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.

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