Not at San Diego Comic Con 2026

This year again I will not be attending San Diego Comic Con (for obvious reasons), but that won’t stop me from reporting about Canadian comic book creators at the major comic book event of the year.

Here are the Canadian comic book creators who will be participating in this year’s San Diego Comic Con.

Agnes Garbowska
– Artist Alley – DD-01

Mike Schwartz
– Clover Press – booth 5563

Sweeney Boo
– booth TBD

Panels and Signing Schedule

Wednesday July 22

6 pm to 7 pm – Oni Press booth #1829 with Bryan Lee O’Malley signing

Thursday July 23

9 am to 10 am – Image Comics booth #1915 with Todd McFarlane signing

11 am to 12 pm – Image Comics booth #1915 with Jason Fabok signing

11 am to 12 pm – Room 28DE – Oni Press: The Countdown to 30 years with Bryan Lee O’Malley, Curt Pires and others

11 am to 11:50 am – Mad Cave booth #2806 with Fred Kennedy signing

11:45 am to 12:45 pm – PRH Bookworld booth 1514/1515 with Jim Zub signing

12 pm to 1 pm – Oni Press booth #1829 with Curt Pires signing

12 pm to 1 pm – Room 5AB – Exquisite Corpses: The Game and Beyond with Michael Walsh and others

1 pm to 2 pm – Room 23ABC – ComiXology Presents: The Evolution of a Comics Creator featuring Curt Pires and others

1 pm to 2 pm – Sails Pavilion AA02 – Todd McFarlane signing

1:30 pm to 3 pm – Oni Press booth #1829 with Bryan Lee O’Malley signing

2 pm to 3 pm – Room 6DE – Black Hammer: 10th Anniversary Celebration with Jeff Lemire and others

2 pm to 3 pm – Room 9 – Myths, Monsters, and Dumpster Fires: Coloring Outside the Lines featuring Camilla d’Errico

3 pm to 4:30 pm – ComicsSketchArt.com booth #4903 with Chip Zdarsky signing

3 pm to 4 pm – Image Comics booth #1915 with Michael Walsh signing

3 pm to 4 pm – Image Comics booth #1915 with Todd McFarlane signing

3 pm to 4 pm – Neon Ichiban booth #2314 with Curt Pires signing

3:30 pm to 4:30 pm – Dark Horse Comics booth #2615 with Jeff Lemire signing

4 pm to 5 pm – Image Comics booth #1915 with Jason Fabok signing

5 pm to 6 pm – Room 32AB – Monsters and Cryptids in Comics featuring Tate Brombal and others

5 pm to 6 pm – Oni Press booth #1829 with Curt Pires signing

5 pm to 6 pm – Neo Ichiban #2314 with “Fearless” Fred Kennedy signing

5 pm to 6 pm – Felix Comic Art booth #4612 with Bryan Lee O’Malley signing

5:30 pm to 6:30 pm – Scott’s Collectables booth #2314 with Michael Walsh signing

Friday July 24

10 am to 12 pm – ComicsSketchArt.com booth #4903 with Chip Zdarsky signing

10:30 am to 11:30 am – Room 24ABC – Black Star panel with Kristen Kreuk and others

11 am to 12 pm – Image Comics booth #1915 with Jason Fabok signing

11 am to 12 pm – Room 23ABC – What If Artists’ Alley Never Closed? The Dawn of Digital Remarques featuring Fred Kennedy and others

11 am to 12 pm – Sails Pavilion AA02 – Todd McFarlane signing

11 am to 11:45 am – BOOM! Studios booth #2229 with Jeff Lemire signing

11:15 am to 12:15 pm – Room 6DE – DC’s Gotham City featuring Tate Brombal and others

11:30 am to 12:20 pm – Dark Horse booth #2615 with Nathan Fillion signing

12 noon to 1:45 pm – Sails Pavilion AA03 – Kristen Kreuk signing

12 pm to 1 pm – Neon Ichiban booth #2314 with “Fearless” Fred Kennedy signing

12 pm to 1 pm – Image Comics booth #1915 with Jason Fabok signing

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

12:30 pm to 1:30 pm – Room 6DE – DC’s Next Level featuring Michael Walsh and others

