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A comic book "retropreneur," a couple of Spider-Man writers, Popeye's cartoonist, and several animation and fantasy artists will be among the guest artists and writers appearing at Ithacon 35, Part 2. As a follow-up to its milestone 35th annual comic book convention held earlier this year, the Comic Book Club of Ithaca is continuing the celebration from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Women's Community Building, 100 W. Seneca St., Ithaca.

In addition to the guest artists and writers, several comic book vendors will be at Ithacon to buy, sell and trade old and new comics, plus related items such as action figures and DVDs. Sales of select donated items will benefit Tompkins Learning Partners Inc. (formerly Literacy Volunteers of Tompkins County).

Guests at Ithacon include former Comic Book Club member Ed Catto, an artist and Cornell University graduate who is returning to Ithacon as a comic book professional. One of the founders of Captain Action Enterprises, who describes himself as a "retropreneur," Catto works to reintroduce and reinvent comic-book characters and action figures. His current projects include new versions of Captain Action and Zeroids. Catto also will preview pages of "Savage Beauty," a re-imagining of the jungle girl genre.

A native of Auburn and a long-time marketing and advertising professional, Catto recently made his debut as a comic book artist on the Lady Action series, a spin-off of Captain Action. " My parents started taking me to the comic book shows starting with Ithacon 2. I've been hooked ever since, meeting my favorite creators and tracking down lost treasures in the back-issue boxes."

Catto joined the Comic Club of Ithaca during his years at Cornell and helped run Ithacon, meeting several artists and writers, among them the legendary Superman artists Murphy Anderson and Curt Swan. "Now Murphy's become a friend and he's creating covers for my comics. One of my Ithacon volunteer memories was inking a pencil illustration by Curt Swan. That's like a garage band novice being asked to play on stage with the Rolling Stones. It was a thrill and I've never looked back."

Commenting on Catto's return to the show, CBCI co-founder Bill Turner noted, "This is exactly the sort of thing that we hoped would happen when we started holding these conventions back in 1976. Over the years, several Club members have turned pro, and it's great to welcome them back as guests."

Other guests include:

* New York Times best-selling author Roger Stern, best known for writing "Spider-Man," "Captain America" and "The Avengers" for Marvel Comics, and "Superman" for DC Comics. In addition to his comics work, he has written two Superman novels and a "Smallville" tie-in novel.

* Local fantasy artist Storn Cook, who specializes in paintings for collectable card sets, including character cards for Legends of the Five Rings and Warlord CCG, and covers and interior art for Hero Games, including Ninja Heroes, Champions, and Fantasy Hero.

* Tom Peyer, a co-writer of Stephen Colbert's "Tek Jansen," the humorous space opera series based on the character created by Comedy Central's Colbert. A former editor for DC Comics' "Vertigo" line, Peyer also has written stories for DC's "The Flash" and Marvel Comics' "Amazing Spider-Man."

* Artist and art teacher Ken Wheaton, a long-time friend of Ithacon, who is probably best known for his artwork on the "Simpsons" comics.

* Cartoonist and fantasy illustrator Joe Orsak, the creator of Captain 'Cuse and co-creator of Shirra the She-Wolf. His first graphic novel, "Yellow Rose of Texas: The Legend of Emily Morgan," is a historical novel about the young African-American woman who was the inspiration for the classic folk song, "The Yellow Rose of Texas."

* Ithaca native Frank Cammuso, the award-winning political cartoonist for the Syracuse Post-Standard, co-author of the satirical book "2007-Eleven and Other American Comedies" and the creator of the comic album series "Max Hamm: Fairy Tale Detective," which retells classic Mother Goose stories in the style of hard-boiled detective fiction and film noir.

* Artist and illustrator Warren Greenwood, storyboard artist for "Duck Tales: The Movie," and for episodes of "The Tick," "Tiny Toon Adventures, GI Joe," and many other animation projects, including action classics such as "She-Ra, Princess of Power" and "He-Man."