VIP Tickets!

VIP Shirt

Don't forget that VIP tickets are only on sale here and only until May 31! It's the only place you can get this fantastic shirt designed by Rob E. Brown!

Come on! It is the perfect Mother's Day gift, or order ahead for Father's Day!!


Creator Announcement!

Ryan King

Ryan King is coming to Derby City Comic Con!

Hailing from Cincinnati, Ryan King is an illustrator, dad, husband, and overall swell guy. When he isn’t procrastinating, he is co-writing the Stale Popcorn webcomic and co-hosting The Incredible Hulkcast, Ultra Friends GO! and The Trip podcasts. Currently, Ryan is drawing his first comic book story called "Resident Aliens" which will be featured in the upcoming Strange Places anthology, which he hopes will be the first of many to come. Perhaps Ryan's biggest (and most dubious) achievement to date was co-creating the viral video "Hey Ya, Charlie Brown." The things that make Ryan smile include the Muppets, the Hulk, his family, and peanut butter.


Small Press Announcement!

Monument Comics

Monument Comics is coming to Derby City Comic Con!

Founded in 2011 by Stephen Vickers, Monument is a collaboration of artists and is used as a platform to showcase their works. Either as individuals, or as a collaborative effort, the focus is on the artists. We dedicate a lot of our time to the stories; whether it be novels, short stories, comics, graphic novels, or individual cartoons. But we also enjoy producing a variety of works from a variety of mediums, including graphic design. After self-publishing his first comic Unmarked: Book One, inspired by his late grandfather Ronald Kinnius, he has been recruited by Justin Skeens, a local writer to co-write and illustrate his comic Red Tape. He is also working on a third story with Jared Stacy called Malignant.

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Creator Announcement!

Nate Lovett

Nate Lovett is coming to Derby City Comic Con!

Artist Nate Lovett is best known for his highly animated work on Xombie:Reanimated, but since then he's done a variety of work, from colors (Hack/Slash, Double Feature) to concept/package art for companies like Hasbro and more. Most recently he's completed Gear Monkey with Aubrey Sitterson for Double Feature, as well as the start of it's own web comic. Currently he is working on pencils for Redakai for Viz with Wright Height Media.


Creator Announcement!

Twilight Star Studios

Twilight Star Studios is returning to Derby City Comic Con!

Artists Kevin Adkins, Gary Church and Chad Strohl bring the Studio back to Derby City!


Creator Announcement!

Scott DM Simmons

Scott D. M. Simmons is returning to Derby City Comic Con!

Scott D.M. Simmons is a freelance comic book and sketch card illustrator, known for his artwork for Star Wars licensees, the Arcana graphic novel The Dead Cell, indie comics like Our Super Mom, Halloween Man, and Hero Chronicles, as well as his creator-owned series Knights of P.O.W.E.R. His inking work has appeared in Image Comics' Hack/Slash collected volumes and in various Halloween Man stories. His sketch card artwork has appeared in officially licensed sets for Star Wars, Dynamo 5, Zombies Versus Cheerleaders, Sheena, Golden Age of Comics, and more, with base card art also done for a few sets. He has contributed art for Moonstone's Voltron: United and Drawn, New Comic Day, and Mr. Jigsaw. Other credits include Wannabez, Jenny Everywhere, Mute, Global Comic Jam, as well as various CDs, magazines, and educational books. Scott and his wife live in the Cincinnati, Ohio area.


Creator Announcement!

John Barker

John Barker is returning to Derby City Comic Con!

John Barker is the author of the critically acclaimed Arcana Studios graphic novel, The Dead Cell. Renowned for his deeply layered storytelling, John is also the author of an award winning series of essays on the philosophy of theology, and is a Doctor of Divinity. John has recently completed several other projects soon to be hitting stores nationwide, including The Dark and Avery Vernum and the Monsters on the Sun.


Ticket now on sale!!

Derby Girl Button

2012 tickets are on sale today!

To pick up your tickets online, go here! VIP tickets are only available online and will only be available until May 31, so get them now!

Tickets are also available at these Louisville area retail outlets - The Great Escape, The Zone Comic Shop, Comic Book World, Empire Comics, and Role of the Die.

The exclusive 2012 Derby Girl button is only available at retail outlets or as part of the VIP package!

