Perth Supanova 2011 isn’t far off with Claremont showgrounds hosting the event once again which is scheduled to run from 24 – 26 June. A number of guest have been announced so far, for a preview of the TV and film related guests heading to Perth be sure to check out our Part 1 of the Supanova series here on accessreel. Below you can check out some of the authors and artists that we’ll be lucky enough to see, so be sure to get yourself a sketch book and your favourite comics and novels so you can grab an autograph or a sketch and have a chat with some of the talented people who’ll be attending.
David Finch is a comic book artist who has worked for some large publishers including DC, Image and Marvel. At DC, David has worked on a few issues of Batman across different series and is currently attached to Batman: The Dark Knight, he has a number of different titles over at Marvel in his bibliography including Avengers, Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine and X-Men Unlimited. The bulk of David’s work however has been with Image with a five issue run on Cyberforce as well as issues of Darkness and Aphrodite IX.
Rebecca Moesta Anderson is a science fiction author who has worked on stories from the Buffyverse, the Crystal Doors series and fourteen Star Wars novels under the Young Jedi Knights series.
Jeffrey Cruz is a talented artist who grew up in Melbourne, he has worked on various magazine and DVD covers as well as the comic series Sinbad: Rogue of Mars produced by Bluewater Comics. Jeffrey’s work can currently be found on the Street Fighter 2 Turbo comic book series released under UDON.
Marianne de Pierres is an Australian science fiction author, born in Western Australia Marianne has worked on three books from the Parrish Plessis series and four from the Sentients of Orion series. Marianne has also written under the pseudonym Marianne Delacourt for the Tara Sharp series, the first novel Sharp Shooter received a Davitt award in 2010 for best crime novel. The bulk of Marianne’s work has seen publication throughout the UK and Australia.
Kevin J Anderson has worked on novels for Star Wars, StarCraft, the X-Files and is also the co-author of the Dune prequels. In addition to working on established franchises Kevin has produced original works including the Saga of Seven Suns and Assemblers of Infinity. Further to his work on novels Kevin has written several comic books including Star Wars, Predator as well as the X-Files. More recently Kevin has worked for DC Comics producing the novels The Last Days of Krypton telling the story of how Superman’s homeworld came to be destroyed, as well as Enemies and Allies, telling the story of the first meeting of Batman and Superman.
That’s a just a few of the guests we’ll be hosting at this year’s Perth supanova, there’s plenty to be excited about, and with another few months to go stay tuned for more announcements on guests appearing at the convention.
