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J. M. DeSantis’s Livestreams:
Weekly Live Streams: (Follow & Turn on Notifications!)
+ Tues 8pm EST: YouTube: Live Drawing w/JMD
+ Wed 8pm EST: WhatNot: Live Drawing w/OA, Print & Book Sales
UPCOMING EVENTS & APPEARANCES
(italics indicate yet unconfirmed dates or shows)
2025 Events & Appearances
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+ 1-2 Mar: NJ Horror Con & Film Fest (Edison, NJ) + 9 Mar: The Gothic Market (New Haven, CT) + 14-16 Mar: Monster Mania #62 (Cherry Hill, NJ) + 22-23 Mar: Super Retro Fest (Danvers, MA) + 28-30 Mar: EcclesiCon (Palmyra, NJ) + 5-6 Apr: Ocean City Con (Ocean City, NJ) + 11-13 Apr: NJPRFM: Spring Fling (Trenton, NJ) *Frmr: Trenton Punk Rock + 19 Apr: Nox Vitae (Matawan, NJ) + 26-27 Apr: Super Jersey Comic Expo (Jackson Township, NJ) + 3 May: FCBD: ??? + 9-11 May: Monster Mania #63 (Baltimore, MD) + 16-18 May: Fan Expo Philly (Philadelphia, PA) + 23-25 May: Thy Geekdom Con (Oaks, PA) + 31 May- 1 Jun: NJ Ink Fest (Hillsborough Township, NJ) + 6-8 Jun: Steampunk Alchemy Fest (Budd Lake, NJ) + 13-15 Jun: Sci-Fi Valley Con (Altoona, PA) + 20-22 June: Heroes (Charlotte, NC – a new state!) + 28-29 Jun: Garden State Comic Fest: Summer (West Orange, NJ) |
+ 11-13 July: Shore Leave (Lancaster, PA) + 17-20 July: ConnetiCon XXII (Hartford, CT) + 26-27 July: MonstahXpo (Nashua, NH) + 8-10 Aug: Fan Expo Boston (Boston, MA) + 15-17 Aug: Monster Mania #64 (Cherry Hill, NJ) + 13-14 Sep: Fright Reads Book Festival (West Friendship, MD) + 19-21 Sep: Granite State Comic Con (Manchester, NH) + 27-28 Sep: NJ Horror Con & Film Fest (Edison, NJ) + 3-5 Oct: NY Blood & Ink Tattoo & Horror Con (White Plains, NY) + 10-11 Oct: Witch-Craft: Ghoulish Goods (Hammonton, NJ) + 18 Oct: Darkside NJ (Edison, NJ) + 31 Oct: Hexenfest (NJ) + 7-9 Nov: Rhode Island Comic Con (Providence, RI) + 15 Nov: Vampires of NJ #3 (Asbury Park, NJ) + 21-23 Nov: Monster Mania (Oaks, PA) + 6 Dec: Pennsylvania Krampusnacht (Barnesville, PA) + 12-14 Dec: NJPRFM: Wreck the Halls (Trenton, NJ) |
2026 Events & Appearances
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Jan: PAGE 3: Philadelphia Area Gaming Expo (Oaks, PA) |
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J. M. DeSANTIS’S PAST SHOWS (ALPHABETICAL)
# – D
+ 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
+ Cirque Du Creep (NY): 2024
+ ConnetiCon (CT): 2025
+ Contropolis NJ (NJ): 2023-2024
+ Crickwooder Art Show (PA): 2024
+ Cryptids & Paranormal Conference (NJ): 2024
+ CT Gamer Con (CT): 2023-2024
+ Darkside New Jersey (TPRFM; NJ): 2024
+ Darksome Craft Market (online): 2024-2025 (multiple)
+ Dead of Winter Horror Festival (MA): 2025
E – I
+ EcclesiCon (NJ): 2025
+ Eternal Con (NY): 2015
+ Fan Expo Boston (MA): 2017-2018, 2020-2025
+ Fan Expo Philly (PA): 2025
+ Fright Reads Book Festival (MD): 2025
+ Garden State Comic Fest: Summer (NJ): 2016-2025
+ Garden State Winter Fest (NJ): 2019-2025
+ Granite State Comic Con (NH): 2023, 2025
+ Greater Philly Toy Expo (PA): 2023
+ Grimoire Exhibition/The Gothic Market (CT): 2024-2025
+ Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find Con (NC): 2025
+ Hexenfest (NJ): 2025
+ Horror on Main (MD): 2023
+ Horror Sideshow Holiday Market (NJHC&FF; NJ): 2023-2024
+ Horror Sideshow Market (NJHC&FF; NJ/PA): 2023-2025
+ Hudson Valley Horror Fest (NY): 2024
+ I Heart Horror Day (NJ): 2025
+ I Heart Horror: Ice Cream Monster Jamboree (NJ): 2024
+ IABX Book Expo (NJ): 2023
J – N
+ Jersey Shore Comic Book Shows (NJ): 2023-2024 (multiple per year)
+ Krampusnacht Pennsylvania (PA): 2025
+ Mahoning Drive-In Theater Markets (PA): 2023
