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10:00am PDT

15th Annual Behind-the-Music panel: Supersonic Room 25ABC Amazing No-Sew Embellishments Room 3 Amazing! Fantastic! Incredible! News from the Comic-Con Museum Room 29AB Comic-Con Film School 101: Preproduction and Screenwriting Grand 6, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Comics to Concept Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Covering Fandom: How Fan-Journalists Strike the Right Balance Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Do You Want to Build a Droid? (a.k.a Droid Building 101) Room 7AB Home Space: Stories Set in Our Solar System Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library Libraries and the Challenges They Face in 2023 Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library Marvel Classic for the Next Generation and Fans Room 28DE Shadow Chasers Room 5AB Spotlight on Barbara Friedlander Room 32AB The Creator Symposium Room 23ABC Welcome to Fantasy Land Room 9 Women Artists in the Rise of New Technology Omni Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor The Desaturated: Pathfinder 2e One-Shot Omni Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor

10:15am PDT

Vault Comics: Stranger Than (Science) Fiction—Outer Worlds and Other Voices in Comics Room 6DE

10:30am PDT

Building the DC Universe on WEBTOON Room 4 Comics Arts Conference Session #1: The Norton Critical Edition of A Contract with God: A Landmark for Sequential Art in Academia Room 26AB How to Get News Coverage Room 10 LEGO: I Had a DreamZzz Last Night About Ninjago! Room 6BCF Ms. Marvel and the Power of Representation Room 29CD Robots and Aliens and Blasters, Oh My Room 24ABC Comic Book Law School® 101: It All Starts Here Room 11

11:00am PDT

4th Annual Hollywood Game Changers: A Conversation with the Women Behind Popular Film and TV Projects Room 7AB @SuperheroIRL: Mental Health and Changing the World with Comics Room 29AB Cosplay Tips from Theater Pros Room 3 Cosplaying 101: Bringing Your Dreams to Life Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Crazy Talk: Fifty Years of Mental Health, Pop Culture, and Comic-Con Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Fan Favorites: The Heroes We Love Room 5AB Fear and Fungi: Science of The Last of Us Omni Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Horror at the Library: Junji Ito Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library Humor Comics: Are They Still Needed? Room 9 In the Beginning . . . There Was World Building Room 23ABC Oni Press: Counterculture for Comics Culture Room 28DE Queens of Lust and Lore: A Live Romantasy Author Panel Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library The Making of the Eisner Award–Nominated Barnstormers Room 25ABC Max Original Animation Ballroom 20

11:15am PDT

Mattel WWE Elite Squad Fan Panel Room 6A Ninth Annual Musical Anatomy of a Superhero: Film and TV Composer Panel Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront

11:30am PDT

Adapting Stories to Graphic Novels Room 29CD Between Two Toms Room 6DE Comics Arts Conference Session #2: Raw, Weirdo, and Beyond: Curating an Exhibition of Alternative Comics Room 26AB Comics for Ukraine Room 10 Paramount Pictures: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Hall H Spotlight on Jerry Beck Room 24ABC Spotlight on Ricardo Caté Room 4

11:45am PDT

Pokémon: Bringing Iconic Animation to Global Audiences Room 6BCF

12:00pm PDT

Crafting Character Room 3 Defending Comics Today: Anti-Drag Laws and the Freedom to Cosplay Room 11 Everyday Magic: Pop Culture Tarot and Live Readings Room 32AB Fables and Fairy Tales: New Spins on Old Stories Room 23ABC fREADom Fighters on the Front Lines: Advocating Against Book Bans Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library From Script to Screen: Behind the Camera of Storytelling Across Diverse Mediums Room 7AB Image Comics: Focus on Bestselling Creator Jeff Lemire Room 25ABC Indiana Jones and the Nexus of Archaeology, History, and Punching Fascists Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Indigenous Futurisms: Transcending Past/Present/Future Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina PSYONIC: Bionic Hands in the Real World Omni Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Star Trek: More Bold Than Ever Before Room 28DE The Pitching Hour Room 5AB The Power of Costume: How Designers Inspire the World Room 29AB The RPG Game Show Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library What’s So Funny? Humor and Satire in Comic Strips and Cartoons Room 9

