Guests
Commedia Mania-
A Renaissance theater group will perform a live Stage Show Friday Evening (1 Hour Show, with comedic warm up), will hold 2 Workshops. They will teach Movement Work shop Twice 1.5 Hour Each. This would encompass Commedia, Clown, Japanese Movement Training. 2-3 Stage Shows of Commedia Mania during Saturday 30-45 Sets. The cast is 5-6 actors and they will set up pitch at the con and do comedic routines through the Night and Day in addition to the normal show.
Shawnti Therrien
is an American creator, writer, illustrator, editor, and sculptor. Shawnti’s first published work as a professional writer and illustrator appeared in Am I Immortal, her own title, in 2003. Shortly after, she joined a networking group, the Comicbook Artists Guild (CAG) when she met Rusty Haller who soon introduced her to CAG's president, Keith Murphey. In October of 2006, she became the East Coast Vice President of that same organization, CAG. During that time, she contributed stories to all three issues of Guild Works Productions, Psychosis! which featured her character Meth. Those stories earned her a CAG Award for Best Storyteller in 2009. In that same year, Shawnti started the CAG Manga graphic novel, With Honor as the creative director for the upcoming anthology.
In 2010, Shawnti's professional relationship with GWP partner, Mark Mazz grew into her current position with indie publisher Atlas Unleashed. Once Mazz started his new venture, she joined as the VP of New Product Development. In this role she has fostered the development of new talent and projects, including their flagship suspense-fantasy title, Schizophrenia. One of those projects includes Static Lullaby the creation of Nathan Baker, and Shawnti Therrien.
Her dark personal vision of vampires, and their emotionally striking motives landed her a contract in 2009 with the comics publisher, Free Lunch Comics with the title, Am I Immortal. Wanting to market her own work, and be the sole creative voice for Am I Immortal Shawnti started her own publishing venture, Immortal Gothic in 2010. In addition to publishing print versions of her stories, Shawnti also produces a number of web-comics that can be found on her Immortal Gothic and Am I Immortal sites. The premiere web-comics strip, The Origin is the origin story of her character Cain from the Am I Immortal title. Another strip that is available is Rose Against the Moon illustrated and edited by Shawnti, and written by Nathan Baker.
Shawnti’s creative accomplishments extend beyond the boundaries of comics, including creating artifacts with a local sculptor, Richard Chalifour, in their joint venture Cast Shadows Studios. From her rural Connecticut home she works with her husband, Sean, to create music and independent films.
H2YK
is the joint name for two collaborating author/artists who enjoy doing parody work. Our current parody is 400 pages and counting. We enjoy the simple things in life – a baseball game on a hot summer day, breathing, video games, fending off attacks from rouge ninjas, and wondering if pirates are really just gypsies with boats.
Free Lunch Comics / Free Lunch Studios
Based out of the Free Lunch Studios production office in Granby, CT, Matt Ryan and Steve Kanaras put out some of the freshest and most satisfying independent comics, comic strips, graphic novels and games around as well as conduct lessons, workshops and a touring lecture series endorsed by Hartford Performs. Free Lunch Studios is a fun place to go, with special events like guest lectures, Mini-Comic Madness, King of Monster Mountain, Comic Book Shuffle, the 24 Hour Comic Challenge, weekly jam sessions and Granby’s own Open Studio Tour. If that was not enough, we have an extensive graphic novel reference library, plenty of work space and a 64 square foot dry erase board called "The Great White".
Commedia Mania-
A Renaissance theater group will perform a live Stage Show Friday Evening (1 Hour Show, with comedic warm up), will hold 2 Workshops. They will teach Movement Work shop Twice 1.5 Hour Each. This would encompass Commedia, Clown, Japanese Movement Training. 2-3 Stage Shows of Commedia Mania during Saturday 30-45 Sets. The cast is 5-6 actors and they will set up pitch at the con and do comedic routines through the Night and Day in addition to the normal show.
Shawnti Therrien
is an American creator, writer, illustrator, editor, and sculptor. Shawnti’s first published work as a professional writer and illustrator appeared in Am I Immortal, her own title, in 2003. Shortly after, she joined a networking group, the Comicbook Artists Guild (CAG) when she met Rusty Haller who soon introduced her to CAG's president, Keith Murphey. In October of 2006, she became the East Coast Vice President of that same organization, CAG. During that time, she contributed stories to all three issues of Guild Works Productions, Psychosis! which featured her character Meth. Those stories earned her a CAG Award for Best Storyteller in 2009. In that same year, Shawnti started the CAG Manga graphic novel, With Honor as the creative director for the upcoming anthology.
