Florida Supercon is proud to announce the legendary CARMINE INFANTINO as a Guest of Honor for its 2012 event! He is one of the most important comic book creators of all time and will always be remembered as the personification of DC Comics’ Silver Age. Infantino helped to resurrect a dying comics industry in 1956, as the artist who launched the Silver Age with his co-creation; the FLASH and remains the best-loved Flash artist of all-time. In addition to The Flash, he is also the creator/co-creator of dozens of top characters including: Batgirl, Human Target, Poison Ivy, Animal Man, Black Canary, Deadman and many more.

In 1964 he and Julius Schwartz saved BATMAN from impending cancellation with the "New Look" and co-created Batgirl--all of which inspired the '60s BATMAN TV-show and movie. He is the former Publisher of DC Comics and known the world over as the Godfather of the Silver Age! He was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2000. Outside the world of comics, Mr Infantino's film and TV credits include Superman The Movie, Shazam, Superfriends, Jaws & Isis. Do not miss the super-rare opportunity to meet a true legend, Florida Supercon Guest of Honor, CARMINE INFANTINO! Mr. Infantino's appearance is health permitting and is made possible with assistance from Vanguard Productions, publisher of The Amazing World of Carmine Infantino.

Carmine’s first published work was for Timely Comics (USA Comics #3) in 1941. He worked for several publishers in the 1940’s including Hillman (Airboy, The Heap), Fawcett, Holyoke and of course DC Comics, where he became a regular on the Golden Age Black Canary, Green Lantern, Justice Society of America and the Flash.During the early '50s, he did work for Simon and Kirby’s company Prize Comics, drawing Charlie Chan and at DC, where he drew westerns, mysteries and science fiction. In 1956 editor Julius Schwartz assigned him to design the look for a new version of The Flash, which premiered in Showcase #4 and was the start of the Silver Age of comics! Infantino was the artist on the Flash for several years as well as Adam Strange.

In 1964, Carmine and John Broome were handed the fading Batman titles and asked to try to bring them back to life. Infantino used his more realistic art style to help made a clean break with the past. During this time he worked primarily on Batman, Elongated Man, Adam Strange, The Flash and a number of science fiction stories for editor Julius Schwartz. During this time (1967) Infantino worked with writer Arnold Drake to introduce Deadman.

In 1967 Carmine was made art director for all of DC Comics and began to oversee all of DC covers. When DC was sold to National, he was promoted to Editorial Director. He started by hiring new talent, and promoting artists to editorial positions. He hired Dick Giordano away from Charlton Comics, and made artists Joe Orlando, Joe Kubert and Mike Sekowsky editors. New talents such as artist Neal Adams and writer Denny O'Neil were brought into the company.

Infantino was made DC's publisher in early 1971. The same year he signed super star Jack Kirby away from Marvel Comics, which lead to the creation of The New Gods, Forever People, Mister Miracle, Omac, Kamandi and The Demon! During this time Carmine worked with writer Mario Puzo on the first Superman movie and collaborated with Marvel on the historic company-crossover publication Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man. In 1975, Carmine stepped down as DC’s Publisher to return to the drawing board.

In the late 1970’s and early 1980s Infantino worked at Marvel on titles such as Star Wars, Spider-Woman and Nova. In 1981 he returned to The Flash with issue #296 and drew the book until #350. Other projects in the 1980s included penciling The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl, a Red Tornado miniseries, and a comic book tie-in to the television series V.