Brian Azzarello
Brian Azzarello is the Eisner Award winning writer of 100 Bullets.
The New York Times best seller's other notable DC Comics work include
Joker, Luthor, Hellblazer, Filthy Rich, Doctor 13,
Superman: For Tomorrow, Batman: Broken City, Knight of Vengeance,
and the upcoming series Spaceman to be published by Vertigo. As part of
DC Comics New 52, Azzarello is writing Wonder Woman.
Jeremy Bastian
Jeremy Bastian burst on the scene with his creator-owned project, Cursed
Pirate Girl. His exquisitely detailed art has turned the title into an indie comix
darling.
Joe Benitez
Joe Benitez is an artist who has worked on JLA, Superman / Batman,
Detective Comics, Supergirl, Titans, and The Darkness for
Image Comics. Joe is currently working on a new creator-owned book
Lady Mechanika with Aspen Comics.
Simon Bisley
Simon Bisley is one the British masters of comics starting out in the
lauded title 2000AD with ABC Warriors and Slaine the Horned God.
His painting have graced the covers and pages of title including Judge Dredd,
Batman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Hellblazer, and many more.
A rare US appearance only at the Boston Comic Con!
Stephanie Buscema
Stephanie Buscema is a freelance illustrator and cartoonist who has contributed
to Girl Comics, Web of Spider-Man and several projects for Marvel
Comics, DC Comics, Disney, and more. Coming from a family of comic
creators, Stephanie is a rising star in the industry!
Mark Brooks
Mark Brooks is an artist working exclusively with Marvel Comics who has
drawn dozens of titles, including Amazing Spider-Man, Ultimate Fantastic
Four, New X-Men, and Cable/Deadpool. He also co-created the new
Latina Spider-Girl character, Arana.
Talent Caldwell
Talent Caldwell began his career at Aspen Studios taking on their
premier title Fathom before going on to tackle other iconic properties such
as Gen 13, Wildcats, Superman, and Spectacular Spider-Man.
Jim Calafiore
Jim Calafiore is known for his angular style of drawing and has held longs runs
on Aquaman and Exiles. He's recently taken on Batman's villains
in Gotham Underground.
Greg Capullo
Greg Capullo is an American illustrator and the newly appointed artist on
DC's relaunch of Batman. The quintessential penciller of Todd McFarlane's
Spawn, he's recently finished work on Robert Kirkman's Haunt. Other
credits include Marvel's X-Force, Quasar his own creation,
The Creech.
Jo Chen
Jo Chen began her career on the Wildstorm comic Racer X and
followed up with runs on Robotech, Battle of the Planets, and more.
She also created her own manga titled The Other Side of the Mirror for
Tokyo Pop. She is probably best known for her cover work on titles including
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Robin, Angel, and Star Wars.
Jim Cheung
Originally hailing from the UK, Jim Cheung now resides in Florida, while
penciling exclusively for Marvel Comics. He is currently working on Avengers:
Children's Crusade with Allan Heinberg. Past projects include Iron
Man, X-Force, Uncanny X-Men, Illuminati, and New Avengers.
Cliff Chiang
Cliff Chiang's artwork has been hailed for its "fluid and confident
storytelling" and "sweeping linework and nuanced style." Currently drawing
the critically-acclaimed Wonder Woman title for DC Comics new 52,
he has also worked on Green Arrow, Detective Comics, and an
adaptation of Neil Young's Greendale.
Becky Cloonan
Becky Cloonan is a highly prolific comic book creator who has spawned
several creator-owned titles including Demo, Pixu, East Coast
Rising, and her latest, Wolves. In addition she has worked for
Dark Horse and Vertigo on titles like Buffy the Vampire
Slayer, American Virgin, Northlanders, and several anthologies.
Amanda Conner
Amanda Conner started out in comics working on small projects for Marvel
and Archie and has become one of the most prominent artists in the industry. Her
work on the Power Girl story in Wednesday Comics led to a lengthy run on
PG's solo title. She just recently was announced to be one of the artists on Nike's
superhero-themed ad campagin.
Katie Cook
Katie Cook is best known for her licensing work in the Star Wars and Marvel
Universe. She's also been making Henson fans happy with her work drawing and
writing for the Fraggle Rock comic. She has a weekly webcomic, Gronk: A Monster's
Story, that folks have been enjoying and "squee"-ing over.
Clayton Crain
Clayton Crain is a comic book artist who primarily uses digital painting techniques
in his art. He is best known for his work on Ghost Rider, Sensational Spider-Man,
X-Force, and most recently Carnage.
