Scott Hanna

Scott Hanna is an Eisner Award-winning artist in the graphic novel industry. He has been drawing and inking comic books for close to 40 years. His work has been published in over 1,000 comics and graphic novels, and he’s inked over 24,000 pages of comics art. At Marvel Comics, Scott’s worked on all the top characters at the company, known for working on most of the Spider-Man titles over the past 30 years, sometimes working on multiple Spider-Man titles at the same time. He is currently on Amazing Spider-Man with John Romita Jr., and working on covers for Daredevil. Scott has also had runs on the Avengers, Iron Man, the X-Men, The Hulk, and many more. At DC Comics, he has worked on most of their major titles, including a five year run on Detective Comics starring Batman, Green Lantern Corps, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Superman, and Teen Titans. In 2022, his new Milestone series DUO premiered. He is currently working with Jim Starlin on Dreadstar 2, as well as a creator-owned newspaper strip, Dodge and Hustle. He is co-founder of the Arts and Fashion Institute in PA with his wife Pamela Ptak. Scott teaches classes in sequential art, painting, drawing, and cartooning.

Billy Tucci

Tucci founded Crusade Comics in Bayport, New York [1] Its flagship title, Shi, debuted in March 1994. Publisher Top Cow's character Witchblade and David Mack's character Kabuki debuted in Shi before going on to their own titles. Tucci wrote and illustrated Shi: Return of the Warrior" and wrote "Zombie-Sama!, a comedy graphic novel with illustrator John Broglia, both published by Crusade Fine Arts. In 2006 Tucci began pencilling Marvel Comics' Heroes for Hire, and DC's VS cards, and later on the DC series Jonah Hex, Birds of Prey, Flash Vs. Superman and Harley Quinn. He also released the 576-page Definitive Shi, the Illustrated Warrior. In 2007, Shi also had a crossover with Brian Pulido's Lady Death/Shi through Avatar Press, and with Peter David's Fallen Angel through IDW Publishing. Dark Horse Comics produced a 200-page hardbound Art of Shi coffee table book showcasing several artists' take on the character. Other Shi projects include a full color Zombie-sama! TPB with John Broglia and Definitive Shi Vol. 2. Tucci produced a six-part miniseries for DC, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, which premiered November 2008.[2] In researching the series, Tucci spent time with a World War II reenactment in Pennsylvania, portraying a war correspondent,[3] and during his research in France, officials gave him the title of "Ambassador, de la region de Bruyeres".[4][5] The Lost Battalion received the 2011 "Artistic/Graphical" Gold Medal in the Fiction-Thriller category from the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA).[6][7] In 2011, Tucci's "Batman: A Trick For The Scarecrow", which appeared in the DCU Halloween Special 2010, was nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Short Story.[8] As partner of Apostle Arts LLC, Tucci created Billy Tucci's A Child is Born, a 32-page graphic novella for Christmas 2011, adapted from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.[9] The book won a Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year Award in 2013

Kyle Baker

Kyle John Baker (Comic Book Legend) 1965 (age 58–59) Queens, New York, U.S. Area(s) Cartoonist, Writer, Penciller, Inker, Publisher, Letterer, Colourist Notable works Why I Hate Saturn Plastic Man Nat Turner Awards Eisner Awards (eight) Harvey Awards (five) Glyph Comics Awards (five) Inkpot Award[1] In a 40 year career, Kyle Baker has drawn and written comics and animation for Marvel, DC, Nickelodeon, Disney and many others. His work includes DEADPOOL, BLACK PANTHER, RUGRATS, LOONEY TUNES, PLASTIC MAN, JLA, SPIDER-MAN and AVENGERS. His most recent books are TARDIGRADE and the DEATHCATHLON series.

Keith Williams

Keith Williams (born September 16, 1957) is an American comic book and comic strip artist. He is best known for illustrating The Phantom for over a decade together with George Olesen. He also worked on Superman with John Byrne. Since Paul Ryan took over the Phantom strip, Williams has mainly worked in comic books, like Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Buckaroo Banzai and Domino Lady from Moonstone Books. In 2023, Williams was awarded the Inkwell Awards Above & Beyond Award for his outstanding involvement in the Joe Sinnott Inking Challenge and the Joe Sinnott Tribute Challenge.

Rodney Ramos

Rodney Ramos has been a professional penciler and inker in the comics industry for over 25 years . Starting his career at Marvel Comics as a Romita Raider for Art directorJohn Romita . He has worked at many companies over the years including Marvel, Marvel Comics U.K. , DC Comics , Valiant , Disney , Acclaim Comics , Malibu, Continuity Comics and Legendary Pictures Comics . His inks have graced over 7000 pages of comic books over the years such as Spider-Man , X-men , Iron-man , Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-man , Batman , Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, 52, Countdown, Doctor Who and the critically acclaimed Transmetropolitan with Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson. Recently he has inked for Titan comics , Lion Forge and John Carpenter’s Storm King comics graphic Novel NightTerrors Graveyard Moon

Kenneth Landgraf

Ken Landgraf is a true cult icon in the world of comics. He studied with legends like Will Eisner and Harvey Kurtzman and worked as an assistant to Gil Kane and Rick Buckler. In the ’70s and ’80s, he went on to work on some of DC Comics, from titles like Weird War Tales to Superman Family and World’s Finest. His most infamous work might just be New York City Outlaws with Bob Huszar, perhaps the first true ‘outlaw’ comic. Huzar and Lamdgraf most recently collaborated on Apocalypse 5000, from Floating World Comics. Currently, Landgraf is at the tail end of an already funded Kickstarter campaign for a new project, Ink Zeitgeist, described as “a black and white outlaw genre pastiche comic (bikers, horror, cult cinema, superhero, punk, sci-fi, rockabilly, etc.) that takes place in Ink Town, a low-class but captivating destination of flea markets, arcades, trailer camps, diners and sideshow carnivals.” Mr. Landgraf took some time to rattle out his top five writers and inkers in the world of comics, along with some cool details. Check it out below, in his own words, along with some preview images from Ink Zeitgeist. Then make sure you head over to the Kickstarter page and push Ink Zeitgeist to the extreme!

