Welcome to the Official 2012 Comicpalooza Texas Comic Con Website!
NEWS & UPDATES: HOUSTON TEXAS COMIC BOOK CONVENTION
February 3rd, 2012 - Guest Additions
Soon after his giant seven-foot-four frame landed him an offer to appear in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger as the Minoton, Peter Mayhew interviewed with George Lucas to play the lovable Chewbacca the Wookiee. ...more
Known for his ability to meet difficult deadlines and for his unique, etched-metal trading cards, Tommy Phillips has penciled, inked and colored many projects, including his own Kullen. ...more
Paul Maybury is an Award-winning artist and writer whose work has been featured by Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Heavy Metal, Ubisoft, Metro, Image, Criterion and Fast Company. He previously collaborated with writer Mark Andrew Smith ...more
February 2nd, 2012 - Guest Additions
George Takei is known around the world for his founding role as Starship Enterprise helmsman Hikaru Sulu for three seasons of television’s Star Trek, a role he later reprised in six movies.
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Dave "The Reverend" Johnson is a comic book artist best known for his work on the covers for the title 100 Bullets. He has also done a number of covers for Detective Comics and earned the 2002 Eisner Award ...more
Andrew Robinson joined the army after high school to pay for art classes. In his senior year at the Savannah College of Art and Design, he began illustrating short stories for Dark Horse Comics. ...more
January 13th, 2012 - Guest Addition
While Larry Niven is many things — award-winning novelist, mathematics scholar, television writer and comic book creator — he’s perhaps best known as the author of the 1970’s Ringworld science fiction series. ...more
December 16th, 2011 - Guest Additions
American film and television actress Kristin Bauer is best known for her role as Pam, the vampire co-owner of Bon Temps' Fangtasia bar in True Blood.She got her start in TV portraying flight attendant Maggie Reynolds in the FOX comedy The Crew. ...more
Marcio Takara has been working in comics since 2006, on titles such as SpiderMan & Fantastic Four: Hard Choices (Marvel), Marvel Adventures Super Heroes (Marvel), Dynamo5 (Image Comics) and The Incredibles (Boom! Studios). ...more
Eric Basaldua is an American comic book artist working exclusively for Top Cow Productions on interior artwork. Basaldua started his career at Top Cow Studios ...more
December 15th, 2011 - Guest Additions
Paul Black is a celebrated author whose first novel, The Tels, won the Writer’s Digest 2005 Book of the Year for Genre Fiction. His second book, Soulware, took second place in ForeWord’s Book of the Year Awards for Science Fiction. ..more
Working in the industry since 2003, Shane Davis illustrated the first issue of the JLA/JSA crossover storyline "The Lightning Saga," in 2007 and then penciled Superman/Batman issues #44–49. ...more
Chris Summers is a freelance colorist that has been working professionally for the last 7 years. He has colored various titles, including GI Joe, Dungeons & Dragons, Superman, Nightwing, The Perhapanauts and Spartacus: Blood & Sand...more
December 14th, 2011 - Guest Additions
Kevin Sorbo has fought gods and monsters and traversed the stars — not bad for a guy from small-town Minnesota. Upon his arrival in Hollywood, Kevin jobbed around a while before eventually finding the ideal showcase for his particular combination of talents. ...more
Michelle Delecki is an American artist known for her paintings of women, often referred to as pinup art. ...more
Considered the most “commercially successful” artist in science fiction and fantasy, Bob Eggleton has been putting brush to canvas and board for over twenty years, and is winner of 9 Hugo Awards ...more
November 30th, 2011 - Guest Cancellation
Due to a scheduling conflict, Arthur Suydam will not be appearing at Comicpalooza this year.
October 7th, 2011- Guest Additions
Actor Christopher Judge has acted in a variety of films (House Party 2, A Dog’s Breakfast), television shows (Andromeda,), animated series (X-Men: Evolution, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe) and video games (Def Jam Vendetta, Turok), but he’s undoubtedly best known for his work as Teal’c on the sci-fi series Stargate SG-1 ...more
Artist Howard Chaykin - Pioneering creator Howard Chaykin is among the most innovative artists and writers ever to work in the medium of comics. While he’s worked for all the major publishers on their biggest characters ...more
Artist Tyler Kirkham - Tyler Kirkham’s first paid art gig was drawing for a local newspaper, until he landed a job drawing indy book The Gift. Kirkham has since worked at Top Cow Studios (with artists like Marc Silvestri) and later on titles such as ...more
Artist Gerry Kissell - Gerry Kissell has worked on Xbox’s Alan Wake comic, IDW’s The A-Team, Army of Two, and the comic tie-in for the sci-fi film Iron Sky. He has also worked on Vanquish, Tim Kenyon's Endtime ...more
Artist Joe R. Lansdale - While he’s written graphic novels, sci-fi tales, mysteries and westerns, Joe Lansdale is probably best known for his horror work, such as the novella Bubba Ho-Tep, which was nominated for a Bram Stoker award ...more
Artist Dirk Strangely - Dirk Strangely is a conceptual designer, fine artist and writer of horror and fantasy. He is known for his newest published graphic novel, Dirk Strangely’s Graveyard Girl, as well as his children’s book ...more
Artist Ben Templesmith - Award-winning artist Ben Templesmith has risen to the top of the comic world with his work on such horrific books as 30 Days of Night, Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse and Hellspawn ...more
Artist Thom Zahler - Thom Zahler is the writer and artist of the critically-acclaimed, fan-favorite superhero romantic comedy Love and Capes, currently published by IDW. Zahler is also a letterer (Claypool Comics, Stan Lee/NHL The Guardian Project) ...more
