{"id":4292,"date":"2025-04-30T11:41:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T18:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/toucan\/?p=4292"},"modified":"2025-06-27T19:58:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T02:58:27","slug":"announcing-the-first-group-of-special-guests-for-comic-con-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/toucan\/announcing-the-first-group-of-special-guests-for-comic-con-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the First Group of Special Guests for Comic-Con 2025!"},"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 is-style-xx-large\" 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)\"><strong>Announcing the First Group of Special Guests for Comic-Con 2025!<\/strong><\/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)\">Special Guests for 2025 will include J. M. DeMatteis, Emil Ferris, Daniel Warren Johnson, J. G. Jones, and Paul Karasik.<\/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=\"1042\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Toucan_Flying_Superhero.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\/07\/Toucan_Flying_Superhero.png 1042w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Toucan_Flying_Superhero-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Toucan_Flying_Superhero-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Toucan_Flying_Superhero-768x461.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1042px) 100vw, 1042px\" \/><\/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=\"410\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/DeMatteis.jpg\" alt=\"J. M. Dematteis smiling\" class=\"wp-image-4299 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/DeMatteis.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/DeMatteis-277x300.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/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-55e912b8d1373ec0bcd05d2b48b56e3b\"><strong>J. M. DeMatteis<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Eisner Award winner J. M. DeMatteis was a musician and rock music journalist before launching a long career writing novels, television, film and, of course, comic books. He has created a variety of memorable projects, from the superheroics of <em>Spider-Man <\/em>and <em>Captain America <\/em>to the personal visions of <em>Brooklyn Dreams <\/em>and <em>Moonshadow<\/em> and his celebrated collaborations with Keith Giffen on <em>Justice League, Hero Squared<\/em> and other titles. Recent projects include the novellas <em>The Excavator<\/em> and <em>The Witness; <\/em>Amazon Prime\u2019s animated <em>Batman: Caped Crusader; <\/em>and the DeMultiverse line of comics: <em>Godsend, Anyman, Wisdom, <\/em>and <em>Layla in the Lands of After.<\/em><\/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=\"812\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/Ferris-Portrait-812x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Emil Ferris\" class=\"wp-image-4300 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/Ferris-Portrait-812x1024.jpg 812w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/Ferris-Portrait-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/Ferris-Portrait-768x968.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/Ferris-Portrait-1218x1536.jpg 1218w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/Ferris-Portrait.jpg 1610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/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-33f6b6ccd9555db0eb9f6280618c64da\"><strong>Emil Ferris<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Emil Ferris is the author and artist of the acclaimed <em>My Favorite Thing Is Monsters<\/em> series. Among other honors, she has received multiple Eisner Awards, multiple Ignatz Awards, the Lambda Literary Award, the Grand Prix de la Critique ACBD, the Fauve d&#8217;or at FIBD, and the 2025 Whiting Award. She was recently appointed to the rank of Knight in the Order of Arts and Letters. She grew up in Chicago during the turbulent 1960s, where she still lives, and is consequently a devotee of all things monstrous and horrific. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago<\/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=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/DanielWarrenJohnson-2.jpg\" alt=\"Darren Warren Johnson standing with arms folded smiling\" class=\"wp-image-4307 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/DanielWarrenJohnson-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/DanielWarrenJohnson-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/DanielWarrenJohnson-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/DanielWarrenJohnson-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/DanielWarrenJohnson-2-376x376.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/DanielWarrenJohnson-2-650x650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/DanielWarrenJohnson-2-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/DanielWarrenJohnson-2-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/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-90b72a2fa6a627aa2c814e1ec7f08223\"><strong>Daniel Warren Johnson<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Daniel Warren Johnson is a Chicago-based comic book writer, artist, and illustrator who has worked with Image, Skybound, DC, Marvel, Wizards of the Coast, and many other clients. His work includes such titles as <em>Beta Ray Bill, The Ghost Fleet, Murder Falcon, Space-Mullet, Wonder Woman: Dead Earth, The Moon Is Following Us,<\/em> the Eisner Award\u2013nominated <em>Extremity,<\/em> and the Eisner Award\u2013winning <em>Do a Powerbomb <\/em>and<em> Transformers<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/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=\"288\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/JG-Jones-1.jpg\" alt=\"JG-Jones\" class=\"wp-image-4309 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/JG-Jones-1.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/JG-Jones-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/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-54c0c3c191f25e9ea94c1eb4239cec7f\"><strong>J. 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A three-time Eisner Award nominee, he is best known for his work on <em>Black Widow, Marvel Boy, Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia, WANTED, 52, Final Crisis<\/em>, and, most recently, <em>Dust to Dust<\/em>.<\/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=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/Karasik-by-Ray-Ewing-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4310 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/Karasik-by-Ray-Ewing-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/Karasik-by-Ray-Ewing-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/Karasik-by-Ray-Ewing-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/Karasik-by-Ray-Ewing-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/Karasik-by-Ray-Ewing-1-376x376.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/Karasik-by-Ray-Ewing-1-650x650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/Karasik-by-Ray-Ewing-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/Karasik-by-Ray-Ewing-1-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karasik by Ray Ewing<\/figcaption><\/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-98453c1e64404938aa57f141a5ce9ea1\"><strong>Paul Karasik<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Two-time Eisner Award winner Paul Karasik is an internationally recognized cartoonist and teacher who began his career as the associate editor of Art Spiegelman and Fran\u00e7oise Mouly\u2019s <em>RAW<\/em> magazine. His works include the graphic novel adaptation of Paul Auster\u2019s <em>The New York Trilogy<\/em> (with David Mazzuchelli and Lorenzo Mattotti), <em>How To Read Nancy <\/em>(with Mark Newgarden), <em>The Complete Fletcher Hanks,<\/em> and <em>The Ride Together, a Memoir of Autism in the Family<\/em> (with Judy Karasik). Paul\u2019s work has appeared in the <em>New York Times, <\/em>the <em>Washington Post, <\/em>the <em>Vineyard Gazette, <\/em>and <em>The New Yorker.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Announcing the First Group of Special Guests for Comic-Con 2025! Special Guests for 2025 will include J. M. DeMatteis, Emil Ferris, Daniel Warren Johnson, J. G. Jones, and Paul Karasik. J. M. DeMatteis&nbsp; Eisner Award winner J. M. 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