{"id":3275,"date":"2024-07-03T09:59:41","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T16:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/toucan\/?p=3275"},"modified":"2024-08-15T12:25:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T19:25:06","slug":"announcing-the-final-group-of-special-guests-for-comic-con-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/toucan\/announcing-the-final-group-of-special-guests-for-comic-con-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the Final Group of Special Guests for Comic-Con 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull cc-post-subheader is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--default);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--default);padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-ac92f820 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--default);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--default);padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center cc-post-subheader__content has-global-padding is-content-justification-right is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-column-is-layout-cd9a8c13 wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--default);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--default);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<p class=\"cc-post-subheader__overline is-style-overline has-brand-secondary-color has-text-color\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading cc-post-subheader__title\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--default);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--default);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--default)\">Announcing the Final Group of Special Guests for Comic-Con 2024<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"cc-post-subheader__description\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--default);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--default);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--default)\">Comic-Con welcomes Paul Levitz, Tim Powers, Scott Shaw!, and Maggie Thompson as Special Guests, joining the previously announced 46 creators.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center cc-post-subheader__image-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"cc-post-subheader__featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/1.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/1-376x376.png 376w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/1-650x650.png 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:35% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Levitz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3276 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Levitz.jpg 739w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Levitz-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Levitz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Levitz-376x376.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Levitz-650x650.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-medium has-brand-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-084d23cbce47bb23e90f138b8ff7f963\">Paul Levitz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul Levitz has been a comics fan (<em>The Comic Reader),<\/em> editor (<em>Batman<\/em>),<em> <\/em>writer (<em>Legion of Super-Heroes<\/em>)<em>,<\/em> executive (decades at DC Comics, ending as President &amp; Publisher), and historian (<em>Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel<\/em>) and now teaches subjects related to comics and transmedia at Pace University and Columbia University. His <em>75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking<\/em> 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, <em>Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga,<\/em> is being published by DC in August.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:35% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Powers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3277 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Powers.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Powers-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Powers-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Powers-376x376.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Powers-650x650.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-medium has-brand-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-05d605f147cadba6a1e10bedf373db61\">Tim Powers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tim Powers is the author of 18 science fiction and fantasy novels, including <em>The Anubis Gates, My Brother\u2019s Keeper, <\/em>and<em> On Stranger Tides, <\/em>which was the basis of the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages and have won the World Fantasy Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, the Prix Apollo (France), and the Gigamesh Award (Spain). Powers lives in San Bernardino, California, with his wife, Serena.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:35% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"544\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Shaw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3278 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Shaw.jpg 544w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Shaw-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Shaw-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Shaw-376x376.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-medium has-brand-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-982de34213d1bbcea762aed73af8b5c7\">Scott Shaw!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For over 50 years, Scott Shaw! has written and drawn underground comix (<em>Gory Stories, Fear and Laughter<\/em>), mainstream comics (<em>Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!<\/em>, <em>Sonic the Hedgehog<\/em>, <em>Simpsons Comics<\/em>), children\u2019s books (the Marooned Lagoon<em> <\/em>series), syndicated strips (<em>Bugs Bunny<\/em>, <em>Woodsy Owl<\/em>), graphic novels (<em>Shrek<\/em>, <em>Annoying Orange<\/em>), TV cartoons (<em>Jim Henson\u2019s Muppet Babies<\/em>, <em>The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley<\/em>, <em>Camp Candy<\/em>), toys (McFarlane Toys\u2019 Hanna-Barbera and Simpsons figures), trading cards (Garbage Pail Kids, Oddball Comics), advertising (Post Pebbles cereal featuring the Flintstones), T-shirts (MeTV&#8217;s <em>Svengoolie<\/em>), and music album art (The Monkees\u2019 <em>A Barrel Full of Monkees<\/em> and <em>Just Us <\/em>and San Diego&#8217;s<em> Staring at the Sun <\/em>and<em> Spice Train<\/em>). Current projects include Scott&#8217;s <em>Kilgore Home Nursing<\/em> for David Lloyd&#8217;s <em>Aces Weekly,<\/em> <em>Scott Shaw!s Comix &amp; Stories<\/em> (a collection of early material), and Image&#8217;s <em>Li&#8217;l Dragon<\/em>, his spinoff of Erik Larsen&#8217;s <em>Savage Dragon<\/em>. For TwoMorrows, Scott writes a regular column for <em>Retrofan<\/em> magazine and is finishing his 200-page <em>Oddball Comics<\/em> book. Scott has received Emmys, an Eisner Award, and a Humanitas Award for his work.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:35% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Thompson-Maggie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3279 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Thompson-Maggie.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Thompson-Maggie-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Thompson-Maggie-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Thompson-Maggie-376x376.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-medium has-brand-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-669a731f38da15d87479f63e6f5f3603\">Maggie Thompson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When she was four years old, Maggie\u2019s parents encouraged her to love and collect comic books. Years later, she met another pop culture fan, and she and Don Thompson were soon collecting, writing, and editing comics-connected material together. Thirty years after Don\u2019s death, she describes herself as a \u201ccelebrity-adjacent award-winning pop culture nerd\u201d with a career that includes early comics fanzine publishing and 30 years as editor of <em>Comics Buyer\u2019s Guide<\/em>. These days, she provides a weekly post for Gemstone Publishing\u2019s <em>Scoop<\/em> newsletter and information for Fantagraphics\u2019 <em>Pogo<\/em> reprints. She was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Hall of Fame in 2020. She encourages kids to enjoy comics old and new!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Announcing the Final Group of Special Guests for Comic-Con 2024 Comic-Con welcomes Paul Levitz, Tim Powers, Scott Shaw!, and Maggie Thompson as Special Guests, joining the previously announced 46 creators. 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