Mark Texeira, Roy Thomas, George Tuska, Ethan Van Sciver, Robert Venditti, Charles Vess, Dexter Vines, Loston Wallace, Daniel Way, Steven Weissman, Mike Wieringo, Renée Witterstaetter, Brian Wood, Tracy Yardley July 1–2: London Film & Comic Con, London, UK July 20–23: Comic-Con International, San Diego, US August 3–6: Wizard World Chicago (Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois, US) – 58,000 attendees; guest of honor: Jeph Loeb August 5–6: "CAPTION Remix", East Oxford Community Center, Oxford, UK August 18–20: Animecon IV, Helsinki, Finland September: Montreal Comic-con (Place Bonaventure, Montreal, Quebec) – first edition of this convention September 1–4: Dragon Con (Hyatt Regency Atlanta/Marriott Marquis/Atlanta Hilton, Atlanta, Georgia) – 25,000+ attendees; guests include George Takei, Mickey Rooney, Summer Glau, and George A. Romero September 1–3: Fan Expo Canada (Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) – 42,947 attendees; guests include William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Carrie Fisher, Alice Cooper, Linda Blair, James Callis, Gates McFadden, Robert Picardo, Jeffrey Combs, Verne Troyer, Karen Black, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Brian Michael Bendis, Geoff Johns, Ethan Van Sciver, Mike Mignola, Roman Dirge, and Josh Middleton September 8–10: Raptus Bergen International Comics Festival, Bergen, Norway September 10: X-Trava Con Comic Book, Toy and Non-Sport Card Show (Knights of Columbus Hall, Livonia, Michigan, US) – produced by Motor City Conventions, parent company of the Motor City Comic Con September 9–10: Baltimore Comic-Con, Baltimore, US September 15–17: Comics Salon (Bratislava, Slovakia) September 16–17: Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show II (Penn Plaza Pavilion, New York City, US) – guests include Neal Adams, Howard Chaykin, and Ernie Colón September 23–24: Phoenix Comicon (Mesa, Arizona, US) – 2,600 attendees; special guests: Christine Auten, Greg Ayres, Johnny Yong Bosch, Shannon Denton, Christy Lijewski October 12–14: International Comics and Animation Festival, Washington, D.C., US October 12: Komikazen (Ravenna, Italy) – guests include Danijel Zezelj, Jessica Lurie, and Vittorio Giardino October 13–14: SPX (Bethesda, Maryland, US) October 14–15: Motor City Comic Con II (Rock Financial Showplace, Novi, Michigan, US) – guests include Guy Davis, William Messner-Loebs, James O'Barr, Ken Osmond, Robert Culp, Lori Petty, and Michael Dorn October 27–28: Stumptown Comics Fest (Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon, US) – event expands to two days October 28–29: Dallas Comic Con ("DCC8") (Plano Centre, Plano, Texas) – guests include Brian Stelfreeze, Phil Noto, Paul Gulacy, Steve Rude, Mike Grell, Ron Frenz, Mark Brooks, Kerry Gammill, Steve Erwin, Tom Hodges, Cal Slayton, and Ben Dunn November