The Baltimore Comic-Con is happy to announce the addition of comic super-star John Romita, Jr. to the growing line-up for this year’s show, taking place September 8-9, 2012 at the Baltimore Convention Center. Romita, Jr. will be appearing at the Hero Initiative booth both Saturday and Sunday. Romita, Jr., the son of comic legend John [...]
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The Baltimore Comic-Con is excited to add prolific writer Garth Ennis and Dynamite Entertainment to the growing list of talent and exhibitors attending this year’s show. The show will take place September 8-9, 2012 at the Baltimore Convention Center. Ennis, who is probably best known for his work on the Vertigo series, Preacher, as well [...]
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BALTIMORE, MD (February 15, 2012) — The Executive Committees of the Harvey Awards and the Baltimore Comic-Con are proud to present the official Nomination Ballot for this year’s Harvey Awards. Named in honor of the late Harvey Kurtzman, one of the industry’s most innovative talents, the Harvey Awards recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential [...]
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The Baltimore Comic-Con would like to extend a gracious “Thank You!” to all of those who helped make our 12th annual show a success! The success of the show would not have been possible without the contributions of our exhibitors, guests, and staff. We would especially like to thank the fans that attended the weekend’s [...]
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The next stop on this year’s Top Cow Tour of America’s greatest comic book conventions happens this week at the legendary Baltimore Comic-Con at the Baltimore Convention Center. In addition to booth appearances by Ron Marz (Artifacts, Magdalena, Witchblade), Joshua Hale Fialkov (Echoes), Nelson Blake II (Magdalena), Chris DiBari (Pilot Season: Misdirection, Cutter), John Mahoney [...]
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The Baltimore Comic-Con is happy to announce the schedule of Autograph and Photo Op Sessions with Guest of Honor Stan Lee taking place this weekend at the show. The show will be held on August 20-21, 2011 at the Baltimore Convention Center. The schedule for the weekend is as follows (ALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE): Saturday, [...]
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At last it can be revealed! After months of planning and plotting – here it is. It’s the panel schedule for the 2011 Baltimore Comic-Con! Update: We’ve listened to our fans and the costume contest has been rescheduled. It will now be held at 3:00pm on Saturday. Registration forms can be handed in near table [...]
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The Baltimore Comic-Con is elated to announce the addition of Silver Age artist and creator-rights advocate, Neal Adams, to the line-up of guests for this year’s show, taking place the weekend of August 20-21, 2011. Neal Adams began his career in comics in the late 1950s, working on Archie Comics’ Archie’s Joke Book Magazine and [...]
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Kids’ Comics Creators Serve Up Fun at Baltimore Comic-Con! Kids 10 and Under get in free at the Baltimore Comic-Con Aug 20-21 at the Baltimore Convention Center, and artists and writers from such companies as Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Disney, Pixar, Marvel & DC will be on hand to sketch, say hi, and sell their [...]
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In addition to the all-star line-up of talent scheduled at this year’s 12th Baltimore Comic-Con, the show will host their third annual costume contest … back by HUGE demand! This year, the event will be held Saturday and it will be larger than ever! “After a second year of an outstanding costume contest, where we [...]
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Be sure to swing by Harvey Award-nominated, Dean Haspiel’s booth at Baltimore Comic-Con for a slew of Brooklyn cartoonist debuts. Zegas #1 marks the debut of the print-exclusive comic series by Michel Fiffe, the architect behind Twisted Savage Dragon Funnies. Follow the neorealist surrealism of Zegas #1 in its full color, kaleidoscopic glory. With 32 [...]
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The Baltimore Comic-Con is proud to officially announce that Stan “The Man” Lee will be the Guest of Honor at this year’s convention. The show will be taking place at the Baltimore Convention Center the weekend of August 20-21, 2011. Known the world over as the architect of the Marvel Universe, Lee — along with [...]
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The Baltimore Comic-Con is happy announce the addition of Indy comics creators Dean Haspiel, Thom Zahler, Brad Guigar, Tim Truman, and Neil Vokes to the line-up of this year’s show, taking place August 20-21, 2011. Dean Haspiel broke into the comic scene in the mid-1980s, working as an assistant to Howard Chaykin, Bill Sienkiewicz, and [...]
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They say that a classic never goes out of style and that statement couldn’t be truer of the creators just added to the line-up of this year’s show! We are proud to announce the addition of Nick Cardy, Jose-Luis Garcia-Lopez, Kevin Nowlan, and Michael Golden to the growing guest list for the 12th annual Baltimore [...]
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Bone 20th Anniversary Collection Makes Its East Coast Debut in Baltimore The Baltimore Comic-Con is excited to announce the addition of renowned cartoonist Jeff Smith to the growing line-up of creators for this year’s show, taking place August 20-21, 2011. As a pioneer of self-publishing, the Harvey and Eisner Awards-winning Smith is best know [...]
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The Baltimore Comic-Con is excited to announce the addition of four new red-hot guests to this year’s list of creators. Nick Spencer, Jamal Igle, J.G. Jones, and Cliff Chiang have confirmed that they will be attending the 12th annual show, taking place the weekend of August 20-21, 2011. Nick Spencer, who recently signed an exclusive [...]
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Scott Kurtz To Host Harvey Awards! The Executive Committees of the Harvey Awards and the Baltimore Comic-Con are proud to present the official Nomination Ballot for this year’s Harvey Awards. Named in honor of the late Harvey Kurtzman, one of the industry’s most innovative talents, the Harvey Awards recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential [...]
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CBS and MTV were among the media outlets covering the 2010 Baltimore Comic-Con. You can see their coverage here: CBS Baltimore’s Comic-Con Attracts Twilight Vampires, Supermen, and Even Some D.C. Journalists and Government Workers in Disguise Though some may cringe at the prospect of spending their Sunday with a bunch of overgrown kids and their [...]