Comic-Con 2026

Comic-Con 2026

3:30pm PDT

Teaching and Learning with Comics Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library

10:00am PDT

12th Annual Musical Anatomy of a Superhero and Other Heroes Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront Animation History with Jerry and Mark Room 9Mark Evanier Battle for Dream Island: The SDCC Panel Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library Breaking into Comics: The Huda Fahmy Spotlight Panel Room 32ABHuda Fahmy Bringing DC Heroes to Life Through Collectibles Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Bringing Films to Life: Building Professional and Fan-Made Props Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Comics, Spanish, Library Magic! Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library Constructed Worlds at Vegas Scale: Meow Wolf, Interstellar Arc, AREA15, and the Rise of Immersive Storytelling Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Creating Molds for Prosthetics and Accessories Room 3 Creature Craft: Visionaries of Horror Comics Share Their Secrets Room 29AB Droid Builders: How to Build a Droid 101 Room 7AB Hasbro G.I. Joe Panel Room 25ABC Independent Comics in Action: Building Worlds Outside the System Room 5ABDenys Cowan Levitz & Waid Talk Universes Room 4Paul Levitz • Mark Waid Meet the New New Media Studio Room 6A My Hero Academia 10th Anniversary Panel Powered by Crunchyroll Ballroom 20 Percy Jackson and the Olympians: A New Quest Awaits Hall H The Creator's Symposium Room 23ABC They Can Buy Themselves Flowers Room 28DE Comic-Con Film School 101: Preproduction and Screenwriting Grand 6, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Dark Horse & Dungeons & Dragons & Comics Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor

10:15am PDT

MAYA: From Mexico to the World . . . in Animation Room 6DE

10:30am PDT

Comics Arts Conference Session #1: Panels, Pages, and the Past: Using a Comics Archive to Teach Cultural and Historical Inquiry Room 26AB Conan the Barbarian: Beyond the Comics Room 24ABC Crafting Words, Shaping Worlds Room 29CD Gundam Showcase 2026: Unveil the Next Gundam Room 6BCF How to Get News Coverage Room 10 Comic Book Law School® 101: Basic Training . . . in IP Rights Room 11

11:00am PDT

7th Annual Hollywood Game Changers: A Conversation with the Women Behind Popular Film and TV Projects Room 7AB Bringing Licensing to Tabletop Games in 2026 Room 29AB Bud Plant: Fifty Years at the Center of Comics History Room 4Bud Plant Building a Billion-View Franchise Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Comadres y Comics Podcast: A Decade of Comics and Community Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library Comics: Where Do We Draw the Line? Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Comixology: Stripping Down the Panels Room 25ABC Cosplay 101: Bringing Your Dreams to Life Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Graphic Novels for the Next Generation Room 23ABCHuda Fahmy • Nicole Goux Oni Press: The Countdown to 30 Years Room 28DE Spotlight on Denys Cowan Room 32ABDenys Cowan Star Trek: The Collector Frontier Room 5AB Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE! Room 9Mark Evanier The Kids Are Alright: Sketch Night Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library Learn to Draw Professional Comics Room 3

11:15am PDT

Marvel's Wolverine: Deep Cuts Hall H Bite Me: Calling All Vampires Ballroom 20 Wondla: A Musical Journey with Composer Joy Ngiaw Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront WWE Mattel Reveals Room 6A

11:30am PDT

DC's Jim Lee and Friends Room 6DEJim Lee Image Comics: Comics Characters Fans Will Love or Hate . . . or Love to Hate! Room 24ABC Rhapsody PR's 18th Annual Behind-the-Music Panel: Supersonic Room 29CD Success in Creativity Mixer: Meet Other Creatives and Get Time with the Experts Marina D, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina The Jewish Experience in Comics: Characters and Creators Room 10 Comics Arts Conference Session #2: How Comics Work Room 26AB

11:45am PDT

Bear McCreary: Musical Worldbuilding Room 6BCF

12:00pm PDT

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls: Behind the Battle Hall H 3rd Annual From Script to Screen: Behind the Camera of Film and TV Room 7AB Art from the Holocaust: Holocaust Stamps: History in Miniature Room 4 Banned in the USA?! Freedom, Comics, and Education Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library Dark Horse Licensed Comics: More from Your Favorite Fandoms! Room 25ABC Exquisite Corpses: The Game and Beyond Room 5AB From Sketch to Stunt: Designing Costumes That Survive the Action Room 32AB Godzilla Smashes San Diego and the Comic Industry Room 29AB Great Cartoonists and Comedians We Have Known Room 9Mark Evanier Light Before Dawn: The Making of a Global Fantasy Streaming Series Room 28DE Making Collaborative and Independent Anthologies Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Mythical Mayhem: New Twists on Beloved Myths Room 23ABC Secret Identities: American Superheroes in International Comics Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Tales from the Toy Industry: Navigating the World of Licensed IP Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Trials and Triumphs: 40 Years of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Room 11Paul Levitz Weird Al-Gorithm Celebrates 30 Years of Bad Hair Day Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library Titan West: A Daggerheart Actual Play Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor

