The Penti-Con
Penticton's Annual Pop Culture Art Festival
At the Penticton Trade & Convention Center
Meet Our Makers!
Our Makers are outstanding community members who have something special to offer to you, our attendees. We value each and every one of these amazing beans and are super excited to have them at the event to share their wealth of knowledge.

Okanagan Comic Creators
Nate Bennett
Artist/Storyteller
Creator of ILL WILL
Nate’s inspiration for art and storytelling came from his love of Marvel and DC during his childhood. Inspired by creative legends such as Todd McFarlane, Frank Miller, and Jim Lee, Nate continues to nurture his creative passion for drawing compelling characters and continues working on his comics run, ILL WILL.

Okanagan Comic Creators
Matthew Senn
Indie Comic Artist and Animator from Kelowna, BC. Professional credits include Hotel Transylvania The Series, Sonic Colours, and Summer Memories. He currently teaches the Comics and Digital Art clubs at Autism Okanagan, and runs the Okanagan Comic Creators workshop in Kelowna. His current webcomic, Poppy: The Girl Who Slept-In 100 Years, has garnered over 10 million views and 30,000 followers on Webtoon.

Okanagan Comic Creators
Kamryn
Kamryn has been drawing since she could put marker all over the walls and has been painting a creative path for herself ever since! She loves animation, comics, and any sort of artistic storytelling that comes from the heart. Kamryn has animated for multiple studios and has collaborated with many of her peers. These days she spends lots of time drawing comics and passionately working with Autism Okanagan as a teachers assistant in the Digital Arts and Comic Club, among other things she’s involved with.

Author
Kenton J Moore
Kenton J Moore is a Wordsmith, a Navy Veteran, a professional Logistician, and a hopeless lover of pop-culture. When he’s not working on his steampunk airship adventure series Cloudbreakers, he can be found running or writing tabletop roleplaying games from Fallout to D&D, or perhaps engaged in his latest mad-science fermentation experiment in the world of home-brewing Mead (honey-wine). He is also the co-host of the Echoes of Fear Podcast, and the owner founder of SoulForge Media.

Author
Herman Steuernagel
Herman Steuernagel is a science fiction and fantasy author exploring worlds of infinite possibilities.
His recent release, The Bartender Between Worlds, briefly touched the Barnes & Noble Top 100.
With inspirations ranging from Star Trek, The Next Generation to The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks and The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan, Herman grew up with a love of story and tales of the fantastical.
Herman currently lives in British Columbia, Canada, When he’s not working on a new book he can be found cycling, running and dreaming up new worlds

Maker Type
Leisl
‘As far as storytelling goes… I was always a writer. As far as writing goes it took becoming a mother.’
Writing became Leisl’s passion after an inspiration to create led her to write a single chapter in which the world of Titania was born.
An Aussie born and bred, she has lived in a variety of places including the Australian outback and Montréal, Canada. She now resides in Lake Country, B.C with what’s left of her grown family, dogs, cat and whatever wildlife choose to inhabit the property. She has a bachelor degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice, a brown belt in Karate, likes training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, volunteering with horses and karaoke with her mates.