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PROFESSIONAL GUEST OF HONOR

Svetlana Chmakova

Creator of "Dramacon", published by Tokyopop

Svetlana was born and raised Russian, and came to Canada at the tender age of 16. She finished high school here, then graduated Sheridan College with a three-year Classical Animation Diploma and is currently a freelance artist, as well as a fledging North-American equivalent of a manga-ka. She has been in a love-hate relationship with comics and manga for several years now because she is too weak to break it off. Svetlana has drawn for how-to-draw-manga books, RPG manuals, toy designs, animation, book covers and a bunch of online comics. She is an accomplished flake and has no attention span which makes writing coherent bios quite a challenge. Hobbies include: sleeping and reading more comics than is healthy for her wallet. Also, sometimes, eating. [excerpted from her website, http://www.svetlania.com]

TOASTMASTER

Tadao Tomomatsu ["Mr. Shake-Hands Man"]

"Killed" by vampires in Blade, Tadao is known for his improv performance as "Mr. Shake-Hands Man" on Banzai TV, and will be our toastmaster (barring professional obligations).