Writer of Star Wars, Thors, and Southern Bastards to appear at Planet Comicon Kansas City 2016 Comic book writer Jason Aaron, known for his work...
Author of the bestselling series from HarperCollins—Felix Gomez Detective-Vampire. Author at Wordfire Press. Mario Acevedo’s debut novel, The N...
Legendary comics artist of Superman, Batman, Green Arrow/Green Lantern, X-Men and many more. Co-Creator of classic characters Ra’s al Ghul, John St...
Cross-genre author, has been published in multiple anthologies, magazines, and one omnibus. Latest series: The Blood War Chronicles. The first n...
Award-winning creator of Foxtrot Bill Amend is a Kansas City area cartoonist, best known for his comic strip FoxTrot. He attended high school in...
Welsh actor and Web series producer best known for his role as Vex in Lost Girl and the voice and motion capture actor of Jacob Frye in Assassin’s ...
Bestselling Author, Star Wars, StarCraft, X-Files Kevin J Anderson is the author of 120 books, 51 of which appeared on bestseller lists with 23 ...
The voice of Wedge Antilles in Star Wars: A New Hope A film/television actor and writer. He was cast by Fred Roos and George Lucas to do the voi...
New York Times bestselling author Ellie Ann is a New York Times bestselling author of thrillers, science fiction, and fantasy. Her latest work i...
Cartoonist of Gooch and Anything that Loves Tara Madison Avery published her first professional comics in 1990 in the now defunct Lawrence, KS m...
An actor, voice actor, singer, and musician known for portraying lead characters in video games including the much-anticipated Uncharted 4. Voice ...
A freelance colorist for comic book companies such as Zenescope, Image, After Hours Press, Antarctic Press and many others. In just a short 5 years...
Interior/Cover Artist and Creator of Mojo Eric “Ebas” Basaldua began working at Top Cow in 2000 under the direct tutelage of Top Cow founder Mar...
Jonathan Manu Bennett was born in New Zealand on October 10, 1969. His mother was an Australian bikini model and his father was a New Zealand singe...
Comic book writer and artist of Mercy Sparx and Operation Nemesis, based in Chicago, IL. Creative force behind Devil’s Due Entertainment. Josh B...
World renowned illustrator and cover artist Tim Bradstreet, one of the most popular illustrators from the world of comic and film, is scheduled ...
An artist best known for his character driven, creature and cover illustrations, created in his intense and unique line art style. Traditional p...
An actress, voice actress, and photographer. Her credits include The Walking Dead, American Horror Story and various voices for the animated TV sho...
Actor best known for portraying the bounty hunter Boba Fett in the Star Wars films The Empire Strikes Back and The Return of the Jedi. Jeremy Bu...
Writer of Uncanny X-Men, Lobo, Sinestro, The Damned, The Sixth Gun and Moon Knight. Cullen Bunn is a writer of comic books , short stories and n...
Artist of Batman Adventures and Lady Sabre Rick Burchett draws the popular webcomic Lady Sabre & The Pirates of the Ineffable Aether, which is w...
Author of The Dresden Files, The Codex Alera, and a new steampunk series, The Cinder Spire. Jim Butcher’s resume includes a laundry list of skil...
A comic book artist well known for his depiction of beautiful ladies in comics. Some better known works from Buzz include the books JSA, Atomika...
An American comic book writer and artist famous for his innovative storytelling and sometimes controversial material. His comics include Star Wars,...
A Kansas City based costume and fashion designer. Since early childhood, Chroma has had a passion for Sci-fi, Anime, and video games, which larg...
Doctor Who’s Clara Oswald Saturday and Sunday only Jenna Coleman is an English actress best known for her role as Clara Oswald in the British...
Artist of Harley Quinn, and Starfire Amanda Conner started out in comics working on small projects for Marvel and Archie. She had been working a...
Comic book artist and writer of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and the webcomic, Gronk. Katie Cook has worked projects for DC, Marvel, and ...
Writer of Solitary, Clock Puncher, and Barrens CW Cooke is a comic book writer living in the Kansas City area who has been working in comics sin...
Graphic novelist of Nod Away, Driven by Lemons and Skyscrapers of the Midwest Cartoonist Joshua Cotter creates compelling, personal graphic nove...
Abby DarkStar is part of a wife & husband cosplay team with Keith Zen. The couple pulls off some of the best double costume play and are scheduled ...
Star of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Doctor Who. Arthur Darvill is scheduled for Planet Comicon Kansas City 2016Arthur Darvill is the star of th...
Writer of Star Trek Communicator, Star Trek: Seekers Kevin Dilmore began his Trekkish life in 1998 with an eight-year run as a contributing writ...
