{"id":312041,"date":"2026-05-12T14:36:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/312041\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T14:36:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:36:39","slug":"comic-con-oakland-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/312041\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic Con Oakland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cosplayers wearing their favorite video game, film, anime, cartoon, and comic book costumes walk through the artists\u2019 alley during the first day of the two Comic Con Oakland held at the Oakland Convention Center,<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Fans had the opportunity to meet and greet local and national artists, editors, designers, illustrators, and actors, such as Giancarlo Esposito, well known for his role in Breaking Bad; animator, painter, writer, and director Jorge Gutierrez, known for his award-winning animation \u201cThe Book of Life\u201d; and several more. The event included exhibitors\u2019 booths, posters, collectibles, ceramics, games, and toys, to name a few attractions.<\/p>\n

The event concludes on Mother\u2019s Day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets start at $25 (children 12 and under are free). Check the website for more information on the event comicconoakland.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"CosplayersCosplayers walk through the artists\u2019 alley during Comic Con Oakland at the Oakland Convention Center in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 9, 2026. (Ray Chavez\/Bay Area News Group)
\n\"CosplayerCosplayer Athena Valley of San Francisco, dressed as 2B from the video game \u201cNieR: Automata,\u201d walks through the artists\u2019 alley during Comic Con Oakland at the Oakland Convention Center in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 9, 2026. (Ray Chavez\/Bay Area News Group)
\n\"ActorActor Giancarlo Esposito looks on from a table where he signs autographs and takes photos with fans during Comic Con Oakland at the Oakland Convention Center in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 9, 2026. (Ray Chavez\/Bay Area News Group)
\n\"SanSan Francisco Bay Area artist Steven Russell Black displays his work during Comic Con Oakland at the Oakland Convention Center in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 9, 2026. (Ray Chavez\/Bay Area News Group)
\n\"CosplayersCosplayers look at the artists\u2019 work displayed during Comic Con Oakland at the Oakland Convention Center in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 9, 2026. (Ray Chavez\/Bay Area News Group)
\n\"Animator,Animator, painter, writer, and director Jorge Gutierrez, middle, chats with Oakland fans Joseph Hughes, left, wearing a Huggy Wuggy costume from the video game \u201cPoppy Playtime,\u201d and his twin brother, Patrick, during Comic Con Oakland at the Oakland Convention Center in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 9, 2026. (Ray Chavez\/Bay Area News Group)
\n\"CosplayerCosplayer Victor Huerta of San Leandro, dressed as Rorschach from the comic book series \u201cWatchmen,\u201d walks through the artists\u2019 alley during Comic Con Oakland at the Oakland Convention Center in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 9, 2026. (Ray Chavez\/Bay Area News Group)
\n\"Award-winningAward-winning writer and editor Chris Robinson, of Los Angeles, talks to fans during Comic Con Oakland at the Oakland Convention Center in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 9, 2026. Robinson was recognized for remastering and republishing \u201cAll-Negro Comics: America\u2019s First Black Comic Book,\u201d which was originally created in 1947 by Black writers and artists. (Ray Chavez\/Bay Area News Group)
\n\"OaklandOakland artist Paco Garcia displays his work during Comic Con Oakland at the Oakland Convention Center in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 9, 2026. (Ray Chavez\/Bay Area News Group)
\n\"AA cosplayer walks through the artists\u2019 alley during Comic Con Oakland at the Oakland Convention Center in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 9, 2026. (Ray Chavez\/Bay Area News Group)
\n\"AA fan in a Batman costume heads toward Comic Con Oakland at the Oakland Convention Center in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 9, 2026. (Ray Chavez\/Bay Area News Group)
\n\"CollectibleCollectible magazines display their prices at a booth during Comic Con Oakland at the Oakland Convention Center in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 9, 2026. (Ray Chavez\/Bay Area News Group)
\n\"CosplayersCosplayers walk through the artists\u2019 alley during Comic Con Oakland at the Oakland Convention Center in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 9, 2026. (Ray Chavez\/Bay Area News Group)
\n\"FansFans check the work of Zee Cee Art of Oakland during Comic Con Oakland at the Oakland Convention Center in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 9, 2026. (Ray Chavez\/Bay Area News Group)
\n\"CosplayerCosplayer Delila Brookstone as poison ivy walks through the artists\u2019 alley during Comic Con Oakland at the Oakland Convention Center in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 9, 2026. (Ray Chavez\/Bay Area News Group)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cosplayers wearing their favorite video game, film, anime, cartoon, and comic book costumes walk through the artists\u2019 alley…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[129803,143,145,144],"class_list":["post-312041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-comic-con-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}