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The Ringo Nominees Head to Baltimore Comic-Con 2026

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The crowds will be buzzing at the 2026 Baltimore Comic-Con, taking place September 25-27 at the Inner Harbor’s Baltimore Convention Center. The Baltimore Comic-Con is pleased to announce the appearance of 2026 Ringo Awards nominees Patrick Buermeyer, Lisa Burdige, Jose Cambronero, Otis Frampton, Matt Garvey, Travis Gibb, Brad Guigar, John Hazard, Rob Leigh, Elias Gambit Melendez, Next_Jen, Tiffany Petitt, Taylor Robin, Dominike “Domo” Stanton, Stefan Tosheff, and Henry Widdicombe to our 2026 event. You can now get your tickets online, including limited ticket availability to the 2026 Ringo Awards Banquet and Ceremony!

Patrick Buermeyer is a traditional and digital artist, and sometimes writer who lives and works in Portland, Oregon with his french bulldog, Leon. He has been making comics since he graduated from Oregon State University in 2015. When he isn’t drawing or writing, he can be found at a park with friends and a frisbee, playing video games, or at a patio with a beverage.

Patrick will be signing Saturday 10:00am-11:00am and 5pm-6pm, and Sunday 11:00am-2:00pm in Booth #2013.

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Lisa Burdige and John Hazard are an award-winning writer/artist couple and the co-creators of the Ringo Award-nominated Background Noise Comic. Their first book, Love Letters, Every Day (Oct. 2025), won a Zelda Award for Graphic Novel Non-Fiction. Lisa writes fiction plays, poetry, and essays. She’s a member of SFWA, Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers, and WinC International. John is also a children’s book illustrator and animator. His other independent comic projects include Schmooze or Lose and Frankenstein Superstar. They are both also arts educators. While their life is not a fairy tale, they are living happily ever after in Brooklyn.

Lisa and John will be signing Friday 1:00pm-3:00pm and Saturday 1:00pm-3:00pm in Booth #2013.

Otis Frampton is a comic book writer, artist, and animator. He is the creator of the Image Comics series Oddly Normal and the ongoing adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s The Patchwork Girl of Oz (Image Comics, 2025–present; Volume 1 recently nominated for a Ringo Award). He was also a character and background artist on the animated series How It Should Have Ended from 2011 to 2019.

Otis will be giving away 50 signed copies of The Patchwork Girl of Oz Volume 1 at his signing Saturday 10:00am-11:00am in Booth #2013.

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Matt Garvey is a UK-based comic writer, letterer, publisher, and educator with more than 15 years of experience creating independent comics. He has written and published more than 30 comic issues and graphic novels across a wide range of genres, and has successfully funded 18 Kickstarter campaigns.

He is the author of Making Your First Comic and Kickstarter for Comic Creators, practical guides designed to help aspiring creators navigate the realities of making and publishing their own comics.

Alongside his own work, Matt shares advice through his YouTube channel and mentorship program, helping new creators with writing, collaboration, lettering, crowdfunding, conventions and, most importantly, actually getting their comics finished.

Matt will be signing Saturday 11:00am-1:00pm in Booth #2013.

Travis Gibb is a Ringo-nominated creator and has been working in comics off and on for over a decade, producing: Coins of Judas, Granite State Punk, Voodoo Nations, and Cthulhu Invades Oz/Wonderland. He has published books with Scout Comics, Caliber Comics, Image Comics, Second Sight, and Band of Bards. Travis is blessed to work with his wife, Heather, in their co-owned publishing company Orange Cone Productions, where she also works with him as his editor. Last but not least, he is the proud father of two awesome daughters and one amazing son.

Travis will be signing Friday 4:00pm-6:00pm and Sunday 2:00pm-4:00pm in Booth #2013.

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Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc, winner of the 2023 Ringo Award for Best Humor Webcomic, and co-host of the long-running ComicLab podcast. A professional cartoonist since 2000, he is also the author of The Webcomics Handbook and co-author of How to Make Webcomics. He lives and works in Philadelphia.

Brad will be signing Saturday 11:00am-12:00pm in Booth #2013.

Rob Leigh is a comics veteran with over 30 years of experience in the industry, having established himself as one of the most sought-after letterers, and becoming a member of Ghost Machine’s founding creators in 2023.

His work includes DCU flagships such as Superman, Green Lantern, The Flash, and Justice League, as well as Doomsday Clock and Batman: Earth One, where he collaborated with fellow Ghost Machine co-founders Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, and Brad Anderson, and Batman: Three Jokers from Johns, fellow Ghost Machine co-founder Jason Fabok, and Anderson. Leigh has also lettered for MAD Magazine and SpongeBob Squarepants.

