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Daniel Brereton

Brandon McKinney

Christopher Schenck

	CBCS BECKETT CBCS comic book grading and Beckett Card and Manga grading will be at Sac-Con March 22-23 and the booth will be manned by two of the Vintage Comic Book graders. This is a great time to talk to an actual grader about the grading process or have your books reviewed before submission. CBCS and Beckett Manga are offering a 10% discount on all grading and pressing fees as well as a $5 per signature discount on any VSP (Verified Signature) submissions. In addition, they will accept take back submission for card grading and VHS grading.
	JSA On-site authentication for signatures signed at the show, previous events or items brought from home. Trusted by all major auction houses, dealers and collectors, any autograph backed by JSA certification enhances the value and marketability of the item. A $10/autograph authentication special will be offered for any item signed at the event. Visit SpenceLOA.com for regular submission fees.
	DANIEL BRERETON Award-Winning Creator Dan Brereton has been in the Comics game for over four decades, having written and illustrated for nearly every major American comics publisher, on a wide spectrum of characters and genres such as X-Men, Justice League, Batman, Thor, Red Sonja, Spider-Man, Vampirella, the Simpsons and many more. Past clients range from Walt Disney TV Animation , Hasbro Toys, CBS and musicians like Rob Zombie and Toto. Dan’s best-known and loved creator-owned property is NOCTURNALS, with a new, 2-volume Hardcover Omnibus out from Dark Horse Comics, and a new graphic novel currently in production. Dan is a regular Kickstarter Creator (you can follow him there!) Also find Dan and his work here : https://linktr.ee/B33Da
	RON LIM Ron Lim is a comic book artist living in Northern California. He is best known for his work for Marvel Comics on their various “cosmic” titles, most particularly the Silver Surfer series. He was “discovered” by Marvel at a 1987 comic convention and was hired on the spot. Lim penciled the Silver Surfer series for almost six years (1988 – 1994). He also penciled most of the “Infinity” trilogy of large-scale crossover limited series which Marvel published in the early 1990’s-Infinity Gauntlet (1991), Infinity War (1992) and Infinity Crusade (1993). He returned to these characters to pencil the Thanos series in 2004. He was also a regular artist on Captain America in 1990–1991, while he was also working regularly on Silver Surfer. Other Marvel series he worked on during the 1990s include X-Men 2099 (1993), Spider-Man Unlimited, Dragon Lines (1993), and Venom: Lethal Protector (1993). While Lim primarily worked at Marvel, he also worked at DC for a time in the late 1990s, providing art for the third and final year of Chris Claremont’s Sovereign Seven series. He also provided cover art & fill-in interiors for series like Hawkman, Green Lantern (vol.3) and Flash (vol. 2). He has done work for the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise at Archie Comics, including Sonic #100. In 1999 he was attached as artist to a failed revival of G.I. Joe to be published by Bench Press Comics with Larry Hama attached as writer. Lim was a founding contributor to the ill-fated publisher Future Comics, and in 2002 penciled their fourth series, Metallix, for six issues. Lim returned to Marvel in the 2000s illustrating several series associated with Marvel & Tom DeFalco’s MC2 imprint, including Avengers Next, J2 and the Fantastic Five. He contributed art in 2007 to the comic adaptation of Laurell K. Hamilton’s Guilty Pleasures, and since 2016 has been regularly providing variant covers for various Marvel one-shots, mini-series and event comics.
	BRANDON MCKINNEY Animation Director/Storyboard Artist on Harley Quinn. Brandon is a storyboard artist for television animation, a comic book artist and children’s book illustrator. He’s worked for Warner Bros., Hasbro Animation, Marvel Animation, Darby Pop Comics, Warp Graphics, Dark Horse Comics, Electronic Arts and Lucasfilm, among many other companies over his thirty year career. As Storyboard Artist- Batman Beyond, Invincible, Star Trek Lower Decks, Scooby Doo, Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons, The Death and Return of Superman, DuckTales, Batman vs TMNT, Rise of the TMNT, The Venture Bros, DC Super Hero Girls, Batman vs Two-Face, Justice League Action, Transformers: Robots in Disguise/Prime/Rescue Bots, Ultimate Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Black Dynamite, Ben 10, The Avengers: Earths Mightiest Heroes, Secret Saturdays, Batman The Brave and the Bold, GI Joe: Renegades/Resolute, Wolverine and the X-Men, The Batman, Static Shock, Justice League Unlimited, Legion of Superheroes. As Comic Artist: Bruce Lee, Elfquest, Star Wars (Little Big Books), Godzilla, Doberman, New Warriors, Spider-Man, Switchblade Honey, X-Force, Child’s Play 3, City of Heroes, Journeyman, Army of Two, Red Dawn: Crimson Storm.
	CHRISTOPHER 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.
