The Baltimore Comic-Con returns this September 25-27 to the Inner Harbor’s Baltimore Convention Center. Joining the impressive list of guests are Dean Haspiel, a seasoned alternative cartoonist/playwright who started self-publishing a series of “deep cut” comix, most recently with Antimatter #1, will join Stray co-creator Vito Delsante, his Vito x Dino podcast brother and occasional collaborator, who will be debuting Pay the Devil with artist/comix teacher Steve Walker; plus, rock god/comix writer Jef UK aka Jeffrey Burandt will keep the squad “too cool for school” with his grindhouse comic, Blood + Brains, and his semi-Cimmerian satire, Gonad the Ballbarian. Get your tickets now!

Emmy and Ringo Award-winning cartoonist Dean Haspiel has created for Marvel, DC/Vertigo, Archie, Image, and Webtoon, including collaborations with Harvey Pekar and Jonathan Ames. In 2023, Dino launched a series of crowdfunded “Deep Cuts” from his pantheon of creator-owned characters, featuring COVID Cop, Billy Dogma + Jane Legit, The Red Hook, and Chest Face. In addition, Haspiel is an accomplished playwright and Yaddo fellow. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Vito Delsante is a comic book writer, letterer, and editor. He is best known for his creator-owned superhero story, Stray, with co-creator, Sean Izaakse (Challengers of the Unknown) and is the editor-in-chief of Blind Squirrel Comics. This year, he debuts a new Stray one-shot called The Beast Within, with art by David Jaxon, and Pay the Devil, with co-creator and tablemate Steve Walker. He currently lives in Pittsburgh, PA with his wife, Michelle, and his kids, Sadie and James.

Steve Walker is an independent comic artist, educator, illustrator, and editor. 

His current projects are the self-published series The Blackforge Chronicles, and the upcoming Pay The Devil, with writer Vito Delsante.

His previous works include graphic novels for Random House Books, Tor Books, as well as work for Action Lab Entertainment.

Since 2008, Steve has taught comics and sequential arts at the Art Students League of New York, where he edits an annual anthology of student work, as well as the anthology No Day Without A Line, and This Quarantine Life: A COVID-19 Comics Anthology. He currently lives in Queens, New York.

Jeffrey Burandt is a writer and performer living in Brooklyn, New York. He has written comics for DC Entertainment, Devil’s Due Comics, Heavy Metal Magazine, IDW Publishing, Image Comics, and Source Point Press. This year, at Baltimore Comic-Con 2026, Jeffrey is debuting an original graphic novel, titled Gonad the Ballbarian, with artist Blake Sims and publisher Source Point Press, not available in stores until December 2026!