Bust Out Your Best Cosplay: Comic-Con 2013 to Hit San Diego July 18th #SDCC

By Betsy Galchutt, Entertainment Reporter

Pop culture fans rejoice—it’s that magical time of year again! This year’s Comic-Con festivities will begin on Thursday, July 18^th and run through Sunday, July 21^st.

Comic-Con International: San Diego is a four-day convention that began in 1970 as a way for comic book fans to band together and share their mutual interests. As the convention gained momentum over the years, Comic-Con’s reach has expanded from comics, movies, and science fiction to embrace a much wider scope. No longer just for comic book aficionados, Comic-Con has evolved into an international celebration of pop culture—with discussion panels covering such popular and diverse fare as “How I Met Your Mother,” “Veronica Mars,” and “Game of Thrones”.

Want the full discussion panel breakdown? We’ve got it! Check out the scoop below.

Thursday, July 18^th

• “Intelligence” with Josh Holloway, Marg Helgenberger, Meghan Ory, EPs Michael Seitzman, Rene Echevarria, Tripp Vinson
• 35th “Battlestar Galactica” Celebration with Richard Hatch, Michael Nankin, Dr. Kevin Grazier, Michael Angeli, Kevin Murphy, Michael Taylor, Paul Leonard
• “Star-Crossed” with Matt Lanter, Aimee Teegarden, Grey Damon, Adele Lim, Meredith Averill, Josh Appelbau, Andre Nemec, Scott Rosenberg
• “Beauty and the Beast” with Kristin Kreuk, Jay Ryan, Jennifer Levin, Sherri Cooper
• A Behind-the-scenes Paranormal Experience with Jack Black
• “Psych” with  James Roday, Dulé Hill, Steve Franks, Cary Elwes
• “Sherlock” with Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, Sue Vertue
• “The Sidekick” Screening and Q&A with Michael J. Weithorn, Rob Benedict, Lizzy Caplan, Martin Starr, Josh Meyers, Richard Speight Jr., Jordan Peele
• “The Blacklist” with James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff
• “Murder Police” with David Goodman, Jason Ruiz, Will Sasso, Chi McBride, Peter Atencio, Justina Machado
• “The X-Files” 20th Anniversary with Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, Chris Carter, David Amann, Vince Gilligan, Howard Gordon, Darin Morgan, Glen Morgan, John Shiban, Jim Wong
• “Ender’s Game” and “Divergent” with Harrison Ford, Gavin Hood, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Miles Teller, Maggie Q, Ansel Elgort, Mekhi Phifer, Ben Lamb, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Christian Madsen
• “Wilfred” with Jason Gann, Fiona Gubelmann, Dorian Brown, Eli Jorne, Reed Agnew, David Zuckerman
• “Teen Wolf” with Tyler Posey, Dylan O’Brien, Crystal Reed, Holland Roden, Tyler Hoechlin, Daniel Sharman, Max Carver, Charlie Carver
• “South Park” with Trey Parker, Matt Stone
• “The Heart, She Holler” with Patton Oswalt, Amy Sedaris, John Lee, Alyson Levy, Heather Lawless
• “Dexter” with Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, David Zayas, James Remar, John Goldwyn, Sara Colleton, Scott Buck, Manny Coto
• “Hannibal” with Hugh Dancy, David Slade, Bryan Fuller
  

Friday, July 19^th

• The World’s End: Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost Reunited with Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost
• “The Big Bang Theory” with Steven Molaro, Bill Prada
• “The Regular Show” and “Adventure Time” with TBA
  
