BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - August 11, 2022 - Don't miss the Baltimore Comic-Con this October 28-30, 2022 at the Baltimore Convention Center. The Baltimore Comic-Con brings Brooklyn to the Inner Harbor with Jeffrey Burandt, Dean Haspiel, Whitney Matheson, and Sean Von Gorman to our 2022 event. Tickets are available online now and can be purchased to avoid waiting in additional lines at the show.

Jeffrey Burandt is best known for writing and co-creating Ghost Planet with artist Sean Von Gorman, Killer Bad with artist Jason Gongour, and Odd Schnozz & The Odd Squad with artist/writer Dennis Culver. Jeffrey lives in Brooklyn, NY. jefwrites.com

Emmy and Ringo Award-winning cartoonist Dean Haspiel is best known for creating The Red Hook and Billy Dogma, collaborating with Harvey Pekar and Jonathan Ames, and illustrating for HBO's Bored to Death. His published work includes writing and drawing for Marvel, DC/Vertigo, Archie, Image, and Webtoon. In addition, Haspiel is an accomplished playwright, emerging filmmaker, and Yaddo fellow. Dean lives in Brooklyn, NY, where he often collaborates with his Nightwork Studio co-founder, Whitney Matheson.

You can find him on Instagram and at https://deanhaspiel.substack.com/.

Whitney Matheson is a children's book author, cartoonist, playwright and journalist whose work includes the book We Make Comics, the play and short film Denny Barracuda, and daily diary comics. From 1999-2014 she wrote Pop Candy, USA Today’s award-winning pop-culture blog. Whitney lives in Brooklyn, NY, where she often collaborates with her Nightwork Studio co-founder, Dean Haspiel.

Find her on Instagram at @thewhitneymatheson and at whitneymatheson.substack.com.

Sean Von Gorman is an NYC-based comics illustrator and writer. He is known for co-creating ToeTag Riot (Black Mask Studios), Secret Adventures of Houdini (Alterna), and Pawn Shop with Joey Esposito (Z2 Comics). He has also contributed art for projects published by Image, Mad Cave, Dark Horse Comics, and Dynamite Entertainment, as well as anthologies such as Occupy Comics (Black Mask) and the Eisner Award-winning Love is Love (DC/IDW). He has also contributed covers to IDW’s Star Trek line of books.

Besides offering a Baltimore Comic-Con Exclusive of The Pedestrian with a Dean Haspiel cover, Sean will also have copies of Ghost Planet, Lower Your Sights, The Last Comic Book on the Left, and Star Trek Picard: Stargazer #3 for sale.

"We love having the Brooklyn crew with us each year," said Marc Nathan, show promoter for the Baltimore Comic-Con. "These folks often represent the indie comics sector, but also have crossover with some of the larger publishers and properties. They're a lot of fun, and are passionate about comics. Don't miss them this year!"

Tickets that are now on sale include:

As always, children 10 and under are free with a paid adult admission!

