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Comic-Con International: San Diego has announced their fourteenth and final wave of Comic-con guests:
Samuel L. Glanzman, writer/artist, A Sailor’s Story
Caitlin R. Kiernan, author, The Drowning Girl: A Memoir, The Dreaming
Dave McCaig, color artist, American Vampire, Superman: Birthright
Jim Steranko, writer, artist, publisher, Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Prevue Magazine
Kazuki Takahashi, creator, Yu-Gi-Oh!

They join this illustrious group:

David Aja
Lalo Alcaraz
Sergio Aragonés
Franco Aureliani
Peter Bagge
Art Baltazar
Jerry Beck
Allie Brosh
Greg Capullo
Michael Cho
Katie Cook
Kelly Sue DeConnick
Michael DeForge
Mark Evanier
Carlos Ezquerra
Matt Fraction
Lev Grossman
Tom Grummett
Jackson (Butch) Guice
Asaf Hanuka
Tony Harris
Jonathan Hickman
Hugh Howey
Reginald Hudlin
Matthew Inman
Lora Innes
Chip Kidd
Denis Kitchen
Boaz Lavie
Bob Layton
Jim Lee
Stan Lee
Paul Levitz
Steve Lieber
Laura Martin
A. Lee Martinez
Scott McCloud
Kevin Nowlan
Matt Phelan
Joe Phillips
Ed Piskor
Hilary B. Price
Humberto Ramos
Jimmie Robinson
Dave Roman
Rainbow Rowell
Luis Royo
Sara Ryan
Scott Shaw!
Jeff Smith
Jen Sorensen
Richard Starkings
Eric Stephenson
J. Michael Straczynzki
William Stout
Jillian Tamaki
Mariko Tamaki
Raina Telgemeirer
Jill Thompson
Maggie Thompson
Jhonen Vasquez
Bernie Wrightson
Craig Yoe
Skottie Young
Chip Zdarsky

…which is a pretty amazing guest list for any show anywhere on earth. I’m particularly interested to see Allie Brosh, and Michael DeForge’s first Comic-Con will doubtless give him endless grist for his comics mill. At TCAF Jillian Tamaki told me that she’ll be travelling with her mother, who has always wanted to go to Comic-Con, so dreams to come true.