San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Special Guests [UPDATE May 15]

Comic-Con International has begun unveiling this year’s list of Special Guests, the invited guests who appear at San Diego Comic-Con and are featured in a special “Spotlight” panel during the convention, so attendees have a chance to hear their favorite authors and artists speak live.

From their site, here’s the list of the Special Guests headed to SDCC 2024:

[NEW] Juanjo Guarnido • Artist, Blacksad: Somewhere within the Shadows, They All Fall Down
[NEW] Rick Law • Illustrator/producer, The Walt Disney Company, Drew: The Man Behind the Poster, Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
[NEW] Rick Parker • Artist/writer, Drafted, The Bossmen, Bullpen Bullseye, Beavis and Butt-Head
[NEW] Thien Pham • Graphic novelist/educator, Sumo, Family Style
[NEW] Linda Sunshine • Author, Plain Jane Works Out
[NEW] Mariko Tamaki • Co-creator, This One Summer, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
Charles Ardai • Creator/writer, Gun Honey, Hard Case Crime, Haven, The Nice Guys
Rodney Barnes • Writer/producer/comic creator, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, Zombie Love imprint
Daniel Clowes • Cartoonist/illustrator/screenwriter, Eightball, Ghost World
Gerry Conway • Creator/writer, co-creator of The Punisher, Firestorm, Power Girl, Man-Thing, Werewolf-by-Night
Naomi Novik • Writer, Scholomance trilogy, Buried Deep and Other Stories
Julia Wertz [APPEARING FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY] • Cartoonist, Museum of Mistakes, Drinking at the Movies, The Infinite Wait