12:30pm PDT

Blade Runner Comics: 2039 and Beyond Room 24ABC Felicia Day’s Third Eye: An Audible Original Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront Industry and Community Advisory for Comic-Con Museum Education Marina D, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Jack Kirby, but Not Superheroes. Room 4 Neurodiversity and Comics Room 10 Secrets of D&D Dungeon Mastering with Chris Perkins Room 29CD The Owl House: Us Weirdos Have to Stick Together Room 6A Comics Arts Conference Session #3: Paratexts and Metatexts Room 26AB

12:45pm PDT

Ghosts Ballroom 20 Gotham City Room 6DE

1:00pm PDT

15 Years of Amulet: Focus on Kazu Kibuishi Room 32AB A Family Affair: Families That Create Stories Together Room 23ABC Bridging the Digital Gap Between Comics Publishers and Libraries Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library Crowdfund Your Project Room 3 Defending Comics Today: How You Can Help Save Comics Room 11 Fan Favorites: Behind The Scenes of Yellowjackets, Gotham Knights, I’m a Virgo, and More Room 7AB How to Boldly Go into the Star Trek Universe Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina On the Mic Podcast Live from Comic-Con Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library Project K: Inside India’s History-Making Sci-Fi Epic Hall H Sound in Film Grand 6, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Spotlight on Brian Walker Room 5AB Spotlight on John Romita Jr. Room 25ABC Tegan and Sara Talk Junior High Room 29AB The Human Fly: Real-Life Hero Returns! Omni Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor TOKYOPOP: Manga for Everyone Room 28DE Unveiling a New Comics Universe: Cultivating the Art of Storytelling in the UAE Room 9 Visual Storytelling in Cosplay Photography Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

1:15pm PDT

Shadowrun w/ RealmSmith Omni Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor

1:30pm PDT

Art from the Holocaust: The Tattoo Room 4 Hasbro Transformers Generations Toy Panel Room 29CD Master Class: Writing for Animation and Comics Room 10

1:45pm PDT

Women of Concept Art for Film and TV Room 6A

2:00pm PDT

A Different Type of Romance Room 32AB Advanced Comic Inking Techniques Room 3 Best of 2000 AD: Bringing Britain’s Finest Stateside Room 23ABC Connecting with Your Community Through Comics Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library Design for Television and Film with Seven Leading Designers Room 7AB Doctor Who Comics: Climb on Board the Tardis to See the Future of Doctor Who Publishing Room 5AB Figure Drawing for Popular Media Room 11 FX's What We Do in the Shadows Sneak Peek Screening and Giveaway Ballroom 20 Improving Sci-Fi Storytelling Through Science Accuracy Omni Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor It’s Morphin’ Time with BOOM! Studios Room 25ABC Kodansha USA’s Manga Roundup Room 9 Lost Fans Unite with Jay and Jack Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library Out of Their Heads: Graphic Novelists Bring Their Stories to Life Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Spotlight on Jim Lee Room 6DE The DSTLRY Live Draw with Tula Lotay, Jock, and Mirka Andolfo Room 29AB Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Publishing Room 28DE Walking Both Worlds with the Mando Mercs Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Comics Arts Conference Session #4: Sequential Identity Room 26AB

2:30pm PDT

Animation Brain Trust: Animation’s Most Influential Authors Talk Cartoons Room 10 From Idea to Shelves Room 24ABC Into the Pinverse: From Comic Book to Pinball Machine, the Making of Stern Pinball's Newest Game Room 29CD Marvel’s Spider-Man 2: Symbiotic Relationships Hall H Spotlight on Bill Griffith Room 4 The Writers Coffeehouse at Comic-Con Marina D, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

