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The Definitive Guide

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Dragon Con welcomes guests from around the globe – with new people announced all the time! Take a look at the inventive minds, luminaries, and celebrities you’ll be spending the weekend with.

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  • Don Aguillo

    Don Aguillo is a comic artist and illustrator whose work includes projects with DC, Image, Marvel, Boom, Dark Horse, Disney/Ravensburger, Upper Deck, and indie creators.

  • Jarrod C Alberich

    Independent comic book creator. Creator/writer of Hamilton vs. Burr: A Werewolf Tale. Published comic writer for Z2 Comics. Trading card artist for Marvel Comics & Upper Deck Trading Cards. Cover artist & inker for White Rocket Books. US Air Force combat veteran.

  • Curt Anderson

    Curt Anderson is a master of deception, both on and off stage! He has toured the world preforming magic for decades. Recently he returned to the academic world of communication where he studies communication and human deception. He has a master's degree and is presently working on his PhD.

  • Kevin J. Anderson

    Kevin J. Anderson has written in the Dune, Star Wars, and X-Files universes, Clockwork Angels with legendary Rush drummer Neil Peart, and the Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. series. He has edited anthologies, written comics and games, and served as co-producer on Dune: Part Part Two and the Dune: Prophecy TV series.

  • Jon Armstrong

    Jon Armstrong stars in Magicians: Life in the Impossible. You have seen him amaze on The Today Show, cause Penn on CW's Penn and Teller's Fool Us to exclaim his act as “the most original I've ever seen!”, and wow Jay Leno on The Tonight Show.

  • Paris K Arrowsmith

    Paris Arrowsmith's career has spanned stage, voice acting, and screen. After moving to LA, he started working as a podcaster on No Latency and freelance TTRPG writer for R. Talsorian Games.

  • Eric R. Asher

    Eric R. Asher is the author of over 30 titles, including Steamborn, the Vesik series, and The Theme Park at the End of the World. He is currently living in St. Louis, Missouri, where the local folklore often finds its way into his Mason Dixon: Monster Hunter rural fantasy series.

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  • Noah Bailey

    Noah Bailey is an illustrator, designer, and comic book artist. Bailey is known for his self published and independent work in Station Grand, Infinite Horrors, and Diabolical!; the latter his personal comic anthology magazine. He is a frequent collaborator with Michael W. Conrad on Double Walker and Tremor Dose.

  • Dave Baker

    Dave Baker is an Eisner nominated writer/illustrator. His works include Star Trek Voyager: Seven's Reckoning (IDW), Forest Hills Bootleg Society (Simon and Shuster), Mary Tyler MooreHawk (Top Shelf), Night Hunters (Floating World), and Everyone Is Tulip (Dark Horse). He has also worked on Godzilla and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

  • Andy Belanger

    Andy Belanger works as a freelance cartoonist/illustrator. He does work in the mainstream comic market, plus a wide variety of work for the Canadian Film and Television industry. In the mainstream comic market, Belanger has worked for such comic publishers as DC Comics, Wildstorm, Devil's Due, and Boom!

  • Dr. John Bradford

    Dr. John Bradford is chief executive officer and principal engineer for SpaceWorks Enterprises in Atlanta. He is an expert in the human exploration of space, hypersonics, and the commercial space industry. He is an industry thought leader and strong advocate for commercial development of cis-lunar space.

  • BREED

    BREED is a professional artist whose work has been featured by Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Zenescope Entertainment, 20th Century Studios, IDW, Source Point Press, Counterpoint Comics, Stranger Comics, Action Lab Entertainment, Mountaineer West Productions, UpperDeck Co./MCU, Kymera Press, Entity Eye Entertainment, Warrant Publishing, and various film/TV production companies.

  • Jennie Breeden

    Jennie Breeden is the creator of the daily journal webcomic The Devil's Panties. It is not satanic porn... honest.

  • Patricia L. Briggs

    Patricia Briggs is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson and Alpha and Omega urban fantasy series.

  • June Brigman

    June Brigman has enjoyed a long and varied career as a cartoonist, drawing such comic book titles as Alpha Flight, Supergirl, and Star Wars. She is the co-creator (with Louise Simonson) of the Power Pack series from Marvel Comics.

  • Brian Brushwood

    Brian Brushwood has spent 20 years touring the U. S. with his award winning magic show. 1,000 live shows later in 2008, he started hosting Scam School for Discovery, Hacking the System for NatGeo, and The Modern Rogue on YouTube. Brushwood's newest adventure is his podcast World's Greatest Con.

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  • Jack Campbell

    Jack Campbell (John G. Hemry), retired U.S. Navy officer, writes the series Doomed Earth, New York Times bestselling Lost Fleet, Genesis Fleet, Lost Stars, and Pillars of Reality. His latest books are Destiny's Way, In Our Stars, The Empress of the Endless Sea trilogy, and Rendezvous with Corsair.

  • Jonathan Chaffin

    Jonathan Chaffin is a designer who loves horror-literature, pop culture, and Polynesian pop art. He has done merch and design for Hooters of America, Netherworld Haunted House, Rumba Seattle, and more. He, his wife Allison, and incredible volunteers produce Inuhele: Atlanta's Tiki Weekend and The Atlanta Tiki Homebar Tour.

  • Lipwei Chang

    Lipwei Chang is a comic artist and illustrator from Malaysia. He has been actively involved in several projects of illustrations and comic pages, with his comic art style.

  • A.C. Charania

    As the former NASA chief technologist, A.C. Charania served as one of the senior advisors to NASA's administrator on technology strategy and innovation. He held prior roles at Reliable Robotics, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, and SpaceWorks Enterprises.

