Hello there! All the San Diego Comic-Con announcements that have been rolling in this week are almost as overwhelming as this heatwave. Exclusives, offsites, Hall H panels, oh my!
With all those big reveals, it’s easy to overlook the smaller updates, so let’s take a look at the news you may have missed (and if you didn’t miss any of these, please consider joining our team):
- Legendary comic book artist Frank Miller is returning to San Diego Comic-Con, and Desert Wind Comics will be witnessing his signings.
- Amongst many surprises and reveals to come, exhibitor Atomic Art and Music showed off some work from the late, great Dave Stevens that will be available at Table #C1-C2.
- Elizabeth Wallace showed off a batch of circuit board pendants available for purchase at this year’s Art Show (Thursday-Sunday, Manchester Grand Hyatt, Grand Hall CD, no badge required!)
- Stop us if you’ve heard this one: James Silvani with more previews of original art available starting at $140 at his table in Artists’ Alley #II-06.
More gumshoes for the original art pile headed to SDCC. pic.twitter.com/qW873nJ3yu
— James Silvani SDCC Artist Alley ii-06 (@SilvaniArt) June 26, 2025
- Free t-shirt??? Free-shirt!!! Rufus Dayglo has designed a shirt to be given to the first 50 attendees at a panel talking about the art of cartoonist Shawn Kerri.
FRIENDS OF SHAWN KERRI will be hosting a special panel in Room 4 @ SDCC this July with Greg Hetson of Circle Jerks talking about Shawn’s amazing art!
First 50 attendees will receive totally FREE this Darby Crash Skeleton/Skanking Kid t-shirt I’ve designed especially for the event.
— Rufus Dayglo (@rufusdayglo.bsky.social) June 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
- For his Tuesday, pre-SDCC popup, friend of the blog Patrick Ballesteros will have 24 bags of beans available, each containing an original framed mini. Who will you get?
I will officially have 24 bags of Blind Beans, each bag of beans will have an original mini with frame. Wrapping up on the colors and then off to packaging! These will only be available at my Pop Up Tuesday July 22 at Mnemonic Coffee. Hope to see a few of you there! pic.twitter.com/pWS6lq43i6
— Patrick Ballesteros SDCC Artist Alley DD-08 (@PatrickBallest) June 26, 2025
- Midnight Factory’s Small Press booth (#TBA!) will have an exclusive of Joseph Schmalke and J.K. Woodward’s ONE LAST TRICK #1. Woodward will be signing daily and is also taking pre-show commissions if you contact him.
- Upcoming cover? New print? Chris Uminga has got us guessing with this Penguin tease.
Oswald Means Order. Pencil sketch for something new I’m working on for @comic_con . Any guesses to what to what it is?@sdccblog #penguin #batman #sdcc #redrum pic.twitter.com/5tIb2TqDpF
— Chris Uminga (@Uminga720) June 26, 2025
- Critter crocheter Morgan Slay will have a pair of Baldur’s Gate 3-themed drops in this year’s #critterdrop roster.
Working on my #critterdrop projects for #sdcc! Any other BG3 fans excited for con?@getFANDOM pic.twitter.com/V7kccDYGgl
— Morgan ''No Cops in Schools'' le Slay 🚩🏴 (@morgan_slay) June 26, 2025
- Speaking of things made from yarn, Nifty Neuron will have a pair of Stitches up for grabs: one via the Heinlein Blood Drive’s raffle, and one to be dropped in the wild.
#crochetDrop #crochetCharity Experiment 626 + destructive programming + yarn = cute & fluffy!
Left #Stitch will be donated to the SDCC Heinlein blood drive as a raffle prize. Right Stitch will be dropped (find it & it's yours!). Happy #626Day! #SDCC2025 #ComicCon pic.twitter.com/lgGUobUCf3
— Nifty Neuron 🧶 (@niftyneuron) June 27, 2025
- Oooh, shiny things!!! Badali Jewelry will be posted up at Booth #715 with their range of licensed jewelry.
- Serenity Rose artist Aaron Alexovich is making LOUD NOISES regarding his art book, WHAT HAVE I DONE?, that will be available at SDCC.
- You can find LA-based publishing company Critical Entertainment at Booth #4014, where they will bring their The First Americans series by Christopher Reda and Tadd Galusha.
@CriticalEntLA and the #comicbook series The First Americans is headed to San Diego Comic Con International July 24-27! Find us at Booth 4014! @Comic_Con #sdcc #comiccon2025 #comiccon #comicbooks #indiecomics #thefirstamericans pic.twitter.com/lw0d9x53DQ
— Critical Entertainment (@CriticalEntLA) June 26, 2025
- Locate artist Arielle Jovellanos over at Artists’ Alley #HH-24 if you’ve got an itch for some patches and/or a fun baby blue tee.
- Our Chris Maze post is probably not done yet, per Chris Maze.
- Our Priscilla Wilson post is also probably not done yet, per Priscilla Wilson.
What could these little sketch cards be for? #SDCC perhaps? pic.twitter.com/NexlDN5dpD
— Priscilla Wilson 🔜 SDCC #4721 (@valorandvellum) June 27, 2025
- SDCC exclusives, ho! Preorders are up from Sean Forney, including two variants covers limited to 500 each of Thundercats #16. Swing by Artists’ Alley Table #EE-03 to grab one or, even better, both.
New exclusive just in time for @comic_con
I partnered with Victorious Comics and Trusted Treasures or this exclusive. It’s issue 16 and has two versions.
Preorders for pickup and shipping are now available.https://t.co/6QzwPyg9LI#thundercats #sdcc pic.twitter.com/7DWFnkKwD6
— Sean Forney – SDCC artist alley EE-03 (@SeanForneyArt) June 27, 2025
- A pair of updates from Rob Liefleld: First, preorders are now available for in-person pickup on Thursday and Friday for giant-sized exclusive covers of Youngblood #1. for grabs for an SDCC exclusive. Second, there will also be exclusives through his eBay Live shows during the convention.
Giant Size Youngblood is coming to #sdcc – these exclusives must be purchased in advance at my site! https://t.co/wajyX3ZMrm pic.twitter.com/l1i9sZ38GA
— robliefeld (@robertliefeld) June 27, 2025
We will have a bunch of exclusives for our ebaylive feeds from #sdcc! Stay tuned!
— robliefeld (@robertliefeld) June 27, 2025
- We’ve got a good look at Grapplers & Gimmicks’ first SDCC exclusive of legendary wrestler Jake “The Snake” Roberts…. well, a good look at his back, anyway.
SDCC Exclusive Reveal # 1! @JakeSnakeDDT #GG #TrustMe pic.twitter.com/SYIijQyKBf
— Grapplers & Gimmicks (@GGOfficialToys) June 27, 2025
- Firefly fan supergroup with a cause, The California Browncoats, will be marking the 20th anniversary of Serenity at Booth #A7/A8. This year, they’ll be tabling in support of charity: water.
Find us next at #SDCC, booth A7/A8, raising money and awareness for @charitywater on behalf of our Cap'n, @NathanFillion, and celebrating the 20th Anniversary of #Serenity! #browncoatsfamily #firefly #browncoat pic.twitter.com/cV7pF99jZr
— California Browncoats: SDCC booth A/7 (@CABrowncoats) June 27, 2025
- This looks like just the start of Stephanie Williams‘ schedule at SDCC, as the scientist-turned-comic-writer will be signing at IDW Booth #2729 for at least three days in support of Street Sharks and My Little Pony.
- Pinmakers Gooze Pins showed off two convention exclusive pins heading to San Diego Comic-Con. We think they look super.
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