Some would wonder why he wasn’t on the Guest List in the first place–Tim is one of our oldest friends and biggest boosters. Fortunately for his career, he’s also one of the most renowned inkers in comics, having worked on a host of high profile books, over some of the biggest pencillers in the industry, including Frank Quitely, Chris Bachalo, and Joe Madureira, to name just a very few. Tim also has a personal style that is, er, unique–as seen here, in this photo with Joe Madureira, circa (I hope) the 90’s.

Why, it seems like just last week that I was announcing the addition of Mark Waid, Eric Powell, and Chris DiBari to our HeroesCon 08 Guest List. How startling to have more names to announce already! But announce them I must–in fact, there are more announcements right around the corner, but they’ll have a hard time equalling this one for “pizzazz.” Stemming directly from our big trip to last weekend’s Baltimore Comicon, we’ve just added living legend Al Feldstein to our guest list! Al’s probably most famous for his work for EC Comics in the 50’s, both as artist and as writer/editor, and will be making his first HeroesCon appearance next summer, which is no end of exciting for us!

Also making his first HeroesCon appearance will be indie stud Dean Haspiel, of Billy Dogma, The Quitter (with Harvey Pekar), and ACT-I-VATE fame! Dino was fortunate/unfortunate enough to be seated next to me at the Harvey Awards, and somehow we made a love connection strong enough to bring him to Charlotte. What can’t love accomplish?

But that’s still not all–returning to HeroesCon next year will be artist/inker/editor Mike Manley, the steersman behind Draw! Magazine, inker of a million books, and art blogger extraordinaire. Mike is one of those guys who’s just cool to meet at shows, always ready to talk about art and craft and stuff–if you budding artists haven’t checked out Draw! yet, it’s an invaluable resource for the aspirant, with tons of interviews with the top pro’s in comics, often focused on the nuts and bolts of their craft. Awesome! Okay: more to come, maybe later this week? Stay tuned!

In the first of several big HeroesCon 08 Guest List announcements over the next few weeks, relating to our recent trip to Baltimore, we’re stoked to announce the addition of Mark Waid, Eric Powell, and Chris DiBari to the guest list! Mark Waid you may–just may–know from his decades of work on all sides of the comic book industry, including writing the recent Brave And The Bold relaunch, incredibly popular runs on Fantastic Four and The Flash, and currently as Editor-In-Chief of Boom! Studios. This is, of course, the barest tip of the iceberg of Mark’s work, but there you go.
Eric Powell is of course the writer/artist behind the hit “Goon” comic from Dark Horse, and will be making his, er, third trip to HeroesCon this year? If you haven’t met him, he comes off all quiet and stuff at first, then BAM! out comes the funny. Don’t be fooled! Also returning to HeroesCon this year is Chris DiBari, the artist behind Starship Troopers and The Hunger. I know this is exciting and everything, but remember: this is only the start–you need to pace yourself, because we’ll be making another couple of announcements next week, so don’t wear yourself out!

Check it, all y’all:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/heroesonline
Now, I’m still working out all the kinks, as far as the order that photos should display in, labels, sets, blah-blah-blah, BUT the page is up, seems to be working, and took a million less years than it would have if I were doing it all the old way, by hand, coding each, etc. Of course, the photos currently up (all by the very generous Gary Corbin) are just the teensiest tip of the photo iceberg, but I’ll continue to update with more, and then gradually start working my way backwards through the history of the show, at least the history I have photo documentation of. And of course I’ll let you know here on the blog whenever I add anything. Enjoy!