Special Guests

Kurt Busiek

Eisner Award-winning writer/creator of Astro City, writer of Marvels, Superman, Conan, Trinity, JLA/Avengers, Marvels: Eye Of The Camera, Spider-Man/Mary Jane, Wednesday Comics, The Brave and the Bold, Iron Man, I Am An Avenger, Age Of Heroes, Kirby: Genesis and many more.

Matthew Clark

Artist of Ghost Rider, The Amazing Spider-Man, Superman/Batman, The Outsiders, Wonder Woman, and The Punisher.

Tom Cook

Animator on shows such as He-Man and the Master of the Universe, SuperFriends, Scooby Doo, and Thundarr the Barbarian, plus films such as Prince and the Pauper, Roger Rabbit and Thumblina.

Katie Cook

Katie is best known for her work on My Little Pony, Fraggle Rock, and Star Wars to name a few. She has recently done the varient cover for Helheim #1 from RCCC Sponsor, Oni Press!

Kelly Sue DeConnick

A writer whose work includes the new Captain Marvel, Ghost, Avenging Spider-Man, Invincible Iron-Man, Osborn, Supergirl, Yo Gabba Gabba and Castle.

Randy Emberlin

Known for his work on title such as GI Joe, The Amazing Spiderman, Doctor Strange, and Ghost. Randy has been in the business for over 30 years and probably worked on some of the things you have in your collection.

Matt Fraction

Writer for The Mighty Thor, Journey Into Mystery, Invincible Iron Man, Hawkeye, Defenders, Avengers Vs. X-Men, Fear Itself and his creator owned book Casanova.

Adam Hughes

Most commonly known for his stylized renderings of women; super heroines, damsels in distress, figures in fantasy and considered by many to be one of a new generation of Good Girl artists, his talent has allowed him to partner in the past with Marvel, DC, Lucasfilm, Playboy, and Sideshow collectibles to name just a few. He is currently the artist of Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan and cover artist on Fairest, both by DC Comics.

Joelle Jones

Illustrator on House of Night, The Girl Who Owned a City, 12 Reasons Why I Love Her, Madame Xanadu, Dr. Horrible, and Ultimate Spider-Man.

Joe Kelly

is an American comic book writer, penciler and editor who has written such titles as Deadpool, Uncanny X-Men, Action Comics, and JLA. As part of the comics creator group Man of Action, Kelly is one of the creators of the animated series Ben 10.

Karl Kesel

He built a reputation as an inker on Superman, and Suicide Squad before he moved on to writing such titles as Fantastic Four, Daredevil and The Human Torch for Marvel and Batman/Superman: World’s Finest and Harley Quinn for DC. Karl is also a member of Periscope Studio!

Steve Lieber

Eisner Award nominee for his work on Whiteout. Also know for his work on other title such as Hawkeye, Alabaster: Wolves, and Detective Comics to name just a few.

Aaron Lopresti

Artist of Green Arrow, Sword of Sorcery, Justice League International, My Greatest Adventure, Weird Worlds, R.E.B.E.L.S., Green Lantern Corps and Spider-Man: The Vengeance of Venom.

Ibrahim Moustafa

Moustafa is a rising star in the industry and a Portland local that Rose City Comic Con calls a friend. He is best known for The Pound: Ghouls Night Out from IDW and the digital comic High Crimes.

Dustin Nguyen

Dustin Nguyen is an American comic artist whose body of work, for the past 13 years, includes – Wildcats v3.o, The Authority Revolution, Batman, Superman/Batman, Detective Comics, his creator owned project- Manifest Eternity, Batgirl, and Batman: Streets of Gotham. His recent projects include co-writing and illustrating Justice League Beyond and illustrating Vertigo’s American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares. Currently, he produces the entire art for DC’s all ages series- BATMAN: Lil Gotham written by himself and Derek Fridolfs. Aside from providing cover illustrations for the majority of his own books, his cover art can also be found on titles from Batman Beyond , Batgirl, Justice League: Generation Lost, Supernatural and Friday the 13th, to numerous other DC titles.

Ethan Nicolle

Co-creator and Artist of a hit web-series and comic from Dark Horse Comics, Axe Cop. Soon to be a television series on the Fox network.

Michael Oeming

Eisner award winner for his work on Powers. He is also known for his work on Bullet Proof Monk, Thor, Judge Dredd, Mice Templar and his newest title from Dark Horse Comic, The Victories.

Jeff Parker

Is the writer of titles such as Dark Avengers, Hulk, Batman 66, and Red She-Hulk just to name a few. Jeff is also a member of Periscope Studios based in Portland, Oregon.

Ron Randall

An artist who has worked on notable titles such as Super Girl, Wonder Woman, The Outsiders, Justice League, and his own creation - Trekker.

Patric Reynolds

Patric has worked with Patton Oswalt and Joss Whedon on Serenity: Float
Out, and Mike Mignola on Abe Sapien: the Haunted Boy. Currently he is illustrating
City of Roses (written by Phil Standford), a graphic novel based on
true crime stories in Portland during the 1970s.

Jamie S. Rich

An author of both comics and prose, best known for his collaborations with Joëlle Jones on the books 12 Reasons Why I Love Her and You Have Killed Me. He is currently writing the foul-mouthed comedy Spell Checkers for Oni Press and working on a variety of Madman-related projects with Mike Allred.