In-show and Pre-show Commissions available for ALL events (Commission Requests Page). (Pre-Shows preferred, if possible.)
If you would like J. M. DeSantis to appear for a signing, convention, speaking engagement, etc: please CONTACT him directly.
2024 EVENTS
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19-21 Apr: NJ Horror Con & Film Fest (Edison, NJ) 26-28 Apr: Darksome Art & Craft Market (online) 27-28 Apr: Monstah Expo: 4 May: FCBD, Senior Center 18 May: ** (NJ) 24-26 May: Thy Geekdom Con (Oaks, PA) 1 Jun: Cryptids & Paranormal Conference (Parlin, NJ) 7-9 Jun: Sci-Fi Valley Con (Altoona, PA) 14-16 Jun: Fan Expo Boston (Boston, MA) 22-23 Jun: GSCF: Morristown (Morristown, NJ) 13-14 July: Contropolis NJ (Secaucus, NJ) 20 July: Plastic City Comic Con (Leominster, MA) 27 July: *Mantis Man Market(?)* (NJ/NY) 2-4 Aug: Monster Mania (Cherry Hill, NJ) |
10-11 Aug: Wicked Comic Con (Boston, MA) 16-18 Aug: TerrifiCon (Mohegan Sun, CT) 24-25 Aug: Hudson Valley Horror Fest (Fishkill, NY) 7-8 Sep: *Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market* (Edison, NJ) 20-22 Sep: Baltimore Comic-Con (Baltimore, MD) 5 Oct: RP Street Fair (Ridgefield Park, NJ) 12 Oct: Scary Stories Book Fest (Asbury Park, NJ) Oct: *Salem Haunted Happenings Market* (Salem, MA) 1-3 Nov: Rhode Island Comic Con (Providence, RI) 8-10 Nov: Monster Mania (Oaks, PA) 16 Nov: Darkside New Jersey (Edison, NJ) Dec: *TPRM: Wreck the Halls* (Trenton, NJ) |
Plus weekly Livestreams, Tuesdays at 8pm EST: Live w/JMD (on YouTube) *Currently on Pause for April
*indicates an unconfirmed though planned appearance
(J. M. DeSantis is open to scheduling)
2025 EVENTS
coming soon…ish…
PAST SHOWS BY SHOW NAME (Alphabetical)
+ 3 Rivers Comic Con (PA): 2018
+ Anne Arundel County Public Library Comic Con (MD): 2017 (w/Rosarium Publishing)
+ Baltimore Comic-Con (MD): 2012-2014, 2016-*2021, 2023-2024
+ Black Comic Book Festival (NY): 2016 (w/Rosarium Publishing)
+ Bronx Heroes Comic Con (NY): 2012-2013, 2015
+ Contropolis NJ (NJ): 2023-2024
+ Cryptids & Paranormal Conference (NJ): 2024
+ CT Gamer Con (CT): 2023-2024
+ Darkside New Jersey (TPRFM; NJ): 2024
+ Darksome Craft Market (online): 2024 (multiple)
+ Diversity Comic Con (NY): 2019, 2021
+ Eternal Con (NY): 2015
+ Fan Expo Boston (MA): 2017-2018, 2020*-2024
+ Garden State Comic Fest: Morristown (NJ): 2016*-2024
+ Garden State Comic Fest: Winter Edition (NJ): 2019-2024
+ Granite State Comic Con (NH): 2023
+ Greater Philly Toy Expo (PA): 2023
+ Horror on Main (MD): 2023
+ Horror Sideshow Market (NJHC&FF; NJ/PA): 2023-2024
+ Hudson Valley Horror Fest (NY): 2024
+ IABX Book Expo (NJ): 2020*, 2023
+ Jersey Shore Comic Book Shows (NJ): 2023-2024 (multiple per year)
+ Mahoning Drive-In Theater Markets (PA): 2023
+ Monstah Xpo (MA): 2024
+ Monster Mania (NJ): 2024
+ Monster Mania (PA): 2023-2024
+ MoCCA Fest (NY): 2012-2013
+ Nerd Fest (NJ): 2023-2024
+ Nerd Force Fan Fest (NJ): 2024
+ Nerdtopia (MD): 2023
+ New Jersey Collector Fest (NJ): 2023-2024
+ New Jersey Comic Book Shows (NJ): 2023
+ New York Comic Con (NY): 2010-2017 (Chadhiyana debuted at the 2012 show; 2014 w/NovaStar Studios; 2017 w/Chris Campana)
+ NJ Horror Con & Film Fest (NJ): 2023-2024
