June 22, 2019
2019-06-22T10:00:00
800 Alma St.
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Menlo Park Comic Con®
Saturday, June 22, 2019
The Menlo Park Comic Con® is back! Round up your friends and join us!
The Menlo Park Comic Con® is back! Immerse yourself in a day of comic, sci-fi and gamer-related fandom fun for adults and children alike.
Our 4th annual free-admission event will feature cosplay, live music, artists, vendors, special guests, a photo booth, hands-on activities, games, film screenings, an escape room and more!
Scheduled participants include
- Charles M. Schulz Museum
- Elephant and Piggie
- The 501st Legion
- The Rebel Legion
- The Mandalorian Mercs
- San Mateo County Office of Diversity and Equity
- HCC Cosplay
- Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild
- Cosplay with Pride
- US Quidditch: Silicon Valley Vipers & Bay Area Breakers
- Illusive Comics & Games
- Green Machine Comics
- Cheeky Monkey Toys
Artists
- Debbie Huey ("Bumperboy")
- Nan Hockin
- Fernando Rodriguez and Luis Rodriguez ("Aztec of the City")
- Ana Aranda ("The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra," "Our Celebración!"
- Manuel Martinez
- Khalid Birdsong ("Little Fried Chicken and Sushi")
- Amber Padilla
- NPC Comics
- In Hiatus Studios
- Fracture Comics
Panels
- 10:30 a.m.: Office of Diversity & Equity comic project: “Where There is Life There is Hope: BeTheOneSMC”
- 11:30 a.m.: Cosplay 101 with HCC Cosplay
- 12:30 p.m.: BE the 501st, with the 501st Legion Golden Gate Garrison
- 1:30 p.m.: Learn How to Draw Kawaii Doodles with Nan Hockin
- 2:30 p.m.: Harry Potter "Pub Trivia"
Live music
- 11 a.m. to Noon: Margaret and Kristoph: Songs of Tolkien
- 2-3 p.m.: Cartoon Violence with Doctor Octave and Professor Robot
Film screenings
- 10:15 a.m.: Drawn Together: Comics, Diversity, and Stereotypes
- 11:15 a.m.: Hulk (Directed by Ang Lee)
- 1:40 p.m. The Animated Century
Stay tuned as more details and participants are announced!
This event is funded in part by support from the Friends of the Menlo Park Library.
Comic-Con is a registered trademark of San Diego Comic Convention. Used with permission.