The Baltimore Comic-Con is in the midst of building a large guest list of comic creators for the next show on October 17-19, 2025. Frank Cho, Tula Lotay, Al Milgrom, Joseph Schmalke, Mark Sparacio, and Billy Tucci have all been added to the convention.

Cho’s career began with work in his college’s newspaper on the strip University2, which was the predecessor of his creator-owned Liberty Meadows. His art has appeared in New Avengers, Mighty Avengers, Shanna the She-Devil, New Ultimates, X-Men: Schism, Jungle Girl, and for his covers on Harley Quinn.

Lotay’s art appears in comics, film, and editorial illustrations. She is known for interior work in Bodies, All-Star Batman, Supreme Blue Rose, and Scarlet Witch, and as a cover artist for DC, Marvel, Image, and BOOM! Studios. She has contributed to Catwoman, The Walking Dead, Faithless, and Bloodshot Reborn. She was nominated for awards for The Wicked and the Divine, Barnstormers, and SOMNA.

Milgrom earned a degree in art and design from the University of Michigan in ’72, then he became an intern at DC, working with Murphy Anderson. As a penciler and inker, he worked on Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man, and co-created Firestorm. His art has appeared at Archie, Atlas, Dark Horse, and other publishers, and was an editor for Marvel and DC.

Schmalke is a comic creator, writer, illustrator and publisher of Midnight Factory. His work has been featured in Seven Years in Darkness, We Don’t Kill Spiders, Murder Hobo, One Last Trick, Prophets of Doom, The Infernal Pact, Cherry Blackbird, Phantom Starkiller, and The Electric Black. He has also produced variant covers for Image, BOOM!, Vault Comics, Mad Cave, Archie, IDW, and others.

Sparacio studied under Will Eisner at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, and while still in school, he was hired to paint the movie poster for The Draughtman’s Contract. He worked for Marvel and DC, created covers for Comics Buyer’s Guide and The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, and art for Garbage Pail Kids and other trading card sets. He wrote, drew, and painted the covers on Chelsea Dagger and is currently drawing and painting covers for the second and third volumes. He is also working on Bombshell and TommTomm and Witch Hammer at American Mythology.

Tucci is best known for his modern day samurai title, Shi, which has been printed in five languages and sold over three million comics. He has worked on Sgt. Rock, Harley Quinn, Flash Vs. Superman, and Batman, and retold the Christmas story in A Child Is Born. Tucci released the Shi: Return of the Warrior, Shi: Haikyo, and the Shi: Omnibus Vol. 1, illustrated Wonder Woman: Angel of Battle, and wrote the return of June Tarpe Mills’ golden age icon, Miss Fury. He recently released Shi: Return of the Warrior, Shi: Omnibus Edition, and Zombie-Sama.

“This year’s guests are amazing,” Baltimore Comic-Con show promoter Marc Nathan said. “We have superstars old and new, rising talents, seasoned veterans, and creators from all across the spectrum of comics genres. Attendees will not have to search hard for to find someone that they love, or to develop a new appreciation of someone new!”