Oh my goodness! In our first published Indie Island Guest List, today we added three titans of the webcomics scene, oh lordy lordy, super exciting!

Kate Beaton is the creator of the Hark! A Vagrant! webcomic, and one of the fastest rising stars in comics these days. I think she started doing it like, two years ago or something? These days she’s ridiculously mobbed at conventions, to the point where I’ll definitely need to think hard about where to seat her, so that her neighbors don’t get huffy if her lines are in their way.

Anthony Clark probably wouldn’t get huffy–he’s a pretty sweet guy. PRETTY SWEET. He’s also the man behind Nedroid comics, a web strip featuring the very understated (and impeccably well-written) hijinks of Beartato and Reginald. And some other guys. This is turning into one of my favorite comics lately, I’ll admit. Here’s one of my recent faves. Anthony is also the colorist on the comics of–

Christopher Hastings, who does the bizarrely, insanely popular Dr. McNinja comic. If I have my internet comical history right, I think Dr. McNinja was one of the early success stories in the world of online comics. We are delighted to be riding on the coattails of this success, signifying as it does that–by dint of Mr Hastings very presence in Indie Island–the whole darn thing is going to be one massive success.

And returning to HeroesCon is one of our most loyal and earliest adopters, Danielle Corsetto. She does the also preposterously popular webcomic Girls With Slingshots, a new book of which just came out, I do believe. I know she’s been mailing them to her readers practically by the crateful.

But hold the phone, Sister Susan! Man cannot live by webcomics alone! Also new to our roster today are returning studs of the minicomics scene, including J. Chris Campbell (Attic Bugs, Zig Zag), Jason Horn (Ninjasaur), Joe Lambert (Sundays, also designed our righteous 2009 Indie Island shirt), Alec Longstreth (Phase 7) and Shannon Smith (Small Bible)! Whoa! 9 new names in one day–well, it is the holiday season after all. I’m super excited–this year’s Indie Island is going to be the biggest and most diverse one yet, which is going to be great. For you.