Author/Publisher Autograph Signing Schedule – SDCC 2018

Publishers and Authors

Welcome to our Autograph and Signing Schedule page for publishers and authors. Here you will find a compiled list of signings for SDCC 2018 publishers booths and authors. We’ve broken down this page into sections to make it easier for you to navigate.

Sections include: Featured Booths, Exhibit Floor, Sails Pavilion, and TBA (To Be Announced)

The Featured booths for publishers and authors include: Abrams – Crown Publishing – Del Rey– Disney Publishing – Disney-Lucasfilm – DK Publishing – Fantagraphics – First Second Books/Fierce Reads – Hazy Dell Press –Insight Editions – Knopf Doubleday –MacMillan – Mysterious Galaxy – Penguin Young Readers – Penguin Publishing – Star Wars Books – Tor (* more featured booths to be added as they are announced*)

Remember as we get closer to the main event, more signings will be filled in. We will update whenever we have new information to share so be sure to check back often.

Featured Booths

ABRAMS – Booth 1216

Thursday, July 19th

12:00PM – 1:00PM – Isabel Quintero and Zeke Peña will sign Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide
1:30PM-2:30PM – Thi Bui will sign The Best We Could Do
12:00PM-1:00PM – Andrew Aydin will sign samplers for Run: Book One

Friday, July 20th

2:30PM-3:30PM – Audrey Niffenegger and Eddie Campbell will sign Bizarre Romance
3:30-4:30PM – John Jennings and Damian Duffy will sign Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Saturday, July 21st

11:00AM-12:00PM – Andrew Aydin will sign samplers for Run: Book One
12:00PM-1:00PM – Audrey Niffenegger and Eddie Campbell will sign Bizarre Romance
5:30PM-6:30PM – Brooklyn Allen and Mariko Tamaki will sign Lumberjanes: The Moon Is Up – Peter J. Tomasi will sign The Bridge – John Jennings and Damian Duffy will sign Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Sunday, July 22nd

11:00AM-12:00PM – Thi Bui will sign The Best We Could Do

CROWN PUBLISHING – Booth 1515-J

Friday, July 20

10:00am – 10:30am – Robert Jackson Bennett – *Ticketed – Tickets available morning of the event

DISNEY PUBLISHING – Booth #1129

Thursday, July 19

4:00pm-5:00pm – Brandon T. Snider – signing GROW UP, ANT-MAN

Friday, July 20

11:30am-12:30pm – Mindy Johnson – signing INK & PAINT: THE WOMEN OF WALT DISNEY ANIMATION
3:00pm–5:00pm – Alex Bracken – signing THE DARKEST LEGACY

Saturday, July 21

10:00am-11:00am – Rob Renzetti and Rachel Vine – signing DUCKTALES: SOLVING MYSTERIES AND REWRITING HISTORY
1:00pm-3:00pm – Alex Hirsch and Dana Terrace – signing GRAVITY FALLS: LOST LEGENDS

Sunday, July 22

11:00am-1:00pm –Alex Hirsch and Dana Terrace – signing GRAVITY FALLS: LOS LEGENDS

DISNEY-LUCASFILM – Booth #2913-I

Friday, July 20

11:00am-12:00pm –Rae Carson – signing SOLO: MOST WANTED
4:00pm-5:00pm – Adam Rex signing ARE YOU SCARED, DARTH VADER?, Tom Angleberger signing CHEWBACCA AND THE MIGHT FOREST OF FEAR

Saturday, July 21

[NEW] 10:30am – 11:30am – Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Jedi Academy
1:00pm-3:00pm – Ashley Eckstein – signing IT’S YOUR UNIVERSE: YOU HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN

Sunday, July 22

10:30am-11:30am –Katie Cooke – signing Journey to STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI: KEEPSAKE COLORING BOOK

DK BOOKS – Booth #1515-A

Thursday, July 19

2:00pm – 3:00pm – Landry Q.Walker DC Comics Absolutely Everything You Need to Know – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event – Free Print
4:00pm – 5:00pm – Adam Bray Marvel Studios 101 & Marvel Studios Visual Dictionary – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event

Friday, July 20

11:00am – 12:00pm – 12PM – Adam Bray Marvel Studios 101 & Marvel Studios Visual Dictionary – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event – Free Print Giveaway
2:00pm – 3:00pm – Liz Heinecke & Cole Horton – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event
4:00pm – 5:00pm – Landry Q.Walker DC Comics Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event

Saturday, July 21

11:00am – 12:00pm – Liz Heinecke and Cole Horton – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event
2:00pm – 3:00pm – Adam Bray Marvel Studios 101 & Marvel Studios Visual Dictionary – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event.
4:00pm – 5:00pm – Liz Heinecke and Cole Horton – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event.