1 pm to 2 pm – Room 4 – The Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics including nominee Rosena Fung

1 pm to 2 pm – Mad Cave Studios booth #2806 with Curt Pires signing

2 pm to 3 pm – Room 11 – Breaking into Comics and Staying In featuring Heather Antos

2 pm to 3 pm – Felix Comic Art booth #4612 with Bryan Lee O’Malley signing

2:30 pm to 3 pm – Image Comics booth #1915 with Todd McFarlane signing

3 pm to 4 pm – Titan Comics booth #5537 with Jim Zub signing

3:30 pm to 4:30 pm – Room 5AB – BOOM! Comics for You: Owning Your Story featuring Jeff Lemire and others

3:30 pm to 5 pm – Neon Ichiban booth #2314 with Nathan Fillion signing

4 pm to 5 pm – Image Comics booth #1915 with Jason Fabok and Jeff Lemire signing

4:15 to 5:15 pm – Ballroom 20 – Kirkman, McFarlane, Liefield, Siverstri, Stephenson: Image Comics Legends Together on One Stage featuring Todd McFarlane and others

4:30 pm to 6 pm – Oni Press booth #1829 with Bryan Lee O’Malley signing

5:30 pm to 6:30 pm – Neon Ichiban booth #2314 with Curt Pires signing

5:30 pm to 6:15 pm – Penguin Random House booth #1514/1515 with Renée Nault signing

8 pm – Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront – Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards (see all the Canadian creator nominees below)

Saturday July 25

10 am to 11 am – Room 28DE – Image Comics; Storytelling, Genre, and Crafting Unforgettable Comics with Jason Fabok, Wes Craig and others

10 am to 11 am – Room 7AB – Hello Darkness, My Old Friend featuring Tate Brombal and others

10:30 am to 11:30 am – Room 29CD – Abrams Spotlight Panel featuring Mariko Tamaki and others

10:30 am to 11:30 am – Scott’s Collectibles booth #2314 with Adam Gorham signing

10:30 am to 11:30 am – Neon Ichiban booth #2314 with “Fearless” Fred Kennedy signing

10:45 am to 11:30 am – Penguin Random House booth #1514/1515 with Camilla d’Errico

11 am to 12 pm – Room 29AB – The Best Advice I’ve Ever Gotten: Graphics Edition featuring Renée Nault and others

11 am to 12 pm – Image Comics booth #1915 with Wes Craig signing

11:30 am to 12:30 pm – Image Comics booth #1915 with Jason Fabok signing

11:30 am to 12 pm – Image Comics booth #1915 with Wes Craig signing

12 pm to 12:45 pm – IDW booth #2729 with Mariko Tamaki

12 pm to 1 pm – Felix Comic Art booth #4612 with Wes Craig signing

12 pm to 12:50 pm – Dark Horse booth #2615 with Tate Brombal signing

12 pm to 2 pm – ComicsSketchArt.com booth #4903 with Chip Zdarsky signing

12:30 to 1:30 pm – Room 6DE – DC’s Absolute Universe panel featuring Jeff Lemire

12:30 pm to 1:30 pm – Room 6A – Image Comics: The Future of Comics featuring Michael Walsh, Curt Pires and others

12:30 pm to 1:30 pm – Sails Pavilion AA05 – Renée Nault signing

1 pm to 2:30 pm – Sails Pavilion AA02 – Todd McFarlane signing

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

2 pm to 3 pm – Room 4 – The Masters of Comic Book horror moderated by Heather Antos

2 pm to 3 pm – Room 25ABC – Celebrating Dungeons & Dragons with Jim Zub

2:30 pm to 3:30 pm – Scott’s Collectibles booth #2314 with Michael Walsh signing

3 pm to 4 pm – Room 28DE – Conan The Barbarian: Tides of the Tyrant-King featuring Jim Zub