Winner of the Wizard Fan Award and a Harvey Award nominee, Leigh is a graduate of The Kubert School, and has also served as a member of the faculty. When not in his studio, Leigh is an avid outdoorsman, enjoying the woods and water. He resides in New Jersey.

Rob will be signing Sunday 11:00am-12:00pm in Booth #2013.

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Elias “Gambit” Melendez (yes, that is really his nickname) is a multitalented artist from Puerto Rico. Currently operating out of Florida with help from his cat, Aleister, Elias has made a name for himself in the indie comics scene, working on projects like the Cthulhu Invades series by Orange Cone Productions and various other exclusive store covers for different publications. In addition, he has self-published other projects, and occasionally, he creates original sketch cards for Dynamite Entertainment, producing art for The Transformers 40th Anniversary, Vampirella, Red Sonja, Dawn, and Evil Ernie, amongst other card sets.

Not only is he an accomplished illustrator, but he is also an accomplished painter, with some of his work shown in various art shows around the East Coast of the USA. When he is not busy illustrating comics, he spends his days as a full-time tattoo artist with more than 20 years of experience.

Elias will be signing Saturday 3:00pm-4:00pm in Booth #2013.

Next_Jen (a.k.a. Jennifer Castro) graduated at Digital Media Arts college with a bachelor’s degree in game art animation. While studying there, she was inspired to write stories on the side and found it was her passion.

Soon, she began writing Coexistence, a story she worked on for over 7 years. She spent countless hours designing worlds, characters, alien species, and backstories. She decided to start illustrating her story into a webcomic to bring it to life. Since posting her webcomic online, it gained traction along with a dedicated fan base.

Coexistence won 3 Zelda Awards in 2026 for Best Sci-Fi Webcomic, Best Letterer, and Trailblazer. It was featured as the 5th most popular sci-fi webcomics of 2024 on GlobalComix, top 10 sci-fi webcomic on WEBTOON Canvas, and now nominated for Best Series for the Ringo Awards in 2026. Her dream is for Coexistence to one day to be adapted into an animated series.

Next_Jen will be signing Friday 1:00pm-7:00pm, Saturday 1:00pm-2:00pm, and Sunday 10:00am-5:00pm in Booth #2013.

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At an early age, Jose Cambronero was captivated by comic books. He went to college to pursue screenwriting. He wrote scripts and even worked on a short film for his classes. During this time, his love for storytelling rekindled.

Then, when he met Next_Jen, they started brainstorming comic ideas together. They came up with many stories, and one of them was Coexistence. It became their passion as they worked together writing the script, storyboarding, and bringing it to life.

Jose is currently the co-writer of Coexistence and the writer for B.I.O.: A Coexistence Story.

Jose will be signing Friday 1:00pm-7:00pm, Saturday 1:00pm-2:00pm, and Sunday 10:00am-5:00pm in Booth #2013.

Tiffany Petitt is a 35-year-old writer/illustrator from Winston-Salem, NC. She’s been working on her series, Scent: The Pursuit of the Golden Hill, for the past 5 years, resulting in 4 volumes and a prologue.

Scent is a manga-style Western with werewolves and a slow-burn, wholesome romance set in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming in 1849. Each volume is roughly 300 pages and sports full-color illustrations throughout.

With over a thousand copies sold, the series has garnered a small but enthusiastic audience she calls the “Brood”, who she keeps in touch with daily on Discord where she also regularly shares her process.

The plot of Scent revolves around a mysterious and powerful golden werewolf, Emmett, and his troubled efforts to face the demons of his past while unwillingly becoming responsible for protecting a small human woman, Ruth, in the unforgiving wilderness filled with monsters. The cat and mouse chase covers many miles, many days, and an abundance of grudges across the entire mountain range.

This project is heavily inspired by the master storytellers Makoto Yukimura, Natsuki Takaya, and Eiichiro Oda.

Tiffany will be signing Friday 6:00pm-7:00pm in Booth #2013.

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Taylor Robin is the author of the YA graphic novel Hunger’s Bite and its upcoming sequel, Fate’s Run. He grew up in a coastal town with five yacht clubs and almost drowned while cleaning a boat, which had no impact on his decision to set his debut horror comic aboard an ocean liner full of terrible rich people. Previously, he created the webcomic Never Satisfied, has written a handful of Steven Universe comics for BOOM!, and worked as a storyboard revisionist at Titmouse on shows like Harriet the Spy and Kiff. But these days, he’s mostly interested in making graphic novels about terrible rich people.

Taylor will be signing Saturday 2:00pm-3:00pm and 4:00pm-5:00pm in Booth #2013.

Dominike “Domo” Stanton has worked as an artist, from caricatures at Six Flags to lead character designing in animation, to working over a decade-long career as an interior artist and storyteller on many different books for the biggest publishers in comics. His most notable works include Marvel Comics’ Starbrand and Nightmask, The Sandman: House of Whispers from DC Comics, and the award-nominated webcomic series, Taste of Justice, also from DC Comics.

