Dark Horse Comics has revealed their programming schedule for New York Comic Con on October 8-11, 2026. They will host signings and give away free items including comics and posters all weekend at booth 4451. Exclusives, comics, graphic novels, art books, and other collectibles will be sold in the booth store.

For the signings, Dark Horse will provide free signing cards or prints (while supplies last). Collectors can bring items to have signed, however, there may be a limit to the number of items.

Some signings require a wristband. Staff will hand out the wristbands when the exhibit hall opens to the public on the day before or day of each signing. Wristbands are given out on a first come, first served basis.

Thursday signings:

• Wendy and Richard Pin (Elfquest) at 11 AM to 11:50 AM
• Rich Douek, Gavin Smith, and Fabi Marques (Masters of the Universe: Genesis); Will Sliney (Masters of the Universe: Wings of Fate); and Reilly Brown (Masters of the Universe) at 12 PM to 12:50 PM
• Tate Brombal and Soo Lee (The Perfectly Monstrous Life of Adam Frankenstein) and Julio Anta (Beast of Borikén) at 1 PM to 1:50 PM
• Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo: Winter Specia) at 2 PM to 2:50 PM (see below for more details)
• Aidan White and Will Carter (title to be announced) at 3:15 PM to 4:05 PM

The Stan Sakai signing includes no posed photography, no witnessed signatures, limit one free print and two other items per person, and other restrictions (staff will have more info).

Friday signings:

• Tom Waltz and Ben Bishop (The Last Yojimbo), and Zack Rosenberg and Jared Cullum (Usagi Jojimbo: Kaito ‘84) at 11 AM to 11:50 AM
• Jody Houser and Diego Galindo (Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Hellfire), and Rachel Pinnelas (Stranger Things: The First Shadow – An Adaptation) at 12 PM to 12:50 PM
• Thomas Sniegoski (Frankenstein: New World), Gabe Soria and Gideon Kendall (Megaghost), and Kristen Gudsnuk (Touched By A Demon) at 1 PM to 1:50 PM
• Michael Conrad (Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories – Jace), Dan Watters (Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories – Elspeth), Torunn Groenbekk (Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories – Liliana), and Rapha Lobosco (Magic: The Gathering – Mage of Zhalfir) at 2 PM to 2:50 PM
• Hannah Rose May and Utkarsh Ambudkar (The Guy In The Chair) – wristband required, posed photography with copies of the book – at 4 PM to 4:50 PM
• Sean Edgar, Jim Campbell, and Sam Wolfe Connelly (Art of Over The Garden Wall) at 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

Saturday signings:

• Frank Miller, John Livesay, and Alex Sinclair (Invasive Species) at 10:30 AM to 11:50 AM (see below for more details)
• Geof Darrow (Shaolin Cowboy: Staying A.I.Live) and Evan Dorkin (Nerd Inferno: The Essential Evan Dorkin) at 12 PM to 12:50 PM
• Wendy and Richard Pin (Elfquest) at 1 PM to 1:50 PM
• Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly (Dungeons & Dragons), and Amy Chu (Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft) at 2 PM to 2:50 PM
• Jordan Blum (The Big Shakedown), Timmy Heague (Archie Vs Minor Threats), Soo Lee (Witness Point), and Drew Zucker (Canto: The Clockwork Chronicles) at 3 PM to 3:50 PM
• Zack Kaplan and John J. Pearson (The Smart Division), and Connor Goldsmith and Josh Cornillon (Did You Hear About Mimi Green?) at 4 PM to 4:50 PM

Wristbands are required for the Invasive Species signing. They will be given out on Friday morning only – they won’t give out wristbands on Saturday. There is no posed photography, no witnessed signatures, and limit one free print and one other item per person. Other restrictions apply (staff will have more info).

The first 25 people in line will receive a free copy of Kill All Immortals 3 #1 with a cover by Jenny Frison.

Sunday signings:

• Tom King and Gabriel Hernandez Walta (Six of Us) at 11 AM to 11:50 AM (see below for more details)
• David Dastmalchian, Leah Kilpatrick, and Soo Lee (Kingdom of Earth) at 12 PM to 12:50 PM (see below for more details)
• Ben Kahn and Natalie Nardozza (title to be announced) at 2 PM to 2:50 PM
• Alyssa Wong (title to be announced) at 3 PM to 3:50 PM

For the Six of Us signing, there is no posed photos, limit on free print and one other item to be signed, and other restrictions apply (staff will have more info). The Kingdom of Earth signing requires a wristband, there is no posed photos, no witnessed signatures, limit on free print and one other Dark Horse item to be signed (no non-Dark Horse fan items). Other restrictions apply (staff will have more info).

Dark Horse panels start on Thursday with “Dark Horse Manga and Manwha: Unleash Your Collection” at 2:15 PM in north room 406.1. It is followed by “Fire, Earth, Water, Air: Continuing the Avatar Legacy” at 4:15 PM in room 1B02. Their Friday panel “Dark Horse x Wizards of the Coast: The Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering Grow in Comics” is at 12:15 PM in north room 406.3. Dark Horse’s Sunday panel “Dark Horse and Mattel Make Comics!” is at 4 PM in north room 406.3.