Rod Reis started his comic-book career in the early 90’s as color artist for DC COMICS. This is where he worked on books as Superman, Aquaman and Justice League for almost 15 years. Then he published two creator-owned books at Image Comics as an interior artist and because of them Marvel hired him to illustrate Captain America, Doctor Strange, Winter Soldier. Currently, he’s the ongoing artist on New Mutants. Watch his work here!

Comic Artist announcement: Pere Pérez! His first published work for DC Comics was in 2009 with the title Adventure Comics Feat, The Guardian. For Marvel, he worked on the one-shot New Avengers (AAFES): An Army of One, Marvel Adv. Fantastic Four #46, and many more. At Valiant, Pere worked on Comics as Archer & Armstrong and the Faith ongoing, which were nominated for a Harvey and an Eisner Award! Read more about his story.

Kasia Nie is a comics and games illustrator who debuted in the comics’ industry in 2016 with the Eisner nominated “Mockingbird” series written by Chelsea Cain for Marvel Comics. She is also known as Kate Niemczyk.

Elena Casagrande is coming to HDCC! She works with Marvel and DC Comics but also launched the new series of Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor for Titan Comics. She’s the artist of the new series of Black Widow for Marvel with Kelly Thompson as writer, Jordie Bellaire as colorist and Adam Hughes as regular cover artist; she and her team-mates won with this series the Eisner Award 2021 as Best New Series.

With the deadline of the Fantastic Stories comming up it’s important to not forget to submit your work! Organized by the American Book Center and in collaboration with publishing house Zilverspoor, this story competition is the perfect time to show your writing skills.