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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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Exclusive Preview: Get a look at Summit Comics’ Upheaval as it returns to Kickstarter

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Summit Comics‘ Upheaval is returning to Kickstarter. The first character ever announced as part of the Summit Universe is officially appearing in her second self-titled issue—Upheaval #2. Don’t miss out on the campaign.

Covers for Upheaval #2 features artwork by Brian Wolf, Javier Lugo, Giula Lalli, Michael Woods, and Alexandre Starling.

In the aftermath of a brutal assault on Mazona Industries, the city is left asking one question: Who is Upheaval? Masked behind an anime-style digital avatar and surrounded by swarms of weaponized drones, the city’s newest vigilante has gone viral—and she’s about to become a target.

As the media digs in, Orlando’s underground defenders step into the spotlight. NEW HEROES!! NEW VILLIANS!! MORE ACTION!

–Upheaval writer (and Summit CEO) Travis Gibb

Upheaval #2 isn’t just bigger. It’s louder, darker, more personal—and it proves this universe is only getting started.

We have an exclusive look at the upcoming issue. You can check it out below and don’t miss out!

Upheaval #2

Summit Comics Announces its First Talent Search Winners. Artist Talent Search Opens.

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Right in time for the holidays, Summit Comics has crowned the winners for the first part of its first-ever talent search. Writers Scott Alan Gregory and Jimmy Gaspero won their respective categories, coming up with origin stories to introduce characters designed by Summit partner Peter Collins.

As a part of the contest, each writer was to type a brief origin synopsis for their character of choice and then introduce them with a two-page comic script. In total, 145 writers took part in the search, with six Summit partners serving as the committee reading through each entry and voting for their favorites.

The first-ever Summit Talent Search continues with Part Two, focusing on artists looking for their next gig. There are two separate pathways for Part Two–one for pencilers/inkers and another for colorists. Summit is now accepting submissions from artists through December 24th, with the winners being announced on New Year’s Eve.

The first full-length Summit Comics story—Summit: Pinacle #1—is set for launch on Kickstarter in January. As we prepare to put the final touches on the book for the masses, we’ve unlocked our prelaunch so that readers can follow and be the first to know latest news and updates, plus access exclusive rewards! Follow the prelaunch page here.

If you’d like a sneak “peak” at Pinnacle #1, the Summit Comics Sneak Peek 2025 is available now for purchase exclusively at: readsumm.it/store.

Summit’s launch roster of creatives includes Travis Gibb (Upheaval, Cthulhu Invades), CJ Hudson (Granite, Interstellar Dust), Devin Arscott (Noir, Magni the Mighty), Adam Barnhardt (SH*TSHOW, Moonspawn), Marcus Jimenez (Techoknights, Knight From Hell), Eric Palicki (Guardians of Infinity, Black’s Myth), Brayden Viloria (Haven), J. Michael Miller (Kid Cretaceous, The Healer’s Blade), Nate Schachter (The CloakRoom), Cam Kerkau (Gilgamesh), Daniel Kalban (American Dreams, Knightwrath), Brian Wolf (Upheaval), Benjamin Morse (We Are Scarlet Twilight), and letterer extraordinaire Jerome Gagnon.

Summit Comics Launches a Small Press Superhero Universe

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Summit Comics is a new comics collective set to launch a new shared comics universe after the first of the year. It features characters new and old and over a dozen creatives who’ve collectively raised nearly half a million dollars on Kickstarter. Summit will tell tales in a single shared world, allowing characters and storylines to jump over from one creator-owned title to the next.

At the root of it all will be Summit: Pinnacle, an annual anthology featuring short stories from all corners of the Summit Universe. Those shorts will then continue on in Summit Jump, a bi-monthly release inspired by weekly shōnen manga titles. Select characters will then receive their own limited series.

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The Summit Universe will then carry over into standalone titles such as Travis Gibb’s Upheaval, and CJ Hudson’s Granite.

