REKCAH Comics, publisher of the cyber sci-fi series The Future Is ******, returns to Baltimore Comic-Con September 25th–27th. The Future Is ****** writer Fred Van Lente and editor Joseph Keatinge will both be in attendance for signings. REKCAH Comics invites readers to participate in a giveaway of free comics, limited edition hardcovers, and posters featuring The Future Is ****** cover artist Jae Lee, all at Booth 1805!
Fred Van Lente is the six-time New York Times bestselling writer of REKCAH Comics’ The Future Is ******, BOOM! Studios’ Vampyrates!, and Clover Press’s Gamemasters: The Comic Book History of Roleplaying Games, nominated this year for Best Original Graphic Novel at the Ringo Awards. He’ll have a limited number of copies of Gamemasters for sale at the RECKAH booth on Saturday and Sunday only.
Joseph Keatinge is the REKCAH Comics Creative Director. He’s also the COMICS! The Magazine Editor-in-Chief and writer of titles for Skybound, Marvel, DC, Image Comics, and Heavy Metal. His comic book writing credits include Shutter, Ringside, Glory, Tech Jacket, Stellar, Adventures of Superman, and Marvel Knights: Hulk. He was the Executive Editor of the Eisner and Harvey award-winning anthology PopGun.
Join the Baltimore Comic-Con this September 25-27, 2026 at the Inner Harbor’s Baltimore Convention Center. The Baltimore Comic-Con has announced Dave Johnson, Jesse Lonergan, Andy MacDonald, Eric Powell, Cat Staggs, and Lee Weeks as comics guests of the 2026 event. You can purchase tickets online now!
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 Strange and 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 Night Vol. 1-12 (Storm King), and over 20 years in the Star Wars universe 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.
This year’s confirmed guests for the show include: Jason Aaron (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Arthur Adams (Longshot), Joel Adams (Ms. Mystic), Zeea Adams (Deadman), Rafael Albuquerque (Absolute Green Arrow), Jiba Molei Anderson (The Horsemen, courtesy of Advent Comics), Rodney Barnes (Killedelphia, courtesy of Advent Comics), Jeremy Bastian (Cursed Pirate Girl), Marty Baumann (Pixar artist), Brett Bean (D’Orc), Josh Blaylock (Mercy Sparx, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Carolyn Belefski (Curls), Russ Braun (The Boys), Brett Breeding (Superman), Jeffrey Brown (Hulk Teach, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Mark Buckingham (Fables), Jeffrey Burandt (Gonad the Ballbarian), Greg Burnham (Tuskegee Heirs, courtesy of Advent Comics), Jim Calafiore (NED, Lord of the Pit), Eric Canete (Absolute Superman), Joe Carabeo (The Legettes), Richard Case (Doom Patrol), Keith Champagne (Stranger Things), Howard Chaykin (Time Squared), Jo Chen (Runaways), Sean Chen (Iron Man), Cliff Chiang (Paper Girls), Frank Cho (Harley Quinn), Chris Claremont (Uncanny X-Men), Taurin Clarke (Star Wars: Jedi Knights), Becky Cloonan (War), Michael W. Conrad (In Bloom), Steve Conley (The Middle Age), Amanda Conner (Harley Quinn), Denys Cowan (The Question), Olivia Cuartero-Briggs (The College Try), Paris Cullins (Blue Devil), David Dastmalchian (Through), Mike Decarlo (The Simpsons), Vito Delsante (Stray), Todd Dezago (The Perhapanauts), Colleen Doran (The Sandman), Olivia Dufault (Prima Apparata, courtesy of Ignition Press), Scott Dunbier (DC Silver Age Covers and Stories Artist’s Edition), Steve Englehart (Captain America), Garth Ennis (The Boys), Victor Farro (Invincible Universe: Battle Beast), Sean Forney (Scarlet Huntress Meets Mothman), Trish Forstner (Feral), David Gerrold (Star Trek), Chris Giarrusso (Mini Marvels), Randy Green (Witchblade), Che Grayson (Absolute Catwoman), Kevin Grevioux (I, Frankenstein, courtesy of Advent Comics), Gene Ha (Mae), Bob Hall (West Coast Avengers), Cully Hamner (Blue Beetle), Scott Hanna (Amazing Spider-Man), N. Steven Harris (Aztek: The Ultimate Man, courtesy of Advent Comics), Tony Harris (The Whistling Skull), Dean Haspiel (Chest Face), Glenn Hauman (They Keep Killing Glenn), Jeremy Haun (The Beauty, courtesy of Ignition Press), Mike Hawthorne (Deadpool), Marc Hempel (Sandman), Sean