Under the Tents: Umbrella Academy, Mark Brooks, Patrick Ballesteros, Gabriel Bá

It’s a little chilly in San Diego this week, but con season is heating up. Panel approvals went out this week, so we’ve seen a lot of happy panelists on social media. If you’re flying in for the con, we hope you got your plane tickets this week, like Gabriel Bá did. Read on to see who else you’ll find at SDCC 2019.

Here’s a look at what you might have missed:

Brazilian comic artist Gabriel Bá just bought tickets to San Diego, and since he’s coming all the way from Brazil, we don’t think he’ll just be here for Sea World. This could be a big year for Umbrella Academy at SDCC (I hope Gerard Way will be there!).

We just bought our tickets to San Diego. #SDCC

— Gabriel Bá (@Gabriel_Ba) May 22, 2019

Artist Eamon O’Donoghue has his hands full with all his work for SDCC. We’ll have to wait and see just which two licences he’s referring to.

Juggling art jobs of two truly amazing movie licences. Will hopfully be revealed at SDCC2019. 🙂

— Eamon O'Donoghue (@Eamon_) May 22, 2019

DC/Marvel artist Mark Brooks revealed the cover to his latest sketchbook which is set to debut at SDCC 2019.

First production copy off the line of my new sketchbook. My 'Little Book' trilogy is about to be complete. We'll have these up for preorder at ComicSketchArt soon and will debut them at #SDCC in July. Stay tuned! #LittleBookRed pic.twitter.com/VZ2VEtEbsG

— The Dread pirate Mark Brooks (@MarkBrooksArt) May 22, 2019

Descendant and Devil Within writer Stephanie Phillips is also ready to get classy with us in San Diego for SDCC 2019.

Looks like I’ll be at SDCC! pic.twitter.com/7T5mE30veT

— Stephanie Phillips (@Steph_Smash) May 22, 2019

Can’t stop, won’t stop. Whatever you may have thought about the recent Game of Thrones finale (no spoilers!), we think you’ll find Patrick Ballesteros’s latest SDCC mini-originals makes up for it.

Still one of the best scenes from this past season, “to Sir Brienne of Tarth Knight of the Seven Kingdoms!”

2 more mini originals ready for #sdcc2019! #sdcc #sdcc50 pic.twitter.com/LCuUMsNPqf

— Patrick Ballesteros SDCC DD-08 (@PatrickBallest) May 22, 2019

Ee chee wa maa! Johnny Dope Kicks is bringing his new fanzine, Ewoks over Everything Volume 1, to Small Press Table #N-14 at SDCC 2019.

New Fan Zine coming to #SDCC2019 !!!! Ewoks over Everything Volume #1 : Ewoks are better than Hobbits!!! pic.twitter.com/sMqlthomUD

— Johnny Parker II at Rose City AA L5 (@johnnyp313) May 22, 2019

It looks like you’ll find writer/blogger Ken Choy on not one, but two panels at SDCC this year.

Whoa! Two SDCC panel confirmations. Topics are things I love at the Con I love the most #SDCC2019

— Ken Choy (@kenchoy) May 23, 2019

Adam Pawlus is brushing up on his Keynote skills to prepare for his panel on toys at SDCC this year.

I'm doing a panel on toys at SDCC? Hm. I should probably learn how Keynote works.

— Adam Pawlus (@Adam16bit) May 23, 2019

Frequent SDCC panelist Dr. Zhivago (yes, that’s her real name) is paneling for her sixth year in a row this year with her “Dr. Zhivago’s Spotlight on the Journey of Kids in Cartooning.” If you’re going to be at SDCC this year, she’d love to see you there.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BxyPmytnA-s/

Artist/writer Danika Stone was stoked to tweet the epic lineup to her Into the Fanzone panel at SDCC this year.

https://twitter.com/Danika_Stone/status/1131370447864455168

What’s the most powerful weapon against the zombie apocalypse? Our brains! No, really, at least that’s what scientist Kelley Boston will try to convince you of in her “Infection Prevention” panel at SDCC this year. SCIENCE!

BEST EMAIL EVER!!! My proposal got accepted and we’ll be presenting an #infectionprevention panel at San Diego ComicCon in July! Come science with us & learn how to stay on the living side in the zombie apocalypse from me @BgSmack and @FreshestDebesh #SDCC2019 #scicomm pic.twitter.com/yt3YJg41jn

— Kelley Boston 🤲🏽🧼🙌🏽 (@EpiKelley) May 23, 2019

New York Times bestselling writer Mariah McCourt seemed a little surprised that her Spooky Kids panel was approved. Look for it Thursday night, July 18, from 7:00pm-8:00pm PT.

Huh! I got a Spooky Kids panel approved for SDCC! How neat! Thursday from 8-9pm which is an interesting slot but ok!

— Mariah McCourt (@TiredFairy) May 22, 2019