If you’re GHOST, you go even bigger — you literally go 2 BIG TO RIG. GHOST’s second collaboration with Trafalgar Releasing, 2 BIG TO RIG was captured live on 16mm film over the course of GHOST’s two sold-out shows at Mexico City’s Palacio de los Deportes. The band’s second feature film, it transports the viewer through time and space to a spot in the crowd of nearly 40,000 who witnessed those darkly magical nights in September 2025.
The beloved annual spin-off of the best-selling Dread the Halls returns with 48 pages of convention horror, satire, and glorious chaos from Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated writer Jordan Hart (Ripple Effects) and Syzygy Publishing founder Chris Ryall (Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis), arriving in comic shops July 22, 2026, from Image/Syzygy.
Featuring interior art by Luana Vecchio, C.P. Wilson III, Marianna Ignazzi, and Tom Williams, the oversized one-shot transforms convention spectacle into something far stranger. From collectors pushed past the brink to fandom spiraling into obsession, every story captures the excitement, anxiety, and beautiful absurdity of convention culture as the show floor slowly comes apart.
Soberlak's path into the blues began with a discovery that reached across generations. Digging through a collection of his grandfather's old records brought over from England, he found something scratchy, raw and utterly alive that grabbed hold and never let go. He followed the threads the way devoted blues listeners always have, one name leading to another, one record to the next, building a deep self-education in a tradition more than a century old. B.B. King, Peter Green and Eric Clapton became his teachers. He picked up guitar at thirteen and harmonica at fourteen, and word soon spread through Kamloops that something special was happening.
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Fans can get an early look at upcoming releases, pick up exclusive editions of Evermind, Cyber League Baseball: The Naturals, and NEWMEN, participate in a convention-wide “Collectible Card Chase”, and unlock an exclusive comic available only through the SDCC experience!
Here's a closer look at the exclusives, collectibles, and special offerings available during San Diego Comic-Con 2026:
SPACEBALLS: THE NEW SYNOPSIS
Somehow, Dark Helmet has returned! Forty years after the events of the first Spaceballs, fifty years after the events of Star Wars: A New Hope, and one year after the events of The Devil Wears Prada 2, the galaxy is once again under threat. A threat so evil, so unstoppable, so completely lacking in any original ideas, that it has vowed to bring back the past... every last bit of it.
After expanding its comics and graphic novel publishing footprint through a partnership with Massive Publishing and launching a creative solutions division with award-winning writer, producer, and development strategist Rylend Grant, Managing Partner of The Shoshin Creative Lab, White Cat Entertainment arrives at SDCC with creator appearances, convention programming, new releases, and the launch of the Alpha Cat #2 Kickstarter campaign, which has been labeled a "Project We Love"!
The publisher arrives with one of its strongest years of industry recognition to date, earning six nominations across the 2026 Eisner Awards, with Temporal nominated for Best New Series, with Stephanie Williams also recognized for Best Writer, while Francesco Francavilla (Dick Tracy) nominated for Best Cover Artist, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (Our Soot-Stained Heart) nominated for Best Lettering. Rising talents Stipan Morian (Our Soot-Stained Heart) and Toril Orlesky (Hotblood!) are also nominees for the Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award.
The excitement kicks off during Preview Night on Wednesday, July 22, when Jada's SDCC-exclusive collectibles go on sale at Booth #4049. Fans who can't make it to the convention can shop the exclusives online through Jada Next Level beginning Thursday, July 23 at 10:00 a.m. PT.
SHARK WEEK 2026 FULL SLATE
SUNDAY, JULY 26
“K-Pop Shark Heroes” premieres at 8PM ET/PT on Discovery
After a recent series of shark encounters off the Korean Peninsula, actor and comedian Ken Jeong joins forces with GRAMMY®-nominated singer and lifetime shark lover REI AMI on a mission to reshape the perception of sharks across East Asia and around the globe, fueled by the power of K-POP.
Known for transforming iconic pop culture characters into premium vinyl collectibles that resemble hand-knit toys, Handmade by Robots has become a fan favorite for its distinctive blend of craftsmanship, creativity, and collectible appeal.
Thousands of fans packed the arena for an advance screening of Episode 1 and the debut of an all-new trailer, offering an expanded look at the climactic conclusion to Tite Kubo's legendary saga.
The celebration featured special appearances from Masakazu Morita, the Japanese voice of Ichigo Kurosaki, and Johnny Yong Bosch, the English voice of Ichigo, who shared behind-the-scenes stories from voicing one of anime's most enduring heroes.
Chester Cheeks is not your average toy. He is jiggly, hilarious, full of attitude, and ready to become the coolest butt ever. With every squeeze, Chester delivers laugh-out-loud reactions kids cannot stop playing with. The more you squeeze him, the more he farts. Stop squeezing, and he stops farting. It is simple, silly, and instantly addictive.
Following the breakout success of Where Wolf, writer Robert Saucedo (Birth. Movies. Death.), artist and colorist Debora Lancianese (Quicksand, The Lost Gardens, Fear Me, Love Me), and Harvey Award-winning letterer Jack Morelli (Afterlife with Archie, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) reunite for CURSE OF THE WHERE WOLF, an all-new horror-comedy graphic novel that pushes Larry Chaney's misadventures into even stranger, bloodier, and surprisingly more heartfelt territory.
