With a career spanning over two and a half decades, DANTE BASCO is a Hollywood actor who has become a cult classic and pioneering figure in Asian American cinema. He was first introduced in Steven Spielberg’s fairytale movie Hook, as “Rufio”, the leader of the Lost Boys. He quickly jumped to leading roles like Newline’s Take the Lead, opposite Antonio Banderas, and The Debut, which became the voice of a Filipino American generation. 20th Century Fox executives were so mesmerized by the uniqueness of Dante’s look and ability that they gave him a development deal for his own series and he starred in a pilot for Touchstone/ABC, The Chang Family Saves the World, written and produced by John Ridley and directed by Paris Barclay. Ever versatile, he’s “Jake Long” in Disney’s animated series American Dragon: Jake Long as well as “Prince Zuko” in Nickelodeon’s phenomenal hit, Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Born and raised in the City by the Bay, Dante started out breakdancing with his three brothers at the age of 8, calling themselves “The Street Freaks”. Quickly they became one of the top groups in San Francisco, opening for acts like Ice-T and Vanity and performing during half-time shows for the 49ers and the Oakland A’s.

Dante and his family moved to Los Angeles in the mid-80s where he started to work immediately. By the age of 16, Dante was fencing against Dustin Hoffman and flying with Robin Williams in Hook. He’s found success on the small screen as well on from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and recurring on Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper and Moesha in the 90’s to prominent spots on Nash Bridges, Touched by an Angel, and Providence in the early 2000’s and hit shows today like CSI: Miami, Entourage and Hawaii Five-0.

A young man of many talents, Dante is the founder of on e of the largest weekly poetry venue in the country, “Da Poetry Lounge” in Los Angeles and he has also shared his spoken word poetry on Russell Simmons’ HBO Def Poetry Jam. He has also begun writing and producing his own features with his production company Kinetic Films, including Hang Loose, a (hilarious buddy) comedy with YouTube sensation KevJumba, winning the 2012 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Special Jury Prizes for “Best Actor” and “Best Newcomer” respectively.

From breakdancing in the streets of San Francisco to starring in movies on the silver screen, Dante Basco has become one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood and truly an Asian American icon.

Bryce Papenbrook has been a professional voice over artist since the age of eight. He was introduced to the voice acting scene by his father, Bob Papenbrook, and has cotinued the trade in his footsteps. Bryce has performed in numerous video games, cartoons, and television shows. Some recent roles include Kirito in Sword Art Online, Rin Okumura in Blue Exorcist, Henry in Fire Emblem Awakening, Asbel Lhant in Tales of Graces F, Zidane Tribal in Final Fantasy Dissidia 012, Masaomi Kida in Durarara!!, and Guan Ping in Dynasty Warriors. Past leading roles include Shugo in .hack//Sign Legend of the Twilight, Jack in MAR, Jack Russell in Radiata Stories, Hanabusa Aido in Vampire Knight, and Isami Fujiwara in Noein.

Cherami Leigh is an on camera and voice actor from Dallas. She has been in over 75 commercials, and was a live national on air DJ for Radio Disney. She has appeared in many films and television shows, including the soon to be released “Beyond the Farthest Star” and in the hit webseries “Throwing Stones.” She was also in the Emmy award winning “Temple Grandin,” and has appeared on various network television shows. She stars opposite Sean Astin and Tim Curry in the animated film “Ribbit.” In the Anime World- she has appeared as Road in “D. Grayman, ” Sae in “Peach Girl,” Yuti La in “Heroic Age,” Elizabeth in “Black Butler,” Patty in “Soul Eater,” Ayano in “Kaze no Stigma,” Natsumi in “Sgt. Frog,” Naomi in “Witchblade,” Yoshika in “Strike Witches,” Elicia Hughes in “Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood”, Setsuna and Akira in “Negima,” Mai in “Ghost Hunt,” Tamaki in “Bamboo Blade,” Himawari in “XXXholic,” Cecily in “Sacred Blacksmith,” Liechtenstein in “Hetalia,” Lucy in “Fairy Tail,” Takeshita in “B Gata H Kei,” Kneesocks in “Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt “, Sunako in “Shiki” among others. And was recently announced to be playing Suzuha in “Steins;Gate” and Shana in “Shakugan no Shana.” She has other projects both animated and on camera that are in various stages of development that she will share soon. She loves screenwriting, painting, making jewelry and positive quotations, reading and stars!

Kyle Hebert is a Los Angeles-based anime and video game voice actor whose credits include Marvel Vs Capcom 3 (Ryu), Street Fighter IV (Ryu), Naruto (Kiba), Bleach (Aizen, Ganju), and Gurren Lagann (Kamina). He is best known as the Narrator and Teen Gohan from Dragonball Z.

Other notable roles include Soul Eater (Masamune), Ouran High School Host Club (Kazukiyo Soga), FullmetalAlchemist (Vato Falman), Tales of Symphonia (Richter Abend) and Star Ocean (Dias, Arumat, Crow). Kyle also provides voices in numerous video games including Final Fantasy XIII, World of Warcraft, Devil May Cry 4, Dynasty Warriors, and James Cameron's Avatar. He also provides online voice acting critiques.

Ashly Burch is the eponymous Ash of Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin', a surreal webseries that she writes and stars in alongside her brother Anthony Burch. She's also the voice of Tiny Tina in Borderlands 2 and Reid in Aliens: Colonial Marines, along with some other stuff she can't talk about. As a forewarning, she is very small - roughly the size and stature of a 12-year-old boy - and has comparable tastes and interests.

