For the third year in a row, we are excited to team up with the San Diego Public Library to bring you even more panels with the Comic Conference for Educators and Librarians—a free, five-day conference with specialized content supporting the education community, promoting comics as a medium for learning and literacy, and exploring new ways to appreciate and incorporate comics and other popular arts into classrooms and schools.

The programming for this conference will take place in the San Diego Central Library, located just a few blocks east of the Convention Center, at 11th Avenue and K Street. Teachers, academics, librarians, publishers, and researchers—both local and international—will be offering their views about how comic books in the classroom can help educators tackle some of the challenges of modern education. Don’t miss this opportunity to attend panels, participate in workshops, and network with peers!

The conference is free to attend, but space is limited and registration is required for each day. Comic-Con badge holders with valid single same-day or four-day badges are welcome to attend and are not required to register. If you or another educator you know would like to attend but don’t have a badge, please visit this link to register in advance: www.san diego.gov/ccel. Registration for educators without badges ends on July 17.

Here’s a preliminary schedule for the educational programs in the Shiley Special Events Suite. For more details on the panels—including the descriptions—please check the complete Programming Schedule when it debuts on Thursday, July 5 here on our website.

Education and Library Programs

Shiley Special Events Suite, 9th Floor

Wednesday, July 18

4:00–6:00 Teaching with Comics Workshop for Educators: A hands-on workshop for integrating comic books into your classrooms.

Thursday, July 19

Library Panels: Come and learn how to incorporate comics in libraries as a powerful way to connect to communities. 10:00 Border Narratives: Voices from Beyond the Wall 11:00 Beyond Wakanda: Intersectional Afrofuturism 12:00 Strategies for Adult Graphic Novel Collections 1:00 Comics and Libraries Fair 2:00 Queer Comics for Queer Kids 3:00 Comics in Academic Libraries 4:00 Creator Panel: When I See Myself in Comics

Come and learn how to incorporate comics in libraries as a powerful way to connect to communities.

Friday, July 20

Publisher Panels: Discover the latest publishing trends and recommendations in graphic novels and education. 10:00 Graphic Novel Activities for the Library or Bookstore 11:00 Meet the Makers: Kids Comics Extravaganza 12:00 Middle Grade Fiction for Girls (and Boys) 1:00 Graphic Novel Adaptation: License to Thrill 2:00 Trends in Graphic Novel Publishing 3:00 Autobiography in Graphic Novels 4:00 LGBTQ Graphic Novels 5:00 Bans and Challenges to Comics

Discover the latest publishing trends and recommendations in graphic novels and education.

Saturday, July 21

Educator Panels: Learn exciting and effective tools for using comics in the classroom for grades K-12. 10:00 Using Graphic Novels to Cope with Bullying 11:00 Young Adult and Middle Grade Comics in the Classroom and Beyond 12:00 Graphic Novels and Technology Inspiring Young Readers 1:00 European Comics for Educators and Librarians 2:00 Adapting Folklore, History, and Myth in Comics 3:00 Teaching Fables and Myths with Graphic Novels 4:00 Comics for Impact and Social Good 5:00 Teaching Graphic Novels Across the Curriculum

Learn exciting and effective tools for using comics in the classroom for grades K-12.

Sunday, July 22