IDW Transformers Writer James Roberts to Attend TFcon Chicago 2018

We are very happy to welcome IDW Publishing artist Kei Zama to TFCon Chicago 2018 for her first ever TFCon. Transformers fans will recognize her work as the primary artist of the Optimus Prime comic book series. She will be in attendance all weekend and offering prints and commissions to the attendees.

TFcon is very pleased to welcome back Alex Milne to the TFcon USA guest list this year.

Transformers fans will recognize his work as the primary artist on IDW’s Transformers: More than Meets the Eye comic book, Transformers vs ROM and most recently the Unicron mini series that is bringing an end to the IDW Transformers Universe. He will be attending all weekend while offering prints and commissions to attendees.

Chicago, Illinois. TFcon USA is pleased to announce that Flint Dille will join its exciting guest line-up for its upcoming show, which will take place inside the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel & Conference Center (5440 North River Rd. Rosemont, Illinois 60018); October 26-28, 2018.

As an American screenwriter, game designer and novelist, Dille is best know for his animated work on Transformers, for which he was story editor on The Return of Optimus Prime (Parts 1 &2) along with 28 other episodes in addition to G.I Joe, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, and his game-writing, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay and Dead to Rights.

Of special note, Dille is the grandson of John F. Dille, publisher of the original Buck Rogers comic strip, and is part of the Dille Family Trust, which owns the rights to the character.

To view Dille’s complete work, please visit: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0226863/

“We are pleased to welcome Flint Dille to TFcon USA," says TFcon Founder and General Manager Colin Douglas. "Fans that are familiar with his work will be excited to meet him in person."

Dille will be available for photographs and autographs all weekend long.

TFCon 2018 wrote:We are pleased to welcome back Transformers comic book artist Casey Coller to TFcon Chicago 2018. Casey is known to fans for his work penciling various issues and variant covers for IDW’s Robots In Disguise, More Than Meets the Eye, Optimus Prime and Lost Light comics as well as many other one-shot issues. He will be selling prints and offering commissions to attendees all weekend long.

TFCon wrote:Chicago, Illinois. TFcon USA is pleased to announce that Aaron Archer will join its exciting guest line-up for its upcoming show, which will take place inside the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel & Conference Center (5440 North River Rd. Rosemont, Illinois 60018); October 26-28, 2018.

As an American Toy Designer, Archer’s spectacular involvement in the Transformers universe is well known amongst fans worldwide. Having designed toys like the Transmetal 2 creations for Cheetor, Iguanus, Dinobot, Optimus Minor and Megaton, Archer became the lead designer for the Transformers brand in 2000 where he played a large role in planning Armada, which was released in 2002. He also played a similar role in developing Energon and Cybertron, as well as Alternators. He even penned story concepts for 3 Unicron Trilogy lines before being promoted 3 times to Vice President of Intellectual Property Development at Hasbro. Archer was also the creative lead for all Transformers partnerships including 4 feature films, 4 video games, 5 animated series, theme park rides and countless publishing projects.

Beyond the Transformers Universe, Archer designed a variety of toys for various lines for Hasbro/Kenner including but not limited to Batman, Jurassic Park and Alien Resurrection while being directly involved with the G.I. Joe brand. More recently, Archer made multiple appearances on both Season 1 and 2 of Netflix’s The Toys That Made Us airing now.

"We are pleased to welcome Aaron Archer back to TFcon USA," says General Manager Colin Douglas. "His work has inspired generations of fans both new and old. His appearance will be warmly welcomed.”

Aaron Archer is presented by Toyhax.

TFCon 2018 wrote:We are very pleased to welcome back artist Sara Pitre-Durocher to the TFcon Chicago guest list this year.
Sara is best known to fans of IDW’s Transformers series as the primary artist from the comic book series Till All Are One. She will be attending all weekend and offering prints and commissions to attendees.

TFcon is proud to announce that Alec Willows will be a guest at the 2018 convention in Chicago. Known to Transformers fans as the voice of Tarantulas in Beast Wars, Mr. Willows will be appearing all weekend meeting with attendees.

Alec Willows is presented by Agabyss.

TFCon USA 2018 wrote:We are happy to welcome back IDW Publishing colorist Josh Burcham to TFcon USA 2018. Transformers fans will recognize his work from the pages of Transformers More Than Meets The Eye, Optimus Prime and dozens of other one shots and mini series. He will be in attendance all weekend and offering prints and commissions to the attendees.

TFcon is happy to welcome Ken Christiansen Jr. to TFcon Chicago 2018. His projects include Transformers Video Game Concept Art, multiple covers for IDW’s Transformers comics, and toy development for Hasbro brands, including Transformers, Star Wars, and more. He will be in attendance all weekend and offering prints and commissions to the attendees.

TFcon Chicago 2018 tickets on sale at https://www.tfcon.com/tickets

We are happy to welcome back IDW Publishing colorist Josh Perez to TFcon Chicago 2018. Transformers fans will recognize his work from the pages of series like Transformers Robots in Disguise, More Than Meets The Eye and Transformers vs ROM. He will be in attendance all weekend and offering prints and commissions to the attendees.