+ NJ Witch Fest (NJ): 2023
+ Plastic City Comic Con (MA): 2024
+ Puchi Con (NJ): 2022, 2024
+ Rhode Island Comic Con (RI): 2019*-2024
+ Ridgefield Park Street Fair (JCPromotions; NJ): 2019*-2024
+ Ridgefield Park Summer Arts Fest (NJ): 2022
+ Salem Haunted Happenings Market (MA): 2023
+ Scary Stories Book Fest (NJ): 2023-2024
+ Sci-Fi Valley Con (PA): 2020*-2021, 2023-2024
+ Terrificon (CT): 2020*-2024
+ Thy Geekdom Con (PA): 2024
+ Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market (NJ):
+ Trenton Punk Rock: Wreck the Halls (NJ): 2023
+ Undead of Winter: Dark Arts & Oddities Festival (PA): 2024
+ Vampires of NJ Con (NJ): 2023-2024
+ Wellsboro Comic Con (PA): 2023
+ White Plains Comic Con (NY): 2015-2016, 2018
+ Wicked Comic Con (MA): 2023-2024
+ Wild Con (NJ): 2023-2024
+ Word on the Street (NJ): 2022
2023 was the BIGGEST CONVENTION YEAR: 38 Shows Total and many new additions!
(*Indicates show was canceled or rescheduled after March in 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Confirmed appearances in 2020 were: East Coast Comic Con, Sci-Fi Valley Con, Eternal Con, Garden State Comic Fest: Morristown, TerrifiCon, Fan Expo Boston, IABX, RP Street Fair, New York Comic Con, Rhode Island Comic Con)
OTHER PUBLIC APPEARANCES
+ Barnes & Noble: Book Signing for Robert Phillips, Princeton, NJ 2019
+ Free Comic Book Day: 2021-2024 (Spider’s Web ’21-’23, TBA ’24)
+ Iron Garden (at QXT’s, Newark, NJ): 2023 (exhibiting artist)
+ Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated Premiere (NJ): 2009
+ Secret Adventures of Houdini Release Event: 21 Nov 2012 at Forbidden Planet, NYC
GALLERY/SOLO SHOWS
+ The Coffee Machine, Solo Art Show (Ridgefield Park, NJ): 2012
+ Fan-tastic (Group Art Show, Montclair, NJ): 2013
+ Patterson Art Walk (Patterson, NJ): 2013
+ Pet-icular Poses (Group Art Show, Montclair, NJ): 2013
PANELS & PRESENTATIONS
+ Anne Arundel County Public Library Comic Con: Rosarium Publishing Panel 2017
+ Boston Comic Con: 2013 (Self-Publishing vs Traditional Publishing)
+ New York Comic Con: 2011 (Comic Book Artist Guild panel), 2012 (Web-Comics)
+ No Such Con: various panels 2017-2019
+ The Science Fiction Society of Northern New Jersey: Zombie Fiction Panel 2010
+ The Comic Clinic (Mt. Sinai, New York, NY): Cultural Competency (especially with regard to Chadhiyana) 2013
+ RPHS Entrepreneur Club Presentation: 2017
ONLINE INTERVIEWS & PANELS
+ Live w/JMD (weekly livestream art): July 2023-present
+ Catch Da Craze Sketch-Off (4 Aug 2021)
+ JD Calderon’s Talking Indie Comics (17 October 2021)
+ CreatorCon Interview (29 October 2021)
+ JD Calderon’s Indie Comics Explained (16 Jan 2022)
+ Multiple appearances on: Get in Toon!, Catch Da Craze, & Indy Comic Explained
Defunct Shows, Past Appearances
+ Big Apple Con (by Wizard World) (NY): 2009 (J. M. DeSantis’s first convention appearance)
+ Boston Comic Con (MA): 2013-2017 (show became Fan Expo)
+ Crazy 8 Cartoon Festival (NY): 2014
+ East Coast ComiCon (NJ): 2015-2016 (show closed in 2020)
+ Inbeon Con (NY/online): 2016-2018, 2021
+ Newark Comic Con (NJ): 2016 (infamously, the one & only time)
+ No Such Con (NY): 2017-2019 (The J. M. DeSantis song was created in 2018!)