Creator Announcement!

Craig Boldman

Craig Boldman is coming to Derby City Comic Con!

Artist / writer Craig Boldman is best identified with his work for Archie Comics. He has written over 100 consecutive issues of the Jughead comic book, teamed with artist Rex Lindsey, and has been the writer of the Archie syndicated comic strip since 1992. He has also frequently contributed stories to the entire Archie Comics line.

Craig has worked on Superman, 'Mazing Man, Bugs Bunny, Disney's Doug, Disney's Recess, Ed Edd & Eddie, Bazooka Joe and his own webcomic (and upcoming comic book) - Tailipoe. Craig served as the chairperson of the Great Lakes chapter of the National Cartoonists Society from 2006-20011. He has been an actor in numerous theatrical and film productions, including the upcoming, "The Last Race."

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Creator Announcement!

Mark Kidwell

Mark Kidwell is coming to Derby City Comic Con!

Writer/Artist Mark Kidwell is the co-creator/writer of the new ongoing Vietnam/zombie epic ’68 from Image comics, writer/illustrator/creator of the splatterpunk horror mini-series Bump as well as the writer of Frazetta Comics’ Dark Kingdom series and the Frazetta western, Freedom. His recent work with Jay Fotos and Jeff Zornow, Tyrannosaurus Rex from IMAGE COMICS, sold out in one day. Other projects include: Writing/illustrating the Lovecraftian one-shot Creature From the Depths, the story “39 Spikes” for IDW and Gene Simmons’ House of Horrors and penciling/inking the horror graphic novel Jack the Lantern: War of the Soul for Castle Rain Entertainment. He has illustrated gaming manuals for Reaper Games and Hackmaster and has designed creature and makeup effects for Robert Kurtzman’s PRECINCT 13 studio on such projects as Dee Snider’s STRANGELAND 2, Jack Ketchum and Lucky McKee’s THE WOMAN and the upcoming JOHN DIES AT THE END by Don Coscarelli. Mark is also the screenwriter for the upcoming film version of BUMP, directed by SFX superstar Robert Kurtzman and author of the newly published Bump novel.


Creator Announcement!

Rene Blansette

Rene Blansette is returning to Derby City Comic Con!

Rene Blansette is not a Louisville native, but has been living here since 1988. He attended the University of Louisville, where he joined the staff of the Louisville Cardinal, the school’s newspaper, where he did a total of three comic strips (but not at one time). He’s been active in the small press world, writing, drawing, and publishing Thief: The Adventures of John Argent since 1996. A new book is on the horizon. He’s also done strips and illustrations for a variety of other publications and with the release of Madame Machine’s 7” single, his first record cover. Lately he’s been expanding his horizons in the art world by getting into painting.


Creator Announcement!

Uko Smith

Uko Smith is returning to Derby City Comic Con!

Uko Smith, a Washington, D.C. native now living in Columbus, Oh graduated from the Columbus College of Art and Design with a degree in Illustration/ design and a minor in fashion. Uko is becoming known for his unique style for the erotic pinup and his sensual style of work. Collectors and admirers of his work have come to notice his distinctive use of line work and stylized realization. Always looking to make his work distinguished from others in the field, he blends his style of design and illustration into a very unique package that definitely separates it from others.

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Creator Announcement!

Ren McKinzie

Ren McKinzie is coming to Derby City Comic Con!

Ren McKinzie, from Virginia but residing in Ohio, has been illustrating books for hire since before 2006 and producing professional illustrations since leaving CCAD. Staying in the indy market for now and having a few books published, he stays hungry by staying humble and cranking out quality work.


Small Press Announcement!

Quarantine Comics

Quarantine Comics is coming to Derby City Comic Con!

Based out of Lexington Kentucky, this up and coming independent comic label is looking to make a huge splash with titles such as The Ashes of Araura and Ninja VS Samurai. 2012 has already been a big year and the arrow is pointing up!


Small Press Announcement!

Zombie Marge Comix Group

Zombie Marge Comix Group ambles back to Derby City Comic Con in June!

The Zombie Marge Comix Group is a loose collective of artists from the Cincinnati area. They were formed in 2009 and a year later their first publication, Twelve-Way with Cheese was published. Twelve-Way was an anthology featuring the work of a dozen artists and hosted by lovable ol’ Zombie Marge herself. The book was edited and designed by one of the artists, Tim Fuller.

