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• Supanova Magazine 2011 Melbourne & Brisbane© Supanova Pop Culture Industries

• Written by Daniel Zachariou, Drew Tran Felicity Blake and Ineke Prochazka • Art Direction by Don Ticchio and

Tim McEwen • Edited by Daniel Zachariou and Don Ticchio • Photos by Steven Yee • For all exhibitor, advertising andmarketing enquiries please contact Supanova Expo at

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SUPANOVA MASTER CLASS SERIES FORWRITERSPresented by Jennifer Fallon. Designed forauthors, screenwriters and game designers,this is a must from one of Australia’s expertsin the field. For more info visit http://reynox.wordpress.com/supanova-master-class-series/.

ContentsWelcome to Supanova 2011 5The SUPA FAN PASS 6D-Day (Brisbane only) 8PAUL (Melbourne only) 9Sci-Fi, Fantasy, TV and Film! 12The Whedonverse 14Console & CCG Gaming 18Cosplay, Anime & Fun Interactive Comps 20Anime & Cartoon Voice Actors 22Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers 24Wrestling 26Comic-Book Artists & Writers 28

Where and whenSupanova 2011 - Brisbane1pm-7pm, Friday, 1st April,10am-6pm, Saturday, 2nd April, and10am-6pm, Sunday, 3rd April, 2011.(Opening Night 6-10pm, Friday 1st April)Exhibition and Walter Burnett Buildings,RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane(Gregory Terrace entrance)

Supanova 2011 - Melbourne10am-6pm, Saturday 9th April, and10am-6pm, Sunday, 10th April, 2011.(Opening Night 6-10pm, Friday 8th April)Exhibition Pavilion and Exhibition Hall,Melbourne Showgrounds(Epsom Road, Main Gate entrance)

TicketsThe SUPA FAN PASS - Brisbane(see page 6 for more info)$49.50 (Ticketek) or $60 at the door.Includes entry to...Supanova 2011 - Brisbane & Opening Night1pm-7pm, Friday, 1st April10am-6pm, Saturday, 2nd April10am-6pm, Sunday, 3rd AprilOpening Night 6-10pm, Friday, 1st April

The SUPA FAN PASS - Melbourne(see page 8 for more info)$39.50 (Ticketek) or $50 at the door.Includes entry to...Supanova 2011 - Melbourne & Opening Night10am-6pm, Saturday 9th April10am-6pm, Sunday, 10th AprilOpening Night 6-10pm, Friday, 8th AprilOr...SINGLE DAY PASSFor Friday 1st April (Brisbane only), 1pm-7pmAdult $18.80 (Ticketek) or $20 at the door

For Saturday or Sunday, 10am-6pm, at eitherBrisbane or Melbourne.Adult $23.80 (Ticketek) or $25 at the door

Children 5-12 years FREE (must be

accompanied by a paying adult).

SUPA-STAR VIP PASS (limited 50 per event)Maximum access, minimum fuss,magnificent fun!$800 through Ticketek (Go tosupanova.com.au/tickets for more information).

WHEDONVERSE EXPERIENCE(limited 100 per event)All things Joss Whedon (see page 14)!$400 through Ticketek (Go to supanova.com.au/tickets for more information).

What is Supanova?It’s where imagination meets reality in a fun,fantastic atmosphere where the stars are nolonger out of reach! The actors you’ve alwaysadmired, the voice-talent of your favouriteanime, the artists of those comics you can’tput down, the authors whose writing keepsyou up late at night!

Meet them, attend their panels, grab theirautographs* or even a photo*!

We bring them together within the popculture phenomenon that is the SupanovaExpo and with them we also weave games,collectables, screenings, specialty items,wrestling, toys, exclusives, fun competitionsand more!

So whether you’re a newbie or veteran, welook forward to bringing our brand of fun toyou! Get into costume, or not, grab a friendand join us for...

Supanova 2011... It’s a blast!!!