Geof Darrow
Geof Darrow, co-creator and artist of the mini-series Hard Boiled and
Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot with writer/artist Frank Miller, is
returning to Boston Comic Con! His insanely detailed work has been featured as
part of The Matrix series, and on his creator-owned series Shaolin Cowboy.
Renae De Liz
Renae De Liz is known for Rogue Angel, her adaptation of The Last
Unicorn, and currently is working on Anne Rice's Servant of the Bones. The
founder of the Womanthology project, an anthology hightlighting the female
creators in the comic book industry, became one the most successful Kickstarters
in history.
Steve Epting
Steve Epting started his career with First Comics before thrilling
Marvel fans with a fifty issue run on Avengers in the mid 90s. Today he
continues that tradition penciling long runs on Captain America, The Marvels
Project, and Fantastic Four.
Agnes Garbowska
Agnes Garbowska is the creator and artist of You, Me, and Zombie, a
fun all-age adventure book about a girl and her dog who wake up in a world full of
zombies.
Michael Golden
Michael Golden’s realistic style and dynamic designs have influenced a generation
of artists who grew up idolizing his work on Micronauts, G.I. Joe, Dr.
Strange, The ‘Nam, Howard the Duck, and more. He has also worked
extensively in commercial illustration and animation. After a long hiatus from comic
books, Michael has returned to the industry to great acclaim from fans and peers alike.
Greg Horn
Greg Horn is best known for his artwork on Marvel Comics titles including
Elektra, Emma Frost, She-Hulk, and Ms. Marvel. His
photo-realistic renditions of sexy superheroines have made him a fan favorite and one of
the predominant cover artists in the industry.
Jamal Igle
Jamal Igle has worked his way up the ranks from a 17 year-old intern at
DC Comics to become a successful penciler. With titles including
Supergirl, Firestorm, Nightwing, and Teen Titans
on his resume, it was recently announced he will be the artist on The Ray.
Rebekah Isaacs
Rebekah Isaacs is a graduate of the Savannah College of Art & Design
who has quickly risen in the industry with work on titles like Captain America,
DV8, and Hack/Slash. She is currently penciling and inking
Angel & Faith for Dark Horse Comics.
Phil Jimenez
Phil Jimenez is an Wizard, Diamond, and Inkpot Award
-winning writer and artist who has worked for DC and Marvel Comics
for the past two decades. Best known for his work on New-X-Men, Astonishing
X-Men, Wonder Woman, Infinite Crisis, Otherworld, and the
Amazing Spider-Man. Jimenez has also worked in film, television, and print media.
Ken Kelly
Ken Kelly is a fantasy painter whose work is beloved by fans worldwide. After
studying under Frank Frazetta, Ken took the commercial art world by storm with
covers to Vampirella, Conan, and numerous album covers, including two for
the band KISS.
Brian Kong
Brian Kong started at Marvel Comics in 1994. He has since worked on high
profile properties including Star Wars, The Walking Dead, Star
Trek, LOTR, Dexter, and Topps. Currently Brian
is working on projects for Vampirella, Red Sonja, Star Wars,
Star Trek, MLB, and Leaf's 2012 Legends of Wrestling.
Bob Layton
Bob Layton is one of the comics industry's true visionaries whose long run
on Iron Man has defined the character ever since and strongly influenced the
wildly popular film versions. Bob also revived the original X-Men characters
at Marvel with his groundbreaking hit series X-Factor. Bob returned
to Marvel this year (as co-plotter and inker) on his four-issue mini-series Iron
Man Forever.
Norman Lee
Norman Lee's
ink has covered every major character in the Marvel Universe. Most recently
he is working on such titles as Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man, Marvel
Adventures: Avengers, and Exiles.
Kevin Maguire
Kevin Maguire is a comic book penciller, best known for his work on series
including Justice League, Batman Confidential, Captain America,
and X-Men.
Alex Maleev
Alex Maleev is an acclaimed artist known for his work with writer Brian Michael
Bendis on Daredevil, Spider Woman, Scarlet, and Moon Knight.
Born in 1971 in Sofia, Bulgaria, he has won the Russ Manning award in 1996 for Most
Promising Newcomer and the Eisner Award for best ongoing series in 2003.
Francis Manapul
Francis Manapul is an artist with credits on titles including Legion of
Super-Heroes, Witchblade, and GI Joe. He is currently both writing
and penciling The Flash for DC Comics' New 52 line. You may also
recognize him as one of the hosts of SyFy’s cryptozoology program Beast
Legends.
