Author/Publisher Autograph Signing Schedule – SDCC 2019

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 2019 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 – Candlewick Press – Disney Lucasfilm/Star Wars Pavilion – Fantagraphics – First Second / Fierce Reads – Hermes Press – Insight Editions – Mysterious Galaxy – Penguin Random House – Penguin Teen – Quirk 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

Saturday, July 20

11:00 AM–12:00 PM –John Pound will sign Garbage Pail Kids. Limit 1 item per person.
5:15–6:00 PM – John Jennings will sign galleys of Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation.

[NEW] CANDLEWICK PRESS – Booth #5532

Friday, July 19

Dylan Meconis – First 30 attendees will receive a free copy of Queen of the Sea

Saturday, July 20

Matt Forbeck – first 50 attendees will receive a free copy of Dungeons and Dragons: To Catch a Thief

[NEW] STAR WARS PAVILION (DISNEY LUCASFILM PRESS) – Booth #2913-V

Thursday, July 18:

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – George Mann (Myths & Fables)

Friday, July 19:

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – EK Johnston (Queen’s Shadow)

Saturday, July 20:

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Zoraida Cordova (A Crash of Fate)
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m – Ashley Eckstein (It’s Your Universe)

Sunday, July 21:

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Katie Cook (Search Your Feelings)

FANTAGRAPHICS – Booth #1721

Thursday, July 18th

11am-12pm: Mary Fleener & Simon Hanselmann
12pm-1pm: Sammy Harkham & John Pham
1pm-2pm: Steve Weissman & Ron Regé Jr.
2pm-4pm: Jaime Hernandez & Gilbert Hernandez
4pm-5pm: Ulli Lust & Paco Roca
5pm-6pm: Charles Glaubitz & Dame Darcy

Friday, July 19th

10am-11am: Mary Fleener
10am-12pm: Jaime Hernandez
11am-1pm: Paco Roca
12pm-2pm: Gilbert Hernandez
1pm-2pm: Simon Hanselmann
2pm-3pm: Charles Glaubitz & Dame Darcy
3pm-4pm: Sammy Harkham & Ezra Claytan Daniels
4pm-5pm: Ulli Lust

Saturday, July 20th

11am-1pm: Jaime Hernandez & Gilbert Hernandez
1pm-2pm: Simon Hanselmann & Ulli Lust
2pm-3pm: Mary Fleener & Dame Darcy
3pm-4pm: Trina Robbins & Ezra Claytan Daniels
4pm-5pm: Charles Glaubitz & Paco Roca
5pm-6pm: Marc Palm

Sunday, July 21st

11am-12pm: Simon Hanselmann & Trina Robbins
12pm-1pm: Mary Fleener & Ulli Lust
1pm-2pm: Gilbert Hernandez & Paco Roca

FIRST SECOND BOOKS / FIERCE READS – Booth #2800

*Ticketed signings – tickets will be given out at 9:00 am at the booth*

Thursday, July 18

9:00 am – Ticket Drop for Ticketed signings
10:30 am – Danielle Banas (The Supervillain and Me) and Danika Stone (Switchback) – books will be available for purchase
2:30 pm – Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks (Pumpkinheads sampler) – *TICKETED signing, please follow ticket pick up directions above.
4:00 pm – Marissa Meyer – *TICKETED please follow ticket pick up directions above. Renegades Trilogy, Heartless, and The Lunar Chronicles series books will be available for purchase.
6:00 pm – Katy Rose Pool – There Will Come a Darkness

Friday, July 19

10:00am – Jess Rothenberg, The Kingdom
11:00am – Carey Pietsch, The Adventure Zone series – Books will be available for sale
1:30pm – Adalyn Grace, All The Stars and Teeth
2:30pm – Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, Laura DeanKeeps Breaking Up with Me – Books will be available for sale.
3:30pm – Colleen Venable and Ellen Crenshaw, Kiss Number 8 – Books available for sale.
4:30pm – MK Reed, Science Comics: Wild Weather – Book avail for sale and Jim Ottaviani, Hawking
6:00pm – Margaret Owen, The Merciful Crow