12:30pm PDT

Creators Assemble: Adapting and Pitching Your Game for TV and Film Room 10 Farewell to Seasons: Mike McCready's Alternative History of Grunge Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront Malcolm and Friends Room 6A Star Trek's Family Tree Room 24ABC The Horror (Inspiration)! Oh, the Horror (Inspiration)! Room 29CDKelly Sue DeConnick • Nicole Goux • John J. Pearson • Pornsak Pichetshote • Victoria "V. E." Schwab Theme: The Heart of a Story Room 3 Collider's Producers on Producing Ballroom 20

12:45pm PDT

Spotlight on Jim Lee Room 6DEJim Lee

1:00pm PDT

Absolute Crisis: Relaunching Comics and the First Amendment Room 11 Anniversary of Déjà Vu and the Art of Time Travel Writing for TV and Film Room 25ABC Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender Hall H Canadian Price Variant Comics: Rarity & Demand Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Comics Arts Conference Session #3: Three Historians Approach the Cold War in Comics Room 26AB Comixology: The Evolution of a Comics Creator Room 23ABC Concept to Creation: A Writers Forum Marina D, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Good Grief! The Enduring Legacy of Peanuts, Snoopy, and Charles M. Schulz Room 9Mark Evanier Kidults: The New Toy Economy Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Night of the Living Dead: They're Coming to Get You, Comic-Con! Room 5AB On the Mic Podcast with Tim Drake LIVE from SDCC Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library Robert Kirkman Live! Room 6BCF Shadow House: Steranko's First Foray into Film Room 4 Tabletop Roleplay Game Design in 2026 Room 32AB The Asian Corner: LeUyen Pham Talks Comics and Kids' Books with Gene Luen Yang Room 29ABLeUyen Pham Third Annual Fan Favorites: Behind the Scenes of Popular Film and TV Shows Room 7AB TOKYOPOP and 247 Comics: The Ultimate Manga-Comics Mashup! Room 28DE Wētā Workshop Building Worlds: Creatures and Ecosystems Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Where All Educators Belong: Popular Arts Educator Learning Communities at Comic-Con Museum Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library

1:30pm PDT

Finding the Funny in Six Panels or Less Room 24ABCPeter Bagge • Mimi Pond Main Character Energy: Black Female Storytellers Room 10 No Studio, No Publisher, No Problem! Room 29CD Watercolor Step-by-Step: Techniques and Essential Materials Room 3

1:45pm PDT

Between the Pages of Marc Maron's WTF: WTF Is a Podcast Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront Marvel Comics: Avengers: Armageddon Room 6A

2:00pm PDT

10th Anniversary of Hero Within Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Black Hammer: 10th Anniversary Celebration Room 6DE Browncoat Meeting Room Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Descend into Madness: Exploring Horror Through Comics Room 25ABC Fear the Future! Making Dystopian Comics Room 23ABC Figure Drawing for Popular Media Room 11 Library Manga for "Eager Readers" Room 28DE LOST Fans Unite with Jay and Jack Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library Mondo Toy Talk Room 7AB Myths, Monsters, and Dumpster Fires: Coloring Outside the Lines with Camilla d'Errico and Truck Torrence Room 9 San Diego On Screen Room 5AB Spike & Mike's Festival of Animation Room 32AB Spotlight on Katie Skelly Room 29ABKatie Skelly • Briana Loewinsohn Spotlight on William Stout Room 4William Stout Sung Kang's Drifter: Car Culture on the Big Screen and Beyond Ballroom 20 Teaching Afghan Girls Through Comics! Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library The Human Fly vs. Dracula: Amazing Artwork and Edgy Stories Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Comics Arts Conference Session #4: How Comics Change the World Room 26AB Slugblasting Is Not a Crime 3: The Train Job Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor

2:15pm PDT

LEGO NINJAGO Celebrates: 15 Years and Counting Room 6BCF Stuart Fails to Save the Universe Hall H The Writers Coffeehouse at SDCC Marina D, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

2:30pm PDT

Costuming Every Body: Creating Size-Inclusive Costumes Room 3 Kotobukiya's Versatile Hand Model: An Open Discussion with Artists and Creatives Room 10 Romance on the Big Screen: Why It's About Damn Time Room 24ABC When Worlds Collide: Using Comics to Resolve Conflict Room 29CD

