hand coming alive. She works on projects for games, tabletop, books, zines, and more. Jessica is the cover artist for the highly acclaimed and award-winning Poison Ivy from DC and contributes to other comic series, Wizards of the Coast D&D and MTG, Critical Role's Midst series, and more.
JEFFREY WEISSMAN

Jeffrey is an American actor. He has appeared in dozens of motion pictures and TV shows, most notably as George McFly in Back to the Future Part II and III and as Teddy Conway in Pale Rider. He has guest starred spots on Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Max Headroom, Dallas, The Man Show, and with Dick Van Dyke on Diagnosis: Murder and as Screech's Guru on Saved by the Bell. Weissman is a teacher of commedia dell'arte and film technique, with students including both professionals and newcomers to the arts. He also teaches acting for film, directing, writing and improv at San Francisco School of Digital Film Making.


CHRIS MARINNAN

Chris Marrinan is a professional illustrator and comic book artist. He began his career in 1986 working for Eclipse Books on the title Champions. Later on he worked for publishers like First Comics and Hero Comics. His first published work for DC Comics was in 1988 on the title Wonder Woman. He was hired by Marvel Comics and worked on the title Captain America, Spider-Man, Nova and more. He has also worked for Image Comics and Dark Horse Comics.
BRANDON McKINNEY

Brandon McKinney is a storyboard artist and Director for television animation, a comic book artist and children's book illustrator. He's worked for Warner Bros., Hasbro Animation, Marvel Animation, Warp Graphics, Darby Pop Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Electronic Arts and Lucasfilm, among many other companies over his almost forty-year career.
Growing up, Brandon became enthralled by Spider-Man comics and the Star Wars films. Those propelled his desire to tell stories with pictures, and he started drawing every day. He got his first job in comics drawing 'Legion X1' for Silverwolf comics while he was still in high school. Brandon went on to draw Child's Play, Elfquest and Godzilla comics. In 1996 he got his dream job illustrating hundreds of scenes from Star Wars for the Big Little Book adaptations of the movies for Chronicle Books. Brandon wrote and drew a 3 issue series called 'Journeyman' that was published by Image Comics. In 1999, he got his first job doing TV animation storyboards for 'Batman Beyond', which launched a new chapter in Brandon's career working in animation. He still kept a foot in the comic book world, drawing a Graphic novel based on the 'Army of Two' video game, the comedy/ action series 'Doberman' for Darby Pop as well as the new 'Bruce Lee: The Dragon Rises' comic book series. He is currently working on storyboards for a new series "Harley Quinn" at Warner Bros. Animation.
He was raised in California where he attended many conventions in the San Francisco and Sacramento area. He is the father of four incredible kids who watch a few of the cartoons he's worked on.


CHRIS SCHENCK

Christopher Schenck grew up in a small town north of San Francisco, the son of pot-smoking hippies and liberal utopian dreamers. His intensely chaotic and backwards childhood was mollified by reading Conan and Silver Surfer comics all day and night in his treehouse. Determined to escape and live on solid ground, he made a career as a comic book penciller, enrolling in a school that had no comic book curriculum or faculty. After school he landed some small jobs in the burgeoning black and white boom of the late 80's which led to more work for DC Comics and Dark Horse. His first regular gig was penciller on Tarzan monthly for Dark Horse comics. Never one to sit still, he kept looking for new opportunities and new clients. The video game industry was just beginning, and he started to get jobs on games and animated shows. Since that time Christopher has worked on Batman Beyond, The Lord of the Rings, Stretch Armstrong, G.I. Joe, Secret Saturdays, DC Super Hero Girls, Monster Match, James Bond, Ultimate Spider-Man, and too many more to list here. In addition to his work in comics and animation, Christopher taught comics and figure drawing at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, starting in 1996, where he developed a reputation as a top draughtsman and storyteller. He currently lives in Northern California with his much smarter wife.
MARK BODE

