{"id":729907,"date":"2026-04-15T14:45:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/729907\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:45:18","slug":"texass-largest-pop-culture-fest-returns-to-houston-this-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/729907\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas\u2019s Largest Pop Culture Fest Returns To Houston This May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Circle-Photo-Collage-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\" alt=\"Image shows two cosplayers dressed up as a woman Deadpool character and Wolverine character posing in front of the Comicpalooza banner.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto credit: Amial Velasquez<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a data-force-follow=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/secrethouston.com\/author\/colby-smith\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-lazy- class=\"avatar avatar-40 photo\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776264316_366_556af78e12ad1cf6182ac1c5f5b7d35984e6ef73b60c69c3dec5f87ca6a70570.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meet the cast of Daredevil, along with stars from The Matrix, The Office, and more at Comicpalooza. <strong>Texas\u2019s premiere pop culture event<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/secrethouston.com\/comicpalooza-houston\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secrethouston.com\/comicpalooza-houston\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Comicpalooza<\/a> returns to Houston this May with celebrity appearances, panels, a marketplace, special events, and more.<\/p>\n<p>When and Where is Comicpalooza Houston?<\/p>\n<p id=\"p-rc_329792980454abd7-20\">Comicpalooza 2026 will take over the <strong>George R. Brown Convention Center<\/strong> from <strong>Friday, May 22 through Sunday, May 24<\/strong>. The event fills over one million square feet of space with exhibitors, panels, and immersive attractions.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Show-Floor-Vendors-Artist-Alley-Photos-by-Alex-Gutierrez-12-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Image shows attendants of Comicpalooza in Houston visiting a booth. \" class=\"wp-image-33062\"  \/>Photo credit: Alex Gutierrez<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Celebrity Appearances<\/p>\n<p>The marquee event of 2026 Comicpalooza Houston is an appearance by <strong>Daredevil<\/strong>: <strong>Born Again<\/strong> stars, including:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Vincent D\u2019Onofrio <\/strong>(Full Metal Jacket, Men in Black)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charlie Cox<\/strong> (Daredevil)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Krysten Ritter<\/strong> (Breaking Bad, Jessica Jones)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wilson Bethel <\/strong>(Hart of Dixie)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bethel, Cox, Ritter will make an appearance on<strong> Saturday, May 23<\/strong>, only. D\u2019Onofrio will appear Saturday and Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>Other notable celebrity appearances at Comicpalooza this May include The Matrix stars <strong>Laurence Fishburne<\/strong>, <strong>Joe Pantoliano<\/strong>, and<strong> Marcus Chung<\/strong> as well as appearances by <strong>Steve Burns<\/strong> (Blues Clues), <strong>Rainn Wilson<\/strong> (The Office), Legends like <strong>Pam Grier <\/strong>(Jackie Brown), <strong>Lou Ferrigno <\/strong>(The Incredible Hulk, I Love You, Man), and <strong>Edward James Olmos <\/strong>(Battlestar Galactica, Blade Runner) will also be in attendance.  <\/p>\n<p>For voice acting and animation fans, the cast of <strong>Rick and Morty<\/strong> (<strong>Ian Cardoni, Harry Belden, and Spencer Grammer<\/strong>) will be in attendance, alongside stars from Demon Slayer, Halo, and Spider-Man.<\/p>\n<p>Special Attractions &amp; Activities<\/p>\n<p id=\"p-rc_329792980454abd7-27\">In keeping with comic theme, Comicpalooza will feature an <strong>action-packed program of special events <\/strong>over the course of the weekend. Attractions slated for the festival include a 13th Floor Haunted House, Dagorath LARP experience, Okashi Japanese arcade, full steel combat, an Itasha Showdown, a robotics showcase, and Comic Couture. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Image shows cosplayers posing at Comicpalooza in Houston. \" class=\"wp-image-33061\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cosplay-Photos-by-Darrell-Williams-0028-1024x683.jpg\"\/>Photo credit:Darrell Williams<\/p>\n<p id=\"p-rc_329792980454abd7-33\">The Dealer\u2019s Room and Artist Alley will feature over <strong>400 exhibitors<\/strong>. You\u2019ll find everything from rare silver-age comic books and hand-drawn fan art to custom dice, apparel, and hard-to-find Japanese imports.<\/p>\n<p>How to get tickets to Comicpalooza in Houston?<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to Comicpalooza start at $51 for <strong>Single Day Passes<\/strong> (Friday). <strong>Weekend Passes<\/strong> start at $113.99. For more focused fans, the festival offers a range of packages that include The Matrix Speed Pass, Daredevil Speed Pass, and Halo Speed Pass. See their website here for more information on ticketing options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo credit: Amial Velasquez Meet the cast of Daredevil, along with stars from The Matrix, The Office, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":729908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[11030,35921,14345,4345,53,38947,358,3187,924],"class_list":["post-729907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-action","tag-anime","tag-comics","tag-houston","tag-movies","tag-sci-fi","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-video-games"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116409265597830784","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=729907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/729908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}