Saturday, July 20

9:00am – Ticket Drop for ticketed signings
10:30am – Marie Lu, Rebel – *TICKETED
12:00pm – Leigh Bardugo, Grishaverse books – *TICKETED – Books avail for sale.
4:00pm – Mary Pearson, Vow of Thieves and The Remnant Chronicles – books avail for sale. – Tricia Levenseller, The Shadows Between Us, Warrior of the Wild,and Daughter of the Pirate King duology – books avail for sale.
5:00pm – Gene Luen Yang, Dragon Hoops, American Born Chinese – books avail for sale, and Secret Coders series – books avail for sale

Sunday, July 21

9:00am – Ticket Drop for ticketed signings
10:00am – Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame – books available for sale
11:30am – Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone – books avail for sale. – *TICKETED
2:00pm – Matt Loux, The Time Museum series – Books avail for sale

HERMES PRESS – Booth #1821

Thursday, July 18

1:00pm-2:00pm – Trina Robbins Babes in Arms – Ask her questions and have her sign a copy of her book
3:00pm-4:00pm – Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson, author of DC Comics Before Superman – Ask her questions and have her sign a copy of her book

Friday, July 19

12:00pm-1:00pm – Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson, author of DC Comics Before Superman – Ask her questions and have her sign a copy of her book
1:00pm-2:00pm – Kaz Windness, the author of our Mother Goth Rhymes, premiering here at SDCC. Grab a limited edition of her book and get it personalized by her
2:00pm-3:00pm – Trina Robbins, the author of Babes in Arms – signing her book
5:30pm-6:30pm – Kaz Windness, the author of our Mother Goth Rhymes, premiering here at SDCC. Grab a limited edition of her book and get it personalized by her

Saturday, July 20

12:00pm-1:00pm – Kaz Windness, the author of our Mother Goth Rhymes, premiering here at SDCC. Grab a limited edition of her book and get it personalized by her
2:00pm-3:00pm – Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson, author of DC Comics Before Superman – Ask her questions and have her sign a copy of her book
3:00pm-4:00pm – Kaz Windness, the author of our Mother Goth Rhymes, premiering here at SDCC. Grab a limited edition of her book and get it personalized by her
4:00pm-5:00pm – Trina Robbins, the author of Babes in Arms. – signing her book
5:00pm-6:00pm – Kaz Windness, the author of our Mother Goth Rhymes, premiering here at SDCC. Grab a limited edition of her book and get it personalized by her

Sunday, July 21

1:00pm-2:00pm – Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson, author of DC Comics Before Superman – Ask her questions and have her sign a copy of her book

INSIGHT EDITIONS – Booth #3721

Thursday, July 18, 2019

12:00pm – Frank Tieri
2:00pm – Tom Sniegoski

Friday July 19, 2019

10:30am – 11:30am – Shawn Martinbrough, Dave Johnson & Dan Panosian
11:30am – Marc Sumerak – Back to the Future: Race Through Time
1:00pm – Kofi Kingston – free signing and photo with purchase of WWE: The Official Cookbook
2:00pm – Richard Hamilton
3:30 pm – 4:30pm – Frank Cho – signing with purchase of DC Comics Variant Covers: The Complete Visual History. Purchase your copy before the signing to receive a reservation ticket & guarantee your spot.

Saturday, July 20, 2019

11:00am – Tom Gilliland – Free signing with a court of the dead title
11:30am – 12:30 pm – Chelsea Monroe-Cassel – signing The Elder Scrolls: The Official Cookbook and World of Warcraft: The Official Cookbook
2:00pm – Andrew Farago – Signing free promotional Batman posters
3:00 pm – 4:30pm – Lisa Henson – signing The Dark Crystal: Ultimate Visual History and Labyrinth: The Ultimate Visual History

Sunday, July 22, 2019

12:30 pm – 1:30pm – William Stout – signing Fantastic Worlds: The Art of William Stout

MYSTERIOUS GALAXY – Booth #1119

*TICKETED – Tickets for all signings are available same day at the booth when the Exhibitor Hall opens, unless otherwise stated. Tickets will be issued in 15 minute time block increments. There is a three item limit for all signings. Candid photos only, no posed photos. *

Wednesday, July 16

6:00pm-Close – Gini Koch

Thursday, July 17

4:00pm – 4:45pm – Janet Tait

Friday, July 18

11:00am – 11:45am – Jon McGoran
2:00pm – 2:45pm – Kami Garcia & Gabriel Picolo
4:00pm – 4:45pm – Greg Van Eekhout

