Canadian creators at San Diego Comic-Con 2025

Just because we’re not attending San Diego Comic-Con 2025 this year, doesn’t mean we’re not eager to keep an eye on Canadian creators at the annual event. Here’s a very brief overview of events taking place in San Diego from July 24 to 27 with a focus on Canadian comic book and graphic novel creators.

Here’s where Canadian creators will be tabling at this year’s SDCC:

Andy Belanger – Table GG-21
Agnes Garbowska – Table DD-01
Camilla d’Errico – Booth #4536
Jim Zub – Table GG-07
matt BATT Banning – Table II-04
Megan Huang – Table CC-3
Michael Cho – Table II-14

Here’s what’s happening during the festivities:

Thursday July 24

10 am to 10:50 am – Dark Horse booth #2615 – Ray Fawkes signing So’Leks Journey

10 am to 11 am – Artists’ Alley table GG-07- Jim Zub signing

10 am – Room 25abc – Michael Cho joins Abrams: Marvel Licensed Publishing panel

11:30 am to 12:30 pm – Room 6DE – Jeff Lemire joins DC All In; What’s Next panel

11:30 am to 12:30 pm – Titan Books booth #5537 – Jim Zub signing

12 noon to 1 pm – Room 5ab – Tate Brombal joins The Frights and Delights of Queer Horror Comics panel

1 pm – Room 5AB – Jim Zub on the Conan The Barbarian panel

1 pm to 1:50 pm – Dark Horse booth #2615 – Jeff Lemire signing 10,000 Ink Stains and Black Hammer

1 pm to 1:50 pm – Dark Horse booth #2615 – Ray Fawkes signing Black Hammer

1:45 pm to 2:45 pm – Room 6A – Ryan North on the Marvel Comics: X-Men panel

2 pm to 3:30 pm – Oni Press booth #1829 – Bryan Lee O’Malley signing

2 pm to 4 pm – Artists’ Alley Table II-14 – Michael Cho signing

3 pm – Table 2 – Penguin Random House booth #1514/1515 – Jim Zub signing Artificers & Alchemy

3 pm to 4 pm – Room 11 – Heather Antos on The Art of Comic Book Collaboration panel

3 pm – Drawn & Quarterly booth 1335 – Aminder Dhaliwal signing A Witch’s Guide to Burning

3 pm to 3:50 pm – Dark Horse booth #2615 – Tate Brombal signing The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos

3:30 pm to 4:3 pm – Room 6A – Ryan North on the Marvel Comics: Next Big Thing

4 pm to 5 pm – Magma Comix booth #1709 – Megan Huang signing Scale Trade

4 pm to 5 pm – Room 29AB – Jim Zub on the Comics Plus Tabletop Games panel

5 pm to 6 pm – Room 32ab – Tate Brombal on the panel How the Newest Generation of Comics Creators Are Breaking into the Industry

5:15 pm to 7 pm – Artists’ Alley table GG-07 – Jim Zub signing

6:30 pm to 7:30 pm – Room 29cd – Richard Comely on the panel Canada’s Hero: 50 Years of Captain Canuck

7 pm to 8 pm – Room 25ABC – Megan Huang on the Magma Comix Panel

Friday July 25

9:30 am to 10:30 am – Artists’ Alley table GG-07 – Jim Zub signing

10 am to 11 am – Abrams booth #1216 – Michael Cho signing

11 am to 12 noon – Mad Cave booth #2806 – Megan Huang signing LA Strong

12 noon to 1 pm – Drawn & Quarterly booth #1335 – Walter Scott signing The Wendy Award

1 pm to 2:30 pm – Oni Press booth #1829 – Bryan Lee O’Malley signing

1 pm to 2 pm – Madcave booth #2806 – Michael Cho signing Speed Racer

2 pm to 3 pm – Room 11 – Heather Antos on the Breaking into Comics and Staying In panel

2 pm to 4 pm – Artists’ Alley Table II-14 – Michael Cho signing

2:30 pm to 3:30 pm – Titan booth #5537 – Jim Zub signing Conan The Barbarian #21

3 pm to 4 pm – Room 11 – Color Cats with Camilla d’Errico. Camilla is expected to share stories and inspiration from her career followed by an audience Q&A. Drawing is said to be involved at some point.