Comics: Bode has completed and expanded upon many of his father's works. As a 15-year-old he colored the unfinished work Zooks, the First Lizard in Orbit for Heavy Metal. In 1984 he expanded and illustrated Cobalt 60, originally created as a short story by his father in 1968. Written by Larry Todd and fully painted by Mark Bode, the story was serialized in Epic Illustrated, and later collected by The Donning Company/Starblaze Graphics and re-published as a four-issue limited series by Tundra Publishing.
Bodé was the creator of black-and-white comic Miami Mice, published by Rip Off Press in 1986. Bode and Todd collaborated again on Rip Off Press' 1987 comic Gyro Force.
From 1988 to 1995 Bode wrote and drew comics with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman. The two collaborated on several issues for Mirage Studios, including issues #18 & #32. Bode was also the solo creator on the special edition Times Pipeline of TMNT. The Cobalt 60 saga was completed and was published as four graphic novels with Eastman's company Tundra Publishing.
In 2004, Fantagraphics published Bode's The Lizard of Oz, a send-up of The Wizard of Oz, starring his father's iconic creation, Cheech Wizard.
Bode's anthology work includes Subway Art, Spray Can Art, Mugs and Mascots, Burning New York, Broken Windows, Dondi White, Aerosol Kingdom, Picturing the Modern Amazon (by New Museum books), Jack Kirby's Heroes and Villains, 15 Years of Heavy Metal, 20 Years of Heavy Metal, and Comic Book Superstars.
Tattooing and spray can art: Bode took up the art of tattooing in 1994. He trained under the guidance of tattoo artists Al Valenta, from western Massachusetts, and Myke Maldonado, from New York.
Bode also took up spray can art, and has done many mural tributes to his father's characters over the years. In his career as a spraycan artist, he has done mural work globally in London, Spain, Italy, and Germany as well as locally in his hometown of San Francisco
DAN BRERETON

He is known for his skills as a painter and his distinctive character designs. His first published work in the comics industry was the story "Lost Causes Chapter 1" in Merchants of Death #1 (July 1988) published by Eclipse Comics and he painted the Black Terror limited series in 1989–1990.[5] Brereton gained further attention for his work on Batman: Thrillkiller, Superman and Batman: Legends of the World's Finest, and JLA: Seven Caskets, His most famous work is his own series "The Nocturnals."
Image Comics published Dan Brereton: The Goddess & The Monster, a collection of his work, in August 2010. Brereton wrote and drew a Batman story for DC Comics' digital first anthology series Legends of the Dark Knight in December 2015.
Outside the comic book field, Brereton's work includes the package illustration for a video game called "Machine Head," billboard and advertising art for Rawhide (a Wild West park in Scottsdale, Arizona), concept art for Pressman Films, the television show Numb3rs, development for Walt Disney Television Animation and album covers for the bands Toto, Fireball Ministry, Sote, Ghoultown, and Rob Zombie's Hellbilly Deluxe.


TIM VIGIL

Tim Vigil is an American comic book artist known for horror works, including the series Faust, which Vigil co-created with writer David Quinn. The book's main storyline, Faust: Love of the Damned, was adapted by director Brian Yuzna as the 2001 film of the same name.
Vigil was a member of the Rebel Studios crew.
ALEX DE LUCA

Alex De Luca is the creator, writer and letterer of the hit series Dragon Whisperer published by Red 5 Comics. Alex has written and lettered comics for Red 5 Comics, Antarctic Press, Black Swan Press, AC Comics, Jet-Black Grafiks for the legendary Jimmie Robinson of Image Comics fame, and a whole, WHOLE bunch of indies! If pressed, Alex will admit that he is the *official* cartoon voice of the great Geddy Lee of Rush. You'll need to ask him for details on that one.


JOHN FLESK
FLESK PUBLISHING

Flesk works with premier artists to produce a full line of art books featuring the best of comics and graphic novels, fantasy, illustration, and the fine arts. John Fleskes is the president and publisher of Flesk Publications. He has published dozens of books featuring some of the top contemporary and most revered artists in the field. Fleskes has contributed to numerous books as writer, editor and designer.
EMONIC

EMONIC is an illustration and graphic design artist that has exhibited with galleries along with work for small press comic companies such as Ferric Press on Gevaudan. His artwork gained a following through his work with Vertigo's The Sandman fine art shows and as of recent for an H.R. Giger collective art show with Copro Gallery in Santa Monica CA. Along with gallery work he has also participated in a number of live art events painting along side a few fellow artists James O'Barr, Mark Bode, Camilla d'Errico, and Jim Mahfood. As of the past few years his work was with teaching art and workshops in the CA, Bay Area. He primarily self publishes his work in sketchbooks and various prints of his own designed creations. His work has been supported by numerous collectors over the years from music artists, actors, and even a direct descendant of Edgar Allan Poe.
AGE SCOTT

Adrian "Age" Scott is the creator of the first comic book dedicated to Hip-Hop, "Won & Phil, The HipHop Heroes". He also has created the comic book,"SUPERHOOD and he's a podcaster for several shows. Also he works in the school system with today's youth.


