{"id":4398,"date":"2025-06-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/toucan\/?p=4398"},"modified":"2025-06-27T19:58:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T02:58:26","slug":"comic-con-2025-announces-seventh-wave-of-special-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/toucan\/comic-con-2025-announces-seventh-wave-of-special-guests\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic-Con 2025 Announces Seventh Wave of Special Guests"},"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\"><span class=\"has-wide-text\">Comic-Con 2025<\/span><\/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)\">Comic-Con 2025 Announces Seventh Wave of Special Guests<\/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)\">In addition to its previously announced 30 names, Comic-Con welcomes Mark Evanier, Marcos Martin, Frank Miller, Scott Sigler, and Maggie Thompson as Special Guests for 2025.<\/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=\"888\" height=\"882\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-03-at-12.47.38\u202fPM.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\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-03-at-12.47.38\u202fPM.png 888w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-03-at-12.47.38\u202fPM-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-03-at-12.47.38\u202fPM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-03-at-12.47.38\u202fPM-768x763.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 888px) 100vw, 888px\" \/><\/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=\"597\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Evanier.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4399 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Evanier.jpg 597w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Evanier-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Evanier-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Evanier-376x376.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Evanier-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/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-6afe8534a4c06f58b27de2214e631dd0\">Mark Evanier<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Evanier attended his first San Diego Comic-Con in 1970 and has been to every one of these annual events ever since. He was then an assistant to the great Jack Kirby, whom he wrote about in his book <em>Kirby, King of Comics<\/em>. Mark has also written for live-action TV shows, animated TV shows (including various <em>Garfield<\/em> cartoons) and tons of comic books. The comics include working with Sergio Aragon\u00e9s for 40 years on <em>Groo the Wanderer<\/em>, and many more. He is also a historian of comic books and animation.<\/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=\"600\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/MarcosMartin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4400 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/MarcosMartin.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/MarcosMartin-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/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-7466623103de730f9e3283ace72ba882\">Marcos Mart\u00edn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Marcos Mart\u00edn is a Catalan comic book artist whose work at Marvel and DC includes such titles as <em>Batgirl: Year One<\/em>, <em>Breach<\/em>, <em>Absolute Batman<\/em>, <em>Dr.Strange: The Oath<\/em>, <em>Amazing Spider-Man<\/em>, and <em>Daredevil<\/em>. In 2013 he founded the online platform Panel Syndicate together with writer Brian K. Vaughan and illustrator\/colorist Muntsa Vicente in order to distribute their creator-owned comic, <em>The Private Eye,<\/em> which went on to win an Eisner Award for Best Digital\/Webcomic and the Harvey Award for Best Online Comics Work. <em>Friday<\/em>, his latest series with acclaimed comics writer Ed Brubaker (collected into three books published by Image Comics) has earned them two more Eisner Awards.<\/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=\"563\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Miller-by-Saget.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4401 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Miller-by-Saget.jpg 563w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Miller-by-Saget-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Miller-by-Saget-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Miller-by-Saget-376x376.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Miller-by-Saget-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by: Jo\u00ebl Saget\/AFP<\/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-b0e85db492c1f478ebf254e878868822\">Frank Miller<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Frank Miller is regarded as one of the most influential creators in the entertainment field today. He began his career in comics in the late 1970s, first gaining notoriety as the artist and later writer of <em>Daredevil<\/em> for Marvel Comics. Next came the science fiction samurai drama <em>Ronin, <\/em>followed by the groundbreaking <em>Batman: The Dark KnightReturns <\/em>and <em>Batman: Year One <\/em>with artist David Mazzuchelli. Following these seminal works, Miller fulfilled a lifelong dream by doing an all-out crime series, <em>Sin City<\/em>, which spawned two blockbuster films that he co-directed with Robert Rodriguez. Miller\u2019s multi-award-winning graphic novel<em> 300<\/em> was also adapted into a successful film by Zack Snyder. In 2015 Miller was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame for his lifetime of contributions to the industry.<\/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=\"471\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Sigler-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4402 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Sigler-2025.jpg 471w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Sigler-2025-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Sigler-2025-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Sigler-2025-376x376.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Sigler-2025-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/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-cf9776324305a83ecbde8462e74850b5\">Scott Sigler<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>New York Times<\/em> bestselling author Scott Sigler is the creator of 20 novels, 7 novellas, and dozens of short stories. Scott began his career by narrating his unabridged audiobooks and serializing them in weekly installments. He continues to release free episodes every Sunday. Launched in March of 2005, \u201cScott Sigler Slices\u201d is the world\u2019s longest-running fiction podcast. His fans fervently anticipate their weekly story fix, so much so that they dubbed themselves \u201cSigler Junkies\u201d and have downloaded over 55 million episodes. An inaugural inductee into the Podcasting Hall of Fame, Scott is a co-founder of Empty Set Entertainment, which publishes his Galactic Football League series. A Michigan native, he lives in San Diego with his wife and their wee little D\u00f8gs of D\u00f8\u00f8m.<\/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=\"602\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Thompson-Maggie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4403 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Thompson-Maggie.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Thompson-Maggie-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Thompson-Maggie-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Thompson-Maggie-376x376.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Thompson-Maggie-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Thompson-Maggie-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/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-bfb20cb2f628a182241619a1e5c02378\">Maggie Thompson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When she was 4 years old, Maggie Thompson began collecting comic books, and her parents encouraged her. When she was 18, she and Don Thompson co-edited the pioneering fanzine <em>Comic Art<\/em> and went on to co-edit and publish a monthly <em>Newfangles<\/em> comics newsletter. In 1976, the first year they attended Comic-Con, she and Don received Inkpot Awards for Achievement in Fandom Service. Eventually, they became co-editors of <em>Comics Buyer\u2019s Guide<\/em> and attended Comic-Con every year, as they wrote both <em>for<\/em> comics and <em>about<\/em> comics. Following Don\u2019s death in 1994, Maggie continued to collect, write, research, and edit a variety of comics-oriented projects. 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