Anthony Burch is many-a-things: a writer at Gearbox Software, co-creator of "Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'" and co-star of "Anthony Saves the World". He has previously written as features editor for Destructoid, where he also created the "Rev Rants" series (now defunct). While working for Gearbox he has written for the fantastic game, Borderlands 2. 

Quirky Nintendo 3DS connoisseur Ashley Davis is the creator and producer of Once Upon a Pixel, a spin-off web series dedicated to re-envisioning video game characters and plots in a fairy tale-esque approach. She is the real-life wife of Anthony Burch, making the transition from girlfriend to fiance on-camera during the surprise intro to the The Sims episode of HAWP. Her character has been shown to take an adorable and wide-eyed stance on the antics of the siblings, but on two occasions, she has shown a darker side by fatally threatening Ashly Burch, usually accompanied with evil laughter. While she was initially an extra in the early episodes, her presence has gradually increased, and now she is usually seen in each episode.

ASHLEY CLARK (Anna May Belle) is a multi-media artist and writer, and has been working in the anime style for nearly a decade. Her first webcomic, 'Shades of Red', debuted in 2003. She has since turned her attention to her newest literary project, 'Tales of Asajima'. You can enter the world of Asajima through the webnovel 'Nowaki', and continue your journey with the first of her print novels, 'The Yukari'.

Ashley has won numerous awards as not only an artist, but also as an AMV creator, cosplayer, and film editor. Within the anime community, Ashley is widely known as Anna May Belle, webmistress of AnimeBelle.com, one of the most highly regarded and popular anime websites in the south. AnimeBelle hosts a gallery containing over 24,000 photos with hundreds more added after every convention she attends. The website also hosts forums, guest interviews, event reporting, and a convention schedule of southern anime conventions. If it's of interest to southern anime fans, it interests AnimeBelle, y'all!

Shadowfax is probably most recognized as the DJ for his Saturday night convention Raves, the purveyor of randomly appearing beach balls and spontaneous conga lines and as the disembodied voice and tormentor of con owners, celebrity guests and hosts on stage. What most don’t realize is that he really IS a full-time professional disc jockey and that his company actually provides most of the sound and lighting equipment for the conventions he works.

Shadowfax’s background includes over twenty years in the entertainment industry as everything from camera operator, theater engineer and stage manager to technical writer, walking performer and fire-breather.  Prior to becoming a DJ he worked as a professional video editor and assisted as a network administrator to a webhosting company.

When not holding the fort at Tech Ops during a convention, Shadowfax can usually be found hosting wedding receptions, private parties, Karaoke events or providing sound and lighting for any number of bands and several other prominent Florida-based events. He also owns Outlaw Custom Designs and, along with his minions, enjoys creating and selling decals, patches, T-shirts and embroidery for various fandoms, conventions and professional organizations.

Shadowfax is an avid music collector and enjoys listening to a wide variety of music from Techno/Trance/House/Dance to Chill/Downbeat/Lounge and even relaxing to Tribal/New Age.

The "Pleasure Pixels" is a burlesque troupe formed in the style of vaudeville-esque burlesque with a neo-burlesque twist and cultural influences. The troupe has performs both classic stylized burlesque and burlesque numbers that include anime and video game characters.

The troupe formed in September 2012. They performed two months later at Shadocon 2012 (an anime and comic book convention). The show featured five group acts featuring such characters as Sailor Moon, Hermione Granger, and Babydoll from Sucker Punch (among others). The troupe has competed and won their first competition in March 2012. They are officially Pinup America’s "Best Troupe in America" and are featured in the magazine.  

Calling all Evil League of Evil applicants! Come out to see the live cast of the Crazy Random Happenstance perform the inspiring story of Dr. Horrible in the Dr. Horrible Sing-Along Picture Show. The Crazy Random Happenstance has performed at many conventions throughout Florida and are proud to be a part of the first annual Khaotic Kon!

This show is interactive, much like the Rocky Horror Picture Show: The LIVE shadow cast acts out the musical in front of the screen while everyone in the audience is not only allowed but ENCOURAGED to sing-along and shout random callback lines throughout the show. For those that don't know what to say, the cast will provide FREE suggestions in the form of an audience participation script. Be sure
to come dressed as your supervillian persona for a chance to be in the Evil League of Evil!

William Gregory has been drawing since he was able to hold a crayon, but his first web comic was "Skull-Boy".  After working on his own for many years, he met "David Stanworth" of Snafu-Comics fame and was given his own spot on Snafu-Comics.com for his Skull-Boy comics, which was renamed "The New Adventure of Skull-Boy".

He greatly enjoys making comics and loves to please his fans, so feel free to ask him for his artwork, sketches, shoe size, whatever... seriously, the poor guy is starved for attention, it's kind of sad. His web comic centers around the title character, Skull-Boy, who uses his demonic powers for unspeakable evil, such as delivering pizzas, watching TV and changing the channel without a remote control.  Accompanied by his cat chasing brother, Psycho Kid, and his half witch, half mad scientist sister, L.D.G., they spread chaos and evil all across the land... or just to the local grocery store, if it's a slow day.

Their reign of terror continues in the latest Skull-Boy collaboration with the popular Snafu-Comics artist known as "Bleedman" in a mini-series titled "Deliver Us Evil". The line art is done by Bleedman himself, and William is doing the coloring and dialogue. William is also working on an upcoming web comic series titled "Fish Quarry" which can be found at FishQuarry.com. William is very passionate about all kinds of comics as well as animation and is eager to collaborate with others to bring more entertainment to his fans.