JOHN STANLEY

In His Own Words..."For six years, 1979-1984, I was host of a San Francisco-Bay Area TV series, CREATURE FEATURES. I was preceded by Bob Wilkins, who first introduced the series in 1971 and carried through 1978. I say a mere six years . . . and yet all these years later the memories of the are thriving as never before. The devotion of you fans continues to amaze me. I am thankful to all of you for remembering those wonderful years, and for attending our events, and for picking up on my DVD and book releases, which I try to refresh annually.The purpose of this website is to keep alive your memories of CREATURE FEATURES, which for 14 years was the most popular TV show in the Bay Area, and ranked highly among all the horror-host programs that predominated on American TV during those magical years. I intend to keep the mythology of the show alive as long as I can. And now, come on in . . . if you dare! Learn more about the history of CREATURE FEATURES, see many autographed photographs, and visit the Store of Horror where you'll find many books and DVDs."
LORD BLOOD-RAH

Lord Blood-Rah hosts the long time syndicated TV series Lord Blood-Rah's Nerve Wrackin' Theatre now seen on The Nostalgia Network Saturday nights at 9pm ET / 6pm PT. He also presents the podcast Lord Blood-Rah's Nerve Wrackin' Auditorium, featuring the best of old time radio horror shows, available everywhere podcasts are found with new episodes dropping every Saturday. Both shows can also be found on youtube, as well as Capt. Paxar's Star Cadet Hour which launches kids of all ages on adventures with classic sci-fi heroes like Flash Gordon, The Space Patrol and Commando Cody, Sky Marshal of the Universe every Saturday morning at 9am PT.


MISS MISERY

Miss Misery is the host of the popular syndicated television show, Movie Massacre. She not only brings you late night chillers, she's also written and directed many films including Doll Murder Spree and Forgotten Tales. Author of the popular children's series Monsters and Halloween Night, her latest release is Slasher Girl and Miss Misery: Ghastly Ghoul.
MORE TO BE ADDED!.
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PANELS & EVENTS SCHEDULE

10:00 am to 5:00 pm
BOTH Exhibitor Room's OPEN!

12:00 - 1:00 *PANEL ROOM 1-
A Spotlight On JEFFREY WEISSMAN

A talk with GEORGE McFLY himself. With a Q/A to follow.


1:00 - 2:00 *PANEL ROOM 1-
A Spotlight On BARRY BOSTWICK

The Man, The Myth... The Legend! A Spotlight on the incredibly talented Barry Bostwick and his career as a Singer, Cult Icon, TV Star, SC-Fi Star and so much more.


2:00 - 3:00 *PANEL ROOM 1-
A Spotlight on TRINA ROBBINS

A talk with one of the leading ladies of Comics/Comix. Come hear Trina talk about her days as one of the early Underground Artists/Writters to her current days as a Writer and Historian.


3:00 - 4:00 *PANEL ROOMS 1-
10th ANNUAL COSTUME CONTEST!
Thats Right Fans.. Come dressed up as your favorite Comic Book, Fantasy, Game, Cartoon or Fiction Hero or Villian!
As always we encourage Cosplay and Costumes... but this year we are going to Have a Prize for the best ones.
We will have multiple Prizes for Multiple Catagories

Adult: Best Costume 1st Place
2nd Place & 3rd Place

Children: (15 & Under) 1st Place
2nd & 3rd Place

*EBCC COSTUME CONTEST RULES:
NO: Nudity or Heckling
Costumes can be home made and store bought
Extra points for creativity
Props can be used, Be respectful of others
Must registered the day of show. Sign up at the Registration.
Must be a paid attendee of the convention.
Children's category is for ages 15 and under.
Adult's category is for ages 16 and up.
Couples costumes or group costumes will be counted as one entry.


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LIMITED EDITION PRINTS

The First 250 PAID attendees will receive a Print done for the 2024 show.

And MORE to Come!

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There will be dealers from all over selling everything from Golden Age Comics, Original Comic Art, Posters, T-Shirts, Back Issue Comics, New Comics, Manga, Beanies, Pokemon and Lots More!

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