EDIT: Eric Basaldua welcomes first child, cancels April 1 appearance

EDIT 3/26/2012: Ebas welcomed his first child this past week. will reschedule April 1, 2012 VA Comicon attendance!

We are pleased to announce our first round of artists and creators for the April 1st VA Comicon in Richmond.

Several of our guests this time are returning favorites, so be sure to say hi, and thank them for coming back to Richmond.

We are pleased to welcome back Steve Conley, John Wycough, Matt Slay, Louis Small Jr and more. Dan Nokes will be updating our Small Press listing shortly.

I am also happy to announce the return of Top Cow and Zenescope cover artist Eric “EBAS” Basaldua. You may remember he pencilled the cover to our VA Comicon edition of Grimm Fairy Tales #53 in 2010.

He is flying into the East Coast just for the VA Comicon, so be sure to register right now for those FREE TICKETS so you can be one of the first in line. Below is a bit of a bio of Eric from Comicbookdb.com:

Cover Artist:  1001 Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad (2008)  Angelus (2009)  Ant (2004)  Army of Darkness: Shop Till You Drop Dead (2005)  Artifacts (2010)  Battle of the Planets: Princess (2004)  Battlestar Galactica (2006)  Beyond Wonderland (2008)  Blood Legacy: The Young Ones (2003)  Brimstone (2011)  Broken Trinity (2008)  Broken Trinity: Pandora’s Box (2010)  Cavewoman: Red Menace (2009)  Critter (2011)  CyberForce / Hunter-Killer (2009)  The Darkness / Pitt (2009)  The Darkness (1996)  The Darkness (2002)  The Darkness (2007)  The Darkness: Level (2006)  Darkness/Vampirella (2005)  Devi (2006)  Eric Basaldua 2006 Sketchbook (2006)  Escape From Wonderland (2009)  EVO (2003)  The Flash (2011)  Fly (2011)  Freshmen II: Fundamentals of Fear (2006)  Grimm Fairy Tales (2005)  Grimm Fairy Tales Holiday Edition (2009)  Grimm Fairy Tales Myths & Legends (2011)  Grimm Fairy Tales presents Alice in Wonderland (2012)  Grimm Fairy Tales: Halloween Special (2009)  Grimm Fairy Tales: Neverland (2010)  Grimm Fairy Tales: Neverland Hook (2011)  Grimm Fairy Tales: Return to Wonderland (2007)  Grimm Fairy Tales: Swimsuit Edition (2010)  Grimm Fairy Tales: The Dream Eater Saga (2011)  Grimm Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid Collection (2009)  Helios (2004)  Hunter-Killer (2005)  Jennifer Blood (2011)  Justice League (2011)  Kato (2010)  The Magdalena (2003)  Magdalena: Origins (2010)  Monster War (2005)  Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson: Homecoming (2008)  Purgatori (2005)  Red Sonja (2005)  Salem’s Daughter (2009)  Salem’s Daughter: The Haunting (2011)  Skrull Kill Krew (2009)  Strykeforce (2004)  Tales from Wonderland (2009)  Tales from Wonderland: Queen of Hearts vs. Mad Hatter (2010)  Tales from Wonderland: The Cheshire Cat (2009)  Tales from Wonderland: The Mad Hatter II (2009)  Team 14 (2008)  The Theater (2011)  Tomb Raider: The Series (1999)  Vampirella Revelations (2005)  The Waking (2010)  Witchblade (1995)  Witchblade: Bearers of the Blade (2006)  Witchblade: Manga (2007)  Witchblade: Shades of Gray (2007)  Witchblade/Devi (2008)  Witchblade/Wolverine (2004)  Wolverine (2003)  Wonderland Annual (2009)  Zendra (2001)