{"id":5321,"date":"2026-05-13T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/toucan\/?p=5321"},"modified":"2026-05-14T09:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:56:37","slug":"announcing-the-second-wave-of-comic-con-2026-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/toucan\/announcing-the-second-wave-of-comic-con-2026-guests\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the Second Wave of Comic-Con 2026 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 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 Second Wave of Comic-Con 2026 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 the five names announced previously, Comic-Con is pleased to welcome Huda Fahmy, Briana Loewinsohn, Frank Miller, Gordon Purcell, and Derek V. Song as Special Guests for 2026!<\/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=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/ToucanComicBlogImage.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Comic-Con Toucan blog image.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/ToucanComicBlogImage.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/ToucanComicBlogImage-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/ToucanComicBlogImage-768x644.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/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=\"652\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Fahmy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5322 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Fahmy.jpg 652w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Fahmy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Fahmy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Fahmy-376x376.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Fahmy-650x650.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/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-3f3df9e6d55c3f2e18e9f98580e338a5\">Huda Fahmy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Huda Fahmy was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. She is the author and illustrator of the webcomic series <em>Yes, I\u2019m Hot in This<\/em>, the graphic memoir <em>That Can Be Arranged<\/em>, and the widely popular <em>Huda F<\/em> graphic novel series. Her book <em>Huda F Cares?<\/em> was a 2023 finalist for the National Book Award for Young People\u2019s Literature. The final book in the Huda F<em> <\/em>series will be out in October. She is currently working on a horror anthology and a middle-grade vampire series slated for 2028.<\/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=\"750\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Loewinsohn.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5323 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Loewinsohn.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Loewinsohn-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/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-d8be8a126cec3d6f25822ee74f6ec842\">Briana Loewinsohn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Briana Loewinsohn is the author of the graphic memoir <em>Ephemera<\/em> (Fantagraphics, 2023), which was listed as one of the ALA\u2019s top graphic novels of 2023 and was awarded the 2023 Foreword Indies Editors Prize for nonfiction. Her latest book<em>, Raised by Ghosts<\/em> (Fantagraphics, 2025), won the Harvey Award for Best Young Adult Graphic Novel of 2025 as well as the ALA GNCRT Best Young Adult Graphic Novel of 2025. Briana lives in Oakland&nbsp; with her husband and two kids and a cat named Gary.<\/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\/2026\/05\/Miller-by-Saget.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5329 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Miller-by-Saget.jpg 563w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Miller-by-Saget-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Miller-by-Saget-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Miller-by-Saget-376x376.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Saget<\/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 the award-winning comic book writer, artist, novelist, screenwriter, film director, and producer best known for <em>Daredevil: Born Again, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Elektra Assassin, Sin City, <\/em>and<em> 300,<\/em> among others. He co-authored with Tom Wheeler the young adult novel <em>Cursed,<\/em> which was adapted to a Netflix show. His projects have been nominated for the Palme d\u2019Or and have won the Harvey and Eisner Awards, including those for Best Writer\/Artist, Best Graphic Album\u2013Reprint, Best Cartoonist, Best Cover Artist, Best Limited Series, and Best Short Story. In 2015, Miller was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame.<\/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=\"684\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Purcell.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5324 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Purcell.jpg 684w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Purcell-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Purcell-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Purcell-376x376.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Purcell-650x650.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/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-ec9749c9d66c05a38d22d4025000abde\">Gordon Purcell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gordon Purcell is a comic book artist perhaps best known for his Star Trek work, in particular his realistic renditions of the actors who play that franchise&#8217;s characters, as well as those of similarly licensed comic books, such as <em>The X-Files, Xena, Lost in Space, Godzilla, Young Indiana Jones, Barb Wire, <\/em>and<em> Stargate Atlantis.<\/em> His many other credits include <em>Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Soulsearchers and Company, The Flash, Fantastic Four, Superman, Robin, Wonder Man, What If?, Kolchak, Justice League, Ben 10, <\/em>and<em> Elvira.<\/em> He&#8217;s currently working on <em>Hollow Healer<\/em> for Apex and <em>Flare<\/em> for Heroic.<\/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=\"620\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Song.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5325 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Song.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Song-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Song-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Song-376x376.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/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-9b0f5d03f43d57092e40e1929eedc602\">Derek V. 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