Ivy Doomkitty has been an avid fan of comics and gaming since childhood and enjoyed going to them as a fan for 11 years. In the last 4 years, Ivy h...
Star of I Dream of Jeannie and Harper Valley P.T.A. Barbara Eden is one of America’s most endearing and enduring stars. Her I Dream of Jeannie ...
Farscape’s Chiana Gigi Edgley is an internationally renowned actress originally from Australia. Edgley has starred in countless film and televis...
Once Upon a Time, Breaking Bad and Revolution Giancarlo Esposito is a celebrated television, film and stage actor whose acting career spans seve...
Voice actor of Goofy and Pluto for Disney as well as standup comedy and impressions. What began in the standup comedy clubs of America’s heartla...
Actor, trainer, fitness consultant, bodybuilder. As a bodybuilder, Lou Ferrigno won an IFBB Mr. America title and two consecutive IFBB Mr. Unive...
Star of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Jason David Frank is well-known for his role of Tommy Oliver in the long-running television show Power Rang...
Kansas City area illustrator working as Walt Disney artist on “The Rocketeer,” “Disney’s Haunted Mansion” and Penguin Books’ “The Valley.” Bryan...
Concept Artist and Sculptor: Diamond Select Toys and Sideshow Collectibles After studying commercial art in college, Rudy Garcia began his profe...
Chris Grine is an artist and writer for Hallmark and creator of Chickenhare. Chris Grine is the creator of Chickenhare, which was published as a...
Jordan Gunderson Posted on April 12, 2016 Jordan Gunderson is scheduled for Planet Comicon Kansas City 2016Artist – The Four Points; Fathom Annua...
Comics creator known for The Beauty, Constantine, and Bad Karma Jeremy Haun is the current artist on Constantine. Wolf Moon, by Jeremy and Culle...
Writer, physicist, social media maven and all around swell guy, he has published over 1,000 comic books in his 22 year career at Image Comics and T...
Alexa is a cosplayer, artist, and 8-bit gamer from St. Louis, Missouri. After spending years piecing costumes together and creating her own costume...
Artist of Green Arrow and The Flash: Season Zero Phillip Hester has been writing and drawing comics for nearly three decades, beginning while st...
A cosplay costumer and prop maker Calen Hoffman has been making high quality props and costumes for about 8 years. His work has been seen all ...
Writer of Spider-Woman, House of M, and All-New X-Men Hopeless’ first published work was on GearHead in 2007 with Arcana Comics. His first work ...
A Missouri-based comics creator and retailer, and the co-writer of The Beauty. Jason A Hurley has been in the comic book game for over 15 years...
Artist of The Damned and The Sixth Gun with writer Cullen Bunn Brian Hurtt got his start in comics working on Greg Rucka’s Queen & Country. This...
Publisher of Big Dog Ink Tom Hutchison is the creator/writer of the Legend of Oz: The Wicked West, Critter, Ursa Minor, Penny For Your Soul and ...
Iron Brothers of Topeka, consists of Mike Haze (Iron Man), Chris Haze (War Machine) and Neal Haze (Iron America, a cross between Iron Man and Capta...
Nicole Marie Jean began her journey into the cosplay and convention world in 2011. It was the previous year that she discovered what cosplay was. N...
Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Powerpuff Girls, and Wild Thornberrys As a voice actor, Tom Kane has played Jedi Master Yoda ten times, and C-3PO eve...
Creator of Mind MGMT, Revolver, and writer of Rai, Ninjak, and Unity From the creator’s website: “Matt Kindt is the New York Times Best-Selling ...
Writer of Headlocked Michael Kingston is best known as the writer/creator of the acclaimed wrestling drama, Headlocked. Funded through two ultra...
A comic book artist with work on many of Aspen Comics’ hit titles, including Michael Turner’s Fathom and All New Fathom, Michael Turner’s Eternal S...
Actor, Director, Host, Founder: GeekNation.com Acting & Producing Clare Kramer is an award-‐winning actress, best known for her portrayal of...
Cosplay Judge—Manager, USTOY Costume Shop. Special FX Makeup Artist Leatha LaGuardia manages the makeup & costume department for U.S. Toy & Cons...
Comic book artist and writer of Southern Bastards and Spider-Gwen Jason Latour’s current projects include the co-creation of and art duties on S...
Marvel Comics legend. We are incredibly excited and truly honored to have Stan Lee coming to Kansas City. He is a visionary who has brought a whol...
If you ask Erin Lei to talk about herself, she’ll tell you that she’s that awkward girl who loves to meet new people but always says the weirdest t...
