Santa Maria Comic Con

06/05/2026

🎙️✨ Guest Announcement: Christopher Corey Smith! ✨🎙️

Christopher Corey Smith is an accomplished American actor, writer, producer, and voice actor from Redwood City, California. A classically trained performer, he studied at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and later founded and served as Artistic Director of his own Shakespeare company in Los Angeles.

While Chris has appeared in television and film, he is best known for his incredible voice-over career, lending his talents to hundreds of animated series, commercials, and video games. Fans may recognize him as The Joker in Lego Batman, Luke Skywalker in Phineas and Ferb, and Race Bannon in Jonny Quest.

Chris was mentored by former Mousketeer and Disney legend Ginny Tyler, whose Disney Storybook Album narrations inspired him as a child. Today, he has come full circle by narrating Star Wars books for Disney. He also trained extensively with the legendary Daws Butler, widely regarded as the king of Hanna-Barbera voices.

Since 2012, Chris has portrayed the globe-trotting adventurer Dr. Hank Johnson in the augmented reality game Ingress. He has been married to Broadway star and voice-over powerhouse Cindy Robinson since 2022.

🔥 Don’t miss your chance to meet Christopher Corey Smith and hear stories from an incredible career spanning animation, gaming, Disney, Star Wars, and beyond!

📍 Appearing at Santa Maria Comic Con
📅 May 1–2, 2027
🎟️ Stay tuned for autograph, photo op, and panel information!

05/30/2026

We are so very excited to announce that Tim Russ will be our headliner 2027!

Santa Maria Comic Con coming to the Santa Maria Fairpark, May 1-2, 2027
Saturday 10-5
Sunday 10-4

Cosplay Contest
Artist Alley
Vendors
TCG Vendors
Food Trucks
Celebrities from Spaceballs, Star Trek, Dragon Ballz, Bleach, Pokemon, Star Wars, Naruto, One Piece!

05/18/2026

🎤 Appearing May 1–2, 2027 at !

Steve is best known for voicing Shunsui Kyōraku in Bleach & Taketsuna Gori in Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, Hiruzen Sarutobi in Naruto / Naruto: Shippūden / and Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Bang Shishigami in BlazBlue, Cain Barzad in The Seven Deadly Sins, Old Supreme Kai in Dragon Ball Super as well as the original voice of Shenron in the Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure movie

With a career spanning decades as a voice actor, director, and writer, Steve has helped bring some of fandom’s most iconic characters to life. Don’t miss your chance to meet him LIVE at Santa Maria Comic Con at the Santa Maria Fairpark!

📍 Santa Maria Fairpark
📅 May 1–2, 2027

05/14/2026

Our first guest announcement for 2027! John Swasey will be joining us May 1-2, 2027!

05/14/2026

Thank you again to everyone that came out, we are working on 2027 and can’t wait to bring another amazing event to Santa Maria!

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We want to thank you for attending Santa Maria Comic Con, we are constantly looking for ways to improve and your input is always welcome!

05/04/2026

A zipper pouch and wallet was found at Santa Maria Comic Con on Sunday! We believe it was a young gentlemen’s wallet please reach out to us if you lost it!

05/04/2026

May the Fourth Be With You!

05/04/2026

The inaugural Santa Maria Comic Con took over the Santa Maria Fairpark this weekend bringing celebrity guests, vendors, cosplay and community-focused programming to the Central Coast. The two-day event marked