It's official: this is the date Arnold Schwarzenegger will be at San Diego Comic-Con Málaga

We now have almost all the names for the first edition of San Diego Comic-Con Málaga (SDCCM), but we still didn't know the date on which each guest would take to the stage at the event. On Monday, the organisers released the schedule for the event, which will be held from 25 to 28 September, and the most eagerly awaited guest, Arnold Schwarzenegger, will also have the place of honour at the convention. The legendary actor from the Terminator saga will close the event on Sunday with a masterclass in the morning (11 a.m.) in which he will talk about his career and his journey in Hollywood.

The title of the event refers to one of his greatest films, “Total Recall”, and this will be the main theme of this meeting with the Austrian-born star, whose challenge was to become one of the icons of American culture despite his European origins. The main auditorium of the Malaga Trade Fair and Congress Centre, with a capacity for 950 people and renamed Hall M for the SDCCM, will be the venue for the masterclass, for which tickets are already sold out. From Monday, attendees were able to reserve a place with their personalised ID and ticket, but tickets have flown off the shelves.

As for the rest of the big names on the San Diego Comic-Con Málaga line-up, the weekend sessions will feature the most media appearances. On Saturday, the American network AMC will take centre stage with the presentation of its two major series for the new season: “Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon”, with actors Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride in attendance, and “Talamasca: The Secret Order”, an adaptation of Anne Rice's vampire universe, which will feature the presence of the protagonist, Nicholas Denton (both at the same event at 8 p.m.). This day will also feature the Disney animated series “Star Wars: Visions” (3 p.m.).

The largest number of guests will be present over the weekend, and in addition to those already announced, there will be a talk with Juan Antonio Bayona.

Comic book lovers also have Saturday marked in red, as it will be the turn of Marvel manga artist Peach Momoko, one of the most innovative illustrators of the moment, who will offer a masterclass on her creative process (1 p.m.). Before that, C.B. Cebulski, editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, will take to the stage alongside Elena Casagrande, Carmen Carnero, Pepe Larraz, Sara Pichelli and Luciano Vecchio to talk about the reinvention and challenges of the brand's legendary characters (11.30 am).

Opening gala

The opening ceremony for San Diego Comic-Con Málaga is scheduled for Thursday 25th (7.30 pm), although details have not yet been revealed. On Friday 26th, the highlight will be the Disney brand and the presentation of the new version of the classic “Tron” (6 pm), which will be released on the big screen in October and whose cast is yet to be confirmed.

As for the last day, Sunday, the organisers have not only scheduled the patron of this inaugural edition, Arnold Schwarzenegger, but have also reserved space for a meeting with one of the Spanish directors in Hollywood, JA Bayona (“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” and “The Snow Society”), at 6 pm. In the field of comics, the closing ceremony will also feature the first name announced at this convention, legendary DC artist and editor Jim Lee (4 p.m.). The head of the superhero publishing house will offer an exclusive live drawing session, where he will bring iconic characters from the publishing house to life while answering questions from the audience.

Daily schedule of activities

Thursday, 25 September

11:00-12:00 Competing in Mario Kart World -Gaming Plaza-

11:00-14:00 Simple family games -Ludic Plaza-

11:00-13:00 Superhero drawing -Workshop 5-

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Feroca presents: New and old materials in set design and characterisation -Workshop 3-

11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. The journey of the hero and heroine -Auditorium 2-. (Reservation required)

12:00-15:00 Miniature painting with Ángel Giráldez -Workshop 1-

12:00-13:30 Revival+ San Diego Comic-Con Málaga Special -Auditorium 1- (Reservation required)

12:00-13:00 Webtoon Creation -Workshop 4-

12:00-13:00 League of Legends: LEC Finals Round Table -Gaming Plaza-

12:00-12:45 Creatives & Algorithms: A New Generation of Professions - The New Coexistence: AI and Audiovisuals -Auditorium 3-

13:00-14:00 Walter White ‘cooking up games’ -Gaming Plaza-

13:00-14:00 Animum presents: ‘The magic of visual effects’ -Workshop 2-

13:00-13:45 Oscar-winning ideas: The art and heart behind award-winning animated shorts - Auditorium 2 - (Reservation required)

13:30-14:30 Feroca presents: From fan to creator: How to bring your favourite characters to life - Workshop 3 -

13:30-14:15 Local superheroes: Andalusians behind Star Wars, DC and Walking Dead productions -Auditorium 3-

14:00-15:00 From zero to hero: How to bring your character to life with a spectacular wig -Workshop 5-

14:00-15:00 Cinco Duros: The Saga Continues - Volume 3, the documentary series and Zona 0 Evolution -Gaming Plaza-

