Heroes Convention 2019

HEROES CONVENTION was founded in 1982 by Shelton Drum, owner of Charlotte’s Heroes Aren’t Hard To Find comics shop. Since then the convention has become famous for its comics-first and family-friendly atmosphere, where fans can mingle directly with professionals and exhibitors. Boasting an incredible guest list built mainly on reputation and goodwill, HeroesCon is known nationwide as a “must” on the summer schedule, drawing fans, exhibitors, and creators from every region of the country to the Charlotte Convention Center.

Guest List (subject to change):

BILL AMEND | AA-TBA
Foxtrot
DAVE AIKINS | AA-TBA
SpongeBob, Dora, Shimmer & Shine, Blaze, Zombies!!!
MATTHEW ALLISON | AA-TBA
Cankor Comics
JIM AMASH | AA-TBA 
Alter Ego magazine, Jughead, Sonic Universe, Archie and Friends
PAUL AZACETA | AA-TBA
Outcast, Graveyard of Empires, X-Men, Spider-Man
DUANE BALLENGER | AA-TBA
Haunted Samidge, Uptight, Wide Awake 666
DARRYL BANKS | AA-TBA
Green Lantern, Legion of Super Heroes, JLA 
JEREMY BASTIAN | AA-TBA 
Cursed Pirate Girl, The Guild: Tink, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard
JOHN BEATTY | AA-TBA
Secret Wars, Punisher, Batman, Thanos Quest
ANDY BELANGER | AA-TBA
Southern Cross, Vampirella, WWE
ALLEN BELLMAN | CANCELLED
Golden Age artist for Timely, Marvel, Atlas
ANDY BENNETT | AA-TBA
Vampire: the Masquerade, The Phantom, Kolchak the Night Stalker 
THOMAS BOATWRIGHT | AA-TBA
Zeke Deadwood, The Halloween Legion, Cemetery Blues
RYAN BODENHEIM | AA-TBA
The Dying & The Dead, Red Mass for Mars, Bloodshot, Black Panther, Wolverine
TAMRA BONVILLAIN | AA-TBA
Doom Patrol, Wayward, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
CHAD BOWERS | AA-TBA
Youngblood, X-Men ’92, Down Set Fight!
PAT BRODERICK | AA-TBA
Green Lantern, Micronauts, Nibiru and the Legend of the Anunnaki
WES BROOKS | AA-TBA
Undead Speed Equipment, Grim Riders
CHUCK BROWN | AA-TBA
Bitter Root, Choosing Sides, BitterRoot, Femme Magnifique
RYAN BROWNE | AA-TBA
Curse Words, God Hates Astronauts, Manhattan Projects, Bedlam
CHRIS BRUNNER | AA-TBA 
Loose Ends, Southern Bastards, Batman: LOTDK
FRANK BRUNNER | AA-TBA
Dr Strange, Conan, Howard the Duck
ANDREW BUCK | AA-TBA
Satani-Kill
CULLEN BUNN | AA-TBA
The Sixth Gun, Harrow County, Uncanny X-Men, Deadpool
BUZZ | AA-TBA
JSA, Vampirella, Atomika
BRENDAN CAHILL | AA-TBA
Darkness Visible, Sable & Fortune, Transformers
BEN CALDWELL | AA-TBA
Prez, A-Force, Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, Dare Detectives
CHRIS CAMPANA | AA-TBA
First World, The Adventures of Parker Reef
J CHRIS CAMPBELL | AA-TBA
Creator of Neatobots, Zig Zag & Publisher of Wide Awake Press 
ERIC CANETE | AA-TBA
New Avengers: Luke Cage, Amazing Spider-Man, Iron Man
VIC CARRABOTTA | AA-TBA
Golden Age Artist for Atlas Comics & Marvel Comics
RICHARD CASE | AA-TBA
Spider-Man, Doom Patrol, Hunter: The Age of Magic, Annie Ammo
JACOB CHABOT | AA-TBA
Spongebob Comics, Plants Vs. Zombies, The Mighty Skullboy Army
KEITH CHAMPAGNE | AA-TBA
Stranger Things, Green Lantern, JSA, The Switch: Electricia
RYAN CODY | AA-TBA
Doc Unknown, Monstrous, The Phantom
AARON CONLEY | AA-TBA
Sabertooth Swordsman, Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, It Girl!