Damian Hill (Bishop: War College, courtesy of Advent Comics), Jamal Igle (Superman), Joseph P. Illidge (The Shadow Cabinet, courtesy of Advent Comics), Rebecca Isaacs (Prima Apparata, courtesy of Ignition Press), Dave Johnson (100 Bullets), Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Infernal Hulk), Klaus Janson (Daredevil), JG Jones (Wanted), Joëlle Jones (Lady Killer), Dan Jurgens (Action Comics), Chris Kemple (Red Vengeance), Tom King (Wonder Woman), Peter Krause (The Power of Shazam, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Mike Kunkel (Herobear and the Kid), Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon), Creees Lee (Sorcerer Supreme), Jae Lee (Inhumans), Jim Lee (Batman: H2SH), Rick Leonardi (Spider-Man 2099), Jesse Lonergan (DROME), Tula Lotay (Bloodland), Nate Lovett (Commander Tomorrow), Andy MacDonald (Rogue Planet), Kevin Maguire (Justice League), Anthony Marques (Superman Unlimited), Laura Martin (Nubia: Queen of the Amazons, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Shawn Martinbrough (Red Hood: The Hill), Alitha E. Martinez (Black Panther: World of Wakanda, courtesy of Advent Press), Ron Marz (Green Lantern), Jose Marzen Jr. (Y: The Last Man), Bill McKay (Kim the Delusional), Mike McKone (Teen Titans), Bob McLeod (New Mutants), Carla Speed McNeil (Finder), Adriana Melo (Fantastic Four), Pop Mhan (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe), Joshua Middleton (Aquaman), Al Milgrom (Spectacular Spider-Man), Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise), Mark Morales (Thor), Bill Morrison (The Simpsons), Drew Moss (Thundercats), Trevor Mueller (Bat Pat), Sarah Myer (TMNT Saturday Morning Adventures), Tom Nguyen (Batman), Phil Noto (Fantastic Four: First Foes), Kevin Nowlan (Batman: Sword of Azrael), Patrick Olliffe (Untold Tales of Spider-Man), Jerome Opena (Uncanny X-Force), Ryan Ottley (Invincible), Jimmy Palmiotti (The Punisher), Dan Parent (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), Dan Parsons (Star Wars), Margeaux Pepoy (Simone & Ajax), David Petersen (Mouse Guard), Pornsak Pichetshote (Absolute Green Arrow), Stephen Platt (Moon Knight), Eric Powell (The Goon), Andy Price (My Little Pony), Joe Pruett (Savage Sword of Conan), Tom Raney (Incredible Hulk), Afua Richardson (Kahhori: Reshaper of Worlds), James Robinson (Starman), Tone Rodriguez (Feral, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Don Rosa (Uncle Scrooge), Craig Rousseau (The Perhapanauts), Stephane Roux (Void Rivals), Andy Runton (Owly), Ethan Sacks (Old Man Hawkeye), Stuart Sayger (Red Sonja), Joe Schmalke (We Don’t Kill Spiders), Erica Schultz (Rogue), Louise Simonson (The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special), Walter Simonson (Thor), Don Simpson (Megaton Man), Matt Slay (Patchwork Ends), Matthew Dow Smith (DC’s Misfits of Magic), Scott Snyder (Friday and Sunday only, DC K.O.), John K. Snyder III (Suicide Squad), Mark Sparacio (Liberty Girl Deluxe), Cat Staggs (David Dastmachian’s Through), Jim Starlin (Dreadstar), Joe Staton (Dick Tracy), Brian Stelfreeze (Black Panther), Charles Stewart III (Storm: Lifedream, courtesy of Advent Comics), Karl Story (Batman & Robin), Brandon Thomas (Legend Has It, courtesy of Advent Comics), Martha Thomases (Dakota North), Frank Tieri (Absolute Batman: Ark-M), Peter J. Tomasi (The Rocketfellers), Billy Tucci (Shi), Jonathan Uribe (Spawn, courtesy of Comics and Collectibles R Us), Gus Vazquez (Sunfire and the Big Hero Six), Wade Von Grawbadger (Justice League), Dave Wachter (Godzilla), Steve Walker (Pay the Devil), Dan Watters (Mad Science Division, courtesy of Ignition Press), Lee Weeks (Batman/Catwoman Special), Mark Wheatley (Breathtaker), Bob Wiacek (All-New Wolverine, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Matt Wieringo (Stargate Atlantis: Gateways), Keith Williams (Web of Spider-Man), Ron Wilson (Marvel Two-In-One), Chuck Wojtkiewicz (Justice League, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Rich Woodall (Sgt. Werewolf), John Workman (Wild Things), Kelly Yates (Doctor Who), Thom Zahler (Long Distance), and Chip Zdarsky (Captain America).