Saturday, July 18

10:00am – 10:45am – Dr. Clifford Johnson & Dr. Donna Nelson
11:00am – 11:45am – Jonna Mendez
2:00pm – 2:45pm – Sherrilyn Kenyon
4:00pm – 4:45pm – Huda Fahmy

Sunday, July 21

11:00am – 11:45am – Dr. Janina Scarlet & Vince Alvendia
12:00–12:45 PM –Thomas Lennon will sign Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles
2:00pm – 2:45pm – Sherrilyn Kenyon
3:30pm – 4:45pm – Gini Koch

PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE – Booth #1515

*Tickets are required for most signings in Booth #1515, as indicated below. Most tickets are available first come, first serve and while supplies last. Tickets will be distributed 10 minutes before the event at the respective booth, unless noted that they will be available first thing the morning of the event.*

Thursday, July 17

10:00am – Ally Condie (The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe) – Penguin Young Readers Booth #1515-G *TICKETED – first-come, first-served first thing on the morning of the event
10:30am – Raphael Bob-Waksberg (Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory) – Knopf Doubleday Publishing Booth #1515-I *TICKETED – first-come, first-served first thing on the morning of the event
11:00am – Adam Bray (Marvel Studios Character Encyclopedia and Marvel Encyclopedia, New Edition) – DK Publishing Booth #1515-A
11:00am – Pierce Brown (Red Rising) – Random House Publishing Booth #1515-B *TICKETED – first-come, first-served first thing on the morning of the event
1:00pm – Paul Krueger (Steel Crow Saga) – Random House Publishing Booth #1515-B *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
2:00pm – Grace Draven (Phoenix Unbound) – Penguin Publishing Booth #1515-F *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
2:00pm – Sam Maggs (Fearless and Fantastic! Female Super Heroes Save the World) – DK Publishing Booth #1515-A *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
3:00pm – Sarah Kuhn (Heroine Complex) – Penguin Publishing Booth #1515-F *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
4:00pm – Christian Blauvelt (Be More Yoda and Be More Vader) – DK Publishing Booth #1515-A
5:00pm – Adam Christopher (Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town) and Brenna Yovanoff (Stranger Things: Runaway Max)-Stranger Things Booth #1515-D *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event

Friday, July 18

11:00am – Camilla d’Errico (Pop Manga Drawing) – Random House Publishing Booth #1515-B *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
11:00am – Sam Maggs (Fearless and Fantastic! Female Super Heroes Save the World) – DK Publishing Booth #1515-A *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
1:00pm – Sarah Andersen (Cheshire Crossing) – Random House Publishing Booth #1515-B *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
1:00pm – Erin Morgenstern (The Starless Sea and The Night Circus) -Knopf Doubleday Publishing Booth #1515-I *TICKETED – first-come, first-served first thing on the morning of the event
1:00pm – Kiersten White (The Guinevere Deception) – Random House Children’s Books Booth #1515-H *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
1:30pm – Delilah S. Dawson (Galaxy’s Edge: Black Spire) Del Rey Star Wars Booth #2913-U *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
2:00pm – Rachel Ignotofsky (Women in Science) – Random House Publishing Booth #1515-B *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
2:00pm – Christian Blauvelt (Be More Yoda and Be More Vader) – DK Publishing Booth #1515-A
3:000pm – Blake Crouch (Recursion) – Random House Publishing Booth #1515-B *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
3:00pm – Renée Ahdieh (The Beautiful) – Penguin Young Readers Booth #1515-G *TICKETED – first-come, first-served first thing on the morning of the event
4:00pm – Chuck Wendig (Wanderers) – Random House Publishing Booth #1515-B *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
4:00pm – Adam Bray (Marvel Studios Character Encyclopedia and Marvel Encyclopedia, New Edition) – DK Publishing Booth #1515-A
5:00pm – Greg Weisman (Magic The Gathering: War of the Spark: Ravnica)-Random House Publishing Booth #1515-B *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event

