Gareb Shamus

Gareb is a visionary in the Superhero and character-based franchise worlds. Throughout the last 30 years, he’s made a tremendous impact on geek and nerd culture and formed relationships with an unrivaled collection of artists, writers, toy developers, game designers and celebrities. Gareb founded Comic Con as we know it today, producing 180 events with millions of tickets sold, reaching billions of people worldwide. He is also the founder of Wizard, ToyFare, and Anime Insider magazines with over 100 million issues sold in 75 countries His most recent endeavor, ACE Universe, achieved instant success having produced seven events over two years with the most popular Superhero celebrities that were live-streamed to massive global audiences. Gareb has been quoted to say, “I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to create the largest global superhero fan experiences. My goal is to share my hopes, dreams and imagination to inspire people everywhere.” Gareb is a professional artist. His paintings have been in galleries and art fairs around the world including most recently at the LA Art Fair in July 2021 and Context Miami during Art Basel 2019. His art is known to present a very optimistic and positive outlook on life and uses texture to break the third wall and reach out to its viewers.

Enjoys most things pop-culture - Comic Con, toys, action figures, movies, TV shows, comic books, sports cards, sports, health and wellness, blockchain, bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Couldn't live without Netflix, Amazon, Prime, Disney+, Spotify, iPhone, iPad, EarPods. Enjoy reading books by Simon Sinek and Jim Kwik. Big fan of Elon Musk, Tesla, and Space X. I love to paint acrylic on wood. My art is all about being very positive and optimistic. I enjoy eating chocolate chip cookies whenever I can.