APRIL 29TH 2023 SPECIAL GUESTS

PUBLISHER • ARTIST

Crusade Comics • DC Comics • Marvel Comics

Coffin Comics • IDW • Dark Horse

SHI • Sgt.Rock: The Lost Battalion

Heroes For Hire • Ms. Fury • The Rocketeer Jonah Hex • Lady Death Harley Quinn

Batman: A Trick For The Scarecrow

Inkpot Award recipient Billy Tucci is an cartoonist best known for his modern-day samurai saga Shi. Shi has been printed in 5 languages and sold more than 3 million comic books.

 Billy has recently released Shi: Return of the Warrior, Shi: Haikyo, Shi: Omnibus Edition and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries  and bringing Crusade Comics’ exclusive crowdfunding campaign totals to  over $1,000,000.00. 

https://billytucci.com/

ARTIST • INKER • EDITOR

Superman • The Phantom • Alpha Flight

Marvel Tales • Web of Spiderman

Powerman & Iron Fist • Action Comics

Avengers West Coast • Captain America

The Avengers • Excalibur • Fantastic Four
G.I.Joe • Lobo • and more!!

Keith is a fan favorite at cons, and his career has spanned decades, on a variety of much loved and cherished characters, as you can see by his abbreviated credits list above! 

kwill916.deviantart.com

 Vice President of Publishing

Gemstone Publishing

J.C. Vaughn is best known as the Vice-President of  Publishing for Gemstone Publishing, the home of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. In his 21 years with the  company, his work has included Hake’s Price Guide To Character Toys, The Overstreet Guide To Grading Comics, The Overstreet Guide To Collecting Comics, The Overstreet Guide To Collecting Comic & Animation Art, The Overstreet Guide To Collecting Movie Posters, The Overstreet Guide To  Cosplay, Comic Book  Marketplace, and other titles. He helped  establish Geppi’s Entertainment Museum and has curated or co-curated a number  of the exhibits there

J.C. Vaughn has created or co-created Zombie-Proof (with Vincent Spencer), Antiques: The Comic Strip, The  Flight, and Vampire, PA (with  Brendon & Brian Fraim), Return of the  Human (with Mark Wheatley), Bedtime Stories for Impressionable Children,  McCandless & Company, and other  properties.

He  also has written or co-written Shi (with Billy Tucci), Mighty Samson (with Jim Shooter), Cory Doctorow’s Futuristic Tales of the Here & Now,  Blue Beetle in the DC Universe Holiday Special 2008, and Battlestar  Galactica.  In the process he has worked with 20th Century Fox, Crusade Fine  Arts,  Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Disney, EC Comics, IDW Publishing, Image Comics, and Universal Studios, among others.

CGC WITNESSING FACILITATOR

Royal Collectibles will be witnessing at the show so all of you can get that pretty CGC Signature Series Yellow Label on your signed and sketched pieces from the show! 

They have 2 awesome Brick N Mortar shops in Flushing & Astoria Queens!

Be sure to check them out

https://royalcomicsnyc.com/

https://www.facebook.com/royalcollectibles/

https://www.facebook.com/royalcollectiblesastoria/

JOSH AVERY is a well known and reputable Presser in the hobby.

He offers Pre-screening Services for Comic Book Pressing and Grading, Cleaning and Pressing Services, & he can submit your books to CGC or CBCS for you directly and gives you his discount with both companies.

Josh also can witness for CBCS!

He's a one stop shop to get your books Cleaned, Pressed, Graded, & Witnessed with CBCS!

www.averycomicpressing.com