Artist of Wonderland, Hack/Slash and Lord of Gore. Daniel Leister was born in Germany in 1976. He has been drawing most of his life, but didn’t ...
Daniel Logan is a New Zealander actor known for his role as the young Boba Fett in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, which he continued i...
Writer at Devil’s Due Entertainment Ash Maczko is the creator and writer of the Squarriors comic book serial for Devil’s Due Entertainment. He i...
Star of Firefly, Serenity, Batman vs. Robin, and Arrow Firefly‘s Sean Maher is coming to Planet Comicon Kansas City 2016. Maher is known for his...
Co-owner/Founder of Aspen Comics and writer of Shrugged, Overtaken, Dellec and Fear Effect. In 2003, creator Frank Mastromauro, along with fello...
Peter Mayhew is an English actor of American citizenship and previously a hospital orderly. Mayhew was born in Barnes, south west London. He is 7 f...
Hip Hop pioneer and icon, creator of the independent publishing house Darryl Makes Comics Darryl McDaniels appears at Planet Comicon Kansas City...
Comics artist and illustrator Dawn McTeigue is a comic book artist. You can see her work as the interior artist for JP Roth’s Southern Nightgown...
Comics creator and Archer storyboard artist Kevin Mellon’s work includes Gearhead (Arcana Studio) and Lovestruck (Image Comics) with Dennis Hope...
Author of The Curse of Jacob Tracy Holly Messinger is best known to Planet Comicon fans as a costume designer, but now she is making her debut a...
Cover Artist of Aliens vs. Zombies & Warlord of OZ Jason Metcalf grew up in the Pacific Northwest dreaming of a career in comics and fantasy art...
Star of Clerks, Mallrats, and Chasing Amy Indie film icon, Jason Mewes, is perhaps best known as the vocal half of the on-screen comedic duo, Ja...
Star of Fullmetal Alchemist and Star Trek Continues Vic Mignogna is an American actor, voice actor and musician known for his prolific work in t...
Artist of Godzilla in Hell Buster Moody is the Kansas City based artist and co-creator of underground comic hit Task Force Rad Squad with writer...
Writer of Hawaiian Dick, Adventures of Superman, The Vampire Diaries B. Clay Moore has written comic books for virtually every major publisher, ...
Artist The Walking Dead, Deadpool Tony Moore’s work consists mainly of genre pieces, notably in horror and science fiction. He has worked on tit...
Artist of Legionnaires, X-Men Legends, Star Trek Voyager, Star Trek/Legion of Superheroes. Jeffrey Moy has worked as a professional artist in co...
Writer of Dream Thief Comic book writer, Jai Nitz is the co-creator (with Greg Smallwood) of Dream Thief published by Dark Horse Comics, and has...
An actor and voice actor who is most well known for his voice work as Desmond Miles from the Assassin’s Creed video game series, and Nathan Drake f...
Film and television actor with roles in movies and television including HBO’s True Blood, The Good Wife and American Horror Story. Denis O’Hare ...
Star of Battlestar Galactica, Blade Runner, Stand and Deliver, Miami Vice Edward James Olmos is coming to Planet Comicon Kansas City 2016. Olmos...
Award-winning writer of Painkiller Jane, Harley Quinn, and Starfire Jimmy Palmiotti has a wide range of experience and background in advertisin...
Danielle Panabaker is a talented actress on the rise who challenges herself with each new character she portrays across television and film. Thi...
Creator of Archie Comics’ Kevin KellerDan Parent is scheduled for Planet Comicon Kansas City 2016 Dan Parent is writer/artist best known for his...
Writer of Fear Itself: Wolverine, X-Men, and Bad Karma Volume One Seth Peck’s first comics work was on The Expatriate in 2005 for Image continu...
Artist of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Andy Price is known for his illustrations of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic published by IDW....
Twin sisters from Kansas City, Missouri, who began cosplaying waaaay back in 2005. Pros and Cons Cosplay are Tiphani and Tamarah Dixon. Con is Med...
Creator of Lady Death and Evil Ernie Brian Pulido_guestboxb Brian Pulido created the Chaos! Comics universe including Lady Death, Evil Ernie,...
Eisner and Harvey Award Winning Cartoonist of Uncle Scrooge Don Rosa, one of the world’s most acclaimed cartoonists, is scheduled to appear at P...
Creator of Ancient Dreams, Southern Nightgown and Theory of Magic JP Roth is a writer, artist and entrepreneur who has been freelance writing fo...
Comics Colorist and Illustrator with a long list of credits. She is the Creator of the fantasy comic sensation The Secret Life of Crows. Nei Ruf...