3:00pm PDT

A Crash Course in Media Literacy Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library Celebrating 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever on the CW Room 5AB Change the Ref: Activism Through Fandom Room 7AB Comics Writing: What Makes a Great First Issue Room 11 Creating New Universes: From Dream to Launch Omni Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Creator-Owned Comics: Myths and Realities Room 23ABC Crunchyroll Industry Panel Room 6A Geek Franchise Collectibles and Fandom: The Most Important Relationships in Fandom Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Kickstarting Comics in 2023 and Beyond Room 9 Nerdy Finance: Freelance Tax Tips to Keep Your Money Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Outlandish Confabulation Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library Queer Anti-heroes Room 28DE The JFK Assassination in Comics Room 29AB Ultraduck Unleashed Room 32AB World Premiere Screening of Freeform’s Praise Petey Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront Mastering the Art of Story Structure Room 3

3:15pm PDT

FX’s Archer: 14th and Final Season Exclusive Screening and Giveaway Ballroom 20 Superheroes and Not-So-Super Villains with Patton Oswalt and Friends Room 6DE

3:30pm PDT

From San Diego Kids to Hollywood Animators Room 10 Masters of the Universe: Revolution, a Conversation with Kevin Smith and the Cast Room 6BCF Publishers Weekly: Pans vs. Fans–What's the Point of Comics Criticism? Room 24ABC Salaam Fandom! Muslim Futurism, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy Room 26AB Spotlight on Jim Benton Room 29CD Spotlight on P. Craig Russell Room 25ABC Spotlight on Ron Turner Room 4

4:00pm PDT

Coming Together: Honoring AANHPI Voices in Pop Culture Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Designing the X-Men: A This Week in Marvel Special Event Room 7AB Diamond Select Toys and Gentle Giant LTD Room 32AB Doom Guy: The Man, the Myth, the Legend Room 25ABC eigoMANGA’s How to Draw Manga and Portfolio Review Room 11 Enamel Pins Creating Collectibles Omni Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom DE, 4th Floor Finance for Creatives Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Inglorious Treksperts Live: Free Enterprise at 25 Room 5AB No Latency Live–Cyberpunk RED Actual Play Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library Teaching with Comics: Family Edition Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library Ten Years of Chills, Thrills, and Kills: Storm King Comics Room 29AB Transgender and Nonbinary Stories in Comics: Past, Present, and Future Room 9 Won’t Back Down Preview: Comics for Reproductive Rights Room 28DE

4:05pm PDT

Indie Filmmaker's Survival Guide Grand 6, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

4:15pm PDT

A24's Talk to Me Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront WrestleQuest: The Wrestlefication of an RPG Room 6A

4:30pm PDT

70th Anniversary of the 3-D Comic Book Craze Room 26AB Alternative Career Options in Video Games Room 10 Books-to-Film Tie-In: An Insider Perspective Room 6DE Comics Journalism: Looking at Panels Beyond the Page Room 24ABC Direct Market 50th Anniversary Celebration Room 29CD Spotlight on Bob the Angry Flower Room 4 Drawing with Dustin Nguyen Room 3 Dreams and Machines: First Look Omni Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor

5:00pm PDT

Comic Pitch Review Marina D, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Comics Pedagogy: Teaching Outside the Panel Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library Critical Completism! What It's Like to See It All Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Diversity in Comics: Creating India's Superheroes for the World Room 32AB Focus onKevin Eastman Room 23ABC Keenspot's Star-Studded Grubbs Cartoon Bringing Christmas in July to Comic-Con Room 7AB Lost Comic Book Universes Room 28DE Manga Publishing Industry Roundtable Room 29AB Marvel and Proko Teach “The Art of Storytelling” Room 11 Old Nerds, New Tricks Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Roll for Initiative! Playing Dungeons & Dragons 2023 Room 25ABC Telling Our Stories: Making LGBTQIA+ Comic Anthologies Room 9 Turning a Comic Book into a Franchise Room 5AB

