SDCC 2026: Dark Horse Announces Panels And Creator Signings

With the comics world descending on San Diego this week for Comic-Con International, publisher Dark Horse Comics has announced a raft of panels, signings, and exclusives featuring its titles ranging from Stan Sakai and Usagi Yojimbo to Patton Oswalt and Minor Threats.

Each morning when the show opens at 9:30 AM, Dark Horse will hand out free wristbands at booth 2615.

Panels and Programming

Thursday, July 23rd

Dark Horse & Dungeons & Dragons & Comics

10-11:45 AM | Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor

Dark Horse and dungeon master Mayanna Berrin of WOTC’s Dungeons Masters live play series as they lead comics creators Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Amy Chu, Becky Cloonan in a one-shot inspired by Dark Horse Dungeons and Dragons comics “Total Party Killers.” and more. The group will provide details of what’s coming soon from Dark Horse and Hasbro’s Wizards of the Coast.

Dark Horse Licensed Comics

12-1 PM | Room 25ABC

Celebrate Masters of the Universe, Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Cyberpunk 2077, Tomb Raider, and more as the publisher discusses it takes to bring your favorite characters and stories from the screen to the page.

Black Hammer: 10th Anniversary Celebration

2-3 PM | Room 6DE

Join bestselling cartoonist Jeff Lemire and more creators from the world of Black Hammer as they discuss 10 years of the brilliant critically acclaimed and award-winning superhero saga! Be the first to learn exclusive details about what’s next for the Black Hammer universe and what the 10th anniversary holds in store.

Friday, July 24th

Fire, Earth, Water, Air: Continuing the Avatar Legacy Panel

4:15-5:15 PM | Room 25ABC

Abrams Books, Dark Horse Comics, Webtoon, and Magpie Games will treat fans to a panel worthy of the Avatar. Join publishing’s creators and writers of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra for an exploration of the beloved world.

Dark Horse: Three Worlds / Three Moons

5:30-6:30 PM | Room 5AB

Enter a universe like no other with Three Worlds/Three Moons. Jonathan Hickman (East of West, X-Men), Nick Spencer (Amazing Spider-Man, The Fix), and other creators discuss collaboration, worldbuilding, and more about the sci-fi mythology of 3W/3M.

Saturday, July 26th

Dark Horse: Star-Powered Storytelling

10-11 AM | Room 23ABC

Emmy and Grammy Award-winning comedian, actor, and writer Patton Oswalt and fellow actor David Dastmalchian started out as fan favorite characters in beloved films and television, but now they’ve turned to creating the newest fan-favorite characters in their creator-owned comics! Together with showrunner and writer Jordan Blum and their comics cocreators, they’ll discuss building stories like Minor Threats, Witness Point, American Caper, The Guy in the Chair, Count Crowley, and Kingdom of Earth, what it’s like juggling writing duties with their co-creators, what they love most about the medium, and more.

Dark Horse: Usagi Yojimbo

12-1 PM | Room 24ABC

Learn more about the wandering rabbit ronin when Stan Sakai discusses 40+ years of creating his beloved comic book series. Jared Cullum and Zack Rosenberg join Sakai for a lively conversation.

Sunday, July 27th

Dark Horse Comics: 40 Years of Comic Nerds

12-1 PM | Room 7AB

Dark Horse Comics invites comics nerds to celebrate 40 years with a showcase of creator-owned comics, licensed titles, and fan favorite products! Discover what’s new from Dark Horse, learn about upcoming projects, and hear stories from creators, editors, and more about the legacy of Dark Horse Comics.

Creator Signings

Thursday, July 23rd

10 AM: Shaolin Cowboy: Staying A.I.Live: Geof Darrow; Tramps of the Apocalypse: Alice Darrow and Hugo Blanc

11 AM: ElfQuest: Wendi Pini, Richard Pini

12 PM: Dr. Werthless, Four Gathered on Christmas Eve, Hillbilly: The Treason of Twelve-Toe Maggie: Eric Powell; Four Gathered on Christmas Eve: Becky Cloonan

1 PM: Dungeons & Dragons: Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly; Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Amy Chu; Stranger Things & Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Hellfire: Jody Houser, Eric Campbell; Dungeons & Dragons: Animated Adventures Library Edition: David M. Booher; Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories — Jace: Michael Conrad

2:10 PM: Canto: The Clockwork Chronicles: David M. Booher and Drew Zucker

3:30 PM: Black Hammer: Jeff Lemire and Mark Buckingham

4:30 PM: The Guy in the Chair: Hannah Rose May and Utkarsh Ambudkar

6 PM: Usagi Yojimbo: Stan Sakai; Usagi Yojimbo: Kaito ’84: Zack Rosenberg and Jared Cullum

Friday, July 24th

10 AM: American Caper: Dan Houser

11:30 AM: Witness Point: Nathan Fillion, Heath Corson, and Soo Lee

1 PM: Kingdom of Earth: David Dastmalchian, Leah Kilpatrick, and Soo Lee

2 PM: Three Worlds/Three Moons: Jonathan Hickman and Nick Spencer

3 PM: Masters of the Universe: Tiffany Smith, Tim Seeley, Tim Sheridan, Reilly Brown, Rich Douek, and Gavin Smith

4 PM: The Witcher: Bloodstone: Daniel Freedman; Cyberpunk 2077: Chrome: Doug Wagner

5:15 PM: Stranger in Paradise: Terry Moore

6:10 PM: Avatar Legends: David M. Booher, Amy Chu, and Brandon Hoang

Saturday, July 25th

10 AM: FML: Kelly Sue DeConnick

11:15 AM: Minor Threats: Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum; From the World of Minor Threats: Heath Corson, Tim Seeley, and Timmy Heague

2 PM: American Caper – Lazlow, Tyler Boss, Shelly Bond, Lee Loughridge, and Chris Anderson

3 PM: The Smart Division, Kill All Immortals, Only the Savage Are Left, Masterminds: Zack Kaplan; The Smart Division: John Pearson

4 PM: Tomb Raider: Sacred Artifacts: Casey Gilly; Did You Hear About Mimi Green?: Connor Goldsmith; Frankenstein: New World: Thomas Sniegoski

5 PM: Frank Miller, Ryan Benjamin, and Alex Sinclair

Sunday, July 26th

11 AM: The Big Shakedown: Jordan Blum, Tim Seeley

12 PM: The Perfectly Monstrous Life Of Adam Frankenstein: Tate Brombal and Soo Lee; Beast of Borikén: Julio Anta

1 PM: Six of Us: Tom King

2 PM ElfQuest: Wendy Pini and Richard Pini