Spotlight on Geek Therapy: Your Guide to Community Member Panels at San Diego Comic-Con 2023

San Diego Comic-Con 2023

Author: Ariel Landrum

Fasten your seatbelts for a thrilling adventure through the imagination multiverse as we traverse the riveting world of San Diego Comic-Con 2023. Taking place from Thursday, July 20 to Sunday, July 23, with a special preview night on Wednesday, July 19, this year’s Comic-Con is a beacon of fandom, creativity, and geek culture. Under the banner of Geek Therapy, we’ve transformed our passion for pop culture into a tool for therapy, education, and everyday life, facilitating vital conversations, fostering personal growth, and championing mental health. And where better to embody these principles than the electrifying mecca of Comic-Con fandom?

Comic-Con promises to be a veritable treasure trove of captivating and insightful panels this year. Whether you’re a diehard fan of superheroes or space explorers, a devotee of wizards or hobbits, or find yourself drawn to the world of androids and dragons, a bounty of experiences awaits you. Among these fantastic elements, the show’s real stars are the dedicated members of our Geek Therapy Community, who will be enlightening various panels throughout the event.

Navigating the expansive landscape of Comic-Con can feel as daunting as guiding the Starship Enterprise through a galaxy-spanning wormhole. But worry not intrepid voyagers; we’ve got your coordinates! We’ve curated a detailed guide to all the panels featuring our Geek Therapy community members.

So, spark your lightsabers, don your capes, and take the reins of your dragons! It’s time to venture into the boundless domain of geek culture. Check out the list below of all the panels our community is partaking in during Comic-Con 2023. With this guide, you won’t miss a single moment of geek therapy magic!:

Thursday, July 20

• 11:00 am PDT
  • @SuperheroIRL: Mental Health and Changing the World with Comics
  • Comics Crazy Talk: Fifty Years of Mental Health, Pop Culture, and Comic-Con
  • Humor Comics: Are They Still Needed?
• 1:00 pm PDT
  • Bridging the Digital Gap Between Comics Publishers and Libraries
• 4:00 pm PDT
  • Coming Together: Honoring AANHPI Voices in Pop Culture
• 5:00 pm PDT
  • Old Nerds, New Tricks
    • The Concept to Creation Workshop
• 6:00 pm PDT
  • My Hero Therapy: Heroes IRL
• 6:30 pm PDT
  • From the Screen to Your Plate: Food in Pop Culture
• 7:00 pm PDT
  • The Fil-Am Diaspora in Pop Culture
  • The Collector’s Corner
  • The Concept to Creation Workshop
• 7:30 pm PDT
  • Hollyweird Science: Should Psychological Thrillers Be Considered Science Fiction?
• 8:00 pm PDT
  • Tag! You’re Dead! Why We Love Death-Match Stories

Friday, July 21

• 10:00 am PDT
  • Eisner Awards Hall of Fame Presentation
• 1:00 pm PDT
  • Comics Arts Conference Session #7: Comics Make the World a Better Place: How People Help People with Comics
• 2:00 pm PDT
  • Comics Arts Conference Session #8: Battling Bias and Discrimination: Comic Narratives as Tools for Healing
  • The Kaiju Kingdom Podcast
• 5:00 pm PDT
  • @SuperheroIRL: Harnessing the Power of Pop Culture for Mental Health Awareness
  • Centers and Certificates: Comics Go to College
  • Psychology and Our Love (or Hate) of Movie Sequels
• 6:00 pm PDT
  • How to Create Psychologically Rich Characters
  • Our Flag Means Death: ‘ships on Ships
  • Asian Americans Built the Comic Market
• 6:30 pm PDT
  • Spider-Man: Untangling the Spider-Verse
  • Star Wars Andor: Making a Rebel, Making a Rebellion

Saturday, July 22

• 12:00 pm PDT
  • Baking and Mental Health with Kim-Joy
  • Kapow, Woosh, Zap! Engaging Students with Comics in the Classroom
• 1:00 pm PDT
  • Halo-Halo: A Scoop of Filipino-American Voices in Comics
• 2:30 pm PDT
  • Women on the Dark Side
• 3:00 pm PDT
  • Hope and Perseverance in Hollywood
• 3:45 pm PDT
  • The Sights and Sounds of Lumpia, The Deep Fried Universe, and Beyond
• 4:00 pm PDT
  • The Forgotten Trio: Colorists, Inkers, and Letterers
  • Creators Assemble: Comics Camaraderie, A Networking Event
• 5:00 pm PDT
  • Hey, That’s Just Like Me! When Superheroes Represent Their Readers
• 6:00 pm PDT
  • How to Craft Complex and Diverse Characters: Unleashing Representation
  • The Science (and Schmience) of the Arrowverse
• 7:00 pm PDT
  • Boldly Go: The Psychology of Star Trek: Picard
• 8:00 pm PDT
  • Multiverse of Marvel: Secret Invasion, Across the Spider-Verse, and Loki too
  • Diversity in Horror: From Creator to Character

Sunday, July 23

• 10:00 am PDT
  • Michelin and Celebrity Chefs on Fandom Food
• 11:00 am PDT
  • Leveraging the Power of Popular Culture to Inspire Change at Scale
  • The Power of AANHPI Women in Media
• 2:00 pm PDT
  • How to Use Your Voice in Games Film, TV, and Tech: A Career Chat

Stay tuned, stay geeky, and remember: In the vibrant tapestry of our universe, every fan’s story is a crucial thread!