Comic-Con 2015 Special Guests

Marvel editor Al Milgrom gave Kevin Nowlan his first professional assignment, penciling Doctor Strange #57 in 1982. Kevin followed that up with a few issues of Moon Knight before moving on to “Grimwood’s Daughter” for Fantagraphics and The Outsiders Annual #1 for DC. Other early highlights include “The Secret Origin of Man-Bat,” “Monsters in the Closet,” and Superman/Aliens. He lists Jack B. Quick, Boy Inventor with legendary writer Alan Moore among his favorite projects. Recently, Nowlan has drawn a few one-shot comics for Dark Horse: Hellboy: “Buster Oakley Gets His Wish,” Lobster Johnson: “Satan Smells a Rat,” and Abe Sapien #23.

Atlanta native Joe Phillips—now residing in San Diego—has been a fixture in the comics industry for over 25 years. Joe was one of the founding members of Atlanta’s Gaijin Studios with fellow artists Adam Hughes, Brian Stelfreeze, Cully Hamner, Tony Harris, Karl Story, Dave Johnson, and Jason Pearson.

Starting with The Southern Knights and Ex-Mutants for small press comics, he went on to major companies such as DC and Marvel, working on Mister Miracle, Justice League, Timber Wolf, Superboy, Wolverine, and Silver Surfer. His work in the GLBT community includes XY and Exodus magazines and illustrating his signature “JoeBoys” books with international publisher Bruno Gmunder.

He is currently working on his creator-owned comic book, The Midsummer’s Knight, celebrating his love of fairy tales and superheroes tossed together with a Shakespearian theme.

When Rhymes with Orange debuted in 1995, Hilary B. Price was the youngest woman to ever have a syndicated comic strip. Rhymes with Orange appears in 400 newspapers internationally and has also appeared in Parade Magazine, The Funny Times, Glamour, and People. It has thrice won the Best Newspaper Panel award from the National Cartoonist Society. When not cartooning, she is either walking her giant dog or playing ice hockey. She lives in Northampton, MA. Find her online at rhymeswithorange.com

Jimmie Robinson is a professional comic book artist, writer, colorist, and designer for feature films, toys, and illustration. He has worked in the industry for 20 years. Raised in Oakland, California, he attended an arts magnet program starting with Mosswood Arts Elementary followed by Renaissance Arts Middle School. He graduated early at 16 and pursued his art career from the bottom up. For 13 years Robinson worked in the commercial printing industry, then in 1994 he self-published his own comic, Cyberzone. In 1996 he joined Image Comics under the Shadowline imprint, which is where his books are still published today, including Five Weapons and Bomb Queen.

Rainbow Rowell is the author of Attachments, Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, and Landline. Her books are international bestsellers and award winners—Eleanor & Park received a prestigious Printz Honor for excellence in young adult literature. But the books are hard to pin down... As Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote of Rainbow's latest bestseller: “Rowell is talented enough to be uncategorizable. So Landline belongs to a genre of its very own.” Rainbow's next uncategorizable projects are Carry On, a fantasy spinoff of the bestselling Fangirl, and a graphic novel collaboration with Eisner Award winner Faith Erin Hicks for First Second Books.