Comic-Con 2026: Full Schedule

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10:00am PDT

Sunday July 26, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am PDT

Women in Comics Collective International (WinC for short, pronounced "wink") is an artistic and informative initiative. It serves to highlight the merit and craftwork of marginalized voices, especially those of Women and Queer Folx of color, who work in the comics and multimedia industry. They are also the 2024 recipients of the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award. "Race, Gender, and the Comic Book Medium" is WinC's longest-running panel discussion series. In this edition, the panelists discuss the evolution of representation in the comic book industry. They include Stephanie Williams (writer, Temporal), Ryan Oakley (artist, Won’t Back Down), M'Shai Dash (founder, Emmettropia Comics), Robyn Warren (founder, Geek Girl Strong), Asia Simone (cover artist, Devil Dinosaur and Moon Girl), Amanda Meadows (editor, Andrews McMeel Publishing), and Maika Sozo (cover artist, Absolute Catwoman). Moderated by Regine L Sawyer (founder, WinC).

Special Guests

Stephanie Williams

Artist Alley GG-16, Comic-Con Special Guest

Stephanie Williams is a research scientist turned prolific comics writer. She’s best known for helping to bring Nubia back to relevancy for DC Comics with Nubia and the Amazons and Nubia: Queen of the Amazons. She has worked on such titles as Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Wreck... Read More →

Sunday July 26, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Room 29CD

U: Updated, Art and Illustration, BIPOC, Comic-Con Special Guest Spotlights & Appearances, Comics, LGBTQIA+, Writers & Writing | 1: Programs, Art and Illustration, BIPOC, Comic-Con Special Guest Spotlights & Appearances, Comics, LGBTQIA+, Writers & Writing

11:00am PDT

40 Years of James A. Owen Awesomeness at Comic-Con!

Sunday July 26, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT

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James A. Owen (artist/writer, StarChild, The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica series), moderator Alex De Luca (writer/letterer, Dragon Whisperer, Enigmatown), Wendy Pini and Richard Pini (creators, ElfQuest), Maggie Thompson (senior editor, Comics Buyer's Guide; instigator of comic book fandom), and Jim Pascoe (writer/creative director, The Cottons Trilogy, Hellboy Animated) celebrate 40 years of James A. Owen at Comic-Con. Owen made his Comic-Con debut in 1986 at age 16 (the youngest exhibitor to that point), self-publishing his fantasy comic Pryderi Terra Book One: Awakening. In the early 1990s, he again self-published one of the early progenitors of the self-publishing wave of B&W comics, StarChild, which also debuted at Comic-Con. He later expanded into magazines, books, public speaking, and the New York Times bestselling YA fantasy series The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica. Photos and stories from the last 40 years of Owen's career highlight how it connects with this gathering, along with updates on a career-retrospective art book and a return to comics with new collaborative projects. The first 132 guests receive a copy of Pryderi Terra Book One: Awakening.

Special Guests

Maggie Thompson

Comic-Con Special Guest

The first ongoing comics fanzines were published in 1961. That was 65 years ago—when Maggie and Don Thompson published the first issue of Comic Art. Five years later in New York City, they attended the first multi-day comics convention. In 1976—two decades after Comic Art #1... Read More →

Sunday July 26, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
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1: Programs, Anniversaries, Books, Comic-Con Special Guest Spotlights & Appearances, Comics

12:00pm PDT

Ball Jointed Dolls 101: Creating, Customizing, and Collecting

Sunday July 26, 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm PDT

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Doll creators, owners, and enthusiasts discuss the world of ball-jointed resin dolls from companies such as Volks, Fairyland, Luts, Iplehouse, Bergemann Dolls, and others. Panelists discuss the artistic process behind creating and customizing ball-jointed dolls, along with the basics of BJDs, tips on customizing, maintaining, and photographing dolls, and the collector community. From tiny to towering, it's a great opportunity to experience the different types of dolls in the world of BJDs.

Sunday July 26, 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm PDT
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1: Programs, Action Figures - Toys - Collectibles, Fandom, International

1:30pm PDT

The Science of Frankenstein

Sunday July 26, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT

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Dr. Mark C. Glassy examines the science, real and implied, in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, first published in 1818. A single line in the novel—"I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet"—has inspired countless interpretations. The science of 1818 consisted of alchemy, electricity, galvanism, anatomy, and physiology. This lecture explores what Shelley suggests (more than states) and what has changed in the past 200 years.

Sunday July 26, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT
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1: Programs, Books, Comics, Education, Historical, Horror and Suspense, Movies, Science Fiction & Fantasy

2:30pm PDT

With Great Power Comes Great Psychology: The Many Masks of Spider-Man

Sunday July 26, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT

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Who is Spider-Man? He's Peter, Miles, Ben, Miguel, Peter again. Silk, Ghost-Spider, Spider-Woman, and others have spun their webs as well. Each Spider-hero goes through many changes. As the movie Spider-Man: Brand New Day explores Spidey's mutations on the big screen, experts examine changes in the characters and their nature over the years. Dr. Travis Langley (Spider-Man Psychology: Untangling Webs, Batman and Psychology) and Danny Fingeroth (Superman on the Couch; former Spider-Man group editor) ask Comic-Con special guest Howard Mackie (The Amazing Spider-Man, Ghost Rider), John Semper Jr. (Spider-Man: The Animated Series), Jim Krueger (Earth X; Spider-Man: Black and Blue), Travis Adams (Daredevil Psychology), Dr. Harpreet Malla (clinical psychologist), and Dr. Martin Lloyd (The Joker Psychology, Star Wars Psychology) for their insights into the Spiders' changes over time.

Special Guests

Howard Mackie

Artist Alley HH-09, Comic-Con Special Guest

Howard Mackie was dragged—kicking and screaming—into writing his first comic book (Iron Man #211) by legendary writer/editor Mark Gruenwald in 1986, and he went on to chronicle the adventures of Danny Ketch: Ghost Rider, Spider-Man, Hawkeye, The X-Men, X-Factor, Mutant-X, Gambit, Wolverine, Batman, and countless others for Marvel, DC, and other publishers. Howard’s most... Read More →

Sunday July 26, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
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1: Programs, Comic-Con Special Guest Spotlights & Appearances, Horror and Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Superheroes

3:30pm PDT

Comics Inspire the Moon: Artemis and Apollo from Those Who Built Them

Sunday July 26, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm PDT

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This panel explores how comics have inspired missions to the moon, including the recent Artemis II mission last spring. Ben Dickow of L.A.'s Columbia Memorial Space Center, a propulsion engineer from the NASA Artemis mission, and Jerry Blackburn, a retired engineer who worked on the Apollo moon missions, discuss current and past missions and how sci-fi and comic books inspired their real-life journeys to space. They are joined by Ray Hedgpeth and members of L.A.'s Captured Aural Phantasy Theater, who dramatically read excerpts from the comics being discussed.

Sunday July 26, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm PDT
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1: Programs, Comics, Education, Historical, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Technology - Science - STEM

Comic-Con 2026

10:00am PDT

Stephanie Williams

11:00am PDT

Maggie Thompson

12:00pm PDT

1:30pm PDT

2:30pm PDT

Howard Mackie

3:30pm PDT

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