{"id":5306,"date":"2026-05-06T09:59:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T16:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/toucan\/?p=5306"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:00:13","slug":"announcing-the-first-group-of-special-guests-for-comic-con-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/toucan\/announcing-the-first-group-of-special-guests-for-comic-con-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the First Group of Special Guests for Comic-Con 2026!"},"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 2026<\/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)\">Announcing the First Group of Special Guests for Comic-Con 2026!<\/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 2026 will include Peter Bagge, Stephan Pastis, Pornsak Pichetshote, Mimi Pond, and Victoria \u201cV. E.\u201d Schwab.<\/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=\"844\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-08-at-10.24.39\u202fAM.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\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-08-at-10.24.39\u202fAM.png 844w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-08-at-10.24.39\u202fAM-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-08-at-10.24.39\u202fAM-768x477.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 844px) 100vw, 844px\" \/><\/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=\"606\" height=\"606\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Bagge.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5307 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Bagge.jpg 606w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Bagge-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Bagge-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Bagge-376x376.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/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-45cdaa25a24bfef8906341068a8781bd\">Peter Bagge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter Bagge is an American cartoonist specializing in alternative comics, best known for his satirical series <em>Neat Stuff<\/em> (1985\u20131991) and <em>Hate<\/em> (1990\u20131998), which featured exaggerated depictions of dysfunctional suburban families and grunge-era youth through characters like Buddy Bradley and his slacker associates. Bagge has also produced graphic biographies of historical figures, including Margaret Sanger in <em>Woman Rebel<\/em> (2013), Zora Neale Hurston in <em>Fire!! <\/em>(2017), and Rose Wilder Lane in <em>Credo<\/em> (2019), emphasizing their independent lives and ideological contributions. A self-identified libertarian, Bagge contributes political cartoons to <em>Reason<\/em> magazine. Peter received Comic-Con\u2019s Inkpot Award in 2010, has received numerous Eisner Award nominations, and has taught at institutions like Seattle University.<\/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=\"810\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Pastis-self-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5308 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Pastis-self-portrait.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Pastis-self-portrait-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Pastis-self-portrait-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Pastis-self-portrait-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Pastis-self-portrait-376x376.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Pastis-self-portrait-650x650.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/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-4dd5e3dfab8e8de644eb7be6d0b9ebc5\">Stephan Pastis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephan Pastis is the creator of the syndicated comic strip<em> Pearls Before Swine<\/em>, which appears in over 900 newspapers. There have been more than 40 <em>Pearls<\/em> book collections published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. In 2003, 2006, and 2014, the National Cartoonists Society named <em>Pearls<\/em> the Best Newspaper Comic Strip, and in 2019, Stephan won the Society&#8217;s highest honor, the Reuben, for Cartoonist of the Year. He is also the creator of the Timmy Failure book series, the Trubble Town graphic novel series, and the middle-grade book <em>Looking Up<\/em>, as well as being co-writer of the Disney movie <em>Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made<\/em>. He lives in Northern California and is really good at playing Boggle With Friends on his phone.<\/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=\"757\" height=\"757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Pichetshote.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5309 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Pichetshote.jpg 757w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Pichetshote-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Pichetshote-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Pichetshote-376x376.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Pichetshote-650x650.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/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-8e4711be63df1fcb9f6bc35ea9db4872\">Pornsak Pichetshote<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Pornsak Pichetshote is an award-winning Thai American writer of comics and television. Beginning as an editor for DC&#8217;s Vertigo imprint, he then oversaw DC Entertainment\u2019s TV&#8217;s department, spearheading The CW\u2019s Arrowverse. As a comics writer, he is known for <em>Infidel<\/em>, which was selected for NPR\u2019s 100 Favorite Horror Stories of All Time, and the Eisner and Harvey Award\u2013winning <em>The Good Asian<\/em>. As a TV writer, he\u2019s best known for <em>Marvel\u2019s Cloak &amp; Dagger<\/em> and<em> Two Sentence Horror Stories<\/em>. He currently writes <em>Absolute Green Arrow<\/em> for DC Comics and the upcoming <em>Exquisite Corpses: Lone Gunman<\/em> for Image Comics.<\/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=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Pond.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5310 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Pond.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Pond-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Pond-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Pond-376x376.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Aaron Paley<\/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-6e5f8329a031c0606c37c8b5a0727dd5\">Mimi Pond<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mimi Pond<strong> <\/strong>is an American cartoonist, humorist, and writer. In 1982, her book <em>The Valley Girls Guide to Life<\/em> (Dell) became a bestseller and launched her career. Her works include humor books such as <em>Secrets of the Powder Room<\/em> (1983) and <em>Splitting Hairs<\/em> (1998) as well as acclaimed graphic novels <em>Over Easy<\/em>, <em>The Customer Is Always Wrong<\/em>, and <em>Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me. <\/em>Pond also wrote scripts for several TV series, including <em>Designing Women<\/em>, <em>Pee-wee\u2019s Playhouse, <\/em>and the 1989 pilot episode of <em>The Simpsons:<\/em> \u201cSimpsons Roasting on an Open Fire.\u201d She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, the artist Wayne White.<\/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=\"775\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/SCHWAB-by-Jenna-Maurice.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5311 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/SCHWAB-by-Jenna-Maurice.jpg 775w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/SCHWAB-by-Jenna-Maurice-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/SCHWAB-by-Jenna-Maurice-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/SCHWAB-by-Jenna-Maurice-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/SCHWAB-by-Jenna-Maurice-376x376.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/SCHWAB-by-Jenna-Maurice-650x650.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by: Jenna Maurice<\/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-5d12a607bff036e1ce90359bf26844de\">Victoria \u201cV. 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