J. Michael Straczynski and Marc Silvestri will appear at New York Comic Con as Guests of Honor, joining other newly named guests including Gene Colan, Peter David, Michael Golden, George Perez, and Kevin Smith. “The list of special guests who will appear at New York Comic Con is growing day by day,” notes Greg Topalian, the Event Director for New York Comic Con. “We couldn’t be happier with the enormous talent that has come on board already and we’re looking forward to making many more announcements about guest appearances in the weeks and months ahead.”

New York Comic Con will take place in New York City at the Jacob K. Javits Center, February 23rd – 25th.

Kevin Smith: Kevin is a well-known producer, writer, director and actor who has had a rapid rise in the independent film community. In addition to Clerks (which won the Filmmaker’s Trophy at Sundance) and Jersey Girl, Mr. Smith is well known for several other films, including Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. He has published the screenplays to all five of his previously released films, written comic books featuring not only his own characters (the multiple-printed Clerks and Jay and Silent Bob), but also legendary mainstays of the superhero world (the award-winning Daredevil and Spider-Man and the Black Cat at Marvel Comics, and the award-winning Green Arrow at DC Comics), and written a monthly column for UK based Arena Magazine. With his View Askew partner, Scott Mosier, he has also executive-produced four low budget, first film efforts (including Bryan Johnson’s Lion’s Gate release Vulgar) and one large budget, multiple Academy Award winner (Good Will Hunting). Kevin Smith’s most recent film, Clerks II, was released this past summer (2006). In this film, Smith revisits the zany characters ten years after first being introduced to them in Clerks.