3:00pm PDT

1986 Week: It Was 40 Years Ago Today Room 5AB A Web of Design: Caught in the Creation of Sony's TV Series Spider-Noir Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Blind Bags, Chases, and the Psychology of Collecting Room 23ABC Brandon Davis Show Live Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront Comics Will Break Your Heart: Coping Conversation for Fans and Creators Room 7AB Doblaje de Voz para Hispanohablantes en EE. UU. y Latinoamérica Sala 28DE Jada Toys: Taking Collecting to the Next Level Room 9 Neon Ichiban: Live Digital Remarques Room 25ABC Nerdy Finance: Freelance Tax Tips to Keep Your Money Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Outlandish Confabulations Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library Pattern Making Without Duct Tape Room 11 Print Is the New Digital Room 29AB Spotlight on Matt Dinniman Room 6AMatt Dinniman Spotlight on Peter Bagge Room 4Peter Bagge Teaching on Genocide and Totalitarianism Using Comics Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library The Future of Doctor Who Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Ultraduck: Soaring into a New Era of Superhero Cinema: Exclusive First Look Room 32AB Voice Acting for Spanish Speakers in the U.S. and Latin America Room 28DE The Filmmaking Process and Reemergence of Found Footage Grand 6, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

3:15pm PDT

Academy Award–Winning VFX Studio DNEG: Namit Malhotra's Ramayana: The Epic Begins Ballroom 20 The Year of Jack Kirby: A Star-Studded Celebration! Room 6DEMark Waid

3:30pm PDT

Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2 Advanced Screening and Q&A with Cast and Crew Room 6BCF Collider's Directors on Directing Hall H Heroes After the Uniform: Veterans, Comics, and the Stories That Help Us Reclaim Ourselves Room 26AB Spotlight on Scott Williams Room 24ABCScott Williams Subversive Storytelling Room 29CD The Comic Book Couples! Room 10Jeff Smith Drawing with Todd Nauck Room 3

4:00pm PDT

A Crash Course in Media Literacy Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Apex Comics Group 2026-2027 Exclusive Previews Room 23ABCGordon Purcell Buffy Podcast: Re-Vamped with Juliet Landau Room 7AB Building Worlds Like Tolkien Room 11 Carousel: Comics Performances Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego MarinaKatie Skelly How Sonic the Hedgehog's First Cartoonist Rescued His Stories for a New Sonic Book! Room 4Scott Shaw! Inglorious Treksperts Live! Room 5AB PANICK: The Next Nightmare Begins Room 28DE Tabletop GOATs: The Best Games of All Time Room 29AB Teaching With Comics in Latin America: A Silly Idea or a Brilliant One? Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library The National Cartoonists Society Turns 80! Room 32AB The Reality of A.I. Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Transgender and Nonbinary Creators Stay Relevant and Proud Room 9 Weirder Together: Meow Wolf + Titmouse Room 25ABC Why Representation Matters in Young Adult Novels Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library No Latency LIVE: Cyberpunk Red Live Play Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor

4:15pm PDT

From Pitch to Pilot: Too Many Toons! Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront Thematic Tunes from Star Wars to Pokémon Room 6A

4:30pm PDT

NEON's Sci-Fi-Action Epic: HOPE Ballroom 20 Alternative Career Options in Video Games Room 10 How Webtoons Have Changed the Comics Industry Room 24ABCDerek V. Song The Cuphead Show 2: Electric Boogaloo! Room 6DE The Night Hawk, 1828: The First Superhero? Yes. Room 26AB The Power of Women in Entertainment Room 29CD

4:45pm PDT

Inside the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Hall HJim Lee Tubi: Breaking Bear Room 6BCF

5:00pm PDT

A Comics Reading Club . . . for Faculty! Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library A Master Class in Comic Coloring Room 3 Crafting Pop Culture Content to Educate Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library Creativity Through Fairytale Retellings Writing Workshop Room 11 Get Yer Jollies!: Creating 'Zines in Your Local Comics Community Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Inside Indie Manga Publishing: Manga Mavericks Books Industry Panel Room 29AB La Llorona Comics: The Latin American Challenge of Creating Comics . . . Before Tapping Out Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Magma Comix: Pitching Your Vision and Developing IP Room 25ABC Mergers and Acquisitions in Entertainment, Publishing, and Gaming Room 9 Monsters and Cryptids in Comics Room 32AB Power Rangers: The Next Era Begins Room 23ABC Robservations LIVE Room 7AB Star Trek 60th: Celebrating the Law of the Genesis Trilogy Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina The Art of Anime and Video Games: Drawing Your Favorite Characters Room 5AB The Future of Collecting Room 28DE Wētā Workshop Building Worlds: Avatar Room 4 Make a No-Budget Feature Film Grand 6, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

5:15pm PDT

Comic Pitch Review Marina D, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