In 2010, Shawnti's professional relationship with GWP partner, Mark Mazz grew into her current position with indie publisher Atlas Unleashed. Once Mazz started his new venture, she joined as the VP of New Product Development. In this role she has fostered the development of new talent and projects, including their flagship suspense-fantasy title, Schizophrenia. One of those projects includes Static Lullaby the creation of Nathan Baker, and Shawnti Therrien.
Her dark personal vision of vampires, and their emotionally striking motives landed her a contract in 2009 with the comics publisher, Free Lunch Comics with the title, Am I Immortal. Wanting to market her own work, and be the sole creative voice for Am I Immortal Shawnti started her own publishing venture, Immortal Gothic in 2010. In addition to publishing print versions of her stories, Shawnti also produces a number of web-comics that can be found on her Immortal Gothic and Am I Immortal sites. The premiere web-comics strip, The Origin is the origin story of her character Cain from the Am I Immortal title. Another strip that is available is Rose Against the Moon illustrated and edited by Shawnti, and written by Nathan Baker.
Shawnti’s creative accomplishments extend beyond the boundaries of comics, including creating artifacts with a local sculptor, Richard Chalifour, in their joint venture Cast Shadows Studios. From her rural Connecticut home she works with her husband, Sean, to create music and independent films.
H2YK
is the joint name for two collaborating author/artists who enjoy doing parody work. Our current parody is 400 pages and counting. We enjoy the simple things in life – a baseball game on a hot summer day, breathing, video games, fending off attacks from rouge ninjas, and wondering if pirates are really just gypsies with boats.
Free Lunch Comics / Free Lunch Studios
Based out of the Free Lunch Studios production office in Granby, CT, Matt Ryan and Steve Kanaras put out some of the freshest and most satisfying independent comics, comic strips, graphic novels and games around as well as conduct lessons, workshops and a touring lecture series endorsed by Hartford Performs. Free Lunch Studios is a fun place to go, with special events like guest lectures, Mini-Comic Madness, King of Monster Mountain, Comic Book Shuffle, the 24 Hour Comic Challenge, weekly jam sessions and Granby’s own Open Studio Tour. If that was not enough, we have an extensive graphic novel reference library, plenty of work space and a 64 square foot dry erase board called "The Great White".
Dealers Room
The Dealers Room is currently sold out. Please contact us about vending next year.
Neko-jin Designs -- will be there selling tons of cute stuff (clothes, buttons, original art, bags, toys...just look at their webpage) and I would personally like to thank them for all the help they are giving me.
Matt's Sportscards and Comics -- manga, manga and more manga..10,000 to be exact. Oh, they'll have J-snacks, gaming and anime as well.
Randomfandom- Kate will be there with buttons, keychains and other cool things.
Black Knight Comics- Keychains, figures,Sailor moon galore and tons of other things that will make you smile.
More dealers will be added as they send in their store descriptions.
Artists Alley
Sold out. Artists will be added as they send me their info.
Comiku girls -- Art, costumes, web comics and they're even going to run 5 panels...what more could you ask for.
Nikki Perlot -- Flying turtle shells and other home made goodness.
Shawnti Therrien - Shawnti Therrien is an American creator, writer, illustrator, editor, and sculptor. She is the creator of the twin vampire tales, Am I Immortal, and Meth.
Keith Lee- Home made jewelry, handmade knit hats and other fun stuff.
H2YK / Angles and Dangles - Duct Tape Style
Eric LaCore Photography- Eric will be on hand doing studio portraits as well as helping us out as one of the press photographers. With a love for Japan (he lived there for 2 years) and a love for cons he has a knack for making cosplay pics....well, playful. Tired of doing the same pose over and over? Stop by and learn how to get even more enjoyment out of your pics and poses.
The Village Designs- A group of villagers who hail from a charming little hamlet near a city you've never heard of. We traverse far and wide to only the best conventions to peddle our infamous cosplaying unicorn stickers, our adorable Sweet Tooth characters, our custom made-with-love commissions, and any other fun surprises and shenanigans we have in store. Love us - we love you.
Michael Lavoie -is a concept artist illustrator who works in a wide variety of media covering the gamut between egg tempera and mixed digital techniques. His illustration work has been used by a variety of publishers throughout the gaming industry including Fantasy Flight Games, Wizards of the Coast, Chapter 13 Press, and Alterac Entertainment Group. From time to time, he will also find himself teaching different courses and running workshops on topics such Relief Printing, Portfolio Development and Creature Concept Design.
Liz Ortiz- .