Saturday, July 20

10:30am – Erin Morgenstern (The Starless Sea and The Night Circus) – Knopf Doubleday Publishing Booth #1515-I *TICKETED– first-come, first-served first thing on the morning of the event
11:00am – Christian Blauvelt (Be More Yoda and Be More Vader) – DK Publishing Booth #1515-A
12:00pm – Blake Crouch (Recursion) – Random House Publishing Booth #1515-B *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
12:00pm – Seanan McGuire (Sparrow Hill Road) – Penguin Publishing Booth #1515-F *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
1:00pm – Sarah Andersen (Cheshire Crossing) – Random House Publishing Booth #1515-B *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
2:00pm – Adam Bray (Marvel Studios Character Encyclopedia and Marvel Encyclopedia, New Edition) – DK Publishing Booth #1515-A
2:00pm – Paul Krueger (Steel Crow Saga) – Random House Publishing Booth #1515-B *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
3:00pm – Randall Munroe (How To?)- Penguin Publishing Booth #1515-F *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
3:00pm – Tochi Onyebuchi (War Girls) – Penguin Young Readers Booth #1515-G *TICKETED – first-come, first-served first thing on the morning of the event
3:00pm – Chuck Wendig (Wanderers) – Random House Publishing Booth #1515-B *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
4:00pm – Christian Blauvelt (Be More Yoda and Be More Vader) – DK Publishing Booth #1515-A
4:00pm – Rachel Caine (Ink and Bone) – Penguin Publishing Booth #1515-F *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
4:00pm – Rob Hart (The Warehouse) – Random House Publishing Booth #1515-B *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
4:30pm – Marie Lu (Batman: Nightwalker and Warcross) – Random House Children’s Books Booth #1515-H *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
5:00pm – Delilah S. Dawson (Kill the Farm Boy) – Random House Publishing Booth #1515-B *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event

Sunday, July 21

10:00am – Rob Hart (The Warehouse) – Random House Publishing Booth #1515-B *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
10:30am – Chris Ware (Rusty Brown and Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth) – Knopf Doubleday Publishing Booth #1515-I *TICKETED – first-come, first-served first thing on the morning of the event
11:00am – Jim Zub (Dungeons & Dragons Monsters & Creatures) – Random House Publishing Booth #1515-B *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
11:30am – Sam Maggs (Fearless and Fantastic! Female Super Heroes Save the World) – DK Publishing Booth #1515-A *TICKETED– first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
12:00pm – Adam Christopher (Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town) – Random House Publishing Booth #1515-B *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
12:00pm – Gini Koch (Touched by an Alien) – Penguin Publishing Booth #1515-F *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
12:30pm – Christian Blauvelt (Be More Yoda and Be More Vader) – DK Publishing Booth #1515-A
1:00pm – Pierce Brown (Red Rising) – Random House Publishing Booth #1515-B *TICKETED – first-come, first-served first thing on the morning of the event
1:00pm – Barbara Perez Marquez, Molly Mouldoon, Katie Schenkel, and Cloud Jacobs (The Cardboard Kingdom) – Random House Children’s Books Booth #1515-H
2:00pm – Adam Bray (Marvel Studios Character Encyclopedia and Marvel Encyclopedia, New Edition) – DK Publishing Booth #1515-A
2:00pm – Max Brallier & Douglas Holgate (The Last Kids on Earth and the Midnight Blade) – Penguin Young Readers Booth #1515-G *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event
4:00pm – Mark Siegel (5 Worlds Series) – Random House Children’s Books Booth #1515-H *TICKETED – first-come, first-served, tickets distributed 10 minutes prior to event

PENGUIN TEEN – Booth #1515-G

*Make Penguin your first stop! A limited number of TICKETS for all in-booth author signings will be given out each morning.*

Thursday, July 18

10:00am-11:00am – Ally Condie, The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe – *TICKETED event*

Friday, July 19

3:00pm-4:00pm – Renée Ahdieh, The Beautiful – *TICKETED event*

Saturday, July 2

3:00pm-4:00pm – GAME, SIGNING, & GIVEAWAY: Tochi Onyebuchi, War Girls – Come meet the author of Beasts Made of Night and Crown of Thunder, and walk away with an early copy of his upcoming sci-fi War Girls, set in a futuristic Black Panther-inspired Nigeria. You just have to beat him in a (card) game of War first
4:30pm-5:30pm – Marie Lu, Warcross and the Legend series – *TICKETED event*