  • Cinda Williams Chima

    New York Times bestselling author Cinda Williams Chima writes fantasy stories for teens of all ages, including The Heir Chronicles, The Seven Realms quartet, and The Shattered Realms series. Her newest duology, The Runestone Saga, marries Norse mythology and witchcraft with swordplay (axeplay?) romance and cut-throat politics.

  • Tracie Ching

    Tracie Ching is an illustrator known for her bold colors and cross-hatching style. Ching has created packaging art for Hasbro, covers for Penguin Randomhouse and TIME magazine, and film posters for Disney, Netflix, Lucasfilm, and Marvel. She is founder and principal mentor of the biennial We Create Mentorship program.

  • Wesley Chu

    Wesley Chu is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 14 published novels, including The Art of Prophecy, Time Salvager, The Rise of Io, and The Walking Dead: Typhoon. He won the Astounding Award for Best New Writer.

  • Freddy F Clements

    Freddy Clements is a distinguished professor emeritus of costume and make-up design and technology at Jacksonville State University. He holds a MFA in costume design from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has designed costumes for various regional theatres and has extensive experience in early twentieth century corsetry and kilt making.

  • Becky Cloonan

    Becky Cloonan is a comic book artist, writer, and three-time Eisner winner. Best known for her work writing on Wonder Woman, Batgirls, and Gotham Academy, she was also the first female creator to draw a full issue of Batman. Most recently, she co-created the smash hit series SOMNA at DSTLRY.

  • Michael W Conrad

    Michael W. Conrad is a writer that has contributed to the legacies of many major characters including: Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, Godzilla, Nightwing, Doom Patrol, and countless others. Conrad's own personal work includes such published graphic novels as Tremor Dose, Double Walker, and Neptune.

  • Sean Copeland

    Sean Copeland is the lore historian lead for Story & Franchise Development at Blizzard Entertainment. He supports all creative partners so they can create award winning games, goods, and cinematic content for Blizzard's blockbuster franchises.

  • Joe Corroney

    Joe Corroney has been illustrating Star Wars artwork for Disney and Lucasfilm and Star Trek artwork for CBS Studios since 1997, as well as a host of other properties. New Star Wars artwork and various other licensees are in the works for publication later this year.

  • William Hunter Cressall

    Hunter is a writer and director working in Birmingham, Alabama. He, with his partners Brian Pace, David Woods, and Phil Sutton, run Obvious Notion a multimedia production company.

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  • Kathleen O'Shea David

    Kathleen O'Shea David started working with puppets at a young age. Along the way she has learned few more skills. Her puppets are in various collections. She is an equity stage manager with an MFA from Yale. She is a published writer and editor of various works.

  • Fon H Davis

    Fon Davis appears on BattleBots, The Movies that Made Us, Prop Culture, Cake Masters, and Superfan Builds. He has worked on over 45 feature films including The Nightmare Before Christmas and the Star Wars series. More recently, Davis has been directing shorts and worked on Godzilla, The Mandalorian, and Interstellar.

  • Delilah S Dawson

    Delilah S. Dawson is the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Phasma, Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade, Bloom, Guillotine, The Violence, the Minecraft: Mob Squad series, the Blud series, the Shadow series (written as Lila Bowen), and the Tales of Pell, written with Kevin Hearne.

  • Jerry E DeCaire

    Jerry DeCaire has illustrated top shelf character titles for Marvel including Deadpool, Wolverine, Thor, etc. He is currently working on his own production, The Which-When Man. For 10 years he has performed drawing exhibitions in every major city in the US.

  • Keith R.A. DeCandido

    Keith R.A. DeCandido has written tons of novels, short fiction, and comics in licensed universes from Alien to Zorro, and also in worlds of his own creation. His new series, Supernatural Crimes Unit, will debut in 2025 from Weird Tales Presents. He also writes about pop culture for Reactor magazine.

  • Francine (Fran) Delgado

    Francine Delgado is a Costa Rican-Canadian artist with over a decade of experience. Art director, character designer, and cover artist, she has worked with MARVEL, Disney, and IDW. Inspired by manga and European comics, her bold storytelling and intricate designs bring characters to life in feature films, TV, and comics.

  • Dan dos Santos

    Creating covers for Brandon Sanderson, Patricia Briggs, Jim Butcher, and more, Dan dos Santos is one of the most recognized artists in his field. With hundreds of book covers to his credit, his vision has helped shape what the Fantasy market is today.

  • Friggatriskaidekaphobia Treatment Nurse Downey

    The Friggatriskaidekaphobia Treatment Center and nurse character was created in 2002 by Margaret Downey to teach critical thinking skills in an effort to end unfounded and irrational superstitions. Downey is the Skeptics Dragon Con parade coordinator.

  • Darrin Lee Drader

    Darrin Drader is a professional tabletop role-playing game designer with 25 years of experience in the field. He has written for Wizards of the Coast, Paizo Publishing, Legendary Games, Bastion Press, and many other publishers.

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  • Bill Fawcett

    Bill Fawcett & Associates has packaged and edited over 400 science fiction novels and two oral histories of the Navy SEALs. He co-authored the official Mycroft Holmes Mysteries and has written almost a dozen books, many on mistakes in history. Founded Mayfair Games and designs board and computer games.

  • Tana Ford

    Tana Ford is the artist on Marvel's Silk. She has done work on Gwenpool, Star Trek, Jem and the Holograms, VenomVerse, and The Amazing Spider-Man. She is the creator of the award winning lesbian comic book series DUCK! She recently collaborated with writer Nnedi Okorafor in the Black Panther universe.

