Creator Guests at Pop Con YXE
Introducing our inspiring creators!
We are honoured to host such an array of talented individuals whose artistry spans across the vibrant spectrum of pop culture. From groundbreaking illustrators to innovative storytellers, our creator guests lineup are set to inspire and engage fans with their unique creative visions. Read more about each creator in their bios below.
2024 Creator Guests Lineup
Denyse Klette’s earliest memory of creating was when she was four and she spent hours copying the drawings out of her sister’s ‘How To Draw’ book, which serendipitously was written by a Disney artist.
When she was 8, Denyse announced to her parents that she should quit school and become an artist since that is what she knew she would be.
Her parents made her stay in school but she was selling her line drawings by grade five so she could have “donut and butter tart” money and by 16 she had her first cartoon strip published in two local newspapers.
Although she smiles at her childhood memories, Denyse was serious about her art at that early of an age and has never wavered from this career choice going on 45 years. She also never did return the book to her sister and it sits proudly amongst her vast collection of Disney art books.
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Cam Hayden is a Calgary based cartoonist whose work appears in Freaky Magazine, CAR-toons, Spread Love Zine & Calgary’s arts & entertainment monthly, Scene Magazine.
He has also contributed to such books as Danko Jones’, I’ve Got Something to Say by Feral house, Terrace VI: Forbidden Fruit by Seventh Terrace books and Printed in Blood’s tribute collections for Hannibal & Bernie Wrightson.
Cam also puts out a variety of creator owned comics such as Tongue in Cheek’s B-Movie Garbage series, his own Red Flag books and co-creates the ongoing, Aurora nominated sci-fi series, Futility.
He has recently dipped his toe into creating trading cards and has created 2 collections in his Oddballs of Country Music series and has completed the first set in a series for Tongue in Cheek comics called Mole Men Attack.
On the side he has also materialized 3 books harvested from his Patreon content including the serialized, Tomb Stompin’ Connors and the collections, Extra, Extra Sh*tty stories & his newest book: Submit or Die.
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Chozen Studios is a design and illustration studio that specializes in comic art, children’s books, tattoo design and corporate rebranding. Chozen has also self-published its own comic book titles.
Travelling across North America and the Caribbean, Chozen has been a fixture on the comic book convention circuit for over a decade amassing a large and dedicated fanbase.
The studio has produced artwork for children’s books, CD covers, book and magazine covers as well as promotional posters for various events and comic book conventions.
Chozen studio artists have worked closely with some of the great talented leaders of the comic book industry working on projects for image comics, Dark Horse, Mattel and hasbro for toy concept design projects.
On the side he has also materialized 3 books harvested from his Patreon content including the serialized, Tomb Stompin’ Connors and the collections, Extra, Extra Sh*tty stories & his newest book: Submit or Die.
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Specializing in drawing and painting, Caners has grown into an inspirational speaker, giving workshops and producing books, videos and beyond. Danielle’s artistic skills continue to adapt and expand into traditional painting methods, digital art, augmented reality and alternative means of story telling.
The many projects she’s contributed to include Myco Wisdom, an art and education project introducing people into the world of fungi, Prosthetic Reality, the first Augmented Reality art book (featured in VICE news and CNET), mural commissions and curating The Antipodes Project with over thirty international contributors (featured in Juxtapoz and White Hot magazines). Her art has shown in four continents and sells around the world.
She’s currently engaged in Cosmologia, a series of drawings celebrating the cosmic wisdom of the world’s civilizations.
“Images communicate directly with the subconscious. They are portals to the ineffable. My mission in art is to ignite the inspiration, wonder and potential inherent in every being.”
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A wife and mother who writes horror comics in her free time. Come geek out over monsters with her.
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CHASE KANTOR is a writer/artist from Edmonton, Alberta.
His first graphic novel “The Saga of the Jack of Spades” was published by Renegade Arts Entertainment in 2019, and nominated for Best Graphic Novel by Sequential magazine.
In 2023, the sequel “Alice of Spades” was released and listed in CBC’s Top 20 Graphic Novels Released in 2023. Chase has hosted workshops in youth writing for comic books for elementary and junior-high-aged students and has been nominated previously for Best Color Artist.
Chase’s next graphic novel “ISS” is set to release in 2025.
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Since 1994 I have been published in everything from single panel cartoons in newspapers and magazines to a national bestselling book of cartoons.
I contribute comic pages to everything from automotive humor in CARtoons to comic strips for Serial Killers Magazine.
Outside of comics, I have contributed pulp style horror stories to various anthologies.”
