Join the 2026 Baltimore Comic-Con on September 25th-27th at the Inner Harbor’s Baltimore Convention Center. Baltimore Comic-Con has announced that Brett Bean, Che Grayson, Creees Lee, Pornsak Pichetshote, Ethan Sacks, and Frank Tieri as comics guests of the 2026 event. You can get your tickets online now!

Brett Bean is the creator of D’Orc, the hilarious high-fantasy romp from Image Comics and Dungeon Crawler Carl: The Crocodile Fall 2026 with Vault Comics. His other works include Draw! Brett Bean Breaks Down the Art of Drawing, the graphic novel series Zoo Patrol Squad, and the Muk ‘n’ Honey‘ book series. A fan-favorite artist on I Hate Fairyland and Marvel’s Rocket and Groot, Brett continues to make puppet designs for Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, variant covers, card art for Marvel Snap, animated films, TV, and more. He lives in Los Angeles with a bunch of redheads.

Che Grayson is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker, writer, and TED speaker. Che is a 2016 TED resident, a 2017 IFP Marcie Bloom Film Fellow with Sony Picture Classics, and a 2018 Directing Fellow with Ryan Murphy’s Half Initiative. Che has written for television for Paramount, Apple TV, and Netflix, including Monster High and Hilda. Also a comic book writer, they are best known for their psychological horror Good Deeds, action-horror series Exquisite Corpses, and the upcoming Absolute Catwoman series at DC. As a graduate of New York University’s MFA film program, they have written, directed, and produced while studying under the mentorship of Spike Lee and Kasi Lemmons. Their award-winning film Magic Hour, starring Indya Moore, premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. Che currently works as a head writer at DreamWorks Animation.

His name is Hyunsung Lee, but most people call him Creees. He recently graduated from SVA, School of Visual Arts in New York City, and he learned the ancient ways in becoming a comic artist. People often ask him how long he’s been drawing and my answer is, “Basically my whole life.” He still has a drawing from when he was 3 or 4 years old hung up on his wall. His childhood was all about drawing Dragonball Z characters and Batman…it was a pretty good childhood. Even though he stopped drawing Dragonball Z characters, he still continues to draw superheroes. Drawing is something he does because it literally keeps him alive; he can’t imagine life if he wasn’t able to draw. Now, he’s striving to become an awesome DC or Marvel comic artist…you know, like Jim Lee? Jim Lee is one of his greatest inspirations, as well as the incredible Kenneth Rocafort. Other inspirations of his are Klaus Janson, who was also his mentor at SVA, Matteo Scalera, and Sean Murphy. Their works are amazing and he hopes that later he will have the same impact on others as they did for him.

Pornsak Pichetshote is a Thai-American award-winning writer of comics and TV. He began his career as a rising star editor at DC’s Vertigo imprint before overseeing DC Entertainment’s TV department, helping spearhead what would become the CW’s Arrowverse of shows. As a comics writer, his work includes Absolute Green Arrow, Infidel, which was selected for NPR’s 100 Favorite Horror Stories of All Time, The Good Asian, which won both Eisner and Harvey Awards, Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives for DC Comics, and Man’s Best for BOOM! Studios.

Ethan Sacks is best known as the writer of Marvel’s Old Man Hawkeye, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, and Star Wars: Bounty Hunters. He also wrote the award-winning nonfiction comics, COVID Chronicles and Climate Crisis Chronicles for AWA Studios, as well as several stories for DC Comics. His first Star Wars comic for Dark Horse was just announced. He teamed with his daughter, Naomi, to write the acclaimed Image Comics series, A Haunted Girl, inspired by her real-life battles with depression and suicidality. Before comics, he was a 20-year veteran at the New York Daily News, covering film and geek culture. He also contributes occasionally to NBC News.

Frank Tieri has been active in comics, TV, and film for over 20 years, with past work on Absolute Batman: Ark-M, Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons, Harley Quinn, Deadpool, Ravencroft, Pestilence, Wolverine, Red Sonja, and many more.

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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), Marty Baumann (Pixar artist), Brett Bean (D’Orc), Josh Blaylock (Mercy Sparx, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Carolyn Belefski (Curls), Russ Braun (The Boys), Jeffrey Brown (Hulk Teach, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Mark Buckingham (Fables), Jeffrey Burandt (Gonad the Ballbarian), 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), Cliff Chiang (Paper Girls), Frank Cho (Harley Quinn), 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), 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), Trish Forstner (Feral), Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (DC Nation), Chris Giarrusso (Mini Marvels), Randy Green (Witchblade), Che Grayson (Absolute Catwoman), Gene Ha (Mae), Bob Hall (West Coast Avengers), Larry Hama (GI Joe: A Real American Hero), Cully Hamner (Blue Beetle), Scott Hanna (Amazing Spider-Man), Tony Harris (The Whistling Skull), Dean Haspiel (Chest Face), Glenn Hauman (They Keep Killing Glenn), Mike Hawthorne (Deadpool), Marc Hempel (Sandman), Jamal Igle (Superman), Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Infernal Hulk), Klaus Janson (Daredevil), JG Jones (Wanted), 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), Tula Lotay (Bloodland), Nate Lovett (Commander Tomorrow), 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), Ron Marz (Green Lantern), Jose Marzen Jr. (Y: The Last Man), 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), Trevor Mueller (Bat Pat), Sarah Myer (TMNT Saturday Morning Adventures), Phil Noto (Fantastic Four: First Foes), Kevin Nowlan (Batman: Sword of Azrael), Patrick Olliffe (Untold Tales of Spider-Man), Ryan Ottley (Invincible), Jimmy Palmiotti (The Punisher), Dan Parent (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), Margeaux Pepoy (Simone & Ajax), David Petersen (Mouse Guard), Pornsak Pichetshote (Absolute Green Arrow), 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), Andy Runton (Owly), Ethan Sacks (Old Man Hawkeye), Stuart Sayger (Red Sonja), Joe Schmalke (We Don’t Kill Spiders), Erica Schultz (Rogue), Mark Schultz (Xenozoic Tales, courtesy of Flesk Publishing), Louise Simonson (The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special), Walter Simonson (Thor), Don Simpson (Megaton Man), 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), Jim Starlin (Dreadstar), Joe Staton (Dick Tracy), Brian Stelfreeze (Black Panther), Karl Story (Batman & Robin), 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), Mark Waid (Action Comics), Steve Walker (Pay the Devil), 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), Kelly Yates (Doctor Who), and Thom Zahler (Long Distance).