Comic-Con 2026

Comic-Con 2026

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10:00am PDT

'90s Cartoon Draft 2026 Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library Book-Talking with the Comic-Con Graphic Novel Book Clubs of San Diego Room 4 Emily the Strange Panel Experience Room 32AB GeekEd: Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? When Pop Culture Becomes Pedagogy for First-Gen Students Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library Girl Dessert Room 24ABC Life Drawing on the Go! 2 Room 3 Manga Tutorials for Kids Room 11 Minicomics and the History of Tiny Books Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Pop Culture and the Christian Church Room 7AB Race, Gender, and the Comic Book Medium Room 29CDStephanie Williams Spotlight on David Gerrold Room 28DEDavid Gerrold The Baby-Sitters Club at 40: Friendship Never Goes Out of Style Room 6DE Writing Cozy Villains Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Comic-Con Film School 104: Postproduction and Distribution Grand 6, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Graphic Novel Storytelling: From Idea to Page Room 29AB Press Start: Building Careers at the Intersection of Games, Tech, and Storytelling Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina The Annual Jack Kirby Tribute Panel Room 5ABMike Royer • Mark Evanier Tales from the Brass Dragon Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor Mixer for Science-Minded Geeks Marina D, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina San Diego International Children's Film Festival Room 9

10:30am PDT

Cineverse: Air Bud Returns Room 6BCF Comics Arts Conference Session #13: Capes, Curls, and Culture: Black Women in Comics Room 26AB How to Work in Storytelling Room 23ABC The Voices of Billy West Room 6A Tiny Droids for Love and Learning Room 25ABC Queer Comics in Color Room 10

11:00am PDT

40 Years of James A. Owen Awesomeness at Comic-Con! Room 29CDMaggie Thompson Conspiracy Theories and Propaganda Throughout Pop Culture Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor GeekEd: Behind Batman's Mask: Rigid and Flexible Masculinity in Pop Culture and on College Campuses Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library Harvey Pekar's American Splendor at 50 Room 4 Katsuya Terada, Manga Legend Live Draw Session Room 11 No Girls Allowed: Female Artists Who Work Within the Star Wars Universe Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Spotlight on Gordon Purcell Room 28DEGordon Purcell The Art of Graphic Novels, for All Ages Room 24ABCLeUyen Pham The Paleontology of Pokémon Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: All Hail the Pumpkin King: A Conversation with Joshua Pruett Room 7AB Want to Be a Toy Designer? Room 3 CCI-IFF Awards Presentation Grand 6, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Art Is Super! Room 29ABJavier Fernández • Belén Ortega • Scott Williams • Denys Cowan • Mark Waid Masters of the Public Domain Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina WATCHERS: The Trading Card Game . . . The Cinematic Universe Room 32AB

11:15am PDT

Saying "Hi" with Alice Oseman Room 6DE Steve Ditko: His "Amazing" Career Room 5ABFrank Miller

11:30am PDT

Comic-Con Museum: Bringing the Popular Arts to Balboa Park Room 25ABC Dynamite Entertainment 2026 Publisher Spotlight: Disney Room 23ABC Marvel Comics at Abrams Books Room 10 Comics Arts Conference Session #14: Enforcing and Challenging Codes of Gender and Sexuality Room 26AB

11:45am PDT

35 Years of Sailor Moon: Magical Girl Fandom Appreciation Room 6BCF The Sunday Cartoon Voices Panel Room 6AMark Evanier

12:00pm PDT

Autism in Comic Books Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Building a Universe with Impound Comics Room 11 Critical Entertainment Showcase Room 32AB Dark Horse Comics: 40 Years of Comics Nerds Room 7AB From Blackbeard to Netflix: Pirates in Modern Media Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Gardner Fox: Architect of the DC Universe Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina GeekEd: You Belong Here: Using Unbridled Enthusiasm to Challenge Traditional Hierarchies Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library Life in Comics: Graphic Nonfiction Room 4Briana Loewinsohn Multi-Genre Masters Room 24ABCVictoria "V. E." Schwab Spotlight on Mark Waid Room 29ABMark Waid Spotlight on Mike Royer Room 28DEMike Royer The Choice Behind the Voice Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library Ball Jointed Dolls 101: Creating, Customizing, and Collecting Room 29CD How to Make a Minicomic out of One Sheet of Paper Room 3 Color Bind, A BIPOC Actual Play Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor CCI-IFF Award Showcase Grand 6, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

12:15pm PDT

Ask an Astronaut: Q&A with NASA Astronaut (and Everest Climber) Scott Parazynski Room 5AB

12:30pm PDT

Artist Brand Collaborations: The Other Side of Merchandise Licensing Room 6DE Spotlight on Jeff Smith Room 25ABCJeff Smith Spotlight on Steven Butler Room 10Steven Butler When Comics Meet Indigenous Art Room 23ABC

