Comic-Con 2026

Comic-Con 2026

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10:00am PDT

Regular Show: The Lost Tapes Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront 3D Viz and 3D Printing in Medicine, Mummies, and Animals Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina A Day in the Life of a Comics Writer Room 4Kelly Sue DeConnick Bad Medicine in TV and Film Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library Casting Custom Prosthetics and Accessories Room 3 Deniz Camp and Friends Room 23ABCDeniz Camp DreamWorks Animation's Forgotten Island Ballroom 20 Intro to TV Writing: From First Draft to Getting Staffed Room 28DE Leap into Action-Filled Graphic Novels Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library Love in Every Universe: The Great Romance Trope Debate Room 32AB Lucasfilm Publishing: Stories from a Galaxy Far, Far Away . . . Room 7AB Main Scenario or Side Quests? Balancing Careers and Hobbies Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Showcasing Your Culture Through Fandom Cosplaying Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Side Quests and Splash Pages Room 9 Spotlight on Briana Loewinsohn Room 29ABBriana Loewinsohn TMNT: Shellebrating 300 Issues of Turtle Power and Last Ronin Room 25ABC Comic-Con Film School 102: Production Grand 6, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Collector's Call with Lisa Whelchel and MeTV Room 6DE Eisner Hall of Fame Room 29CD Prime Video: Blade Runner 2099 and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Hall H The Black Panel Room 5ABStephanie Williams D&D Wrestle Royale Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor

10:15am PDT

Marvel Rivals: Ignite the Summer! Room 6BCF

10:30am PDT

Kyle Higgins: Radiant Black, the Massive-Verse, and More Room 6A Smallville's Kristin Kreuk: Black Star Room 24ABC Designing the Future: 60 Years of Star Trek Visual Evolution Room 10 Comic Book Law School® 202: Show Me the Money! Room 11 Comics Arts Conference Session #5: Comics and Horror Room 26AB Creators Assemble: Charisma Check, A Networking Event Marina D, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

11:00am PDT

Adventure Time: Side Quests Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront 30 Years of Tamagotchi! Room 25ABC Black Women in Action Filmmaking Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Building Connections with Middle-Grade Graphic Novels Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library Cosplay 102: Taking It to the Next Level and Beyond Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Dreams Come True: Making the Creator-Owned Comic Room 28DE JAKKS Pacific and Disguise Costumes Upcoming Releases Room 29AB Life Drawing on the Go! Room 3 Lucasfilm: High End Star Wars Collectibles Room 7AB Pitching Your Comic to Publishers Room 4 The Rocketeer: Helmets and Rocket Packs Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Toddlers to Teens: Writing for Kids Room 9 VS Tips for the Aging Nerd Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library What If Artists' Alley Never Closed? The Dawn of Digital Remarques Room 23ABC Youths Standing on Business Room 32ABLeUyen Pham

11:15am PDT

DC's Gotham City Room 6DEMatt Fraction The Dead & the Undead: CBS Studios: A Ghosts Exclusive Panel and Eternally Yours Premiere Screening Ballroom 20

11:30am PDT

Don't Call It a Comeback! Celebrating 40 Years of SLG Publishing Room 10 Dynamite Entertainment 2026 Publisher Spotlight: Warner Bros. Room 29CD Genre Mixing and Maxxing Room 24ABCMatt Dinniman Marvel Legends Panel with Hasbro Room 5AB Angry Birds and Palworld: Epic Games with Epic Toys! Room 6BCF

11:45am PDT

The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 3 (AMC/AMC+) Hall H Nerd Stuff and Sword Things: Storytelling in the Masters of the Universe Film World Room 6A

12:00pm PDT

Common Side Effects Season 2 in Production Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront A Conversation with San Diego Celebrities Gabriel Wisdom and (Shotgun) Tom Kelly Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina A Galaxy of Star Wars Comics from Mad Cave Studios and Lucasfilm Publishing Room 7AB Comics Arts Conference Session #6: Cancer-Con: Graphic Medicine Comics from Cancer Patient and Caregiver Cartoonists Room 26AB Diversity & Dungeons: Making Your Table Inclusive Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Doing Comics Differently: Ignition Press Year One and Beyond Room 23ABC Drawing Courage: YA Graphic Novels That Speak Up Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library Focus on Stacey McEwan Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina HEROTALK: Black Comics' (Old School) Message Board/Independent Creators United Room 4 Image Comics: Artists Unleashed Room 25ABCCaspar Wijngaard Rolled Table: Improvised D&D Comedy Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library Spilling the Tea on Animation IP Room 9 Spotlight on Howard Mackie Room 29ABHoward Mackie The Law of Collecting Room 11 The Pitching Hour Room 32AB UDON Entertainment Industry Panel 2026 Room 28DE Writing Dialogue that Drives Your Scenes Room 3 To Film School or Not to Film School, Animation Is the Question! Grand 6, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina The Catering Crew: Daggerheart Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor

