UDON AT COMIC-CON 2026!

UDON Entertainment returns to Comic-Con International: San Diego 2026 with incredible creators, exclusive merch, and a full slate of signings and panels!

July 17, 2026—UDON Entertainment is BACK AT COMIC-CON! Join us at booth #100 just inside the Hall A doors for an incredible booth design, exclusive merchandise, signings featuring Shinkiro and the UDON Crew, and so much more!

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SIGNINGS – PANELS – COMICS AND MERCH, INCLUDING:
SHINKIRO – STREET FIGHTER – SHANTAE – MEGA MAN – DARKSTALKERS – PERSONA 5

Thursday July 23, 2026
3pm-4pm: Daniel Arseneault (Mega Man X)

Friday July 24, 2026
11am-12pm: REIQ! (Official Variant Cover Artist)
2pm-3:30pm: Shinkiro (Ticketed Signing)
4:30pm-6:00pm: Shantae Signing with Matt, Erin, & Brin Bozon (Ticketed Signing)

Saturday July 25, 2026
11am-12:30pm: Shantae Signing with Matt, Erin, & Brin Bozon (Ticketed Signing)
2:00-3:30pm: Shinkiro (Ticketed Signing)
4:00pm-5:30pm: REIQ!

Sunday July 26, 2026
12:00pm-1:30pm: REIQ!
2:00pm-3:30pm: Shinkiro (Ticketed)

Ticketed Signing Information:
Shinkiro Signings – Ticketed event – must purchase $200+ of Capcom merch to obtain a ticket prior to the signing. Each ticket guarantees one shikishi to be signed by Shinkiro, fans may bring one additional, officially licensed item to be signed by Shinkiro Sensei.

Shantae Signings with Matt, Erin, and Brin Bozon – Ticketed event – must purchase $100+ of Shantae merch to obtain a ticket for the signing. Each fan will get one gold collectible metal card at the signing with their ticket.

UDON SDCC 2026 PANEL SCHEDULE

Thursday July 23, 2026: UDON Art Battle Panel – Room 5AB
5pm to 6pm
UDON artists Edwin Huang and Reiq, along with renowned video game design legend Shinkiro, lead an art demonstration on how to draw your favorite anime and video game characters.

Friday July 24, 2026: UDON Entertainment 2026-2027 – Room 28DE,
12 Noon to 1PM
Celebrating another ground-breaking year of publishing the best Video Game & Anime artbooks and Manga from Japan and all over the world, come join UDON’s Chief Erik Ko and Director of Publishing Matt Moylan to learn about all the new and exciting projects that UDON is going to offer in the coming months!

Spend $80 in the booth & receive a FREE random metal card while supplies last!  

UDON Booth #100 will have some heavy hitters in this year’s Incentive Card picks! Customers will receive one random collectible metal card for every $80 spent at the UDON booth in one transaction (yes this promo stacks!). 

2026 SDCC Available Cards will be: 
Street Fighter – Sakura art by REIQ!
Darkstalkers – Huitzil art by Panzer
Street Fighter 6 – Yasmine art by Joe Ng
Capcom Fighting Evolution – Ingrid art by Shinkiro
Metal cards are available while supplies last! 

SHINKIRO:

Shinkiro Signature Series Pins
To celebrate the return of the video game legend to Comic Con after 20+ years, UDON is proud to present two series of collectible pins based on Shinkiro’s artwork!

Capcom Masterworks Character Pins (3 inch scale)- Featuring Ryu, Chun-Li, and Morrigan from Capcom, at $20 each.
SNK Masterworks Character Pins (3 inch scale) – Featuring Terry, Mai, and K from SNK, at $20 each.

Lucky Draw Pins –  Based on Shinkiro’s iconic character portrait artwork for Capcom’s and SNK’s fighting game franchises! Look out for a special chaser pin in each set of luck draw pins!!  $10 per draw.

Shinkiro Series Street Fighter Collectible Metal Card Set
UDON’s classic collectible metal card set features Chun-Li, Rose, Guile, and M. Bison as illustrated by Legendary Capcom Designer Shinkiro!
$60

STREET FIGHTER/CAPCOM:

2026 Street Fighter Swimsuit Special – CVR X3
Available at UDON Booth #100 the SDCC CVR X3 features a wraparound cover by Ironpinky – Edwin Huang!
$20

Street Fighters Masters Lucky Draw Pin Series
Only available at UDON Booth #100!
$10 per draw

SHANTAE:

2026 Shantae Swimsuit Special – CVR X5 
Available at UDON Booth #100 the SDCC CVR X5 features a Gold Foil treatment and art by Life is Pi!
$30 

MEGA MAN:

Mega Man X #5 Family Hadoken CVR X2 
Available at UDON Booth #100 featuring cover art by Jeffrey ‘Chamba’ Cruz!
$20

Mega Man Metall Generations Lucky Draw Pins
Mega Man Mets are here! Collect all 7 only at UDON Booth 100!
$10 per draw

Mega Man Classic Pin Series
Featuring Mega Man, Bass, Proto Man, Roll, and Rush
$15 each

Petite Fighter Pins!
Featuring Mega Man Legends Mega Man, Mega Man Legends Roll, and Mega Man Legends Tron Bonne & Sad Servbot by Mikan!
$15 Each

DARKSTALKERS:

Darkstalkers Petite Fighters
Featuring Demitri, Q-Bee, and Rikuo, by Mikan!
$15 each.

PERSONA 5:

For the most up-to-date listing of items and prices, check out UDONstore.com.
Look for all of these great items (and maybe a few surprises) at the UDON Booth #100 at Comic-Con!

ABOUT UDON ENTERTAINMENT
UDON Entertainment is a publisher of original and translated art books, graphic novels, and manga. Our best-known projects are those based on popular video game franchises, including Street Fighter, Mega Man, Monster Hunter, Dark Souls, Persona, and more. UDON also publishes art books and manga based on top transmedia properties including Mofusand, More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers, Summertime Rendering, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Kill la Kill, FLCL, Rose of Versailles, and Yu-Gi-Oh!.

UDON Entertainment graphic novels, art books, and manga are distributed to the book trade via Simon & Schuster Books, and are available wherever great books are sold.

UDON Entertainment Comic Books are distributed to comic book specialty stores via Lunar Distribution and Universal Distribution.

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