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Creator Announcement!

Annie Erskine

Annie Erskine is coming to Derby City Comic Con!

Annie Erskine is the owner and founder of Happy Doodle Studio LLC and Ionic Comics. She is a comic artist, illustrator, graphic designer, cartoonist, and general Jill of all trades. She’s been drawing since she could hold a pencil and has an utter passion for cartoons and comics! From 2007 to 2010 she was the cartoonist for Western Kentucky University’s newspaper, the College Heights Herald. In 2011, she moved to Atlanta, GA after having been chosen for Cartoon Network’s internship program. She stayed there working for Cartoon Network until August of 2011. After it ended, Cartoon Network continued to work with her, hiring her as a professional freelance graphic designer and illustrator.

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Creator Announcement!

Scottie Watson

Scottie Watson is returning to Derby City Comic Con!

Scottie "SWAT" Watson broke into comics in a big way with a smashing win of the Small Press Idol 2007 contest working over the competition with his creator-owned medieval series Talon. After talking over a period of a few years with Red Handed Studios founder/publisher, Cary Kelley, he joined Red Handed Studios. Since then he has polished up his already fantastic Talon book as well as worked up an intro story for a forthcoming web series, Seppuku Blues with Kelley and RD Hall (American Wasteland) and is now producing the sci-fi western Dead Reckoning as a series of stand alone graphic novels, which he co-created with Kelley. SWAT has produced many covers and pinups for a variety of independent creators and publishers such as Shelby Robertson on Latex Alice and Steven Franks on Voltron: United and Drawn. In addition to his comic work he has worked with many TV and film celebrities, several of the WWE Divas to produce their portraits and is currently working with several of the cast from the AMC TV series The Walking Dead to produce a collage zombie print.


Creator Announcement!

Brett Hatfield

Brett Hatfield is coming to Derby City Comic Con!

Brett Hatfield is a comic book and children's book author and artist from Lexington, KY. He does sketch cards of famous comic book characters in children's book form. He is currently working on his first comic book titled "Mimics." Brett started drawing and writing his own comics when he was 7 years old. He continued his love of drawing his entire childhood and has recently graduated from the University of Kentucky school of fine arts. His future plans include publishing his own comic book and children book.


Creator Announcement!

Garrett Smith

Garrett Smith is coming to Derby City Comic Con!

In his own words: " I am just a 22 year old Louisville native, an artist, and a comic book and game nerd. I typically paint with watercolors and inks, and I believe art should be fun and approachable. I am ecstatic to be a part of Derby City Comic Con. It's gonna be awesome."


Small Press Announcement!

Lunar Works Productions

Lunar Works Productions is coming to Derby City Comic Con!

Lunar Works Productions is an independent comic book group based out of Augusta, Georgia. Currently, Lunar Works has a series called, Wulvern, an epic story about a werewolf hunter in the ole west. We also have a juvenile yet vulgar webcomic series entitled C-7, a group of Super-villains that decide to go legit.

Read more here...


Creator Announcement!

Jamie Snell

Jamie Snell is returning to Derby City Comic Con!

Jamie Snell studied illustration and graduated from Columbus College of Art and Design. Jamie has been working on and off as a freelance illustrator for over 10 + years. Some of his credits include: Various sketch card sets from Topps (Star Wars: CW Movie and Seasons 1&2, Galaxy 4&5, ESB Widescreen, Terminator Salvation, Heroes Season 2, Indiana Jones Masterpieces & Crystal Skull, Lord of the Rings Masterpieces 2), 5finity's Voltron sketch cards, various pencils and inks on profiles for Beastwars Source book (IDW), Popgun Anthology Vol.1 (Image)

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Creator Announcement!

Chris and Ginger Ludden

Chris and Ginger Ludden are coming to Derby City Comic Con!

Chris and Ginger Ludden are independent comic creators from Indianapolis and active members of the Indy Webcomics Group. Their online action/comedy, The Brothers Grant, follows the adventures of Sam and Kevin in the midwestern city of Harrison. You should read it on your lunch break.


Creator Announcement!

Dick Starr

Dick Starr is coming to Derby City Comic Con!