Sunday, July 21

2:00pm-3:00pm – Max Brallier & Douglas Holgate, The Last Kids on Earth series – *TICKETED event!*

QUIRK BOOKS – Booth #1636

Thursday, July 18

3:00–4:00pm – Clay Chapman (The Remaking)

Friday, July 19

2:00–3:00pm – Sam Maggs (Girl Squads)

Saturday, July 20

3:00–4:00pm – Ashley Poston (The Princess and the Fangirl)

TOR BOOKS – Booth #2701

Thursday, July 18

1:00 p.m. – Signing & Booth Book Discount: Seanan McGuire, Middlegame
2:00 p.m.- Signing & ARC Giveaway: Tochi Onyebuchi , Riot Baby
3:00 p.m. – Signing & Booth Book Discount: Annalee Newitz, Autonomous
4:30 p.m. – Signing & Giveaway: S.L. Huang, Zero Sum Game

Friday, July 19

12:30 p.m. – Signing & Booth Book Discount: Sarah Gailey, Magic For Liars
2:00 p.m. – Signing: Sherrilyn Kenyon, Deadmen Walking
4:00 p.m. – Signing & ARC Giveaway: Lauren Shippen, The Infinite Noise

Saturday, July 20

10:00 a.m. – ARC Giveaway:The Orchid Throne
2:00 p.m. – Giveaway: Witches of Lychford
2:00 p.m. – Signing & Booth Book Discount: Charlie Jane Anders, City In the Middle of the Night
5:00 p.m. – Signing & Booth Book Discount: Alison Wilgus, Chronin, Volume 1

Sunday, July 21

10:00 a.m. – Signing & Giveaway: Cory Doctorow, Radicalized

Exhibit Floor

THURSDAY – JULY 18, 2019

11:00am – Adam Bray – DK/Penguin booth
2:00pm – Sam Maggs – DK booth
3:00pm – 4:00pm – Jeff Lemire – Simon & Schuster booth #1128
4:00pm – Rebecca Roanhorse – Race to the Sun signing at Disney Publishing booth #1129
[NEW] 5:00pm – 6:00pm – Jeffrey Brown (Rey & Pals) – Chronicle Books Booth #1506

FRIDAY – JULY 19, 2019

Rachel Ignotofsky – signing after panel, location & time TBA
11:00am – Rebecca Roanhorse – Sixth World signing at Simon & Schuster booth #1128
1:30pm – Adalyn Grace – Advance Reader Copies of All The Stars and Teeth
2:00pm – 2:45pm – Delilah S. Dawson – signing at Del Rey Star Wars booth #2913-U
[NEW] 2:00pm – Preeti Chhibber – Disney Publishing booth #1129
3:00pm – 4:00pm – Renee Ahdieh – *TICKETED* at Penguin Random House booth #1515-G
3:00PM – 6:00PM – Olivier Vatine – Stuart Ng Books, booth #5012 – will be signing his books and prints (likely with a dedicace/sketch), original art
4:00pm – Adam Bray – DK/Penguin booth
Felicia Day

SATURDAY – JULY 20, 2019

11:00AM – 12:00PM – John Pound – Abrams booth #1216
1:00pm – 2:00pm – Molly Knox Ostertag – Graphix Books booth
2:00pm – Adam Bray – DK/Penguin booth
4:00PM – 6:00PM – Olivier Vatine – Stuart Ng Books, booth #5012 – will be signing his books and prints (likely with a dedicace/sketch), original art
5:00pm – 5:45pm – Delilah S. Dawson – signing at Del Rey booth #2913
[NEW] 5pm – Mike McMahan will be signing copies of his book, Star Trek: The Next Generation – Warped at booth #1128.

SUNDAY – JULY 21, 2019

2:00pm – Adam Bray – DK/Penguin booth
2:00PM – 3:00PM – Max Brallier – Penguin Random House booth #1515-G
Dr. Travis Langley, Larry Niven, David Brin & Greg Bear

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:

Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Charles Soule – TBA
Chris Jaymes
Jonathan Maberry
Mallory O’Meara
Scott Morse – Scholastic booth #2115 & Allen Spiegel Fine Arts booth #4701

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 / Sails 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 2019, 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.