Originally debuting as a black-and-white webcomic through Fangoria before being collected by Encyclopocalypse Publications in 2023, Where Wolf quickly found an audience through its sharp blend of horror, comedy, and Texas-sized absurdity, while also attracting attention beyond comics through an active film and television option with producers Charles Horak and James Fino of Starburns Industries, executive producers of Rick and Morty, Anomalisa, HarmonQuest, and The Freak Brothers.
Featuring iconic characters including Saitama, Genos, Terrible Tornado, Mumen Rider, and Garou, this collaboration delivers a chaotic blend of One-Punch Man’s overpowered action and Blood Strike’s high-intensity combat. A must-play experience for fans of both worlds.
Mad Cave Studios' Papercutz imprint is proud to announce METEOR MITE: UP & AT ‘EM!, an all-new original graphic novel from Eisner, Harvey, and CIPA Award-winning cartoonist Art Baltazar, introducing readers to the latest superhero to emerge from the beloved Aw Yeah! Universe.
Years in the making! A tale of Galactic Proportions!
Our saga takes us to the far reaches of space, where a mysterious runaway Crystal is being pursued by the evil Meteor Mongers! The Mongers will not stop until they find the Enchanted Crystal! WHAT? WHY? What's so important about this Crystal? Could it be the ultimate power in the universe? I think so! Or maybe the Crystal is about to choose the newest Hero of the Aw Yeat Universe! You bet!
An update was announced for the upcoming home media release of Vampire Princess Miyu that will deliver a pair of blank Blu-ray case inserts with every order. The groundbreaking horror anime OVA will be released on September 8th. Pre-orders are open now for a limited time exclusively from the MediaOCD web store. SRP is $24.95.
Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products (WBDGCP) is rocking a new global merchandise collection ahead of DC Studios’ upcoming film “Supergirl.” Developed in collaboration with premier licensees and retail partners, the collection celebrates Supergirl/Kara Zor-El as an iconic Super Hero for new generations with designs inspired by the film’s action-packed cosmic adventure.
Fueled by its mission to be “Here for the Superfans,” the trading card giant will celebrate through a series of fan-first experiences across San Diego, giving fans new ways to connect with the stories, characters, and communities behind their favorite fandoms – on the show floor and beyond the San Diego Convention Center.
In addition to the upcoming releases, Cineverse, in conjunction with Fathom, will be bringing the acclaimed film back to theaters for its 20th anniversary in the United States and Canada in 3D, 4K, and premium HDR by Barco on October 9.
The two titles are the latest chapter in a longstanding publishing partnership between del Toro and Insight Editions.
Commemorated on the date of the events in the film, TEXAS CHAIN SAW DAY invites audiences across the country to experience THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE on the big screen, remastered in 4K, and surrounded by fellow horror fans.
Who knew a demon doubling as a K-pop idol could be so dreamy? Saja Boys frontman, Jinu, soda-popped his way into the hearts of millions of fans. Dressed in his “Your Idol” performance outfit, fusing traditional and contemporary Korean fashion, Jinu is ready to give the performance of a lifetime.
Scaring comic shops this September is ANY GIVEN SMILE, a frightening five-issue story crafted by Eisner Award-nominated writer Stephanie Williams, GLAAD Media Award-winning artist Pablo Collar, and featuring colors by Triona Farrell and letters by Ariana Maher.
The year is 1995, and all eyes are on the American Arena League football championship game. The Sharks gear up for the most significant event in the AAL’s 20-year history, and their sudden-star backup quarterback is feeling the pressure from his teammates, his fans, and his debts to the city’s gambling underworld. A string of suicides hits the community hard, drawing a suspicious sports journalist deeper into that world to examine their connection to the big game. No one can trust anything or anyone as a mind-bending and mysterious Smile Entity and its horrifying visions threaten their payouts, their sanity, and their lives…
A groundbreaking 4-part OVA series from director Toshihiro Hirano (Magic Knights Rayearth) and screenwriter Noboru Aikawa (Fullmetal Alchemist, The Twelve Kingdoms), Vampire Princess Miyu was originally released in Japan in 1988 and went on to give Western anime fans their first taste of anime supernatural horror.
Written by Kyle Higgins (Radiant Black, No One) and illustrated by Val Rodrigues (The Pale Knight), the series sends one of pop culture's most iconic antiheroes into an all-new adventure packed with danger, violence, and the dystopian chaos that made Escape From New York a genre-defining classic.
Once you go in, you don't come out—unless your name is Snake Plissken! Plissken now survives as a coyote, smuggling people and contraband across the dangerous dead zones between prison territories like Chicago. It's a hard and bitter job. But when he's hired to extract a woman wanted by the city's warlord, Snake sees one more chance at redemption—or one more chance for the universe to kick his ass.
Arriving this October, the Harvey Award-winning Horvath joins forces with superstar creators James Tynion IV (Exquisite Corpses) and Tyler Boss (You'll Do Bad Things), Tony Fleecs (Feral) and Dave Wachter (Uncanny Valley), Che Grayson (Absolute Catwoman) and Matt Emmons (The Council of Frogs), and Jared Cullum (Usagi Yojimbo) to craft a must-read original one-shot featuring the adorable citizens of Woodbrook gathering around a campfire to share terrifying stories.