Confirmed guests for this year's show include: Chris Barcomb (The Amazing Adventure of Superior Sam), Jeremy Bastian (Cursed Pirate Girl), Marty Baumann (Pixar artist), John Beatty (Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars), Carolyn Belefski (Curls), Brian Michael Bendis (Action Comics), Brett Breeding (Superman), Dan Brereton (Nocturnals), Russ Braun (The Boys), Harold Buchholz (Sweetest Beasts), Mark Buckingham (Fables), Jeffrey Burandt (Killer Bad), Greg Burnham (Tuskegee Heirs), Jim Calafiore (NED, Lord of the Pit), Joe Carabeo (Black Magic Tales), Richard Case (Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Terror), John Cassaday (Astonishing X-Men), Howard Chaykin (Time Squared), Jim Cheung (Miracleman), Frank Cho (Harley Quinn), Steve Conley (The Middle Age), Katie Cook (Nothing Special), Kevin Cuffe (Metalshark Bro), Alan Davis (Thanos), Nick Davis (The Night Guardians - Awakenings), Kristina Deak-Linsner (Roses for the Dead), J. Robert Deans (Crass Fed), Todd Dezago (The Perhapanauts), Scott Dunbier (Jim Lee's X-Men Artist's Edition, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Garth Ennis (The Boys, Friday and Saturday only), Chris Flick (Capes and Babes), Scott Fogg (Phileas Reid Knows We're Not Alone), Trish Forstner (Stray Dogs), LJ and Kayla Fowlkes (The Adventures of CHIBIWONGTONG), Franco (The Ghost, The Owl), Bob Frantz (Metalshark Bro), John Gallagher (Max Meow: Cat Crusader), Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (DC Nation), Jimmy Gownley (Amelia Rules!), Steven Grant (X), Dawn Griffin (Zorphbert & Fred), Brian Haberlin (Spawn), Bob Hall (West Coast Avengers), Cully Hamner (Blue Beetle), Dean Haspiel (The Fox), Mike Hawthorne (Happiness Will Follow), Jamal Igle (Molly Danger), Klaus Janson (Daredevil, Friday and Saturday only), Chris Kemple (Artist Alley Comics), Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Alien), Kata Kane (Altar Girl), Barry Kitson (Amazing Spider-Man), Greg LaRocque (The Three Stooges), Jim Lee (Action Comics, Friday only), Joseph Michael Linsner (Red Sonja), Howard Mackie (Ghost Rider), Mariano Brothers (Claire Lost Her Bear at the World's Fair), Laura Martin (Nubia: Queen of the Amazons), Ron Marz (Silver Surfer), Whitney Matheson (Pandemix: Quarantine Comics in the Age of 'Rona), Jason May (LEGO Club Magazine), Bob McLeod (New Mutants), Mike McKone (Genis-Vell: Captain Marvel), Carla Speed McNeil (Finder), Adriana Melo (Action Comics), Pop Mhan (Gears of War 3), Frank Miller (Sin City, Saturday only), Mark Morales (Thor), Bill Morrison (The Simpsons), Trevor Mueller (Albert the Alien), Jamar Nicholas (Leon: Protector of the Playground), Sedat Oezgen (Judge Dredd), Jerry Ordway (Superman), Rachel Ordway (Chainmail Bikini), Richard Pace (Second Coming, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Dan Parent (Archie vs. Sharknado), Andrew Pepoy (Simone & Ajax), David Petersen (Mouse Guard), Brandon Peterson (Uncanny X-Men), Khoi Pham (Teen Titans), Ed Piskor (Red Room: Trigger Warnings), Andy Price (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Tom Raney (Green Lantern), Afua Richardson (Omni), Christopher Ring (Seamus (the Famous)), David A. Rodriguez (Skylanders), Don Rosa (Uncle Scrooge), Craig Rousseau (The Perhapanauts), Arsia Rozegar (Shahnameh For Kids), Jim Rugg (Hulk Grand Design), Alex Saviuk (Web of Spider-Man), Stuart Sayger (The Joker), Pat Shand (Destiny, NY), Liam Sharp (Green Lantern), Louise Simonson (X-Men Legends), Walter Simonson (Ragnarok), Don Simpson (Megaton Man), Matt Slay (Equilibrium), Matt Smith (Hellboy), John K. Snyder III (Suicide Squad), Jim Starlin (Infinity Gauntlet), Joe Staton (Dick Tracy), Brian Stelfreeze (Black Panther), Paul Storrie (Storm Kids: Stanley's Ghost), Jill Thompson (Scary Godmother), Billy Tucci (Shi), Emilio Velez Jr. (The Dodgeball Teens), Dexter Vines (Civil War, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Sean Von Gorman (Return of Toe Tag Riot), Mark Waid (Superman: Red and Blue), Adam Wallenta (Punk Taco), Todd Webb (Mr. Toast Comics), Emily S. Whitten (The Underfoot), Matt Wieringo (Stargate Atlantis: Gateways), Keith Williams (Thor the Worthy), Charles P. Wilson III (Wraith), Rich Woodall (Electric Black), Gene Luen Yang (Superman Smashes the Klan), and Thom Zahler (Love and Capes).

In the coming weeks, look for more announcements from the Baltimore Comic-Con. We are looking forward to highlighting our guests, the Ringo Awards, programming, and more. The latest developments can always be found on our website, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages, and follow us on YouTube, TikTok, and Snapchat.

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