Comic-Con International has begun announcing its slate of this year's special guests, invited guests who will make appearances at San Diego Comic-Con and be featured in special “spotlight” panels throughout the convention, giving attendees the chance to hear some of their favorite authors and artists speak live.
From their site, here is a list of special guests who will be attending SDCC 2024:
- [NEW] Paul Levitz • Editor/writer, 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Myth-making, Superhero Legion: Tales of Great Darkness
- [NEW] Tim Powers • author, Anubis Gate, My Brother's Keeper, Fountain of Youth
- [NEW] Scott Shaw • Writer/manga artist, Sonic the hedgehog, Jim Henson's Muppet Babies, Comics and Stories by Scott Shaw
- [NEW] Maggie Thompson • Editor, Comics Buying Guide
- Klaus Janson • ink, Black Panther, Deathlok, Avengers, Howard the Duck, Kull, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Daredevil, Conan, Batman, The Dark Knight Returns
- Rick Marshall • Political cartoonist, editor, and founder of Marvel Comics, amazing 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
- Kirsten White • The New York Times Bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning, critically acclaimed author of the Camelot Rising trilogy; Star Wars: PadawanBuffyverse Slayer series, hide, Mister Magicand Lucy Undying: The Dracula Novels
- Mark Evanier • Author/Writer, Kirby, the king of cartoons, Garfield comics
- Hon-kun • Sumi-e artist “Hon-kun's Cat”
- Jim Lee • President, Publisher and Chief Creative Officer of DC
- Meggie Lamb • Non-binary manga artist and comic designer, Bat Cat
- J. Michael Straczynski • creator, Babylon 5, Co-creator Sense8, and writer Changeling, Thor, and Worldwide
- Barbara Brandon Croft • manga artist, Where I'm from
- Mike Friedrich • Co-founder of WonderCon, Founder of Star*Reach
- Dave Johnson • Artist, Superman: Red Son, 100 bullets, Batman Beyond, Justice League, The Venture Brothers., Ben 10
- Lee Corse • Illustrator and 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 animated film, Slam Dunk, Batman the Animated Series
- Roberta Gregory • manga artist, Women's Comics,Boobs and clitoris, Gay comics, artistic indulgence, Mother Mountain
- Jack C. Harris • DC writer, Kamandi, Blackhawk, Starfire, Warlord, Green Lantern, and Secret Society of Superheroes
- Joseph Illidge • Writer, Harriet Tubman Graphic novels, MPLS Sound Historical graphic novels
- Don McGregor • Marvel comics writer Amazing adventure, jungle action
- Eric Nakamura • Founder, Giant Robot
- Cece Robson • Award-winning author, Weird Girl series, The O'Brien family Series, and Carolina Beach series
- Bill amendments • creator, Foxtrot Comic Strip
- Lee Seidman Hernandez • Artist/writer, Cathedral Child, Clockwork Angels, Teen Titans GO!
- Joe Jusco • Fantasy, pin-up and comic book artists; Heavy Metal, Art by Joe Jusko
- Tom Sito • Walt Disney Animator and Animation Historian, University of Southern California (USC) beauty and the beast, The Lion King, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaidand Aladdin (1992) DreamWorks Shrek and Prince of Egypt
- Ken Steacy • Writers, artists, art directors, editors, publishers, Astro Boy, Iron Man, Harry Potterand the Star Wars gang
- Zoe Thorogood • Creator, Eisner Award nominee The center of the earth is lonely and Billy Scott is on the brink of blindness
- Liz Climo • Manga artists, animators, writers, Rory the Dinosaur, It's a Small World with Liz Climo, and Lobster is the best medicine
- Joe Duffy • Writer, Power Man and Iron Fist, Catwoman, Batman, Wolverine, Fallen Angel, Nestrover, Glory, Crystar, Elvira, Defenders, Punisher, and Star WarsEnglish version Akira
- Patrick McDonnell • creator, hybrid
- Christopher Paolini • creator, Eragon's World And that Fractalverse
- Dan Santat • Creator/Author: Vehicle Adventures: Friends Beyond Imagination And that The New York Times Bestselling Books Have you arrived yet? and After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty got back up)
- Brian Talbot • Author/Artist: Judge Dredd, Batman, Sandman, The Adventures of Luther Arkright, The Tale of the Bad Mouse, Alice of Sunderland, The one who looks into the eyes of his father (co-authored with Mary Talbot) and his Granville Steampunk detective thriller series
- Juanjo Guarnido • Artist, Blacksad: Somewhere in the Shadows, They all fall
- Rick Law • Illustrator/Producer for the Walt Disney Company; Drew: The man behind the poster, Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
- Rick Parker • Artist/writer, drafting, BossmanBullpen Bullseye, Beavis and Butthead
- Thien Pham • Graphic novelist/educator; Sumo, Family Style
- Linda Sunshine • author, Plain Jane Workout
- Mariko Tamaki • Co-creator, This summer, Laura Dean keeps breaking up with me
- Charles Alday • Creator/writer, Gun Honey, Hard Case Crime, Haven, The Nice Guy
- Rodney Barnes • Writer/Producer/Comic Creator, Time to Win: The Rise of the Lakers DynastyZombie Love Imprint
- Daniel Clowes • Manga artist/illustrator/scriptwriter, Eight Ball, Ghost World
- Gerry Conway • Creator/writer and co-creator of The Punisher, Firestorm, Power Girl, Man-Thing and Werewolf by Night
- Naomi Novick • Author, Scholomance Trilogy; Buried Deep and Other Stories
- Julia Wertz [APPEARING FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY] • manga artist, Museums of mistakes, drinking at the cinema, endless waiting times
You can also find out about the various other events and people attending San Diego Comic-Con in our Under the Tents updates.
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