San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Special Guests [UPDATE July 3] (2024)

• Kerry Dixon
• July 3, 2024
• 10:15 am

Comic-Con International has begun unveiling this year’s list of Special Guests, the invited guests who appear at San Diego Comic-Con and are featured in a special “Spotlight” panel during the convention, so attendees have a chance to hear their favorite authors and artists speak live.

From their site, here’s the list of the Special Guests headed to SDCC 2024:

• [NEW] Paul Levitz •Editor/writer,75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking,Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga
• [NEW] Tim Powers • Author,The Anubis Gates,My Brother’s Keeper,On Stranger Tides
• [NEW] Scott Shaw • Writer/cartoonist, Sonic the Hedgehog,Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies,Scott Shaw!s Comix & Stories
• [NEW] Maggie Thompson • Editor,Comics Buyer’s Guide
• Klaus Janson •Inks, Black Panther, Deathlok, Avengers, Howard the Duck, Kull, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Daredevil, Conan, Batman,andDark Knight Returns
• Rick Marschall • Political cartoonist, editor, Marvel Comics, founder, Epic magazine
• Eric Powell • Eisner, Ringo, International Horror Guild, and National Cartoonists Society Award–winning cartoonist
• William Stout • Artist, Return of the Living Dead, Masters of the Universe, Pan’s Labyrinth
• Kiersten White • New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award–winning, and critically acclaimed author, Camelot Rising trilogy,Star Wars: Padawan, the Buffyverse Slayer series,Hide,Mister Magic, andLucy Undying: A Dracula Novel
• Mark Evanier •Author/writer, Kirby, King of Comics, Garfield cartoons
• Honkun • Sumi-e artist, “Honkun’s Cat”
• Jim Lee • President, publisher, and chief creative officer of DC
• Meggie Ram • Nonbinary cartoonist and comics designer, Batcat
• J. Michael Straczynski • Creator, Babylon 5,co-creator forSENSE8,and writer ofChangeling, Thor,andWWZ
• Barbara Brandon-Croft • Cartoonist, Where I’m Coming From
• Mike Friedrich • Co-founder of WonderCon, Founder of Star*Reach
• Dave Johnson • Artist, Superman: Red Son, 100 Bullets, Batman Beyond, Justice League, Venture Bros., Ben 10
• Lee Kohse • Illustrator, Co-Founder of BloodFire Studios, Kindergoth, Nocturnity
• Katsuji Mori • Japanese Voice Actor, Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z, Speed Racer
• Masaki Sato • Animator, Dragon Ball Z, Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, Slam Dunk, Batman: The Animated Series
• Roberta Gregory • Comics author, Wimmen’s Comix,tit* and cl*ts, Gay Comix, Artistic Licentiousness, Mother Mountain
• Jack C. Harris • DC writer, Kamandi, Blackhawk, Starfire, Warlord, Green Lantern,andSecret Society of Super-Heroes
• Joseph Illidge • Writer, Harriet Tubman graphic novel, MPLS Soundhistorical fiction graphic novel
• Don McGregor • Comics writer, Marvel’sAmazing Adventures, Jungle Action
• Erik Nakamura • Founder, Giant Robot
• Cecy Robson • Award-winning author, Weird Girls series, the O’Brian Family series, and the Carolina Beach series
• Bill Amend • Creator, FoxTrot comic strip
• Lea Seidman Hernandez • Artist/writer, Cathedral Child,Clockwork Angels, Teen Titans Go!
• Joe Jusko • Fantasy, pin-up, and comics artist, Heavy Metal, Art of Joe Jusko
• Tom Sito • Animator and animation historian as University of Southern California (USC), Walt Disney’sBeauty and the Beast,The Lion King, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid, andAladdin(1992); Dreamworks’ShrekandThe Prince of Egypt
• Ken Steacy • Writer, artist, art director, editor, and publisher, Astro Boy, Iron Man, Harry Potter, and the Star Wars gang
• Zoe Thorogood • Creator, Eisner Award–nominatedIt’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earthand The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott
• Liz Climo • Cartoonist, animator, and author, Rory the Dinosaur, The Little World of Liz Climo,andLobster is the Best Medicine
• Jo Duffy • Writer, Power Man and Iron Fist, Catwoman, Batman, Wolverine, Fallen Angels, Nestrobber, Glory, Crystar, Elvira, Defenders, Punisher,andStar Wars, as well as the English language edition ofAkira
• Patrick McDonnell • Creator, MUTTS
• Christopher Paolini • Creator, World of Eragon and the Fractalverse
• Dan Santat • Creator/author: The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friendand theNew York Timesbestselling booksAre We There Yet?andAfter the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again)
• Bryan Talbot • Writer/artist: Judge Dredd, Batman, Sandman, The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, The Tale of One Bad Rat,Alice in Sunderland,Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes(with Mary Talbot), and hisGrandvilleseries of steampunk detective thrillers
• Juanjo Guarnido • Artist, Blacksad: Somewhere within the Shadows, They All Fall Down
• Rick Law • Illustrator/producer, The Walt Disney Company, Drew: The Man Behind the Poster, Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
• Rick Parker • Artist/writer, Drafted, The Bossmen, Bullpen Bullseye, Beavis and Butt-Head
• Thien Pham • Graphic novelist/educator, Sumo, Family Style
• Linda Sunshine • Author,Plain Jane Works Out
• Mariko Tamaki • Co-creator,This One Summer,Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
• Charles Ardai • Creator/writer, Gun Honey, Hard Case Crime, Haven, The Nice Guys
• Rodney Barnes • Writer/producer/comic creator, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, Zombie Love imprint
• Daniel Clowes • Cartoonist/illustrator/screenwriter, Eightball, Ghost World
• Gerry Conway • Creator/writer, co-creator of The Punisher, Firestorm, Power Girl, Man-Thing, Werewolf-by-Night
• Naomi Novik • Writer, Scholomance trilogy, Buried Deep and Other Stories
• Julia Wertz [APPEARING FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY] • Cartoonist, Museum of Mistakes, Drinking at the Movies, The Infinite Wait

You can also catch up on tons of other things and people who will be at San Diego Comic-Con in our Under the Tentsupdates.

Are you excited about these guests? Let us know in the comments.

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