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Want to know everything we’re doing at SDCC this year? Check out our full schedule below and don’t forget to visit booth #2800/2802!

Are you interested in submitting work to us at the show? Please check out this post before you do.

WEDNESDAY, 7/19

    • 6:30 pm: Gigi D.G.’s Cucumber Quest Giveaway
    • 7:00 pm: Ben Hatke’s Mighty Jack and the Goblin King Giveaway

THURSDAY, 7/20

  • 10:00 am: Scratch & Win Book Giveaway
  • 10:00 am: Meet the Creators panel with Molly Ostertag at the San Diego Central Library
  • 10:00 am: Real World Retellings panel with Box Brown in Room 29AB
  • 11:00 am: Nidhi Chanani signing Pashmina
  • 11:15 am: Box Brown signing in Autographing Area #AA09
  • 12:00 pm: Mike Lawrence signing Star Scouts
  • 12:30 pm: Sonny Liew signing Shadow Hero
  • 1:00 pm: Discover the Impact of the Web on Mainstream Comics panel with Molly Ostertag in Room 28DE
  • 1:00 pm: Stepping into Another World panel with Shannon Hale in Room 32AB
  • 1:30 pm: Editing Comics panel with First Second Staff in Room 4
  • 2:00 pm: Nick Abadzis signing Pigs Might Fly
  • 2:15 pm: Shannon Hale signing in Autographing Area #AA09
  • 3:00 pm: Comics By Design panel with First Second Staff in Room 28DE
  • 3:00 pm: Making the Personal, Relatable panel with Tillie Walden in Room 29AB
  • 3:00 pm: Motivating Your Inner MAD-KOOKY-CRAZY-CURIOUS-RELUCTANT Scientist panel with Alison Wilgus and Mairghread Scott in Room 25ABC
  • 6:00 pm: PublishINK Tattoo Parlor featuring Spill Zone tattoos
  • 7:00 pm: International Creator Slam: Europe Vs USA with Nick Abadzis in Room 32AB

FRIDAY 7/21

  • 10:00 am: Scratch & Win Book Giveaway
  • 10:00 am: Biographical and Autobiographical Comics with Box Brown and Sonny Liew in Room 28DE
  • 11:00 am: From Asterix to Zeus – Developing an Essential Kids Graphic Novel Collection panel with First Second Staff at the San Diego Central Library
  • 12:00 pm: Handling Challenges: Bans and Challenges to Comics panel with First Second Staff at the San Diego Central Library
  • 1:00 pm: Historical Comics panel with Box Brown in Room 25ABC
  • 1:00 pm: Read Like a Girl: Middle-Grad Fiction for Girls (and Boys) with Nidhi Chanani and Molly Ostertag at the San Diego Central Library
  • 2:00 pm: Nonfiction and Memoir in Graphic Novels panel with Mairghread Scott, Tillie Walden, and Alison Wilgus at the San Diego Central Library
  • 3:00 pm: Alison Wilgus, MK Reed, and Joe Flood signing Science Comics
  • 3:00 pm: Prose to Panels: A Graphic Novel Adaptation panel with Mariko Tamaki and Landis Blair at the San Diego Central Library
  • 4:00 pm: Meet the Makers panel with Nick Abadzis and Joe Flood at the San Diego Central Library
  • 4:30 pm: Into the Past: History and Comics panel with Alison Wilgus in Room 26AB
  • 5:00 pm: Publishers Talkback Session with First Second Staff at the San Diego Central Library
  • 10:00 pm: The Adventure Zone Live Show at the Balboa Theater

SATURDAY, 7/22

  • 10:00 am: Scratch & Win Book Giveaway
  • 10:00 am: Content Literacy: Teaching STEM with Comics panel with MK Reed, Alison Wilgus, and Joe Flood
  • 10:30 am: Tillie Walden signing Spinning
  • 11:00 am: Scott Westerfeld signing The Spill Zone
  • 12:00 pm: The Adventure Zone Meet and Greet with Clint, Griffin, Justin, and Travis McElroy
  • 12:00 pm: Real Life on the Page panel with Landis Blair, Box Brown, MK Reed, Tillie Walden, and Alison Wilgus in Room 29AB
  • 1:00 pm: Living a Creative Lifestyle with First Second Staff in Room 29AB
  • 1:15 pm: Box Brown signing Tetris and Andre the Giant
  • 2:00 pm: World Mythology and Contemporary Fantasy panel with Nidhi Chanani in Room 9
  • 3:00 pm: Spotlight on Box Brown in Room 4
  • 3:00 pm: Comics for Impact During Times of Social Change and Turmoil panel with First Second Staff at the San Diego Central Library
  • 3:30 pm: Keeping It Real panel with Shannon Hale, Nidhi Chanani, and Tillie Walden
  • 4:15 pm: Box Brown signing in Autographing Area AA20
  • 5:00 pm: Molly Ostertag signing Shattered Warrior
  • 5:30 pm: Discover Why YA is the Future of Comics with Tillie Walden, Nidhi Chanani, and Scott Westerfeld in Room 7AB
  • 6:00 pm: PublishINK Tattoo Parlor featuring The Spill Zone tattoos
  • 6:00 pm: Gays in Comics—Out in Comics: 30th Year Celebration panel with Molly Ostertag in Room 29AB

SUNDAY, 7/23

  • 11:00 am: Capturing Teen Angst panel with Shannon Hale and Scott Westerfeld in Room 25ABC
  • 12:00 pm: The Future is Bleak panel with Scott Westerfeld and Cory Doctorow in Room 25ABC
  • 12:00 pm: Reading Without Walls Giveaway
  • 12:00 pm: Spotlight on Shannon Hale & Dean Hale in Room 4
  • 1:15 pm: Cory Doctorow and Scott Westerfeld signing in Autographing Area AA06
  • 1:15 pm: Shannon Hale signing in Autographing Area AA20
  • 1:30 pm: Comics Art Live for Kids! panel with Nidhi Chanani, Alison Wilgus, and MK Reed in Room 23ABC
  • 2:45 pm: The Real World of Publishing Comics with First Second Staff in Room 5AB