14:30-15:30 Between Heroes and Villains -Hall M- (Reservation required)

14:30-15:15 Virtual plans by Manuel R -Auditorium 2- (Reservation required)

15:00-16:00 Paper Heroes: A decade of books and video games -Gaming Plaza-

15:00-17:30 Devir presents: Catan Connect: The big game -Ludic Plaza-

15:00-15:45 Ian Livingstone: From workshop to legend – 50 years of games, 30 years of revolution -Auditorium 3-

15:00-15:45 Robert Valley Indie Spirit: Animation beyond the mainstream -Auditorium 1- (Reservation required)

15:30-16:30 Carlos Pacheco Forever -Workshop 4-

15:45-17:30 Shadowlands presents: Live role-playing -Role Play 3-

16:00-17:30 Superhero drawing -Workshop 5-

16:00-17:00 Creating a monster: A live drawing session -Gaming Plaza-

16:00-16:45 The reinvention of fear: Contemporary horror in comics -Auditorium 2- (Reservations required)

16:30-17:30 Feroca presents: Creating 3D props with resins and filaments -Workshop 5-

16:30-21:00 Role Play by Shadowlands -Role Play 1- (Reservation required)

16:30-17:15 The art of presenting storyboards: From sketch to final image -Auditorium 3-

16:30-17:15 Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past -Auditorium 1- (Reservation required)

16:30-19:30 Vallejo Acrylic Painting Workshop -Workshop 1-

17:00-18:00 Animum presents: ‘The Magic of Visual Effects’ -Workshop 2-

17:00-21:00 Role Play by Devir -Role Play 2- (Reservation required)

17:00-18:00 Imagining Crisol: The Art of Tormentosa -Gaming Plaza-

17:30-18:30 How to make a comic for Marvel -Workshop 4-

17:30-18:15 Animation screening: European films 2025 -Auditorium 2- (Reservation required)

17:30-18:30 Warrior Women -Hall M-

18:00-19:00 From indie dream to global launch: Creating Rivals Hover League -Gaming Plaza-

18:00-18:45 FML: Magic, Rebellion and the Apocalypse -Auditorium 3-

18:00-19:00 Revival Premiere -Auditorium 1- (Reservations required)

6:30-7:30 p.m. How did I get to Marvel? -Workshop 3-

7:00-8:00 p.m. Creating your first cosplay -Workshop 5-

7:00-7:45 p.m. The American comic book market: Myths and realities -Auditorium 2- (Reservations required)

7:30-8:30 p.m. Opening ceremony -Hall M-

7:30-8:15 p.m. Beyond the brush: Art, technique and community in the world of miniatures -Auditorium 3-

8:30-9:30 p.m. WTF Annecy -Auditorium 2- (Reservation required)

Friday, 26 September

10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Feroca presents: Live characterisation – ‘El Archivo de las Tormentas’ (The Storm Archive) – Auditorium 3

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EA Sports FC 26: How to play like a pro? – Auditorium 2 (Reservation required)

11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Role-playing by Shadowlands (Reservations required)

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Fortnite Tournament: Movistar KOI vs GIANTX -Gaming Plaza-

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. How did I get to Marvel? -Workshop 3-

11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. AK Interactive Presents: Painting workshop with SOMA -Workshop 1-

11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Role-playing by Devir -Role Play 2- (Reservation required)

11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. From the art of animation to the final image (art directors) -Auditorium 1- (Reservation required)

11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Marvel Hour -Ludic Plaza-

11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. UAH Comic Chair Symposium: Yesterday and today of the hero in Spanish comics -Workshop 4-

11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Shadowlands presents: Raven -Role Play 3-

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Animum presents: ‘How to create a 3D universe’ -Workshop 2-

12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Monument Valley: The Art of the Illusion -Gaming Plaza-

12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Superhero Drawing -Workshop 5-

12:30-13:30 UAH Comic Chair Symposium: The Hero in European Comics -Workshop 4-

12:45-13:30 ‘THE MATRIX ▶︎ NEO CINEMA ► FUTURE’ A conversation with Oscar winner JOHN GAETA -Auditorium 2- (Reservations required)

12.45-13.30 Mark Andrews: Embracing chaos, how history changes through drawing -Auditorium 3-

13.00-14.00 The process of creating Dawnwalker -Gaming Plaza-

13.00-13.45 Batman #1 -Auditorium 1- (Reservation required)

13:30-14:30 La Salle presents: Audiovisual sector: Black Mirror? -Workshop 2-

13:30-14:15 UAH Comic Chair Symposium: Images and migrations of the hero in Latin America -Workshop 4-

14:00-15:00 50 years of video games in Spain. Past, present and future -Gaming Plaza-

