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That’s not all! As the region’s leading comicon, Cincinnati Comic Expo is staying true to the heritage of the event by bringing attendees the chance to meet the best and brightest from local industry talent. Coupled with rare and sought after signing events, it is an event that will leave you feeling satisfied.
2022 FEATURED COMIC GUESTS
Timothy Zahn
Bestselling Author
Timothy Zahn
Bestselling Author
Author Timothy Zahn will be a guest this year at the 2021 Cincinnati Comic Expo!
Timothy Zahn is well known for his Star Wars novels, including the Thrawn trilogy (New York Times best sellers), The Hand of Thrawn duology, Outbound Flight, Choices of One, and Star Wars: Thrawn.
His latest books are Star Wars: Thrawn: Treason; Knight: Sibyl’s War Book 2; and A Call to Vengeance, the third of the Manticore Ascendant series with David Weber and Thomas Pope.
His Upcoming books include Queen: Sibyl’s War Book 3, A Call to Insurrection, and Star Wars: Chaos Rising, the first of the Thrawn: Ascendancy trilogy.
Dave Aikins
Comic Guest
Dave Aikins
Comic Guest
Arthur Baltazar
Comic Guest
John Beatty
Comic Creator
John Beatty
Comic Creator
Artist John Beatty will return for the Cincinnati Comic Expo!
With Marvel and DC, John has drawn for dozens of titles in his career. In addition to Secret Wars, John's credits include Batman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Captain America, G.I. Joe, Justice League America, Superman, and so much more!
David Michael Beck
Comic Guest
David Michael Beck
Comic Guest
Local artist and Cincinnati Comic Expo Poster Mastermind David Michael Beck will be attending the 2021 Cincinnati Comic Expo!
David is known for his contributions to Star Wars, G.I. Joe, Jonah Hex, and Chaos! Comics including Lady Death, Red Sonja, and Robocop. Other projects have included work with The Boy Scouts of America, Playboy Enterprises, Hasbro Toy Company, Delta and United Airlines, The America's Cup Campaign, The Grammy Awards, Warner Brothers, Universal Pictures, Anheuser-Bush, Miller Brewing Co., Dow Jones, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Coca-Cola, Sony Entertainment, The Grateful Dead, Marvel, DC, TopCow, and Dark Horse Comics.
Brett Breeding
Comic Creator
Brett Breeding
Comic Creator
Artist Brett Breeding will be attending his first Cincinnati Comic Expo in 2021!
Brett is known for his work on various Superman titles. His work has appeared in issues of Superman Annual, Superman, Action Comics, Adventures of Superman, Superman: The Man of Steel, Metal Men, and others. He has other credits working on projects such as Iron Man, Weird War Tales, Justice League of America, The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Thor, and Thundercats.
Jay Fosgitt
Comic Guest
Guy Gilchrist
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Guy Gilchrist will always be known as "Jim Henson's Cartoonist ", having created "The Muppets" comic strip (KFS) for newspapers around the world 1981-86, and having a leading role on Jim's creative team on Muppet Babies, Fraggle Rock and Other Henson creations.
Guy is the author of 50+ children's books of his own creations, and has been given three Children’s Choice Awards from the International Reading Council of The United Nations for his Tiny Dinos series, as well as garnering two Silver Reuben Awards from the National Cartoonists Society (NCS) for Night Lights & Pillow Fights Volumes l & ll.
Guy’s Muppets work was permanently enshrined in the Smithsonian in 1984, with First Lady Nancy Reagan declaring him “ a national treasure”.
For 23 years, he also wrote and drew the Nancy comic strip (UFS)(Universal), the Night Lights comic strip, Mudpie comic strip, and the Your Angels Speak comic strip for various news syndicates.
Guy lives in Nashville, Tennessee where he continues to create art and ( his other passion) music!
Michael Golden
Comic Creator
Michael Golden
Comic Creator
Artist, writer, and creator Michael Golden is the newest addition for the 2021 Cincinnati Comic Expo!
Golden is known for being the co-creator of Rogue and Bucky O'Hare as well as his work on The Micronauts. His other projects include Batman, Birds of Prey, Doctor Strange, G.I. Joe, Star Wars, and others. His cover work has appeared on numerous publications including Detective Comics, The Punisher, and more.
Enrique Lopez
Comic Guest
Scoot McMahon
Comic Guest
Alejandro Rosado
Comic Guest
Alejandro Rosado
Comic Guest
Jeff Shultz
Comic Guest
Jeff Shultz
Comic Guest
Jeff Shultz is an American comic book artist, known for his longtime association with Archie Comics. Since the 1990s, he has worked on titles like 'Betty & Veronica', 'Archie' and 'Jughead'. He has also worked on the 'Peanuts' books by Boom Studios, and he created his own characters 'Hugo and the Bug'.
Arthur Suydam
Comic Creator
Arthur Suydam
Comic Creator
Artist and creator Arthur Suydam will be in the Queen City this September for the 2021 Cincinnati Comic Expo!
Arthur is most recognized as The Zombie King. As a cover artist, his talents have been seen on Marvel Zombies, Deadpool, Batman, Wolverine, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Ghost Rider, The Walking Dead, and others. He has contributed to Army of Darkness, Red Sonja, Conan the Barbarian, Tarzan, Predator, Heavy Metal Magazine, National Lampoon, and more.
Renee Witterstaetter
Comic Creator
Renee Witterstaetter
Comic Creator
Artist, writer, and editor Renee Witterstaetter will be a guest at the upcoming Cincinnati Comic Expo later this year!
Renee has worked with publishers on numerous projects. From the Sensational She-Hulk to the Avengers and Superman, her career has included other comics like Spider-Man, Captain America, Jurassic Park, Silver Surfer, and much more!
Get your admission tickets to the 2021 Cincinnati Comic Expo for an opportunity to meet Renee
Mike Zeck
Comic Creator
Mike Zeck
Comic Creator
Comic artist Mike Zeck returns to join us for the 2021 Cincinnati Comic Expo!
In publications with Marvel and DC, Mike has his art appear in G.I. Joe, Green Lantern, Legends of the DC Universe, Captain America, Batman, Lobo, Secret Wars, The Punisher, Kraven's Last Hunt, and others.