12:30pm PDT

The Vampire Lestat (AMC/AMC+) Hall H Career Paths into Game Development Room 29CD Indie Filmmaker's Survival Guide Room 24ABC My Little Pony: A Celebration of Friendship Room 5AB The Groo Panel Room 10Mark Evanier DC's Next Level Room 6DE

12:45pm PDT

TV Guide Magazine's Fan Favorites 2026 Ballroom 20 The Clash of Clans San Diego Comic-Con Talk Show Hour Room 6BCF Mixer for Creatives Marina D, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

1:00pm PDT

President Curtis Premiere Panel Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront Anime, Manga, and K-Comics Censorship Room 11 Art of the Hollywood Backdrop: Masterclass and Q&A Room 3 Breaking Ground: Building New Worlds with Caspar Wijngaard Room 25ABCCaspar Wijngaard Bringing Fantasy High to WEBTOON: Spotlight on Derek V. Song Room 32ABDerek V. Song Comixology and Superfan Promotions: Origin Stories Room 29AB Fantasy, Fantasy, and More Fantasy Room 23ABC From Fan Art to Careers Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Hollywood Location Scouts Room 9 McFarlane Toys: Unreleased, Unannounced, Unleashed Room 6A More Science in Your Fiction with The League of Extraordinary Scientists & Engineers Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Pham-tastic Cartoonists Room 28DELeUyen Pham Star Wars Books from Random House Worlds Room 7AB Sus Stories with Atif Myers Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library The Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics Room 4 Visual Literacy for Early Readers Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library Women in Comics: Horror Edition Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Comics Arts Conference Session #7: Storyworlds and Survival: The Balance of Storytelling and Resilience Room 26AB

1:30pm PDT

25 Years of Pearls Before Swine: Stephan Pastis and Bill Amend Room 29CDStephan Pastis Artist's Editions and More: What's Next at Act 4? Room 24ABC BOOM! Comics for You: Behind the Scenes Room 5AB Focus on Jenny Blake Isabella Room 10Mark Evanier Lanterns Hall H

1:45pm PDT

Enter The Vale: World Premiere of a New Fantasy Universe Room 6DE Roadside Attractions and Saban Films: Buddy, Everyone's Favorite Orange Unicorn, from the Deranged Mind of Casper Kelly Ballroom 20

2:00pm PDT

My Adventures with Superman Season 3 Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront Backyard Sports Returns Room 6BCF Breaking into Comics and Staying In Room 11 Creating and Maintaining Your Comics Community Room 28DEBriana Loewinsohn Female Comic CEOs: Women Making Comics Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina From Burnout to Brainstorm Room 9Huda Fahmy Get Your Story into Comics or Animation Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Hasbro Star Wars Panel Room 7AB How to Use Mixed Media in Comics and Illustration Room 3 Laughing Through the Quest: Humor in Fantasy and LitRPG Room 25ABCMatt Dinniman Making Manga with VIZ Room 29AB Original Comic Art: An Open Discussion with the Insiders Room 23ABC Super Teachers Unite! Engaging Students with Comics in the Classroom Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library The Kaiju Kingdom Podcast: The Year of Mothra Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library The Scribe Awards and Media Tie-in Panel Room 32AB Writing for Indie Comics Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Silver Lake Shorts: Championing Independent Animation Through Community Organization Grand 6, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina LGBTQIA+ Activism in Comics Room 4 ProgCore Fantasy Live: Escape the ColdLands Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor

2:15pm PDT

Marvel Comics to Screen: X-Men '97 Room 6A

2:30pm PDT

Comics Arts Conference Session #8: Focus on Shawn Martinbrough: Graphic Novel Storytelling, From Art to Words Room 26ABShawn Martinbrough John Cusack Showcases the Surreal World of Momo Room 5AB SteelBook Unlocked: Collector's Corner Room 24ABC Two Marks Explain Everything Room 10Mark Evanier • Mark Waid Creature Feature Reboot: Monsters of Horror Room 29CD

