Taurin Clarke, Shawn Kuruneru, Tony Moore, Rob Retiano, Stephane Roux, Cory Smith, and Caitlin Yarsky are coming to Baltimore Comic Con
The Baltimore Comic-Con returns to the Inner Harbor’s Baltimore Convention Center this coming weekend, September 25-27! The Baltimore Comic-Con has announced Taurin Clarke, Shawn Kuruneru, Tony Moore, Rob Retiano, Stephane Roux, Cory Smith, and Caitlin Yarsky as comics guests of the 2026 event. Why wait in additional lines when you arrive at the show? Get your tickets online today!
Taurin Clarke is a freelance illustrator based in Brooklyn, New York. He has been working predominantly in comics and editorial illustration since 2020
Currently, he is the main cover artist for Miles Morales: Spider-Man for Marvel Comics, but has noteworthy cover runs on titles as X-Men: Red, and Icon and Rocket for Milestone/DC. He has provided many covers for several publishers, including Dark Horse, Image, Skybound, and BOOM! Studios, as well as illustration work for brands such as Coca-Cola and Sideshow Collectibles.
While he is classically trained and prefers traditional media, he has learned to work digitally and is currently enjoying exploring a new creative process, working feverishly to find a solid marriage of classic illustrative techniques and graphic design elements.
…He sometimes gets confused and tries to double tap his sketchbook pages to erase, forgetting it’s not a tablet screen.
Shawn Kuruneru is a Canadian comic artist and writer. This year, his comic Cave Grave: Wild West Tales was published by Oni Press. He is the artist of The Goddamn Tragedy written by Chris Condon, Fishflies Chapter Six written by Jeff Lemire, and Colonel Weird and Little Andromeda written by Tate Brombal.
Colonel Tony Moore proudly hails from the commonwealth of Kentucky, and has been in the business since 1999, when he started work on his maiden voyage, Battle Pope. Since then, he has lent his hand to books such as Masters of the Universe and Brit, as well his creator-owned books Fear Agent and The Exterminators, and, most notably, the world-renowned series, The Walking Dead. Over the years, he has also gotten the opportunity to put his artistic stamp on some wild runs on Marvel’s Ghost Rider, Punisher, Venom, and Deadpool, and recently made his writing debut in the pages of EC’s Outlaw Showdown.
In recent years, he has worked some with amazing musicians such as Ryan Bingham, John R. Miller, JP Harris, The Winetree, Laid Back Country Picker, and Tyler Childers, providing poster art and album covers. He has also gotten to branch out, directing music videos for Tyler’s Country Squire and Laid Back’s Bela Lugosi’s Dead.
Rob Retiano is an all around artist with a love for comics and works in various creative avenues. Always working to achieve new milestones as a creative and artist, he has worked on various projects as the initial character designer and penciler of Junior High Horrors, as well as a cover artist for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Nightwatcher, Vampirella: Year One, Good Boy, Do You Pooh, Rise of Dracula, Reign of Dracula, Tragedy, Cos & Effect, Upper Deck, musicians, and more.
Rob has been a part of the comic scene for the past 10+ years and continues to work on and pursue working with other creatives, projects, and publishers. You can follow his work on instagram (www.instagram.com/robretiano) and contact him at robretiano@gmail.com.
Stephane Roux is a accomplished artist with over 20 years experience working both in comics and animation.
As a cover and interior comic artist for DC, Marvel, and LucasArts, Stephane’s most notable work appears in acclaimed titles including Zatanna, Harley Quinn & Power Girl, Star Wars: Agent of the Empire, 5 Minute Star Wars Stories, Guardians of the Galaxy, Birds of Prey, Batman Confidential, Grace Randolph’s Supurbia, Vampirella, Sacred Six, and Bettie Page. He’s currently putting the finishing touches on his first creator-owned graphic novel, which is expected to published in 2026.
His animation work includes storyboards, character designs, and background art for studios like Disney, Saban International, and EuropaCorp.
You can find more of his work on Instagram: @stephanerouxart
Cory Smith is an American comic artist and illustrator who has worked on some of the industry’s biggest titles. Breaking into the business in the early 2010’s, Cory made his mark on cult-classic properties such as Magnus: Robot Fighter and IDW’s TMNT. Cory has continued to bolster his resume with work for most major publishers, though he is probably best known for his runs on various Marvel titles such as Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain Marvel, Ghost Rider, X-Men, Star Wars, Conan, and Fantastic Four.
Most recently, Cory has drawn covers and interiors for notable titles such as Wolverine, Moon Knight, Ghost Rider, Fantastic Four, and Amazing Spider-Man.
Caitlin Yarsky is an Eisner-nominated artist and writer with over a decade of experience working in comics. Her career began with an Image series called Coyotes, followed by Bliss. She drew 8 issues and 12 covers for Jeff Lemire and Dark Horse’s Black Hammer: Reborn and has drawn various one-shots, issues, and backups for DC (Wonder Woman, Catwoman, Shazam, Superman). She just finished drawing for Dark Horse series Magic the Gathering, Untold Stories: Jace, and Oni series Dead Teenagers. She wrote and drew a Dark Horse series called Living Hell. She is drawn to dark fantasy, science fiction, and 2D animation.
Caitlin previously worked as an art director and artist for various game studios, including Valve, WayForward, and Workinman. She lives in the DMV, playing music and baking sourdough.
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), Iván Brandon (VS), Russ Braun (The Boys), Brett Breeding (Superman), Jeffrey Brown (Hulk Teach, courtesy of Hero Initiative), 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), 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), Greg Horn (Emma Frost), 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), Leah Kilpatrick (Kingdom of Earth), Tom King (Wonder Woman), Peter Krause (The Power of Shazam, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Mike Kunkel (Herobear and the Kid), Shawn Kuruneru (Minor Arcana), 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), Al Milgrom (Spectacular Spider-Man), Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise), Tony Moore (Fear Agent), 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), Rob Retiano (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Nightwatcher), 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), Cory Smith (Guardians of the Galaxy), 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), 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).