STEVE CONLEY | AA-TBA
The Middle Age, Bloop, Astounding Space Thrills
BRIDGIT CONNELL | AA-TBA
Brother Nash
KATIE COOK | AA-TBA
Nothing Special, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Secret Wars: Secret Love, ABC-3PO, OBI-123
DENYS COWAN | AA-TBA
Black Panther, Power Man and Iron Fist, The Question
CREATUREBOX | AA-TBA
PATH, Ratchet & Clank, The MONSTER VOLUME 
SHAWN CRYSTAL | AA-TBA
Mother Panic, Arkham Manor, Scarlet Witch
TERESA R DAVIDSON | AA-TBA
Sonic the Hedgehog, Archie
PATRICK DEAN | AA-TBA
FLUKE, Big Deal Comics & Stories
KELLY SUE DECONNICK | AA-TBA
Bitch Planet, Pretty Deadly, Captain Marvel
MARC DEERING | AA-TBA
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Black Panther
JEFF DEKAL | AA-TBA
Iron Fist, Kingpin, Hulk
VANESA DEL REY | AA-TBA
Redlands, Scarlet Witch, Hit 1955, 1957 
J. M. DEMATTEIS | AA-TBA
Kraven’s Last Hunt, Justice League Dark, Booster Gold
MASON DICKERSON | AA-TBA
Take-Out Deluxe, Los Tres Perdidos, Peach Tree, Patty Island
ERYK DONOVAN | AA-TBA
Memetic, Cognetic, Eugenic, Quantum Teens Are Go
MICHAEL DOONEY | AA-TBA
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Grimm Fairy Tales, Gizmo 
COLLEEN DORAN | AA-TBA
A Distant Soil, The Sandman, Wonder Woman, Legion of Superheroes
JOEY ELLIS | AA-TBA 
Wolfie Monster and the Big Bad Pizza Battle, Leaky Timbers
MARIE ENGER | AA-TBA
Fhtagn and Loathing, Regression
STEVE EPTING | AA-TBA
Velvet, Captain America, Avengers
MARK EVANIER | AA-TBA
Kirby: King of Comics, Groo the Wanderer, New Gods
MICHEL FIFFE | AA-TBA
Copra, Zegas, Bloodstrike
NICK FILARDI | AA-TBA
Nightwing, Umbrella Academy, The Realm
JARED K FLETCHER | AA-TBA
Batman Damned, Paper Girls, Moonshine, TKO, Southern Bastards 
SCOTT FOGG | AA-TBA
Phileas Reid Knows We Are Not Alone, Action Lab: Dog of Wonder
CHARLES FORSMAN | AA-TBA
Slasher, Revenger, TEOTFW, Celebrated Summer
MATT FRACTION | AA-TBA
Sex Criminals, Casanova, ODY-C, Hawkguy
FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA | AA-TBA
Afterlife with Archie, The Black Beetle, Detective Comics
NAOMI FRANQUIZ | AA-TBA
Misfit City, Bitch Planet, Power & Magic
JENNY FRISON | AA-TBA
Wonder Woman, Red Sonja
MONICA GALLAGHER | AA-TBA
Part-Time Princesses, Bonnie N. Collide Nine to Five, Boobage
JOSÉ LUÍS GARCIA-LÓPEZ | AA-TBA
Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Deadman, Twilight, Atari Force
MICHAEL GARLAND | AA-TBA
New Mutants, Black Monday Murders, Leviathan
CHRIS GIARRUSSO | AA-TBA
Encounter, G-Man, Mini Marvels
JOE GIELLA | AA-TBA
Batman, Green Lantern, The Flash
KEITH GIFFEN | AA-TBA
Legion of Super-Heroes, Lobo, Ambush Bug, Justice League, Scooby Apocalypse
SCOTT GODLEWSKI | AA-TBA
Superman, Batwoman, Copperhead
MICHAEL GOLDEN | AA-TBA
The Nam, Punisher, Micronauts
GENE GONZALES | AA-TBA