Yours in fun,Daniel ZachariouEvent Director – Supanova 2011*All guests confirmed commitments pending. Some autograph andphoto fees may apply. Check website for more information.†1 Children 0-12 must accompanied by a paying adult.

Welcome to Supanova 2011!

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A Free* Night for Our Biggest Fans!Once again we’re honouring our biggest fans,Weekend SUPA FAN PASS holders, with awhole extra free night of fun at each SupanovaExpo, with the Opening Night Ceremony,Friday night from 6pm to 10pm (April 1st inBrisbane and April 8th in Melbourne)!Get a sneak peak of our wonderful star studdedline up of guests as some of them introducethemselves, there are exclusive panels and aCharity Auction with every single dollar raisedgoing to the flood relief. And have you alwayswanted your favourite sci-fi, game or animecharacter under your control? Be preparedto fight for the chance to win your very ownsuperhero at our Cosplay Slave Auction!There’s also a special mini-gig by voice-actorGreg Cipes and the Kirby Krackle duo!Lastly, Evangelion fans buckle your seat belts!The second chapter of the magnificent rebuildof this anime masterpiece is screeningexclusively before its release date in June withthe special treat of seeing Evangelion: 2.22You Can (Not) Advance, introduced by‘Asuka’ herself!Look out for more as the events approach at www.supanova.com.au.

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Go Through the Looking Glass onD-Day, Friday April 1, in Brisbane!We’re proud to present, with FILMINK, oursecond annual Directors’ Day, or D-Day!Featuring panels, screenings and sneak previewswith some of Australia’s leading creators with afocus on Queensland based productions.To whet your appetite, we are delighted toannounce JOSEPH SIMS (writer/director),LUKE McDONALD (composer, from theJohn Steel Singers), KRIS MARIC (producer)and star JOHN JARRAT (Australia’s favouritepsycho killer from WOLF CREEK), who’ll presenta panel and the world premiere of the theatricaltrailer for upcoming comedy/crime/thriller BADBEHAVIOR.There’s also CHRIS BROWN (Producer,DAYBREAKERS, TRIANGLE, THE PROPOSITION)who will join us to talk about his upcomingaction/thriller, BAIT, where a group of Aussiesare trapped by a Tsunami in a shopping mallwith a pack of hungry tiger sharks!And keep an eye out on our website for moreconfirmations from landmark TV shows suchas Spielberg's TERRA NOVA to films like BAIT(Julian McMahon), SANCTUM (Ioan Gruffudd),SINGULARITY (Josh Hartnett, Olga Kurylenko)and IRON SKY (Space Nazis!).If the Supanova expo is about celebrating thefinished product, D-Day is about going throughthe looking glass and finding out howWonderland really works.

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Yes, Saturday April 9th, is closeencounter day at Supanova as thestars of PAUL, come to Melbourne! Thanks to Universal Pictures and FILMINK,not only have Simon Pegg and Nick Frost(HOT FUZZ, SHAUN OF THE DEAD) reunitedfor the comedy adventure PAUL, as two sci-figeeks whose pilgrimage takes them toAmerica’s UFO heartland where theyaccidentally meet an alien, but they’re headingto Supanova in Melbourne to conduct anexclusive Q&A and free signing sessionafterwards.That’s massive!So make sure you’re in the house by 11am onSaturday for when their Q&A begins and keepan eye out on the Supanova and FILMINKwebsites as we get closer to the day to find outhow you might win a place in the Supa-exclusivesigning session that will follow their talk. In the meantime, a little more about the film;PAUL is directed by SUPERBAD’s GregMottola, from a story by Pegg & Frost. Joiningthe comedy’s cast are Jason Bateman, KristenWiig, Bill Hader, Blythe Danner, Joe Lo Truglio,John Carroll Lynch, David Koechner andSigourney Weaver.PAUL is only at the movies April 14th!