  • Stephan Franck

    Award nominated animator/writer/director/comic book creator, who supervised the animation of Marvel Studio's What If...? season 1, and is currently directing new episodes. He was a supervising animator on the The Iron Giant, and contributed story to Despicable Me. His graphic novel earned a Russ Manning Award.

  • Matt Frank

    Matt Frank is known in both Japan and America as the "Kaiju King," working on Godzilla comics for IDW since 2011. Frank has also worked on Ultraman, Gamera, Power Rangers, Transformers, Mothra: Queen of the Monsters, as well as pinball machines, Blu-Ray releases, and more!

  • Chandra Free

    Chandra Free is the creator of The God Machine graphic novel series and co-founder of Machina Corpse imprint. She illustrated on books like John Carpenter's Tales For A Halloween Night, Fraggle Rock, and The Graphic Canon. She has also worked on TTRPG books like Carbon Grey and Planet of the Apes.

  • Esther Friesner

    Multiple Nebula Award winner Esther Friesner has published over 40 novels, more than 200 short stories, plus poetry and nonfiction. She has edited 11 anthologies including the Chicks in Chainmail series for Baen Books. Her YA credits include the Princesses of Myth series for Random House.

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  • Charles E. Gannon

    Dr. Charles E. Gannon‘s 25+ bestselling books have won the Dragon, ALA Choice, and Compton Crook Awards. He is best known for the hard sci-fi Caine Riordan series (4 Nebula and 2 Dragon finalists) and the Vortex of Worlds epic fantasy saga (the most recent was a 2023 Dragon finalist).

  • Brianna Garcia

    Brianna is an illustrator and comic artist currently working on My Little Pony comics and the Disney Lorcana trading card game. She has worked on interiors for Disney Princess comics, covers for Captain Marvel, Feral, and illustrations for Butterbean's Café, Disney Imagineering, and done storyboard work for Warner Bros Animation.

  • Andrew E.C. Gaska

    Andrew E.C. Gaska is the multiple award winning lore/adventure writer for Free League's Alien RPG. A franchise consultant to 20th Century Studios on Alien, Predator, and POTA, he is the lead writer for two Choose Your Own Adventure graphic novels and the Terminator and Planet of the Apes RPGs.

  • Annie Stegg Gerard

    Annie Stegg Gerard is an oil painter based in Northern Georgia, deeply inspired by the 18th-century Rococo masters. Her award winning art has been exhibited in galleries and featured in projects for clients such as Disney, Hasbro, Wizards of the Coast, Easton Press, Netflix, HarperCollins, and more.

  • Justin Gerard

    Justin Gerard is an independent artist who has worked for clients such as Disney, Dreamworks, Warner Brothers, Blizzard, and Random House. His work has explored the fantasy worlds of Beowulf, King Arthur, St. George, The Hobbit, Magic the Gathering, and Dungeons & Dragons.

  • John Giang

    John Giang is an acclaimed cover and concept artist, whose covers include: Spider-Man, Batman, and Last Ronin; and film credits include: Rogue One, Avengers, TMNT, and Transformers. Giang has jammed with Marvel, DC Comics, Paramount, Disney, Lucasfilm, and Hasbro.

  • Henry Gilroy

    Henry Gilroy is a television screenwriter and producer. He is best known for co-writing the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. From an early age, Gilroy loved comic books and animation. Gilroy is also the author of several Star Wars comic books and the first Bionicle trilogy.

  • Bill Golliher

    Bill Golliher has been a writer and artist for Archie Comics for 30 plus years. Golliher has worked on scripting and illustrating quite a diverse set of titles for the company: Betty and Veronica Friends Forever, Veronica, Jughead's Diner, Archie 3000, Dilton's Strange Science, and many more.

  • Michael A. Gordon

    Michael Gordon is a writer, editor, publisher, and podcaster. His creator-owned comic, Tiki Zombie, has been running for over a decade. He can also be regularly found saying “Howdy!” on the BatChums, Earth Station Who, and Dragon Con Report podcasts.

  • Daniel Govar

    Daniel Govar is a comic, children's book, and fantasy artist known for covers and interiors (Star Wars, Marvel, DC, etc). Currently Govar is the illustrator for Naomi Novik's three-book Temeraire omnibus, artist for various Star Wars card sets for Topps, and is doing illustrations for the World of Eragon.

  • Kevin Grazier

    Kevin Grazier Ph.D. is a planetary physicist and was a scientist on the Cassini Mission to Saturn team. He has served as the science advisor for several television series and feature films and is the co-author of the Hollyweird Science series of books.

  • Matthew Douglas Green

    With 39 years of film production experience to his credit, Matt Green has navigated his way through a multiplicity of disciplines vital to the art of filmmaking – special effects, visual effects, production design, propmaker, camera operator, actor, writer, producer, editor, and director.

  • Jen L. Grey

    Jen L. Grey is a USA Today bestselling author of urban fantasy, romantic fantasy, and paranormal romance. Known for angsty fated mate stories packed with action, she has published over 60 novels, with several series translated into foreign languages.

  • Andrew Lee Griffith

    Andrew Lee Griffith is a pop culture artist best known for his stints as the lead artist on books such as Transformers, G.I. Joe, Star Wars, and Micronauts. He is currently working on Godzilla and the creator-owned comic SIGNA, as well as Magic the Gathering.