Sunday, July 22

10:00am – 12:00pm – Liz Heinecke and Cole Horton – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event
1:00pm – 2:00pm – Landry Q.Walker DC Comics Absolutely Everything You Need to Know – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event
3:00pm – 4:00pm – Cavan Scott LEGO DC Comics The Awesome Guide – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event

DEL REY – Booth 1515-D

Thursday, July 19

11:00am – 12:00pm – Katherine Arden The Bear and the Nightingale – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event – Finished Book Giveaway
12:30pm – 1:30pm – Sylvain Nuevel Sleeping Giants – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event – Finished Book Giveaway
2:00pm – 3:00pm – Scott Sigler Alive – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event – Finished Book Giveaway
4:00pm – 5:00pm – Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne Kill the Farm Boy, Iron Druid Chronicles, Star Wars: Phasma – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event – Advance Readers Copy Giveaway
5:30pm – 6:30pm – Christie Golden Before the Storm (World of Warcraft) – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event – Sampler Giveaway

Friday, July 20

11:00am – 12:00pm – Justin Cronin – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event
12:30pm – 1:30pm – Christie Golden – Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event
2:00pm – 3:00pm – Kevin Hearne – A Plague of Giants – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event
3:30pm – 4:15pm – Naomi Novik – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event
5:00pm – 6:00pm – Katherine Arden and Sylvain Nuevel – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event

Saturday, July 21

11:00am – 12:00pm – Sylvain Neuvel – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event
4:00pm – 5:00pm – Katherine Arden and Naomi Novik – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event
5:30pm – 6:30pm – Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event

HAZY DELL PRESS – Booth #1619 [NEW]

Friday, July 20

Kyle Sullivan – Monster ABC, Goodnight Krampus, Get Dressed, Sasquatch!, Hush now, Banshee!

PENGUIN YOUNG READERS – Booth 1515-F

Thursday, July 19

12:00pm – 1:00pm – E.K. Johnston That Inevitable Victorian Thing, Exit, Pursued by a Bear, Star Wars: Ahsoka – *Ticketed – Tickets available on the morning of the event – Advance Readers Copy Giveaway
4:00pm – 5:00pm – Natalie C. Parker Seafire – *Ticketed – Tickets available on the morning of the event – Advance Readers Copy Giveaway

Friday, July 20

11:00am – 12:00pm – Marie Lu – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event
1:00pm – 2:00pm – Katherine Arden – Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event

Saturday, July 21

12:00pm – 1:00pm – Sabaa Tahir – *Ticketed – tickets avail morning of event

Sunday, July 22

11:30am – 12:30pm – Douglas Holgate – *Ticketed, tickets avail morning of event
2:00pm – 3:00pm – Gabe Soria – *ticketed, tickets avail morning of event.

PENGUIN PUBLISHING – Booth 1515-G

Thursday, July 19

11:00am – 12:00pm – Deborah Harkness A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, The Book of Life – *Ticketed – Tickets available on the morning of the event
1:00pm – 2:00pm – Sarah Kuhn Heroine Complex – *Ticketed – Tickets available 10 minutes before the event – Finished Book Giveaway
4:00pm – 5:00pm – Alex Grecian The Saint of Wolves and Butchers – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event – Finished Book Giveaway

Friday, July 20

11:00am – 12:00pm – Sarah Kuhn – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event
12:00pm – 1:00pm – Gini Koch – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event
3:00pm – 4:00pm – Ryan North – *Ticketed – tickets avail morning of event
4:00pm – 5:00pm – Sara Hanover – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event

Saturday, July 21

10:00am – 11:00am – H. Jon Benjamin – *Ticketed – tickets avail morning of event
11:00am – 12:00pm – W.L. Goodwater
1:00pm – 2:00pm – Daniel Jose Older – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event.
2:00pm – 3:00pm – Ryan North – *Ticketed – tickets avail morning of event.
5:00pm – 6:00pm – Seanan McGuire – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event.