Artist of S.W.O.R.D.,Wolverine & the X-Men, and Deadpool Steven Sanders is an artist whose comic work includes Wolverine & the X-Men, Five Fists...
A Kansas City born and bred artist with a lifelong love of comic books, illustration, street artists, quality crime dramas, and other hipster thing...
Bestselling author and editor Bryan Thomas Schmidt is an author and editor who is known for books including The Worker Prince and Abraham Lincol...
Dan Scott is a freelance illustrator working out of Kansas City The majority of Dan Scott’s work is full color illustrations but does include co...
Fan favorite comics creator and illustrator Bill Sienkiewicz (pronounced sin-KEV-itch) is an Eisner Award-winning artist and writer best known f...
A cosplayer for the last 6 years (since the age of 10) Sloane focuses on young, strong female characters from Disney, comic books, movies and ma...
Artist of Dream Thief and S.H.I.E.L.D. Artist Greg Smallwood is the co-creator (with Jai Nitz) of Dream Thief, published by Dark Horse Comics. ...
An artist and designer from the Mid-Michigan area, creator/artist of the webcomic Plume K Lynn Smith found her start in the comic book world as ...
A Kansas City area Cosplayer and prop builderSteven K Smith s scheduled to appear at Planet Comicon Kansas City 2016 Steven K Smith (SKS Props) ...
Animator, storyboard artist, sketch card artist Todd Aaron Smith has worked as a professional animator and storyboard artist, including storyboa...
Cover and interior artist on TMNT: Amazing Adventures Jon Sommariva is an artist from Sydney, Australia. He has had work published by Image Com...
Artist, Writer and Intellectual Properties Producer Rick Stasi is an artist/writer/intellectual properties producer with credits at DC Comics, M...
Comics artist of Green Lantern, E-man, and Dick Tracy Joe Staton has been drawing comics since he started working for Charlton Comics in 1971, w...
Co-Owner of Aspen Comics and a superstar colorist and artist. Peter Steigerwald began his career working for Top Cow Productions. He has worked...
Artist and co-creator of Image Comics’ Spread Kyle Strahm is a Kansas City-based comic book artist. His new book, Spread, became available from ...
A costuming and performance art collective based in Kansas City, specializing in cosplay and cosplay related events. Super Sirens. Cosplayers. M...
Star Trek’s Sulu and social media icon George Takei is scheduled for Planet Comicon Kansas City 2016George Takei is an actor, social justice act...
Co-creator of 30 Days of Night Ben Templesmith is widely known for his work in the comic book industry where he has received multiple nomination...
Comics Artist and Painter Born and raised in New York City, Mark attended Manhattan’s High School of Art and Design. He was granted a Presidenti...
Star of Firefly and Con Man “Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!” “Oh my god! What could it be? We’re all doomed! Who’s flying this th...
Actor/Filmmaker Jason Turner has played everything from a Catholic priest who lost his faith to a professional bank robber. Well known in the Ka...
Ultragirls Cosplay consists of Sophii and Cissa. Both girls come from different “cosplay” backgrounds and combined their superpowers in December 20...
#1 bestselling cross-genre writer and Managing Editor of WordFire Press. Peter J Wacks has worked across the creative fields in gaming, televisi...
Creator of Blood of Dragons, an art project exploring a draconic urban fantasy worlde Tyler Walpole, a native of Des Moines, Iowa, has been a va...
Bestselling author of Star Trek short stories and novels. Dayton Ward is the New York Times bestselling author or co-author of numerous novels a...
Dan Wells writes in a variety of genres, from dark humor to science fiction to supernatural thriller. Born in Utah, he spent his early years readin...
Artist of Batman / TMNT and Jonas Quantum Freddie Williams II is a comic book writer and artist who has drawn comics including Robin, The Flash,...
Comics artist and illustrator of Heartthrob, Knuckleheads, Like a Virus and Bitch Planet #3 as well as a band poster artist Robert Wilson IV cur...
Ashley Witter IllustratorAshley Witter is scheduled for Planet Comicon Kansas City 2016 Ashley Witter is the illustrator for the comic book seri...
Illustrator, Cartoonist, Concept Artist and Caricature Artist for charity. Darryl Woods (Darth Artist) is a Lucasfilm Licensed artist who uses h...
Artist for Archie Comics and Bongo Comics Simpsons Mike Worley was born in Atchison, Kansas. He was a school teacher before turning to an artist...
Comics artist and illustrator for Vice and Sanjay and Craig Kelsey Wroten is taking the worlds of comics and illustration by storm. The recent K...
Keith Zen is part of a wife & husband cosplay team with Abby DarkStar. The couple pulls off some of the best double costume play and are scheduled ...