  • Clay Shepard Griffith

    Clay Griffith is the co-author of fantasy fiction with his wife, Susan, including the Vampire Empire series, the Crown & Key trilogy, and The Flash and Arrow. He is a comic book writer for characters such as The Tick, The Simpsons, and Kolchak: The Night Stalker.

  • Susan Griffith

    Susan Griffith is the co-author of fantasy fiction with her husband, Clay, including the Vampire Empire series, the Crown & Key trilogy, and The Flash and Arrow team-up. She is a comic book writer for characters such as The Tick, The Simpsons, and Kolchak: The Night Stalker.

  • Luke Gygax

    Luke Gygax is an Ennie Award winning designer, founder of Gary Con®(garycon.com), Gygax Ink, and the son of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) creator, Gary Gygax. He has authored numerous RPG products and two novels since retiring from the Army. He resides in Southern California with his family.

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  • H.C. Warner

    H. C. Warner has worked extensively over 30 years in the mediums of painting, print design, screen printing, murals, commercial exterior, interior conceptualization and design, sculpture, and film. Aside from his painting/sculpture compositions, Warner curated and installed the first Dragon Con Comics and Pop Art Show 20 years ago.

  • Bob Hall

    For Marvel, Bob drew Spider-Man, Thor, What If, Squadron Supreme, The Avengers, and Emperor Doom. He co-created the West Coast Avengers. He was a Marvel editor in 1978. At Valiant, he wrote and drew Shadowman and created Armed and Dangerous. For DC, he wrote and drew Batman/Joker graphic novels.

  • Amanda Hamon

    Amanda Hamon is a senior designer working on Dungeons & Dragons at Wizards of the Coast. An award winning tabletop game designer and developer with more than a decade of experience, Hamon leads the creation of Fifth Edition books from conception through publication and beyond.

  • Robert E Hampson

    Dr. Robert E. Hampson is a neuroscientist by day, science fiction author by night, and a brain wrangler 24/7. When he is not decoding how memories work or building brain-computer tech, he is busy imagining futures where science fiction becomes reality.

  • Yaya Han

    Yaya Han is a cosplayer, designer, and author with over 400 costumes, two US Network TV shows, countless magazines, books, newspapers, and appearances under her belt. Han is the first cosplayer to bring branded cosplay-focused sewing and crafting products and a Yaya Han sewing machine to the mass retail market.

  • Charlaine Harris

    Charlaine Harris has been published since 1981. Her works vary from conventional mystery to urban fantasy to alternate American history. She has been the recipient of the ThrillerMaster Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award from Malice Domestic, and the Grand Master Award from Mystery Writers of America. She is still standing.

  • Ian Harris

    Writer, director, and comedian Ian Harris is known for his spot on impressions and cutting-edge, socio-political commentary fueled by science and skepticism. He has two one-hour comedy specials, ExtraOrdinary and Critical & Thinking. Harris is currently finishing a feature film he wrote and directed, called StandBy.

  • AJ Hartley

    A.J. Hartley is the international bestselling author of 26 novels in various genres. Recent work includes Hideki Smith, Burning Shakespeare, Cold Bath Street, Impervious, Cathedrals of Glass, and Sekret Machines with Tom DeLonge. He is Professor Emeritus of Shakespeare at UNC Charlotte and hosts a J-rock focused YouTube channel.

  • John G. Hartness

    John G. Hartness is an author, publisher, and editor from Charlotte, NC. He is the author of multiple series, including the award winning Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter series. He is also the publisher of Falstaff Books and founder of the SAGA Genre Fiction Writers' Conference.

  • Tom Heintjes

    Tom Heintjes is the co-founder and publisher of Hogan's Alley magazine, one of the leading magazines on contemporary and classic cartooning. He is a former managing editor of The Comics Journal and for years wrote biographical essays for Will Eisner's Spirit magazine for Kitchen Sink Press.

  • Leanna Renee Hieber

    Actress, playwright, ghost tour guide, and author for Tor and Kensington, her Strangely Beautiful saga won awards and her nonfiction, A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts, was a Bram Stoker Award finalist. She has been featured on Mysteries at the Museum and Beyond the Unknown.

  • Kenneth Hite

    Kenneth Hite has written 100+ TTRPGs, including Trail of Cthulhu, The Dracula Dossier, Bubblegumshoe, and Vampire: the Masquerade 5th Edition. Half of the multiple-award winning podcast Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff, he lives in Chicago with two cats and his wife, Sheila.

  • Bill Holbrook

    Bill Holbrook is the creator of three daily comic strips: On the Fastrack seen through the eyes of Dethany, the corporate Goth. Safe Havens is a science fiction fantasy set in a genetics lab. In 1995 he began a strip called Kevin & Kell, the internet's longest running daily webcomic.

  • Tini Howard

    Tini Howard is a comic book writer and swamp witch from the Carolina Wilds. Currently, she writes Euthanauts, Assassinistas (with Gilbert Hernandez), and Hack/Slash: Resurrection, with occasional stories for two of her favorite things: Rick and Morty and WWE. Previous work includes Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink and The Skeptics.

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  • Steve Jackson

    Steve Jackson has been designing games for 45 years and has no plans to stop. His creations include Munchkin, Illuminati, the GURPS and The Fantasy Trip roleplaying systems, Ogre, Car Wars, and Zombie Dice. By the time you read this, he expects to live in Atlanta.

  • Les Johnson

    Les Johnson is a physicist, author, and chief technologist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. His recent books include Crisis at Proxima (Baen), A Traveler's Guide to the Stars (Princeton University Press), and the forthcoming Pluto: The Dark World (completing Ben Bova's Grand Tour series, Tor).

