5:00-6:00 Comic-Con: El Cortez Memories — People who've been attending Comic-Con since its early days look back most fondly at the shows held at El Cortez Hotel in the 1970s. What made it special? Those who were there can tell you.
5:15-6:45 Kevin Smith — Direct from New York City, where he's directing the new Warner Bros. film A Couple of Dicks starring Bruce Willis, Seann William Scott, and Tracy Morgan, Kevin Smith returns to the Hall H stage for his annual report to the masses.
5:30-6:30 Made for Mobile: Creating Comics for the iPhone and the Big Small Screen — With the advent of bigger screens and increased bandwidth, mobile comics are now poised to make the creative and economic leap to become a major force in the universe of comics.
5:55-7:00 The Vampire Diaries Pilot Screening and Q&A — The Vampire Diaries stars Nina Dobrev (Degrassi: The Next Generation), Paul Wesley (Killer Movie), and Ian Somerhalder (Lost) appear with executive producer/writer Kevin Williamson (Scream), writer Julie Plec (Kyle XY), and executive producer Bob Levy (Gossip Girl), as the series makes its Comic-Con debut with a screening of the much-talked-about pilot, followed by a Q&A.
6:00-7:00 Harvey Kurtzman/MAD — The creator of MAD and Playboy's "Little Annie Fanny," Harvey Kurtzman was called "one of the most important figures in postwar America" by the New York Times.
7:15-8:15 Myth Busters Q&A and Sneak Peeks — The series called "the best science program on television" by the New York Times returns for its second year at Comic-Con. Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage are joined by Tory Belleci and Grant Imahara to discuss their offbeat series that uses science to determine the truth behind urban legends.
Sunday, July 26
Sunday is Kid's Day
10:00-11:00 The Spectacular Spider-Man — This Q&A session—with supervising producer Greg Weisman (Gargoyles), supervising producer/supervising director Vic Cook.10:00-11:00 Phineas & Ferb — Hey kids, whatcha doin'? Going to the Phineas and Ferb panel, that's what! Creators Dan Povenmire (Family Guy) and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh (Rocko's Modern Life) plus the voice of Phineas, Vincent Martella.
10:00-5:00 San Diego International Children's Film Festival — More than 60 short films from around the world made for children and families—animation, live action and documentary—plus filmmaker appearances highlight this Comic-Con family fave.
10:30-11:30 Smallville Screening and Q&A — Comic-Con favorite Smallville returns, as showrunners Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson join cast members Allison Mack (The Ant Bully), Erica Durance (House of the Dead), Cassidy Freeman to talk about the year ahead, answer fan questions and give an exclusive sneak peek at clips from season nine.
11:15-12:15 Nickelodeon Presents: SpongeBob, Fairly OddParents, and The Penguins of Madagascar — You won't want to miss this screening of your favorite Nickelodeon shows, including a never-before-seen episode of SpongeBob SquarePants.
12:00-1:00 How to Draw Monsters — Marshall Vandruff shows drawings of monsters by great masters and explains how drawing methods have not changed in over 500 years.
1:00-2:00 Ghost Whisperer Season Five: Everything New Is New Again — The cast and executive producers present an exclusive first look at video clips from the new season of Ghost Whisperer. Featuring cast members Jennifer Love Hewitt, David Conrad, Christoph Sanders, Jamie Kennedy, and Camryn Manheim and executive producers Ian Sander, Kim Moses, and P. K. Simonds.
2:00-3:00 Star Wars Trivia Game Show — Members of the San Diego Star Wars Society, veteran hosts of trivia game shows at Star Wars Celebration III and at Comic-Con International since 2002.
3:00-4:00 Making Webcomics — Ron Perazza (Zuda Comics), Kwanza Johnson (Zuda Comics), Kevin Colden (Fishtown, I Rule The Night), Cameron Stewart (Transmission X, Vertigo), Molly Crabapple (Act-i-vate, Dr. Sketchys Anti-Art School), and others present a roundtable discussion about the advantages, challenges, questions, solutions, costs and benefits of making webcomics for fun and profit.
4:00-5:00 Buffy the Musical — The powers that be behind Fandom Charities Inc. and Whedonopolis.com present a screening of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode "Once More With Feeling" as Comic-Con 2009's big closing event.
