GMX features events, panels, and channels for EVERY geek out there. We offer 18 'Channels' of programming, appealing to a wide spectrum of fans. Some of the featured events in each Channel are listed in the guide to the right. For info on our main events and guests, read on...
ANNOUNCING NEW GUESTS CHRIS JUDGE (Teal'c from Stargate: SG1), DOMINIC KEATING (Lieutenant Malcolm Reed from Star Trek: Enterprise and BOB AND CARL: SCI-FI JANITORS!
Unfortunately, we do have some sad news. Aaron Douglas will not be attending this year's GMX. He has a last-minute scheduling conflict. We wish him the best of luck. Read Aaron's letter to the fans at GMX here.
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MAIN EVENTS • GUESTS • EVENT FORMS
Clockwork Cotillion
Grease up your gears, tighten your sockets, and come join us for a Steam Punk themed dance. Featuring a live band, dancing, and an appearance by the Apparition Abolishers.
80s Dance
Find your high-tops, your hairspray, and your favorite David Bowie album; it's the 80's all over again! We'll dance the night away to all those hits from your childhood (or at least the old folks will).
Science Fiction Double Feature: Rocky and Repo
Done partying for the night? Then come join us as we watch two amazing movies: Rocky Horror Picture Show and Repo. Don't worry, it's ok if you sing along. We won't judge!
Orion Slave Auction
Always wanted an outer space boyfriend or girlfriend? Well, you can at least for one night. Join us as we bid off dates for charity. We ourselves are fond of blue women. Proceeds from the auction go to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Hogwarts High Tea
Join your favorite professors and classmates of wizardry for a spot of tea and tea cakes on Sunday. And if you're old enough, perhaps there's bound to be an Irish coffee.
First Annual GMX Pinup Contest
Pinup is an art of its own, so celebrate it by becoming a living art work! Show off your curls, garters, and red lipstick in our first annual contest. Prizes will be handed out, so it's a can't miss event!
Trick or Treat: Room Party Battle
Do you have what it takes to throw the best party at GMX? Prove it! Each hotel party will be rated by its guests, and if they choose you to be the best, you get to host your party next year in our GMX Lounge. Win/win, right?
GARRETT WANG | CHRIS JUDGE | DOMINIC KEATING | JAMES O'BARR | JEPH JACQUES | APPARITION ABOLISHERS | CONVENTION VIXENS | JACKSON BOSTWICK | SCOTT CHRISTIAN SAVA | WHATTHECAST | CINEGEEK | BOB AND CARL: SCI-FI JANITORS | KIMBERLY RICHARDSON | KAYLA PERKINS | DANIEL BROWN | RODNEY COX | MERIKA ROCK | ALLAN GILBREATH | BILLIE RAE BATES | AARON DOUGLAS | J.D. MICHAELS | APRIL HUNTER
GARRETT WANG
Born in Riverside, California to Chinese immigrant parents, Garrett Wang(pronounced Wong) spent his formative years on the move, living in Indiana, Bermuda and Tennessee. He moved to Los Angeles to attend UCLA where he majored in East Asian Studies and dabbled in theater. He was especially proud of his portrayal of Michio Tanaka in "12-1-A," Wakako Yamauchi's play which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the fateful internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. In his first stage performance outside of UCLA, Garrett received critical acclaim as the lead in Chay Yew's "Porcelain."
After landing his first talent agent in 1993, he booked an unprecedented five commercials in one week. He followed this up with a guest starring role on the first episode of the ABC sitcom "All American Girl" starring comedienne Margaret Cho. This milestone was then eclipsed by winning the role of Harry Kim on "Star Trek Voyager." At the same time, Garrett had also booked roles in two films, "Mortal Kombat" and "Glory Daze" both of which he unfortunately had to turn down in order to work on Voyager. In addition to acting on Voyager for seven seasons, Garrett was named as one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People as well as one of E! Entertainment Channel's "20 Coolest Bachelors."