  • Dan Jolley

    Dan Jolley has written comic books, media tie-in novels, original novels, video games, TV pilots, and dramatic podcasts for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Harper-Collins, Simon & Shuster, Activision-Blizzard, Ubisoft, and Sega. He wrote the main story for the world-wide bestselling game Dying Light.

  • Omega Jones

    Omega Jones is an actor, tabletop GM, designer, streamer, and host. He has worked with companies including Wizards of the Coast and World of Darkness and created the theme song for Critter Hug, a Critical Role talk show. Recent credits include Heroes' Feast and Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!

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  • Richard Kadrey

    Richard Kadrey is the NYT bestselling author of the Sandman Slim series, which was included in Amazon's 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime. He has been nominated for the Locus and BSFA awards, appeared in Year's Best Horror, and written for comics, film, and games.

  • Liana Kangas

    Liana Kangas, comic artist and writer, has worked on titles such as Star Wars Adventures, RAZORBLADES, Tyranny Rex & Future Shocks, Joan Jett, Blondie & RZA, with many more announcements to come. They have drawn original titles for TRVE KVLT, She Said Destroy, and co-wrote Seeds of Eden.

  • Bill Keel

    Astronomer Bill Keel is the author of The Sky at Einstein's Feet and The Road to Galaxy Formation. He hosts overnight live astronomy sessions and has spoken on cosmology, extrasolar planets, citizen discovery in astronomy, science in the Firefly and Avatar universes, spy satellites, and astronomical tourism.

  • Jason Keith

    Jason Keith is an Eisner Award nominated color artist, who for the past 15 years has colored exclusively for Marvel Comics. Credits include The Avengers, Hulk, Wolverine, Amazing Spider-Man, Mighty Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ghost Rider, Ultimate Avengers, Star Wars, and Darth Vader.

  • Ryan Kelly

    Ryan Kelly is a stand up comedian, cyber crime fighting, history dork that uses the power of social media to make millions laugh everyday.

  • Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Defying odds is what #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon does best. She has placed more than 80 novels on the NYT list in all formats and genres. With more than 70 million books in print, her series include: Dark-Hunters®, Chronicles of Nick®, Deadman's Cross™, and The League®.

  • T Kingfisher

    T. Kingfisher, aka Ursula Vernon, is the author of more than 40 books, comics, and the occasional podcast. Her work has won the Hugo, Locus, Nebula, and Dragon Awards. She lives in New Mexico with her husband, cats, and chickens.

  • Nancy Knight

    Nancy Knight authored novels, short stories, produced plays, film scripts, and edited anthologies. She served as director of Writers' Track for 26 years. She was awarded the Hank Reinhardt Award. Georgia Romance Writers named an award after her for mentoring writers. She received the Polaris lifetime achievement from Falstaff Books.

  • Gini Koch

    Gini Koch writes the fast, fresh, and funny Alien/Katherine “Kitty” Katt series for DAW Books, as well as many other novels, novellas, novelettes, and short stories in all the genres and under a variety of pen names, including G.J. Koch, Anita Ensal, Jemma Chase, A.E. Stanton, and J.C. Koch.

  • Mike Kunkel

    Mike Kunkel is a cartoonist known, among other things, for his work on Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! and for his creator-owned Herobear and the Kid, for which he has won two Eisner awards.

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  • Alec Lachman

    Alec Lachman, aka AlecTheBard, is a professional game master, TTRPG designer, and content creator with 400K followers across platforms. A celebrity DM for D3atSea and D&D in a Castle, Lachman crafts unforgettable adventures while engaging a vast online audience.

  • Cheralyn Lambeth

    Cheralyn "Cher" Lambeth is a professional costume, prop, and puppet builder, whose work includes films (The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Hunger Games), television (Dinosaurs!, Homeland), live properties (Star Trek: The Experience, Avenue Q), video games (Fortnite: Battle Royale), and books (Haunted Theaters of the Carolinas, Introduction to Puppetry Arts).

  • Creees Lee

    Creees Lee is a variant cover artist and is the interior artist for Black Mask's Lab Raider. He has worked for Image, Dynamite, and Chapterhouse Comics.

  • Scott Lobdell

    Scott Lobdell is an American comic book writer and screenwriter known for his work on numerous X-Men series for Marvel Comics, various DC Comics (Teen Titans, Superman), and comics for other publishers, including the Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers series by Papercutz or Fathom by Aspen MLT.

  • Comfort Love

    Comfort and Adam are a creative duo who both write, draw, and design. They are the creators of The Uniques and Rainbow in the Dark. They also wrote a massive how-to book for Random House called The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing Comics.

  • Ant Lucia

    Very few alternate visions of established characters have captured the imaginations of fandom like the DC Comics Bombshells. When Ant Lucia unveiled his designs for such characters as Wonder Woman, Batwoman, Harley Quinn, and the rest in the series the popularity exploded!

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  • Jonathan Maberry

    Jonathan Maberry is a New York Times bestselling multi-genre novelist, comic book writer, anthology editor, executive producer, and editor of Weird Tales Magazine.

  • Erin Macdonald

    Erin Macdonald, PhD is known for her work as the Star Trek franchise science advisor. In addition, she is a writer, speaker, producer, voice actor, and has written on Star Trek: Adventures, a baby board book Star Trek: My First Book of Space, and has voiced her own character.

  • Mari Mancusi

    Mari Mancusi is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 30 sci-fi/fantasy books for kids, teens, and adults, including many Disney tie-in books.