Phil Russertt

Peter “Peat” Vazquez

Peter "Peat" Vazquez is a Long Island born freelance, Commission Artist with roots in comic books and fine art. You have seen his work in the pages of RMD Comics, Kaiju Mania and campaigns such as Nyobi Birthright His work is also in the pages of Penguina and Tomorrow Girl by Antarctic Press. You can also find him at cons such as NYCC, AnimeNYC, the Indie ArtShow, the Pancakes and Booze ArtShow, LI Tropic Con and tons of local shows Peat is available for freelance work including , commissions, paintings, covers, pinups, pencils sinks and colors.

Kyle Horne

Kyle Horne is a freelance artist based on Long Island. He illustrated children's book series like Amazing Annabelle and graphic novels beyond condition. Art has always been a big part of his life, ever since he was young

Blake Zawadzki

Blake Zawadzki is a multiple award winning writer and filmmaker. Blake wrote and created the series, Felandra: Heroine of Darkness. Felandra: Heroine of Darkness comic issue 1 was first released on June 28, 2025 and debuted at the Garden State Comic Fest. The series follows Adriana Woods and an ensemble cast. By day, Adriana is a journeyman mechanic at the Motor Crossing Garage in Welvaart City. By night, she is the vigilante, Felandra. She has to deal with the loss of her mother as well as the rise of crime in a cyberpunk world set 70 years in the future. The series explores many themes including sci-fi, magic, sisterhood, and extended family. The team for comic issue 1 also includes collaborated contributions from Eli Ramos, Keith Williams, Ava Schrager, Justin Birch, and Rick Parker. An animated series is in development and the pilot episode screenplay has won multiple accolades at festivals and competitions from across the country.

Mark Mazz

Mark Mazz is an American comic book art director, editor and comic book writer. Mark has been part of the industry working as an Art Director for Marvel, the Design Services Manager for DC, the Creative Director for Harris Comics, and is now President & CCO of his own start-up business Atlas Unleashed

Dave Franchini

After spending over 16 years at Zenescope Entertainment(with the last decade helping shape their publishing output), Dave Franchini(best known for Belle: Beast Hunter, Cinderella: Serial Killer Princess, Princess Ninjas & Grimm Fairy Tales)branched out and started Weird Brain Entertainment in February 2025. With his first two campaigns successfully being funded he has now brought to life two new series– Sven the Groundhog: Savior from the Stars and Hell of a Job–with more on the way! Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/dave.franchini/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dave_franchini/?hl=enWebsite - https://www.weirdbrainentertainment.com/WEIRD BRAIN ENTERTAINMENT - BIO Weird Brain Entertainment is the publishing outlet for the strangest things that comic book creator Dave Franchini's mind can come up with. Filled with genres ranging from comedy, action, adventure and horror--as well as content suitable from all-ages to mature--there's no limit to the weirdness of these character-driven stories and collectible comic covers!Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/people/Weird-Brain-Entertainment/61571545067416/?_rdrInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/weird_brain_entertainment/?hl=enWebsite - https://weirdbrainentertainment.myshopify.com/

Brendan Shaw

Company is Fat Guy Inc Instagram, twitter, tiktok are all @bacons223 mini canvas paintings. All hand painted and are typically less than 4"×4" in size. I cover all fandoms from anime and cartooning to comic book art and realism. I don't take commissions but I do take suggestions.

Carl Paolino

Carl Paolino is a veteran of the entertainment industry. As a producer, director, screenwriter, and production designer, his credits include feature films, television series, music videos, Broadway shows, and hundreds of television commercials. His animated productions include; MTV’s Celebrity Deathmatch (having created over 400 puppets for the series), MTV’s Cartoon Sushi, and Celebrity Face-Off (another stop-motion animated TV series, having created over 600 puppets for the series). He wrote and directed the animation for The Halloween Pranksta short film with co-producer Mark Hamill, of Star Wars fame, and directed Mark during the voiceover recordings. His other credits include Disney’s Hercules on Ice, Victoria’s Secret, Goosebumps the Musical, MTV’s 2000 Music Video Awards (a specialty costume for Jimmy Fallon), Saturday Night Live, Coca Cola’s and the NFL’s Monster of the Gridiron, and the MTV Music Award Winning video, Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down, for Fall Out Boy. He is the author of the pulp horror novel trilogy Virgin Falls. Spontania is his first graphic novel series published by his own company, Comic Book Kid Publishing. You can find him at: ComicBookKidPub.com He has a BFA degree from the School of Visual Arts and is an adjunct professor in the Fine Arts Department.

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Pat Shand

Pat Shand is a prolific writer of comic books and novels for popular brands like Disney, Marvel, Charmed, and Angel, as well as an ever-growing list of creator-owned works. He is best known for his work on Marvel’s Iron Man: Mutually Assured Destruction, Avengers: The Serpent Society, Guardians of the Galaxy: Space Riot, and Thor: Crusade of the Forgotten. He lives in New York with his wife Amy and their army of cats. works with Zenescope

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Since 1994, Studio Chikara company has packaged, produced, and published some of the finest works in Entertainment including official products featuring STAR WARS, GODZILLA, KISS, DISNEY, SESAME STREET, and more. Come meet company founder, Robert V. Conte, who will have all kinds of items from his career available during the convention!