We are happy to welcome Jon Bailey to TFcon Chicago 2016.  Known as the epic voice of Screen Junkies’ Honest Trailers, the long time Transformers fan can now be seen as Optimus Prime in Machinima’s Transformers: Combiner Wars animated web series.

Jon will be taking part in a Q&A panel and meeting with the attendees of the America’s largest fan-run Transformers convention all weekend long.

We are honored to welcome Transformers creator Bob Budiansky to TFcon Chicago 2016.  Mr. Budiansky is responsible for much of the writing of the original Marvel Transformers comic, and conceived the names of most of the original Transformers including Megatron. He also wrote the vast majority of the descriptive tech spec biographies printed on the Transformers toy packages that Hasbro produced in the 1980s, giving each character it’s own unique personality.

Mr. Budiansky will be taking part in Q&A panels and meeting with fans all weekend long.

We are very pleased to welcome artist Sara Pitre-Durocher to the Chicago guest list this year.

Sara has worked on IDW’s Combiner Hunters one-shot, The Transformers 46, 47 and 49, and is now the primary artist on the new ongoing comic book Till All Are One. While she will be attending all weekend, details on her signing times and where to get prints and commissions will be announced at a future time.

TFcon is proud to announce that Richard Newman will be appearing as a guest at this years convention in Chicago. Known to Transformers fans as the voice of Rhinox in Beast Wars, Tankor in Beast Machines and Vector Prime in Transformers Cybertron. Mr. Newman will be taking part in Q&A panels and signing for the attendees of the America’s largest fan-run Transformers convention all weekend long.

Limited to 650 copies worldwide, this exclusive cover to Transformers Titans Returns will be available for TFcon attendees to purchase at the 2016 Chicago convention at the Acme Comics booth. Being a huge Transformers fan, the artist Chris Giarrusso, best known for the all ages graphic novel G-Man, drew inspiration from the original Transformers toy line 1987 box artwork and will be attending the show in Artists Alley for people who want meet him, get sketches, or have their copies signed.