	THOMAS YEATES Thomas Yeates has drawn comics for more than 45 years. He is considered by many to be an astute master of his trade. Growing Up Thomas Yeates was born on January 19, 1955 in Sacramento, California. He grew up with three older sisters and his mother and father. He made his first serious efforts in drawing as a six year old kid. From this time on, Thomas said, he never stopped drawing. His early inspirations were, of course, Tarzan and Disney’s Peter Pan. Tarzan was one of Tom’s childhood heroes and until today he is Tom’s favorite character. He once stated in an interview that he felt he was most alive when drawing Tarzan. Art Training Thomas is basically self-taught. His art training began in high school and continued at Utah State University and Sacramento State. Subsequently, he was a member of the first class at Joe Kubert’s School, a trade program for aspiring comic artists. Strongly influenced in his craft by old-guard illustrators like Hal Foster, N. C. Wyeth, Al Williamson and Wallace Wood, Yeates favorite settings to draw are the outdoors, and exotic locales. He particularly enjoys drawing pictures that reflect his feelings about justice and injustice, beauty, mystery, and adventure. Early Years as a Pro Yeates first professional work was for DC comics in 1978, a story featured in Sgt. Rock titled “Preacher”. He worked for DC Comics on numerous series, including Warlord, Mystery in Space and Swamp Thing. From 1984 to 1985, Thomas Yeates was the artist for Timespirits from Marvel/Epic. He worked for Eclipse Comics on titles such as Airboy, Scout, Lugar, the political documentary Brought to Light, and Aztec Ace. For Pacific Comics, Yeates did Alien Worlds and Vanguard, and for T.S.R., he illustrated the Dragonlance Saga based on the Dungeons and Dragons game. The Tarzan Years In the early 1990s, Thomas Yeates drew one of his childhood heroes, Tarzan of the Apes, for two and a half years, co-authoring and drawing “Tarzan, The Beckoning” (for Semic/Malibu). Tom recalls being one day on the phone with Danton Burroughs, who said to him: “Tom, if you still want to draw Tarzan, send your work to these guys in Sweden. They want to do a new comic, but their art is terrible. They make Tarzan look to much like Conan. Tarzan’s more handsome. If they don’t get some acceptable art, we’re going to turn them down”.< He went on to illustrate a total of 15 Tarzan comics, many for Dark Horse. ”The Return of Tarzan" featured his adaptation into comics Edgar Rice Burroughs second Tarzan novel. In 2017 Thomas worked hard on a revised Softcover collection of "The Beckoning". He redrew several panels and re-colored almost each page. Zorro and Superheroes During the same period, Yeates also illustrated “Dracula vs. Zorro” for Topps comics. This cult favorite was his first teaming with writer Don McGregor. Thomas then returned to DC and illustrated a comic book authored by Rachel Pollack titled “Tomahawk”. Set at the beginning of the American Revolution, it traces the awakening of the hero from his own bigotry after being captured by a Native American tribe. In the late 1990s McGregor and Yeates created a highly regarded Zorro newspaper strip. In 2001 Yeates illustrated two Universe X specials for Marvel in collaboration with Alex Ross and John Totleben. They’re titled ”Cap” featuring Captain America, and ”Beasts featuring the X-Men. The Paradise X special ”Ragnarok”, released in 2003 re-tells the story of the fall of the Norse Gods, featuring Thor, Odin, and Loki. Next Yeates helped Cary Nord pencil issues 3 – 14 of Conan and did an Escapist story for Dark Horse. In 2007 and 2008 he has illustrated seven graphic novels in the graphic myths series for Lerner publishing including King Arthur, Odysseus, Atalanta, King Arthur and Lancelot and Robin Hood. The Burroughs Year In 2009 Thomas was commissioned to illustrate the “John Carter Of Mars” novel published by Fall River Press in the Library Of Wonder Series. This hardcover book contains the classic tales “The Princess of Mars”, “The Gods of Mars” and “The Warlord Of Mars” by Edgar Rice Burroughs. For Dark Horse Comics Tom adapted the first part of the “Outlaw Of Torn”-story by Burroughs. Myths and legends In 2010 Thomas Yeates illustrated two kid’s books by popular writer Anthony Horowitz. Horowitz is the author of the terrific British TV series “Foyle’s War”, the Alex Rider kid’s book series and many other projects. The two books Yeates has illustrated are “Legends Book One Battles & Quests” and “Legends book Two Beasts & Monsters”. In 2012 the collaboration with Horowitz lead to the last two myths and legends books. The illustrations in “Tricks and Transformations” and “The Wrath of the Gods” were penciled by Michael Wm. Kaluta and inked by Thomas Yeates. Tarzan and Western In 2011 Thomas returned to Tarzan with The Once and Future Tarzan, serialized in Dark Horse Presents #s 8-10. At this time he started working on a western graphic novel based on a Louis L’Amour story (The Law Of The Desert Born) which was released in 2013. The Graphic Novel won a total of 5 Awards and was nominated for the Eisner Award 2014. And he continued work on Groo VS Conan with Sergio Aragones, out in 2014. The Prince Valiant Page From April, 1, 2012 Thomas Yeates took the art reins on the greatest adventure strip of all time, “Prince Valiant”. Since then there’s a new adventure of the famous Prince every Sunday in Newspapers and Online at comicskingdom.com (by subscribtion). Groo Thomas Yeates and legendary Sergio Aragones collaborated on two crossovers with Sergio’s GROO: In 2015 Groo vs. Conan was published, with Thomas being responsible for the Conan drawings. In 2020 the bumbling barbarian encounters the cunning lord of the jungle in a four part mini series.