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The Women And Men Of Bleeding Cool At NYCC
Hello folks. Yep, this is us, the Bleeding Cool contingent (plus a couple of stealth reporters) working at the show this week, trying to bring you back the latest and the greatest as we battle with PR representatives, unruly comic pros and tequila slammers. If you see us, say hi! We could do with the attention and recognition, frankly.
Rich Johnston is the founder and Head Writer of Bleeding Cool. He lives in London but loves New York just as much. He is flying in on Wednesday, flying out on Sunday and will be suffering from jet lag the whole time. Be kind to him. Stayting at the New Yorker hotel if you want to drop anything off for him. Aside from bed bugs.
Grace Randolph is the writer and presenter of Beyond The Trailer and was the face of The Watcher for Marvel Comics. She reports twice a week for Bleeding Cool in the Stacktastic and Between The Pages video blogs and is now writing Supurbia, about to be relaunched as an ongoing series for Boom! Studios
Follow her on @gracerandolph
Dapper Dan Hart; System Analyst by day, Gentleman Geek by night.
If you see me at NYCC I'll be more than happy to tell you why Hawkeye is the greatest Avenger ever and why Gambit would be the first casualty if I ever got control of an X-Book. I'll be roaming the halls during Con looking for some fan-on-the-street feedback so do say hello.
Currently reading & enjoying: Hawkeye, Saga, Daredevil, Winter Soldier, Rocketeer.
Liz Oeftering, post-graduate living in a midwest college town. writer, comic-book reader, sci-fi acifionado, film fanatic, & con-enthusiast. geek girl next door.
Tash Moore is a life long comic book fan. He enjoys all things Spider-Man and DC comics. He is very tall.
Adi Tantimedh is a screenwriter, filmmaker and graphic novelist who has written for the BBC, British Film Institute and various companies. He has written JLA: AGE OF WONDER for DC, BLACKSHIRT for Moonstone Books and his creator-owned graphic novel LA MUSE. He writes the Look! It Moves! column for Bleeding Cool and will be filming special video segments for "Look! It Moves at NYCC.
Louis Falcetti is finishing his English degree at Westfield State in Massachusetts where he lives. He lives with his cat Nico in the former comic book mecca of Northampton. He has been interning for Bleeding Cool.
Follow him on @LouieFalcetti.
Mike Greear is a journalism graduate from the University of West Florida currently living in New York City. During his time as an undergraduate, he reported on everything from Presidential campaign stops to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, eventually working his way up to being the editor-in-chief of the University of West Florida's student newspaper, The Voyager. Since graduating, he worked briefly as a reporter for Foster's Daily Democrat in New Hampshire, reporting on crime and municipal stories in the city of Rochester as well as interviewing Republican primary candidates, before returning to Florida and freelancing for the Pensacola News Journal. He now resides in Long Island City, writing weekly columns for Sequart.com and hoping to break into the comics scene.
Josh Kopin is a writing tutor and freelance writer with a Windy City soul, although these days he lives and works in Upstate New York. He likes comic books and television, and also movies and books, and he really likes writing about those things. He hopes you like those things too, because he likes sharing the things he likes with people. If you want to see what it is, specifically, that he likes, you should check out his tumblr. If you like comics, you should see what he has to say about them at The Long and Shortbox of It!, where he writes about, among other things, Captain America, artist's process, and the gutter.
Jesse James has traveled 37,262 miles this past year for Bleeding Cool covering Comic Conventions all across the USA. He celebrates his 30th year as a Comic Book Fanboy and is the Owner of Jesse James Comics in Glendale Arizona. He believes that SLEEP is the most overrated activity on Earth!
Wes Lowery is a former Air Force Security Specialist and has lived in various parts of Europe. He has a bachelors degree in English/Creative Writing from the University of West Florida. Born and raised in Mississippi, and is a junkie for his comics and his beloved New Orleans Saints.
Will Romine-o the Conqueror Hello all, it's your old pal Will Romine. I'll be part of the Little Bleeder swarm for yet another convention. I'll be donning the Starro costume for my 4th straight con and encourage you all to come up and give me a friendly "howdy,". I used to allow random fandom to hug me in my giant felt suit, but I have since learned the difference between good hugs and bad hugs. However, if you simply can't control yourself, above the waist please. Otherwise, bring it on NYCC!
Alex Wilson is a freelance writer and photographer working at the show for Bleeding Cool, who started reviewing movies at the age of sixteen. He worked with local artists in Omaha, NE in the area of videography and video editing of tattoos and art work. He has since moved to Phoenix, AZ and attends Arizona State University. You can follow him on Twitter @alexisadreamer
Michael McDermott is a FUBARbarian First Class and a New York Times' Best Selling author relentlessly carving away at the grand old oak that is a stable, paying gig writing and creating the comic books. Seriously, he's 35. His back isn't going to hold up to another 30 years of physical labor. He'll most likely be moderately bearded and quite affable in person.
Patrick Willems is responsible for the "Afterwards They Will Explode" video feature on Bleeding Cool. He'll be traveling on the C train all the way from Brooklyn. This is his first real comic convention, so please be gentle. His goal for the con is to corner a Warner Bros. executive in a bar and convince them to let him direct a Batman Beyond movie.His Twitter handle is pwillems.
James "Skip" Harvey is a comic creator, karaoke DJ, bartender and all around Geek.
Named after James T. Kirk, he comes from a long line of Trekkers, Whovians, Fanboys and Cosplayers. In 2012 he was "The Geek" in Morgan Spurlock's Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope. This year he has also served as reviewer and correspondent at SDCC and NYCC. He funnels all the stuff he does through SkipHarvey.com and is currently working on a webseries that will, without a doubt, be awesome.
Follow him at @skipharvey
Also at the show for Bleeding Cool are Camille Manhat, Matthew Colby, Shawn Schillberg, Paul Smith and Josh Encinia.
And while he's not at the show, here's a shout out for Mark Seifert of Avatar Press who will be performing wonderful service for Bleeding Cool during the week, monitoring Twitter feeds, uploading articles and generally keeping in touch with everything we miss! Here's to you, Mark!