{"id":5340,"date":"2026-05-27T09:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T16:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/toucan\/?p=5340"},"modified":"2026-06-16T11:01:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T18:01:24","slug":"announcing-the-fourth-wave-of-comic-con-2026-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/toucan\/announcing-the-fourth-wave-of-comic-con-2026-guests\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the Fourth 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 Fourth 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 15 names announced previously, Comic-Con is pleased to welcome Kelly Sue DeConnick, Javier Fern\u00e1ndez, Paul Levitz, Bel\u00e9n Ortega, and Jeff Smith 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=\"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=\"629\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/DeConnick.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5341 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/DeConnick.jpg 629w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/DeConnick-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/DeConnick-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/DeConnick-376x376.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/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-8dbb831e39ae7e1427c2b0090dc5c5be\">Kelly Sue DeConnick<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Kelly Sue DeConnick is best known for reinventing Carol Danvers as Captain Marvel at Marvel and for the Black Label standard-setting <em>Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons<\/em> at DC. Her independent comics<em> Bitch Planet<\/em> and <em>Pretty Deadly<\/em> (both from Image) have ranked as <em>New York Time<\/em>s bestsellers, and her current series, <em>FML<\/em> (Dark Horse Comics), debuted in 2024 and is nominated for the 2026 Best Continuing Series Eisner Award. DeConnick\u2019s screen work includes stints on <em>Captain Marvel<\/em> and 2023\u2019s<em> The Marvels<\/em> with Marvel Studios, in addition to having consulted on features for Skydance and ARRAY and developing television for NBCUniversal, Legendary Entertainment, Amazon Studios, and HBO Max.<\/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\/Fernandez.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5345 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Fernandez.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Fernandez-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Fernandez-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Fernandez-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Fernandez-376x376.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Fernandez-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-ed436b17cf00208e87675a963d043472\">Javier Fern\u00e1ndez<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Javier (Javi) Fern\u00e1ndez is a comic book artist from Granada, Spain, best known for his interiorart and covers for DC Comics<em>. <\/em>He began working for Marvel Comics in 2011, on <em>Captain America <\/em>and then a series of <em>Magneto<\/em> issues in 2014. He has been a regular on such DC titles as <em>Batman, Nightwing, Detective Comics, Justice League, Green Arrow, <\/em>and many more. In 2021, Javier began working as lead artist on <em>King Spawn,<\/em> one of Todd McFarlane\u2019s expanded Spawn Universe titles. In 2024 he returned to DC to take charge of the <em>Batman and Robin<\/em> series, and he is the main artist for DC\u2019s current big crossover event <em>DC K.O.,<\/em> also known as Crisis of Absolute Proportions.<\/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=\"739\" height=\"739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Levitz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5342 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Levitz.jpg 739w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Levitz-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Levitz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Levitz-376x376.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/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-3015fb7dfab1993811ce0033bb309817\">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), historian (<em>Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel<\/em>) and now teacher of 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> was published by DC in 2025.<\/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=\"638\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Ortega.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5343 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Ortega.jpg 638w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Ortega-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Ortega-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Ortega-376x376.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/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-1da53b89e240ac76c34cc43cc6bca188\"><strong>Bel\u00e9n Ortega<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bel\u00e9n Ortega is a Spanish artist who made her American comics debut in 2019 with Marvel Comics, as both a cover and interior artist on <em>Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain Marvel, <\/em>and more. In 2021, she began collaborating with DC Comics as an artist on <em>Batman: Urban Legends<\/em> and other Batman Universe books, and she continued to provide covers for such publishers as Marvel, Image, and BOOM! Studios. In 2024, she officially signed an exclusive contract with DC. Bel\u00e9n\u2019s most recent work in the American market includes backup stories in the <em>Trinity: Daughter of Wonder Woman<\/em> miniseries. Throughout her career, she has collaborated with many brands, including Megadeth, Fortnite, FNAC, Joyer\u00eda Su\u00e1rez, Tezucomi Magazine, and Riot Games.<\/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=\"590\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Smith-Jeff.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5344 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Smith-Jeff.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Smith-Jeff-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Smith-Jeff-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Smith-Jeff-376x376.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/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-7c32e8e683443f4c7f600bfdb062a141\">Jeff Smith<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeff Smith is the writer and artist of such comics and graphic novels as <em>BONE, RASL, TUKI, SHAZAM: The Monster Society of Evil <\/em>and<em> Little Mouse Gets Ready!<\/em> Both <em>BONE<\/em> and <em>RASL<\/em> were self-published (Cartoon Books) and are <em>New York Times<\/em> bestsellers. <em>BONE<\/em> began the current YA graphic novel popularity explosion by launching Scholastic Books\u2019 Graphix imprint, and it has won 52 national and international awards, including 11 Eisner Awards and 11 Harvey Awards, and has been published in 33 countries. CXC, the Columbus comics festival co-founded by Jeff, Vijaya Iyer, and Lucy Caswell, celebrated its 12th year in April. Jeff continues to work on Deluxe Library Editions of his catalog, with <em>BONE Part Two: Phoney Strikes Back,<\/em> shipping this year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to the 15 names announced previously, Comic-Con is pleased to welcome Kelly Sue DeConnick, Javier Fern\u00e1ndez, Paul Levitz, Bel\u00e9n Ortega, and Jeff Smith as Special Guests for 2026!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-toucan","site_category-comic-con"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Announcing the Fourth Wave of Comic-Con 2026 Guests! - 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