Come to the Baltimore Comic-Con on September 25-27, 2026 at the Baltimore Convention Center in the Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Tickets to the show are now available.
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Our annual tradition, the Baltimore Comic-Con Yearbook, returns in 2026 for the fourteenth year, celebrating creators and friends of the show. This year’s book of art features interpretations of characters from 2026 guest Erik Larsen’s Savage Dragon!
Beautifully designed by returning guest and Cupid’s Arrows, Warning Label, Time and Vine, and Love and Capes creator Thom Zahler, the book comes in a standard and, for VIP ticketholders, a limited VIP cover edition.
Savage Dragon, published by Image Comics, features the adventures of “Dragon” and, more recently, the exploits of his son, Malcolm Eugene Dragon.
Erik created the Dragon as a kid, but the character finally saw his first public appearance in the self-published Graphic Fantasy #1 in June 1982. In 1986, the slightly revised character returned as “Savage Dragon” in the pages of Gary Carlson’s Megaton #3.
When Erik left Marvel Comics in 1992 to become co-founder of Image Comics, he published a three-issue mini-series featuring his redesigned childhood creation, the Dragon. Based on the huge success, Larsen released the ongoing title in 1993 and has worked on it as writer, penciller, and inker ever since (sometimes also coloring and lettering!). The book is largely considered the longest running full-color comic book that has featured a single writer and artist.
“It’s been 14 long years since I was last in Baltimore and I’m looking forward to returning!” said Larsen. “Having Savage Dragon be the Yearbook theme for 2026 is icing on the cake! I can’t wait to see how other guests of the show interpret the characters and incorporate them into their work!”
The Baltimore Comic-Con scavenger hunt, which has become a must-do activity for many of our fans, will be back in 2026! When you buy the book, you’ll get a list of Yearbook contributors and their table numbers. Participants succeeding in acquiring the appropriate quota of autographs from contributors can then get their choice of bonus prints — and it’s a great way to meet our guests!
“Comics, in general, feature many iconic characters, but it’s hard to think of one more immediately recognizable than Savage Dragon,” said Marc Nathan, show promoter for the Baltimore Comic-Con. “Erik’s creation has been a mainstay of comics for so long, it’s become a staple for comics lovers. We knew this was going to be a fun character for our guests to work with this year, and the response was immediate and enthusiastic. You’re going to see some fantastic pieces in the yearbook, as well as original pieces of art available for bid at our yearbook art auction this year. And don’t miss the chance to talk to the artists who created the pieces about the fun they had by doing the autograph scavenger hunt this year too!”
Art created for the 2026 Baltimore Comic-Con Yearbook Featuring Savage Dragon will be auctioned off at the Baltimore Comic-Con Art Auction on Saturday, September 26th. Fans and art collectors alike won’t want to miss this opportunity to win these one-of-a-kind items, only available at the Baltimore Comic-Con!
The book will be sold in the Exclusives Booth in the lobby. The book will be available at the Baltimore Comic-Con for $29.99. The art auction featuring original art from the book will be held during the show weekend of September 25-27, 2026.
Tickets that are now on sale include:
- Weekend
- Friday only
- Saturday only
- Sunday only
- VIP
As always, children 10 and under are free with a paid adult admission!
This year’s confirmed guests for the show include: Jason Aaron (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Marty Baumann (Pixar artist), Josh Blaylock (Mercy Sparx, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Russ Braun (The Boys), Jeffrey Brown (Hulk Teach, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Mark Buckingham (Fables), Jim Calafiore (NED, Lord of the Pit), Richard Case (Doom Patrol), Keith Champagne (Stranger Things), Howard Chaykin (Time Squared), Jo Chen (Runaways), Cliff Chiang (Paper Girls), Frank Cho (Harley Quinn), Becky Cloonan (War), Michael W. Conrad (In Bloom), Steve Conley (The Middle Age), Amanda Conner (Harley Quinn), Olivia Cuartero-Briggs (The College Try), Paris Cullins (Blue Devil), Todd Dezago (The Perhapanauts), Colleen Doran (The Sandman), Scott Dunbier (DC Silver Age Covers and Stories Artist’s Edition), Garth Ennis (The Boys), Trish Forstner (Feral), Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (DC Nation), Chris Giarrusso (Mini Marvels), Randy Green (Witchblade), Torunn Grønbekk (Catwoman), Gene Ha (Mae), Bob Hall (West Coast Avengers), Larry Hama (GI Joe: A Real American Hero), Tony Harris (The Whistling Skull), Dean Haspiel (Chest Face), Glenn Hauman (They Keep Killing Glenn), Mike Hawthorne (Deadpool), Marc Hempel (Sandman), Jamal Igle (Superman), Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Infernal Hulk), Dan Jurgens (Action Comics), Chris Kemple (Red Vengeance), Peter Krause (The Power of Shazam, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Mike Kunkel (Herobear and the Kid), Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon), Jae Lee (Inhumans), Nate Lovett (Commander Tomorrow), Kevin Maguire (Justice League), Laura Martin (Nubia: Queen of the Amazons, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Shawn Martinbrough (Red Hood: The Hill), Ron Marz (Green Lantern), Jose Marzen Jr. (Y: The Last Man), Mike McKone (Teen Titans), Bob McLeod (New Mutants), Carla Speed McNeil (Finder), Adriana Melo (Fantastic Four), Pop Mhan (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe), Al Milgrom (Spectacular Spider-Man), Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise), Mark Morales (Thor), Bill Morrison (The Simpsons), Trevor Mueller (Bat Pat), Sarah Myer (TMNT Saturday Morning Adventures), Phil Noto (Fantastic Four: First Foes), Kevin Nowlan (Batman: Sword of Azrael), Patrick Olliffe (Untold Tales of Spider-Man), Ryan Ottley (Invincible), Jimmy Palmiotti (The Punisher), Dan Parent (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), Margeaux Pepoy (Simone & Ajax), David Petersen (Mouse Guard), Khoi Pham (Star Wars: Darth Vader), Tom Raney (Incredible Hulk), Afua Richardson (Kahhori: Reshaper of Worlds), Tone Rodriguez (Feral, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Don Rosa (Uncle Scrooge), Craig Rousseau (The Perhapanauts), Joe Schmalke (We Don’t Kill Spiders), Erica Schultz (Rogue), Mark Schultz (Xenozoic Tales, courtesy of Flesk Publishing), Louise Simonson (The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special), Walter Simonson (Thor), Matthew Dow Smith (DC’s Misfits of Magic), Scott Snyder (Friday and Sunday only, DC K.O.), John K. Snyder III (Suicide Squad), Mark Sparacio (Liberty Girl Deluxe), Joe Staton (Dick Tracy), Brian Stelfreeze (Black Panther), Martha Thomases (Dakota North), Billy Tucci (Shi), Gus Vazquez (Sunfire and the Big Hero Six), Mark Waid (Action Comics), Mark Wheatley (Breathtaker), Bob Wiacek (All-New Wolverine, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Matt Wieringo (Stargate Atlantis: Gateways), Chuck Wojtkiewicz (Justice League, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Rich Woodall (Sgt. Werewolf), Kelly Yates (Doctor Who), and Thom Zahler (Long Distance),
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.