• The 2013 “Black Panel” with Wayne Brady, Orlando Jones, Tatiana El-Khouri, John Jenning, Tony Rich, David Walker, Michael Davis
• “Defiance” with Grant Bowler, Julie Benz, Stephanie Leonidas, Tony Curran, Jamie Murray, Jesse Rath
• “The Legend of Korra” with Janet Varney, David Faustino, P. J. Byrne, Bryan Konietzko, Michael DiMartino, Joaquim Dos Santos
• “Veronica Mars” with Kristen Bell, Enrico Colantoni, Ryan Hansen, Jason Dohring, Tina Majorino, Krysten Ritter, Chris Lowell, Percy Daggs III, Francis Capra
• “Nikita” with Maggie Q, Shane West, Lyndsy Fonseca, Aaron Stanford, Melinda Clarke, Devon Sawa, Noah Bean, Craig Silverstein
• “Helix” with Ron Moore
• “Kick-Ass 2” and “Riddick” with Vin Diesel, Katee Sackhoff, Dave Bautista, David Twohy
• “The Venture Bros” with Jackson Publik, Doc Hammer, Patrick Warburton
• “Bones” with Hart Hanson, Stephen Nathan, David Boreanaz
• “The 100” with Eliza Taylor, Thomas McDonell, Marie Averopoulos, Henry Ian Cusick, Matthew Miller, Jason Rothenberg
• “Children’s Hospital” with Rob Corddry, David Wain, Jonathan Stern, Lake Bell, Erinn Hayes, Ken Marino, Rob Huebel
• “The Walking Dead” with Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, David Morrissey, Chad Coleman, Scott Wilson, Scott Gimple, Gale Anne Hurd, Robert Kirkman, Dave Alpert and Greg Nicotero. Moderated by The Talking Dead host Chris Hardwick
• Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D with Joss Whedon
• “NTSF:SD:SVU” with Paul Scheer, Karen Gillan, Jon Stern, Curtis Gwinn, June Raphael, Martin Starr, Brandon Jackson
• “The X-Files” with Chris Carter, Chris Ryall, Denton Tipton, Joe Harris
• “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” with Ciro Nieli, Peter Hastings, Sean Astin, Greg Cipes, Rob Paulsen, Mae Whitman, Kevin Michael Richardson
• “The Eric Andre Show” and “Hot Package” with Eric Andre, Hannibal Buress, Derrick Beckles
• “Game of Thrones” with John Bradley, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Fairley, Kit Harington, Rose Leslie, Richard Madden
• “Haven” with Emily Rose, Lucas Bryant, Eric Balfour, Adam Copeland, Colin Ferguson
• “The Following” with Kevin Bacon, Shawn Ashmore, Valorie Curry, Kevin Williamson, Marcos Siega
• “Robot Chicken” with Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, Douglas Goldstein, Tom Root, Breckin Meyer, Zeb Wells, Geoff Johns, Keith Crofford
•  “Sleepy Hollow” with Lex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Len Wiseman, Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie
• “Wolves” with David Hayter, Jason Momoa, Lucas Till
• “Almost Human” with Karl Urban, Michael Ealy, J.H. Wyman
• “Bob’s Burgers” with H. Jon Benjamin, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, John Roberts, Kristen Schaal, Larry Murphy
• “Falling Skies” with Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood, Will Patton, Drew Roy, Connor Jessup, Colin Cunningham, Sarah Carter, Doug Jones, Remi Aubuchon, Greg Beeman, Wil Wheaton
• “The Paranormal and Extraterrestrial Squad” with Milo Ventimiglia, Russ Cundiff, John Dale, Michael Hobert
• “Archer” with H. Jon Benjamin, Aisha Tyler, Chris Parnell, Amber Nash, Lucky Yates, Adam Reed, Matt Thompson
• “China, IL” with Brad Neely, Daniel Weidenfeld, Hannibal Buress, Jonah Ray
• TV Guide Magazine Fan Favorites with Candice Accola, Kristin Bauer, Henry Ian Cusick, Giancarlo Esposito, Clark Gregg, Danai Gurira, Tyler Hoechlin, Joseph Morgan, Blair Underwood
• Making “Roger Rabbit”: 25th Anniversary with Don Hahn, Charles Fleisher, Andreas Deja, James Baxter, Tom Sito, Dave Bossart
• “Vikings” with Travis Fimmel, Katheryn Winnick, Clive Standen, George Blagden, Gustaf Skarsgard, Jessalyn Gilsig, Michael Hurst, Dirk Hoogstra
• “Brickleberry” with Waco O’Guin, Roger Black
• Dark Horse: Joss Whedon with Joss Whedon
• At the Drive-In featuring Metallica with James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo, Nimród Antal, Charlotte Huggins
• “Orphan Black” with Tatiana Maslany, Jordan Gavaris, Dylan Bruce, Graeme Manson, John Fawcett
• Adam and Jamie Look Toward the Future with Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman
• “Banshee” with Antony Starr, Ivana Milicevic, Hoon Lee, Lili Simmons, Greg Yaitanes, Jonathan Tropper
• “Husbands: The New Marriage” with Jane Espenson, Brad Bell, Jeff Greenstein, Alessandra Torresani, Sean Hemeon, Amy Acker
• “Robocop” with Samuel L. Jackson, José Padilha, Joel Kinnaman, Abbie Cornish
• “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones” with Harald Zwart, Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, Kevin Zegers

Saturday, July 20th 

• “How I Met Your Mother” with Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris, Alyson Hannigan
• “Futurama” with John DiMaggio, Katey Sagal, Matt Groening, Billy West, Phil LaMarr, Lauren Tom
• “The Simpsons” with Al Jean, Matt Groening, Mike Anderson, David Silverman
• “I, Frankenstein” and “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” with Aaron Eckhart, Yvonne Strahovski, Stuart Beattie, Kevin Grevioux, Dave Karger
• “Family Guy” with Seth Green, Alex Borstein
• “American Dad” with Rachael MacFarlane, Scott Grimes
• “Grimm” with David Giuntoli, Silas Weir Mitchell, Russell Hornsby, Reggie Lee, Sasha Roiz, Bitsie Tulloch, Bree Turner, Claire Coffee
• “Arrow” with Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, David Ramsey, Emily Bett Rickards, Colton Haynes, Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg
• Marvel Studios “Thor: The Dark World” and “Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier” with Kevin Feige
• “The Originals” with Joseph Morgan, Claire Holt, Phoebe Tonkin, Charles Michael Davis, Julie Plec
• “The Vampire Diaries” with Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Kat Graham, Candice Accola, Julie Plec, Caroline Dries
• “Person Of Interest” with Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson

Sunday, July 21st

• Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival Awards with Alex DeMille, Geoff Boucher, Kathy Najimy
• “Community” with Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Jim Rash, Ken Jeong, Dan Harmon, Chris McKenna
• “Sons Of Anarchy” with Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal, Ron Perlman, Maggie Siff, Kim Coates, Mark Boone Junior, Tommy Flanagan, Theo Rossi, Jimmy Smits, Dayton Callie
• “Supernatural” with Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Mark A. Sheppard, Jeremy Carver, Robert Singer

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