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The Horror (Inspiration)! Oh, the Horror (Inspiration)!
Thursday July 23, 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm PDT
Room 29CD
Moderator Jazzlyn Stone talks to Comic-Con special guests Kelly Sue DeConnick, Nicole Goux, John J. Pearson, Pornsak Pichetshote, and V.E. Schwab about the horrors of everyday life and how that translates into creative inspiration.
Special Guests
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Kelly Sue DeConnick

Comic-Con Special Guest
Kelly Sue DeConnick is best known for reinventing Carol Danvers as Captain Marvel at Marvel and for the Black Label standard-setting Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons at DC. Her independent comics Bitch Planet and Pretty Deadly (both from Image) have ranked as New York Times be... Read More →
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Nicole Goux

Comic-Con Special Guest
Nicole Goux (she/her) is an Eisner Award–nominated illustrator and cartoonist from Los Angeles. She's the artist of DC's Shadow of the Batgirl and co-creator with Dave Baker of Forest Hills Bootleg Society (Simon and Schuster: Atheneum). She has been published by DC, Dark Horse... Read More →
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John J. Pearson

Comic-Con Special Guest
John J. Pearson is an Eisner Award–winning artist and illustrator based in Leeds, UK. He is the artist and co-creator of The Patron (with Christian Ward), The Smart Division (with Zack Kaplan) and In Bloom (with Michael Conrad). He has worked on Hellblazer: Dead in America and ... Read More →
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Pornsak Pichetshote

Comic-Con Special Guest
Pornsak Pichetshote is an award-winning Thai American writer of comics and television. Beginning as an editor for DC's Vertigo imprint, he then oversaw DC Entertainment’s TV's department, spearheading The CW’s Arrowverse. As a comics writer, he is known for Infidel, which was... Read More →
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Victoria "V. E." Schwab

Comic-Con Special Guest
Victoria “V. E.” Schwab is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 20 books. Schwab's series and standalone titles for readers of all ages have made her a major literary figure, whose notable works include the Villains series, the Shades of Magic universe, The I... Read More →
Thursday July 23, 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm PDT
Room 29CD
  1: Programs, Books, Comic-Con Special Guest Spotlights & Appearances, Comics, Horror and Suspense, Movies, Writers & Writing

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