14:15-15:00 The rebirth of Dungeons & Dragons -Auditorium 2- (Reservation required)

14:15-15:00 Feroca presents: Animatronics with Robots Can Cry -Auditorium 3-

14:30-15:30 Creating a cosplay: How I made Comic-Con Girl -Workshop 5-

14:30-15:30 From the workshop to fantasy: How to build superhero technology -Workshop 3-

14:30-15:15 The keys to success: Fantasy cinema in today's film and television industry -Auditorium 1- (Reservation required)

14:45-17:45 AK Interactive Presents: Melonkicks Workshop -Workshop 1-

15:00-18:00 Bumblebee Interactive presents: Blood on the Clocktower -Role Play 3-

15:00-18:00 Europa Universalis V: Behind the Scenes -Gaming Plaza-

15:00-16:30 The Spider-Man Multiverse -Hall M-

15:30-16:30 U-tad presents: Designing heroes and villains: From sketch to myth -Workshop 2-

15:30-17:30 Tranjis Games presents: Presentation of Virus! Marvel -Ludic Plaza-

15:45-16:30 How to create iconic art: It all starts with a cover -Auditorium 2- (Reservation required)

15:45-16:30 Off The Page: From comics to board games -Auditorium 3-

16:00-16:45 UAH Comic Chair Symposium: Architectures of the Superheroic -Workshop 4-

16:00-20:30 Role-playing by Shadowlands -Role Play 1- (Reservation required)

16:00-17:00 Patterns and Hideouts: Playing with a Comic -Gaming Plaza-

16:00-16:45 40 Years of Grangel Studio -Auditorium 1- (Reservation required)

16:15-17:15 Spotlight on Yaya Han: Opening -Workshop 3-

16:30-21:00 Role-playing by Devir & FFG -Role Play 2- (Reservation required)

16:30-17:30 Creating a cosplay: How I made Crisanta -Workshop 5-

17:00-17:45 UAH Comic Chair Symposium: Through the Looking Glass: Antiheroines and Villains -Workshop 4-

17:00-18:00 Gods TV: Satire, spectacle and roguelike in full colour -Gaming Plaza-

17:15-18:00 Unlocking Secret Level -Auditorium 2- (Reservation required)

17:15-18:00 Creating legends: Collectible sculptures and design for film/TV -Auditorium 3-

17:30-18:30 Animum presents: ‘How to create a 3D universe’ -Workshop 2-

18:00-19:00 Suja and Fortnite: A review of their career -Gaming Plaza-

18:00-20:00 Disney: Tron Ares -Hall M- (Reservation required)

6:15-7:15 p.m. Feroca presents: 3D printing in cosplay: Moulds and pieces -Workshop 3-

6:30-8:00 p.m. Superhero drawing -Workshop 5-

6:30-9:00 p.m. Meet & Greet: Duncan Rhodes -Workshop 1-

6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Asmodee presents: Star Wars - The Battle of Hoth: The Board Game - Ludic Plaza

6:45 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Beyond Manga: New Frontiers for Comics - Auditorium 3

7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Fantasy Melodies: Nobuo Uematsu. Staged reading and concert -Auditorium 1- (Reservations required)

7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bumblebee Interactive presents: Blood on the Clocktower -Role Play 3-

7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Anzuelo: Emma Ríos' new creative journey -Workshop 4-

19:30-20:30 UDIT presents: The Hero's Journey: An Inspirational Talk for Future Animation and Illustration Students -Workshop 2-

20:00-21:00 The Neighbour: Neighbourhood Superheroes -Workshop 3-

8:00-9:00 p.m. Composing worlds: Blades of Fire by MercurySteam through its music -Auditorium 2- (Reservations required)

8:15-9:00 p.m. Characters and creatures: Art and VFX in Hollywood -Auditorium 3-

Saturday, 27 September

11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Role-playing by Devir & FFG – Role Play 2 – (Reservations required)

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Elesky in concert: Soundtracks from great Spanish video games – Gaming Plaza –

11:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Gaming Plaza -Auditorium 2-

11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Asmodee presents: Star Wars Unlimited -Ludic Plaza- (Reservations required)

11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Predator: Badlands + Predator: Killer of Killers -Hall M- (Reservations required)

11:00-11:45 UAH Comic Chair Symposium: Generations of Superheroines: From Pulp to Everyday Life -Workshop 4-

11:00-14:30 Devir presents: The Walking Dead RPG -Role Play 3- (Reservation required)

11:00-12:00 Animum presents: ‘Design your hero’ -Workshop 2-

11:30-14:30 Role Play by Shadowlands -Role Play 1- (Reservation required)

11:30-12:15 Marvel All-Stars -Auditorium 1- (Reservation required)