  • Annette Marie

    Annette Marie is the author of 30+ fantasy books, including The Guild Codex, Steel & Stone, and Red Winter series. A Goodreads Choice Awards finalist and an Amazon Charts bestseller, Marie has sold two million books featuring her unique blend of fast-paced adventure, addictive slow-burn romance, and unforgettable characters.

  • Gail Z Martin

    Gail Z. Martin writes urban fantasy, epic fantasy, steampunk, and more. Urban fantasy series include Deadly Curiosities and Night Vigil. Epic fantasy series include Darkhurst, Chronicles of the Necromancer, The Fallen Kings Cycle, The Ascendant Kingdoms Saga, and Assassins of Landria.

  • Todd J McCaffrey

    New York Times bestselling author Todd J. McCaffrey has collaborated with Anne McCaffrey (his mother) on five Dragonriders of Pern novels and has written three Pern novels on his own.

  • Mark McDonagh

    Mark McDonagh is a physicist and retired Navy submarine force Captain who has been running the National Security Decision Making Game since 1990. He lectures on emerging technology, modern weapons, geopolitical topics, and military history with expertise in the American Revolution, WWII, the Cold War, and history of submarine warfare.

  • Clint McElroy

    Clint McElroy is a podcaster, comic book writer, and former radio personality known for The Adventure Zone, a role-playing podcast. He is also a four-time New York Times bestselling author for The Adventure Zone graphic novels and recently released the book, Goldie's Guide to Grandchilding, all from First Second.

  • Griffin McElroy

    Griffin McElroy is a podcaster, four-time New York Times bestselling author, and actor known for The Adventure Zone, Wonderful!, and My Brother, My Brother and Me.

  • Justin McElroy

    Justin McElroy is a podcaster, four-time New York Times bestselling author, and actor known for The Adventure Zone and My Brother, My Brother and Me.

  • Travis McElroy

    Travis McElroy is a podcaster, actor, producer, humorist, and four-time New York Times bestselling author known for The Adventure Zone; My Brother, My Brother and Me; and Shmanners.

  • Amy Mebberson

    Comic artist and toy designer for Disney and Hasbro. Best known for Disney Princess and My LittlePony comics. Also the creator of viral Disney fancomic Pocket Princesses.

  • Mark Meer

    Mark Meer is known for his work on Bioware's Mass Effect trilogy, voicing Commander Shepard, Blasto, the Vorcha, and Niftu Cal. Other voice credits include the Baldur's Gate and Dragon Age series, Hinterland Studio's The Long Dark, ChaosForge's Jupiter Hell, Beamdog's MythForce, and Starro the Conquerer in WB Games' Gotham Knights.

  • Travis Scott Merrill

    Travis Scott Merrill currently works as a specialty costumer and break down artist with IATSE local 479. He has worked on some of the biggest budget movies in the world. You can see his art in professional theater, television, and blockbuster movies.

  • Jason Metcalf

    Jason Metcalf is a comic book artist known for his dynamic linework and detailed illustrations. With credits at publishers like DC, IDW, Valiant, and Zenescope, he has brought iconic characters to life. His work blends classic and modern styles, making him a sought-after talent for covers, interiors, and concept art.

  • John Jackson Miller

    John Jackson Miller is a New York Times bestselling author of novels and comics for Star Wars, Star Trek, Batman, Battlestar Galactica, and Marvel. His new novel tying into the Tim Burton Batman movies, Batman: Revolution, releases in 2025 from Random House Worlds.

  • Andrea Lorenzo Molinari

    Andrea Lorenzo Molinari, Ph.D. is co-writer of The Shepherd graphic novel series. Molinari is editorial director for Scout Comics and was submissions editor/editor for Caliber Comics, an editor for Amigo Comics, and has edited books published by Action Lab Entertainment, Behemoth, Second Sight, Cosmic Times, and New Friday Comics.

  • Jon Moore

    Jon Moore is a producer and award winning prosthetic make up artist with 20+ years experience in film and television. Credits include Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, Captain America: The First Avenger, Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, Red Dwarf, and The Witcher.

  • Mikal Mosley

    Mikal Mosley is an avid convention goer and costume designer. He has presented at several major conventions over the past 10 years, such as Dragon Con, MomoCon, and San Diego Comic Con. His professional costume credits include building costumes for the WWE, NFL, and various tv shows.

  • James C Mulligan

    James Mulligan has been a Disney artist for over two decades, with properties featuring everything from the classics to recent favorite Frozen. His design, fine art, and gallery work includes Playboy, Coca-Cola, Fox, Dreamworks, Warner Brothers, the Chuck Jones family, Marvel, DC, Lexus, and the Elvis Presley Estate.

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  • Bobby Nash

    Bobby Nash is an award winning author, artist, and actor. He writes novels, comic books, short stories, screenplays, audio dramas, and more. Nash is a member of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers, International Thriller Writers, and Southeastern Writers Association.

  • Jody Lynn Nye

    Jody Lynn Nye lists her main career activity as "spoiling cats". When not engaged in this worthy occupation, she writes fantasy and science fiction. She has published over 50 books and more than 200 stories. Nye teaches writing seminars and is coordinating judge for the Writers of the Future Contest.

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  • Justin Christopher Orr

    Justin Orr aka “JUSSCOPE” is a concept artist and animator from Northern California. He has worked in numerous artistic fields including animation, gaming, and advertising. He has worked with companies such as Nickelodeon, MTV, Wild Brain, and TBS, and has spent time in Japan as a concept artist.

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  • Diana Peterfreund

    Diana Peterfreund is the author of over a dozen for adults, teens, and kids, including Secret Society Girl, the Killer Unicorn books, Omega City, and the Clue mysteries. Her latest YA mystery kicks off a series about a teenage detective descended from Edgar Allan Poe.

