By this time, Comix Fair promoter Utopia Entertainment was putting on one-day small-scale shows in the Houston area on a bimonthly basis. Guests at some of these shows included Doug Hazlewood, Kenneth Smith, Gil Kane, Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Mike Grell, Mike Wieringo, Jeff Parker, Brian Stelfreeze, Susie Owens, Bjo Trimble, Mark Allen Shepherd, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Jerry Bingham, Mark Schultz, William Stout, Sean Stewart, Marilyn Burns, and Edwin Neal.