5:30pm PDT

All A-Bot Transformers: EarthSpark Room 24ABC Chasing Chasing Amy: How Fandom Inspires Creativity Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront Comics and Art from the Largest Tribe in California: The Yurok People Share Their Stories Room 4 Happy Hour with the Comic Book Couples Room 10 How Kickstarter Turns Fans into Co-creators Room 29CD STEM, Space, and AfroFuturism Room 26AB

5:45pm PDT

Creators in Space: Expressing Our Humanity in an Alien Environment Room 6DE

6:00pm PDT

35th Anniversary of Beetlejuice Room 25ABC Blender 3D Texturing Techniques for Starship Interiors and Exteriors Room 11 Comic Creation: Ask the Pros Room 32AB Creating an RPG Empire Room 7AB How to Adapt Beloved IP Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Legion M: It's All Happening Room 6BCF Masquerade 101 Room 23ABC My Hero Therapy: Heroes IRL Room 9 The Marco Polo Technique of Loose Inking Room 3 What's New in Independent Comics Room 28DE When Classic Literature Meets Manga! Changing the Way You Read! Room 5AB Writing for Comics and Manga Room 29AB The Her Universe Fashion Show 2023 Harbor Ballroom, Manchester Grand Hyatt

6:30pm PDT

From the Screen to your Plate: Food in Pop Culture Room 24ABC Gay Geeks and Where to Find Them Room 26AB MENA Representation in Arts and Entertainment Room 10 Spirituality in Pop Culture Room 29CD What's the Scoop with Simon & Schuster? Room 4

6:45pm PDT

Documentary Filmmaking and Nonfiction New Media How-To Grand 6, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina The Official Power Rangers 30th Anniversary Celebration Room 6A

7:00pm PDT

Digital Comics: Digital Creation, Distribution, and Marketing Room 9 Exploring the Science in Science Fiction Room 32AB Fil-Am Diaspora in Pop Culture Room 23ABC Fleischer Cartoons: The Art and Inventions of Max Fleischer Room 28DE Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Lawsuit Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Klingon Lifestyles Presentation Room 6DE Magic: The Gathering Goes to Universes Beyond Room 7AB Mastering Immersive Storytelling Room 3 Robotech: Past Prologue Room 5AB Scientific Problems of Dating a Vampire, a Werewolf, or Other Monsters Room 29AB Splattergore: The History of ’90s Horror Comics Room 25ABC The Collector's Corner Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina The Concept to Creation Workshop Room 11 Comic Creator Connection Thursday Marina D, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

7:15pm PDT

Worst Cartoon Ever! Room 6BCF

7:30pm PDT

Cosplay: Movement Inside the Costume Room 26AB Hollyweird Science: Should Psychological Thrillers Be Considered Science Fiction? Room 24ABC Lessons on Playable Video Game Preservation Room 29CD The Making Of Marc Bernardin’s Splinter Room 10 What’s the Tea About Animation IP? Room 4

8:00pm PDT

81 Years of Superhero Cereal Boxes Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Crazy Cats of Comics Room 9 Ghostface's Killer Trivia Room 25ABC How Legendary Stories Are Told and Retold Room 23ABC It's Alive, Jim! Evolutionary Biology in Star Trek Room 28DE Krapopolis Special Screening Room 5AB Remembering Greg Bear Room 7AB StreetPass OC: Nintendo Quiz Bowl VI Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Tag! You're Dead! Why We Love Death-Match Stories Room 32AB The Comics Memoir: From the Beginning . . . Room 29AB The Independent Filmmakers Panel Grand 6, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina The 26th Annual Comic-Con Superhero Kung Fu Extravaganza Room 6A

8:30pm PDT

Latter-Day Gamers: Mormon Gaming Culture Room 29CD Comics On Comics Live! Room 26AB

10:00pm PDT

World Premiere Screening of Twisted Metal Room 6DE The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart Room 6BCF