It’s getting close! Just a little less than a month from now HeroesCon will be in full swing at the Charlotte Convention Center!

Heroes Convention is in Charlotte, North Carolina, June 7-9 2013. Get your 3 day passes today! Our full guest list (so far) is here.

We still need volunteers too!

PATY COCKRUM – Artist: The Cat, Nightcrawler

DEREC DONOVAN – Artist: Youngblood, Adventures of Superman, Bionic Bombshell, Connor Hawke

JOHN FLOYD – Inker: Batman: Mortality, Django Unchained and Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child

MARCUS HAMILTON – Artist: Dennis the Menace

ANDY MACDONALD – Artist: Time Warp, Zoo, Terminator 2029-1984

MARK NELSON – Artist: Aliens, Feud, Blood and Shadows

JOEL PRIDDY – Writer/Artist: Pulpatoon: Pilgrimage, The Preposterous Voyages of IronHide Tom

AFUA RICHARDSON – Artist: Genius, Cyblade, Captain Marvel , Native American Classics, 24/7

TIM RICKARD – Writer / Artist: Brewster Rockit, Space Guy!

MARK SPARACIO – Artist: Heroes for Hire, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, Omega Paradox, Overstreet Price Guide

DOMINIKE STANTON – Artist: Deadpool, Fanboys vs Zombies

ROY THOMAS – Writer: Conan the Barbarian, The Mighty Thor, Uncanny X-Men – SATURDAY ONLY

DOUG WAGNER – Writer: Arrow, Witchblade/ Red Sonja, Thundercats, I.C.E., The Ride

SKOTTIE YOUNG – Artist: Ozma of Oz, Iron Man & The Armor Wars, Wonderful Wizard of Oz

With our first two host hotels mostly booked, Courtyard Charlotte City Center has offered us a block of rooms at a lower rate than previously available!

Act fast for the HeroesCon group rate of $115/KING & $119/DOUBLE

Call to reserve: 1-888-839-1758 and request the HeroesCon 2013 rate for your dates.
OR
Book online at www.marriott.com/cltup, click on “Special Rates & Awards” then “Group code” and input in the group code section HCNHCNA Standard King Beds and HCNHCNB for Two Queen Beds.

Free Comic Book Day at Heroes was a GREAT time! Thanks to all the fans who joined us and thank you to all the talented creators who tirelessly drew sketches for those fans too! That said, we are full steam ahead on HeroesCon from now until June 7th! Here’s another fantastic guest list update for you guys!

Heroes Convention is in Charlotte, North Carolina, June 7-9 2013. Get your 3 day passes today! Our full guest list (so far) is here.

We still need volunteers too!

JOSH ADAMS – Artist: Doctor Who, House Of Mystery, Adam and Eve and Steve

NEAL ADAMS – Artist/Writer: Batman: Odyssey, Green Lantern, Superman, X-Men

PAUL AZACETA – Artist: Graveyard of Empires, X-Men, Spider-Man, Grounded
SCOTT CHANTLER – Writer/Artist: Two Generals, The Captive Prince

STEVE CONLEY – Writer/Artist: Bloop, Team Cul de Sac , Star Trek: Year Four, Astounding Space Thrills
STEVE ELLIS – Artist: The Extinguished, The Only Living Boy, High Moon

JOHN FLOYD – Artist: Archer, Unsupervised, Cartoon Network
KERON GRANT – Artist: Transformers, Son of Vulcan, Gazillion

TOM HEINTJES: Hogan’s Alley Magazine
GREG HORN – Artist: Red She Hulk, Ms Marvel, Emma Frost

ERIK JONES – Artist: , Hi-Fructose Magazine, Juxtapoz, Unknown, Elric, Witchblade

STEVE LIEBER – Artist: Underground, Alabaster: Wolves, Superior Foes of Spider-Man

LAURA MARTIN – Color Artist: Avengers, Wolverine and the X-Men, Planetary, The Rocketeer

CONOR MCCREERY – Writer: Kill Shakespeare
ERIKA MOEN – Artist/Writer: DAR!, Bucko, Adventure Time, Stripsearch

STEVE NILES – Writer: 30 Days of Night, Mystery Society, Frankenstein Alive, Criminal Macabre

MARK SABLE – Writer: Graveyard of Empires, Unthinkable and Two-Face: Year One
IRENE STRYCHALSKI – Artist: Deadpool, Archer
BERNIE WRIGHTSON – Artist: Dead She Said, Swamp Thing, Frankenstein, Batman: The Cult

We’re VERY busy getting ready for our biggest Free Comic Book Day event ever but we have some more great guests coming to HeroesCon that we wanted to tell you about!

Heroes Convention is in Charlotte, North Carolina, June 7-9 2013. Get your 3 day passes today! Our full guest list (so far) is here.

We still need volunteers too!

