Guests
Music, Improv, Burlesque, Game Shows, and much much more. Nerdi Gras is planning a full weekend of live entertainment.
We will be updating our list of performers throughout the year, so keep checking to see the latest news.
For the cosplayers, we can confirm that there will be a costume contest, but the details will be coming very soon.
Steve Jackson has been designing games for 45 years and has no plans to stop. His creations include Munchkin, Illuminati, the GURPS and Fantasy Trip roleplaying systems, Ogre, Car Wars, and Zombie Dice. He loves fan publications, filk, and costume-watching. He is a citizen of the Internet until Texas cleans up its act.
Steve Jackson
Mark Meer is known worldwide for his voice work in video games, including Commander Shepard (and more) in Bioware's Mass Effect Trilogy, William MacKenzie in Hinterland Studio's The Long Dark, and multiple roles in the Baldur's Gate and Dragon Age games.
Mark is a creator, writer, and star of the award-winning TV series Tiny Plastic Men (Amazon Prime) and was a writer and core cast member on APTN's CAUTION: May Contain Nuts and CBC Radio's hit national sketch comedy program, The Irrelevant Show.
He works regularly with Atlanta's own Dad's Garage Theatre Company, serving as the Dungeon Master for Improvised Dungeons & Dragons and performing his one-man shows "One Man Walking Dead" and "Fear and Loathing and Lovecraft".
Mark Meer
Instagram - The Real Mikal Mosley
Mikal Mosley has a Bachelor’s Degree in Dramatic Arts from Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina, and after learning sewing, design, and construction in college, his passion for theater and self-expression combined into an unstoppable passion for costuming and cosplay.
Mosley is currently a designer and creator of both professional stagewear and cosplay costumes for private clients and celebrities, including various WWE Superstars, rappers, and NFL football players including WWE’s Xavier Woods, Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Ember Moon, AEW’s Cody Rhodes, and NFL’s Mike Daniels (Green Bay Packers) and Adam Gettis (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
Mikal Mosley
Instagram - TheJessicaNova
With movement both seductive and serpentine, Jessica Nova is the Greatest Satanic Panic, this side of the Atlantic! Currently residing as a Georgia Peach, Jessica is originally from the Orange Blossom State of Florida. This citrus scented swamp witch casts their spellbinding talents in a variety of nerd meets high femme energy to masc dashing and daring drag daddy.
This Wicked Wretch has been creeping on stages and producing online content of the sexy variety for 16 years. Touring state to state with g-string and pasties in hand, they are the co-owner of the nerdy traveling troupe, MyGeekGlory, as well as the devil behind their own solo producing endeavor, Your Coffin or Mine Productions.
Jessica’s styles include everything from nerdlesque, classic, neo classic, and even a bit of drag king all the while keeping their horns neatly on their head.
They’ve got demons runnin all through em, stop, drop, and drool, it’s Jessica Nova!
Jessica Nova
John Kovalic
John is a bestselling, award-winning, cartoonist, game designer and writer. Millions of copies of his games and books have been sold worldwide, to all ages, giving his magical, frenetic artwork and unique wit a truly global fanbase. His work has appeared everywhere from the NEW YORK TIMES and the WASHINGTON POST to ROLLING STONE and DRAGON MAGAZINE. His world of geeky goodies includes critically acclaimed comic books such as DORK TOWER and DR. BLINK: SUPERHERO SHRINK. (DORK TOWER was one of the very first webcomics, debuting online in 1996.)
John is a co-founder and co-owner of Out of the Box Games, and had a hand in the creation of the revolutionary party game, APPLES TO APPLES (15 million copies + sold). Working with Steve Jackson Games, John’s also responsible for the look of the fan-favorite perennial best-seller MUNCHKIN card game (5 million + sold). He’s drawn more than 7,000 cards for MUNCHKIN, and its spin-offs, and wouldn’t mind a vacation, now, because of it.
DORK TOWER, his hit independent comic book, sold 500,000 copies. DR. BLINK: SUPERHERO SHRINK, his satirical superhero comic book, has been optioned for both film and television.
John was inducted into the Games Manufacturers Hall of Fame in 2004, the first cartoonist thus honored.
John lives in Waunakee, Wisconsin, with his wife and their child.
In his spare time, he searches for spare time.