Medical staff and crew will be handled by Operation Hammond
Camp Anime is pleased to announce that Operation Hammond will be on site all weekend to provide 24 hour First Aid services, Emergency preparedness and to ensure the general safety of attendees and staff. Operation Hammond is the country’s largest nerd social/medical charity, they are nerds helping nerds in times of need. For more info please visit www.operationhammond.com
PRESS Coverage by: Midori Neko of The Otaku Momentum
Midori Neko is 33 years old and a mother of 2. Aside from watching anime, Midori enjoys playing World of Warcraft, Diablo and other video games. Midori is a manager, a co-host of The Otaku Momentum Podcast and also runs a not for profit paranormal group called PIGNE "Paranormal Investigation Group of New England." She has been making her rounds at conventions since 1998 and is a resident of Connecticut. Midori will be interviewing guests and con goers and asking you the guests, what you think of this great event. The members of The Otaku Momentum will also be hosting a podcast at Camp Anime. Check out Midori on The Otaku Momentum bi-weekly joined at an.132productions.com or www.theotakumomentum.com. If you have the Stither app, The Otaku Momentum can be found there for free and also on iTunes. News from the convention can be found on Facebook.com on Midori's page http://www.facebook.com/midori.neko.9 and also on The Otaku Momentum's fan page by liking The Otaku Momentum on Facebook
The Dealers Room is currently sold out. Please contact us about vending next year.
Neko-jin Designs -- will be there selling tons of cute stuff (clothes, buttons, original art, bags, toys...just look at their webpage) and I would personally like to thank them for all the help they are giving me.
Matt's Sportscards and Comics -- manga, manga and more manga..10,000 to be exact. Oh, they'll have J-snacks, gaming and anime as well.
Randomfandom- Kate will be there with buttons, keychains and other cool things.
Black Knight Comics- Keychains, figures,Sailor moon galore and tons of other things that will make you smile.
More dealers will be added as they send in their store descriptions.
Artists Alley
Sold out. Artists will be added as they send me their info.
Comiku girls -- Art, costumes, web comics and they're even going to run 5 panels...what more could you ask for.
Nikki Perlot -- Flying turtle shells and other home made goodness.
Shawnti Therrien - Shawnti Therrien is an American creator, writer, illustrator, editor, and sculptor. She is the creator of the twin vampire tales, Am I Immortal, and Meth.
Keith Lee- Home made jewelry, handmade knit hats and other fun stuff.
H2YK / Angles and Dangles - Duct Tape Style
Eric LaCore Photography- Eric will be on hand doing studio portraits as well as helping us out as one of the press photographers. With a love for Japan (he lived there for 2 years) and a love for cons he has a knack for making cosplay pics....well, playful. Tired of doing the same pose over and over? Stop by and learn how to get even more enjoyment out of your pics and poses.
The Village Designs- A group of villagers who hail from a charming little hamlet near a city you've never heard of. We traverse far and wide to only the best conventions to peddle our infamous cosplaying unicorn stickers, our adorable Sweet Tooth characters, our custom made-with-love commissions, and any other fun surprises and shenanigans we have in store. Love us - we love you.
Michael Lavoie -is a concept artist illustrator who works in a wide variety of media covering the gamut between egg tempera and mixed digital techniques. His illustration work has been used by a variety of publishers throughout the gaming industry including Fantasy Flight Games, Wizards of the Coast, Chapter 13 Press, and Alterac Entertainment Group. From time to time, he will also find himself teaching different courses and running workshops on topics such Relief Printing, Portfolio Development and Creature Concept Design.
Liz Ortiz- .
Medical staff and crew will be handled by Operation Hammond
Camp Anime is pleased to announce that Operation Hammond will be on site all weekend to provide 24 hour First Aid services, Emergency preparedness and to ensure the general safety of attendees and staff. Operation Hammond is the country’s largest nerd social/medical charity, they are nerds helping nerds in times of need. For more info please visit www.operationhammond.com
PRESS Coverage by: Midori Neko of The Otaku Momentum
Midori Neko is 33 years old and a mother of 2. Aside from watching anime, Midori enjoys playing World of Warcraft, Diablo and other video games. Midori is a manager, a co-host of The Otaku Momentum Podcast and also runs a not for profit paranormal group called PIGNE "Paranormal Investigation Group of New England." She has been making her rounds at conventions since 1998 and is a resident of Connecticut. Midori will be interviewing guests and con goers and asking you the guests, what you think of this great event. The members of The Otaku Momentum will also be hosting a podcast at Camp Anime. Check out Midori on The Otaku Momentum bi-weekly joined at an.132productions.com or www.theotakumomentum.com. If you have the Stither app, The Otaku Momentum can be found there for free and also on iTunes. News from the convention can be found on Facebook.com on Midori's page http://www.facebook.com/midori.neko.9 and also on The Otaku Momentum's fan page by liking The Otaku Momentum on Facebook
