Wednesday, February 21, 2024

BALTIMORE COMIC CON Guest List Continues To Grow

from the official BALTIMORE COMIC CON press release . . . . .
Baltimore Comic-Con 25th Anniversary

Brigman, Conley, Moore, Nebres, Richardson, and Waid come to Baltimore Comic-Con

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - February 21, 2024 - Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Baltimore Comic-Con with us at the Inner Harbor's Baltimore Convention Center on September 20-22, 2024. The Baltimore Comic-Con is happy to announce new and returning guests including June Brigman, Steve Conley, Terry Moore, Rudy Nebres, Roy Richardson, and Mark Waid as guests for our 25th Anniversary event! You can purchase tickets for the show now.

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June Brigman
Power Pack by June Brigman

June Brigman has enjoyed a long and varied career as a cartoonist, drawing such comic book titles as Alpha FlightSupergirl, and Star Wars. She is the co-creator (with Louise Simonson) of the Power Pack series from Marvel Comics, which recently celebrated its 40th anniversary. To commemorate the event, Marvel is publishing a five-issue Power Pack mini-series by the original team, beginning in January 2024. Assisted by her husband, inker/colorist Roy Richardson, June illustrated the Brenda Starr comic strip for 15 years, and in 2015, the pair took over the artistic reins of the long-running Mary Worth comic strip. The two have also launched a new comic book series featuring intelligent cats in space, Captain Ginger, from AHOY Comics. She has drawn many educational comics, as well as doing freelance illustrations for Horse & Ridermagazine. In her spare time, June enjoys painting pet portraits in oils.


Her online portfolio can be seen at www.ArtWanted.com/juneart.

Steve Conley
The Middle Age by Steve Conley

Long-time friend of the show, Ringo, Harvey, and Eisner Award nominee, and guest since our inception in 2000 (!), artist and writer Steve Conley has contributed to numerous comic titles, both printed and on-line. His Astounding Space Thrills was self-published, published by Image Comics, and collected as a trade paperback by IDW. He has been featured in titles such as JLA-Z from DC Comics, Star Trek: Year Four from IDW, and Michael Chabon's Amazing Adventures of the Escapist from Dark Horse Comics. His self-published Bloop is available through his online store in print or soft copy editions, and you can find his Ringo and Eisner Award-nominated webcomic The Middle Age on his websitetapas.ioLine Webtoon, and GoComics, and hard copies and digital collections can be purchased from his online store.

Terry Moore
SiP v3 by Terry Moore

Indy powerhouse Terry Moore began his career in comics with the critically-acclaimed epic series Strangers in Paradise, the compelling love story between three unlikely friends who find themselves bound together by their pasts. The long-running series garnered many awards, including the coveted Eisner Award for Best Serialized Story and the National Cartoonists Society Comic Book Division Reuben Award. Strangers in Paradise has been translated into twenty-one languages and is as popular today as when it was first published in 1993. Terry marked twenty-five years of Strangers in Paradise with new stories in a ten-issue limited series, Strangers in Paradise XXV.


Moore has created many award-winning series, including Motor Girl, the story of a wounded warrior and her imaginary best friend, Rachel Rising, a horror comic with a ten-year-old serial killer named Zoe, ECHO, a science fiction thriller, and FIVE YEARS, the series that brings together characters from all of his series in one heart-stopping story. Terry has also published a How To Drawbook, as well as a yearly Sketchbook. His latest series, Parker Girls, brings some of the most intriguing SIP characters back together to fight crime in their unique style. On tap for 2024 is an updated release of Terry’s early comic strips and concept art, The Really Complete Paradise Too. Terry is also working on a new graphic novel to be offered in the fall of 2024.


The recipient of numerous industry awards worldwide, Moore continues to create strong female characters in extraordinary stories that touch the hearts of readers around the world.


In addition to publishing work under his own label, Abstract Studio, Moore has worked for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, BOOM! Studios, and other major publishers throughout his thirty year career.

Rudy Nebres
Vampirella Strikes by Rudy Nebres

Rudy Nebres is known as a penciler, inker, and cover artist since 1970. Rudy is a Filipino comics artist who has worked mostly as an inker in the American comic book industry. His lush, detailed ink lines have made him a fan favorite, and he's best known for his work on titles such as VampirellaIron FistConanDr. Strange, and the Hulk. Nebres' work has been praised by critics and fans alike, including John Buscema, who called him "one of the greatest inkers one would ever want to see." Nebres also worked with John Byrne on his first work for Marvel, and Byrne has said that Nebres' inks "took my pencils to a whole new level."