  • Van Allen Plexico

    Van Allen Plexico, designated a Grand Master of Pulp Literature, is best known for the Sentinels illustrated superhero novels and comics, 1960s crime novels, and The Shattering space opera universe. His White Rocket Entertainment network features video and podcast channels covering James Bond, Babylon 5, The Avengers and more.


  • Marissa Pope

    Marissa Pope is a traditional medium comic book cover artist that has worked in the industry for five years. She has worked with a variety of publishers such as Coffin Comics, Zenescope, Udon, and many other indie publishers.

  • Robert Pope

    With over 35 years in comics, animation, and children's books, Robert Pope has drawn a who's who of cartoon favorites, including the Peanuts gang, Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo, Batman, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Johnny Bravo, and many more for DC, BOOM, IDW, Simon and Schuster, Disney Publishing, and others.

  • Cherie M. Priest

    Cherie Priest is the author of about 30 books and novellas, most recently It Was Her House First, The Drowning House, and Cinderwich - but also including the Booking Agents mysteries, an assortment of southern gothics, acclaimed alt-history Maplecroft, and the award winning Clockwork Century series, beginning with Boneshaker.

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  • Livio J Ramondelli

    Livio Ramondelli's art credits include a longtime run illustrating Transformers for IDW publishing. He also created the acclaimed original science fiction series The Kill Lock, published at the same studio. He is currently illustrating variant covers for the new era of Transformers in the Skybound/Image Comics era.

  • Norm Rapmund

    Norm Rapmund is an inker who made a name for himself during the early years of Image Comics. Rapmund then moved to Marvel where he worked on titles Wolverine, Fantastic Four, and Rogue. He later became known for his work with penciller Ian Churchill on Coven, Superman/Batman, and Supergirl.

  • Trina L. Ray

    Currently the deputy science manager and investigation scientist for the radar instrument on NASA's Europa Clipper Mission. She worked 20 years on Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn (specializing in Titan), and started her career working on Voyager. She is an active public speaker, invited to give many talks around the nation.

  • Aaron Reynolds

    Aaron Reynolds is the four-time Webby award winning author of Effin' Birds, a comic strip pairing intricate artwork with mundane daily frustrations read by over a million people every day. His first book, Effin' Birds: A Field Guide to Identification, hit bookstores in 2019 and is a bestseller.

  • Afua Richardson

    Afua Richardson is an American illustrator, author, musician, singer, songwriter, and mentor. In 2007, she made history as one of the first Indigenous Afro-American female artists to work for Marvel Comics as a penciler, inker, and colorist, earning the Nina Simone Award for artistic excellence.

  • Roy A Richardson

    Roy Richardson has worked for all the major publishers. Currently, he is the inker of the new sci-fi series Captain Ginger from Ahoy Comics. He is also the inker/letter/colorist for the Mary Worth comic strip, over his wife June Brigman's pencils.

  • Corinne Roberts

    Corinne Roberts is an illustrator working in comics and children's books (Bug Bites, Drawing Dragons, and the Out and About series). Her other illustration projects include the Wanderlust Deck and Dragon Calendar series.

  • Naomi "Nao" Romero

    Naomi Romero is a character designer for animation and illustrator for children's literature. They have worked for DreamWorks, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr, Sesame Workshop, Illumination Studios, Hasbro, Spin Master, and more. Romero is the current artist for the new baby dragon plush for Dragon Con.

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  • Steve Saffel

    Steve Saffel edited SF, fantasy, and horror for Random House, Marvel, and Titan, with creators like Eric Flint, N.K. Jemisin, Stan Lee, Robert McGinnis, Scott Sigler, and Alex White. He has worked on Alien, Halo, Conan, Mass Effect, Spider-Man, Star Wars, and more.

  • Robert J. Sawyer

    Robert J. Sawyer has won the Hugo, Nebula, and John W. Campbell Memorial awards; all for best science fiction novel of the year. The ABC TV series FlashForward was based on his Aurora Award winning novel of the same name, and he was one of the writers for that program.

  • Scott Sigler

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Scott Sigler is the creator of 15 novels, six novellas, and dozens of short stories. He gives away his stories as weekly, serialized audiobooks, with over 40 million episodes downloaded.

  • James Silvani

    James Silvani is a writer and Disney Comics artist best known for his work on Darkwing Duck. Silvani's latest work is Pirates: A Graphic History.

  • Anne Sowards

    Anne Sowards is an executive editor at Penguin Random House, where she primarily acquires and edits fantasy and speculative fiction for the Ace and Berkley imprints. The talented authors she works with include New York Times bestsellers Patricia Briggs, Jim Butcher, Kim Harrison, and Louis Sachar.

  • Michael A. Stackpole

    Michael A. Stackpole is an award winning novelist, game designer, computer game designer, podcaster, editor, screenwriter, and graphic novelist.

  • T. Alexander Stangroom

    T. Alexander Stangroom is chief operations officer at the ENNIE award winning TTRPG publisher Kobold Press. Stangroom is a TTRPG designer whose credits include titles by Modiphius and Wizards of the Coast, as well as a professional GM with over two decades of experience.

  • Kim Steadman

    Kim Steadman is a systems engineer working in the space industry with over 26 years of experience in spacecraft operations. Currently she is a surface mission planner for the Dragonfly Mission to Titan. She has also worked on Opportunity, Curiosity, Cassini, and Perseverance.