DC Comics Licensing Artist, Iron Man 2 Cards, Diary of Night
J GONZO | AA-TBA
La Mano Del Destino
JOSH GREATHOUSE | AA-TBA
Regular Show, the Big Hit, Scotty Odyssey
RANDY GREEN | AA-TBA
Tomb Raider, Witchblade, New X-Men, Emma Frost, Teen Titans, Legends of the DCU
STEPHEN GREEN | AA-TBA 
BPRD, The Legacy of Luther Strode, Dark Horse Presents
SANFORD GREENE | AA-TBA
Bitter Root, Power Man & Iron Fist, Runaways, Rotten Apple, Deadpool
TOM GRINDBERG | AA-TBA
Marvel Comics Presents, Silver Surfer, Daredevil
TOM GRUMMETT | AA-TBA
New Titans, Adventures of Superman, Superboy, Power Company, Robin, New Thunderbolts
ROB GUILLORY | AA-TBA
Chew
GENE HA | HERO INITIATIVE BOOTH #1022
Top 10, The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix, Mae
JOHN HAIRSTON JR. | AA-TBA
1962: The Age of Marvels
BOB HALL | AA-TBA
West Coast Avengers, Shadowman 
CRAIG HAMILTON | AA-TBA
Aquaman, Starman, Fables, The Spectre
MARCUS HAMILTON | FRIDAY & SATURDAY ONLY | AA-TBA
Dennis the Menace
CULLY HAMNER | AA-TBA
The Question, Red, Batman
CORY HAMSCHER | AA-TBA
Star Wars: Age of Resistance, Incredible Hulk, Supreme
SCOTT HANNA | AA-TBA
Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-Man, Batman, X-Men
DUSTIN HARBIN | AA-TBA
BEHOLD! The Dinosaurs, DIARY COMICS, DHARBIN!
N STEVEN HARRIS | AA-TBA
Wildstorm: Michael Cray, Solarman, Watson and Holmes, Aztek
TONY HARRIS | AA-TBA
Blood Blister, Starman, JSA, Ex Machina
TOM HEINTJES | AA-TBA
Hogan’s Alley Magazine
ANDY HIRSCH | AA-TBA
The Baker Street Peculiars, Varmints, Garfield
NEAL HOLMAN | AA-TBA
Archer, Frisky Dingo, Science!, Redline, Sealab2021 
JASON HORN | AA-TBA
Aw Yeah Comics, Ninjasaur, Gruff
BRIAN HURTT | AA-TBA
The Damned, The Sixth Gun, Table Titans
GEORGES JEANTY | AA-TBA
Buffy, Serenity, 24 Legacy, Green Lantern
DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON | AA-TBA
Extremity, Murder Falcon, Space-Mullet
CASEY JONES | AA-TBA
Nightwing, Fantastic Four, Exiles, Excalbur, New Warriors
KELLEY JONES | AA-TBA
Batman, The Sandman
JUSTIN JORDAN | AA-TBA
Luther Strode, Spread, The Family Trade, Planet of the Apes/Green Lantern
KEENAN MARSHALL KELLER | AA-TBA
The Humans, Galactic Breakdown, Force Majeure
CHRIS KEMPLE | AA-TBA
Red Vengeance, Fallout, Negative Burn, Fantastic Worlds
KARL KESEL | AA-TBA
Section Zero, Harley Quinn, Superboy, Fantastic Four, Captain America: Patriot
MATT KINDT | AA-TBA
Dept. H, Mind MGMT, X-O Manowar
SHARLENE KINDT | AA-TBA
Dept. H, Mind MGMT
MIKE KUNKEL | AA-TBA
Eisner-Award winning creator of Herobear and the kid, Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam 
GREG LAND | AA-TBA
Uncanny X-Men, Weapons X, The Incredible Hulk
JASON LATOUR | AA-TBA
Southern Bastards, Spider-Gwen, Loose Ends, Black Cloud
MINDY LEE | AA-TBA
Bounty
JAY LEISTEN | AA-TBA
