ONLINE VERSION* SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER QUICK GUIDE HILTON MANCHESTER OMNI SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO GRAND HYATT SAN DIEGO CENTRAL BAYFRONT SAN DIEGO HOTEL LIBRARY MARRIOTT MARQUIS SAN DIEGO MARINA COMIC-CON® INTERNATIONAL 2017 JULY 20–23 • PREVIEW NIGHT: JULY 19 COMPLETE SCHEDULE GRIDS • EXHIBIT HALL MAP • EXHIBITOR LISTS MAPS OF THE CONVENTION CENTER/PROGRAM & EVENT VENUES/SHUTTLE ROUTES & HOTELS/DOWNTOWN RESTAURANTS *ONLINE VERSION WILL NOT BE UPDATED BEFORE COMIC-CON • DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL COMIC-CON APP FOR UPDATES COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL 2017 QUICK GUIDE WELCOME! to the 2017 edition of the Comic-Con International Quick Guide, your guide to the show through maps and the schedule-at-a-glance programming grids! Please remember that the Quick Guide and the Events Guide are once again TWO SEPARATE PUBLICATIONS! For an in-depth look at Comic- Con, including all the program descriptions, pick up a copy of the Events Guide in the Sails Pavilion upstairs at the San Diego Convention Center . and don’t forget to pick up your copy of the Souvenir Book, too! It’s our biggest book ever, chock full of great articles and art! CONTENTS 4 Comic-Con 2017 Programming & Event Locations COMIC-CON 5 RFID Badges • Morning Lines for Exclusives/Booth Signing Wristbands 2017 HOURS 6-7 Convention Center Upper Level Map • Mezzanine Map WEDNESDAY 8 Hall H/Ballroom 20 Maps Preview Night: 9 Hall H Wristband Info • Hall H Next Day Line Map 6:00 to 9:00 PM 10 Rooms 2-11 Line Map THURSDAY, FRIDAY, 11 Hotels and Shuttle Stops Map SATURDAY: 9:30 AM to 7:00 PM* 14-15 Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Program Information and Maps SUNDAY: 16-17 Hilton San Diego Bayfront Program Information and Maps 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM 18-19 Manchester Grand Hyatt Program Information and Maps *Programming continues into the evening hours on 20 Horton Grand Theatre Program Information and Map Thursday through 21 San Diego Central Library Program Information and Map Saturday nights. 22 Omni San Diego Hotel Program Information and Map FOLLOW US ON Centerspread Comic-Con 2017 Exhibit Hall Map SOCIAL MEDIA! 23-26 Comic-Con 2017 Exhibitor Lists • Artists’ Alley • Small Press • Fan Groups 31 Programming Intro • Wednesday Program Schedule • Library Programs 32-33 Thursday Program Schedule twitter.com/comic_con 34 Thursday Anime • CCI-IFF • Films Schedules twitter.com/wondercon 35 Friday Anime • CCI-IFF • Films Schedules 36-37 Friday Program Schedule 38-39 Saturday Program Schedule facebook.com/comiccon facebook.com/wondercon 40 Saturday Anime • CCI-IFF • Films Schedules 41 Sunday Anime • CCI-IFF • Films Schedules 42 Sunday Program Schedule 44-45 Games Schedule instagram.com/comic_con instagram.com/wondercon 46-48 2017 Restaurant Guide COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL 2017 QUICK GUIDE MISSION STATEMENT Editor/Designer/Photos: Gary Sassaman • Contributing Editor: Laura Jones Comic-Con International: San Diego is a nonprofit educational corporation dedicated to Published by San Diego Comic Convention, P. O. Box 128458, San Diego, CA 92112 creating awareness of, and appreciation for, comics and related popular art forms, primarily Contents © 2017 San Diego Comic Convention • Toucan Art by Rick Geary through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing Printed in the USA by Advanced Web Offset, Vista, CA contribution of comics to art and culture. 3 COMIC CON 2017 Archive Number MECH SIZE PRINT SIZE Project / Pub Events Guide & Quick Guide - Full Page Trim: 8.125" x 10.5" Trim: 8.125” x 10.5” Insertion Date Bleed: 8.625" x 11" Bleed: 8.625” x 11” I.O. # Live: 7.625" x 9.5" Live: 7.625” x 9.5” COMIC-CON 2017 • PROGRAMMING & EVENT LOCATIONS YOUR RFID BADGE To help prevent scalping and counterfeit badges, Comic-Con badges are once again enabled with RFID (Radio Frequen- cy Identification) tags. At various points of entry to the San Diego Convention Center, Hall H, and the Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront hotel, you will encounter gates with a “SCAN HERE” indicator near the top of the gate (see example at right). All you need to do is tap your badge briefly to the indicator. When you do, you’ll get a green light that indicates you’ve been validated and are okay to enter. When you leave, you MUST tap your badge out so you may re-enter when you return. It is extremely important to remember to tap your badge when you leave, or you could be denied re-entry! If you forget to tap out or if you are experience an issue with your RFID badge, please visit one of our RFID Badge Help Desks. RFID Badge Help Desks are located in Lobby A, D, and G in the San Diego Convention Center and at Attendee Registration upstairs in the Sails Pavilion. If you are sent to