3 pm to 4 pm – DC booth #4544 with Jeff Lemire signing

3 pm to 4 pm – Image Comics booth #1915 with Todd McFarlane signing

3:30 pm to 4:30 pm Room 24ABC – Image Comics: The New Wave of Comics Storytelling, Character, and Talent featuring GMB Chomichuk and others

4 pm to 5 pm – Room 28DE – Slaughterverse Unmasked: Inside the World of Something Is Killing The Children featuring Tate Brombal and others

4:30 pm to 5:30 pm – Titans booth #5537 with Jim Zub signing

4:30 pm to 6 pm – Oni Press booth #1829 with Bryan Lee O’Malley signing

5 pm to 6 pm – Image Comics booth #1915 with Jason Fabok signing

5 pm to 6 pm – Omni San Diego Hotel ballroom DE – Comics & Advocacy panel with Jibola Fagbamiye 

5 pm to 5:50 pm – Mad Cave booth #2806 with Fred Kennedy signing

5 pm to 6 pm – The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of Live Podcast with guest Todd McFarlane

6 pm to 7 pm – Oni Press booth #1829 with Curt Pires signing

Sunday July 26

11 am to 12 noon – Titan booth #5537 with Andy Belanger signing

11 am to 12:30 pm – Oni Press booth #1829 with Bryan Lee O’Malley signing

12 pm to 12:50 pm – Dark Horse booth #2615 with Tate Brombal signing

12 pm to 12:45 pm – IDW booth #2729 with Mariko Tamaki signing

1:30 pm to 2:30 pm – Room 6A – Star Trek 60th Anniversary Celebration featuring Heather Antos

4 pm to 5 pm – Felix Comic Art booth #4612 with Wes Craig signing

Canadian comic book creators have also been nominated for the Eisner Awards. Good luck to all the nominees:
– Christian Giroux for The Accidental Undergrad (published by Fieldmouse Press) in the category of Best Webcomic
– Conor McCreery and Jibola Fagbamiye for Fela: Music Is The Weapon (published by Amistad) in the category of Best Reality-Based Work. Learn more about this book in this True North Country Comics interview
– Guy Delisle, along with translators Helge Daschert and Rob Aspinal, for Muybridge (published by Drawn & Quarterly) in the category of Best Reality-Based Work
– Jamal Campbell for Zatanna (published by DC) in the category of Best Writer/Artist. Discover more about Jamal Campbell in this True North Country Comics interview.
– Joshua Barkman for Ew, It’s Beautiful: A False Knees Comics Collection (published by Andrews McMeel Universal) in the category of Best Humor Publication.
– Julie Rocheleau, along with Julian Voloj, for Globetrotters: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s World Tour (published by Abrams Comic Arts) in the category of Best Reality-Based Work. Learn more about Julie Rocheleau in this True North Country Comics interview
– Lee Lai for Cannon published by Drawn & Quarterly) in the category of Best Graphic Album-New. Learn more about Lee Lai in this True North Country Comics interview
– Mariko Tamaki, along with Nicole Gaux, for This Place Kills Me (published by Abrams Fanfare) in the category of Best Publication For Teens AND in the category of Best Writer
– Michael Walsh, along with James Tynion IV, Pornsak Pichetshote and others for Exquisite Corpses (published by Image) in the Category of Best New Series. Discover more about Michael Walsh in this True North Country Comics interview
– Tate Brombal, along with Jacob Phillips for Everything Dead and Dying (published by Image) in the category of Best Limited Series
– Tony Cliff for Practical Defense Against Piracy (published by delilahdirk.com) in the category of Best Digital Comic. Discover more about Tony Cliff in this True North Country Comics interview
The Eisner Award trophies will be presented during a gala awards ceremony held on July 24 during San Diego Comic Con at the San Diego Hilton Bayfront Hotel.