Summit’s launch roster of creatives includes Travis Gibb (Upheaval, Cthulhu Invades), CJ Hudson (Granite, Interstellar Dust), Devin Arscott (Noir, Magni the Mighty), Adam Barnhardt (SH*TSHOW, Moonspawn), Marcus Jimenez (Techoknights, Knight From Hell), Eric Palicki (Guardians of Infinity, Black’s Myth), Brayden Viloria (Haven), J. Michael Miller (Kid Cretaceous, The Healer’s Blade), Nate Schachter (The CloakRoom), Cam Kerkau (Gilgamesh), Daniel Kalban (American Dreams, Knightwrath), Brian Wolf (Upheaval), Benjamin Morse (We Are Scarlet Twilight), Ignacio di Meglio, Pete Collins, Sebastian Piccione, and letterer extraordinaire Jerome Gagnon.

Summit’s character rosters and publishing schedule will be available in the coming weeks. The best way to find out the latest news and updates regarding this exciting new publisher is to sign-up for the Summit Comics newsletter at https://readsumm.it, and by following the social media accounts listed at https://readsumm.it/follow.

Jerome Gagnon, Heather and Travis Gibb, David Mack, Patrick McDonnell, Joe Pruett, Evan “Doc” Shaner, Scott Snyder, Jim Starlin, and Sean Von Gorman are coming to Baltimore Comic Con

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Next week is Baltimore Comic Con, September 8-10, 2023 at the Inner Harbor’s Baltimore Convention Center. The Baltimore Comic Con has announced the addition of comic guests Jerome Gagnon, Heather and Travis Gibb, David Mack, Patrick McDonnell, Joe Pruett, Evan “Doc” Shaner, Scott Snyder, Jim Starlin, and Sean Von Gorman at the 2023 event. Online tickets are available now so you can avoid waiting in additional lines upon arrival!

Jerome Gagnon, appearing Saturday from 11am-12pm on at the Cards Comics & Collectibles booth (#916), is a graphic designer by day and a comic book letterer by night. He has been actively lettering comics for the past five years and has worked as a graphic designer in the print industry for over 20 years. His previous lettering jobs vary from children’s books to horror. He has lettered superhero books for Advent Comics, was part of The Mike Wieringo TELLOS Tribute, and the Puerto Rico Strong fundraising anthology. He also participated in the first Blood, Skulls & Bones Kickstarter campaign, and others such as Broke Down and 4 Dead Bodies (#1-4), Cthulhu Invades Wonderland, and more.

Heather Gibb, appearing Saturday from 11am-12pm on at the Cards Comics & Collectibles booth (#916), co-owns and operates indie publishing company Orange Cone Productions with her husband Travis. As an editor, she enjoys taking part in bringing out the best in creators and their stories. As a writer, Heather uses her sense of humor and passion for justice as central themes in her work. Heather enjoys spending time with her family, and has also worked in the field of Child Welfare for over ten years. She has worked on titles such as Granite State Punk, Cthulhu Invades Wonderland, Pup Van Winkle, and The Super-Delish Sing-Along Comic: Cottage Cheese.

Travis Gibb, appearing Saturday from 11am-12pm on at the Cards Comics & Collectibles booth (#916), 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.

David Mack is the Emmy-nominated, New York Times Best-Selling author and artist of Kabuki, writer of Marvel’s Daredevil, cover artist of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods and Norse Mythology, Jessica Jones, and Fight Club 2 by Chuck Palahniuk. He is artist on Marvel’s Jessica Jones opening titles and Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier film titles, as well as Cultural Ambassador for the US Department of State.

Mack created the Marvel Studios character Echo, who now has her own Marvel TV series on Disney+ and is featured in the Hawkeye Disney+ series. Mack has signed on to direct the HBO MAX television series of Cover, adapted from the graphic novel which is inspired by his work overseas for the US State Department. Cover was nominated for three Eisner Awards: Best Graphic Novel, Best Cover Artist, and Best Painter.

Mack created artwork for the opening titles of the Jessica Jones Netflix TV series (winner of the Peabody Award), based on the book on which he was co-collaborator. The opening titles he worked on with Imaginary Forces garnered an Emmy Nomination in the category of Outstanding Main Titles. For the Academy Award-nominated film Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Mack created the art and concept for the titles sequence with Sarofsky Designs, which received recognition for the Excellence in Titles Design Award.

Mack’s comic book work has garnered nominations for ten Eisner Awards, four International Eagle Awards, and both the Harvey and Kirby Awards in the category of Best New Talent, as well as many other national and international awards and nominations.

