I had a lot of fun this year at New York Comic Con 2025. It was an amazing four day event held at the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan. Once again, my favorite place to hang out during the show was Artist Alley, where dozens of talented creators were set up. Here are just a few highlights from Artist Alley this year.
It was really great to see the incredible June Brigman, co-creator of Power Pack and Captain Ginger, at NYCC this year. June and her husband, inker Roy Richardson, used to live in White Plains NY back in the day, so I used to see them all the time. They moved back to Georgia about 20 years ago and I haven’t seen them since. So, it was nice to catch up with June at the show.
Acclaimed comic book artist Jamal Igle has worked on numerous titles throughout his career, including Firestorm, Supergirl, Molly Danger and The Wrong Earth. He’s a really good person, and I was glad to catch up with him again.
Whilce Portacio worked on Uncanny X-Men in the early 1990s, where he co-created the character Bishop. He then went over to help found Image Comics, where he was the co-creator of the Wetworks series. I like his highly detailed work a lot. I’ve never had the opportunity to meet Portacio before, so it was cool to get the first issue of Wetworks signed by him.
Terry Dodson has worked on numerous titles, among them Uncanny X-Men, Adventureman, Fire and Ice, Wonder Woman and Thunderbolts, often collaborating with his wife, inker Rachel Dodson. Most recently Terry & Rachel drew a gorgeous Wonder Woman & Captain America backup story in the Deadpool / Wolverine crossover book. At the show I picked up a copy of their beautiful variant cover for that special.
Deathlok penciler and co-founder of the Milestone Media line, Denys Cowan had a really gritty, atmospheric style. He’s another creator I had never had an opportunity to meet before. I got my copy of the Hardware: Season One hardcover collection signed by him.
Reilly Brown has worked on Deadpool, Amazing Spider-Man and the Batman/Fortnight Zero Point miniseries. I think he has a really nice style and is a very solid storyteller. He did a nice sketch of Mantis for me in my sketchbook.
I’ve been fortunate to be friends with Emmy and Ringo award winning comic book creator Dean Haspiel (Billy Dogma, The Fox, The Red Hook) for a number of years now. Dean was sharing a table with Dan Goldman, the creator of Red Light Properties, a series about a realtor who offers “previously-haunted” houses at below-market prices to folks who could never otherwise afford one. Goldman describes it as “Better Call Saul meets The Shining.” Definitely check it out.
Writer Stephanie Williams has been doing great work on the character of Nubia, often working with penciler Alitha Martinez. I enjoyed the Nubia & the Amazons miniseries and its follow-up Nubia: Queen of the Amazons that they did. Among her other projects, Williams is writing a revival of Street Sharks for IDW Publishing.
I’ve always found artist Todd Nauck to have a really fun, energetic style. He got started in the mid-1990s at Image Comics and immediately out the gate was doing good work. In the last 30 years he’s worked on a variety of titles, including Badrock, Young Justice, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and his creator-owned series WildGuard.
Last but certainly not least is another artist I’m fortunate to call a friend, the very talented Buzz, who has worked on Vampirella and JSA. He’s recently drawn a great, fun cover for the Harley Quinn x Elvira crossover. Buzz was sharing his table with Mars Howard, a talented artist who’s drawn some really beautiful Vampirella covers.
Those are just some of the many talented creators I was fortunate enough to meet at NYCC 2025. Thank you to all of the comic book pros who came to the show and made time for the fans.
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