SPACE Exhibitors N to S
Michael R. Neno:
Publisher of comics and zines since 1987 and freelance penciler, inker,
letterer and colorist. I also design concert posters, record covers and
illustrate books and magazines
Keith Newsome:
Keith Newsome has been doing various kinds of art since he was in 5th grade. He
got into comics in the early 80s, met some of his artic heroes. Decided to get
into self publishing. Worked with Hunter Productions and Broken Glass Studios.
He started doing dragon illustrations early on and it has become one of his
favorite things to do. He is currently writing, drawing and creating his own
creation GODSENT under the umbrella of a new comic company October Harvest
owned by Eugene Layne Jr.. He is also creating a 60 page book of all his short
stories. He has been published in various other small press comics and Zines.
Matthew Northrup:
I learned to read via comics, and fell in love with counter-culture works at an
early age. I've studied and practiced the language of sequential storytelling
for as long as I could hold a pencil, and have been seen by some greats in the
field, but all deals fell through. Now, I've just decided to do it on my own,
self publishing my first book in 2022 and going back to college to strengthen
my writing and illustrative senses.
Candy Ober:
My traveling tool kit holds my dreams of wonder, play, & fun! ..watercolor
& brushes to paint; needles, thread, fabric & binding to quilt; paper,
pens, ink, nibs, & pencils to draw; cut outs & glue to collage: carving
tools to stamp; iPad, Apple Pencil, & Procreate app to digitally imagine.
Maryanne Rose Papke:
Maryanne Rose Papke has been self-publishing short comics since 2010. Her
comics are usually weird, often silly, typically cute, sometimes sad, and occasionally epic. She has
currently more than 12 minicomics in print.
Koda Peterson:
Koda Peterson is an artist from Wichita Falls, Texas. They are a comic book
artist and illustrator. You can often find them getting coffee in Columbus,
Ohio where they currently live.
Nate Powell:
Nate Powell is a National Book Award-winning cartoonist who began
self-publishing as an Arkansas teenager in 1992. His work includes the new
graphic novel Fall Through, a comics adaptation of James Loewen’s Lies My
Teacher Told Me, memoir/essay hybrid Save It For Later, civil rights icon John
Lewis’s March trilogy, Come Again, Two Dead, Any Empire, and Swallow Me Whole.
Powell’s work has received four Eisner Awards, two Ignatz Awards, the Comic-Con
International Inkpot Award, multiple ALA and YALSA distinctions, and is a
two-time finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He lives in
Bloomington, Indiana.
Warren Reed:
Born in England, raised in Europe, college and more adventure in the US, then
lived in France and Tanzania, visited a few countries in North, East and West
Africa. Comics in college papers, then got into animation, several films in
festivals in three continents, moved to Columbus for work, also adjunct
teaching at CCAD. Identity and alterity are main themes, with liberal doses of
humour, action and romance! Intend to do some HORROR!
Refugee Youth Project:
The Refugee Youth Project (RYP) helps school-aged
youth develop the knowledge and skills required for academic success and
positive integration. Programs include after-school support, summer school,
college access, and community arts. After-school programs focus on homework
help, social skills, and building and improving English language skills.
Funding for RYP is provided through the generous support of the Maryland Office
for Refugees and Asylees (MORA), as well as supplemental grant and fundraising
dollars. All RYP program services are FREE for eligible students. RYP partners
with local colleges, universities, and high schools to recruit more than 250
volunteers each year.
Max Schaller:
Max Schaller is a cartoonist in Columbus OH who writes and draws some wild
shit.
Anna Sellheim:
Anna Sellheim is originally from Washington DC. She earned her MFA in comics
from the Center For Cartoon Studies in 2016. She has been published by the Nib,
Oni Press and Seven Days (Vermont’s Alternative Weekly Newspaper). She also has
contributed to a number of anthologies, most notably Dirty Diamonds and Comics
For Choice, an anthology of nonfiction comics about abortion that raised over
$30,000 for the National Network Abortion Fund. Her work primarily deals with
health, trauma, and the healing power of art. She now works at the Refugee
Youth Program, where she teaches art and comics to refugee youth ages 5-21
throughout Baltimore City. She helps guide her students into creating their own
healing art practices, while also using comics as an opportunity to solidify
their English skills. One project of note, the RYP Zine, is an anthology
created by her students at Patterson High School. The sales of the initial
print run has raised over $1000 for the student snack fund.
Nick Stellanova:
Nick Stellanova is a comic artist and illustrator from Ohio. He loves to play
with making comics and creating stories. His work focuses on personal identity,
nature, and the queer community.
Laura Shaw:
Laura Shaw is a psychological horror writer and comics artist based in
Columbus, OH. Shaw started her career in comics at the Columbus College of Art
and Design and achieved her BFA in 2024. She has worked beside many industry
writers and editors, such as Shelly Bond, and has participated in multiple
comics events such as CXC. Shaw, ever the animal lover, uses her skills to draw
attention to the plights surrounding animal conservation and protection which
you can read about in her new comic, HYBRID.
So Pro Comics:
So Pro Comics is an independent publisher striving to blend modern
storytelling, production and distribution with a retro, anything-goes sense of
fun, founded in Marietta, Ohio by long-time indie comic do-it-yourselfers
Michael K. Easton and Jordan Lowe.
Joshua Ray Stephens:
VENOMYTHS is Joshua Ray Stephens’ ongoing anthology of cartoon future fantasy.
Equal parts sci-fi, fantasy, philosophy, poetry, religious revelation and silly
ass comics. Set in a far off future in a psychiatric asylum that everyone calls
Magic Moon VENOMYTHS is a mind bending romp through the ravings of an
over-active imagination and over-saturated mind.