  • TJ Sterling

    TJ Sterling is a former Marvel and DC creator that has worked in several spaces within the comic industry, as well as the indie space with his fan favorite comic company RAE Comics. Sterling is also a teacher at the Joe Kubert School of Comic and Cartoon art.

  • S. M. Stirling

    S.M. Stirling was born in France in 1953 and has lived in Europe, Canada, Africa, and Santa Fe. Stirling published his first novel Snowbrother in 1984. His latest books are To Turn the Tide and The Winds of Fate from Baen, and The Lords of Creation from Arc Manor.

  • William Stout

    William Stout is an illustrator/film designer. He has murals at the San Diego Natural History Museum, the San Diego Zoo, the Houston Museum of Natural Science, and Walt Disney's Animal Kingdom. Fantastic Worlds – The Art of William Stout, will be followed by a box set of Stout's comics-related art.

  • Sorah Suhng

    Sorah Suhng has been a contributing artist to the comic book industry since 2007. She is owner and creator of Karnal Sin and the popular Karnal Confessions series as well as the Aurora comic book series .

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  • Adam Bryce Thomas

    Adam Bryce Thomas is a comic artist and illustrator, most notably for IDW's Sonic the Hedgehog, DC's recent Sonic/ Justice League crossover, and many other titles.

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  • Uploads of Fun

    Uploads of Fun is known for their off-beat family comedy videos. Their mission is to build a community for all people through laughter. With an audience of over 11 million across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook, Uploads of Fun shows the world that fun is a language we all speak!

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  • Toma Vagner

    Toma Vagner is an award winning NYC-based artist and illustrator. Vagner is known for creating tour visuals for Harry Styles worldwide tour in 2018, as well as her series of illustrations Disorders. Clients include Google, The New York Times, Bloomberg, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, LUSH, Red Bull, and others.

  • Trevor Valle

    Trevor Valle is a commercial FAA licensed drone pilot, a former paleontologist and science writer who has appeared in documentaries on History Channel, National Geographic, and in IMAX, and a professional GM, TTRPG writer, creator, game tester, and a cast member and player on multiple Twitch and YouTube Actual Plays.

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  • B. Dave D Walters

    B. Dave Walters is best known as host and DM of Invitation to Party on G4 TV, and DM for the cast of Stranger Things on Netflix Geeked. He is a contributor to the Marvel Multiverse RPG: The Cataclysm of Kang, and X-men Expansion, Dungeons & Dragons, and Vampire: The Masquerade.

  • Jean Marie Ward

    Jean Marie Ward writes fiction, nonfiction, and everything in between. Her credits include a multi-award nominated novel, numerous short stories, and two popular art books. The former editor of CrescentBlues.com, she is the author interviewer for BookBale.com and a frequent contributor to the online convention ConTinual. Learn more at JeanMarieWard.com.

  • Michael Watkins

    CEO and EIC of Highburn Studios, Michael Watkins is a creator and illustrator with over 20 years experience in the comics industry. He is known as creator of Guardians and for his work on Transformers and Sonic the Hedgehog. Additionally, he is also a voice actor and avid martial artist.

  • Toni Weisskopf

    Toni Weisskopf has been the publisher of Baen Books since 2006. Weisskopf has been a guest speaker at many writers workshops and science fiction conventions across the country. She is also interested in space science and serves on the Board of Advisors of the Interstellar Research Group.

  • Keith Williams

    Keith Williams, comic book inker. Assistant editor of Spider-Man group of books. As an inker, he has worked for Marvel, DC, King Features Syndicate, Valiant, Dark Horse, Avatar Press, Moonstone, and now Power Comics, inc., A Kid and a Comic, and Green Archer Comics.

  • Robert Wilson

    Robert Wilson IV is a comic artist and illustrator living in Dallas, TX. He is the co-creator and artist of Heartthrob at Oni Press with writer Christopher Sebela and colorist Nick Filardi. He also co-created Knuckleheads at IDW / Monkeybrain with Brian Winkeler and Like A Virus with Ken Lowery.

  • Adam Withers

    Comfort and Adam are a creative duo who both write, draw, and design. They are the creators of The Uniques and Rainbow in the Dark. They also wrote a massive how-to book for Random House called The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing Comics.

  • Alyssa Wong

    Alyssa Wong is a Nebula, GLAAD, and World Fantasy Award winning writer best known for their comic work at Marvel and DC. Wong's comic credits include Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Deadpool, Spirit World, Psylocke, and Captain Marvel. They most recently released their first prose novel, Star Wars: Espace from Valo.

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  • Thomas Zahler

    Thom Zahler is a comic creator who created the Cupid's Arrows and Warning Label webtoons and Love and Capes and Time and Vine. His latest is The Ghost Whiskerers for Storm King, about cats that see ghosts. He also works for My Little Pony and is drawing Rocketship's Angry Birds.

  • Timothy Zahn

    Timothy Zahn is the author of 16 Star Wars novels, the Cobra, Quadrail, Sibyl's War, and Dragonback series, Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil, The Icarus Twin, The Icarus Job, and A Call to Insurrection (with David Weber and Thomas Pope). Upcoming books: The Icarus Changeling and The Icarus Needle.

  • Charles Zambrano

    Charles Zambrano is a Emmy award winning multifaceted artist specializing in make up face paint, body paint special effects for live events, television, and film. Zambrano partakes in cosplaying through aspects of creating face and body paint looks for other performers and cosplayers as well.

Cancellations

The following previously confirmed guests are unfortunately not able to attend this year’s Dragon Con.

  • Lucy Blue
  • Harmon Cooper
  • E.K. Johnston
  • D.R. Perry
  • Tao Wong
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