Two new creators have joined the line-up for this year’s Baltimore
Comic-Con. The sixth annual show will be help at the Baltimore Convention Center
on September 9 – 10, 2006, located just a block from the new Geppi’s
Entertainment Museum at Camden Yards, which will be celebrating its Grand
Opening September 8, 2006.

Newly confirmed guests, penciler Barry Kitson
(Legion of Superheroes) and inker Karl Story (Tom Strong) will
both be making appearances throughout the weekend.

In addition to the
guests who just signed on, the show already has an impressive line-up of
creators set, including Kyle Baker (Why I Hate Saturn, Plasticman), Tom
Brevoort (New Avengers editor), Buzz (JSA), Kurt Busiek (Astro
City, Superman), Jim Calafiore (Exiles), Tommy Castillo (Toe Tags,
Batman), Howard Chaykin (The Shadow, American Flagg!), Frank Cho
(New Avengers, Liberty Meadows), Steve Conley (Astounding Space
Thrills, The Escapist), Amanda Conner (JSA Classified), Todd Dezago
(Tellos), Brendon and Brian Fraim (Antiques: The Comic Strip),
Rich Faber (Roboy Red), John Gallagher (Buzzboy, More Fund
Comics), Jimmy Gownley (Amelia Rules!), Cully Hamner (Batman:
Tenses), Dean Haspiel (Quitter, Opposable Thumbs), Marc Hempel
(Sandman: The Kindly Ones, MAD), Norman Lee (Planet of the Apes),
Jonathan and Joshua Luna (Girls, Spider-Woman: Origin), Mike Manley
(Draw), Mark McKenna (Banana Tail), Pop Mhan (Tomb Raider,
X-Men Unlimited) Scott Neely (Scooby Doo), Jamar Nicholas (Detective
Boogaloo from movie poopshoot.com), Michael Avon Oeming (Powers, What
If?), Jimmy Palmiotti (Jonah Hex, JSA Classified), George
Pérez (JSA, JLA/Avengers), Brandon Peterson (X-Men,
Strange), Paul Pope (THB, Batman: Year One Hundred), Ton Raney
(Outsiders), Jim Starlin (Dreadstar, Kid Cosmos), Eric Powell
(The Goon, Marvel Monsters), Alex Robinson (Box Office Poison,
Tricked), Andy Runton (Owly), Dan Slott (She-Hulk), John K.
Snyder III (Doctor Mid-Nite, Fashion in Action), Mark Sparacio (Heroes
for Hire, Shi), Brian Stelfreeze (Matador), Mark Texeira (Ghost
Rider), Robert Tinnell (The Black Forest, The Living and The Dead),
Tim Truman (GrimJack, Conan), Billy Tucci (Heroes for Hire, Shi),
Neil Vokes (The Wicked West, The Black Forest), Matt Wagner (Grendel,
Batman), Mark Waid (Superman: Birthright, Legion of Super-Heroes),
Mark Wheatley (Mars, Frankenstein Mobster), Bill Willingham
(Fables) and Marv Wolfman (New Teen Titans, Crisis on Infinite
Earths).

Aside from Gemstone Publishing, who brings fans
writer/artist Don Rosa, and A.C.T.O.R., who presents both John Romita and John
Romita, Jr., the publisher line-up includes DC Comics, Image Comics, Century
Comics, Archaia Studios Press, TwoMorrows Publishing, Mercury Comics, Sky-Dog,
Renaissance Press, AdHouse Books, Ape Entertainment, Crusade Fine Arts and
Insight Studios Group.

Plus, fans won’t want to miss this year’s Harvey
Awards, which are being hosted by the Baltimore Comic-con. The Harvey Awards
recognize outstanding achievement in over 20 categories and are one of the
oldest and most prestigious awards in the industry.

Please visit www.comicon.com/baltimore
for updates and more information.