The 25th anniversary Baltimore Comic-Con returns to the Inner Harbor’s Baltimore Convention Center on September 20-22, 2024! The Baltimore Comic-Con welcomes the return of the Hero Initiative art auction to our 25th Anniversary event! See our website for ticketing information, announced guests, cosplay events, gaming, and more!
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On Saturday, September 21st from 5:00pm until 7:00pm, the annual Hero Initiative auction will be taking place. There will be more than 40 pieces of art going up for bid in this incredible event, most of them drawn for this auction. All art will be available to view at Booth #1701. Pre-registration will also be available at the booth, so please come by and ask any of the folks working there for more information.
Hero Initiative is a charity, one for which we should all be grateful and do everything we can to support their incredible effort. This organization helps your favorite comic creators in times of crisis, and even more importantly, they help many creators you’ve never even heard of when they are facing dire circumstances.
Art to be auctioned at this event includes:
- Batman & Mr. Freeze by Kevin Altieri (Director of Batman: The Animated Series
- Death (from Sandman) by Chris Bachalo (Artist of Death: The High Cost of Living by Neil Gaiman)
- Avengers#4 Cover Recreation Based on the Jack Kirby Original Cover by Nick Bradshaw
- Bloom County Daily Strip 03/03/1982 by Berkeley Breathed
- Vampirella by Danica Brine
- From Hell Recreated Panel from Chapter 10, Page 3 (#14 OF 40) by Eddie Campbell
- Concrete Water Vintage 1992 by Paul Chadwick
- Batgirl Painting by Joe Chiodo
- Poison Ivy Painting by Joe Chiodo
- Painted Study for Usagi-TMNT 40th Anniversary Cover by Kevin Eastman
- Batman by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
- Red Hood: The Hill #3 Cover Featuring Killer Croc by Sanford Greene
- Zootopia Unpublished Cover by Gene Ha
- Poison Ivy Painting by Brian Haberlin
- Medusa Color Drawing by Bo Hampton
- Green Arrow: Year One #2, Page 4 Original of Oliver Queen/Green Arrow by Jock
- Dead Boy Detectives #2 Cover by Dave Johnson
- Big Barda Lightboxed Inked Drawing by Jack Kirby & Dave Johnson
- Sandman and Death Painting by Shawn McManus (Sandman Series Artist with Neil Gaiman)
- TMNT Drawing by Sarah Myer (TMNT Artist)
- Aliens by Mark Nelson (Artist on the First Dark Horse Series)
- Venom Color Drawing by Dustin Nguyen
- Three Pencil Character Design Sheets for Several X-Men Villians, Drawn in 1998 by Carlos Pacheco
- Batman by Mike Perkins (Artist of Batman: First Knight
- Mouse Guard Illustration by David Petersen
- The Goon by Eric Powell
- Sam &; Max Painting by Steve Purcell (Award-Winning Pixar Writer/Director)
- All Star Superman Painting by Frank Quitely
- Batman Maxx #3 Variant Cover by Gabriel Rodriguez
- Uncle Scrooge Color Drawing by Don Rosa
- Usagi Yojimbo Drawing by Stan Sakai
- Superman and Batman (World’s Finest) by Chris Samnee
- Thor/Odin/Loki by Walter Simonson
- Black Knight by Paul Smith
- Defenders by Philip Tan & Rich Friend
- Harley Quinn by Bruce Timm (Co-Creator, Batman: The Animated Series Director, Designer)
- Dinosaurs Attack Painted by Herb Trimpe & JK Woodward
- Shi by Billy Tucci
- TMNT and “The River” by Rick Veitch (The River appeared in a 3-issue arc that has not, because of a contract dispute, been reprinted for 35 years)
- Daredevil by Lee Weeks
- Captain America and Captain Marvel Jr. by Alan Weiss
- Star Wars Episode Three Adaptation, Page 1 by Doug Wheatley
- Ren & Stimpy Tribute to Wally Wood’s Flesh Garden (MAD #11) by William “Bill” Wray (Ren & Stimpy Show Director)
“This art auction is one of the most unique aspects of our event,” said Marc Nathan, show promoter for the Baltimore Comic-Con. “It is an amazing way to put good into the world while doing something for yourself and acquiring something exceptional. The pieces available are truly something to behold, and Hero Initiative benefitting is just icing on the cake.”