Floating World Comics has made the move from Lloyd back downtown to Pioneer Place Mall! Floating World Comics is celebrating the new space with a Grand Opening party on Saturday September 5th.
The new space is bigger and better than ever! Each section is expanded and there’s even more cool comics for you to find.
In the Gravy Toys Art Market you can find “NEW HOMES” – Original art and prints by Lori Damiano. New toys, hats, water bottles, and raffle by Bwana and Friends.
Spoiler Room DJs will play from 5-7pm and be sure to visit Brickdiculous down by the food court.
WHO: Spoiler Room DJs, Lori D WHAT: “Mallternative” Grand Opening Party WHEN: Saturday September 5th, 5-7pm WHERE: Pioneer Place Mall, 340 SW Morrison St. STE 1300, Portland, Oregon
Poster art: Elevator Teeth
Wayfinding: Trimet to SW 4th and Morrison. If you’re driving the cheapest parking is the SmartPark Garage on 4th and Taylor/Yamhill. The elevator in that garage takes you to B1 which puts you right in the foodcourt! Pioneer Place mall has two main buildings, the Atrium and the Rotunda. Enter whichever you prefer on 3rd, 4th or 5th Ave. Take the escalator all the way down to the Concourse and find the new Floating World in the hallway between the two towers.
Small Press Expo has announced that over 200 books and comics will debut at SPX 2026. The festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday, September 12-13, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center with over 500 creators, 280 exhibitor tables, over 50 publishers, 22 programming panels and 18 hands-on workshops to introduce attendees to the amazing world of independent and small press comics.
A complete list of of the over 200 books debuting at the show, including cover images and publishing information, can be found on the SPX web site.
SPX 2026 has released a list of a highlighted selection of books debuting this year. We’ll have our “picks of the show” closer to the convention.
The Dissidents: Autocrats! Vigilantes! Communists! And Cartoonists
Abrams Books
From the award-winning author of My Friend Dahmer and Kent State, comes a timely graphic novel about racism, violence, and political turmoil in the early 20th century. A handful of cartoonists and journalists pushed back against a corrupt administration to defend the rights of free speech
Award-winning author Derf Backderf raises the bar for visual storytelling in this gripping, layered, and perceptive original graphic novel, told through the lens of the political cartoonists whose work shaped our history and also held a mirror to it.
Find The Dissidents and Derf at table W86!
I Can’t Stop Thinking About Horses and Sex
Drawn & Quarterly
From the creative mind behind Bojack Horseman and Tuca & Bertie comes a fragmented memoir — poignant, punchy, and sometimes just plain gross!
A deliciously candid and juicy exploration of platonic and romantic fixations, heartbreak, and the allure of horses.
I Can’t Stop Thinking About Horses and Sex marks the long-awaited return of Tuca & Bertie creator and BoJack Horseman producer/production designer Lisa Hanawalt to comics.
Find Lisa at table W1-5.
Brownfield Action Family #1
Revival House Press
Johnny Mansfield is struggling. No work, no motivation and within arm’s reach of rock bottom. But when he inherits his family’s abandoned martial arts studio, his problems may be solved. The only catch is, it’s in a mysterious and decaying neighborhood known as the Brownfield. And his dysfunctional family is the last thing he wants to deal with. But then, can you ever really escape your family?
Brownfield Action Family is a brand new 8-issue indie comics series written and drawn by Eisner-nominated author Ted May (Injury Comics, Men’s Feelings) and published by Revival House Press.
Find Ted May at table C6B!
With My Life
Self-published
With My Life is an intimate collection of diary comics about falling in love. Sometimes funny, sometimes painful, and always sweet, Natalie Norris captures the small moments – illustrating that the healing power of love is found in the everyday ways two people care for one another.
Find Natalie at table G6B!
Valley Valley
Frog Farm
Valley Dale and Idella Anselm are cartoonist cousins who reside in the Southern coastal town of Star Valley. Resentment contends with guilt as the two navigate stilted social interactions, zine fairs, relationship woes, and comics awards shows in this special double digest.
Double Digest! Two full comics in one big book!
Find Valley Valley from Audra Stang at table table L7!
