Name: Cover Story: The Art of the Cover
Start: 2026-07-26T14:00:00-0700
End: 2026-07-26T15:00:00-0700

Sunday July 26, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT

What does it take to make a great cover for a comic book? Let's ask three of the top artists . . . all folks who've created some of the best. Nicole Goux (This Place Kills Me), Steven Butler (Sonic the Hedgehog), Dan Jurgens (The Death of Superman), and maybe someone else talk shop. Moderated by Mark Evanier.

Special Guests

Steven Butler

Comic-Con Special Guest

Steven Butler is a 37-year veteran comic book creator who has worked for a wide variety of companies on many well-known titles, including The Badger for First Comics; Web of Spider-Man, Silver Sable and the Wildpack, and Punisher War Journal for Marvel Comics; Superman for DC... Read More →

Nicole Goux

Booth #2203, 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 →

Mark Evanier

Comic-Con Special Guest

Mark Evanier attended his first San Diego Comic-Con in 1970 and has been to every one of these annual events ever since. He was then an assistant to the great Jack Kirby, whom he wrote about in his book Kirby, King of Comics. Mark has also written for live-action TV shows, animat... Read More →

Sunday July 26, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Room 7AB

1: Programs, Art and Illustration, Comic-Con Special Guest Spotlights & Appearances, Comics, Superheroes

Comic-Con 2026

Steven Butler

Nicole Goux

Mark Evanier

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Comic-Con 2026

Steven Butler

Nicole Goux

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