Tickets currently available include:
- VIP*
- Weekend Pass
- Friday only
- Saturday only
- Sunday only
As always, children 10 and under are free with a paid adult admission!
Baltimore Comic-Con 2024 VIP tickets include:
- Early entry admission – 30 minutes before the general public
- Baltimore Comic-Con Yearbook featuring Ben Edlund’s The Tick with a VIP Exclusive Cover
- Exclusive Convention T-Shirt (size subject to availability)
- Exclusive Lithograph.
This year’s confirmed guests for the show include: Arthur Adams (Longshot), Rodney Barnes (Killadelphia), Jeremy Bastian (Cursed Pirate Girl), Marty Baumann (Saturday only, Pixar artist), John Beatty (Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars), Rose Besch (Miles Morales: Spider-Man), Russ Braun (The Boys), Brett Breeding (Superman), Tom Brevoort (coursey of Hero Initiative, FCBD 2023: Avengers/X-Men), Mark Brooks (Immoral X-Men), Mark Buckingham (Fables), Jim Calafiore (NED, Lord of the Pit), Chris Campana (Amazing Spider-Man), Richard Case (Doom Patrol), Castillo Studios, Keith Champagne (Stranger Things), Howard Chaykin (Time Squared), Sean Chen (Genesis), Cliff Chiang (Paper Girls), Frank Cho (Harley Quinn), Michael Cho (Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories–Qui-Gon Jinn), Amy Chu (KISS: The End), Matthew Clark (Adventures of Superman, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Steve Conley (The Middle Age), Katie Cook (Nothing Special), Joe Corallo (King Arthur and the Knights of Justice, courtesy of Mad Cave Studios), Vito Delsante (Stray), Todd Dezago (The Perhapanauts), Rich Douek (A Phone Call Away, courtesy of Mad Cave Studios), Scott Dunbier (Jim Lee’s X-Men Artist’s Edition, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Danny Earls (The Incredible Hulk), Ben Edlund (The Tick), Chris Eliopoulos (Ordinary People Change the World), Steve Epting (New Avengers), David Finch (Moon Knight), Trish Forstner (Feral), Franco (Teen Titans Go to the Library), Sam Freeman (Hound, courtesy of Mad Cave Studios), Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (DC Nation), Ron Garney (BZRKR), Mitch Gerads (Mister Miracle), John Giang (courtesy of Macmancomics, Spider-Man), Sanford Greene (Bitter Root), Gene Ha (Mae), Garrett Gunn (courtesy of CBCS, Good Boy), Bob Hall (West Coast Avengers), Cully Hamner (Blue Beetle), Bo Hampton (Batman: Castle of the Bat), Scott Hanna (Amazing Spider-Man), Tony Harris (The Whistling Skull), Dean Haspiel (The Red Hook), Glenn Hauman (They Keep Killing Glenn), Mike Hawthorne (Deadpool), Marc Hempel (Sandman), Kyle Higgins (Radiant Black), Derek Hunter (Walking Dead: Small Bites), Jamie Jameson (American Gods), Nikkol Jelenic (Midnight Rose), J.G. Jones (Wanted), Dan Jurgens (Action Comics), Jamal Igle (Superman), Klaus Janson (courtesy of Hero Initiative, Daredevil), Dave Johnson (100 Bullets), Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Aliens), Joëlle Jones (Lady Killer), Chris Kemple (Artist Alley Comics), Karl Kesel (Impossible Jones), Tom King (Wonder Woman), Barry Kitson (Amazing Spider-Man), Scott Kolins (The Flash), Dan Krall (House of Night), Emma Kubert (Inkblot), Greg Land (Symbiote Spider-Man), Jim Lee (Superman, Friday and Saturday only), Lucas Lee-Garza (Friday and Saturday only, Wallow), Greg Land (Symbiote Spider-Man), Jeph Loeb (Batman: The Long Halloween), Sam Maggs (Marvel Action: Captain Marvel), Anthony Marques (The Green Hornet), Laura Martin (Nubia: Queeno f the Amazons), Shawn Martinbrough (Friday and Saturday only, Red Hood: The Hill), Ron Marz (Silver Surfer), Whitney Matheson (Pandemix: Quarantine Comics in the Age of ‘Rona), Jeff McClelland (The Tick), Charlie McElvy (Spider-Squirrel), Mike McKone (Red Goblin), Bill McKay (courtesy of CBCS, Zombie Tramp), Bob McLeod (New Mutants), Carla Speed McNeil (Finder), Adriana Melo (Action Comics), Al Milgrom (Spectacular Spider-Man), Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise), Mark Morales (Thor), Drew Moss (Thundercats), Ian Chase Nichols (The Tick), Fabian Nicieza (courtesy of Hero Initiative, Deadpool), Tom Nguyen (The Switch), Jerome Opena (Uncanny X-Force), Ryan Ottley (Invincible), Chas! Pangburn (Double Booking, courtesy of Mad Cave Studios), Dan Parent (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), Andrew Pepoy (Simone & Ajax), David Petersen (Mouse Guard), Brandon Peterson (Uncanny X-Men), Khoi Pham (Star Wars: Darth Vader), Nick Pitarra (Ax-Wielder Jon), Stephen Platt (Moon Knight), Andy Price (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Tim Probert (Lightfall), Joe Pruett(Black-Eyed Kids), Ron Randall (Trekker), Tom Raney (Green Lantern), Mark Redfield (Vampire Hunters Incorporated), Amy Reeder (Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur), Rod Reis (C.O.W.L.), Afua Richardson (Omni), Sam Romesburg (Hound, courtesy of Mad Cave Studios), Don Rosa (Uncle $crooge), Peter Rostovsky (Damnation Diaries), Jennifer Rouse (Frankenstein Mobster), Craig Rousseau (The Perhapanauts), Ethan Sacks (A Haunted Girl), Alex Saviuk (Web of Spider-Man), Stuart Sayger (The Joker), Alex Segura (Secret Identity, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Liam Sharp (X-O Manowar Unconquered), Don Simpson (Megaton Man), Louise Simonson (The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special), Walter Simonson (Thor), Matt Slay (Equilibrium), Matt Slay (Equalibrium), John K. Snyder III (Suicide Squad), Mark Sparacio (Omega Paradox), Jim Starlin (Dreadstar), Joe Staton (Dick Tracy), Ryan Stegman (X-23), Brian Stelfreeze (Black Panther), Paul D. Storrie (Storm Kids: Stanley’s Ghost), Karl Story (The Mandalorian), Joshua “Swayart” Swaby (Star Wars), Babs Tarr (Batgirl of Burnside), Martha Thomases (Second-Hand Rose), Peter Tomasi (Batman and Robin), David Trustman (Gregor!), Gus Vazquez (Sunfire and Big Hero Six), Robert Venditti (Tankers), Wade von Grawbadger (Justice League), Lee Weeks (Batman/Catwoman Special), Mark Wheatley (Skultar), Jeremy Whitley (Navigating With You, courtesy of Mad Cave Studios), Matt Wieringo (Stargate Atlantis: Gateways), Keith Williams (Thor the Worthy), Stephanie Williams (Nubia: Queen of the Amazons), G. Willow Wilson (Ms. Marvel), Rich Woodall (Electric Black), John Workman (Wild Things), David Yardin (Daredevil: Woman Without Fear), Kelly Yates (Doctor Who), Leinil Francis Yu (Wolverine), Thom Zahler (Love and Capes).
In the coming weeks, look for more announcements from the Baltimore Comic-Con. We are looking forward to highlighting our guests, the Ringo Awards, programming, and more. The latest developments can always be found on our website, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages, and follow us on YouTube, TikTok, BlueSky, and Snapchat.