5:30pm PDT

A24: Onslaught Ballroom 20 Afrofuturism: Black to the Future IX: Afro-Anime Room 29CD Aliens 40: The 40th Anniversary of One of the Best Sequels Ever Made! Room 6A How to Stay in the Game Room 24ABC Past, Present, Future of Comics Distribution Room 10 Why Comics Matter Now More than Ever Room 26ABPornsak Pichetshote

5:45pm PDT

The Tony Swatton: Next Chapter Room 6DE

6:00pm PDT

Aniplex of America Industry Panel Room 7AB Brad Bird: My Cinematic Journey Hall H Build Your Own World and Intellectual Property Room 3 Creating Comics: Ask the Pros Room 32AB Flip-Or and the Champions of Nefarity Toy Panel Room 28DE Growing Up with the Power Rangers Room 25ABC I Want to Read the Comics, but I Don't Know How! Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Keenspot Power Hour: Maids, Monsters, and Pooh Bears, Oh My! Room 5AB Manga Publishing Industry Roundtable Room 29AB Marvel Rivals: Meet the Cast Room 6BCF Masquerade 101 Room 23ABC Publishing a Comic in Mexico: An Impossible Task? Room 9 Some Assembly Required: A Live Game Design Challenge Room 11 Stars of Star Trek Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina What's the Scoop with Simon & Schuster Room 4 The Her Universe Fashion Show Harbor Ballroom, Manchester Grand Hyatt

6:30pm PDT

Gay Geeks and Where to Find Them Room 26AB Headlocked and Masked Republic: Taking Wrestling Beyond the Ring Room 10 Making Mormon Characters in Comics Room 29CD Marvel, Moana, Manga, Mānēs, and 'Merica (Melting Pot Comics: America at 250) Room 24ABCBriana Loewinsohn

6:45pm PDT

Alter Egos and Origin Stories Room 6A Documentary Filmmaking and Video Essays Grand 6, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

7:00pm PDT

Adult vs. Kids Animation Room 32AB Fear and Loathing in Aztlan: Hunter S. Thompson, the Chicano Movement, and Comics Room 29AB Fight the Future! Resistance in Comics Room 9Kelly Sue DeConnick Fleischer Cartoons: Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Room 28DE Four Decades of Robotech Room 7AB From Fandom to Footsteps: The Art of Set-Jetting Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina How to Use Hypnotic Language for Dynamic Storytelling Room 11 Igniting Romance in Comics Room 23ABC Raising Fankids: Teaching Young Geeks to be Self-confident and Successful Room 4 Reels to Register: Is Short-Form Video the New Comics Journalism? Room 25ABC The Bride of Frankenstein: She Was Never Meant to Exist Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina When the Void Screams Back: The Latest in Sci-Fi Horror Room 6DE Where Did I Go Wrong? Room 3 Worst Cartoons Ever! Room 5AB Comic Creator Connection Marina D, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

7:15pm PDT

Hollywood's Love Affair with Fencing Room 6BCF

7:30pm PDT

Japanese Queer Media Room 26AB PSYONIC: Bionic Arms in the Real World Room 24ABC Saga Press Publishing Panel Room 29CD Trina Robbins: Comics Activist Room 10

8:00pm PDT

Black Vampires in Comics and Popular Culture Room 9 Hot Takes Only: The Pullbox Power Rankings Room 32AB Klingon Lifestyles Presentation Room 5AB Making Indie Comics on Microbudgets Room 23ABC Sam Kieth: Celebrating an Artistic Life Room 3 StreetPass OC: Nintendo Quizbowl XII: Rise of the Quiz Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina The Comic Shop Series Roundtable Room 25ABC Trivia for Chocolate Room 28DE Using Public Domain Properties to Tell Stories Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Warren Kremer: Harvey Comics' Cover Genius Room 29ABMimi Pond What Constitutes an Ethnic Film Today? Room 7AB The 29th Annual Superhero Kung Fu Extravaganza Room 6A

8:15pm PDT

Stan Lee: The Final Chapter: Exclusive Documentary Screening Room 6DE

8:30pm PDT

Invincible: The Price of Power and the Strength of Connection Room 29CD Punk Rock Artists of the '80s Room 10 Upcoming Video Games to Be Excited For Room 24ABC Comics on Comics: LIVE Room 26AB

9:00pm PDT

Dracula and Frankenstein Turn 95! Room 9 Futurama Collectors: Eternity Alone with Barely Any Swag Room 32AB How Science May Give You Superpowers Room 28DE Pokopia: The Science of Saving the World Room 25ABC The Looks of Love: The Evolution of Romance in Comics Room 29AB Thursday Hall H and Ballroom 20 Panel Playback Room 23ABC