Special Guests

Marc Andreyko is the New York Times bestselling writer of such works as Torso (with Brian Bendis), Batwoman, Fairest, Wonder Woman ‘77, and Captain America and Bucky (with Ed Brubaker). Perhaps best known for his critically acclaimed run on Manhunter, he has written Harvey- and Eisner-nominated books such as The Lost and Dr. Strange: What Is It That Disturbs You, Stephen? (with P. Craig Russell). A two-time GLAAD award nominee as well as an Angeloume audience award winner, Marc also works in TV, film, and theatre. His current and recent projects include The Illegitimates (with Taran Killam), Clive Barker's Nightbreed (BOOM!), Legenderry Red Sonja (Dynamite), and Batman and the Outsiders: Convergence. Marc lives in Los Angeles with his books, Blu-rays, and awesome dog, Frederick.

One of MAD magazine's longest-running cartoonists (only Al Jaffee has been around longer) and the creator of dim-witted barbarian Groo the Wanderer, Sergio Aragonés is one of comics’ most popular creators. In addition to his continuing work for MAD, Sergio—the man some call the world’s fastest cartoonist—had his own comic book series at Bongo Comics, Sergio Aragonés Funnies. This year, Sergio gets the Groo band (including Mark Evanier, Stan Sakai, and Tom Luth) back together with a new 12-issue maxi-series from Dark Horse Comics, Groo: Friends and Foes.

Cullen Bunn is the writer of The Sixth Gun (Oni Press), an epic fantasy set in the old west, which will be reaching its conclusion with issue 50. He also writes Hellbreak (also from Oni Press), a new ongoing series detailing black ops missions to rescue lost souls from Hell. In addition, his backwoods ghost yarn, Harrow County, will be released soon from Dark Horse. He also writes about villains a lot, including Magneto from Marvel and Sinestro and Lobo from DC. For more about his work, visit www.cullenbunn.com.

Darwyn Cooke is a Canadian cartoonist and animator. His projects DC: The New Frontier, The Spirit, DC: Solo, and Richard Stark: Parker have each won multiple Eisner Awards. Since his last appearance at WonderCon, Darwyn has produced the Parker series of graphic novels adaptations and Before Watchmen: Minute Men and Silk Spectre; he is currently working on a number of soon-to-be announced projects.

With a career stretching back to First Comics, Steve Epting made his name working on such titles as Avengers, X-Factor, Superman, Aquaman, and the Eisner-nominated pirate saga El Cazador, which he co-created with writer Chuck Dixon. Epting then began an award-winning collaboration with Ed Brubaker on Captain America and The Marvels Project, and worked with Jonathan Hickman on Fantastic Four and New Avengers. Epting, along with Brubaker, co-created The Winter Soldier, the main character from 2014’s smash hit movie Captain America: The Winter Soldier. He has recently reteamed with Ed Brubaker on Velvet for Image Comics.