HEROESCON TO DISPLAY NEW ART FROM BILL WATTERSON!
This year HeroesCon is proud to display the first published comic strip art from Bill Watterson in nearly twenty years! Watterson completed his inimitable Calvin and Hobbes strip in 1995, and has since remained largely private in his life and art. If you happened to read Stephan Pastis‘ popular Pearls Before Swine strip this week, you may have noticed that Pastis employed a guest artist, billed as a second grade girl named Libby, to help him with three strips. Astute readers speculated about the true identity of the guest artist, and today the Washington Post revealed it to be none other than the legendary Bill Watterson!
In conjunction with Chris Sparks and Team Cul de Sac, we are happy to be bringing all three Watterson and Pastis strips to Charlotte to display at HeroesCon, June 20 through 22 at the Charlotte Convention Center. The art will be displayed on the convention floor all weekend, at our Drink and Draw event on Friday night, and at Saturday night’s Art Auction. We’ll also be hosting a panel on Friday, June 20 where fans will get to hear the story of how this remarkable art was produced, how it came to be featured in Charlotte, and the part that Cul de Sac cartoonist Richard Thompson plays in all of it.
The three strips produced by Watterson and Pastis will be auctioned off in the coming months, with all proceeds from the sale going to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. This charity works closely with our good friends at Team Cul de Sac, for whom we host our annual HeroesCon Drink and Draw charity event. More specifics regarding the auction of these pieces will be available at HeroesCon, here on our site and at Team Cul de Sac‘s page in the coming weeks.
HeroesCon is the only place anyone will be able to see the rare Watterson and Pastis original art in person before they are auctioned off. This is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity for comic and art fans across the country, and we are humbled and honored to be bringing it to Charlotte.
HeroesCon takes place June 20 – 22 at the Charlotte Convention Center. The Bill Watterson and Cul de Sac panel takes place Friday, June 20 at 5:30 at the convention center.
The HeroesCon Drink and Draw event takes place on Friday, June 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hilton Center City atrium. HeroesCon’s first Drink and Draw event was in 2011, modeled after the Drink and Draw Social Club founded by comic artists Dave Johnson, Dan Panosian and Jeff Johnson. That event and every one since has raised money for Team Cul de Sac, the organization founded in honor of Cul de Sac cartoonist Richard Thompson that raises money and awareness for Parkinson’s Research.
The HeroesCon Art Auction will take place on Saturday, June 21 at 8 p.m. in the Providence Ballroom at the Westin.
For more information on all things HeroesCon, stayed tuned to www.heroesonline.com. If you have any questions regarding the Watterson and Pastis exhibit in Charlotte, contact Seth Peagler at [email protected] or through the Heroes store at 704.375.7462. Additionally, you can contact Team Cul de Sac’s Chris Sparks at [email protected] for further information.
JOEY ELLIS (Sunday Only) :: Leaky Timbers
ANDY FISH :: Dracula’s Army, Werewolves of Wisconsin, Warner Bros Licensing Artist
VERONICA FISH :: Pirates of Mars, Dracula’s Army, Frankenstein 1921
GEORGES JEANTY :: Serenity, Buffy, Green Lantern
NATHAN MASSENGIL :: Deadpool Classics, Buffy, Batman, Spider-Man
ERIC POWELL :: The Goon, Big Trouble In Little China
PAUL AZACETA – Artist: Outcast, X-Men, Graveyard of Empires
ALEAH BAKER – Colorist, Letterer, Concept Designer: Sonic the Hedgehog & Mega Man
BERNARD CHANG – Artist: Green Lantern Corps, Demon Knights, Wonder Woman
LEWIS LAROSA – Artist: Bloodshot, Harbinger, Shadowman, X-Men, JLA, Punisher MAX
NORM RAPMUND – Inker: The Flash, Booster Gold, Teen Titans, Nightwing, Batman/Superman
ANDY SMITH – Artist: Thanos, X-Men, Wolverine, Superman, Batman
BOB WIACEK – Inker: X-Men, Star Wars, X-Factor, Brave and the Bold
JARRETT WILLIAMS – Cartoonist: Super Pro KO, Regular Show, Yo Gabba Gabba!
WALDEN WONG – Inker: Guardians of the Galaxy, Wolverine and the X-Men, Justice League Dark
JUAN DOE: Solar, X-Men:198, Legion of Monsters, Fantastic Four
STEPHANIE GLADDEN: Girls of Monster Paradise, Peanuts, Jingle Belle, Simpsons, Powerpuff Girls
MARCUS HAMILTON: Dennis the Menace APPEARING FRIDAY ONLY!
