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Happy Birthday Nicholas Grabowsky

Singer, songwriter, actor, director, and author, Chuck W. Chapman is from Greenville, SC. He has toured the US in various rock bands and recently wrote, directed, and starred in the Rondo Award-nominated indie horror film, “He Drives at Night,” with Butch Patrick of “Eddie Munster” fame. Chuck has been a featured actor on nationally syndicated television and a background actor in major motion pictures.

An ink and pencils maestro, Roc Bottom has garnered praise from hundreds for his stylistic and innovative approach to his craft. His creative works have been featured in The Underwire Online magazine with his creator-owned comic, Lion’s Den Revolution, the first comic to ever be presented in digital desktop format. Other comedic credits include Trenchcoats, Cigarettes, and Shotguns for Conquest Comics, Queen of Sin and Master’s Devils for Legion Studios, and 803 from 803 Studios. Roc is a former member of Truthful Comics, where his titles include Order,  Shadowclub Karma, and Jet Boy: Dawn of K.R.O.N.O.S., a comic/animated series. Roc also has his hand in the fashion world as co-owner of One Cloth1ng and his new line Johnny Rocketz which features custom shoes and t-shirts.

Recently, Roc has partnered up with producer Mustafa Saied, and writer JD Lawrence to start a production company that will produce original content for several networks and streaming services. He is currently directing the animated project Jet Boy, along with Mike Sofoluke, producing/writing the animated Shadowclub Karma project, and producing the Dark Goddess animated series.

Roc Bottom has been featured in gallery shows, conventions, and art shows such as 701 Gallery, Anastasia and Friends, Cola-Con, Punk Monkey Comics, Heroes and Dragons comics, Cayce-West Columbia Library, South Congaree-Pine Ridge Library,  and Art Bar Agora, to name a few.

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Francy and Friends is paying tribute to the Toby Kieth 

As an actor, Matthew Ewald’s extensive experience and career in the industry began in 2001 when he completed not only his first feature film “Terminal Error,” but in the same year was fortunate enough to have portrayed Nicholas Bluetooth on the highly popular FOX science fiction/adventure television series “Galidor.” The franchise, an international hit, spawned Matthew his own action figure, as well as merchandising rights through Cap’N’Crunch cereal, McDonalds Happy Meal Toys, XBOX and Playstation video game consoles, among many others.  He has wrapped production on over sixty-plus films, including one of the lead roles—as the villainous Mallock—in the pilot “Trancers Paradox,” as well as a guest-starring role in “Humber City.”  He was a part of the highly acclaimed video game web-series “Mario Warfare,” as well as the episode “Lolani” for the equally acclaimed “Star Trek: Continues.” He has also had the great honor to have filmed the serious-minded remake of the 1959 classic Edward D. Wood, Jr.’s magnum opus, “Plan 9 From Outer Space.” Matthew has also won the prestigious Macabre Faire Film Festival’s Best Actor in a Feature Film award for his role as Carl in the motion picture “Athena.”

As a writer, Matthew is a published author with a number of horror stories already to his credit (three of which he had been asked to adapt into audio productions).  He is a member of the HWA.  Human Nature marked his debut novel.  His follow-up novel, Whispers in the Cries, is his masterpiece of the genre combining frightening ghost story themes before a backdrop of events surrounding the RMS Queen Mary.  The Coffin Clock is his most heartfelt novel, of high adventure, ghost pirates, and family bonding.