2:45pm PDT

NBC100: Grimm 15th Anniversary Reunion Hall H

3:00pm PDT

Rick and Morty Season 9 Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront Black Women in Conversation: Pink Riot Comic Show and Stephanie Williams Room 29ABStephanie Williams Collider's Showrunners on Showrunning Ballroom 20 Comic-Con Goes Plop! Room 4Paul Levitz Frightening and Fantastic Worlds of James Tynion Room 25ABC From Ordinary to Dynamic: Reimagining Everyday Scenes Room 3 Hermes Press Celebrates the 60th Anniversary of Dark Shadows with a New Art Book and Graphic Novel Room 32AB International Comics from Around the World Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Pitching Animation in 2026: What Buyers Actually Want Now Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Roll for Romance: An Interactive Rom-Com Decided by Dice Room 11 Seeing the World Through Comics Memoir Room 28DEMimi Pond So You Want to Be a Retailer? Room 23ABC Star Wars Memories: The Early Days of Star Wars, SDCC, and Fandom Room 7AB The Characters We Deserve: Youth Talk Gender and Orientation in Popular Arts Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina What Now?! Comics Censorship in Schools and Libraries Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library Yen Press Industry Panel Room 9 No Capes Required: Women Powering Pop Culture Room 6DE Taskmaster LA: SDCC 2 Electric Boogaloo Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library Gaming Creator Connection Marina D, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

3:15pm PDT

10 Years of Watch Dogs 2 Room 6BCF

3:30pm PDT

BOOM! Comics for You: Owning Your Story Room 5AB Marvel Comics: Next Big Thing Room 6A Modern Fanatic: Crowdfandom: The Future of Pop Culture in the Hands of Fans Room 29CD The Pitt and Heated Rivalry: Fandom in Entertainment Journalism/Criticism: When Is It Too Much? Room 26AB Walt Kelly and Pogo Room 10Jeff Smith • Maggie Thompson • Mark Evanier You're Wrong Again, Leonard Maltin Room 24ABC

4:00pm PDT

King of the Hill Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront Australian Comic Creators Collaborating with the World Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Comics in the Classroom: The Benefits of a Comics-Based Curriculum Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library Comixology: For the Love of Fiction Room 25ABC Expressive Color Design for All Entertainment Art Room 11 Finance for Creatives Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Graphix Unboxed: The Next Big Graphic Novels for Kids Room 9 Let's Make a Game! Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Making of Star Wars: The Experience Room 7AB Reviving Native American Languages, Song, and Sequential Art Through Comics Room 4 So You Want to Start a Comic Book/Entertainment YouTube Channel Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library Spaceballs: The Comic-Con Panel Hall H Terry Moore Talks Comics and the Future Room 29AB The Return of Cute! Room 3 Badass on a Budget: Timeless Tips for Making Your Zero-Budget Action Film Grand 6, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Spotlight on Javier Fernández Room 23ABCJavier Fernández Tarzan and John Carter of Mars Live! Room 32AB That's, Like, Seriously Funny! Room 28DEStephan Pastis • Mimi Pond • Huda Fahmy • Howard Mackie A Strange Friday Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor

4:15pm PDT

Fire, Earth, Water, Air: Continuing the Avatar Legacy Room 6DE Kirkman, McFarlane, Liefeld, Silvestri, Stephenson: Image Comics Legends Together on One Stage Ballroom 20

4:30pm PDT

Bruce Dickinson's The Mandrake Project: Year Two Room 5AB Comics One-on-One: Pornsak Pichetshote and Jock Room 29CDPornsak Pichetshote Dispatch: Off the Clock with the Z-Team Room 6BCF Love (& Rockets) and Hate Room 26ABPeter Bagge Pro Writers AMA: Ask Me (Almost) Anything! Room 24ABC The Avant-Garde Edition: Inside the Making of a Fine Art Comic Room 10

4:45pm PDT

Bold Voice of Contemporary Horror: Tenth Anniversary Edition Room 6A

5:00pm PDT

Bad Idea: The Comic-Con Panel Room 32AB Cosplay Is a DRAG: The Draggening Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Devils and Dreamscapes: How Horror Comics Changed the Way We See the World Room 9 Expect More with AHOY Comics! Room 28DE Focus on Tradd Moore Room 23ABC Hasbro Transformers Panel Room 25ABC Hello Maggie!: Film Premiere at Comic-Con Room 4 J. Michael Straczynski Workshop Room 11J. Michael Straczynski Making the Jump to Video Game Writing Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Penguin Random House: Buzzy Books 2026 Room 29AB Pow! Bang! Teach! Comic-Con in the Classroom! Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: What's New on Batuu? Room 7AB The Collapse of the Billionaire Hero Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library The Simpsons: A World of Collecting Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Live Voiceover Coaching: Get Paid to Talk Room 3

5:15pm PDT

Cineverse: Return of a Masterpiece: The 20th Anniversary of Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth Hall H Comic Pitch Review Marina D, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

5:30pm PDT

Breaking into Comics Without a Publisher: Stop Asking for Permission Room 10 Dark Horse: Three Worlds/Three Moons Room 5AB From Failure to Success: The Business of Art Room 29CD God of War Laufey: Forging God of War's Next Heroes Ballroom 20 Indigenous Comics and Nature's Advocacy Room 24ABC The Toy That Changed Everything: How Captain Action Helped Launch Customization Culture Room 26AB Divine Design for Demigods: Creating the Costumes for Disney's Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 Room 6DE