Planet of 1000 Moons
Automation Press
Planet Of 1000 Moons follows Athena, a spacefaring, food trucking, cyborg chef, as she travels throughout the 864 moons of the dead planet Biosse, looking for exotic creatures, evading the Biosse GovCorp authorities, and traveling from moon to moon, sharing their food with hungry customers throughout the orbit.
Get Planet of 1000 Moons from Michael S. Bracco at table J9!
Who Killed Nessie?
Avery Hill Publishing
It’s Lyndsay Grockle’s first day as the manager of the Lakeview Hotel. Her boss has handed her the keys and departed for vacation. And then the convention attendees start showing up, each more peculiar than the last.
Lyndsay’s a confirmed skeptic―so she’s surprised to be woken up in the middle of the night by her convention attendees, telling her that there’s been a murder . . . of the Loch Ness Monster. The guests at the hotel are all cryptids from around the world, and now one of them is dead. Which means that one of them must be the murderer.
And it’s up to Lyndsay to solve the case!
Get Who Killed Nessie from table J1!
Leo Rising
Surely Books/Abrams
Lesbian influencer. Lifelong Alaskan. Part-time owl researcher. Leo Rising follows self-proclaimed “celesbian” Laura on a hilarious and heart-wrenching exploration of queer spaces, sexuality, and fame. After years of struggling for acceptance, Laura knows exactly who she is—or does she?
By day, Laura thrives as the Internet’s lesbian bestie, a role model for thousands of followers worldwide, while working part-time at the Alaska Bird Observatory. But when an old friend returns to town and introduces Laura to queer parties and sex apps she’s never experienced, she starts questioning her gender and sexuality simultaneously.
Seeking answers, Laura creates Leo, a secret trans identity. As Leo’s encounters become more and more steamy, Laura’s divergent identities collapse with real-world consequences.
Perfect for readers who loved the classic Dykes to Watch Out For, Genderqueer, and Bongiovanni’s debut graphic novel Mimosa, Leo Rising is a horny and hopelessly real comic about navigating queer space, both online and off, under the midnight sun.
What does war feel like? Listen to real people on the ground in Iran. People’s lives are shattered.
An eye-opening anthology from a collective of fifteen different young writers and artists who were going about their daily lives in and around Tehran, while Israel and the United States carried out a bombing campaign to cripple the Iranian nuclear weapons capabilities.
We learn about the nightmare of trying to sleep while bombs are exploding all around you; about the struggle to rescue your beloved cat as you are evacuating your home; about the anxiety of not being able to communicate with your friends and loved ones and learn of their whereabouts; and we hear about the trauma of being forced to return to an abusive home in order to stay “safe.”
A searing and honest account of life in Tehran during the U.S. and Israeli attacks of 2025. This book was edited by two Iranian comics teachers, and we have kept all of the editors’, authors’, and artists’ identities anonymous for their safety.
Get I Won’t Pretend These Missiles Are Stars from table G1! Check out our review!
Forming
Fantagraphics Books
In Forming, Jesse Moynihan takes 50,000 years of socio-religious postulation and throws it in the blender to create one epic—and irreverent—battle royale between alien gods, Ancient Greek Titans, interplanetary assassin droids, and humanity itself. Originally begun in 2009 and garnering hundreds of thousands of followers online, Jesse Moynihan’s acclaimed Magnum Opus was never completed — until now!
Spanning Atlantis, 10,000 BC, across eons and galaxies, religions and myths, humanity emerges from the primordial soup, only to be exploited for its labor by an alien super-being, leading to wars and forces between the likes we could hardly comprehend if not given life before our very eyes via Moynihan’s breathtaking and hand-painted gouache, ink, and airbrushed pages. Forming heralds the birth of civilization and maps out the genesis of life, mass, time, and space, followed by the raging war that ensues in the universe’s years of adolescence and beyond, as the final fate of the universe unfolds.
Moynihan’s epic collision course of gods and mutants, philosophy and hilarity, mythology and psychedelia are an instant classic of cosmic comic book world building on par with Kirby and Moebius.
Get Forming from table W51-55!
Bury Me Already (It’s Nice Down Here)
Black Dog & Leventhal
In this follow-up to the acclaimed memoir Impossible People—a book about getting sober and becoming a professional artist in New York City—cartoonist Julia Wertz returns home to Northern California where she reunites with her family and rekindles a relationship with an ex-boyfriend.
After a surprise pregnancy and a marriage proposal, Julia settles (somewhat reluctantly) into a quiet life in a small town. But as 2020 approaches, her world, and the world at large, takes a sharp turn toward unexpected chaos. Through comic vignettes, essays, and diary doodles, Julia recounts the events of her pregnancy and its attendant body horror, a miscarriage, family trauma, marriage, a life-altering accident, and the joy and surprises of parenthood as it all unfolds against the backdrop of local wildfires and a global pandemic.
