Off Panel Creators & Guests

Lucy Knisley is an American comic artist and musician. Her work is often autobiographical and food is a common theme.

Jody LeHeup is the writer and co-creator of The Weatherman and the co-writer & co-creator of Shirtless Bear-Fighter!.

Nick Roche is a comic book artist and writer.

Declan Shalvey is an Irish comic book artist.

Jonathan Luna is an artist, writer, and co-creator of Eternal Empire and Alex + Ada.

Robbie Thompson is a producer and writer, known for Supernatural, Ark, and The Cape.

Heidi MacDonald is a writer and editor in the field of comic books based in New York City. She runs the comics industry news blog, The Beat.

Gerry Duggan is a comics writer, director, and photographer.

John Allison is the writer and artist.

Jacob Sareli is a retailer, and owner of Comikaza.

Fred Van Lente is an American writer.

Phillip Sevy is a cartoonist, comic artist, and creator & owner of comic Triage.

Jim Demonakos is the convention director of Lightbox Expo.

Scott Snyder is a writer, known for his comic book writing, including American Vampire and Kickstarter.

Damian Wassel is the CEO & publisher at Vault Comics.

Tyler Boss is an artist, writer, designer, and cartoonist.

Spike Trotman is an American cartoonist and publisher known for creating the long-running webcomic Templar, Arizona, and for publishing the Smut Peddler anthologies of what she describe as "ladycentric porn".

Gene Yang is a cartoonist and frequent lecturer on the subjects of graphic novels & comics at comic book conventions and universities, schools, and libraries.

Faith Erin Hicks is a Canadian Eisner Award-winning cartoonist, animator, NY Times bestselling, and graphic novel writer.