DEREK HUNTER: Adventure Time, Bravest Warriors, Pirate Club, Skidmarks
ERIK JONES – Painter: Figure, Form, Unknown, Elric, Witchblade
JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER: DAWN, Wolverine & The Black Cat: Claws, Conan, Red Sonja, Vampirella
GUIN THOMPSON & DURWIN TALON: Beautiful Scars
KYLE T. WEBSTER: Illustrator and Owner of 
TRACY YARDLEY: Sonic the Hedgehog, The Adventures of Galaxy Man and Cosmic Girl
Tsunami Studios:
Dave Bullock: Director of Justice League:The New Frontier, Batman Black & White,Wednesday Comics
Chris Brunner: Loose Ends, Sundowners
Cully Hamner: Red, The Question, Detective Comics, Black Lightning, Blue Beetle
Kate Leth: Bravest Warriors, Kate Or Die, Adventure Time: Seeing Red
Andy MacDonald: Zoo, Terminator, Time Warp
Mike Maihack: Cleopatra in Space
Benjamin Marra: TERROR ASSAULTER: O.M.W.O.T. (One Man War On Terror), BLADES & LAZERS, Night Business, Gangsta Rap Posse
Billy Martin: Vitriol the Hunter
Jim Starlin: Thanos: The Infinity Revelation, The Death of Captain Marvel, Dreadstar, Breed, Silver Surfer
Brian Stelfreeze: Day Men, Jonah Hex, Wednesday Comics, The Ride, Gun Cand
Andy Suriano: Samurai Jack, Liberty Justice, Doc Bizzare M.D.
Ben Templesmith: The Squidder, Choker, Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, 30 Days of Night
JEREMY BASTIAN – Artist: Cursed Pirate Girl
JOHN FLOYD – Inker: Batman: Mortality, Django Unchained, Treatment: Seoul
GABRIEL HARDMAN – Artist: Hulk, Star Wars: Legacy, Kinski
TED NAIFEH-Artist/Writer: Courtney Crumrin, Polly and the Pirates, Ame-Comi Duela Dent
DAVID PETERSEN – Artist: Mouse Guard, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
KHARY RANDOLPH – Artist: Techjacket, Deadpool, Justice League Beyond
CRAIG ROUSSEAU – Artist: Avengers, Perhapanauts, Batman Beyond, Impulse 
TOM SCIOLI – Artist/Writer: Transformers vs. G.I.Joe, Godland, American Barbarian
CAT STAGGS – Artist: Smallville, Vampire Diaries, Star Trek, Star Wars
Andy Belanger – Artist: Black Church, Kill Shakespeare, Bottle of Awesome
Joel Carroll – Artist: Li’l Sonja, Cuttle & Chirp, Skullkickers, Topaz, Flight
Tom Feister – Artist: GI JOE, Ex Machina, The Awesomes
Joe Harris – Writer: X-Files, Ghost Projekt, Wars in Toyland, Spontaneous
Clayton Henry – Artist: Uncanny X-men, Incredible Hercules, Archer and Armstrong
Sandy Jarrell – Artist: Batman ’66, Meteor Men, Unfair
Brad McGinty – Artist: GLORP Gum, Adventure Time, Regular show, Batlle Zoo
Dean Trippe – Artist: Something Terrible, Power Lunch, Butterfly, Project: Rooftop
Brett Weldele – Artist: Surrogates, Pariah, Spontaneous, The Light, Southland Tales
JUNE BRIGMAN – Artist: Power Pack, Supergirl, Star Wars, Brenda Starr
RICH CASE – Artist: Doom Patrol, Spider-Man, Hunter: The Age of Magic, Annie Ammo
JOE EISMA – Artist: Morning Glories
GILBERT HERNANDEZ – Cartoonist: Love and Rockets, Marble Season, Bumperhead
JAIME HERNANDEZ – Cartoonist: Love and Rockets
EVAN SHANER – Artist: Flash Gordon, Adventures of Superman, Deadpool Annual 2013, Ghostbusters
BILL SIENKIEWICZ – Artist: Elektra: Assassin, Stray Toasters, New Mutants
MARK TEXEIRA – Artist: Ghost Rider, Wolverine, Moon Knight
LEE WEEKS – Artist: Daredevil, Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man
ERIC CANETE – Artist: Senior Artist at Riot Games, TRON: Uprising, Beware The Batman
SHANE DAVIS – Artist: Superman Earth One, Superman/Batman, Shadowwalk
DEREC DONOVAN – Artist: Bionic Bombshell, Youngblood, Adventures of Superman, Connor Hawke
TONY HARRIS – Artist: Ex Machina, Starman, Roundeye, War Heroes, Spider-Man
STEVE MANNION – Cartoonist: Fearless Dawn, The Bomb
JOE STATON – Artist: Dick Tracy, Batman, Green Lantern, Power Girl, E Man
SKOTTIE YOUNG – Artist: Rocket Racoon, Fortunately the Milk, Oz, All those cute Young Marvel Variant Covers