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Clay Mann
Clay Mann is a comic book artist currently working for Marvel Comics. His
artwork has graced the pages of X-Men, Thor, and Iron Fist.
Ed McGuinness
Ed McGuinness is a Massachusetts native who broke into comic books with his a
wildly popular run on Deadpool. Since then he's worked on some of the most iconic
characters including Superman / Batman, Thundercats, and The Incredible
Hulk.
Mark McKenna
Mark McKenna has worked on Batman, Wolverine, Iron Man, The
Incredible Hulk, and most recently on Star Wars, counting over 450 comics in all.
Mark's most recent work can be seen on Dark Horse Comics' Star Wars-The Old Republic: The
Lost Suns. Star Wars: Blood of the
Empire was collected into an 84-page trade paperback. Also look for Mark's children's
book series Banana Tail.
Phil Noto
Phil Noto began his career in animation at Walt Disney Feature Animation
working on such films as Lion King, Pocahontas, and Lilo and Stitch.
He moved to the comic industry in 2001 and has drawn titles including Danger Girl,
Batgirl, Avengers, X-23, and Wolverine/Jubilee.
Jimmy Palmiotti
Jimmy Palmiotti is a multi award-winning character creator with independent projects
like Ash, Painkiler Jane, and more. In addition to his artwork, Jim is also
widely known as a writer on titles including Power Girl, Jonah Hex, and most
recently All-Star Westerns in DC Comics' new 52 lineup.
Jason Pearson
Jason Pearson is a fan-favorite cartoonist best known for his creator owned series
Body Bags. He has also done long runs on covers for Deadpool, Avengers,
Spider-Man, and many more!
David Petersen
David Petersen became an indie comics sensation with the release of his epic
Mouse Guard. Since then his award-winning series has garnered popular and
critical acclaim as one of the best kid-friendly publication on the market.
Joe Prado
Joe Prado began his comic career working in the Brazilian market of comics and
has thrilled American audiences. Joe has worked on some of the most popular titles in
comics today, such as Superman, Teen Titans, Birds of Prey,
Rann / Thanagar War, and now the new Aquaman for DC Comics.
Joe Quinones
Joe Quinones is a Boston local artist who is on the rise in comics. A graduate
of the Rhode Island School of Design, he worked on Teen Titans Go! before being
hand-picked to draw the Green Lantern strip in Wednesday Comics. Recently
his covers have graced titles for all the major companies including Hack/Slash,
Star Wars: Knight Errant, and Amazing Spider-Man.
Khary Randolph
Khary Randolph is a Boston native and has worked for a number of clients in the
animation, advertising, and comic book industries and left his mark on many properties,
such as Spider-Man, X-Men, Hellboy, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,
Boondocks, and Teen Titans. He is currently employed by 4Kids Entertainment
as Lead Character Illustrator on the cartoon and online card game Chaotic.
Tom Raney
Tom Raney has a long list of titles he's worked over the course of his career
including X-Men, Thor, Outsiders, and Stormwatch. Most
recently he's been the penciller of Avengers Academy for Marvel.
Ivan Reis
Ivan Reis comes to Boston all the way from Brazil for a rare US
appearance! A frequent collaborator of writer Geoff Johns, Ivan has
gained widespread acclaim for his work on Green Lantern,
Superman, and Blackest Night. He is currently drawing
Aquaman in the new 52 relaunch.
Paolo Rivera
Paolo Rivera, a Marvel-exclusive artist, has been working
professionally since 2002. Although he began his career painting in oil,
he has since moved on to penciling, inking, and coloring. Rivera's best
known work is Mythos, a series of six richly-painted origin stories
written by Paul Jenkins. Currently his work can be seen in Daredevil.
Craig Rousseau
Craig Rousseau began his career at DC Comics on such titles as
Impulse, Harley Quinn, Batman Beyond, and Gotham
Adventures. He is currently working on Iron Man: Armor Wars after
a successful run on Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane. Craig is also the
co-creator of the indie comic hit The Perhapanauts.
Tim Sale
Tim Sale is the penciller and inker of many stories with the mighty Jeph
Loeb, including Batman: The Long Halloween, Superman for All Seasons,
Spiderman Blue, and Captain America: White. He also created the art used
on the NBC television show Heroes.
Steve Scott
Comic artist Steve Scott's work can currently be seen on Batman:
Pieces, Batman Confidential, the X-Men Forever series with
writer Chris Claremont, and recent Green Lantern and JLA special
projects at DC Comics. Recent and current projects include working with
industry legends Louise Simonson and Chris Claremont on the titles
Magik and Exiles, the Marvel Adventures line, and She-Hulk.