Rudy will be appearing at the Baltimore Comic-Con on Saturday only.

Roy Richardson
Power Pack by Roy Richardson

Roy Richardson was inspired to pursue a comics career by the work of Jack Kirby, the groundbreaking Fourth World series in particular. He has worked for all the major publishers, on such books as Captain AmericaIron ManThe FlashStar Wars, and his own co-creation, the Tomorrow Knights, which has been adapted into a roleplaying game from ZMan Games. He also worked for 15 years in collaboration with his wife, June Brigman, inking, lettering, and coloring the Brenda Starr comic strip. The pair took over the artistic reins of the long-running Mary Worth comic strip in 2015, and their new comic book series Captain Ginger has recently launched from AHOY Comics. The couple also have a Power Pack mini-series debuting from Marvel in January of 2024. Roy has had several short stories published in anthologies, and is hard at work on his first collection of shorts, entitled Hillbillies Prefer Blondes, tales of growing up in the South in the 1960s and 70s.


His online portfolio can be seen at www.ArtWanted.com/royart.

Mark Waid
Lazarus Planet Alpha by Mark Waid

The multiple Harvey and Eisner Award-winning Mark Waid has been the voice behind dozens of series that have resonated throughout comics fandom and the creative community alike. His more acclaimed runs include DC Comics' The FlashKingdom ComeJLA: Year OneJLALegion of Super-Heroes, and Superman: Birthright, Marvel Comics' Captain AmericaFantastic FourAmazing Spider-ManThe Indestructible Hulk, and Daredevil, BOOM! Studios' Incorruptible and Irredeemable, Archie Comics' Archie, and his creator-owned works Empire and Potter's Field. He previously served as Publisher (U.S.) at Humanoids.

I Will See You in Baltimore September 20-22 2024

Tickets currently available include:


  • VIP*
  • Weekend Pass
  • Friday only
  • Saturday only
  • Sunday only


As always, children 10 and under are free with a paid adult admission!

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This year's confirmed guests for the show include: Marty Baumann (Pixar artist), John Beatty (Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars), Brett Breeding (Superman), Mark Buckingham (Fables), Jim Calafiore (NED, Lord of the Pit), John Cassaday (X-Force), Keith Champagne (Stranger Things), Howard Chaykin (Time Squared), Frank Cho (Harley Quinn), Michael Cho (Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories–Qui-Gon Jinn), Amy Chu (KISS: The End), Steve Conley (The Middle Age), Katie Cook (Nothing Special), Todd Dezago (The Perhapanauts), Chris Eliopoulos (Ordinary People Change the World), Steve Epting (New Avengers), Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (DC Nation), Ron Garney (BZRKR), Bob Hall (West Coast Avengers), Greg Hildebrandt (Star Wars), Jamal Igle (Superman), Barry Kitson (Amazing Spider-Man), Jim Lee (Superman), Sam Maggs (Marvel Action: Captain Marvel), Shawn Martinbrough (Red Hood: The Hill), Bob McLeod (New Mutants), Al Milgrom (Spectacular Spider-Man), Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise), Dan Parent (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), Andrew Pepoy (Simone & Ajax), Andy Price (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Tom Raney (Green Lantern), Afua Richardson (Omni), Craig Rousseau (The Perhapanauts), Alex Saviuk (Web of Spider-Man), Liam Sharp (X-O Manowar Unconquered), Don Simpson (Megaton Man), Louise Simonson (The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special), Walter Simonson (Thor), John K. Snyder III (Suicide Squad), Mark Sparacio (Omega Paradox), Joe Staton (Dick Tracy), Brian Stelfreeze (Black Panther), Babs Tarr (Batgirl of Burnside), Matt Wieringo (Stargate Atlantis: Gateways), and Marv Wolfman (What If...? Dark: Tomb of Dracula).

In the coming weeks, look for more announcements from the Baltimore Comic-Con. We are looking forward to highlighting our guests, the Ringo Awards, programming, and more. The latest developments can always be found on our websiteTwitterInstagram, and Facebook pages, and follow us on YouTubeTikTokBlueSkyand Snapchat.

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About The Baltimore Comic-Con

The Baltimore Comic-Con is celebrating its 25th year of bringing the comic book industry to the mid-Atlantic area. For more information, please visit www.baltimorecomiccon.com.

Baltimore Comic-Con 25th Anniversary by Marty Baumann

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