The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is giving San Diego Comic-Con attendees an early look inside the long-awaited Los Angeles museum before it officially opens on September 22, 2026. The museum’s SDCC return includes a Hall H panel featuring Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, Jim Lee, Ryan Linkof, and moderator Keke Palmer. And there’s also a convention-floor booth offering limited-edition merchandise for the first time.
Hall H Explores the Art Behind the Stories
The “Inside the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art” panel takes place Thursday, July 23 at 4:45 p.m. in Hall H. Senior Curator and Head of Film Programs Ryan Linkof will be joined by Stoopid Buddy Stoodios co-founders Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, along with DC President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee.
Keke Palmer will moderate the conversation, which promises an early look at the museum’s upcoming content and film programming. The group will also explore the meaning of narrative art and the creative detours that have influenced George Lucas and generations of visual storytellers.
That range of voices makes the panel especially interesting. Green and Senreich bring decades of stop-motion comedy and pop culture remixing, Lee represents one of the biggest creative forces in modern comics, and Linkof can connect those contemporary forms to the museum’s much broader history of visual storytelling.
Narrative Art Goes Far Beyond the Screen
The museum was co-founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson to celebrate the way people tell stories through images. Its collection and programming will examine everything from prehistoric cave paintings and illustration to comic art, photography, animation, and modern screen storytelling.
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That mission feels especially appropriate for Comic-Con, where comics, films, television, games, toys, and fan art all collide. The Lucas Museum is not simply presenting famous props or celebrating a single franchise. It is positioning those works inside a much larger tradition of images shaping beliefs, inspiring people, and creating communities.
Fans Can Take Home an Early Piece of the Lucas Museum
The Lucas Museum will also have a presence on the exhibition floor at Booth #2913-G from Wednesday, July 22 through Sunday, July 26. Located near one of the convention floor’s main entrances, the booth will debut new collectible merchandise before the museum opens.
The Los Angeles museum itself will occupy a 300,000-square-foot building in Exposition Park designed by Ma Yansong of MAD with Stantec. The building is part of a new 11-acre campus featuring a public park designed by Mia Lehrer of Studio-MLA, extending the museum’s educational and community programming outdoors.
The “Inside the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art” panel takes place Thursday, July 23 at 4:45 p.m. in Hall H. Attendees can also visit Booth #2913-G throughout San Diego Comic-Con, July 22 through July 26. The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art officially opens in Los Angeles on September 22, 2026.
Are you excited to get an early look inside the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art? Which panelist are you most interested in hearing discuss visual storytelling? Will you be stopping by the booth to check out the limited-edition merchandise? Share your thoughts in the comments or @me.
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