ROBERT ATKINS – Artist: Castle, Amazing Spider-man, GI JOE/Snake Eyes

ALEAH BAKER – Colorist: Sonic the Hedgehog

STEVE BIRD – Inker: Pacific Rim: Tales From Year Zero, Robin, Blue Beetle, Hard Time

BERNARD CHANG – Artist: Superman, Supergirl, Wonder Woman

AMANDA CONNER – Artist: Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre, Power Girl, The Pro, Vampirella

TOMMY LEE EDWARDS – Artist: Turf, Marvel 1985, The Question

IAN FLYNN – Writer: Sonic the Hedgehog, Mega Man

STEPHANIE GLADDEN – Artist: Peanuts, Jingle Bell,  Simpsons, Powerpuff Girls

RANDY GREEN – Artist: Witchblade, Emma Frost, X-Men

TARIQ HASSAN – Artist: Redeemer, Swordborn, The Walking Dead Social Game

RICK KETCHAM – Inker:

MIKE MAIHACK – Artist/Writer: Cleopatra in Space

GARRY MCKEE – Artist: Legend of the 5 Rings, Batman Legends Cards, Warhammer 40K

CHRIS MORENO – Artist: Sidekick, Toy Story, The Minions of Ka

JIMMY PALMIOTTI – Writer/Artist: All Star Western, The Pro, Queen Crab, Creator Owned Heroes

PAT QUINN – Artist: The Phantom, GI Joe: Declassified, Necrotic

BRIAN REBER – Colorist: Bloodshot, Harbinger Wars, Shadowman, Batwing

BUDD ROOT – Artist/Writer: Cavewoman

CRAIG ROUSSEAU – Artist: Avengers, Perhapanauts, Impulse

STEPHANE ROUX – Artist: Star Wars, Zatanna, Supurbia, Birds of Prey, Action Comics, Batman Confidential

BRIAN SHEARER – Artist: Transformers, G.I. Joe, Doctor Who

ANDY SMITH – Artist: Tone & Flex, WWE Heroes, 1st Man

JASON WALKER – Artist: White-Wolf, True 20 Worlds of Adventure

JOHN “WAKI” WYCOUGH – Inker: Fear Itself, Chaos War, Transformers, Vitriol : The Hunter

We all know that HeroesCon is a great annual event–But did you know there is much more to HeroesCon than the Comic Vendors and the Artist Alley?  Just above the convention floor there is additional world of fun, excitement and informative discussion.  Each year we offer over 50 Panel events up in the 2^nd floor Meeting Rooms.

The 2^nd Floor is a great place to take a short break from the hustle and bustle. It is an oasis where a weary conventioneer can have a seat, lay down those bulging shopping bags down for an hour or two, rest those weary feet & shoulders and sample some great comics’ conversations.

The majority of these Panel Events fall into four categories: Contests, The SCAD Workshops, Presentations and Panels .

Contests: Have you been to the QuickDraw?  If so, you know what all the fuss is about.  If not, boy, are you missing out.  Amateur artists are given pencil, Bristol board and exactly 20 minutes to create their masterpiece.  The submissions are reviewed and judged by the Faculty of SCAD and the winners receive art supplies! You can actually feel the excitement in the room.  And here is the best part—we have a Quick Draw every day of the convention and anyone of any age can participate!!

SCAD Workshops: Each year, the faculty from SCAD hosts 3 classrooms per day where any HeroesCon Convention goer is welcome to sit in and see what kind of curriculum SCAD offers. They have held classes in Storytelling, Animation, Inking, Comic Sculpture and Coloring.  Every year SCAD provides an exciting mix of instruction and enlightenment (and they’re a lot of fun too!).

Presentations: HeroesCon hosts The Annual Inkblot Awards for excellence in the art of Inking.  We have an annual Cosplay Costume Show.  We’ve shown short films—The Irwin Hasen Documentary and The Joe Simon Story. We’ve had Frank Cho Draws Sexy Women, How to Create a Comic with Adam Withers and Comfort Love, Laura Martin’s Coloring Forum.  We’ve had Live Podcasts.  Mark Waid and George Perez discussed Brave and The Bold—Panel by Panel. (We didn’t get very far, but it was great!) The variety is endless, a few years ago, we had a band called Kirby Krackle perform their music live!!

Panel Discussions and Interviews:  When it comes to the Panels, our goal is to provide something for everyone regardless of their taste in comics.  The All-ages Panel, The Humor in Comics Panel and The Newspaper Strip Panel are annual main-stays.  Each year we have an Inking Panel featuring some of the top inkers in the field.  We’ve also had numerous group interviews that focused on The Art of the Comic Book Cover. We’ve had one-on-one interviews with Stan Lee, Warren Ellis, Mike Mignola and Matt Fraction. We’ve had Comic Discussion Groups where we’ve sat down with a creator to discuss—in detail—their favorite books: Bill Willingham on Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, Darwyn Cooke on Parker: The Outfit.  Jaime Hernandez on Love and Rockets: New Stories, Scott Snyder on Batman: Dark Mirror, Skottie Young on OZ and many others including a panel of nine (9!!!) of the creators from Wednesday Comics together for one epic talk.

So what it comes down to is this–What do you want to see? Take a look at the list of Scheduled Artists and let us know whom you’d like to see interviewed.  What books would you like to discuss?  What Panels would you like to see? This is YOUR convention.  We want you to get as much out of it as possible!!