Sunday, July 22

1:00pm – 2:00pm – Rachel Caine – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event

KNOPF DOUBLEDAY – Booth 1515-I

Thursday, July 19

10:30am – 11:30am – Edgar Cantero Meddling Kids – *Ticketed – Tickets available on the morning of the event.
2:30pm – 3:30pm – Brian Catling The Vorrh Trilogy – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event – Finished Book Giveaway

Friday, July 20

10:30am – 11:30am – Dathan Auerbach – *Ticketed – tickets avail morning of event
2:30pm – 3:30pm – Daniel H Wilson – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event

Saturday, July 21

10:30am – 11:30am – Daryl Gregory – Spoonbenders, *Ticketed – tickets avail morning of event

FANTAGRAPHICS – Booth #1721

Thursday, July 19th

11am-12pm – Emil Ferris
11am-12pm – Manuele Fior, Noah Van Sciver, Emil Ferris
12pm-1pm – Trina Robbins, Carol Tyler
1pm-2pm – Sammy Harkham
2pm-3pm – Jaime Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez
3pm-4pm – Emil Ferris, Robert Williams
5pm-6pm – D.J. Bryant

Friday, July 20th

11am-12pm – Jordan Crane, D.J. Bryant
12pm-1pm – Emil Ferris
1pm-2pm – Jaime Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez
2pm-3pm – Noah Van Sciver, Lawrence Hubbard
3pm-4pm – Carol Tyler, Robert Williams, Trina Robbins
4pm-5pm – Paul Karasik, Mark Newgarden
5pm-6pm – Manuele Fior, Charles Glaubitz

Saturday, July 21st

10am-11pm – Charles Glaubitz, D.J. Bryant
11am-12pm – Robert Goodin, Andrew Brandou, Matthew Nastuck
12pm-1pm – Johnny Ryan, Lawrence Hubbard
1pm-2pm – Jaime Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez
2pm-3pm – Carol Tyler, Robert Williams
3pm-4pm – Manuele Fior, Noah Van Sciver
4pm-5pm – Emil Ferris, Stan Sakai
6pm-6pm – Emil Ferris

Sunday, July 22nd

10am-11pm – Charles Glaubitz, Carol Tyler
11am-12pm – Gilbert Hernandez, Emil Ferris
12pm-1pm – Emil Ferris, Trina Robbins
1pm-2pm – Noah Van Sciver, Lawrence Hubbard
2pm-3pm – Robert Williams, Manuele Fior

FIRST SECOND BOOKS / FIERCE READS – Booth #2800

Thursday, July 19

11:00am – April Genevieve Tucholke – The Boneless Mercies signing and giveaway
2:00pm – Jen Wang* – The Prince and the Dressmaker and In Real Life
3:00pm – Jim Pascoe and Heidi Arnhold* – Cottons: The Secret of the Wind
5:00pm – The Dysasters by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast + Tales of a New World series by P.C. Cast* – signing and giveaway

Friday, July 20

9:00am – *Tickets available for Tomi Adeyemi signing at 2:00pm (book purchase required)
11:00am – Mary Pearson* – Dance of Thieves + the Remnant Chronicles signing and giveaway
12:00pm – Tilly Walden* – On a Sunbeam + Spinning signing and giveaway
2:00pm – Tomi Adeyemi – Blood and Bone signing – *TICKETED, book purchase required*
3:30pm – Gigi DG* – Cucumber Quest
4:15Pm – Internet Famous + All the Feels by Danika Stone; and The Brightsiders + Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde*

Saturday, July 21

12:00pm – Robert Kondo – The Dam Keeper
2:00pm – Mairghread Scott – City on the Other Side and Science Comics: Robots and Drones
2:30pm – Scott Westerfeld – The Spill Zone
5:00pm – Alex London – Black Wings Beating signing and giveaway

Sunday, July 22

10:30am – Matt Loux – The Time Museum

INSIGHT EDITIONS – Booth #3721

[UPDATE] *According to Insight Editions, an number of Rebecca Sugar signing tickets will also be set aside for Thursday and Friday morning. Attendees will have multiple chances to pick up an RSVP ticket, just be sure to get to booth early.*

Friday, July 20

12:00pm – 1:00pm – Rebecca Sugar – [UPDATE] Please see above for updated ticketing info – *TICKETED – This signing requires RSVP and spots are limited. In order to attend, visit the Insight Editions booth to claim your RSVP ticket. Tickets will be available starting on preview night (Wednesday, 7/18) so be sure to claim your ticket before they run out. First come, first served! Only 100 spots are available. Only one signed item per person.* This signing is free with purchase of the SDCC exclusive Steven Universe Sketchbook
1:30pm – 2:45pm – David Frangioni and Eric “The Catman” Singer of KISS – for a signing and meet & greet! Pick up a signed copy of CRASH: The World’s Greatest Drum Kits.
3:00pm – 4:00pm – Tom Gilliland – have your copies of Grave Tales and Chronicles of the Underworld signed.

