THE JUMP LAUNCHES A NEW SOCIAL COMMUNITY BEHIND THE CON FEATURING EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

The Jump, a social media platform for individuals, brands and interest-based groups, is proud to announce Behind the Con””a new app-based community of fans from around the world who share a love of Comic-Con and other pop-culture conventions. In addition to the stories, Behind the Con debuts an exclusive interview series featuring top artists, actors, writers, voice-over artists and more. Guests featured in August will include award-winning writer Marc Bernardin, Wonder Woman voice-over artist Susan Eisenberg, award-winning actor and fan favorite Bruce Campbell and an exclusive one-of-a-kind interview with Hellboy creator Mike Mignola.

“We wanted to create a place for fans to interact with one another and connect,”“ explains Wesley Elder, Producer and Product Strategy Executive for The Jump. “Over time, we hope to create a community of Con fans that will be able to connect at future conventions”¦in person. In the meantime, we“ll offer exclusive interviews and giveaways as well as stories from Behind the Con.”“ Learn more at thejump.com/behindthecon or go directly to The Jump BTC

Award-winning writer and producer Marc Bernardin has written comics for Marvel and DC, worked as an editor and writer for Entertainment Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter and the Los Angeles Times. He is currently a producer on “Star Trek: Picard”“.  He has written for “Carnival Row”“, “Critical Role”“, “Treadstone”“ and “Castle Rock”“, to name a few. He“s also known for his partnership with friend and filmmaker Kevin Smith, evidenced in their popular Fat Man Beyond SModcast. Most recently, Bernardin launched The Plague Nerdalogues, a charitable initiative featuring genre stars performing some of the most iconic monologues from film and TV history. Donations to The Plague Nerdalogues benefit No Kid Hungry and Black Lives Matter.

Susan Eisenberg is a professional voice-over artist known for her animation and commercial work. Her breakout role was that of Wonder Woman, aka Princess Diana, in the acclaimed “Justice League”“ and “Justice League Unlimited”“ television series. Eisenberg continued her animation work in cartoons such as “Jackie Chan Adventures”“ (Viper) and “The Super Hero Squad”“ (Power Princess), as well as in the video games Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Shaak-Ti), Jak II (Ashelin), Daxter (Taryn), Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Mass Effect 3, and Destiny (Human, Female Player).

Best known for the cult favorite The Evil Dead, Bruce Campbell is an award-winning actor, director, producer and New York Times best-selling author. In 1977 with Detroit friends, Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert, Campbell raised $350,000 for the low budget film, The Evil Dead, in which he starred and co-executive produced. Six years later came Evil Dead II followed by Army of Darkness. Over the years, he“s worked on countless and varied films including Congo, John Carpenter“s Escape from LA, Serving Sara and Sky High. His television contributions include: “Homicide: Life on the Street”“, a recurring role on ABC“s “Ellen”“, a seven year run on USA“s No. 1 show, “Burn Notice”“ and his most iconic role for Starz, “Ash vs. Evil Dead”“.  Campbell directed numerous episodes of “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys”“ as well as “Xena: Warrior Princess”“. He“s written several back-to-back New York Times best-sellers including “If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor”“ and “Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way.”“ He“s currently working on his next book, “The Cool Side of My Pillow.”“

Mike Mignola began working as a comic book artist in 1982, working for both Marvel and DC Comics before creating Hellboy, published by Dark Horse Comics in 1994. What began as a single comic book series would eventually expand to a Hellboy Universe of related graphic novels, prose novels, short story anthologies and both animated and live-action films. He also wrote and drew The Amazing Screw-on Head and Other Curious Objects. He has co-written novels with Christopher Golden and Thomas Sniegoski, worked with Francis Ford Coppola on Bram Stoker“s Dracula, was a production designer on Disney“s Atlantis: The Los Empire and visual consultant to Guillermo Del Toro on Blade II, Hellboy and Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Mignola“s comics and graphic novels have earned numerous awards and are published in several countries.

The Jump is a healthy social platform designed to connect members authentically without all the communication clutter and annoying ads. The overall goal is to deliver a social experience that celebrates meaningful connections and real-life interactions. Pushing back on the status quo, The Jump“s goal is to be more social and less media. No data mining. No targeted ads. No algorithms to push agendas. Download The Jump app in the App Store, Google Play or check it out at www.thejump.com