The New York Comic Con (NYCC) has released “the complete roster of the comic book legends, luminaries, and rising stars who’ll appear in its 2008 Artist Alley.” (See below for the list.) Artist Alley is a division of NYCC’s Exhibition Hall reserved for comic book and pop culture creators—both legendary as well as emerging—and is a unique arena that allows for creators and fans to personally interact. The exhibitors in Artist Alley (usually a moderately large ballroom) will be exhibiting their work, demonstrating their techniques, talking with fans, and showing just what it is to be an artist or creator.
“Everything we do at New York Comic Con is about experience,” Show Manager Lance Fensterman said. “While the show is only three days in April, we endeavor to create something that’ll remain for a lifetime in memory, and out of everything we’re planning, it’s the talent and interaction in Artist Alley that may be many attendees’ favorite memory.”
The 2008 New York Comic Con will be 18-20 April at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. Guests of Honor will include Mike Mignola, Grant Morrison, and T.M.Revolution.
For earlier information on the convention, see this article.
The list of those who’ll have space on Artists Alley in 2008 is: Bob Almond, Franco Aureliani, Dick Ayers, Michael Bair, Matt “Batt” Banning, Jason Baroody, Chris Batista, Carolyn Belefski, Steve Belledin, Dan Berger, Rich Bernatovech, Simone Bianchi, Jake Black, Greg Blazer, Anna Warren Boersig, Jon Bogdanove, Ken Branch, Ivan Brandon, Mark Brooks, Charles Brown, Mark Buckingham, Rich Buckler, BUZZ, James Campbell, Nick Cardy, Joshua Carter, John Cebollero, C.B. Cebulski, Justin “Spanky” Cermak, Phillip Chan, Jeff Chandler, Bernard Chang, Sean Chen, Cliff Chiang, Dan Chichester, Kari Christensen, Lawrence Christmas, Tom Chu, Matthew Clark, Phillip Clarke, Classic Comics Press, Olivier Coipel, Eugene Commodore, Amanda Conner, Darwyn Cooke, Dan Cooney, Ed Counts, Molly Crabapple Illustration, Wes Craig, Carlos D’Anda, Peter David, Albert Debnam, Nelson DeCastro, Todd Dezago, Marko Djurdjevic, Michael Dolce, Derec Donovan, Michael Dooney, Colleen Doran, Dale Eaglesham, Tommy Lee Edwards, Steve Ellis, Steve Epting, Mark Evanier, Jesse Farrell, Ray Felix, Will Finan, David Finch, Michael Finger, Danny Fingeroth, Ramona Fradon, Gary Friedrich, Jose Luis Garcia Lopez, Ron Garney, Michael Gaydos, Randy Gentile, Keith Giffen, Sam Girdich, Basil Gogos, Dan Goldman, Dan Goodsell, Trevor Goring, Keron Grant, Michael Grassia, Scott Grimando, Geoff Grogan, Peter Gross, Yvel Guichet, Brad Guigar, Wesley Gunn, Brian Haberlin, Carissa Halston, Ryusuke Hamamoto, Craig Hamilton, Scott Hanna, Jesse Hansen, Fred Harper, Dean Haspiel, Lewis Helfand, Clayton Henry, Janet Hetherington, David Hillman, Bryan Hitch, Greg Horn, Richard Howell, Mike Huddleson, Jamal Igle, Phil Jimenez, Geoff Johns, Veronica Jones, JG Jones, Veronica Jones, Kris Justice, Paul Michael Kane, Eric Kayser, Joe Kelly, Carl Kent, Karl Kerschl, Barbara Kesel, Danny Kimanyen, J.J. Kirby, Blair Kitchen, Douglas Klauba, Chirstopher Knowles, Jim Kyle, Andy Lanning, Serge LaPointe, Bob Larkin, Steve Lavigne, Jim Lawson, Bob Layton, Jim Lee, Fred Van Lente, John Paul Leon, Tim Leong, Rob Liefeld, Mike Lilly, Lisa Lin, John Livesay, Mike Lopez, Aaron Lopresti, John Lucas, Julian Lytle, Kevin Maguire, Jason Martin, Ron Marz, Jason McKee, Mike McKone, Frank McLaughlin, Bob McLeod, Steve McNiven, Jason Millet, Welson Miu, Richard Molinelli, Christian Montalvo, Steve Montano, David Montoya, Monte Moore, Mark Morales, Rags Morales, Alex Morrissey, Patricia Mulvihill, Steve Murphy, David Nakayama, Daniel Narkrosis, Todd Nauk, Shaun Noel, Dan Nokes, Oliver Nome, Steve Noppenberger, Steven O’Connell, Michaal Avon Oeming, Ken Okabayashi, Denny O’Neal, Joshua Ortega, Jean Claude Padilla, Jimmy Palmiotti, Yanick Paquette, Dan Parent, Andrew Pepoy, Marcos Perez, Khoi Pham, Caleb Prochnow, David Quiles, Rodney Ramos, Tom Raney, Jon Reed, Robert Reilly, Ivan Reis, Michael Renzine, Dan H. Richards, Paolo Rivera, Martin Robaszewski, Andrew Robinson, John Romita, Jr., Shane Rooks, Craig Rousseau, Stephane Roux, Josef Rubinstein, Steve Rude, Michael Ryan, Mark Sable, Steve Sadowski, Daniel Salgo, Alex Saviuk, David Seidman, Dave Shelton, Jim Shooter, Ryan Sias, Joe Simon, Walter Simonson, Louise Simonson, Joe Sinnott, Louis Small, Timothy Smith, Tom Smith, Sergio Solero, Christian Spollen, Joe Staton, Christina Strain, Ron Sutton, Arthur Suydam, Jonathan Syphax, Craig Taillefer, Eric Talbot, Billy Tan, Mark Texiera, Art Thibert, Andie Tong, Willard Torres, Gia-Bio Tran, Steve Uy, Tom Valenti, Jim Valentino, Fred Van Lente, Ethan Van Sciver, Ceasar Vargas, Samuel Vera, Dexter Vines, Peter Vinton, Steve Walker, Emily Warren, Lee Weeks, Graig Weich, Graig Weich, Scott Weinstein, Chris Weston, Renee Whittersatter, Bob Wiacek, Keith Williams, and Ven Yann.