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Tom Waltz is a former active duty U.S. Marine, Desert Storm veteran, and former California National Guard Military Policeman. He is a NYTimes Bestselling Writer for many critically-acclaimed comic book series and graphic novels, including TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, TMNT: THE LAST RONIN, TMNT: THE LAST RONIN — LOST YEARS, TMNT: THE LAST RONIN II […]

Steven King (The Artist not the Author) is a freelance artist that shares a famous moniker with one of the most famous writers in the world. A Pittsburgh based artist that grew up in the Boston area as a kid.  A relative rookie in the comic art world with a unique style that bleeds traditional […]

Bob Tkacik is a comic writer and illustrator living in Maine. His cover art has been used for several titles including TMNT: Armageddon Game, The Last Ronin, and Seven Years In Darkness. He is currently finishing up the first issue of his creator owned comic, Good Boy Paws- the story of a recently abandoned dog […]

As we salute 2023, we look forward to the new year, and Granitecon 2024! We’ll have a lot to celebrate too; The addition of the SNHU Arena, the 40th Anniversaries of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Usagi Yojimbo, DC’s Annual Batman Day, and a whole lot more! There are many more announcements coming up this […]

In case you missed the BIG news… Granitecon is expanding, and adding a second venue! For 2024 we will occupy both the DoubleTree by Hilton and the SNHU Arena, and that means we can give you: • More For Your Money! • More Special Guests! • More Vendors! • More Food Choices! • More Special […]

Hey there Graniteers we hope you’ve enjoyed our 24 Days of Guestmas, announcing our first guests for 2024! Don’t worry, the announcements will resume in the New Year, but first we have the biggest announcement in Granitecon history to make. The news is so big we’re going LIVE, here on Facebook — Wednesday December 27th […]

Stan Sakai was born in Kyoto, Japan, and grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii. He began his comic book career by lettering Sergio Aragonés’ Groo the Wanderer. He also worked with Stan Lee, lettering the Spider-Man Sunday newspaper strips for 25 years. Sakai is most famous for his original creation, Usagi Yojimbo, an epic graphic novel […]

The 2022 Granite State Comicon Ultimate Sketch Off Champion returns! Mike Rooth’s artwork has appeared in hundreds of publications including board games, role playing games, children books, graphic novels, textbooks, illustrated history books and more since the mid 1990’s. Mike Rooth is best known for creating cover art for comic companies such as DC Comics […]

Rick Leonardi is an American comic book illustrator, he was born in Philadelphia, and grew up in New England. His work is characterized by his use of dynamic poses, panel composition, and shifting of the camera eye and perspective. His well-known works include various sporadic fill-in issues of The Uncanny X-Men and The New Mutants, as […]

My career in comics began in 1986, when I first joined Mirage Studios (owner and publisher of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles). At the time I came on board, things were really beginning to take off for the TMNTs and their creators, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. In an effort to ease the growing workload, […]