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“Great Scott!”What else is there to say when looking at thisyear’s out of this world SUPA-STARS Supanovais hosting for you meet and greet up close andpersonal? We proudly introduce…Christopher Lloyd is best known as Emmet‘Doc’ Brown (Back to the Future trilogy), UncleFester (The Addams Family) and the malevolentJudge Doom (Who Framed Roger Rabbit). Hefound popularity in roles on Taxi and Star Trekbefore debuting in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’sNest.Eric Roberts career spans over four decadesand quickly established himself with roles suchas Star 80 and Best of the Best. His credits nowinclude The Dark Knight, Expendables, DOA,Heroes, Doctor Who, Entourage, Frasier and eventhe Justice League cartoons.Richard Norton is a martial arts legendwhose combat scene with Chuck Norris inThe Octagon endures as a classic. Force: Five,American Ninja, License to Kill, Rage and Honorare just a few of his other credits that includethe recent Green Hornet as a stunt man.Dileep Rao is a relative newcomer but withcredits that include James Cameron’s Avatar,Christopher Nolan’s Inception and Sam Raimi’sDrag Me to Hell he’s already a star! Denis O’Hare is riding fandom high as TrueBlood’s 2,800-year-old raunchy vampire king ofMississippi, but his broader career includes Law

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& Order, Brothers & Sisters, 21 Grams, GardenState, Derailed, Michael Clayton, Milk, TheProposal, Charlie Wilson’s War to name a few. Tom Felton is incredibly popular as blondbaddie ‘Draco Malfoy’ in Harry Potter. Priorcredits include The Borrowers, Anna and the Kingand Second Sight and since completing the lastHarry Potter film has already starred in threefilms to be released later this year.Jodelle Ferland starred as crimson-eyedvampire ‘Bree’ in Twilight: Eclipse with furthercredits including Silent Hill, Case 39,Supernatural, Stargate, Smallville and Bioshock.Shawnee Smith has evolved into a “ScreamQueen” after appearing in the Saw franchise asthe victim-turned-villain ‘Amanda Young’. Otherroles include Becker, The X-Files, The Blob, LeavingLas Vegas, The Island and Armageddon (courtesyof Insider Events). Tony Amendola is best known to Supanovafans as ‘Bra’Tac’ from Stargate SG-1 and alsoappeared in other TV favourites such as Dexter,Dollhouse and films including The Legend ofZorro, The Mark of Zorro and Blow (courtesy ofGifts for the Geek).

Peter Williams gained sci-fi legend status asthe primary villain ‘Apophis’ in the first fourseasons of Stargate SG-1 and has alsoappeared in Catwoman and The Chronicles ofRiddick (courtesy of Gifts for the Geek).

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“Would you like a treatment?”Joss Whedon fans answered with aresounding “yes” and we’ve responded with agreat line-up of ‘Whedonverse’ guests!It therefore gives us enormous pleasure tointroduce our Class of 2011…Julie Benz has been a fan favourite ever since‘Darla’ days on Buffy and Angel. Her rolessince that have only reinforced that with NoOrdinary Family, Dexter, Supernatural,Roswell, Taken, Rambo and the Saw films buta fraction of her work.Tahmoh Penikett has a powerful screenpresence as evidenced by how quickly helanded the role of ‘Paul Ballard’, the FBI agenthoton the trail of the Dollhouse, afterBattlestar Galactica, where he starred as‘Captain Karl Agathon’, or ‘Helo’, wasn’trenewed.Clare Kramer rose to attention in 2000 inthe cheerleading comedy Bring It On. Soonafterward, she appeared as Glory, the vainand antagonistic hell-goddess, in a recurringrole on Buffy!And for fans who want to take the“Whedonverse Experience” to anotherlevel there are special packages available.Check out Ticketek or www.supanova.com.au/tickets for more info.