Death and Return of Wolverine, Uncanny X-Men
DANIEL LEISTER | AA-TBA
Lord of Gore, Werewolf Run, Hack/Slash 
RICK LEONARDI | AA-TBA
Cloak and Dagger, X-Men, Spider-Man 2099 
BRIAN LEVEL | AA-TBA
Avengers, Spider-Man, Namor, Inhumans, Deadpool, Batman, Hellblazer
MEGAN LEVENS | AA-TBA
Angel City, Spell on Wheels, Star Trek
MIKE LILLY | AA-TBA
Tick, Grimm Fairy Tales, Nightwing, Vampirella
JAMES LYLE | AA-TBA
Grimm Fairy Tales, Game of Horror, Abraham’s Journey
MIKE MAIHACK | AA-TBA
Cleopatra in Space, Sensation Comics featuring Wonder Woman
MATTHEW MANNING | AA-TBA
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teen Titans Go, Batman/TMNT Adventures 
STEVE MANNION | AA-TBA
Galaktikon, Fearless Dawn, The Bomb, Tales from the Crypt, Spook House
LAURA MARTIN | AA-TBA
Black Panther, A-Force, Ragnarök
PAUL MAYBURY | AA-TBA
Hunters, Cave Carson, Bloodstrike
JOHN McCREA | HERO INITIATIVE CANCELLED
The Demon, Hitman, Mars Attacks
BOB MCLEOD | AA-TBA
New Mutants, Spider-Man, Kraven’s Last Hunt
CARA MCGEE | AA-TBA
Dodge City, Over the Garden Wall, Black Canary: Ignite
BILL MCKAY | AA-TBA
Zombie Tramp, Dollface, Vampblade
DAWN MCTEIGUE | AA-TBA
Justice Leagues vs Suicide Squad, Lady Death, Harley Quinn and Her Gang of Harleys
KEVIN MELLON | AA-TBA
Archer, Suicide Sisters, Heart, Lovestruck
ADRIANA MELO | AA-TBA
Female Furies, Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer, Star Wars: Empire, Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica
AL MILGROM | AA-TBA
Firestorm, Thor, Captain Marvel, Spider-Man 
JASON MOORE | AA-TBA
Spook House, Batman Haunted Gotham, The Crusades, Evil Ernie Destroyer
DREW MOSS | AA-TBA
Copperhead, Terrible Lizard, The Colonized, The Crow: Pestilence, In the Dark
TED NAIFEH | AA-TBA
Heroines, Courtney Crumrin, Polly and the Pirates
TOM NEELY | AA-TBA
The Humans, Henry & Glenn Forever, The Blot
ROBERT NEWSOME | AA-TBA
Atomic Elbow, FLUKE
CARY NORD | AA-TBA
Conan, X-O Manowar, Eternal Warrior, Mutant X, Daredevil
KEVIN NOWLAN | AA-TBA
Dr Strange, Batman, Hellboy, Man-Thing
JERRY ORDWAY | AA-TBA
Superman , Captain Marvel, Infinity Inc., WildStar
TOM PALMER | AA-TBA
Star Wars, Avengers, X-Men, Daredevil, Tomb of Dracula, Kick-Ass
DAN PANOSIAN | AA-TBA
Slots, John Tiffany, Batwing, All Star Western
YANICK PAQUETTE | AA-TBA
New 52 Swamp Thing, Wonder Woman Earth One, Batman
BRETT PARSON | AA-TBA
Tank Girl, New Romancers 
JOE PEKAR | AA-TBA
Grimm Fairy Tales, Brandi Bare, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
ANDREW PEPOY | AA-TBA
Fables, The Simpsons, The Adventures of Simone & Ajax
RAMÓN PÉREZ | AA-TBA
Hawkeye, Tale of Sand, Spider-Man
DAVID PETERSEN | AA-TBA
Mouse Guard, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dark Crystal, Wind in the Willows
ED PISKOR | AA-TBA