Dubbed "One of the 15 sickest artists in America" by Girls and Corpses Magazine, Dick Starr has embedded himself nicely into the horror community. Add to his bloody drawings a twisted sense of humor, and you'll understand why his early art got sent home by teachers on a regular basis. Since 2004, Dick's work has been featured in numerous galleries, horror/tattoo magazines, books, album covers, and comics around the world. In late 2006, Dick began picking off famous idiots with "The Celebrity Death Poll"...a rotating list of awful celebrities up for an artistic execution. In less than 1 year, The Celebrity Death Poll became a regular feature in almost every issue of Girls and Corpses Magazine since. Currently, Mr. Starr's resume boasts clients from UFC, Full Tilt Poker, and Suicide Girls, to the legendary producer/director Charles Band. If you aren't already familiar with Dick Starr's nightmarish creations...you will be. Consider yourself warned.


Creator Announcement!

Jason Knopp

Jason Knopp is coming to Derby City Comic Con!

When he isn't engrossed with the TV show, comic series, movie, book, or game he is currently enjoying, Jason Knopp can be found in his office, drawing pictures of the TV show, comic series, movie, book, or game he is currently enjoying. A legitimate graphic artist (He has a degree! That's bonafide!), Jason strives to share his artwork and the fan experience with others.


Derby City Exclusive!

Pinwheel Press Exclusives

Pinwheel Press will be bringing two exclusives to Derby City Comic Con!

Pinwheel Press will have an exclusive cover to Man of God #2 and an exclusive convention print featuring art by Derby City Comic Con Guest Bob Hall!


Creator Announcement!

Tressina Bowling

Tressina Bowling is coming to Derby City Comic Con!

Tressina is a local self taught artist. You can see the majority of her work on her blog where she does everything from pencil portraits to adorable versions of your favorite comic book characters. You can also swing by to check out her new web comic called HATEINK where she explores life's everyday tantrums. And check out the podcast, Beaucoup Pop, where she's one fourth of the crew that brings you everything you need to know going on in the pop-culture world.


Creator Announcement!

Randolph Gray

Randolph Gray is returning to Derby City Comic Con in June!

Randolph "Randy" Gray is a freelance cartoonist and designer hailing from Louisville, Ky. After graduating with a degree in graphic design from the University of Kentucky he came back to Louisville and decided to start a bi-weekly web comic called Lil Dude about a boy and his music DJ dog, Rooney, which ran for two years. In 2009 he was asked to speak during black history month at a local elementary school about the art of cartooning and the role of African Americans in the medium. This inspired him to write and draw the comic "Lil Dude and Rooney Explore Black History". The book is now in two elementary school libraries in Louisville, KY. Other books in the children’s comic series have followed such as “The Meaning of Christmas,” and “The Lost Sheep” blending humor, adventure and touching on morals and education.

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Creator Announcement!

Bob Hall

Bob Hall is returning to Derby City Comic Con in June!

Bob started his professional art career, doing posters for the student union and the theatre department, while getting his Bachelors and Masters Degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. When Bob moved to New York City in the early 1970's, he continued his commercial art work, and in 1974-75, was privileged to study comics illustration with comic book legend John Buscema at Buscema's School of Comic Art. Bob would continue to refine his work, studying drawing and painting with Don Stacy at the New School. Bob's first professional comics job was with Charleton Comics in 1974, pencilling and inking several of their horror comics.

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Creator Announcement!

Andrew Heath

Andrew Heath makes his Derby City Comic Con debut in June!

Andrew Heath is a graphic designer and illustrator from Lexington, Kentucky. Focusing in minimalism and modernism, Andrew draws from popular culture to produce artwork that appeals to a wide range of audiences. While primarily dealing with digital illustration, Andrew has also done design work for several Fortune 500 companies and some big name bands.


Creator Announcement!

Ringtail Cafe Productions

Ringtail Cafe Productions is returning to Derby City Comic Con in June!

The whole team, including Darren Mueller, Jackie Hernandez and Ann Uland, will be there!

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Creator Announcement!

Terry Huddleston

Terry Huddleston is returning to Derby City Comic Con in June!

Terry Huddleston is a pencil artist, inker and color artist for Big Bang Comics. He also is the current artist on the upcoming Marvel Upper Deck Avengers movie trading cards.

