Oh man, super exciting! Skottie Young is one of the few creators that pretty much the whole staff at Heroes is crazy about–probably most of all Shelton himself, who got so excited when he heard back that Skottie was coming that he emailed and texted me with the news! I think he used up a whole month’s allotment of exclamation points in the text too!

For those of you not as familiar as Shelton or our staff with Skottie, he’s most famous lately for his take (with writer Eric Shanower) on the recent smash hit Wonderful Wizard of Oz comic from Marvel. He’s done plenty of other stuff for Marvel (New Warriors, New X-Men) in his distinctive high-energy style. I love him, I could stare at his drawings for.. well, not for that long, I’m working on deadline here. You guys be sure and make Skottie feel welcome this June!

Also new to our HeroesCon 2010 Guest List today is another distinctive creator, James O’Barr, who’s famous for (among other things) creating, writing and drawing the original Crow graphic novel, as well as writing or contributing to some of its sequels and spinoff series over the years! James has become a fixture at our show over the last few years, and we’re happy to have him back!

But also new today are returning creators Christian Beranek and Tony DiGerolamo. Christian is head of Disney’s Kingdom Comics, along with Ahmet Zappa, and also worked on Outlaw Territory, Starship Troopers, and more–as well as writing the fan-favorite Dracula Vs King Arthur comic. Tony has written for all sorts of funny stuff, including Bart Simpson Comics, Space Ghost Coast To Coast, Politically Correct With Bill Maher, and his own Super Frat webcomic! Also returning this year is our old chum GW Fisher, who you may recognize from The Intimidators and other comics in Jim Valentino‘s Shadowline imprint.

And and and these guys will be joined by returning local heroine Chrissie Zullo, returning to HeroesCon this summer after her first official appearance last year, when she could barely even mention her high-profile project it was so secret! Now we all know that Chrissie is the cover artist on Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love, and odds are she’ll have one or two new things to announce by showtime!