Hip Hop Family Tree, X-Men: Grand Designs, Wizzywig, American Splendor
CHRIS PITZER | AA-TBA
Adhouse Books
ERIC POWELL | AA-TBA
The Goon, Big Man Plans, Hillbilly
ANDY PRICE | AA-TBA
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Star Trek: Waypoints, Tales for a Halloween Night
PAT QUINN | AA-TBA
The Phantom, GI Joe: Declassified, Necrotic
RON RANDALL | AA-TBA
TREKKER, Future Quest, Supergirl
TOM RANEY | AA-TBA
Infinite Crisis, Batman-Superman, Phantom Limb Ghost Puncher
ROD REIS | AA-TBA
Damnation, Secret Empire, C.O.W.L., Hadrian’s Wall
RICO RENZI | AA-TBA
Goddess Mode, Bitter Root, Spider-Gwen, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Loose Ends
MATTHEW ROBERTS | AA-TBA
Manifest Destiny, Battle Pope: Mayhem
ANDREW ROBINSON | AA-TBA
The Fifth Beatle, Dusty Star, Batman, Winter Soldier
PATRICK ROOKS | AA-TBA
Ripple Comics, Fandomonium
BUDD ROOT | AA-TBA
Cavewoman
DON ROSA | AA-TBA
The Life and Times of Uncle Scrooge, Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories
SCOTT ROSEMA | AA-TBA
Space Ghost, Batman Animated, X-Men Adventures
MIKE ROYER | AA-TBA
Mister Miracle, Kamandi, Superman, The Demon, Disney, Tarzan, New Gods
JIM RUGG | AA-TBA
Street Angel, Supermag, Afrodisiac
ANDY RUNTON | AA-TBA
Owly
STAN SAKAI | AA-TBA
Usagi Yojimbo, Groo the Wanderer
TIM SALE | AA-TBA
Captain America, Batman, Spider-Man, Catwoman
MATT SANTORELLI | AA-TBA
DC Rebirth, Superwoman, New Super-Man
MATTEO SCALERA | AA-TBA
Black Science, Dead Body Road, Ghosted, Hulk, Avengers
BRIAN SCHIRMER | AA-TBA
Fairlady, Black Jack Ketchum, Ultrasylvania
CHRIS SCHWEIZER | AA-TBA
The Creeps, The Crogan Adventures, Pirates of the Caribbean
BEN SEARS | AA-TBA
The Ideal Copy, Volcano Trash, Night Air, Double+
CHRISTOPHER SEBELA | AA-TBA
Shanghai Red, Crowded, Heartthrob, High Crimes, Injustice, Suicide Squad
MARLIN SHOOP | AA-TBA
LARP!, Grimm’s Fairy Tales: Myths and Legends
BILL SIENKIEWICZ | AA-TBA
Elektra: Assassin, Stary Toasters, New Mutants
HOYT SILVA | AA-TBA
Adventures in Crime, Operation: Nemesis, Quatermain: Ghosts of the Nzadi 
CHRIS SIMS | AA-TBA
X-Men ’92, Down Set Fight!, Swordquest
ANDY SMITH | AA-TBA
Demi-God, Thanos, X-Men, Stormwatch, Wolverine, Superman, Batman
BRIAN “SMITTY” SMITH | AA-TBA
Tree Mail, The Stuff of Legend, SpongeBob Comics
K LYNN SMITH | AA-TBA
Plume, Hope, Afterglow
STORME SMITH | AA-TBA
Buño Books
UKO SMITH | AA-TBA
Heavy Metal, FX2
JOHNDELL SNEAD | AA-TBA
Robyn Hood, Grimm Fairy Tales, Back to the Future, Rez
JOHN K. SNYDER III | AA-TBA
Eight Million Ways to Die, Zorro, Grendel, Suicide Squad, Doctor Mid-Nite
CHRIS SPARKS | AA-TBA
Team Cul de Sac, The Art of Richard Thompson
DOMO STANTON | AA-TBA
Starbrand & Nightmask, Prez, Deadpool, Chozen
KYLE STARKS | AA-TBA
Rock Candy Mountain, Rick and Morty, Sexcastle, Legend of Ricky Thunder