Terry has one of America's largest selections of nostalgic pin-up art that hearkens back to the late 70's and early 80's with a new school twist.


Creator Announcement!

Jack Knifley

Jack Knifley is returning to Derby City Comic Con in June!

Knifley is the writer/artist of Haunted, an intrigue-filled story about the dangers of obsession. There’s a bit of comedy in there, too.


Creator Announcement!

Tommy Patterson

Tommy Patterson is making his Derby City Comic Con in June!

Tommy is the artist on George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones from Dynamite. Previouse credits include Farscape, Tales from Wonderland and Warriors.


Creator Announcement!

Scott Story

Scott Story is returning to Derby City Comic Con!

Scott Story is a freelance illustrator who lives in the Midwestern USA. He has been involved in the comic industry for over a decade and a half, and has drawn comics for numerous publishers, including Image, Amp, Arrow, Digital Webbing, Spinner Rack Comics, and many others. As a cartoonist, Scott co-writes, pencils, inks, colors, and occasionally letters. Benita and Scott publish “Johnny Saturn” under their Story Studios imprint.


Creator Announcement!

Space Dwarf

Markus Vernon is bringing SpaceDwarf to Derby City Comic Con!

SpaceDwarf travels to new frontiers as writers, artist and designers take on the quest to bring Comics, Games and Entertainment to the outer reaches of this world and beyond. SpaceDwarf is a sci-fi fantasy comic with a slice of horror created by Markus Vernon. SpaceDwarf Tales is a companion anthology book with a sci-fi theme and a big slap of humor, with a great cast of writers and artists contributing to its design and style. SpaceDwarf the card game is also in development with an extremely talented design team. As Spacedwarf travels into the future we look forward to collaborations of great talent and outstanding ideas.


Creator Announcement!

Sean Forney

Sean Forney will be making his Derby City Comic Con debut in 2012!

Sean Forney is a professional illustrator/comic book artist currently working on coloring for Grimm Fairy Tales (Zenescope) and penciling The Surface (Arcana). He recently completed color work on My Adventures with Spider-Man by Marvel and Identity Direct. His pinup work can be seen in Moonstone’s Voltron: United and Drawn, Image’s Hack Slash: My First Maniac, Approbation’s Chaos Campus and DC’s Transmetropolitan Art Book. Sean has published work in the Panels on Pages 2012 and 2011 Fangirl of the Month Calendar and the Big Dog Ink Pinpoint 2011 Calendar. He created Star Wars promotional material including the official t-shirt and patch design for LucasFilm/Disney/Blue Planet Gear for the 2009 and 2010 Star Wars Weekends at Disney Hollywood Studios. His past work includes The Artifact Group coloring Bakugan illustrations for the national toy line and is currently working on the upcoming cover for the Kaiju Kaos RPG. Sean co-created and illustrated Scarlet Huntress #1, Scarlet Huntress #2, Scarlet’s Guide to Cryptids, and a children’s book tie-in called Little Red Riding Hood: Origins of a Huntress. Sean’s early work was for Twisted Gate Entertainment including two short Scarlet Huntress stories for the anthology books The Portal #1 and #2, and covers for various titles. He has worked for various comic book companies including Sundragon Comics, Funky Ninja Comics, Stormchaser Comics, Camp Comics, Paper Dragon Ink, Fusion Studios, and more.


Creator Announcement!

Billy Littlepage

Billy Littlepage will be making his Derby City Comic Con debut in 2012!

Billy Littlepage is a cartoonist and contributor to a depression era reader an online and print comics anthology.


Creator Announcement!

Gavin Smith

Gavin Smith will be making his Derby City Comic Con debut in 2012!

Gavin Smith is a freelance artist who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is a 2011 graduate of the Kubert school.

His past work includes a story in the Millar-World anthology “A Fistful of Comics”, cover art for "The Sound" Magazine, and has done album and merchandise artwork for independent record labels: Hewhocorruptsinc., Flannelgraph Records, Glory Hole Records, and Crossroads of America. He also did the artwork for the independent superhero movie, "VS".

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Creator Announcement!