The result of this unconventional collection is a heart-wrenching and hilarious story of adversity, resilience, and, ultimately, love.
Small Press Expo (SPX) has announced a full slate of in-person programming for the 2026 show and advance ticket sales.
To avoid registration lines at SPX 2026, pick up your advance tickets at Eventbrite.
The programming slate at SPX 2026 has a variety of panels, featuring solo spotlights on Derf and his new book, The Dissdents, as well as Frederick Noland’s new graphic biography Major Taylor. There will be comics performances with Carousel and Frog Farm, as well as a screening of the documentary Women Laughing and a live music and animation performance from Bianca Xunise and Mercurio. We will also be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Fantagraphics with two different panels. On the international front, we will have panels focusing on cartoonists from Spain and Taiwan.
There are twenty-two panels in all that will be held on Saturday, September 12th and Sunday, September 13th. The full programming schedule with descriptions can be seen on the SPX website.
This programming is in addition to the previously announced 18 hands-on workshops, which you cansign up for here.
Here are a few highlights from this year’s programming slate:
The Eras of Punk in Comics, with Nate Powell, James Spooner, Evan Keeling & Bianca Xunise
Lisa Hanawalt and Julia Wertz In Conversation
Underground Comics: Yesterday and Today, with Kim Deitch, Raquelle Jac, Denis Kitchen, and Heather Loase
Documenting a Child’s Life, with Julia Wertz, Rachael Smith, Elise Dietrich, and Kristen Shull
You won’t want to miss this year’s Baltimore Comic-Con at the Inner Harbor’s Baltimore Convention Center on September 25-27, 2026. The Baltimore Comic-Con is elated to announce the addition of actress Rebecca Romijn as a guest of our 2026 event! Tickets are now available for the show, autographs, and photo opportunities!
Rebecca Romijn continues to maintain her leading lady status in Hollywood with roles in a number of prominent film and television projects. She recently wrapped the final season as “Number One” in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds for Paramount+. She previously appeared in the same role on Star Trek: Discovery. Romijn famously starred as “Mystique” in the X-Men film franchise opposite Hugh Jackman and Halle Berry, and will reprise her role in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday.
Romijn starred as “Eve Baird” on TNT’s The Librarians for four seasons opposite Noah Wyle. Additional previous television credits include starring on ABC’s Eastwick, TNT’s King and Maxwell, Adult Swim comedy NTSF:SD:SUV, ABC’s Emmy-nominated Ugly Betty, and as the titular role on the WB’s Pepper Dennis. Memorable guest appearances include Friends, Chuck, Key & Peele, and Just Shoot Me. She also hosted and executive produced GSN’S body painting competition series Skin Wars and was the host of MTV’s House of Style.
Romijn’s role in Brian De Palma’s Femme Fatale opposite Antonio Banderas won her critical acclaim, with the Los Angeles Times writing, “Not since Sissy Spacek burned up the screen in Carrie has a De Palma woman held the screen as forcefully as Rebecca Romijn.” She also voices Lois Lane in Warner Bros. Animation’s hit films including Death of Superman opposite husband Jerry O’Connell as Superman. Other film credits include Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds, The Punisher, Godsend, Rollerball, Simone, Lies and Alibis, Man About Town, and Lake City.
Art by Jack Kirby, “Street Code” pages 5-6 spread. 1983
The Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center will host its annual walking tour of the New York neighborhood where comics legend Jack Kirby — co-creator of the Marvel Universe — grew up, tracing the streets and history that shaped his early life and career.
WHEN: Saturday, August 29, 11:00am–12:30 pm WHERE: The walking tour begins under the Jack Kirby Way street sign, NW corner of Delancey & Essex Streets, Manhattan. Meeting point on Google Maps
Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg, 1917-1994) created or co-created some of the most enduring characters and stories of the 20th century (including the Avengers, Captain America, Darkseid, the Fantastic Four, Hulk, the Silver Surfer, the X-Men, and hundreds of others). Kirby’s storytelling revolutionized genres such as crime, war, superheroes, and romance and almost single-handedly defined the visual language of comic books. Evidence of his work and influence surrounds us today, not only in comics, but also in television, movies, and beyond. The tour connects his Lower East Side childhood to the street co-naming of Jack Kirby Way, offering a unique, on-location, and cultural perspective on comics history and NYC landmarks.
