Writers

Junji ItoLegend

Manga Artist, Writer

Ito finds horror in pattern and repetition: a spiral, a hole cut into a mountainside, a face that keeps coming back. His linework is meticulous, which only makes the transformations worse.

Katsuhiro OtomoLegend

Comic Artist, Manga Artist, Writer

Otomo draws cities with an architect's precision and then destroys them. Akira's scale, its crowds and its catastrophic set pieces reshaped what manga and animation were willing to attempt.

Khoi Pham

Writer

Khoi Pham is a writer. They will appear at the FanX Salt Lake Comic & Pop Culture Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah in September 2026.

Marc SilvestriLegend

Comic Artist, Inker, Penciller

Silvestri draws in sharp angles, whipping hair and tense wiry anatomy, a look that defined a stretch of Uncanny X-Men and Wolverine. He co-founded Image Comics and built Top Cow, home to Witchblade, Cyberforce and The Darkness.

Next: L.A. Comic Con, Oct 30 to Nov 1, 2026

Masashi KishimotoLegend

Manga Artist, Writer

Kishimoto's Naruto turned a ninja-village setting into a global franchise, with a fight-design language and a character roster that shaped a generation of shonen manga.

Mike MignolaLegend

Comic Artist, Cover Artist, Writer

Mignola composes in flat black shapes, letting shadow do the work a dozen lines would elsewhere. That language, drawing on folklore and pulp, produced Hellboy and the whole B.P.R.D. universe built around it.

Monica Gallagher

Designer, Illustrator, Writer

Monica Gallagher is a writer, illustrator, and designer. They will be appearing at Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia in September 2026.

Naoki UrasawaLegend

Manga Artist, Writer

Urasawa builds long-form suspense out of ordinary faces and small gestures, letting dread accumulate across hundreds of pages. Monster and 20th Century Boys demonstrate it most clearly.

Nikkol Jelenic

Comic Artist, Illustrator, Writer

Nikkol Jelenic is a comic artist, writer, and illustrator. They have worked with publishers such as Dynamite Entertainment and Iron Age Comics. Nikkol Jelenic will appear at the Super Jersey Comic Expo in Hillsborough, New Jersey in August 2026.

Patton Oswalt

Writer

Patton Oswalt is a writer. They will be appearing at Rose City Comic Con in Portland, Oregon in September 2026.

Rob LiefeldLegend

Comic Artist, Penciller, Writer

Liefeld's work is pure kinetic energy: extreme poses, heavy shoulders, everything at maximum. He drew New Mutants and launched X-Force at the peak of the nineties boom, co-created Deadpool and Cable, and co-founded Image Comics.

Rumiko TakahashiLegend

Manga Artist, Writer

Takahashi has produced hit series continuously since the late seventies, sliding between farce, romance and folklore. Urusei Yatsura, Ranma 1/2 and InuYasha all became international franchises.

Ryan OttleyMajor

Comic Artist, Cover Artist, Penciller

Ottley draws fights that hurt, with bodies breaking and expressions holding nothing back. He drew most of Invincible's run before moving to Amazing Spider-Man and Hulk.

Next: L.A. Comic Con, Oct 30 to Nov 1, 2026

Ryan Stegman

Comic Artist, Writer

Next: L.A. Comic Con, Oct 30 to Nov 1, 2026

Sean Gordon MurphyMajor

Comic Artist, Cover Artist, Writer

Murphy's line is fast and angular, and he loves drawing machinery: bikes, rigs, wreckage. Batman: White Knight let him write as well as draw, rebuilding Gotham on his own terms.

Next: C2E2, Apr 29 to May 2, 2027

Stephanie Phillips

Writer

Next: L.A. Comic Con, Oct 30 to Nov 1, 2026

Takehiko InoueLegend

Manga Artist, Writer

Inoue draws bodies in motion better than almost anyone, whether on the basketball court of Slam Dunk or in the brushwork of Vagabond. Real turns the same attention to wheelchair basketball.

Todd McFarlaneLegend

Comic Artist, Publisher, Writer

McFarlane drew Spider-Man with impossible contortions, spaghetti webbing and a restless line that kept every page in motion. He walked away at the height of that success to co-found Image Comics, where Spawn became one of the best-selling creator-owned books ever published.

Tom King

Author, Writer

Next: L.A. Comic Con, Oct 30 to Nov 1, 2026

Tony Fleecs

Publisher, Writer

Tony Fleecs is a writer and publisher. They are scheduled to appear at Rose City Comic Con in Portland, Oregon in September 2026.

Next: L.A. Comic Con, Oct 30 to Nov 1, 2026

Walt SimonsonLegend

Comic Artist, Penciller, Writer

Simonson breaks the page apart and rebuilds it: sound effects that double as design elements, panels tilting into each other, mythology drawn at full volume. His Thor is among the most imitated runs in superhero comics.