Damion Waldbrunn

Damion Waldbrunn is an artist and graphic designer based in Louisville, KY. He has created for ABC TELEVISION on The LOST Experience ARG, Creating art and co-writing the story for the RED DWARF webcomic "Prelude to Nanarchy" for GRANT/NAYLOR PRODUCTIONS, Creating art and writing copy for THE JIM HENSON COMPANY and TOY VAULT LLC. HE also brought the "Realmer" and "funkyTOWN" comics series to life for his own CATACLYSM PRESS. He is currently in the lab making comics, music, video, games, and animation for CATACLYSM PRESS.


Creator Announcement!

Pab Sungenis

Pab Sungenis will be making his Derby City Comic Con debut in 2012!

Born in the swamps of Southern New Jersey, Pab Sungenis developed a childhood fascination with cartooning and drew a daily strip for his own amusement for two years before realizing he couldn't draw. He wound up in broadcasting, working for numerous stations including WSBU, WOND, WMGM, WSKR, WBNJ, WWBZ, and WKTU.

The self-described "World's Worst Sketch Artist," he likens his drawing ability to that of "a mentally challenged rhinoceros on a Ny-Quil bender" but thanks to the wonders of photo-manipulation and computer image editing on February 8, 2006 he found himself creating The New Adventures of Queen Victoria, which is syndicated daily by Universal Uclick.

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Creator Announcement!

Sam Flegal

Sam Flegal will be bringing his Zombie portrait skills to Derby City Comic Con!

Sam Flegal has been fascinated by the strange and the macabre from a very young age. Fortunately for his budding morbid creativity, he was raised in a household that encouraged his interest in all things weird—Sam’s father was a magician and his mother a ventriloquist and clown.

In December 2003 Sam graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, released out into the world to pursue his own strange art. Since that time Sam has vigorously summoned the dark creatures of his mind to make the unreal, tangible and the imagined, concrete.

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Creator Announcement!

Peter Palmiotti

Peter Palmiotti will be making his first appearance at Derby City Comic Con in 2012!

Peter has been an inker in the comic book industry since 1991 and has worked at DC, Marvel, Image, Valiant and many, many indy publishers! Currently inking his own character Retro, H-Town published by Integrity Comics and Smashing & Fighting World by Jacob Ketron. Retro will have his own ongoing comic starting this year, which he is doing with Richard Fuscia and Volker Siebeneich. Web comics he is doing include Neon Eden with Richard Caldwell, Squares that Touch written by Alan Green (Abbadessa), and Bright Eyes.


Vendors Announcement!

Role of the Die

Louisville comic shop Role of the Die is returning to Derby City Comic Con!


Derby City Comic Con 2012 Coverage

Tales From The Con Floor

Derby City Comic Con 2012 coverage has begun!

Check out an interview with Director Eric Banister on the podcast Tales From the Con Floor here.


Creator Announcement!

Dennis Calero

Artist Dennis Calero is coming to Derby City Comic Con!

Dennis Calero is the award winning and internationally recognized artist of X-Men: Noir and Legion of Superheroes. He has also leant his talents to CCG properties such as Magic and Legend of the Five Rings as well as Dungeons & Dragons. His other work includes X-Men: Noir, X-Factor, 28 Days Later: The Aftermath, Cowboys and Aliens, Dark Tower, Fallen Angel, Hawkgirl, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Supergirl and the Legion of Superheroes, Magic The Gathering, Countdown to Final Crisis, Wolverine: First Class and JSA Classified and Doctor Solar: Man of the Atom for Dark Horse Comics. During his tenure on X-Factor the title was nominated for the Harvey Award for Best New Series (2006).

Calero has also provided illustrations sporadically for role-playing games, beginning in 1996 for White Wolf. He has done interior artwork for Dungeons & Dragons books for the Forgotten Realms setting, such as Silver Marches, Faiths and Pantheons, and Races of Faerűn.

Calero also co-founded Atomic Paintbrush, one of the first computer-coloring companies working in the comic-book field.


Creator Announcement!

Steve Scott

Artist Steve Scotts is coming to Derby City Comic Con!

Comic artist Steve Scott's work can currently be seen on Batman Confidential, X-Men Forever series with writer Chris Claremont and a recent Green Lantern special project at DC Comics. Not to mention that Steve is also the ONLY artist tapped by DC Comics to do any work relating to Batman Forever, depicting the now legendary turn of Heath Ledger as The Joker. Steve's work is featured on the Blue-Ray disc release of the movie!

