WonderCon 2025: Full Schedule

10:00am PDT

Remembering Great Comic Book Hero Jules Feiffer

Saturday March 29, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am PDT

Starting as an assistant to Will Eisner on The Spirit, through his “Feiffer” syndicated strip, to his groundbreaking history The Great Comic Book Heroes, to movies like Carnal Knowledge and Popeye, to his Kill My Mother graphic novel trilogy, to his many children’s books, Jules Feiffer (who passed away in January at age95) was a true titan in a wide array of media. Remembering Feiffer’s life and career today is an expert panel, including Charles Hatfield (CSU Northridge), Michael Dooley (Art Center College of Design), Jim Thompson (Duke University), and moderator Danny Fingeroth (Will Eisner Studios).

Special Guests

Danny Fingeroth

WonderCon Special Guest

Danny Fingeroth is a cultural historian and commentator. His books include Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society and Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero. His 2019 biography of Stan Lee, A Marvelous... Read More →

Saturday March 29, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Room 209

1: Programs, Cartooning and Comic Strips, Comics, Fandom, Historical, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Tributes, Writers & Writing, WonderCon Special Guest Spotlights & Appearances

5:00pm PDT

Stan and Jack

Saturday March 29, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT

Room 210

Daniel Fingeroth is the author of A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee. Mark Evanier is the author of Kirby, King of Comics. So the authors of the most-read books about Stan Lee and Jack Kirby will discuss both men and what they meant to the comic book industry, the Marvel Age of Comics, and the childhoods of an awful lot of people.

Special Guests

Mark Evanier

WonderCon Special Guest

Mark Evanier attended his first San Diego Comic-Con in 1970 and has been to every one of these annual events ever since. He was then an assistant to the great Jack Kirby, whom he wrote about in his book Kirby, King of Comics. Mark has also written for live-action TV shows, animated... Read More →

Danny Fingeroth

WonderCon Special Guest

Saturday March 29, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT
Room 210

1: Programs, Cartooning and Comic Strips, Comics, Fandom, Historical, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Tributes, Writers & Writing, WonderCon Special Guest Spotlights & Appearances

12:00pm PDT

Jack Kirby Tribute

Sunday March 30, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT

Room 207

At every WonderCon, we make time to remember the man they call The King of Comics, Jack Kirby. Former Kirby assistant Mark Evanier heads up a dais of folks who knew the man or at least his amazing career. This time out, Mark is joined by two members of Jack’s family—Tracy Kirby and Jeremy Kirby—as well as John Morrow (publisher of The Jack Kirby Collector), Rand Hoppe (founding trustee/director of the Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center), Kirby family friend Dave Schwartz, and attorney Henry W. Holmes (better known as the Kirby-drawn character Destroyer Lawyer).

Special Guests

Mark Evanier

WonderCon Special Guest

Sunday March 30, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
Room 207

1: Programs, Cartooning and Comic Strips, Comics, Fandom, Historical, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Tributes, Writers & Writing, WonderCon Special Guest Spotlights & Appearances