Autographs

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Located on the upper level in the Sails Pavilion, the Autograph Area is the place to go for a special memento from a variety of artists, authors, and actors from every area of popular culture. Some sign directly after a panel, so check the programming grid daily. 

The Autograph Area is open from 10:00 to 7:00 Thursday through Saturday and from 10:00 to 5:00 Sunday. No autograph sessions will be held before or after these times.

Changes and surprise additions will occur throughout the week; for the most up-to-date information, check back here often. Updated schedules will also be publicized in the daily newsletter, on information boards located throughout the center, and at the Autograph Area Information desk, which is staffed from 9:00 to 7:00 Thursday through Saturday and from 9:00 to 5:00 Sunday.

Because of high demand and the limited time available from Autograph Area participants appearing to sign autographs, some signings may require tickets. These tickets are dispersed through a line-drawing procedure. Additionally, the Autograph Area Coordinator may need to shut down a line at any time, even if people are still waiting for an autograph. If shutting down becomes necessary, we apologize for any resulting inconvenience or disappointment.

Please note that Autograph Area participants may charge for their autograph in the Autograph Area as long as the participants work with the Autograph Area Coordinator to ensure that all rules are followed and that all of the required paperwork is prepared in advance.

Autograph Area participants must sign one copy of an official Comic-Con publication, such as the Events Quick Guide, for any attendee at no charge. Participants may sign one other item instead of the publication at no charge if the attendee would prefer and the participant agrees. A purchase may not be required to sign an official Comic-Con publication or the substituted, agreed-upon item. Autograph Area participants are not expected to sign anything they deem offensive or that violates contractual agreements.

Rules for Line Drawings

Because of the popularity of many signings, some of which are limited by time or by the number of people the participant has agreed to sign for, those signings may be ticketed. Tickets for limited signings are distributed by drawings.

To participate in the drawing, please go to the indicated line and pick a ticket out of a container or push the button on the Box of Decision. The winning tickets will have a distinct stamp on the back, and the Box of Decision will light up green. Once a winner has been determined, they will immediately receive a wristband that will admit the wearer into the designated autograph line at the specified location and time. If you do not draw a winning ticket or if the Box of Decision lights up red, you may return to the end of the line to try again until all the wristbands have been given out.

Prior to the start of the ticket drawings, an area will be designated for those who wish to wait for the drawings to begin. You may line up for that day’s drawings each morning as soon as you enter the building. No lines other than those in this officially designated area will be recognized. When space becomes available, each line will be escorted to the proper queue for the drawings to be done that morning. Winning the drawing for a line ticket grants you, with your winning wristband, the opportunity to stand in line to get an autograph at the location and time designated when you drew the winning ticket.

The duration of the autograph session is considered when determining the number of winning tickets. The fire marshal may shut down any line believed to be a hazard at any time. Your badge does not guarantee autographs at any event.

Procedure for Attendees with Mobility Issues

This procedure may be used by any attendee with mobility issues who has registered at the Deaf and Disabled Services department and wishes to obtain autographs from participants appearing in the Autograph Area, participate in any ticket drawing in the Autograph Area, or is picking up an exclusive signing wristband in the Autograph Area. 

• If there is a line to obtain an autograph, a line to pull a ticket to gain entrance into an autograph line, or a line to pick up an exclusive signing wristband, Comic-Con will provide someone to stand in your place.

• You must arrive prior to the scheduled autograph time, drawing time, or wristband pick-up time and check in at the Autograph Area Mobility Assistance desk with the proper credentials from the Deaf and Disabled Services department. 

• When you check in, your name will be placed on a list and a volunteer will be assigned to stand in your place in the line you have chosen. The assigned volunteer will go to the end of the chosen line and proceed through the line with the rest of the attendees.

• You and your assigned volunteer will discuss the best course of action (for example, you will wait near the front of the line, and when the volunteer has reached the front, you will trade places with the volunteer and obtain the autograph or pull the ticket, or you may choose to have the volunteer pull a ticket from the bag/push the button on the Box of Decision and meet you in a designated location).

• If there is more than one autograph or drawing you wish to participate in simultaneously, you may have the assigned volunteer do one after the other, but you may not have two volunteers assigned.

• When the assigned volunteer has completed the task, the volunteer will return to the Autograph Area Mobility Assistance desk and check back in. 

If you do not check in and request a volunteer to stand in your place, it is expected that you will wait in any Autograph Area line with all other attendees. During Autograph Area sessions, attendees with credentials from the Deaf and Disabled Services department will not be ushered from the side of the Autograph Area table to the front of the line unless they have followed the above procedure and they are taking the place of their assigned volunteer in the line.

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Autographs Schedule

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