Domo will be signing Saturday 4:00pm-6:00pm in Booth #2013.

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Stefan Tosheff is a comic artist from Vancouver, British Columbia. Originally from a small Gulf Island, he now resides in East Van, dividing his time between drawing all day, playing in more bands than strictly necessary, and occasionally stepping outside to look at the sun.

His works include Romeo vs. Juliet, Miramar, Minerva’s Map, Nothing Butt Nightwing, and Daybreak!

Stefan will be signing Saturday 3:00pm-4:00pm and Sunday 4:00pm-5:00pm in Booth #2013.

Coming from a background in stand-up comedy, Henry Widdicombe wrote and published his first comic in 2025. How to Survive an Affair: A Practical Guide is an autobiographical comic which uses multiple artists to tell one coherent story. Using humour as a vehicle to process a particularly traumatic time in his life, his debut comic broke through on the small press scene in the UK with a follow up out later this year, and an eventual book charting the entire story of Henry finding himself in a situation he never thought he’d be in.

Henry will be signing Friday 3:00pm-4:00pm and Saturday 12:00pm-1:00pm in Booth #2013.

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Limit Break Comics to Launch Fractured Realms at Thought Bubble 2023

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Dublin based comic collective Limit Break Comics will launch Fractured Realms, an anthology of Norse Horror comics, at Thought Bubble 2023. The book is the third myth-anthology to be published by Limit Break Comics, following the success of Turning Roads and Down Below.

Thought Bubble 2023 takes place November 11 and 12 at the Harrogate Convention Centre in North Yorkshire.

Valhalla Awaits.

In a new anthology from Limit Break Comics, explore the fall of man at the end of times, the horrors of beasts straight out of myth, the dreadful actions of men who know no bounds, and the chilling truth of nature when the wheel of violence turns for too long.

The old gods might have their deaths foretold, but that doesn’t mean they can’t suffer a little bit first.

Fractured Realms is edited by Paul Carroll and Gary Moloney, and received support from the Arts Council’s Literature Project Award. The anthology contains 24 short comics from Irish and international creators, including work from: Sarah Amundson, Kaydee Artistry, Sierra Barnes, Daniel Beals, Nick Bryan, Patrick Buermeyer, Vinicius Carreiro, Paul Carroll, Alice Coleman, Colin Craker, Aaron Cruz, Robert Cullen, Ryan Estrada, Anna Everts, Triona Farrell, Aaron Fever, Benjamin Filby, KG Gaynier, Oliver Gerlach, Adam Gilbert, Travis B Hill, Sean Hogan, DC Hopkins, Ben Humeniuk, Liam Johnson, Rob Jones, Seamus Kavanagh, Dearbhla Kelly, James Killian, Rapha Lobosco, Andriy Lukin, Michiums, Marin, Hugh Madden, Aline Martins Dos Santos, Adlai McCook, John McGuinness, Alyssa Meier, Mariana Meira, Gavin Mitchell, Chris Mole, Gary Moloney, Oscar Osorio, Chris Panda, Benjamin Paulus, Christian Abel Peña, Lan Pitts, Nikki Powers, Jack Reikel, Andrea Schiavone, Rae Stevenson, and Gustaffo Vargas. It fearures cover art by Nick Roche and JP Jordan.

Fractured Realms is the thirteenth book to be published by Limit Break Comics. Earlier this year, the collective-publisher celebrated its fifth birthday and a nomination in the European Science Fiction Society Hall of Fame Awards for Best Publisher.

Mini Reviews: Hawkgirl, Fall of X, Gotham at War, and a blackout drunk PI!

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Sometimes, the staff at Graphic Policy read more comics than we’re able to get reviewed. When that happens you’ll see a weekly feature compiling reviews of the comics, or graphic novels, we just didn’t get a chance to write a full one for.

These are Graphic Policy’s Mini Reviews and Recommendations.

Logan

Hawkgirl #3 (DC Comics) – Kendra, Galaxy, and Argus hit the road and fight the Court of Owls in Gotham with the assistance of Batman and Chef Alysia Yeoh in Hawkgirl #3. Artist Amancay Nahuelpan‘s visual tricks and skill with layouts get a workout beginning with a hilarious, yet epic riff on “I’m Batman”. He and writer Jadzia Axelrod continue to have wonderful chemistry as she puts captions revealing Kendra’s inner thoughts, and he brings the fisticuffs and handles the shift in timelines with style and grace. Letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou also adds flavor to Axelrod’s dialogue with his bubbles, font choices, and timely capitalizations and underlining and highlights some big emotional beats like Galaxy’s insecurity around Batman or Kendra’s nigh-metafictional rage about how she’s been treated by different characters in the DC Universe over the year. Hawkgirl #3 is a fun team-up, adds depth to Galaxy and Kendra’s characters, and also progresses the Nth metal mystery plotline as the book continues to be one of the cutest, gayest, and most badass current comics on the stands. Overall: 8.8 Verdict: Buy

