Nuke-Con is pleased to announce the 2009 Special Guests!!

Peter Schweighofer

Schweig’s Homepage
Peter is a writer, game designer and editor. He is well known for his work on West End Game’s Star Wars roleplaying game, but he’s also freelanced for many other gaming companies. His favorite products include the Raiders of the Lost Ark Sourcebook (West End Games) and Weird War II: Afrika Korpse (Pinnacle Entertainment Group).

Peter has also published several historical fantasy and science fiction stories in DAW anthologies, including his most recent work which released in 2007, “Seebohm’s Cap” in Pandora’s Closet, which combines his affinity for World War II history with supernatural elements. He publishes his original game material in PDF form through Griffon Publishing Studio, including the pulp roleplaying game supplements and Pulp Egypt: Adventures Along the Nile, 1933-1939.

Peter will be running seminars for us at Nuke-Con, along with playing a couple of games and spending time with his fans. If you just can’t wait till October, you can visit his web site at Griffon Publishing Studio to learn more about his game-publishing projects or purchase his games directly from Your Games Now

Fredd Gorham

Artist Guest Emeritus
Fredd’s Home Page

Fredd Gorham is our Artist Guest Emeritus and long time friend and supporter of Nuke-Con. Fredd’s art can be found in comic books, game books, web sites, corporate promotional materials, personal collections and so much more!

Fredd is active in the art community through Shocktruama Studios and events like the monthly Artist’s Jam at Krypton Comics in Omaha. Fredd is a champion for Art in Education and the importance of art for kids.

Fredd will be bringing the Art Jam to the Convention and invites all artists to join him. All ages, levels, and types of Artists are welcome to participate. Just bring your art gear and head to the center of the hall. Tables will be set up for the artists to gather.

Look for Fredd’s art in the Art Show and Auction. Don’t forget to stop by his table for a sketch and valuable black-mail information.

View Fredd’s “365 Days of Drawing”. Starting on 10/27/2008 he is creating an illustration a day for the next year, and sharing them with everyone. Jump out there and share what you think!

Thanks again to Scott and Fredd for being great Special Guests!

Thank you both so much!

Scott Johnson

Scott’s Home Page
Scott Johnson’s childhood was heavily influenced by comic books, Sci-Fi movies, and Fantasy novels. Although he always loved to draw, he never considered a career in art until he started college. There were a couple of teachers in the Illustration program at Northern Illinois University doing comics and games – that was a stroke of luck!

Scott has a reputation for versatility. His work has been commissioned by numerous publishers, including Marvel Comics, Wizards of the Coast, Games Workshop, Dragon Magazine, Palladium Books, White Wolf Publishing, TSR, FASA, and others. In addition to fantasy illustration, he has also done commercial work such as package design, website design, product illustration, and concept design for toys.

Scott produces digital art through the use of 3D modeling programs, then applies traditional illustration techniques. As he tells it, “I just happen to “paint” on a computer instead of using oils or acrylics.”

Special Guest Fredd Gorham is gearing up for busy few years. Beyond his day job and outstanding support for local convention and charity organizations, he has recently taken on projects for Markosia Comics and Mil-Net for CAV. Look for several of these new projects to be available just in time for Nuke-Con.

Markosia is a independent comic book company publishing in the US and UK, with such titles as Smoke and Mirrors, Of Bitter Souls, and soon an adaptation of the book Heretic.

Fredd was approached by the Markosia’s North American representative Chuck Satterlee with several projects. Chuck was familiar with Fredd’s extensive comic book work and had recently been working with other member’s of the ShockTrauma Studio, completing the connection.

Fredd was hand picked to illustrate “No Other Gods” by authors Chuck Satterlee and Brian Augustyn, of DC Comics fame. This dark tale pits the religiously single minded government against a superhero, Apollo, who was granted his powers by the gods of Olympus. The story reflects the real world politics and propaganda machine, as the administration deals with the superhero they do not approve of. Look for this 4 book mini-series in February 2008.

King Kong- Kong, King of Skull Island, was the next Markosia project. Being a “Son of Kong” himself, Fredd jumped at the chance to work on the project. It is the prequel to the original King Kong movie and approved by the family of Merrian C. Cooper family. Fredd’s full page illustrations will be featured in the 6 book series. Look for this series to be available in September of this year.

At the same time, Fredd was approached by Thane Barnier, a long time acquaintance through Nuke-Con, to illustrate a series of PDF game modules being written by Mil-net for the CAV system of REAPER Miniatures. These CAV modules will be compiled into a published volume, scheduled to be released in Q4 2007.

Many thanks to the 2007 guests!

Bruce Glassco

Author and game creator.

Bruce Glassco is a professor of English who has also been a gamer since the early ‘80s. His werewolf story, “Taking Loup,” was in the 1999 edition of The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. Other of Bruce’s stories and poems have appeared in the magazines Realms of Fantasy and Weird Tales. Betrayal at House On the Hill: is his first published game. Play the online demo.

Bruce’s Home Page

Fredd Gorham

Artist Guest Emeritus

Fredd Gorham is our Artist Guest Emeritus and long time friend and supporter of Nuke-Con. Fredd’s art can be found in Comic Books, Game books, web sites, corporate promotional materials, personal collections and so much more! Fredd’s exciting new projects with Markosia will be discussed in an upcoming article soon.

Fredd’s Home Page

Thanks to Artist Fredd Gorham and Author, David Wellington, our Special Guests at the 2006 convention

Here is a listing of Some of David’s Books Enjoy!

Watch This!
Dave’s video for his first Vampire book “13 Bullets”.

Truly, vampires that don’t suck!