Panels | Activities | Crafts

First Floor Panels (Margie Edinger Room)

•  10:30 a.m. | How We Build: The Art of Star Wars Costume Creation
  • The 501st Legion is known worldwide for screen-accurate costumes from the Star Wars universe. A less known fact about our Legion is that our members build, sew and compile these costumes themselves. Learn how we do it and be inspired to build your new costume!

•  11:30 a.m. | Thien Pham and Briana Loewinsohn
  • Join us for an awe-inspiring panel with Thien Pham and Briana Loewinsohn as they explore the theme of community in comics. Thien and Briana, best friends, and creative collaborators, will share their journey of writing stories that celebrate friendship and connection. They’ll discuss how their real-life bond influences their work and how comics can be a powerful medium for building and reflecting communities. Don't miss this chance to hear from two talented creators about the magic of storytelling and the importance of relationships in their art. It's going to be a heartfelt and engaging discussion: you will laugh, you will cry!

• 12:30 p.m. | Charles M. Schulz Museum
  • Charles Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip is among the most popular and influential comics ever. As Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and the gang get ready to turn 75 next year, join the Charles M. Schulz Museum to learn what makes Peanuts more relevant than ever. Special guests DJ Lance Rock from Yo Gabba Gabba! and Andrew Farago from the Cartoon Art Museum will join the lively discussion.

• 1:30 p.m. | Cartoon Art Museum
  • Join Andrew Farago, Cartoon Art Museum curator and author of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of TMNT! This fun-filled presentation looks back at the cartoons, toys, video games, movies, and the original comic book series by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird that started it all. Cowabunga!

Second Floor Panels (Central Studio)

• 11:00 a.m. | Quick Draw!

  • The fastest pens in the West! Artists will take requests from the audience and create quick cartoon art right before your eyes in this fast and funny panel.

• 12:00 p.m. | Kids Cosplay 101
  • Join Kitty Cosplay and Lebo Wan Kenobi on how to get started Cosplaying with your kids and family.  They’ll show you all you need to know from picking genres, where to look, and how to’s.  Bring the family and lots of questions.

• 1:00 p.m. | How to build Gundam models
  • Join Mike T from Tatsu Hobby on everything you need to know on getting started building Gundam’s.  Mike has been teaching customers on everything from the basics to more complex techniques for years, as well as teaching you which tools are best and those that don’t really work.

• 2:00 p.m. | Francisco Jimenez
  • Join Francisco Jiménez as he describes the four-book memoir series, beginning with The Circuit.  He will then go into the process for transforming The Circuit into a graphic novel, step by step. There will be a Q&A and book signing following the talk.

Signings

• 12:30 p.m. | Thien Pham and Briana Loewinsohn (Arielle's Reading Corner 1^st Floor)
• 2:30 p.m. | Francisco Jimenez (Central Studio Upstairs)

 Character Photos (First Floor, Library Cafe):

• 11:00 a.m. | Optimus Prime
• 11:30 a.m. | Snoopy from Great America
• 12:00 p.m. | Rebel Legion
• 12:30 p.m. | Elephant and Piggy
• 1:00 p.m. | Snoopy from Great America
• 1:30 p.m. | 501^st Legion of Stormtrooper
• 2:00 p.m. | Mecha Godzilla

All items on this page are subject to change.

The Santa Clara City Library Comic Con 2024 is presented in partnership with several other Santa Clara City departments and is generously supported by the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends.

Your attendance to this program grants permission to the City of Santa Clara to take your photograph/video and/or your child's photograph/video for marketing purposes.