Special Guests

James Dashner was born and raised in Georgia but now lives and writes in the Rocky Mountains. The Fever Code is the fifth book in his #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, which includes The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure, The Kill Order, and The Fever Code. He is also the author of the bestselling Mortality Doctrine series: The Eye of Minds, The Rule of Thoughts, and The Game of Lives. To learn more about James and his books, visit jamesdashner.com, follow @jamesdashner on Twitter, and find him on Instagram at @dashnerjames.

Native Californian Olivia De Berardinis has been painting professionally for four decades.Her work can be seen in galleries and magazines worldwide. From 1985 to 2015, Olivia’s pin-up paintings appeared in Playboy magazine, often with captions written by Hugh Hefner.

Born in Portland, ME in 1962, Kevin Eastman began drawing at a very young age, copying children’s books and reading comics. Inspired by master storyteller Jack Kirby, and later by self-publishing creators such as Richard Corben, Vaughn Bode, and Dave Sim, all of Eastman’s early work focused more on science fiction influences than traditional superhero style comics.

In 1982, while trying to sell some of his illustrations to local fanzines, he met Peter Laird in Northampton, MA and Mirage Studios, was formed. Less than a year later in the middle of a late night jam session, Eastman doodled a new character he dubbed a “Ninja Turtle” to make Laird laugh—several sketches and a final drawing of four characters later “Eastman and Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” had officially entered the universe!

Self-published in May 1984, the first issue sold out of its 3000 copies overnight and quickly became a fan favorite. Catching the eye of merchandising agents and Hollywood producers, Eastman and Laird maintained full control of their creations while guiding them through licensing, TV series adaptation, and feature films. By 1989 the TMNT’s were number one in all three categories.

In between TMNT projects, Eastman found time to establish the Words and Pictures Museum of Cartoon Art, created an artist-friendly publishing company, Tundra Publishing, where projects like The Crow, From Hell, and American Splendor first flourished, as well as purchased world renowned Heavy Metal magazine.

Currently spending most of his creative time working on a new TMNT series with IDW Publishing, Eastman resides in San Diego with wife, Courtney (aka First Lady of the Turtles), son Shane, as well as a few insane Dachshunds. 

Appearing Saturday and Sunday only.

We regret to announce Matt Fraction will be unable to attend WonderCon Anaheim 2017.

Chad Hardin’s love affair with comics started in his early childhood growing up in Las Vegas, NV. He studied Art at Southern Utah University where
he graduated with a Bachelor’s in Illustration and later received his MFA at
the Academy of Art University San Francisco. In 2005 he quit his full time
job in video games to pursue drawing comics freelance. In 2006 he began working for DC Comics on Countdown to Mystery; that work led to other assignments including Reign in Hell, The Spirit, The Warlord, Zatanna, and Demon Knights. In 2013 Chad became the artist on DC’s New 52 hit title
Harley Quinn, written by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti. Harley Quinn #1
for DC’s Rebirth event became one of the best-selling comics of 2016. Life hasn’t been the same since.