I host “The Cage” 1964’s director—and other huge Treks at Comic-Con!

UPDATED with signing added for Robert Butler and I!

WHAT a huge year this will be at San Diego Comic-Con for Trek, the largest ever— coming up July 17-21.

We’ve come so far since the big modern catch-up for Trek at SDCC in 2016 with the 50th, Discovery‘s first peeks and Beyond‘s outdoor, live-orchestra’d world premiere.

And this year I’m so thrilled Trekland will be a part of it — and making history!— along with so many friends and colleagues, too.

Here’s where you can see and find me— including our post-panel meetups:

***THURSDAY— July 18
1:30 pm, Room 24ABC: “Roddenberry Presents” panel — I’ll be repping The Trek Files and RPN, of course.  And then:

4-6 pm, Roddenberry/ Mission Log post-panel meetup:  The Trek Files Trek-o-files and other Roddenberry Podcast Network fans: Join us for swag and more Trektalk at “Havana 1920” bar  in Gaslamp >> 548 5th Ave!

***SATURDAY — July 20

10am-2:30 pm — Signing at AA14 in Autogrpah Alley, Sails Pavillion

4 pm:  Trek Podcasters Ask: “Is Utopian Trek Passé ?”— My panel guests have asked their audiences, and now we turn it to our live fans as well: What is the state of storytelling and audience activation in 2019? (Central Library**)

With John Champion (Mission Log: A Roddenberry Podcast), Ken Ray (Mission Log: A Roddenberry Podcast, Mac OS Ken), Alison “Kenna” Pitt (Daily Star Trek News), Christine Rideout (TrekMovie’s Shuttle Pod), and Aaron Harvey (Saturday Morning Trek, TAS Official Guide) look at all beloved prior Trek as well as Discovery, Picard, Trek animation, and fandom today.

Click in at the Facebook event page, too!

5-7 pm Post-Pod-Panel Meetup!  — Amplified Ale Works, 1429 Island Ave. (3 blocks northeast) Keep the conversation going with our podcasters panel — and I’ll have a flash-deal for Portal 47 and Trekland Treks!   Click in at the Facebook Event page!

**BTW— The Central Library is really just as close to the Sails/Hall C as the Hyatt is!   (Use the overpass)

***SUNDAY —July 21

Noon-1 pm: Star Trek Eyewitness: An Hour with Robert Butler, “The Cage” 1964 Pilot Director — like I said! (Room 29AB)   Click in at the Facebook event page!

UPDATE: 1:30-2:30 pm: Signing by Robert Butler and myself, AA05  (Sails PAvillion “Autograph Alley”)

AND DON’T MISS THE BIG ONE …

SATURDAY
11:30 am-1 pm HALL H — The Big Star Trek Experience from CBS ( 90 minutes):  Sonequa Martin-Green alongside executive producers Alex Kurtzman, Michelle Paradise, and Heather Kadin, with series guest star Tig Notaro, who plays Chief Engineer Reno, moderating the conversation. Star Trek: Lower Decks will feature co-creator and executive producer Mike McMahan and surprise guests sharing an exclusive first look at the upcoming animated series. Star Trek: Picard cast members will come together for the series’ first Comic-Con. The panel will feature, Sir Patrick Stewart, Alison Pill, Michelle Hurd, Evan Evagora, Isa Briones, Santiago Cabrera, and Harry Treadaway, alongside executive producers  Michael Chabon, Akiva Goldsman, Kurtzman and  Kadin.

 

Plus this year AN ACTUAL STAR TREK BOOTH on the floor!

Check out a Discovery transporter booth experience and get the exclusive SFA Visitor pin— plus, signing cast members of Picard and etc ON SATURDAY —all at Booth #4237 for CBS Interactive.

And exclusive first-look Lower Decks animated character pins (after the big panel reveal, of course) later Saturday and Sunday, too!

PLUS THIS YEAR’S STAR TREK OFFICIAL GALLERY!
Picard stuff already?
Yep — over in the “close” Gaslamp area, “again at Michael J. Wolf Fine Arts at 636 Fifth (11a-9p, and 11a-5p Sunday). Plus past prior Picard items from TNG and the films. The scrapbook, too!   There’s an official Picard family crest pin here, too, for visitors.

OH AND PLUS see MORE Trek-related folks :
(no Trek merch-related panels listed here, but they’re there!) :

—THURSDAY

10-11 AM “Behnd the Music” —Composer Jeff Russo  of DSC on panel

11 AM-noon @SuperheroIRL  Pop Culture  Hero Coalition with Chase Masterson on panel

2:30-3:30 pm  Pop Culture  Hero Coalition signing with Chase

5:45 pm  Trek Science  — Erika Lippoldt, Andre Bormanis, with Phil Plaitt and more as panelists

—FRIDAY:
12-1 pm Space Command    With VFX supervisor Mitch Suskin

2-3pm  Designers Cinematic Dreams: DSC Early S1 production designer  Todd Cherniawsky among panelists; signing after!

2:30-3:30 pm  Pop Culture  Hero Coalition signing with Chase

7-8 pm DS9 Doc “What We Left Behind” With Ira, producers and cast (Andy, Penny, Aron, Chase, Cirroc!)

—SATURDAY:
2:30-3:30 pm  Pop Culture  Hero Coalition signing with Chase

2:30 -3:30 PM  The Orville!  (Ballroom 20 ) — Including David Goodman and Brannon Braga

3:30-4:30 pm Neville Page  : Design for TV/Film  (36AB)  — (Damn, I have to miss this one! )

7-9 pm LA Away Team dinner/drinks meetup  for ALL Treks fans at SDCC — in “north” Gaslamp

—SUNDAY:
10-11 am  Pop Culture  Hero Coalition signing  with Chase