Comic-COn 2025
Announcing the Fourth Wave of Comic-Con 2025 Guests!
In addition to the 15 names announced previously, Comic-Con is pleased to welcome ChrisCross, Jae Lee, Paul Levitz, Stephanie Phillips, and Steven T. Seagle as Special Guests for 2025!
ChrisCross
ChrisCross has worked in comics for 35 years. His introduction to professional comics was working with Milestone Media, where he worked on both iterations of Blood Syndicate and a stint on a book called Heroes. He then worked for DC comics and Marvel on such books as Xero (which was picked up for film), Captain Marvel, Green Lantern Corps, JLA, M-man, Supergirl, Green Lantern (John Stewart), Batman & Superman, and Superboy, among others. He also did work with the SpiderVerse (where he introduced a new character named Headline) and on the Star Wars character Mace Windu, as well as Marvel’s Weapon X-Men. He is currently in the middle of a creator-owned project with writer Joseph Illidge called The Winterfields, to be published by FairSquare Comics.
Jae Lee
Jae Lee is a Korean American comic book artist known for his dark style. In 1990 he became one of the youngest artists ever to work for a major publisher. He is an Eisner Award winner for his work on Marvel’s The Inhumans. His art can also be seen in Stephen King’s Dark Tower and Batman/Superman. Jae is also the co-creator of The Sentry for Marvel Comics.
Paul Levitz
Paul Levitz has been a comic fan (The Comic Reader), editor (Batman), writer (Legion of Super-Heroes), executive (decades at DC Comics, ending as President & Publisher), historian (Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel) and now teaches subjects related to comics and transmedia at Pace University and Columbia University. His 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking won an Eisner Award and international awards, and he has been inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Hall of Fame. A new edition of his acclaimed collaboration with Keith Giffen, Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga, is being published by DC in August.
Stephanie Phillips
Stephanie Phillips is a comic book writer known for her work on such titles as Spider-Gwen, Harley Quinn, Phoenix, Wonder Woman, and GRIM. She has written for top publishers including Marvel, DC, BOOM! Studios, and Image. Stephanie also holds a Ph.D. in rhetoric and composition and is a founding creator of DSTLRY, a new publishing venture focused on creator-owned comics.
Steven T. Seagle
Steven T. Seagle is a foster parent and founding partner of Man of Action: creators of Ben 10, Big Hero 6, and Generator Rex and executive producers/writers of animated shows and video games including Sonic Prime, Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble, and Hello Neighbor. In comics, Seagle is a nine-time Eisner nominee. Notable works include It’s A Bird…, Get Naked, Sandman Mystery Theater, House of Secrets, American Virgin, Camp Midnight, X-Men, and Kafka. Upcoming projects include Mercury, Donor, and Jaguar Stories Podcast.