In 2005, Wang portrayed the character of Chow Ping in the TNT mini series "Into The West" It was after the filming this project that Garrett took a break from Hollywood and began traveling, which he has continued to do until present day. He estimates he has flown around 450 thousand air miles since 2005.
Garrett is no stranger to the convention scene. His first convention as a guest was in Minneapolis, MN, January of 1995, the weekend after the Monday night premiere of Voyager on UPN, filling in for an ill Kate Mulgrew. He has taken it one step further by becoming the full-time emcee for Tulsa's Trek Expo and Germany's FedCon. His most cherished duty as of late is the new director of Trek Track at Dragon*Con.
CHRIS JUDGE
Sports would be the stepping stone to an acting career for Mr. Judge. Attending the University of Oregon on a football scholarship, Judge led in kickoff return yardage for 1983-84 and interceptions in 1984, in addition to earning the Casanova Award in 1982 (given to the freshman or newcomer of the year). Judge was also a three time All American, a Pacific-10 Conference Selection in 1984, and played in the 1985 Hula Bowl.
Judge began studying at the Howard Fine Institute in LA in 1989. Some early roles were Bird on a Wire, Cadence, Neon Rider and MacGyver with future Stargate SG-1 star Richard Dean Anderson. In the ensuing years, Judge had small parts in various television shows and movies such as 21 Jump Street (with future SG-1 director Peter DeLuise), The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and House Party 2, and as a regular on Sirens from 1994 to 1995.
Judge's largest role came in 1997 with Stargate SG-1, in the role of Teal'c. Out of all the actors in Stargate SG-1, Judge has been in the most episodes. More recent works of Judge's include guest spots on Andromeda and Stargate: Atlantis, the television movie Personal Effects, and the films Snow Dogs and A Dog's Breakfast, the latter written and directed by fellow Stargate actor David Hewlett. Judge has written three episodes of Stargate: SG-1: "The Changeling", "Birthright", and "Sacrifices". After Stargate was canceled, Judge began writing a script for a show called Rage of Angels. Judge also does voice acting for animated series and video games, including the voice of Magneto on X-Men: Evolution and Stargate SG-1: The Alliance. He is also known for voicing Jericho in Turok.
DOMINIC KEATING
An early turn on the stage while he was in primary school gave Dominic Keating a taste for acting. But despite appearing in several stage productions while he was attending London’s University College, Keating’s Bachelor of Arts degree ultimately would be in history, not theater arts. By the late 1980’s however, Keating was alternating between local stage productions and appearances on British television, including a permanent role in Desmond’s, a long-running comedy, and a guest spot in the internationally broadcast Inspector Morse mysteries. But it was his first motion picture appearance, in Jungle 2 Jungle with Tim Allen and Martin Short, that served to expand his career into American productions.
Keating first came to major public attention in the UK when he had a semi-regular role as Tony in the Channel 4 sitcom Desmond's (1989–95). He went on from this to a role in Inspector Morse, as well as other guest-starring roles. Having moved to the United States, he gained the role of the demonic warrior Mallos on the short-lived 2000 series The Immortal. He also made guest appearances on Buffy The Vampire Slayer, G vs E and Special Unit 2 as well as on several other series prior to a major role on the series Star Trek: Enterprise, where he played Lieutenant Malcolm Reed. Since then he has had a guest roles on the series Las Vegas, Holby City and the CSI: NY episode "Uncertainty Rules". Keating joined the cast of hit show Heroes for its second season and played an Irish mobster in a four episode arc. He also held a guest-starring role for three episodes on the Fox TV series Prison Break.
His feature films include Hollywood Kills, Species: The Awakening and Beowulf. Most recently Keating co-starred in two motion pictures: as the dangerous “Godfather”-like title character in The Ninong, and in the upcoming martial arts/fantasy tale, The One Warrior.