+ Manheim Comic-Con (PA): 2024
+ MonstahXpo (NH): 2025
+ MonstahXpo: Halfway to Halloween (MA): 2024
+ Monster Mania (MD): 2024-2025
+ Monster Mania (NJ): 2024-2025
+ Monster Mania (PA): 2023-2025
+ 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 Jersey Punk Rock Flea Market (NJ): 2025
+ NJPRFM: Wreck the Halls (Formerly Trenton PRM, NJ): 2023-2024
+ 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): 2023-2025
+ NJ Ink Fest (NJ): 2025
+ NJ Witch Fest (NJ): 2023
+ Nox Vitae (NJ): 2025
+ NY Ink & Blood Tattoo & Horror Con (NY): 2025
O – T
+ Ocean City Con (NJ): 2025
+ PAGE: Philadelphia Area Gaming Expo (PA): 2025-2026
+ Plastic City Comic Con (MA): 2024
+ Puchi Con (NJ): 2022, 2024
+ Rhode Island Comic Con (RI): 2019-2025
+ Ridgefield Park Fall Market (NJ): 2023-2024 (proxy)
+ Ridgefield Park Street Fair (JCPromotions; NJ): 2019-2024 (proxy in 2024)
+ Ridgefield Park Summer Arts Fest (NJ): 2022
+ Salem Haunted Happenings Market (MA): 2023-2024
+ Scary Stories Book Fest (NJ): 2023-2024
+ Sci-Fi Valley Con (PA): 2020-2021, 2023-2025
+ Shoppes at Dragon Village Markets (NJ): 2024
+ Shore Leave (PA): 2025
+ Smithville Artwalk (NJ): 2024
+ Steampunk Alchemy Fest (NJ): 2025
+ Super Jersey Comic Fest (NJ): 2025
+ Super Retro Fest (MA): 2025
+ Terrificon (CT): 2020-2024
+ Terror Con (MA): 2024
+ Thy Geekdom Con (PA): 2024-2025
*for Trenton Punk Rock Market, see New Jersey Punk Rock above*
U – Z
+ Undead of Winter (Reign of Terror; PA): 2024-2025
+ Undiscovered Realm Comic Con (NY): 2024
+ Vampires of NJ Con (NJ): 2023-2025
+ Wellsboro Comic Con (PA): 2023
+ White Plains Comic Con (NY): 2015-2016, 2018
+ Wicked Comic Con (MA): 2023-2024
+ Wild Con (NJ): 2023-2024
+ Witch-Craft: Ghoulish Goods (NJ): 2025
+ Word on the Street (NJ): 2022, 2024
RECORD HOLDERS:
2024 = 50+ events & appearances
2023 = 38 events
(NOTE: In 2020, after March, all shows were cancelled or were moved 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)
J. M. DeSANTIS’S SIGNINGS & STORE APPEARANCES
+ Barnes & Noble: Book Signing for Robert Phillips, Princeton, NJ 2019
+ Free Comic Book Day: 2021-2024 (Spider’s Web ’21-’23, Little Egg Harbor ’24)
+ Halloween ComicFest: 2024 (Most Excellent Comics)
+ Iron Garden (at QXT’s, Newark, NJ): March 2023 (exhibiting artist); Nov 2024 (exhibiting author)
+ Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated Premiere (NJ): 2009
+ Secret Adventures of Houdini Release Event: 21 Nov 2012 at Forbidden Planet, NYC
J. M. DESANTIS’S 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
J. M. DESANTIS’S PANELS & PRESENTATIONS
+ No Such Con: various panels 2017-2019
+ Anne Arundel County Public Library Comic Con: Rosarium Publishing Panel 2017
+ Boston Comic Con: 2013 (Self-Publishing vs Traditional Publishing)
+ The Comic Clinic (Mt. Sinai, New York, NY): Cultural Competency (especially with regard to Chadhiyana) 2013
+ New York Comic Con: 2011 (Comic Book Artist Guild panel), 2012 (Web-Comics)
+ The Science Fiction Society of Northern New Jersey: Zombie Fiction Panel 2010
+ RPHS Entrepreneur Club Presentation: 2017
ONLINE INTERVIEWS & PANELS
+ Catch Da Craze Sketch-Off (4 Aug 2021)
+ JD Calderon’s Indie Comics Explained (17 October 2021 & 16 Jan 2022)
+ CreatorCon Interview (29 October 2021)
+ Multiple appearances on: Get in Toon!, Catch Da Craze, & Indy Comic Explained
Defunct Shows, Past Appearances (Alphabetical)
+ AC Celebrity Con (NJ): 2024 (another infamous show; see Newark Comic Con)
+ Big Apple Con (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
+ Diversity Comic Con (NY): 2019, 2021
+ 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!)