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 events. Without you, the show simply could not have happened! Much of the show's success was made possible by the attendance of our Guest of Honor, Stan Lee, who made his first appearance at the show this year. As a founding father of Marvel Comics, Lee's presence was a great...

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 (Last Mortal), Shannon Eric Denton (Pilot Season: Fleshdigger), and publisher and creator Filip Sablik (The Last Mortal), TheTopCowStore.com staff have hand-selected only the finest comics, graphic novels, prints, and exclusive...

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, August 20 10:30am -11:00am - Photo Op 11:00am - 12:30pm - Autograph Session 1:00pm - 2:00pm - Autograph Session 2:00pm - 3:00pm - Photo Op 3:00pm - 4:30pm - Autograph Session 4:30pm - 5:00pm - Photo Op Sunday, August 21 10:00am -10:30am...

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 #2403 in the main convention hall. With $1,000 up for grabs for the best overall costume and prizes for each of the 10 categories, this is one event all of you cosplayers don't want to miss! For more information and a complete list of categories, visit our website's Costume Contest page....

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 on several syndicated newspaper strips throughout the early '60s. Turning back to comics in the late '60s, he worked for Archie Goodwin at Warren Publishing, penciling and inking stories for their horror books Creepy and Eerie. In the summer of 1967, Adams made...

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 books. Comic Book Diner, presented by the Comic Book Diner Comics Studio and Podcast, is an all-ages section in the show full of comics, activities, and even a craft area where kids can create their own super hero capes! "The Baltimore Comic-Con is a great family comics show,"...

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 literally had to break down walls to meet demand - we are thrilled to bring it back in 2011," said Marc Nathan, Baltimore Comic-Con promoter, "and we were totally caught off-guard when hundreds entered last year. For the second straight year, the contestants and audience overflowed...

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 pages of all new material, this limited edition premiere features the cast that originally appeared in IDW's Act-i-vate Primer and MTV Geek. http://michelfiffe.com. Actress/artist, Natalie Kim, will be launching SuperTwins!, a comedic web-series...

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 Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko -- co-created some of the most iconic characters of the Silver Age, including the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, the Avengers, X-Men, the Incredible Hulk, Thor, Daredevil, Iron Man, and Doctor Strange. Lee began his career in comics in 1939 at the age of 16, working...

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 Walter Simonson. After graduating college, he made a career for himself as an independent artist working for such companies as Eternity Comics, Top Shelf Productions, and Alternative Comics. In addition, his artwork was featured in the Vertigo graphic novels,...