an RFID Badge Help Desk to resolve a badging issue, you will need a photo ID to validate that you are the badge holder of record. Always wear your badge and hang on to it! You will need your badge to attend any Comic-Con function, including 5 all daytime and nighttime panels and events at the San Diego Convention Center and other program and event loca- tions around downtown (including the Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, and Omni hotels, plus the Horton Grand Theatre and the 4 6 San Diego Central Library) and, of course, browsing or shopping in the Exhibit Hall. Keep your badge visible so guards 2 do not stop you. If you’re asked to show your badge and photo ID, please do so. Badges are nontransferable. Please do not give your badge to a friend or to people outside the Convention Center when you leave Comic-Con. Security will 1 perform random ID checks throughout the convention, so make sure the name on your badge matches your photo ID! 7 MORNING SAILS PAVILION LINES FOR EXCLUSIVE AND BOOTH SIGNING WRISTBANDS Coronado 3 Every year at Comic-Con there are a few “big ticket” items and 1 San Diego Convention Center (see the maps on pages 6–10) 111 West Harbor Drive exclusive autograph signings that just can’t be missed! Since attendee safety is paramount and these items can be in high Headquarters for Comic-Con 2017: Attendee and Industry (Exhibitor and Professional) Badge Pick-up and Bag, Books, and Lanyard Pick-Up (Sails Pavilion); demand, we are working with some of our exhibitors to dis- Exhibit Hall; Programming Rooms (upper level, plus Hall H on the lower level); Autographs (Sails Pavilion); Children’s Film Festival (Sunday); Deaf and Disabled tribute wristbands for limited signings and items in the Sails Services (Lobby A); Games (Mezzanine), Lines for Giveaways (Sails Pavilion); Masquerade (20; Saturday night) and Masquerade Party (Sails Pavilion); Portfolio Pavilion each morning before the Exhibit Hall opens. No need Review (Sails Pavilion) to run to that popular booth when the Exhibit Hall opens! DC Entertainment, Funko LLC, Hasbro Toy Shop, LEGO, 20th Marriott Marquis and Marina (see pages 14–15) 333 West Harbor Drive 2 Century Fox, and Warner Bros. will all be participating in Anime (Grand Ballroom 10, 11, 12, 13); CCI-IFF Film Festival (Grand Ballroom 3-4); Comic-Con Merch (Pacific Ballroom 23-26); Comic Creator Con- wristband distribution in the Sails Pavilion at Comic-Con 2017. nection (Thursday and Sunday, Santa Rosa Room); Fan Culture Room (Grand Ballroom 1-2); Films (Grand Ballroom 8); Game Creator Connection Here are a few simple guidelines to make accessing the (Saturday, Santa Rosa Room); Games (Pacific Ballroom 21-22); Hospitality Suite (Grand Ballroom 5-6); Nintendo Lounge (San Diego Ballroom); distribution lines easier for all attendees. (See the map at right Pinball Lounge (Pacific Ballroom 14-16); Playback Room (Marina Ballroom DE); Volunteer Registration (Marina Ballroom FG) for where these lines are located in the Sails Pavilion.) There is no access to ticket distribution lines from 3 Hilton San Diego Bayfront (see pages 16-17) 1 Park Blvd. the back of the Convention Center. All attendees must enter through the front of the building using the Comic-Con Indigo Ballroom programming, Thur.–Sat.; Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (Friday evening); CBLDF Live Auction (Sapphire AB, Level 4, Sat. Night) Badged Member entry line. Once the Badged Member line is 4 Manchester Grand Hyatt (see pages 18–19) One Market Place moved upstairs they will be directed to the Sails Pavilion and into the appropriate distribution line. Please keep in mind that the Badged Member line may begin moving into the Convention Center as early as 6:00 AM. Art Show (Grand CD); Blood Drive (Coronado Ballroom); Her Universe Fashion Show (Thursday only, Harbor); Programming Premiums (Grand AB) There is no access to the distribution lines prior to 6:00 AM. Anyone in that area will be cleared prior to opening and sent to the Badged Member line. ADA attendees with mobility issues in the Badged Member line should proceed to the Lobby B2 glass doors, near the elevator, where they can use 5 Horton Grand Theatre (see page 20) 444 4th Ave. the glass elevator to access the upstairs holding area outside the Sails Pavilion. Once attendees are in the Sails Pavilion, Comic-Con Floor Managers, Line Control, and Autographs volunteers will direct attendees to the appropriate Ticketed programming events , Thursday–Saturday (tickets are FREE, see page 20 for details on how to get them) distribution line. San Diego Central Library (see page 21) 330 Park Blvd. For ADA attendees, line-holder volunteers are available at the Autograph Information Booth located in the Sails Pavilion. 6 To make the distribution as safe and fair as possible, exhibitors will perform random drawings for the coveted item or signing.