Click for official 2024 CXC Special Guest press release. 2024 Artwork by Evan Salazar press release, click here! Kate Beaton Cartoonist Leonie Bischoff Cartoonist Alexandra Bowman Political Cartoonist; Guest of AAEC Jerry Craft Author, Illustrator; Guest of CML Ryan Holmberg Art and Comics Historian, Editor, and Manga Translator Tina Horn Writer, Podcaster, Educatrix, And Diehard Queer Punk; Guest of CCAD Ahn Jae-Huun Animator; Guest of The Wexner Center for the Arts Rupert Kinnard Writer, Art Director, Graphic Designer, Illustrator, and Cartoonist; Guest of BICLM Françoise Mouly Publisher and Editorial Director Bryan Lee O’Malley Cartoonist, Guest of CCAD Chris Oliveros Cartoonist and Founder Of D+Q Ben Passmore Cartoonist; Guest of CCAD Cole Pauls Comic Artist, Illustrator, and Printmaker L. Pidge Artist, Illustrator, Educator, and Letterer Nate Powell Cartoonist David Rickert Educator, Author, and Illustrator Rafael Rosado Cartoonist and Storyboard artist Jeff Smith Writer and Artist Art Spiegelman Cartoonist Ed Steed Cartoonist Lisa Sterle Illustrator; Guest of CCAD Sam Szabo Cartoonist and Printmaker Maggie Umber Artist, Guest Of Ohio State University Pop Culture Studies Bianca Xunise Illustrator, Writer; Guest of BICLM Chip Zdarsky Comic Book Artist and Writer; Guest of the Laughing Ogre