JOE STATON | AA-TBA
Green Lantern, E-Man, Dick Tracy, Scooby Doo
BRIAN STELFREEZE | AA-TBA
Black Panther, Day Men, Wednesday Comics, Batman
SARAH STERN | AA-TBA
Zodiac Starforce, Goldie Vance, Cindersong
KARL STORY | AA-TBA
Black Panther, Serenity, Thors, Tom Strong, Nightwing
BEN TEMPLESMITH | AA-TBA
The Squidder, Choker, Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, 30 Days of Night
JOHN TIMMS | AA-TBA
Harley Quinn
RICH TOMMASO | AA-TBA
Dick Tracy, Black Hammer, Dry County, Spy Seal, Dark Cooridor
WILFREDO TORRES | AA-TBA
Legion, Jupiter’s Circle, The Shadow: Year One, Lobster Johnson, Aliens
DEAN TRIPPE | AA-TBA
Something Terrible, Power Lunch, Butterfly, Project: Rooftop
BILLY TUCCI | AA-TBA
Shi, Sgt.Rock: The Lost Batallion, A Child Is Born
KEITH TUCKER | AA-TBA
Storyboard Artist: Pinky & the Brain, Duck Tales, He-Man; Cover Artist: Disney and WB Comics
JOHN VAN FLEET | AA-TBA
Batman, Typhoid, The X-Files
CHARLES VESS | AA-TBA
Stardust, Book of Ballads
TIM VIGIL | AA-TBA
Faust, EO, Webwitch, Frank Frazetta’s Dark Kingdom
RAMON VILLALOBOS |AA-TBA
Nighthawk, E Is For Extinction
CHRIS VISIONS | AA-TBA
Dead Letters, Spider-Gwen, Scarlet Witch, Devils on the Levee
DAVE WACHTER | AA-TBA
Breath of Bones, The Guns of Shadow Valley, Godzilla: Cataclysm
DOUG WAGNER | AA-TBA
Plastic, The Hard Place, Legends of the Dark Knight, The Ride
MARK WAID | AA-TBA
Captain America, Chanmpions, Fantastic Four, The Flash, Kingdom Come, Star Wars: Princess Leia
DAVID WALKER | AA-TBA
Bitter Root, Naomi, Power Man and Iron Fist, Shaft, The Life of Fredrick Douglass
ADAM WARREN | AA-TBA
Empowered, Dirty Pair, Gen 13
MICHAEL WATKINS | AA-TBA
Villains Supreme, Femme Noir, Transformers, Sonic The Hedgehog
LARRY WATTS | AA-TBA
Amy of Darkness, Evil Dead 2, Robyn Hood
LEE WEEKS | AA-TBA
Batman, Superman, Daredevil, Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man
JOEY WEISER | AA-TBA
Mermin, Spongebob Squarepants
JEREMY WHITLEY | AA-TBA
Unstoppable Wasp, Princeless, Rainbow Brite, Vampirella, Secret Wars: Secret Love
DAVID ANTOINE WILLIAMS | AA-TBA
X-Men: First Class, GI Joe, Incredible Hercules, Hulk & Power Pack
KELLY WILLIAMS | AA-TBA
Metaphase, Creepy, This Nightmare Kills Fascists
MATT WILSON | AA-TBA
The Wicked + The Divine, Thor, Black Cloud, Paper Girls, Captain America
RENEE WITTERSTAETTER | AA-TBA
Excess: The Art of Michael Golden, Joe Jusko: Savage Beauty
NOLAN WOODARD | AA-TBA
Darth Maul, Thrawn, Totally Awesome Hulk, All-New Wolverine
CRAIG YOE | AA-TBA
Yoe! Books 
SKOTTIE YOUNG | AA-TBA
Middlewest, Bully Wars, I Hate Fairyland, Rocket Racoon, Oz
CHIP ZDARSKY | CANCELLED
Sex Criminals, Howard The Duck, Jughead, Spider-Man
MIKE ZECK | AA-TBA
Secret Wars, Punisher, Captain America
ALEXIS ZIRITT | AA-TBA
Space Riders, Tarantula, The Package