Jonny Sun

Humorist, Author & Illustrator

Gene Luen Yang

National Ambassador for Young People's Literature & Chinese-American Graphic Novelist

Rebecca Sugar

Award-Winning Animator, Director, Screenwriter, Producer & Songwriter; Known as the Creator of "Steven Universe"

Morshed Abdulla Al

Cartoonist Behind Morshed Mishu's Illustration; Started the Global Happiness Project to Find Happiness in Tragedies

Emily Quinn

Intersex Activist, Artist & Animator

Deborah Willis

Professor & Chair of the Department of Photography and Imaging at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts

Cleo Wade

Artist, Poet & Author

Jeffrey Brown

Comic Book Artist & Writer Known for the "Star Wars: Darth Vader and Son" and "Star Wars: Jedi Academy" Series

Colleen Coover

Comic Book Artist; Known for LGBT Work

Ray Billingsley

Comic Book Artist; Created Comic Strip "Curtis"

Mimi Pond

Illustrator/Cartoonist known for work in The Simpsons, National Lampoon, NY Times

Zach Weinersmith

Comic Artist; Author and Illustrator of the Webcomic "Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal"

Ellen Forney

Cartoonist & Author of "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian"

Hank Willis Thomas

Conceptual Artist

Matt Groening

Cartoonist, Screenwriter and Producer; Known for "The Simpsons" and "Futurama"

Scott Adams

Creator of the Popular Comic Strip "Dilbert", Chief Strategy Officer for WhenHub & Author

Ingrid Lafleur

Afrofuture Strategist

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Nancy Baker Cahill

New Media Artist & Founder of 4th Wall

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Gale Galligan

New York Times Best-Selling Cartoonist; Graphic Novelist

Milagros Phillips

Keynote Speaker, TEDx Presenter, Author & Certified Coach

Apiorkor Seyiram Ashong-Abbey

Ghanaian Poet, Author, Literary Critic, Media Practitioner & Activist

Madison McFerrin

Singer-Songwriter

Adie Delaney

Multidisciplinary Artist, Founder of the Circus Studio & Prevention Educator at the Sexual Assault Support Service

Karen Palmer

Futurist & Thought Leader Using Immersive AI for Participants to Experience Societal Implications of AI and AI Bias; Award-Winning XR Creator; Winner of SXSW XR Competition 2023

Alice Sheppard

Artistic Director of Kinetic Light; Disabled Dancer & Expert on the Intersections of Disability, Arts, Gender and Race

Butterscotch

Vocal Percussionist Who Defies Gender & Other Social Constructs

Marine Tanguy

CEO of MTArt Agency

Tokini Peterside

Founder & Director of Art X Lagos; Creative Entrepreneur & Leader in Nigeria

Sarah Sze

Contemporary Artist, Known for Sculpture & Installations

Daniel Lismore

Artist, Designer, Creative Consultant, Celebrity Stylist, Writer & Campaigner