San Diego Comic-Con 2023: What to Expect, Dates and How to Watch
San Diego Comic-Con 2023: What to Expect, Dates and How to Watch

San Diego Comic-Con, also known as SDCC, is back once again this July! If it’s anything like last year’s event, we can anticipate announcements and teasers for big franchises we know and love across sci-fi, superhero, fantasy and more across this multi-day event.

SDCC is known for bringing creators together across comics, film and television and collectibles to connect with their fans across panels, discussions and various art forms. If you’re interested in streaming Comic-Con, we have all the details below, including when it is, the schedule, and how you can watch any and all of the panels you might be interested in.

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When is SDCC 2023?

The annual SDCC event takes place at the San Diego Convention Center from July 19 – 23! See below for the actual in-person SDCC Exhibit Floor hours, and stay tuned for a detailed breakdown of what panels are happening on each day.

How to Watch SDCC 2023

Unless you’re attending in-person (and got your badge before they sold out), Comic-Con coverage can also be viewed from the comfort of wherever you are, so long as you have a reliable internet connection. IGN will be covering Comic-Con with our own live show, reporting on and reacting to all of the news that comes out of the event, and we’ll be sharing more details on what we have planned soon.

Note: IGN’s Live Comic-Con Show is happening over Friday and Saturday:

Friday, July 21 at 3pm PTSaturday, July 22 at 3pm PT

Where to Stream SDCC Coverage

Here’s the full list of places you can watch IGN’s live show at San Diego Comic-Con:

IGN.com (homepage)IGN’s Facebook ChannelIGN’s TwitterIGN’s Twitch ChannelIGN’s Youtube ChannelIGN’s TikTok ChannelIGN’s iOS AppIGN’s Android AppIGN’s PlayStation 4 AppIGN’s Xbox One AppRokuIGN App for Android TVIGN for Amazon Fire TVApple TVIGN 1 on Samsung TV PlusPluto TVPlex Live TV

San Diego Comic-Con Schedule

The full programming schedule is not live yet, but has started to roll out from the official SDCC website. The event is happening over July 20-23:

Preview Night Wednesday, July 19 – 6pm – 9pm PTThursday, July 20 – 9:30am – 7pm PTFriday, July 21 – 9:30am – 7pm PTIGN’s Live Comic-Con Show starts at 3pm PTSaturday, July 22 – 9:30am – 7pm PTIGN’s Live Comic-Con Show starts at 3pm PTSunday, July 23 – 9:30am – 5pm PT

SDCC Panels

See the full SDCC schedule for all the Comic-Con panel dates, times and details; updated constantly by our news team. To recap so far, see TL;DR below:

July 20 – Thursday’s Panels:

PokemonSpider-Man 2Max: Harley Quinn and Adventure Time: Fionna & CakePrime: Wheel of TimeParamount Pictures: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant MayhemPeacock: Twisted Metal

July 21 – Friday’s panels:

Telltale: The ExpansePrime Video: The Boys spinoff Gen V and InvincibleAMC: The Walking Dead universePeacock: The ContinentalAdult Swim: Rick and Morty

What to Expect at SDCC 2023

We expect announcements and teasers across the biggest sci-fi, superhero and fantasy franchises. Special guest speakers confirmed for 2023 include Todd McFarlane, Jim Lee, Frank Miller and J. Michael Straczynsk, with SDCC sponsors including DC, Marvel Studios, Crunchyroll, Disney+, FOX, AMC, NBC, ABC and more.

As listed in the schedule so far, the first two days of SDCC (July 20-21) will feature exciting panels covering games and entertainment, including a Spider-Man 2, Pokemon, TMNT, Harley Quinn animated series, The Boys spinoff Gen V and Invincible, The Walking Dead, Rick and Morty and more.

Will Marvel Be at Comic-Con This Year?

Marvel will reportedly not be holding panels this year at SDCC.

SDCC 2022 Recap

Stay tuned for more info soon, and check out the SDCC trailers from 2022 and biggest announcements from last year’s 2022 San Diego Comic-Con. Highlights included a first look at Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, a deep dive into Gotham Knights’ Batgirl and a fresh trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

If the event is anything like last year’s in-person comic-con, there may be special days dedicated to panels.

More from IGN at SDCC 2023:

Immortals of Aveum

Immortals of Aveum is a new single-player first-person magic shooter that puts you in the role of Jak, a battlemage capable of wielding three different types of magic. Fight alongside an elite squadron of battlemages to save the world on the edge of abyss.

Tune into IGN’s San Diego Comic-Con coverage for a closer look at Immortals of Aveum along with a debut of cosplayer Alicia Marie as Grand Magnus Kirkan – one of the central characters from the game.

Presented by Immortals of Aveum.

One-Punch Man

IGN is sitting down with Terry Li, General Manager of Crunchyroll Games and Senior Vice President of Emerging Business at Crunchyroll, and Kyong Kim, producer on One-Punch Man: World, a new multiplayer action RPG from Perfect World based on the global hit anime One-Punch Man. We’ll be taking a look at new gameplay footage, and diving into what fans can expect when the game releases on PC later this year.
Tune in to catch the full interview, exclusively on IGN’s San Diego Comic-Con Coverage.

History of SDCC

Did you know SDCC got its start back in the 1970s? The SDCC non-profit founders’ goal was to cover comics but also popular art forms like sci-fi films and fantasy lit they thought deserved wider recognition. Originally called “San Diego’s West Coast Comic Convention” in 1972, the event became known as “San Diego Comic-Con” (SDCC) in 1973, and later coined “Comic-Con International: San Diego” (CCI) in 1995.

Commonly known as SDCC most commonly still today, this special convention continues to gain popularity across sci-fi, anime and fantasy fans with spectacular cosplay each year and around 130,000 people at each event.

Shop Comic Merch

If you’re feeling FOMO from not being in-person at SDCC this year, we got you covered with our live shows and news coverage as outlined above, but did you know we also have comics merch to rep your favorite SDCC franchises? Check out some of the hundreds of items we have across anime, comics, fantasy and sci-fi below:

What are you hoping to see from SDCC 2023?!

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