Baltimore Comic-Con is still adding to the guest list for the event that’ll be held on October 28-30, 2022, at the Baltimore Convention Center. The newest wave of guests includes Jeremy Bastian, Mike McKone, Mark Schultz (courtesy of Flesk Publications), Joe St. Pierre, Emily Whitten, and Thom Zahler.

Bastian is the creator and artist of Cursed Pirate Girl, and he has contributed to Guild: Tink, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, and Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom.

McKone’s earliest published work was in Justice League of America and Punisher. Since then, his art has appeared in long runs of Teen Titans, Amazing Spider-Man, and Fantastic Four. More recently, he has worked on an Avengers graphic novel, Endless Wartime, and Justice League United.

Schultz began his comics career with art in Xenozoic Tales, he has created illustrations for Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories, and scripted Superman for four years. He created SubHuman, wrote and illustrated the novella Storms at Sea, and he is currently writing the Prince Valiant comic strip.

St. Pierre’s comics career began by pencilling Rai and co-creating Secret Weapons. As a writer and artist, he has contributed to Aquaman, Green Lantern, Megahurtz, Transformers, and Power Rangers. He has also worked in intellectual property design, commercial illustration, and storyboards for animation and video games for clients like MTV, Discovery Channel, Nickelodeon, Warner Bros. Animation, The New York Times, Sony, and more.

Whitten is a fiction writer, genre entertainment journalist, program moderator and panelist, and a convention organizer. She writes the graphic novel series The Underfoot, has had columns and interviews in ComicMix, Movers & Shakers Unlimited, Reelz.com, and MTV.com. She also works on radio shows and podcasts such as Fantastic Forum, The CCC Podcast, and Made of Fail.

Zahler is a comic creator and animation writer, who created Cupid’s Arrows, Warning Label, Love and Capes, Long Distance, and Time and Vine. He also writes for the My Little Pony comic series, and has written for Disney Tsum Tsum Kingdom, Star Trek Waypoint, and Disney XD’s Ultimate Spider-Man and Knights of the Zodiac.

“These folks are doing amazing work,” Baltimore Comic-Con show promoter Marc Nathan said. “These are creators who have significant bodies of work, industry award nods, responsibility for storied characters, and more. If you are new to their work, this will be a great opportunity to find a new favorite. If you’re a long-standing fan, you won’t want to miss their appearance in October!”