is back at Supanova in 2011packing a huge punch with their mega-booth!There’s comps, exclusives and giveaways withfeatured sections housing 2K Games andUbisoft.For hardcore gamers we’re combing with themto bring you, the fans, the brilliant opportunity toplay Duke Nukem Forever a full month beforethe game is released in May! Irreverent, non-PC,and uber macho, Duke Nukem is the perfect,uncompromising ass-kicking hero to remedy theoverdose of today's gaming archetypes.Then for fans who just want to dance and havefun there’s Just Dance 2. With 45 new charttopping songs, more fun choreography, moreexclusive game modes or the new ‘Just Sweat’mode, its time to dance!Then there’s the chaos of prizes and play that isIntencity as they bring their supa-cool stores toyou at Supanova!CCG (Collectable Cards Games)For fans of CCG’s it’s a feast in Brisbane asWizards of the Coast join the party demoing andrunning minicomps for Magic: The Gathering, andwe’re also working on other tournaments anddemos for both weekends. Look to our website for info as it comes to hand.

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Seriously… this is one of the bestparts of Supanova!Everybody gets Supa-Freaky and interactivedressing up for the Madman Cosplay Contestand you don’t have to be in an anime costumeto compete. It can be from comic-books,games, sci-fi or fantasy too!So are you ready to rumble? Get ready forbattles between brilliant brains, manipulativeminds, soaring singing voices, amazingartworks, and crafty cosplays! With ourregular competitions of the DBZKamehameha, trivia, art, karaoke and cosplay,come and check out our new activities foryour chance to win awesome prizes! Then there’s the Madman National CosplayChampionship , the best of the best, hostedby John ‘Cosplay Song’ Robertson, withqualifiers vying for a spot in the Final inBrisbane, November 5th. Considering FirstPrize is a trip for two to Japan’s 2012 TokyoAnime Fair, that’s worth sewing for! Visitwww.supanova.com.au/competitions/ andwww.madman.com.au/cosplay/ for more info.And don’t forget about the all-new MadmanAnime Screening Room where there’ll benon-stop anime all weekend long ! And once again, we are holding the heats forthe marvellous Madman National CosplayChampionships! See the absolute best ofthe best at Supanova this year!

Cosplay & Fun Interactive Comps!

For many fans, it’s all about the voice-actorsof animé and cartoon ! Who are we todisappoint? And since interacting with ourvoice actor guests is totally FREE…• Bring stuff to get autographed for FREE.• How did they learn and improve their skills?• Ask them about how they bring theircharacters to life!•What techniques do they use and do theyever make sounds they shouldn’t?So let’s introduce you to them!Yuko Miyamura has so many creditsincluding voices in games such as ‘Chun Li’ and‘Rose’ in Street Fighter Alpha and EX, ‘Larxene’in the Kingdom Hearts, and from anime‘Kazuha Toyama’ in Detective Conan, ‘AlyssaSearrs’ in My-Hime and the incredibly popular‘Asuka’ in the Evangelion series. Its an honourto present our first Japanese seiyu guest!Tiffany Grant voices ‘Bonta kun’ in FullMetal Panic, ‘Fumoffu Altena’ in Noir, ‘RyokoSubaru’ in Martian Successor Nadesico andis very well known for being the English voiceof ‘Asuka’ in Evangelion! She also enjoys ADRscripting and has written the English languageadaptions to many anime series.Mike McFarland is an actor, director, writer,improv comedian and musician, who voices‘Master Roshi’ in DragonBall, ‘Jean Havoc’ inFull Metal Alchemist, ‘Cain Nightroad’ inTrinity Blood and ‘Makoto Hyuga’ in the new

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Evangelion movies in addition to directing theEnglish language dub!Greg Cipes is a man with many talents, acomposer, singer, has his own band, as wellasacting. He is best known in his voice workfor his role as ‘Kevin Levin’ in Ben 10 AlienForce and Ultimate Alien as well as ‘BeastBoy’ in the Teen Titans that he’s reprising inMMORPG DC Universe Online!Matt Greenfield is co-founder, executiveproducer, VP, ADR director, writer and some-time voice actor (‘Makoto Hyuga’ in the NeonGenesis Evangelion TV series) at ADV Films.An incredibly talented man, he is bringing hisvast knowledge and expertise to Supanova.