11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Feroca presents: The engineering of magic: masters of FX makeup in Spain -Auditorium 3-

11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Asmodee presents: IONIC painting workshop -Workshop 1-

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Feroca presents: EVA foam texturing -Workshop 3-

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Creating a cosplay: How I made Savathûn -Workshop 5-

12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Mr Coo Universe -Gaming Plaza-

12:00-12:45 UAH Comic Chair Symposium: Fathers, mothers, action: Psychoanalysis of the superhero -Workshop 4-

12:30-13:15 Designing the perfect game -Auditorium 2- (Reservation required)

13:00-13:45 UAH Comic Chair Symposium: Superheroes and counterculture -Workshop 4-

13:00-14:00 Remastering Age of Empires II -Gaming Plaza-

13:00-13:45 Anime focus: The style of The Orange Studio -Auditorium 1- (Reservation required)

13:00-13:45 Live Drawing with Peach Momoko -Auditorium 3-

13:00-14:00 La Salle presents: Audiovisual sector: Black Mirror? -Workshop 2-

13:30-14:30 How did I get to Marvel? -Workshop 3-

13:30-15:00 Drawing Superheroes -Workshop 5-

14:00-15:00 SEED: It Starts with You -Gaming Plaza-

14:00-14:45 Devir Show: 25th Anniversary Special -Auditorium 2- (Reservations required)

14:30-15:15 Mark Andrews: Embracing chaos, how history changes through drawing -Auditorium 2-

14:30-15:15 Riot Games x Fortiche: Narrative in League of Legends -Auditorium 1- (Reservation required)

15:00-16:00 Toymaker: A game of creating stuffed animals -Gaming Plaza-

15:00-16:00 Directors chat with directors: a conversation about Star Wars: Visions -Hall M- (Reservations required)

15:00-21:00 Asmodee presents: Star Wars: The playful cantina -Ludic Plaza-

15:00-16:00 Building stories: the art of Laura Pérez -Workshop 4-

15:00-16:00 U-tad presents: From the classroom to Olympus: The hero's journey in animation -Workshop 2-

15:30-18:00 Bumblebee Interactive presents: Blood on the Clocktower -Role Play 3-

3:30-4:45 p.m. Premiere of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles + Meet & Greet -Auditorium 2- (Reservations required)

4:00-5:00 p.m. New games from emerging creators you won't want to miss -Gaming Plaza-

16:00-16:45 Worlds to discover: The romantasy that is changing the rules -Auditorium 3-

16:00-16:45 From script to screen: Fantastic cinema made in Spain -Auditorium 1- (Reservation required)

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 9 ¾ Destination Hogwarts -Workshop 3-

4:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. AK Interactive presents: Painting workshop with José DaVinci -Workshop 1-

4:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Role-playing by Shadowlands -Role Play 1- (Reservations required)

16:45-17:45 Masterclass on covers with Dave Dorman -Workshop 4-

17:00-18:00 Kings League Clash of Captains -Gaming Plaza-

17:00-18:00 Animum presents: ‘Design your hero’ -Workshop 2-

17:00-19:00 SDCC Málaga Cosplay Contest - Catwalk -Hall M- (Reservation required)

17:30-18:15 Feroca presents: Characterisation of a fantasy dwarf warrior -Auditorium 3-

17:30-18:30 Superheroes in cinema: The industry that cannot fall -Auditorium 1- (Reservation required)

17:30-19:00 Superhero drawing -Workshop 5-

18:00-21:00 Role-playing by Devir & FFG -Role Play 2- (Reservation required)

18:00-19:00 The Art of the Hit: Inside the World of Hitman -Gaming Plaza-

18:00-18:45 The Future of Narrative in Video Games: Creative Visions Behind Split Fiction and Expedition 33 -Auditorium 2- (Reservation required)

18:00-19:00 From the workshop to fantasy: How to build superhero technology -Workshop 3-

18:30-19:30 Live Drawing with Kenny Ruiz -Workshop 4-

19:00-20:00 Voxel School presents: The Hero's Journey -Workshop 2-

7:00 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. Bumblebee Interactive presents: Blood on the Clocktower -Role Play 3-

7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Shadowlands presents: Worlds at stake: Narrating, creating and playing with the imaginary -Workshop 1-

7:00 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Drawing Memory: Comics with Soul -Auditorium 3-

7:15 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Toy Story -Auditorium 1- (Reservations required)

7:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Imagining Worlds: How to Think and Draw Science Fiction -Auditorium 2- (Reservation required)

8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. AMC: Talamasca: The Secret Order + Daryl Dixon -Hall M- (Reservation required)

8:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. Heavy Metal: Past, Present and Future -Workshop 4-