{"id":5350,"date":"2026-06-03T10:13:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/toucan\/?p=5350"},"modified":"2026-06-03T10:29:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:29:22","slug":"fifth-wave-of-comic-con-2026-guests-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/toucan\/fifth-wave-of-comic-con-2026-guests-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifth Wave of Comic-Con 2026 Guests Announced"},"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)\">Fifth Wave of Comic-Con 2026 Guests Announced<\/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 20 names already announced, Comic-Con is pleased to welcome Steven Butler, Matt Dinniman, Jim Lee, Shawn Martinbrough, and LeUyen Pham 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:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Butler.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5351 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Butler.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Butler-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Butler-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Butler-376x376.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/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-f175e0e5bc8accb454ae6b7d0bebd699\"><strong>Steven Butler<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Steven Butler is a 37-year veteran comic book creator who has worked for a wide variety of companies on many well-known titles, including <em>The Badger<\/em> for First Comics; <em>Web of Spider-Man, Silver Sable and the Wildpack, <\/em>and<em> Punisher War Journal <\/em>for Marvel Comics; <em>Superman<\/em> for DC Comics; <em>Sonic The Hedgehog<\/em> and<em> Betty and Veronica: The New Look<\/em>\u00a0for Archie Comics, many stories for <em>Disney Adventures Magazine,<\/em> and more. Currently, Steven is teaming up with his daughter Lily Butler to work as a daddy-daughter team for Archie on comics featuring stories of the classic Archie gang as well as creating new and original comics for their DUO Publishing imprint.\u00a0<\/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:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Dinniman-photo-credit-Toby-Dinniman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5352 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Dinniman-photo-credit-Toby-Dinniman.jpg 687w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Dinniman-photo-credit-Toby-Dinniman-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by: Toby Dinniman<\/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-eed501e0961eabb456c11e31b0d86313\"><strong><strong>Matt Dinniman<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Matt Dinniman is a writer and artist from Gig Harbor, Washington. He is the author of the #1 <em>New York Times<\/em> bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series, along with several other books about the end of the world. He doesn\u2019t really hate cocker spaniels, and he plays bass in one band.<\/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:30% 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\/06\/Lee-Jim.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5353 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Lee-Jim.jpg 629w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Lee-Jim-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Lee-Jim-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Lee-Jim-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-4814eeb96a8d8940d7e4184367c8fe09\"><strong><strong><strong>Jim Lee<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jim Lee, the world-renowned comic book artist, writer, editor, and publisher, is currently president, publisher, and chief creative officer of DC.\u00a0He leads creative efforts to integrate DC\u2019s publishing portfolio of characters and stories across all media, supporting Warner Bros. Discovery&#8217;s family of brands and studios.\u00a0Jim joined DC in 1998 and has overseen many of the company\u2019s highly successful publishing programs, including the Rebirth line of comics and The New 52 initiative that relaunched the entire line of monthly superhero comic books.\u00a0As part of the revamp, Lee designed and reimagined the new, more contemporary costumes for some of the DC Universe&#8217;s most iconic characters, including Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. Jim holds a BA in psychology from Princeton University and started his professional career at Marvel Comics, where his work on the X-Men continues to hold the all-time sales record for single-issue sales.\u00a0<\/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:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Martinbrough-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5356 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Martinbrough-1.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Martinbrough-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Martinbrough-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Martinbrough-1-376x376.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Martinbrough-1-650x650.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/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-c54ee9c1899ae3b5ebe267fb7d6d5fae\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Shawn Martinbrough<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Shawn Martinbrough is an Eisner Award\u2013nominated artist whose comic book projects include<em> Batman: Detective Comics, Luke Cage Noir, The Black Panther, Hellboy, Thief of Thieves, Promethee 13:13, Anansi Boys,<\/em> and the NAACP Image Award\u2013nominated, bestselling kid&#8217;s book <em>Like Lava in My Veins<\/em> (published by Nancy Paulsen Books\/Penguin Kids). He is the writer of <em>Red Hood: The Hill<\/em> for DC Comics, is co-author of <em>Judge Kim and the Kids\u2019 Court<\/em> for Simon &amp; Schuster, and is currently writing and illustrating original graphic novels for Megascope\/Abrams Books, Image Comics, Ignition Press and First Second\/23<sup>rd<\/sup> Street Books.<\/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:30% 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\/06\/LeUyen-Pham.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5354 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/LeUyen-Pham.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/LeUyen-Pham-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/LeUyen-Pham-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/LeUyen-Pham-376x376.jpg 376w\" 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-b77696634a233a19cd8fab3aabed153f\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>LeUyen Pham<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>LeUyen Pham is the artist of over 120 books for adults and children. Her graphic novels include the multi-Eisner Award\u2013winning<em> Lunar New Year Love Story<\/em> with Gene Yang, the Eisner Award\u2013nominated <em>Templar,<\/em> and the bestselling Friends series with Shannon Hale. She is the recipient of several awards, including the Caldecott Honor, The Society of Illustrator\u2019s Bronze Medal, and the Fay B. Kaigler Southern Miss Medallion. She is the creator of the Vampirina book series, which has been adapted to both animation and live action with Disney. Her latest graphic novel is <em>As I Dream of You<\/em>, written by Jenn Lee, the creator of <em>Frozen<\/em>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to the 20 names already announced, Comic-Con is pleased to welcome Steven Butler, Matt Dinniman, Jim Lee, Shawn Martinbrough, and LeUyen Pham as Special Guests for 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-toucan"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fifth Wave of Comic-Con 2026 Guests Announced - Toucan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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