The tour is a unique opportunity to see the neighborhoods, Lower East Side architecture, and cultural landmarks that shaped Jack Kirby’s early life and influenced his work throughout his career. Led by Kirby and comic historians and drawing an engaged group of fans every year, the tour is an insightful and engaging look at one of the most important artists of the 20th Century.
It’s 2026, and AIM HIT GO is back in the mix at Baltimore Comic-Con!
The Baltimore Comic-Con Classic returns with three days of competitive gaming, free-play action, and nonstop fun powered by AIM HIT GO. Attendees can put their skills to the test in four featured tournaments: Tekken 8, Street Fighter 6, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Beyond the competition, attendees can jump into AIM HIT GO’s free-play console arcade, featuring a diverse selection of classic favorites and modern games. Whether entering a tournament, challenging friends, or enjoying casual play between convention activities, gamers of every experience level will have something to enjoy.
CGC and JSA are returning to Baltimore Comic-Con this September 25-27, 2026 at the Inner Harbor’s Baltimore Convention Center as the Official Authentication and Grading Services of the show! On-site comic book grading returns to the show again this year for comic fans. That’s right, submit your books and get them back in the same weekend! Purchase your tickets online now!
Regular submissions of comics, magazines, pulps, cards, video games, and home video collectibles will also be accepted at booth #1320, with CGC Signature Series witnesses and JSA on-site authentication available.
Attend the Baltimore Comic-Con this September 25-27, 2026 at the Inner Harbor’s Baltimore Convention Center. Baltimore Comic-Con has announced Jeremy Bastian, Sean Forney, Cully Hamner, Joëlle Jones, Tom King, and Chip Zdarsky as comics guests of the 2026 event. You can purchase tickets online now!
Jeremy Bastian is the creator and illustrator of Cursed Pirate Girl from BOOM! Studios and Archaia Comics. He is renowned for his delicate detail, whimsical characters, and strange creatures, all drawn at the actual print size with a very small brush! Cursed Pirate Girl beckons to the 19th century in both subject and style. He has also contributed to Guild: Tink from Dark Horse Comics, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard from BOOM! Studios/Archaia Comics, Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream from Locust Moon Press, and Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom from Simon and Schuster. His Cursed Pirate Girl Annual was released by BOOM! Studios.
Sean Forney is an illustrator currently working on covers and art for Counterpoint Comics, Rocketship, Coffin Comics, Dynamite, Image, Orange Cone, Aspen, and Castle Thunder Comics, along with his own series, Scarlet Huntress. Published cover titles: Commander Tomorrow (Rocketship), Thundercats (Dynamite), Chutzpah (Castle Thunder Comics), Lady Death (Coffin), Vanish (Image), Vampirella/Red Sonja (Dynamite), Vampirella Strikes (Dynamite), Fathom: The Core (Aspen), Spicy Pulp Comics (Virus/Heavy Metal), Bloodstrike (Image), and TMNT (IDW). Cover and interiors: Counterpoint, Rocketship, Bear Claw Studios, Devil’s Due/1First, and Zenescope. Commercial artwork includes Upper Deck, Cut the Rope (Titan Publishing), Lego, Inc., My Adventures with Spider-Man (Marvel/Identity Direct), and Spin Master’s Bakugan toy line. The newest issues of Scarlet Huntress Meets Mothman and Scarlet Huntress Meets Wendigo are both out now.
Cully Hamner has drawn many things for many publishers, but he’s probably best known for co-creating Jaime Reyes (DC Comics’ current Blue Beetle, recently adapted into a Warner Bros. feature film); his creator-owned comic Red (also adapted as a pair of hit Bruce Willis films); and a list of credits at DC about as long as your leg — most recently as cover artist on numerous titles across the Batman and Superman lines, as well as the new Blue Beetle: Graduation Day, and interiors on books like Detective Comics, Superman Red & Blue, and Blue and Gold. At Marvel, he’s provided a ton of covers for the Spider-Man titles, Black Panther vs. Deadpool, War of the Realms, Yondu, M.O.D.O.K., Planet of the Apes, Aliens, and the Joe Fixit series. Also coming up are covers for BOOM! Studios, AWA, Tiny Onion, Mad Cave, and many other publishers. His next major projects are Ruby Actual with Greg Rucka at Image Comics and as regular cover artist on DC’s new JSA series by Jeff Lemire and Diego Olortegui.
Joëlle Jones is an Eisner-nominated artist currently living and working in the Pacific Northwest.