JAMES O'BARR
James O’Barr was born in a trailer in Detroit just in time to see Marilyn Monroe and John Kennedy die, but he claims no responsibility for either. He spent his first seven years in an orphanage and foster care as the token white kid (it was, after all, Detroit) and as such had poor communication skills. When he was adopted, James brought along his crayons and has been using them ever since.
While stationed in Berlin in the late ‘70s, he created The Crow as an attempt to deal with the death of his fiancée at the hands of a drunk driver. It took nearly 10 years to finish, and no publisher was interested in it ("too gloomy, too confusing..") until, on a whim, Caliber published the first issue in 1989. It is currently the best selling independent graphic novel of all time at over ¾ million copies sold.
In 1993, his book was adapted into the cult film of the same name starring Brandon Lee. Nearly all of the money made from the film was donated to children's charities, and James had nothing to do with the subsequent 3 sequels or TV show (though he does like Mark DaCascos) and scoffs at the current plans to remake the first film.
He has worked for every major publisher, with the exception of DC who is apparently afraid of what he would do with Batman.
In Italy, 1995, James won the Academy Award of comics, the Yellow Kid award for best storyteller and has been ignored ever since.
After 35 years in Detroit (shot, stabbed, and run over by Sanford and Son are not too subtle hints that it is time to move) he currently lives in Dallas collecting old books, records, skulls and the hearts of young wives. He does commissions from his website (JamesOBarr.net, how clever), paints, draws and writes every day.
James is tall, happy, approachable, quite charming and looks nothing like Robert Smith (except for maybe the smeared lipstick on Goth night at The Church).
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EVENT FORMS
If you're planning on participating in the Clockwork Cotillion Masquerade, Orion Slave Girl Auction, or you want to host your own panel, you need these forms. Fill them out and send them to our GMX Programming Department with the subject of your request. Deadline for any forms sent in ahead of time was October 1, 2010, but you can print off the Masquerade and Orion Slave Auction forms and bring them to the Customer Service desk at the convention.
MASQUERADE COSTUME CONTEST FORM
ORION SLAVE AUCTION FORM
PANEL REQUEST FORM - All filled up. Please try next year.
18 PROGRAMMING CHANNELS
(Click here or on Channel titles for more info)
ART
-Art in Action
-Charity Art Auction
-Creating Fantasy Art with Digital Tablets I
-Creating Fantasy Art with Digital Tablets II
-Zombie Portraits: How to Draw a Face & the Undead
BOOK
-Clive Barker in Film & Literature
-Magically Delicious: Fun Foods of Harry Potter
-So You Want to be a Published Author
-Souls in Harry Potter
-Vampires: Book vs TV
BRIT
-Hogwarts High Tea
-London Underground
-Gallifrey State of the Union Address
CHRON
-Clockwork Cotillion
-Dagorhir Weapons, AKA Foam Madness!
-Goggles & Gears: Steampunk 101
-Intro to Leatherwork for Costumes
-Nickel Children - A Sci-Fi Steampunk Adventure Screening
-What's this Steampunk Stuff All About?
-You Can Steampunk That!
COMIC
-Comic Creation
-Comics 102: Comics for Beginners
-Comics: the Decade in Review
-Grant Morisson: All-Star Superman to Zenith
-Indie Spotlight: HAVEN
-Marvelous Movies and Disastrous Cinema: Comic Book Films
-Miss GMX 2010 Pin-Up Girl Contest
-Motion Comics: Blurring the Line Between Comics and Video
-Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Panel
DICE
-Ameritrash vs. Eurocrap: Boardgamers Dilemma
-Dungeons, Dragons, and Other Stuff Too
-Geek Feud
-Lunacy LARP
-Magic: the Gathering Tournament
-Magic: the Gathering 101
-Silent Atrium
-Which Die Is That Again?
DIGIT
-Blizzard: "It's about time!"