Saturday, July 21

11:00am – 12:00pm – Richard Hamilton & Joe Cooper – signing copies of the exclusive variant edition of their new graphic novel.
1130am – 1:00pm – David Frangioni, Eric “The Catman” Singer, and Tommy Clufetos – signing and meet & greet! Pick up a signed copy of CRASH: The World’s Greatest Drum Kits.
4:00pm – 5:00pm: Andrew Farago, Jeff Pidgeon, and Larry Houston

MACMILLAN CHILDRENS PUBLISHING – Booth #2802

Friday, July 20

4:15pm – Danika Stone
4:15pm – Jen Wilde

MYSTERIOUS GALAXY – Booth #1119

Wednesday, July 18

6:00pm — Gini Koch – Signing ALIENS ABROAD

Thursday, July 19

2:00pm— Maria Dahvana Headley – Signing THE MERE WIFE
5:15pm — Peter Clines – Signing PARADOX BOUND
6:15pm — Jonathan Maberry – Signing GLIMPSE

Friday, July 20

11:00am — Neo Edmund – Signing RISE OF THE ALPHA HUNTRESS
2:00pm — Rachel A. Marks – Signing FIRE AND BONE
5:30pm — Dr. Janina Scarlet & artist & illustrator Vince Alvendia – Signing HARRY POTTER THERAPY

Saturday, July 20

2:00pm — Sherrilyn Kenyon – Signing DRAGONSWORN
4:00pm — Lynn Johnston – Signing FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
5:00pm — C.B. Lee – Signing NOT YOUR VILLAIN

Sunday, July 22

12:30pm — Barbara Allan – Signing ANTIQUES WANTED
12:30pm — Max Allan Collins – Signing QUARRY’S WAR
2:00pm — Sherrilyn Kenyon – Signing DRAGONSWORN
3:00pm — Gini Koch – Signing ALIENS ABROAD

STAR WARS BOOKS – Booth #2913-J LucasFilm Pavilion

Friday, July 20

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM – Daniel José Older – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event.

Saturday, July 21

11:00am – 11:45am – Daniel José Older – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event.
12:00pm – 1:oopm – Christie Golden
4:00pm – 5:00pm – Delilah S Dawson – *Ticketed – Tickets distributed 10 minutes before the event

TOR – Booth #2701

Thursday, July 19

12:00pm – 1:00pm – Susan Dennard – first come first serve
3:00pm – 4:00pm – Jason Denzel, Mystic & Mystic Dragon

Friday, July 20

12:00pm – 1:00pm – R.A. Salvatore, Child of a Mad God
3:00pm – 4:00pm – Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift
5:00pm – 6:00pm – Cory Doctorow

Saturday, July 21

12:00pm – 1:00pm – Prentis Rollins, The Furnace
3:00pm – 4:00pm – V.E. Schwab
5:00pm – 6:00pm – Sherrilyn Kenyon, Styxx

Sunday, July 22

2:00pm – 3:00pm – Seanan McGuire, Every Heart a Doorway

Exhibit Floor

THURSDAY – JULY 19

FRIDAY – JULY 20

12:30pm – Jenny Parks – Chronicle Books booth #1506 to sign copies of Star Trek Cats books
3:00pm – 5:00pm – Alexandra Bracken – The Darkest Minds movie ed., Disney Publishing booth #1129 – *TICKETED – Limited to 100 tickets distributed at 10AM at the booth*

SATURDAY – JULY 21

SUNDAY – JULY 22

Sails Pavilion

Please visit Comic Con International Page for a complete list of Sails Pavilion signings.

TBA Autograph Events

For announced signings that have yet to be confirmed with dates and times, you can find the information below:

Adam Bray
Danika Stone
Dr. Suzana Flores – Desert Wind Enterprises Booth #4201, signing copies of her book, “Untamed the Psychology of Marvel’s Wolverine”
Isabel Quintero – Signing ‘Photographic’ at Abrams Kids table
Jim Pascoe – Signing Thurs-Sun, 7/19 – 7/22
Kiersten White
Mark Oshiro

Autograph Link Menu
Click the links below for our compiled list of autograph information:

Comics and Artists – Featured Booths / Exhibit Floor / Sails Pavilion / TBA
Celebrity Entertainment – Featured Booths / Exhibit Floor / Sails Pavilion / TBA
Publishers and Authors – Featured Booths / Exhibit Floor / Savils Pavilion / TBA
Other – Featured Booths / Exhibit Floor / Sails Pavilion / TBA
Offsite Autograph and Signings – Special Events / Day of the Week / TBA

As we move closer to SDCC 2018, this page will be updated frequently with any new information or news that we find. Be sure to bookmark this page and check back often.

Have we missed anything? Let us know in the comments.