1:00pm PDT

Bring on the Bad Girls! Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Cartoon Design for Creative Kids Room 11 Comics Arts Conference Session #15: Lost and Found Along the Color Line: Black and Brown Counterworlds in Early Comic Books and Comic Strips Room 26AB Fit to Print: The Comics Staple Panel Room 24ABC GeekEd: Surviving the Upside Down: Higher Education in the Days of Future Past Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library Gemma Correll: How Comics Help Us Talk About Mental Health Room 28DE How Pokémon Captured Our Hearts for 30 Years Room 6BCF How to Group Cosplay Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Level Up Learning: The Power of TTRPGs in Youth Development Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Megascope: Celebrating Five Years Room 4 Needful Things: Collecting Stephen King Room 29AB Tales of Saucer Country and Beyond: The High Strangeness of UFOs and UAPs in Comics Room 7ABGordon Purcell The Best Pop Culture Vacation Destinations Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library No One Gets Out Alive: Creators Look Back at a Lifetime in Comics Room 32ABMimi Pond Tabletop Game Design Pitch Panel Marina D, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

1:15pm PDT

TMNT 1990 Movie Screenwriter Turtle Gabfest Room 5AB

1:30pm PDT

Fantasy and Horror Cinema from Latin America and Europe Room 10 Little Fish: Comics, Community, Collaboration! Room 23ABC Seeing the Unseen: Drawing Imagination in Perspective Room 3 Star Trek: 60th Anniversary Celebration Room 6A The Science of Frankenstein Room 29CD Development to Distribution: Thinking Outside the Box Room 25ABC

1:45pm PDT

Transformers: The Good, the Bad, the Funny Room 6DE

2:00pm PDT

A.I. and the Creative Industries: Where We Stand Room 32AB Comics for Education Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library Comics GOAT: Tribute to Archie Goodwin Room 4Paul Levitz Cover Story: The Art of the Cover Room 7ABSteven Butler • Nicole Goux • Mark Evanier Final Steps: Comic Book Lettering Room 11 From Page to Scream!: Horror Across Media Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina It's Never Too Late to Roll: Women Finding TTRPGs Later in Life Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Stan Lee and The Grindhouse Radio Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Streaming Has Changed Media Forever Room 29ABMatt Dinniman The Dos and Don'ts to Kickstart Your First Comic Room 28DE Welcome to New Vegas, Vault Dweller Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library Rise of the Independents: The Indie Comics Revolution Revised! Room 24ABC Comics Arts Conference Session #16: Super-Traumatized Childhoods: Youthful Superheroism as Trauma Reconciliation in the Transnational, Post-War Imaginary Room 26AB "Who's DMing Anyway?": A D&D One-Shot Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor

2:15pm PDT

A True Blue Legacy: Celebrating 85 Years of Blue Beetle Room 5AB The Lord of the Rings and the New Age of Adaptations Room 6BCF

2:30pm PDT

Blank Cover to Graded Slab with Artgerm Room 3 Pop Culture in Museums: Comics, Film, and Other Fandoms on Display Room 25ABC The Anatomy of Fear: Celebrating Five Years of Fright and Terror with Nightfire Room 23ABC With Great Power Comes Great Psychology: The Many Masks of Spider-Man Room 29CDHoward Mackie Masquerade Replay Room 10

2:45pm PDT

Starship Smackdown XXXIII: We're Getting Too Old for This Ship Edition Room 6A

3:00pm PDT

Ask a (Comics) Librarian Room 4 Business of Cartoon Voices Room 7ABMark Evanier Gaming in Latam and Emerging Technologies Shaping Your Play Experience Room 29AB In My Y2K Era: Anime Fandom Before Streaming and Social Media Room 24ABC Minds We Made: Ethics in the Age of A.I. Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Mythic Worldbuilding: A Celebration of The Four Horsemen Studios Room 6DE The Future of Pop Culture Meets Culinary Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Thinking Aloud: Live Movie Poster Design Challenge Room 11 Time Traveling Through Film and TV Set Decoration Room 32AB Where Do Ideas Come From? Room 28DE Mixer for Teachers and the Popular Arts Enthusiasts Marina D, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

3:15pm PDT

The Official Disneybound Panel: Styling for Fandom Fashion Room 5AB

3:30pm PDT

Comic-Con Talk Back Room 25ABC Comics Inspire the Moon: Artemis and Apollo from Those Who Built Them Room 29CD The Horrors Persist but So Do We: A Latine Horror Panel Room 23ABC The Power of Color: The Discussion Continues Room 26AB Buffy: Once More, with Feeling: The Musical Experience Room 6BCF How to Sketch Anything in Ballpoint Pen Room 3

4:00pm PDT

Adapting Famous Books, Movies, and TV Shows for Comics Room 32AB DiverseToons: Real Stories for Real Times Room 29AB Everyone's a Critic: Being a Journalist in an Online Age Room 4 It Came from the Black Lagoon: Universal's 3-D Movies of the 1950s Room 28DE Spotlight on Maggie Thompson: Fan Experience Room 7ABMaggie Thompson Success in Creativity Talks About Making the Best of Your Resources Room 24ABC You've Got the Power: A Live Hunger Action Hero Classroom Experience Room 11