Guests Of Honor
Writer Guest of Honor:
Kevin Steverson
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Kevin Steverson is a retired veteran of the U.S. Army. With over 50 published works (not including those
translated into German, French and Spanish), he writes in the Science Fiction, Fantasy, Noir, and Post
Apocalyptic genres. He is the author of many best selling novels, including the Salvage Title Trilogy,
picked up for feature film and now in pre-development. 30 books have been written in his Salvage Title
Universe. A die hard UGA fan, he can be found in the foothills of the NE Georgia mountains writing his
next story.
Check it out at: www.kevinsteverson.com/
Artist Guest of Honor: Shawn Howe
Shawn Howe is a self taught, internationally
published artist, who specializes in pop culture
art. He has brought his "stylized realism " style
to several covers of many independent published
comics. Portraits and likenesses are the backbone
of his portfolioand he has a strong pull towards
Fantasy and Sci Fi art.
He started out, heavily influenced by the major
artists of the 80s and 90s, such as McFarlane
and Silvestri. However, after a decade plus of
not drawing anything, he found his current
style. His style borrows from the dynamic
storytelling of Marc Silvestri and Sam Keith
while adding the taste of realism, influenced
by Frazetta, Mitch Foust and Alex Ross.
Shawn is definitely a Memphis made talent,
having grown up in the area and attending
University of Memphis. He currently resides,
here, in the MidSouth. All while creating covers
for publications, as far away as the Netherlands.
Currently, he is a featured cover artist for 3
Heads Productions' shared conic universe.
Cosplay Guest of Honor: Mehdia Raiise
Mehdia Raiise is Andrea Starnes, a Memphis native with over 20 years of cosplay experience. She spends
much of her time volunteering with local charity group Cause-Play Memphis. Andrea is one of three
hosts for the twice-monthly podcast, the Cosplay Cafe. She has spent years assisting and running cosplay
contests throughout the Midsouth and Southern USA. When she isn't volunteering or working on
cosplay, Andrea spends her time reading with her animals.
Gaming Guest of Honor: Roger Kolikas
Roger Kolikas was born in 1977 and moved to Mississippi the summer of 1987 where he lived with his parents in a tent for the whole summer, describing it as the best, most adventurous summer of his life.
Started his first job on a construction site at only 8 years old and by 16 was leading a construction crew. (They would be rioting in the streets if that happened today.....but I was the only kid at the movies on the weekend with plenty of my own money to hit the arcades and could afford the large combo, which was pretty awesome)
Joined the USMC at 17 and played in the dirt until 21.
In 1998 he bought and converted a video rental store {Do you remember those?} into a DVD rental/gaming store and when he saw the future in online video services switched gears to full gaming. Soon after he became known as "The $5 babysitter" since a kid could pay $5 and play unlimited for the whole day on all of the video gaming systems and gaming tables.
As much as he loves RPGs he has only ever been a "player" 3 times in 30 years. But has been the "Game Master / Story Teller" several hundred times.
Has published 6 games with 4 more currently in the pipeline.
"There's not going to be enough time to do everything you want to do in life, so do everything you want in life and make the best of the time you have".
Burlesque Guest of Honor:
Ginger Oh Snap