Thanks to Supanova isproud to enter a new era of Supa-Starliterary guests! Weproudly present...Robin Hobb is a true luminary of the genre,Robin Hobb is best known for writing 'epicmedieval fantasy' which includes 'The FarseerTrilogy', 'The Liveship Traders Trilogy' and'The Tawny Man' trilogy to name a few.Jennifer Fallon is building towards the April1 release of her latest novel, The Undivided,which joins her published 'Demon Child','Second Sons', 'Hythrun Chronicles' and 'TideLords' series (see page 4 for info on theSupanova Master Class Series)Marianne De Pierres latest release, BurnBright, hits shelves in March and adds to heracclaimed 'Parrish Plessis' and 'Sentients ofOrion' Science Fiction series.Rowena Cory Daniells latest work includestwo recently published Fantasy series, 'TheLast T'En' trilogy and 'King Rolen's Kin'.Ian Irvine (Brisbane) is the creator of morethan forty novels including the 'Three Worlds'sequence, 'The Tainted Realm' trilogy and the'Runcible Jones' series.Trent Jamieson (Brisbane) has had morethan sixty short stories published and, in2005, won an Aurealis award for his story“Slow and Ache”.Trudi Canavan (Melbourne) is the authorof the international bestseller, the' BlackMagician' Trilogy and 'Age of Five' trilogy.

Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers!


One of the All-Time Legends!We always strive to have cool internationalguests, great local talent, a full Artists’ Alley andtruckloads of trades and back-issues for thecollectors. We’ve done it again! Pleasewelcome…Chris Claremont is arguably the mostinfluential writer of the modern era as hischaracter driven Uncanny X-Men, exemplifiedby the ‘Dark Phoenix Saga’, paved the way forthe reinterpretation of the superhero conceptdominated the comic-book industry for overseventeen years including the record breakingX-Men #1. But that’s just one title, for onecompany, let alone the novels and even videogames he’s written or created.Greg Capullo was also at the forefront ofchange with the emergence of Image andbecome synonymous with its single mostrecognisable character, Spawn. Now workingon Haunt, with current wunderkind RobertKirkman, other well-known work of hisincludes Quasar, X-Force, Angela and his owncreator-owned, The Creech. Ben Templesmith is a New York Times best-selling artist and writer whose co-creations, 30Days of Night and Dead Space are now ablockbuster film and game respectively. Othercritically acclaimed work includes Fell,Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, Welcome toHoxford and Singularity 7.Tom Taylor started by adapting his play, TheExample, as a comic-book. Along with


Heaps of Comic-Book and Manga

Rombies, and The Authority, he’s made the StarWars Universe home with Invasion, BloodTies, Luke Skywalker & the Treasure of theDragonsnakes and The Will of Darth Vader. Colin Wilson, beginning with 2000AD, RogueTrooper and Judge Dredd, was soon drawingBlueberry for Moebius and Headshot for Matz.His US comics began with Point Blank and heis now on Star Wars: Invasion. Jeffrey ‘Chamba’ Cruz has everyone excited,fans and his publishers, as he’s knocked outbrilliant monthly art out for Street Fighter II:Turbo without missing a beat! Udon’s excited,we’re excited and he’s excited to be touringwith us 2011!Shane McCarthy has been living the dreamwriting the Transformers comic-book, All HailMegatron, in addition to writing a five-partBatman: Legends of the Dark Knight story arc,Zombies: Feast and now Dark X-Men: TheBeginning.Jon Sommariva has credits that include StarWars Tales and Go Boy 7 for Dark Horsecomics, Gemini for Image, the comic-bookversion of Sony’s online game Free Realms andeven Marvel sketch cards for Upper Deck. Stewart McKenny is a perennial favouritewhose CV includes DC Super Friends, StarWars: Clone Wars Adventures, Star Wars Talesand Captain America.And we may have reached “ring capacity” withKirby Krackle, the nerd rock duo, who’ll beentertaining us at Supanova with music fromtheir two albums!


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