BALTIMORE COMIC CON Continues To Add Guests For October 2021

Meet Brown, Cloonan, Ha, Shooter, Venditti, and Yates in Baltimore

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - October 11, 2021 - The return of the Baltimore Comic-Con occurs October 22-24, 2021 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore's beautiful Inner Harbor. The Baltimore Comic-Con welcomes comic superstars Reilly Brown, Becky Cloonan, Gene Ha, Jim Shooter, Robert Venditti, and Kelly Yates to our 2021 event. Get your tickets now and avoid waiting in additional lines upon your arrival!

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New Jersey native Reilly Brown is a best-selling comic book artist and writer for Marvel and DC Comics, known for bringing a sense of character and personality to the projects on which he works, balancing a combination of light-hearted humor with fast paced superhero action. These talents have been on full display in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man, Incredible Hercules, Batman/Fortnite, and many other comics, perhaps most notably Deadpool, Marvel's infamous, rapid-healing merc-with-a-mouth! He is also a pioneer in digital storytelling, utilizing new ways of making comics for tablets and smart phones with his creator-owned series Power Play, as well as several stories for Marvel, including Deadpool: The Gauntlet, Slapstick, and several others. Reilly currently works with Fabian Nicieza on their creator-owned series Outrage, which can be found on Line Webtoon.

Becky Cloonan began her career making minicomics as part of the Meathaus collective. Since then, she’s gone on to write and draw on titles like Dark Agnes, Conan the Barbarian, The Punisher, True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, Gotham Academy, Detective Comics, and Batman, and working on creator-owned books like Southern Crossand the critically acclaimed collection of short stories, By Chance or Providence. When she’s not making comics, she illustrates album art, and gig and movie posters for My Chemical Romance, Black Sabbath, Adult Swim, and Mondo. She enjoys old movies, true crime podcasts, and still tries to self-publish new minicomics when she can. Becky currently lives in Austin with her partner Michael, two weird cats, and a couple dozen plants.

Four-time Eisner winner Gene Ha is known for his art on Fables and on Alan Moore’s Top 10. He currently writes and draws Mae from Oni Press. It’s the story of Mae Fortell, a girl who follows her long missing sister Abbie to a world of mad science and mystery. Gene lives outside Chicago in Berwyn, IL with his lovely wife Lisa. Learn more at http://www.geneha.com/.

Jim Shooter started writing Superman and other titles for DC Comics at the age of 13 in 1965. He worked his way through high school writing stories, laying out pages and designing covers. He was hired by Marvel Comics in 1976 as associate editor and in 1978 became Editor in Chief. He introduced benefits, royalties, and other incentives for creators that attracted a legion of phenomenal talents who, under his oversight, authored a decade of brilliant creativity and unparalleled success. Jim wrote several notable series, including the Avengers and Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars. He also headed up the creative teams that developed G.I. Joe and Transformers. Jim went on to found Voyager Communications in 1989, where he was the CEO and President. He also served as Editor in Chief, principal creator, head writer, and occasional artist for the highly acclaimed comics published under the VALIANT imprint, which included Magnus Robot Fighter, Solar Man of the Atom, Harbinger, X-O Manowar, UNITY, and more.

Robert Venditti is a New York Times best-selling author whose characters and concepts have been adapted to film, television, and video games. He has written the monthly comic book series Hawkman, Justice League, and Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps for DC Comics, X-O Manowar and Wrath of the Eternal Warrior for Valiant Entertainment, and the graphic novel Six Days, inspired by the story of his uncle’s participation in D-Day. His current projects include Superman ’78, Tankers, and a whole lot of things for Bad Idea.

Kelly Yates is an illustrator best known for his work on Doctor Whocomics for both Titan and IDW Publishing. His artwork also inspired the My Hero Academia and Doctor Who Kawaii TITANS toy line. In addition, his writes and illustrates the creator-owned books Amber Atoms and MonstHer.

"Our guests bring so much to the room," said Marc Nathan, show promoter for the Baltimore Comic-Con. "This batch of announcements includes guests who are amazing artists, legendary writers, and friends old and new. We're so excited to have them with us this year for our return to a live event, and our attendees are going to be thrilled too."

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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Hotels Update We have added additional hotels to our list of partners, and have expanded the blocks at some of the ones we had previously posted. If you have not yet reserved your room, please see https://baltimorecomiccon.com/hotels/ for rooming opportunities in Baltimore for the weekend.

COVID Policy Due to concerns over the spread of COVID, we will be putting some safety measures in place. Approved face coverings will be worn by all while indoors at the convention, meeting the City of Baltimore's mask mandate. Must fit properly and snugly, fully cove ring both the nose and mouth and secure under the chin. Face coverings with valves, mesh, costume masks, damaged masks, neck gaiters, and face coverings that cannot be secured under the chin will not be allowed. Face coverings must be visible at all times. Any headwear or cosplay pieces that cover the face in a way that does not visibly follow the face covering policy will not be allowed. Proof of vaccination -OR- Proof of a negative COVID test within 72 hours of admission Proof of vaccination with any vaccine approved or authorized by the WHO or the FDA may be presented on a smart phone, or with a physical copy of the card along with a government issued ID that matches the name on the proof. Self-test results will not be accepted as proof of a negative COVID test. Applies to all attendees, vendors, guests, and convention staff.