Since attending PNCA in Portland, OR, Jones has contributed to a wide range of mainstream and indie projects, with credits at Marvel, DC, IDW, BOOM! Studios, Vertigo, Oni Press, The New York Times, and fashion designer Prada. Notable titles include her creator-owned series Lady Killer, as well as Wonder Girl, Batman, Catwoman, Supergirl: Being Super, and Helheim.
She is also a founding member of the creator-owned publisher DSTLRY, with several projects in the works there.
Tom King is the New York Times-bestselling author and multiple Eisner Award-winning writer of comic book projects including Batman, Mister Miracle, Strange Adventures, The Human Target, The Vision, and Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, the latter which serves a source material for the DC Studios film Supergirl released on June 26, 2026. He recently served as co-creator of the HBO series Lanterns, released in August 2026. Currently, King is writing Wonder Woman at DC Comics, The Archie Movie for Universal Studios, and showrunning the much-anticipated Mister Miracle animated series. Prior to his writing career, King served overseas in the Iraq and Afghan theaters of war as a counterterrorism officer in the CIA. He lives in Washington, DC with his wife and three children.
Chip Zdarsky is the current writer of Captain America for Marvel Comics despite being Canadian. For Image Comics, he’s the writer of Newburn and the writer/illustrator of the award-winning Public Domain.
His previous work includes Daredevil, Batman, and Spider-Man: Life Story for Marvel, and he’s the illustrator of Image Comics’ Sex Criminals, an Eisner-winning series and NYT Bestseller despite all the penis jokes.
This year’s confirmed guests for the show include: Jason Aaron (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Arthur Adams (Longshot), Joel Adams (Ms. Mystic), Zeea Adams (Deadman), Rafael Albuquerque (Absolute Green Arrow), Jiba Molei Anderson (The Horsemen, courtesy of Advent Comics), Rodney Barnes (Killedelphia, courtesy of Advent Comics), Jeremy Bastian (Cursed Pirate Girl), Marty Baumann (Pixar artist), Brett Bean (D’Orc), Josh Blaylock (Mercy Sparx, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Carolyn Belefski (Curls), Russ Braun (The Boys), Brett Breeding (Superman), Jeffrey Brown (Hulk Teach, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Mark Buckingham (Fables), Jeffrey Burandt (Gonad the Ballbarian), Greg Burnham (Tuskegee Heirs, courtesy of Advent Comics), Jim Calafiore (NED, Lord of the Pit), Eric Canete (Absolute Superman), Joe Carabeo (The Legettes), Richard Case (Doom Patrol), Keith Champagne (Stranger Things), Howard Chaykin (Time Squared), Jo Chen (Runaways), Sean Chen (Iron Man), Cliff Chiang (Paper Girls), Frank Cho (Harley Quinn), Chris Claremont (Uncanny X-Men), Taurin Clarke (Star Wars: Jedi Knights), Becky Cloonan (War), Michael W. Conrad (In Bloom), Steve Conley (The Middle Age), Amanda Conner (Harley Quinn), Denys Cowan (The Question), Olivia Cuartero-Briggs (The College Try), Paris Cullins (Blue Devil), Mike Decarlo (The Simpsons), Vito Delsante (Stray), Todd Dezago (The Perhapanauts), Colleen Doran (The Sandman), Olivia Dufault (Prima Apparata, courtesy of Ignition Press), Scott Dunbier (DC Silver Age Covers and Stories Artist’s Edition), Steve Englehart (Captain America), Garth Ennis (The Boys), Victor Farro (Invincible Universe: Battle Beast), Sean Forney (Scarlet Huntress Meets Mothman), Trish Forstner (Feral), Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (DC Nation), David Gerrold (Star Trek), Chris Giarrusso (Mini Marvels), Randy Green (Witchblade), Che Grayson (Absolute Catwoman), Kevin Grevioux (I, Frankenstein, courtesy of Advent Comics), Gene Ha (Mae), Bob Hall (West Coast Avengers), Cully Hamner (Blue Beetle), Scott Hanna (Amazing Spider-Man), N. Steven Harris (Aztek: The Ultimate Man, courtesy of Advent Comics), Tony Harris (The Whistling Skull), Dean Haspiel (Chest Face), Glenn Hauman (They Keep Killing Glenn), Jeremy Haun (The Beauty, courtesy of Ignition Press), Mike Hawthorne (Deadpool), Marc Hempel (Sandman), Sean Damian Hill (Bishop: War College, courtesy of Advent Comics), Jamal Igle (Superman), Joseph P. Illidge (The Shadow Cabinet, courtesy of Advent Comics), Rebecca Isaacs (Prima Apparata, courtesy of Ignition Press), Dave Johnson (100 Bullets), Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Infernal Hulk), Klaus Janson (Daredevil), JG Jones (Wanted), Joëlle Jones (Lady Killer), Dan Jurgens (Action Comics), Chris Kemple (Red Vengeance), Tom King (Wonder Woman), Peter Krause (The Power of Shazam, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Mike Kunkel (Herobear and the Kid), Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon), Creees Lee (Sorcerer Supreme), Jae Lee (Inhumans), Jim Lee (Batman: H2SH), Rick Leonardi (Spider-Man 2099), Jesse Lonergan (DROME), Tula Lotay (Bloodland), Nate Lovett (Commander Tomorrow), Andy MacDonald (Rogue Planet), Kevin Maguire (Justice League), Anthony Marques (Superman Unlimited), Laura Martin (Nubia: Queen of the Amazons, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Shawn Martinbrough (Red Hood: The Hill), Alitha E. Martinez (Black Panther: World of Wakanda, courtesy of Advent Press), Ron Marz (Green Lantern), Jose Marzen Jr. (Y: The Last Man), Bill McKay (Kim the Delusional), Mike McKone (Teen Titans), Bob McLeod (New Mutants), Carla Speed McNeil (Finder), Adriana Melo (Fantastic Four), Pop Mhan (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe), Joshua Middleton (Aquaman), Al Milgrom (Spectacular Spider-Man), Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise), Mark Morales (Thor), Bill Morrison (The Simpsons), Drew Moss (Thundercats), Trevor Mueller (Bat Pat), Sarah Myer (TMNT Saturday Morning Adventures), Tom Nguyen (Batman), Phil Noto (Fantastic Four: First Foes), Kevin Nowlan (Batman: Sword of Azrael), Patrick Olliffe (Untold Tales of Spider-Man), Jerome Opena (Uncanny X-Force), Ryan Ottley (Invincible), Jimmy Palmiotti (The Punisher), Dan Parent (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), Dan Parsons (Star Wars), Margeaux Pepoy (Simone & Ajax), David Petersen (Mouse Guard), Pornsak Pichetshote (Absolute Green Arrow), Stephen Platt (Moon Knight), Eric Powell (The Goon), Andy Price (My Little Pony), Joe Pruett (Savage Sword of Conan), Tom Raney (Incredible Hulk), Afua Richardson (Kahhori: Reshaper of Worlds), James Robinson (Starman), Tone Rodriguez (Feral, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Don Rosa (Uncle Scrooge), Craig Rousseau (The Perhapanauts), Stephane Roux (Void Rivals), Andy Runton (Owly), Ethan Sacks (Old Man Hawkeye), Stuart Sayger (Red Sonja), Joe Schmalke (We Don’t Kill Spiders), Erica Schultz (Rogue), Louise Simonson (The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special), Walter Simonson (Thor), Don Simpson (Megaton Man), Matt Slay (Patchwork Ends), Matthew Dow Smith (DC’s Misfits of Magic), Scott Snyder (Friday and Sunday only, DC K.O.), John K. Snyder III (Suicide Squad), Mark Sparacio (Liberty Girl Deluxe), Cat Staggs (David Dastmachian’s Through), Jim Starlin (Dreadstar), Joe Staton (Dick Tracy), Brian Stelfreeze (Black Panther), Charles Stewart III (Storm: Lifedream, courtesy of Advent Comics), Karl Story (Batman & Robin), Brandon Thomas (Legend Has It, courtesy of Advent Comics), Martha Thomases (Dakota North), Frank Tieri (Absolute Batman: Ark-M), Peter J. Tomasi (The Rocketfellers), Billy Tucci (Shi), Jonathan Uribe (Spawn, courtesy of Comics and Collectibles R Us), Gus Vazquez (Sunfire and the Big Hero Six), Wade Von Grawbadger (Justice League), Dave Wachter (Godzilla), Steve Walker (Pay the Devil), Dan Watters (Mad Science Division, courtesy of Ignition Press), Lee Weeks (Batman/Catwoman Special), Mark Wheatley (Breathtaker), Bob Wiacek (All-New Wolverine, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Matt Wieringo (Stargate Atlantis: Gateways), Keith Williams (Web of Spider-Man), Ron Wilson (Marvel Two-In-One), Chuck Wojtkiewicz (Justice League, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Rich Woodall (Sgt. Werewolf), John Workman (Wild Things), Kelly Yates (Doctor Who), Thom Zahler (Long Distance), and Chip Zdarsky (Captain America).
