Hal-Con 2019

Hope Nicholson is the owner of Winnipeg-based publisher Bedside Press, which focuses on publishing new and old stories from all cultures and walks of life. A historian of comics, she's worked to bring attention to 1940s Canadian comic book history as a producer on the film Lost Heroes... Read More →

Johnnie Christmas is a #1 New York Times Best Selling graphic novelist. Best known for co-creating the series ANGEL CATBIRD with celebrated writer Margaret Atwood. He’s adapted William Gibson’s lost screenplay for ALIEN 3 into a critically acclaimed graphic novel of the same name... Read More →

Renée Nault recently collaborated with novelist Margaret Atwood to adapt her classic dystopian work, The Handmaid's Tale, into a bestselling graphic novel. A Canadian artist and writer, Nault is known for her vivid watercolour dreamscapes, where folklore and pop culture come together... Read More →