
2026 Universe Guest
Ariel Diaz
Marvel, DC, Image, and More

Ariel Diaz is a Dallas-based, self-taught illustrator who has become one of the most in-demand variant cover artists working today. Known for a bold, colorful, expressive style that works in both traditional and digital media, she has been building her career since 2013 and now draws covers for just about every major publisher on the shelf.
Her Marvel work includes covers for The Amazing Spider-Man, Ultimate Spider-Man, Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider, Black Cat, The Sensational She-Hulk, White Widow, Jean Grey, and the Marvel Swimsuit Special. At DC she has covered Absolute Batman, Absolute Wonder Woman, Absolute Catwoman, Wonder Woman, Superman, Supergirl, Batwoman, Harley Quinn, Power Girl, and Zatanna. Add in Something Is Killing the Children and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers for BOOM!, Witchblade, W0rldtr33, The Department of Truth and Vanish for Image, Red Sonja, Vampirella and ThunderCats for Dynamite, plus Conan the Barbarian, Street Fighter, and IDW's G.I. Joe.
Her covers have become collector targets in their own right, with dealers running dedicated Ariel Diaz shelves and her exclusives regularly selling out. She is a fixture on the convention circuit and one of the friendliest signatures you will find at a show.