5:45pm PDT

Spotlight on Jim Cummings Room 6BCFJim Cummings

6:00pm PDT

Art (and Life) Without Stress Room 11 Best and Worst Manga of 2026 Room 4 Challenge Everything: The Future of Wrestling and Culture Room 6A Fiction in the Time of Fascism Room 28DE How to Build Cosplay Armor and Props with Anvil Station Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina LitRPG: Dungeon Crawler Carl and Beyond Room 25ABCMatt Dinniman Star Wars Tourism: Visiting the Galaxy Far, Far Away on Earth Room 7AB Unmasking Cultura: Latino Legends in Cosplay Room 32AB William Morris Endeavor (WME): The Role of a Talent Agency in an Evolving Entertainment World Room 23ABC Your Next Book Obsession: Tor Publishing Group Room 29AB Diversity in Fantasy Room 9 Storytelling in Animation: How the Pros Build Characters and Worlds for TV & Film Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina The Case of the Curious Convention: Kids on Bikes Live Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor

6:30pm PDT

Cosplay and Photography 101: Building Stories and Relationships Room 3 From Paradise Hills to Comic-Con: The San Diego Roots and Creative Journeys of Bobby Rubio & Keithan Jones Room 24ABC Monstrous Rebellion: Building Monster Stories Beyond the Studio System Room 29CD Queer Horror Room 10 SpongeBob: Before It Was Iconic Room 5AB Trans Masculine Representation in Entertainment Room 26AB

6:45pm PDT

Mega64 Panel in Large Format 70mm Ticket Upcharge Room 6DE

7:00pm PDT

Black Heroes Matter: Icons and Identity Room 28DE Bringing Together Pop Culture and Cooking Room 29AB Get Rec'd with Straw Hat Goofy Room 6BCF How to Feng Shui like a Jedi Room 11 Inside the Hacker's Mind: Cybersecurity, Culture, and the Code Behind the Chaos Room 32AB Making the World of Fallout at the Atomic Museum Room 9 Manga Recommendations for Non-Manga Readers Room 4 The 501st Legion: Star Wars Villainous Costuming Room 7AB The Law of Spider-Noir Room 25ABC Why We Make Comics: The Urge, the Obsession, the Necessity Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Breaking into Voice Acting for Games and Animation Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Seeking Out New Life and New Civilizations: Star Trek and Real-Life Astronomy Room 23ABC Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender: Special Fan Screening Ballroom 20 Comic Creator Connection Marina D, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

7:15pm PDT

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence Room 6A

7:30pm PDT

Bombshells: The Art and Business of Pin-Up Room 10 Deaf Representation in Popular Culture, Year V Room 3 HerStory of Animation: Mary Blair and Beyond Room 26AB Making A Living Being Creative Room 29CD Metalocalypse: 20 Years of Dethklok Room 5AB San Diego Kids to Hollywood Artists! Room 24ABC

8:00pm PDT

Action Figure Horror Stories Room 32AB Bang Zoom!: Voice Over for Video Games Room 29AB Bat in the Sun: Legend of the White Dragon and Super Power Beat Down Room 6DE Blind Date with a Book, Chapter 5: Revenge of the Fifth Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Bridging The Expanse: United by War/Divided by Peace! Room 28DE By Creed, Not Blood Room 7AB First in Fright with FANGORIA Room 23ABC Is Your Cat a Dragon in Disguise? Writing Fantasy That Feels Magical Room 11 The Psychology of Minions Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Halloween Man and Making Comics as Therapy Room 25ABC The Science of Severance: Exploring Identity, Memory, Technology, and Beyond Room 9 Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront

8:15pm PDT

LUMPIA POP! Unwrapping Contemporary Filipino American Pop Culture Room 6BCF

8:30pm PDT

The Fortress of Solitude and the Batcave: Exploring the Archival Records of Superman and Batman Room 10 The Psychological Journey of The Lord of the Rings Room 29CD Christian Comic Arts Society Mixer Room 26AB Dr. Horrible Screening and Karaoke Room 6A

9:00pm PDT

Fourth Annual Ghostface's Killer Trivia Room 25ABC Great Geek Debate Room 9 Recurring Themes and Patterns in Sci-Fi and Fantasy Room 28DE Star Wars Trivia Party Room 7AB The Boys vs. Supernatural Room 29AB Friday Hall H and Ballroom 20 Panel Playback Room 23ABC Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Room 5AB

10:00pm PDT

Special Sneak Preview of Dark Matter Season 2 Room 6DE