But then, Steve is no stranger to media tie-in's. His work has also often been seen on the television show Smallville and in other special projects for DC Comics. As well as doing some darn good likenessess for the recent "Indiana Jones - Tomb of the Gods, comic book series for Dark Horse to tie-in with the recent Harrison Ford movie! In fact, George Lucas liked Steve's work so much that he purchased most of the originals to keep for himself!

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2012 Derby Girl

Derby City Comic Con

Check out the 2012 Derby Girl! Pencils and inks by Jenevive Broomall and colors by Ronda Pattison!

You'll be seeing a lot of this little beauty as she will be gracing our posters, postcards, and some exclusive buttons!


Creator Announcement!

Rodney Ramos

Artist Rodney Ramos is coming to Derby City Comic Con!

Rodney Ramos has been a professional penciler/inker in the comics industry for over 20 years. He has worked for many companies such as Dc Comics ,Marvel, Marvel Comics U.K , Valiant, Acclaim Comics, Malibu and Continuity with Neal Adams. His work can be seen in such titles at Green Lantern, Batman, Deadpool, X-Force, Spider-man, Gambit, Captain America, Booster Gold and many others!


Creator Announcement!

Matt Triano

Artist Matt Triano is coming to Derby City Comic Con!

Matt Triano was born in the latter half of the Twentieth Century, and is still living. He has written and drawn comics for collections and anthologies by publishers like Moonstone, DC and Atomic Press. His work can be seen in works for Robin Hood Charities in New York, Moonstone, Zenescope and Marvel Trading cards, among much more. As well as his creator owned projects.


Vendor Announcement!

Galaxy of Heroes will be returning to Derby City Comic Con!


Small Press Announcement!

Eureka Comics Lab

Kevlen Goodner, Chase Collins, and Jason Mattingly will be bringing Eureka Comics Lab to Derby City Comic Con!


Creator Announcement!

Frank Cvetkovic

Frank Cvetkovic, writer of the Webcomic Punch-up, is returning to Derby City Comic Con!


Creator Announcement!

Chris Faulkner

Writer Chris Faulkner is returning to Derby City Comic Con!


Vendor Announcement!

Comic dealer Earl Shaw will be returning to Derby City Comic Con!


Vendor Announcement!

Comic dealer Gary Gamboa will be returning to Derby City Comic Con!


Creator Announcement!

Mike Eshelman

Pixel artist Mike Eshelman is coming to Derby City Comic Con


Creator Announcement!

Douglas Hufford

Douglas Hufford will be returning to Derby City Comic Con


Creator Announcement!

Todd Beistel

Todd Beistel will be returning to Derby City Comic Con


Vendor Announcement!

ESE Supplies will be returning to Derby City Comic Con


Creator Announcement!

Dean Trippe

Dean Trippe will be returning to Derby City Comic Con


Small Press Announcement!

Pinwheel Press

Pinwheel Press will be making their first Derby City Comic Con appearance in 2012!


Creator Announcement!

Tim Seeley

Hack/Slash creator Tim Seeley will be making his first Derby City Comic Con in 2012!


Creator Announcement!

Tony Farrar

Independent Creator Tony Farrar is coming to Derby City Comic Con!


Creator Announcement!

Christopher Dunn

Independent Creator Christopher Dunn is coming to Derby City Comic Con!


Creator Announcement!

Rob E Brown

We are very happy to announce Rob E. Brown will be making his first appearance at Derby City Comic Con in 2012!


Creator Announcement!

Patrick Baumgardner

Independent Creator Patrick Baumgardner is coming to Derby City Comic Con!


Derby City Comic Con partners with Kosair Charities

Kosair Charities

We are proud to announce that Kosair Charities is the 2012 charity of choice for Derby City Comic Con! For more information, check out the press release here. Stay tuned for information on this years auction and all of the great items being donated!


Creator Announcement!

Sean Dove

We are excited to announce that Sean Dove will be making his first appearance at Derby City Comic Con in 2012!


Creator Announcement!

Bill Nichols

The Comics Mentor Bill Nichols will be returning to Derby City Comic Con!


Creator Announcement!

Mike Norton

We are excited to announce that Mike Norton will be making his first appearance at Derby City Comic Con in 2012!