Mack created the final two seasons of Dexter Early Cuts episodes for Showtime (the first, collaborating with legendary artist Bill Sienkiewicz). The latest season earned him nominations for both the Writers Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America.

In 2016, the US State Department honored Mack as a Cultural Ambassador selected to travel abroad to teach storytelling in other countries. In the country of Georgia, Mack taught at settlement camps for displaced persons, the Asylum Seekers Center, the Marneuli Youth Center, Tbilisi Arts Academy, and Special Needs school, and the Tbilisi Palace of Fine Arts Museum featured a massive exhibit of Mack’s work and books.

In North Africa and Asia, Mack taught at the school for the Deaf in Tunisia and Singapore, as well as several other schools and universities as a State Department envoy, and was a special guest speaker for an event in Libya.

Mack had gallery exhibits of his work in Paris and Brussels, and recently in Los Angeles and Chicago, presented with originals of Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, and he spoke in Barcelona at the OFFFest presentation of trailblazing artists and designers, and delivered an inspiring TED Talk.

Mack directed popular music videos for Amanda Palmer and Dashboard Confessional, and has recently completed a new creator-owned project with Brian Michael Bendis from DC Comics called Cover, which earned him Best Comic Artist of the Year from Comic Watch. Mack is developing his creator-owned comic book Kabuki as a TV series with Sony. In 2018, Mack was honored with the prestigious Inkpot Award for his Achievements in Comicbook Art.

Patrick McDonnell, appearing courtesy of Abrams Books, is the bestselling author, illustrator, playwright, painter, and creator of the comic strip Mutts, which appears in more than 700 newspapers around the world. He has received numerous awards internationally, including a Caldecott Honor and the Reuben, the highest honor given by the National Cartoonists Society. The Art of Nothing, a career-spanning monograph, was published by Abrams ComicArts in 2019. His latest book is The Super Hero’s Journey — an original graphic novel in the Marvel Arts line. He lives in New Jersey.

A noted comic book editor, publisher, and writer covering over three decades, Joe Pruett has been nominated for numerous Eisner, Harvey, and Eagle awards. He is also known for the anthology series Negative Burn and his work at Marvel, where he wrote various X-Men family titles. Most recently, Joe has been the Publisher/COO of AfterShock Comics and writer of the Black-Eyed Kids horror series.

Evan (Doc) Shaner is a DC Comics exclusive cartoonist. His past works include Future Quest, The Terrifics, Man of Steel, Supergirl, Doom Patrol, Strange Adventures, and The New Champion of SHAZAM! among others. He lives in Michigan with his wife, two children, and their dog.

A New York Times Best Selling author with previous works on DC’s Batman, Superman, and Justice League, and Image Comics’ Wytches, Scott Snyder has made a name for himself, with his current focus on his creator-owned books such as Nocterra, Chain, We Have Demons, Clear, Night of the Ghoul, Barnstormers, Dudley Datson, Canary, Duck and Cover, and Book of Evil.

The multi-talented Jim Starlin has worked on both writing and creating art for some of the most noteworthy creations since his entry into the field of comics in the 1970s. The mind behind the Marvel character Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu, he is also responsible for a number of noteworthy cosmic characters in the Marvel Universe, including Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, and the villainous Thanos, all of whom are featured in the major motion picture, Guardians of the Galaxy. He developed noteworthy runs on Marvel’s Captain Marvel, Warlock, and Silver Surfer, Marvel mini-series Infinity Gauntlet, Infinity War, and Infinity Crusade, and DC Comics’ Batman, The Weird, and Cosmic Odyssey. His Death of Captain Marvel was the first Marvel graphic novel to be published. More recently, he has provided writing and art for DC’s Stormwatch and writing on Green Lantern: Mongul, and he returned to his classic villain with Marvel’s Thanos: The Infinity Revelation.

Sean Von Gorman is an NYC-based comics illustrator and writer. He is known for co-creating Toe Tag Riot (Black Mask Studios), and Pawn Shop (Z2 Comics) with Joey Esposito. He has recently reunited with Esposito on his latest work, The Pedestrian. He has also contributed art for projects published by Image, Dark Horse Comics, and IDW, as well as anthologies such as Occupy Comics (Black Mask) and the Eisner Award-winning Love Is Love (DC/IDW). In addition to his comics work, Sean has also contributed art for Neil Gaiman’s Neverwear and features for Alt Press Magazine and The New Yorker. He is also a brilliant guerrilla marketer, who has been known to handcuff himself to things and escape straitjackets to promote his comics. His next project, Ghost Planet, was released in 2022.

