Baltimore Comic Con Continues To Add Exciting Guests

from the official Baltimore Comic Con press release . . . . . .

Baltimore Comic-Con 2026 Welcomes Johnson, Lonergan, MacDonald, Powell, Staggs, and Weeks

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - August 31, 2026 - Join the Baltimore Comic-Con this September 25-27, 2026 at the Inner Harbor's Baltimore Convention Center. The Baltimore Comic-Con is proud to announce Dave Johnson, Jesse Lonergan, Andy MacDonald, Eric Powell, Cat Staggs, and Lee Weeks as comics guests of our 2026 event. You can purchase tickets online now!

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An officially ordained Methodist Deacon, "Reverend" Dave Johnson may be best known for his minimalist covers on the noir Vertigo series, 100 Bullets. He has done all 100 covers. He has also done a number of covers for DC Comics, primarily Batman and Detective Comics. Dave also worked with Erik Larsen on the mini-series Superpatriot: Liberty & Justice. He is also known for his work with Marvel on Deadpool. Dave is the principal founder of "Drink and Draw", a get-together of professional artists that spawned an art book by the same name. Mr. Johnson earned the 2002 Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist. He was also nominated for an Eisner in 2004 for his work on the critically-acclaimed DC Elseworlds miniseries Superman: Red Son, which is now a perennial bestseller in graphic novel form.

Jesse Lonergan is a comic book artist living in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. His comic work is known for its experimental layouts and innovative page compositions, playing with the formal elements of the comics medium to tell stories in new and original ways. He works with both mainstream and indie publishers, as well as dabbling in self-publishing. His wordless comic HEDRA was nominated for an Eisner for best single issue in 2020, and his graphic novel DROME was featured on many best-of-the-year lists in 2025 and won an Eisner for Best New Graphic Album. He likes peanuts, procedural cop shows, junk food, old maps, and movies about sad robots.

Andy MacDonald is a veteran comic book artist who has worked with virtually every major comic book publisher. At DC Comics, he drew for comic titles like Wonder Woman, Detective Comics, Justice League, and, most recently, Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Other publishers include Oni Press, where he drew the Rogue Planet mini-series; and Marvel Comics, where he has drawn Doctor Strangeand Multiple Man: It Will All Make Sense in the End. Multiple Man was his first collaboration with Matthew Rosenberg, who he now works with on the ongoing fan-favorite comic, If Destruction Be Our Lot, available RIGHT NOW monthly from Image Comics!

Eric Powell is a five-time Eisner Award winning writer/artist best known for his creator owned series, The Goon, and most recently, his critically-acclaimed graphic novel, Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?, co-written by renowned true crime author Harold Schechter. Eric has worked for every major publisher in the comics industry as well as launching his own publishing company, Albatross FunnyBooks. Eric is currently developing a Goon animated feature film with producer, Tim Miller.

Cat Staggs is an artist best known for her work on the New York Times Bestselling title Smallville Season 11 from DC Comics and creator-owned titles Crosswind with Gail Simone for Image Comics and Dark and Twisted: Death Mask vol 1 and 2 with Amanda Deibert for Storm King Comics. Currently, Cat is working on Death Mask vol 3 with Amanda Deibert (Storm King) and Joker/Harley Criminal Sanity-Secret Files #2 with Kami Garcia (DC Titles). She has also worked on popular titles like the Ringo-nominated Through with David Dastmalchian (Z2 Comics), Eisner Award-winning anthology Love is Love (DC Comics), Death of Superman with Louise Simonson (DC Comics), Adventures of Supergirl (DC Comics), Wonder Woman ‘77 (DC Comics), X-Files and Orphan Black (IDW), Sensation Comics featuring Wonder Woman(DC), The Vampire Diaries (DC), Phantom Lady and Doll Man (DC), Star Trek (IDW), Tales For A Halloween NightVol. 1-12 (Storm King), and over 20 years in the Star Warsuniverse with Lucasfilm and over 12 years with John Carpenter. In 2017, a one-of-a-kind original Wonder Woman piece was inducted into the Library of Congress by Lynda Carter along with Wonder Woman '77 Vol 1.

Lee Weeks is an award-winning comic book artist and sometime writer known for Batman, Superman, Daredevil, and Hulk, among many others. His breakthrough came drawing a Daredevil run that culminated in the noirish, “Fall of the Kingpin” storyline in the 1990s.  Lee received a Best Artist award for his work on Batman, while his collaboration with Tom King on Batman vs. Elmer Fudd garnered a couple more awards...and a gazillion strange looks. His most recent work can be found in the pages of Superman: Home Again. Lee has occasionally taught at the famed Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, where he himself studied under Joe in the 1980s. He resides in Pennsylvania with his wife, Tish. Rumor has it he knows a couple good card tricks.

"We just keep bringing the talent!" said Marc Nathan, show promoter for the Baltimore Comic-Con. "These are some fantastic artists, all with their own creative niches in the industry, and all with accolades for their work. If you're an art fan, you will not want to miss this year's show!"

Parking We recommend booking convenient and affordable parking in advance through SpotHero, the nation's leading parking reservations app. To reserve your parking spot, visit the Baltimore Comic-Con SpotHero Parking Page and book a spot with rates up to 50% off drive-up.

Hotels Expiring Shortly! Baltimore Comic-Con's negotiated hotel rates will be expiring on or about August 24th! If you are coming to the show and plan to stay around the Baltimore Convention Center, please take advantage of our hotel links while they last: https://baltimorecomiccon.com/hotels/

Tickets that are now on sale include: Weekend Friday only Saturday only Sunday only VIP Creator Fan Packages As always, children 10 and under are free with a paid adult admission!

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