Guests
Special Guests
Calmer Con welcomes three accomplished artists who will be meeting attendees all Saturday!
Sarah Myer
Comic artist, writer, and colorist Sarah Myer (they/them) is an Eisner and L.A. Times Book Prize-nominated author of the graphic memoir Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story (First Second). Sarah is the illustrator and cover artist of several issues of the comic series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures, as well as a variant cover artist of TMNT Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen. Sarah's other work includes their independent webcomic Cheer Up, Michael!, and the graphic novel Maker Comics: Create a Costume!. An avid convention attendee since 1999, Sarah has constructed and worn over fifty cosplay costumes and enjoys cooking, weight-lifting, and spending time with their cat Loki when they are not creating comics.
Jim Lawson
Jim Lawson joined Mirage Studios in 1987 and is considered one of the longest running comic book artists to serve on a single property with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. After this work, Jim remained a full-time professional comic book writer and artist.
Besides his work on TMNT, Jim has self-published comics, including Paleo: Tales of the Late Cretaceous, Dragonfly, A Walk Through Dinosaurland, Hellride, Dinosaur Head Cat and the Box City Wallops.
Phil Hall
Phil Hall, also known as the Glacial Geek,
has been making miniature wargaming content on YouTube for over nine years from battle reports to painting tutorials and gaming discussions. His entire take on miniature painting and gaming is that it should be FUN! This is a hobby and should bring joy, so my entire channel is dedicated to finding that joy.
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Watch Phil paint and talk miniatures on his YouTube Channel and meet him in the Table Top Gaming Area at Calmer Con.
Artist Alley
Braden Lamb
Elisandra Lopes
Gabriel Joy Reid
KD Moye
Ollie Bandong
Whiteley Foster
Excelsior Comics and Games
Brittney Bourne
Emily Drouin
Jesse Lundberg
LB Lee
The Pixels and Polygons School
Willow Hearth
Paper Asylum
Cara Bean
Ed Smith
Jesse Schuh
Mark Gonyea
Robert Noberini
Side Quest Books & Games
Entertainment
One Up Games
on the Go
Clemenzi Crusaders
Sages Entertainment
Professional Resource Fair
ANNA Autism Care
ANNA is an autism care provider focused on delivering evidence-based, neurodiversity-affirming, and family-centered services. We currently offer developmental evaluations for children up to age 5, center-based ABA (specifically NDBI) services for kids up to 6, and social groups for kids ages 5-10.
The Chris Walsh Center is here to serve our community by providing information for families and educators about the continuum of educational support available to students with disabilities, students who are gifted, and students with unmet needs. The center offers support, workshops and other programming for families, educators, student support professionals, administrators, and advocates in Massachusetts. The center also conducts in scholarly research and provides educator preparation and professional development.
Chris Walsh Center
The Concord Center was created by a group of psychologists with a similar vision for treatment. Namely, that quality care is grounded in science and research. As such, all clinicians at the Concord Center use evidence-based treatments including as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).
The Concord Center
MAGE supports families with above-grade level children and helps them to navigate the education system. We provide opportunities to find others facing the same struggles and also educate parents and provide teacher training on how to meet the needs of this community.
Massachusetts Association for Gifted Education
North Shore Children’s Museum brings together children, families, and their community with accessible, hands-on learning through play.
Our vision is to create inclusive, welcoming spaces and learning experiences that use the power of play to nurture the imagination, engage families, and strengthen the community.
North Shore Children's Museum
My Ombudsman helps MassHealth members who need help accessing their covered benefits and services. We are mediators and help keep the lines of communication open between members, MassHealth, providers, or other parties. We offer support, and we respect everyone's unique story, boundaries, and goals.
My Ombudsman
Parent/Professional Advocacy League is a statewide, grassroots family organization that advocates for improved access to mental health services for children, youth and their families. PPAL’s goals are to support families, nurture parent leaders and work for systems change. PPAL is the only Massachusetts organization whose work focuses solely on the interests of families whose children have mental health needs.
Parent/Professional Advocacy League
Rachel Dorsey is a Speech-Language Pathologist in the Boston area who delivers neurodiversity-affirming care to autistic clients of all ages. She is also an accomplished educator, providing professional developments on neurodiversity-affirming practice nationally and internationally. Informed by her 8 years of clinical experience and lived experience as an autistic person, Rachel delivers speech-language therapy through a lens of compassion, curiosity, and respect for autistic clients and their families.