Feel free to respond on this site.  As the weeks fly by and additions to the guest-list are announced, don’t hesitate to make a suggestion or two to me, Andy Mansell.  I can be reached at [email protected].  We can’t make any guarantees, but every suggestion will be considered.

And thanks again for being part of HeroesCon 2013—I can’t wait!!!!

Today’s Guest List update is enormous! We’ve added 23 creators scheduled to appear at HeroesCon this June. Check it out!

Heroes Convention is in Charlotte, North Carolina, June 7-9 2013. Get your 3 day passes today! Our full guest list (so far) is here.

We still need volunteers too!

AARON CAMPBELL – Artist: The Shadow, Uncanny, Green Hornet

TOM FEISTER – Artist: G.I. Joe, Ex-Machina

BILLY FOWLER – Artist: The Thrilling Adventure Hour

JENNY FRISON – Artist: Revival, Angel, Spike

MENTON3 – Artist: Monocyte, Silent Hill

TODD NAUCK – Artist: Invincible Universe, WildGuard, Spider-Man, Young Justice

STEVE SEELEY – Writer: Hoax Hunters Artist: Awesome paintings like this

RICH TOMMASO – Writer/Artist: The Cavalier Mr. Thompson, Pete & Miriam, Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow

WILFREDO TORRES – Artist: The Shadow: Year One, Lobster Johnson, Aliens

TIM VIGIL – Artist:

Also also added today: Elliot Fernandez, Jerry Gaylord, Penelope Gaylord, Dan Johnson, Eric Layton, Leo Leibelman, Mike Lilly, Andrew Pepoy, Rodney Ramos, Matt Slay, Chris Uminga, Michael Watkins, Matt Webb. Full guest list (so far) is here.

Today’s Guest List update is pretty awesome! Check it out!

Heroes Convention is in Charlotte, North Carolina, June 7-9 2013. Get your 3 day passes today! The full guest list (so far) is here.

We still need volunteers too!

MICHAEL GOLDEN – Artist: The Nam, Micronoauts, Dr. Strange, She-Hulk, Howard the Duck

DANIEL GOVAR – Artist: Azure

MIKE HENDERSON – Artist: Masks and Mobsters, TMNT, Banshee: Origins

VAN JENSEN – Writer: Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer, Green Lantern Corps

KONSTANTIN KOMARDIN – Artist: City Stories, Max Cooler

STEVE OLIFF – Digital Color Pioneer: Akira, Spawn, Sandman, The Maxx, Armature

MARK TEXEIRA – Artist: Wolverine, Ghost Rider, Moon Knight, Sabretooth, Jonah Hex

BILLY TUCCI – Artist: Shi, Sgt.Rock: The Lost Batallion, A Child Is Born

ROBERT VENDITTI – Writer: X-O Manowar, Demon Knights, Green Lantern

RENEE WITTERSTAETTER – Writer/Editor: Excess: The Art of Michael Golden, Joe Jusko: Savage Beauty, She-Hulk

Westin rooms are almost completely sold out for HeroesCon weekend! Luckily for you, Heroes Head Honcho Shelton Drum has worked out the same deal with the Hilton Charlotte Center City right on the other side of the Convention Center. The special rate of $124 a night will be available until May 17th but we are predicting a quick sell out considering how fast the Westin block sold. So, book now! See you in June!

“Sombody’s got a case of the Mondays.” If that’s you, we hope this HeroesCon 2013 Guest List Update will cheer you up and help you power through your week! Heroes Convention is in Charlotte, North Carolina, June 7-9 2013. Get your 3 day passes today! The full guest list (so far) is here.

We still need volunteers too!

FRANK CHO – Creator: Liberty Meadows Artist: Savage Wolverine, Avengers, Shanna

JONATHAN HICKMAN – Writer: Avengers, East of West, Manhattan Projects

RYAN BODENHEIM – Artist: Secret, Halcyon, Red Mass for Mars

NICK PITARRA – Artist: The Manhattan Projects, The Red Wing

JEFF DEKAL – Cover Artist: Journey Into Mystery

KARL STORY – Inker: Action Comics, Ocean, Tom Strong, Terra Obscura, Nightwing

DEXTER VINES – Inker: Nova, Avengers: X- Sanction, Buffy, Hulk

TERESA R DAVIDSON – Letterer: Sonic the Hedgehog, Archie

JOE HARRIS – Writer: Great Pacific, X-Files

KEN HUNT: Artist: Godsend

What?! Ultron’s not Indie! He is too! This Ultron is so Indie he’s not even the right colors!

Ultron is here to let you know about today’s Big Guest List update focusing on Indie Island. So go check it out and then get your HeroesCon 3 day passes so you don’t miss the fun!

Here’s hoping you forgive me for my goofy jokes and Mr. Dorkin forgives me for desecrating his cool Ultron drawing.

Heroes Convention is in Charlotte, North Carolina, June 7-9 2013. Get your 3 day passes today! The full guest list (so far) is here.