Special Guests

Orpheelin is a French artist who has already self-published many books (among them, a black and white comic, Toxic). A graduate of the school of Gobelins, she has worked for 12 years in the animation and video game industry. Of particular note, she was character designer for the TV series "Totally Spies" and animator for the animated adaptation of "Little Vampire" (Joann Sfar). On the side, she has developed a career as a comic author and independent illustrator, giving the public a universe that is completely sensitive and personal. Her style is at the crossroads of Japanese manga and classic European comics.

Savannah, Andrew, and Rebecca are well-known for their work on the popular webcomic titled Amya. Savannah is credited as the lead writer and creator of the series, Andrew as a co-writer, and Rebecca as the illustrator. Amya is a high-fantasy series following the adventures of Faye, a mute spell-touched who has nightmarish visions of the end of the world. In her waking days she lives an idyllic life as the daughter of a great noble, but all that changes when a fateful encounter with a young man sends her on the adventure of a lifetime, and spiraling towards her role in the forthcoming apocalypse. Accompanied by her unlikely companions, she must decide if she wishes to sacrifice her humanity to save the world; or the world to save her humanity. You can find out more about the series at www.amyachronicles.com

Shilin is the writer and artist for the high fantasy manga Carciphona. Based in Toronto, art has always been a big part of her life, and despite having a degree in music, she eventually decided that art is what she really wanted to do for a career. She now spends most of her time working on Carciphona, which has been running since 2006 and is still going strong.

Ikko is a non-profit organization operates in the form of a micropublishing house founded by a team of passionate manga lovers who offer young artists opportunities to jump into the field. Commited to working with the community, the Ikko team benevolently publishes comics in order to make them accessible, serving as springboards for local artists.

Jeff Simpson is a concept artist and illustrator living in Montreal Canada, currently working for Eidos Montreal. His previous clients include Ubisoft Montreal (Assassins Creed: Revelations, Assassins Creed: 3, Assassins Creed: Unity), Universal Pictures (Snow White and the Huntsman), Lionsgate (The Last Witch Hunter), MovingPictureCompany (various films to be announced), The Mill (VFX concept for several advertisements), Wizards of the Coast (Magic The Gathering).

MUSEbasement was founded in 2004 by Simon Gannon and creative partner AE Prevost. Their goal was to create fan-comics with a small team of like-minded artists and storytellers, while using their experience and resources as a way to share with others the art of making comics.

In 2010, Venus Palermo chose the username VenusAngelic on YouTube and started creating videos focusing on all things cute and sweet that exist on this planet. Soon after, Venus' natural doll-like looks and rebellion against prematurity made her go viral internationally! Inside the internet bubble, this kind of fame has resulted in a soccer-field full of kids who watch Venus testing Japanese candy, turning into a unicorn or growing yellow dumplings on your head like Sailor Moon. 17-year-young Venus is constantly doing her best in holding the balance of cuteness on this ball of Earth.

Born and raised in Rimouski, Mel Gosselin considers herself first and foremost as a geek passionate about anime, cosplay, cinema, comics and video games. Noticed by literary critics for its originality and heart-rending scenes in Cétacia, her historical fiction, this time she draws from the retro-futurism and the steampunk genres to create the intriguing and quirky universe of Jacky Salaberry. Volume 1, "Collectionneur de virus", kicks off this new Fantasy saga and it comes out just in time and for the very first time at Otakuthon 2014!

Jacob is a web developer from Boston, Massachusetts and is the creator of FAKKU, the largest English speaking hentai website in the world. FAKKU attracts over 1 billion pageviews a month and over 9 million unique visitors. He has also worked at BioWare as a Senior Web Developer on Star Wars: The Old Republic.