Baltimore Comic-Con has announced a new wave of guests for the show on September 25-27, 2026, at the Baltimore Convention Center. The latest group of guests are Arthur Adams, Denys Cowan, Tom Derenick, Victor Farro, J.G. Jones, and Dave Wachter.

Adams became a popular artist as the penciler on the Longshot miniseries in 1985. Since then, he has provided interior art and covers in Batman, Superman, The Hulk, Avengers, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, X-Men, New Mutants, Godzilla, Excalibur, Ultimate X, Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Walking Dead. He’s the creator, writer, and artist of Monkeyman and O’Brien. In addition to comics, Adams has worked on films, toy and game designs, book illustrations, and provided the art for the SpaghettiOs X-Men-themed can.

Cowan is a comic and animation creator, and the co-founder of Milestone Media. He has worked on comics like Deathstroke, Black Lightning & Hong Kong Phoey, Blind Justice, Black Panther: Flags of Our Fathers, The Question, Hardware, and Static. Cowan directed and produced the Static Shock animated series based on the Milestone character. He developed and produced the first season of The Boondocks animated series, and was Senior Vice President of Motown Animation and Filmworks. As Senior Vice President of Animation at BET, he developed and produced the Black Panther animated series.

Derenick is a comic artist know for his work on Protectors at Malibu Comics and Marvel’s X-Men Line. He worked on DC’s Star Trek, Superman, Shadowpact, JLA, and Reign in Hell. More recently, Derenick worked on Injustice: Gods Among Us, Wonder Woman: Come Back to Me, and Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong, as well as Mad Cave’s Flash Gordon and Endless Night.

Farro is an artist and writer whose works can be seen in 3×3, Creative Quarterly Journal, American Illustration AI42, and the Society of Illustrators Los Angeles’ Illustration West 62. He has worked for Marvel SNAP, OverPower card game, Image, Mad Cave, Massive Publishing, Skybound, and UDON Publishing.

Jones’ art was showcased on every cover of DC’s 52 weekly maxiseries. He is known for his work in Wanted and Final Crisis, the Villains United limited series, and co-created Yelena Belova in the Black Widow limited series. He provided art for the Marvel Boy limited series, did the interior art for Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia, and was sole artist on the Final Crisis limited series. Jones’ art is also seen in Batman and Robin, Frankenstein, Mister Terrific, he did cover art for DC Universe Legacies, and has provided art and written issues of Doc Savage.

Wachter has been drawing comics for 20 years, most recently on the Uncanny Valley series from BOOM! Studios. His art appears in Godzilla and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, creator owned books like The Guns of Shadow Valley and Breath of Bones: A Tale of the Golem. Wachter has also created covers and provided interior art for The Punisher, Planet of the Apes, X-Men Legends, Ms. Marvel, Venom, Star Wars, Ghost Rider, Aliens, and Spider-Man 2099.

“What an amazing group of creators,” Baltimore Comic-Con show promoter Marc Nathan said. “We’re pleased to welcome back some huge names in the industry, as well as some fantastic first-timers to the Baltimore Comic-Con! Come check out these stunning artists at our 2026 event.”