3:30 pm to 4:30 pm – Room 6a – Ryan North on the Marvel’s Next Big Thing panel

4 pm to 5 pm – Drawn & Quarterly booth #1335 – Walter Scott signing The Wendy Award

4 pm to 7 pm – Artists’ Alley table GG-07 – Jim Zub signing

4 pm to 6 pm – Room 25abc – Curt Pires on the panel ComiXology: How to Write Comix Naked!

8 pm – San Diego Hilton Bayfront Hotel – Eisner Awards Gala Ceremony
Nominees include:
Adam de Souza for The Gulf (Tundra) in the Best Publication for Teens category
Alison McCreesh for Degrees of Separation: A Decade North of 60 (Conundrum) in the Best Graphic Memoir category
Allison O’Toole for Zdarsky Comics News (Chip Zdarsky) in the Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism category
Boum, translated by Robin Lang and Helge Dasher, for The Jellyfish (Pow Pow Press) in the Best U.S. Edition of International Material category
Christian Giroux for The Accidental Undergrad (Fieldmouse Press) in the Best Webcomic category
David Lapp for The Field (Conundrum) in the Best Graphic Memoir category
Elise Gravel for Club Microbe (Drawn & Quarterly) in the Best Publication for Early Readers category
Jeff Lemire for Minor Arcana (BOOM! Studios) in the Best New Series category
Mariko Tamaki for Zatanna: Bring Down the House (DC) in the Best Limited Series category
Maurice Vellekoop for I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together (Pantheon) in the Best Graphic Memoir category
Ryan North for Fantastic Four (Marvel) in Best Continuing Series category
Sarah Leavitt for Something, Not Nothing: A Story of Grief and Love (Arsenal Pulp Press) in the Best Graphic Memoir category

Saturday July 26

10 am to 12 noon – booth #4901 – Ryan North signing

11 am to 12 noon – Drawn & Quarterly booth #1335 Mariko Tamaki signing Roaming

11 am to 2 pm – Artists’ Alley table GG-07 – Jim Zub signing

12 noon – Mad Cave Studios booth #2806 – Michael Cho signing with Speed Racer

12 noon to 1 pm – Drawn & Quarterly booth #1335 – Walter Scott signing The Wendy Award

12:30 pm – Table 1 – Penguin Random House booth #1514/1515 – Camilla d’Errico signing with Pop Manga Sketchbook

12:30 pm to 1:30 pm – Room 6a – Todd McFarlane spotlight

1 pm to 2 pm – Artists’ Alley table II-14 – Michael Cho signing

2 pm to 3 pm – Room 29ab – Blake Northcott on the panel Dynamite Entertainment 2025: Looking Ahead to the Next 20 Years

2:30 pm Room 24ABC – Celebrating Dungeons & Dragons 2025 – Jim Zub with Artificers & Alchemy

3 pm to 4 pm – Room 29AB – Walter Scott on the See You in the Funny Papers panel

3 pm to 4 pm – Abrams booth #1216 – Michael Cho signing

3:30 pm to 6 pm – Oni Press booth #1829 – Bryan Lee O’Malley signing

4 pm to 5 pm – Drawn & Quarterly booth #1335 – Walter Scott signing The Wendy Award

4 pm to 5 pm – Titan booth #5537 – Jim Zub signing Conan The Barbarian #21

5:30 pm to 7 pm – Artists’ Alley table GG-07 – Jim Zub signing

Sunday

11 am to 12 noon – Room 7ab – Heather Antos on the panel Star Trek: The Next Frontier

12:30 pm to 1:30 pm – Room 25abc – Michael Cho in the spotlight with Chip Kidd

2 pm to 3 pm – Room 7ab – Michael Cho on the Cover Story panel

3:30 pm to 4:30 pm – Autograph Area AA04 – Michael Cho signing

For more information about San Diego Comic-Con International, visit https://www.comic-con.org/cc/