Brett

The Blackout Bombshell #1 (Sumerian) – Written by Louis Southard with art by Dean Kotz, color by Patrick Buermeyer, and lettering by Buddy Beaudoin, The Blackout Bombshell #1 nails everything you’d want in a PI/noir story. The private dick is a… dick, a blackout drunk who can’t remember why he wants to find a mysterious woman. She also just so happened to show up at his door and tried to kill him. Then there’s an attorney who himself has some ethical and personal issues. An ever growing pile of dead bodies are mixed in and it’s all set in a post Vietnam world, and you’ve got an intriguing start that’s full of individuals you want to slap. The art is solid, using a noir-ish style but a more modern setting. It all comes together for a start that fans of detective stories will want to get. Overall: 8.5 Verdict: Buy

Avengers Inc. #1 (Marvel) – Writer Al Ewing, artist Leonard Kirk, colorist Alex Sinclair, and letterer Cory Petit deliver an intriguing Avengers team that mixes your typical spandex superheroes with a bit of a detective/crime spin. It all works well setting things up for what should be something a bit different from your regular Avengers title. The art by Kirk and the team is solid with colors popping to set up each scene. Overall: 8.25 Verdict: Buy

Catwoman #57 (DC Comics) – The third part of “The Gotham War,” writer Tini Howard, artist Nico Leon, colorist Veronica Gandini, and letterer Lucas Gattoni give us events from Catwoman’s perspective. It’s a decent entry in the crossover event as she must figure out how to proceed through Batman’s stubbornness. But, the comic also focuses a lot on the Red Hood, almost distracting from the title character. The end adds a bit of a wrinkle to the story but beyond that, the entry is rather forgettable. Overall: 7.25 Verdict: Read

Alpha Flight #2 (Marvel) – Overall, Alpha Flight’s entry in Fall of X has been entertaining by predictable. Written by Ed Brisson with art by Scott Godlewski, color by Matt Milla, and lettering by Travis Lanham, it hasn’t surprised too much. Still, it’s interesting to see this sort of resistance against Orchis and the government’s bending to their will. While the overall story follows the beats you’d expect, individual choices and moments stand out. The art is good and the characters all look like the Alpha Flight we love with some nice fights and dynamic moments. Still, the comic feels like it’s playing it a bit safe instead of pushing the underlying concepts and themes of Fall of X. Overall: 7.5 Verdict: Read

Dark X-Men #2 (Marvel) – Writer Steve Foxe, artist Jonas Scharf, colorist Frank Martin, and letterer Clayton Cowles continue to deliver what is the standout of Fall of X. The team is dysfunctional but on a mission that’s familiar, save mutants. But, it’s that dysfunction of this misfit team that really stands out and nails the spirit and classic feel of the X-Men. Add in solid art and some dynamic visual moments and you have a comic series you hope continues well after this storyline event ends. Overall: 8.0 Verdict: Buy

Uncanny Avengers #2 (Marvel) – Writer Gerry Duggan, artist Javier Garron, colorist Morry Hollowell, and letterer Travis Lanham take on the newest unity team as they fight Captain Krakoa and the new iteration of the Mutant Liberation Front. There’s a lot of interesting moments but really we just want to find out who is under the mask of Captain Krakoa, and we’re given a major hint here. Overall, the comic is entertaining enough with some decent action and good art but it feels like a piece of a puzzle rather than a comic that stands on its own. It’s only job is to get the plot from point A to point C, when it could be far more. Overall: 7.75 Verdict: Read

Granite State Punk is a rare, gritty look at witches, New Hampshire, addiction, and punk rock

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Zeke lives and breathes punk rock, and is not about to conform to the absurdities of the world around him. He has just been released from prison for one too many poor life choices, and is now living in the last place he ever wanted to be…his dead parents’ house. For years, Zeke tried to drown every ounce of the memories of this place and his messed-up childhood. While on an ankle monitor, he tries to find meaning to his life with his girlfriend Ember, who is secretly stealing his soul in order to unlock deep secrets of his family origins. Zeke is now forced to confront his past, and face the revelation that his history is filled with the occult, dark magic, and its connection to New Hampshire’s most historic landmark, The Old Man of the Mountain.

Granite State Punk is written by Travis Gibb, with art and color by Patrick Buermeyer, lettering by Jerome Gagnon, and edited by Heather Gibb. It’s coming to comic shops this March from Scout Comics.

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