-Game Development with XNA
-Old School Video Game Schooling
-Symbolism and Silent Hill
-Video Game Roundtable
FNTSY
-31 Flavors of Dragons
-Care of Magical Creatures
-Feminism Fairytale Redux
FORCE
-Boba Fett: The Man, The Myth, The...Clone?!
-Building Your Own Lightsaber
-Come to the Dark Side. We Have Cookies.
-Expanded Universe: The Good, the Bad and the REALLY Ugly
-Race of the Tauntauns - GMX Style!
-Sex Appeal of Other Species in and around the Galactic Republic
-Sorcerer's Ways: A Look at Jedism
-Sounds of Star Wars
-Star Wars Trivial Pursuit Playoff!
GEEK
-Beyond Sit: Basic Dog Obedience Panel
-Chris Judge Q&A
-ConSociology 101: How to Meet People at Cons (Flirting at Conventions Part 1)
-ConSociology 210: The Zen of Flirting (Flirting at Conventions Part 2)
-ConSociology 248: The Physics of Flirting. F=?C*?V (Flirting at Conventions Part 3)
-Costumes on a Dime
-Cuddle Craft
-Demistifying the Geek Girl
-Geek Speed Dating
-Geek Stew
-GMX Girls Pool Party
-Jackie Chan: Master of Cinema
-Juggling for Beginners
-Juggling Intermediate
-Make-up With Wigs in Costume
-Profit v. Proceeds in Cons: Business & Volunteerism
-Puppetry in Geek Media
-Standing Too Close to the Fire: Burn Notice
-Tommy Westphall: 6 Degrees for TV Geeks
-Wag the Dummy
NOCT
-A Zombie Primer: How to Survive the Imminent Zombie Apocalypse
-Is Repo! The New Rocky?
-Living Among the Dead
-Music City Zombie Walk
-Science Fiction Double Feature: Rocky & Repo
-SNEAK PREVIEW: Bloody Mary Lite
-Spirits, Spectres and Demons, Oh My!
REDLT
-ConChemistry 110: Intro to Home Brewing and Charity Beer Tasting
-Gay it Out, Geek it Out
-Getting Knurdy 2: The New Batch
-Introduction to Shibari
-Intermediate Shibari
-Kinky Gadgets
SCIFI
-Alien by Design
-B-Movies and Robot Puppets: Mystery Science Theater 3000 Past & Present
-Horror Artists: Inspired Genius or Twisted Freaks
-Stargate Panel 2: Eighth Chevron Locked
-There Ain't No Stealth in Space
-WarSport Updates
-What is the Matrix?
-Who Wins: Vampires, Zombies or WereWolves?
SCITEK
-CineGeek Live Cast
-Circuit Benders' Ball
-DIY Vacuum Forming and Plastic Armor Making
-Just the Tech Ma'am: The Technical Side of Webcomics
-Linux for Geeks
-Geek Journalism
-Photography and Posing
-Podcasting 101, Presented by Chainsaw Buffet
-Robot Building 101
-WhatTheCast Live Cast
TOON
-AVATAR! (No, Not the Blue People)
-Cybertron Update: War and Piece
-Ducks and Mice and Monsters, Oh My! Disney Animated Afternoons
-Name the Toon Tune
-Saturday Morning Cartoons 2
-Spoon! A Tick Panel
-Top 10 Boondocks Moments
-Welcome Back FROM THE WORLD OF TOMORROW: Futurama Panel
TREK
-Dominic Keating Q&A
-Orion Slave Auction
-Star Trek and Science: Based on How William Shatner Changed the World
-Star Trek: What is Canon?
-Status Report, Mr. Kim
-What's Next in Trek
TUNE
-'80s Dance
-Ballroom Dancing
-Metal: Resurgence: How Has it Changed?
-Umbra Bellydance Performances
WHEDN
-Whedon Pumpkin Carving
-Science of the Whedonverse
-Browncoats: Next Gen
-The World of Whedon - Comic Style
-Horrible Turn: Dr. Horrible Fan Film
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