Bill Sienkiewicz
Bill Sienkiewicz is Emmy nominated and Eisner award winning artist,
best known for revamping the style of comic and graphic novel illustration from
1980 onward, most notably with on Elektra Assassin, Moon Knight,
New Mutants, and his acclaimed graphic novel Stray Toasters. A
classically trained painter, Bill's renderings incorporate abstract and
expressionist influences and any combination of oil painting, acrylics,
watercolor, mixed-media collage and mimeograph; previously unheard of in comics.
Arthur Suydam
Award winning comic creator Arthur Suydam is perhaps best known for his work on the recent smash
hit Marvel Zombies. Suydam has also contributed to Batman,
Deadpool, Army of Darkness, The Avengers, Wolverine,
Raise the Dead, Red Sonja, Moon Knight, and Ghost
Rider. His collected works have been featured in Visions: The Art of
Arthur Suydam through Dark Horse, The Fantastic Art of Arthur
Suydam, and Art of the Barbarian.
Marcio Takara
Marcio Takara has worked for Marvel Comics on Spider-Man & Fantastic
Four: Hard Choices and Marvel Adventures Super Heroes, Image
Comics on Dynamo5, and Boom! Studios on The Incredibles
and Incorruptible.
Ben Templesmith
Ben Templesmith is a New York Times best selling artist and writer
most widely known for 30 Days of Night (which spawned a major motion picture),
and Fell. His other projects include the critically acclaimed serial
Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, as well as Welcome to Hoxford and
Singularity 7, all of which he also wrote.
Mark Texeira
Fine art painter and comic illustrator Mark Texeira has long been associated
with a conflagration of characters ranging from Ghost Rider to Black
Panther to Wolverine to Sabertooth to Moon Knight to
Punisher and on. His work has been explored and highlighted on the DVD of the
Ghost Rider movie, the look of which he influenced. Mark was also tapped to do the
movie tie-in for Wolverine Origins, which also seemed to be a natural fit!
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson is a New York Times best-selling graphic novelist
and Reuben and Eisner award winning cartoonist known for her creator owned
titles Scary Godmother and Beats of Burden. Additionally, she
has worked for DC Comics on Sandman, Swamp Thing,
The Invisibles, and Wonder Woman.
Herb Trimpe
Herb Trimpe joined Marvel Comics in 1967 and worked on major titles
including Captain America, Fantastic Four, GI Joe, and
Transformers. During his eight-year run on Incredible Hulk, Herb
had the distinction of co-creating fan favorite character Wolverine in the
highly sought after issue #181.
Billy Tucci
Billy Tucci is an illustrator, writer and filmmaker best known for his modern-day
samurai fable Shi. Recently he has worked for Marvel and Dc Comics
doing titles like Heroes for Hire and Sgt. Rock.
Renee Witterstaetter
Writer, editor, producer, publisher and color artist, Renee Witterstaetter began the
comic phase of her career working on such titles as Superman at DC Comics and
Silver Surfer, Conan The Barbarian and Conan Saga at Marvel, then
going on to spearhead the reintroduction of She-Hulk at Marvel to boot. She
then moved over to Topps Comics where she was the editor on X-Files, Jurassic
Park, Xena and Hercules and the co-creator with artist Michael Golden of the
successful series Spartan X.
Bernie Wrightson
Boston Comic Con is delighted to welcome back horror legend Bernie Wrightson,
co-creator of Swamp Thing! A member of the heralded Studio in the 70s, Bernie
is well-known for his epic adaptation of Frankenstein as well as his collaborations
with author Stephen King on Creepshow, The Stand, and The Dark Tower.
As a conceptual artist, Bernie has worked on many movies, particularly in the horror genre:
well-known films include Ghostbusters, Galaxy Quest, Spider-Man, and George
Romero's Land of the Dead. Most recently he has worked with writer Steve Niles on
Dead, She Said, City of Others and The Ghoul.
Skottie Young
Skottie Young cut his teeth doing the art for New Warriors, Human Torch,
and New X-Men. His current project, a faithful adaptation of L. Frank Baum's Oz
books, has garnered him widespread critical acclaim and several awards. His work can also be
seen on the Skottie/Scott blog, a collaboration with artist Scott Morse.
Chrissie Zullo
Chrissie Zullo is a SCAD graduate who's quickly gained attention for her covers on the
Fables spinoff Cinderella for Vertigo Comics. She has also contributed to
Madame Xanadu and the Womanthology project.
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Al Feldstein
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