Press FAQ

Click here to create your Comic-Con Member ID. A Member ID is free and available to all adults and juniors (ages 13 to 17) with a unique and valid email address.

Your Outlet Key Contact (OKC) must submit the Press Application by FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2025  for Comic-Con 2025 consideration.

Your Outlet Key Contact* must submit the Press Application by FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2025 for Comic-Con 2025 consideration.

*Outlet Key Contact (OKC) is the primary person responsible for facilitating communication between the press outlet and Comic-Con. There can only be one OKC per press outlet. However, an OKC may be the OKC for multiple outlets.

Detailed instructions on how to apply can be found HERE.

If your press outlet is approved, your Outlet Key Contact will be able to register for Comic-Con 2025 press badges once registration opens. You do not need to sign up for a new Member ID if you already have one.

The Outlet Key Contact is the primary person responsible for facilitating all communication between the press outlet and Comic-Con. There can only be one Outlet Key Contact per press outlet. However, an Outlet Key Contact may be the Outlet Key Contact for multiple press outlets.

Only ONE application per outlet will be accepted.

• If multiple members from your outlet wish to attend as press, your Outlet Key* Contact should only submit one application and list the additional members within it. 
• Individual members wishing to attend as press should submit the application for the outlet they intend to represent and designate themselves as the Outlet Key Contact. This would include freelance press members.

Your Outlet Key Contact* must submit the Press Outlet Application by FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2025 for Comic-Con 2025 consideration. 

Detailed instructions on how to apply can be found HERE.

*Outlet Key Contact (OKC) is the primary person responsible for facilitating communication between the press outlet and Comic-Con. There can only be one OKC per press outlet. However, an OKC may be the OKC for multiple outlets.

To update or change the Outlet Key Contact of a press outlet, email pressreg@comic-con.org for assistance. The new Outlet Key Contact must have their own valid and confirmed Comic-Con Member ID. To create a Comic-Con Member ID, please click here.

No, Comic-Con is unable to accept any faxed or emailed applications or verification materials.

Comic-Con is able to provide complimentary press badge(s) to press outlets that meet the published guidelines. This requires you to provide information and examples of work in order for us to verify the legitimacy of the applying press outlet.

Press outlet verification approval is valid for two consecutive years (for example, approved press outlets for our upcoming convention will be valid for 2025 and 2026), unless earlier verification is requested by Comic-Con.

Freelance press members’ verification will only be valid for the year approved.

If your Outlet Key Contact cannot, or chooses not to, provide the required verification materials, we suggest that you purchase an attendee badge, if available. A Press Application cannot be processed if your Outlet Key Contact does not provide verification materials. Simply listing press outlet information on the application is not considered verification.

Please allow 3 – 6 weeks for processing and review. All press applications are processed in the order in which they are received. The Outlet Key Contact will be notified via email if the press outlet has been approved or declined.

Once your Outlet Key Contact submits the Press Application successfully, they will receive an email receipt of the submission with the subject “Press Application Submission – WonderCon and Comic-Con 2025.” The Outlet Key Contact should forward this email to pressreg@comic-con.org for further assistance.

The Outlet Key Contact will be notified, at a later date, when Comic-Con 2025 Press Registration opens. Until that time no action is required.

The Outlet Key Contact will be notified, at a later date, when Comic-Con 2025 Press Registration opens. Until that time no action is required.

No. A Comic-Con press badge is provided free of charge as a courtesy for covering our convention therefore we cannot provide you with a plus-one, guest, or child badge.

There will be NO on-site registration for press. Press Applications submitted after FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2025, will not be considered for Comic-Con 2025.

Your Outlet Key Contact must have submitted the Press Application by FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2025, for Comic-Con 2025 consideration. We are unable to consider any additional press applications or requests for Comic-Con 2025 after the deadline.

Posting or airing more than 15 minutes of a panel without prior written consent from Comic-Con is not permitted. Live streaming is also not permitted. Registered press members that would like to videotape, film, and/or record any matter that will be used for commercial purposes (non-news) must first obtain written permission from Comic-Con and any other participants being recorded. To request the appropriate consents, please email pr@comic-con.org with detailed information regarding the interest to record at Comic-Con.

Posting or airing more than 15 minutes of a panel without prior consent from Comic-Con is not permitted. Live streaming is also not permitted. Registered press members who would like to videotape, film, and/or record any matter that will be used for commercial purposes (non-news) must first obtain written permission from Comic-Con and any other participants being recorded. To request the appropriate consents, please email pr@comic-con.org with detailed information regarding the interest to record at Comic-Con.

Additionally, you must submit a Press Application by FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2025. Approval is not guaranteed.

Yes, Comic-Con has a press workroom located inside the San Diego Convention Center that will have dedicated Wi-Fi for our registered press members. You must have a Comic-Con 2025 press badge to enter this room. 

Please note: You may not leave any personal belongings in this room. Details will be sent via email to registered press members prior to the convention.

A Comic-Con press badge does not give you early access, special access, or assigned seating to any of our panels or programming rooms. You must wait in the same line as the general attendees.