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This year’s confirmed guests for the show include: Dan Abdo (Blue, Barry & Pancakes), Arthur Adams (Longshot), Sarah Andersen (Saturday and Sunday only, Sarah’s Scribbles), Mirka Andolfo (Sweet Paprika), Art Baltazar (Yahgz), Jeremy Bastian (Dune: House Harkonnen), Marty Baumann (Saturday only, Pixar artist), Carolyn Belefsky (Curls), Brian Michael Bendis (Action Comics), Jon Bogdanove (The Death of Superman), Judy Bogdanove (Steel Annual), Russ Braun (The Boys), Dan Brereton (Nocturnals), Harold Buchholz (Sweetest Beasts), Mark Buckingham (Fables), Greg Burnham (Tuskegee Heirs), Jim Calafiore (NED, Lord of the Pit), Chris Campana (Death Dealer), Joe Carabeo (Black Magic Tales), Richard Case (Edgar Allan Poe’s Snifter of Terror), Castillo Studios, Howard Chaykin (Time Squared), S.A. Check (Night of the Living Dead: Revenance, courtesy of American Mythology Productions), Jo Chen (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Sean Chen (Genesis), Jim Cheung (Young Avengers), Frank Cho (Harley Quinn), Amy Chu (KISS: The End), Chris Claremont (Uncanny X-Men), Matthew Clark (Adventures of Superman, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Brian Clevinger (Atomic Robo), Steve Conley (The Middle Age), Katie Cook (Nothing Special), Nick Davis (Night Guardians), Deans Family (Crass Fed), Mike DeCarlo (The Simpsons, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Vito Delsante (Stray), Abby Denson (Uniquely Japan), Todd Dezago (The Perhapanauts), Derec Donovan (Adventures of Superman), Scott Dunbier (Jim Lee’s X-Men Artist’s Edition, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Jan Duursema (Star Wars: The High Republic), Drew Edwards (Halloween Man), Garth Ennis (The Boys), David Finch (Moon Knight), Tony Fleecs (Stray Dogs), Chris Flick (Capes and Babes), Scott Fogg (Phileas Reid Knows We’re Not Alone), Tana Ford (LaGuardia), Trish Forstner (Stray Dogs), Franco (Fae and the Moon), John Gallagher (Max Meow), Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (DC Nation), Ron Garney (BZRKR), Joe Getsinger (Finding Jack Kirby in a Pile of Zinc), Mike Gold (Green Arrow), Jimmy Gownley (Amelia Rules!), Randy Green (Nyobi Outbreak), Mike Grell (Jon Sable), Dawn Griffin (Zorphbert & Fred), Torunn Grønbekk (Carnage), Chris Gugilotti (Teen Titans Go!), Gene Ha (Mae), Laura Lee Gulledge (Page by Paige), Bob Hall (West Coast Avengers), Cully Hamner (Blue Beetle), Bo Hampton (Batman: Castle of the Bat), Scott Hanna (Amazing Spider-Man), Tony Harris (The Whistling Skull), Dean Haspiel (Covid Cop), Buz Hasson (Adam Green’s Hatchet, courtesy of American Mythology Productions), Glenn Hauman (They Keep Killing Glenn), Mike Hawthorne (Deadpool), Marc Hempel (Sandman), Greg Hildebrandt (Star Wars), Morry Hollowell (Old Man Logan), Jamal Igle (Superman), Mark Irwin (Green Lantern), Chris Ivy (Venom: Tooth and Claw, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Klaus Janson (Daredevil), Geoff Johns (Geiger), Dave Johnson (100 Bullets), Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Alien), J.G. Jones (Wanted), Kata Kane (Altar Girl), Chris Kemple (Artist Alley Comics), Tom King (The Penguin), Barry Kitson (Amazing Spider-Man), Dan Krall (House of Night), Leeanne M. 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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.

Granite State Punk