Thousands filed into the Stockton Kings basketball court-turned convention floor at Adventist Health Arena on Sunday to dress up as one of their favorite characters, listen to panels with voice actors from their favorite childhood movies, and experience StocktonCon, including the couple, Frank, who lives in Tracy, and Judith, from Stockton.
This is a shared hobby for Frank and Judith, to dress up or cosplay.
It's moments like these that are StocktonCon founder Mike Millerick's favorite after he launched this in 2012, originally at the University of Pacific. Millerick wanted to build something for the Stockton and Lodi community. It's grown into four events in Stockton and Lodi throughout the year, where kids under 12 attend for free with an adult.
Three-year-old Camilo met someone dressed as Pokémon's Ash Ketchum. His dad, Eddie Bedolla, has been coming to StocktonCon for years and is excited to share his favorite childhood characters with his son. Eddie wants to make this a tradition of bringing Camilo here.
It's an event that helps bring people together, including Julian Hernandez, who dressed up as Pikachu and came from Sacramento. Hernandez said a little girl was also dressed up as Pikachu and her mom asked if they could take a selfie together and that another guy dressed as Ketchum (maybe the same Ash that met Camilo) also wanted to take a picture with him.
A second home in Stockton.
One of the collector's items Rivera is passionate about: a Jollibee figurine.
This year, he is remembering his dear late friend Andy, who was the United Way president, who he says was a very big part of their community.
"I'm a big fan of all things pop culture," Millerick said. "I've been going to San Diego Comic Con since about 2008, 2009, and I just had this idea to talk to one of our local charities, the United Way. A friend of mine, Andy Prokop, was the president. So, I just mentioned to him, I was like, 'Hey, is there any way we can just maybe do… bring a small part of Comic Con to Stockton and raise some money for charity?' 'Absolutely.' That was his response. And so, unfortunately, Andy passed away last year. Very, very, very big part of our community for many years, but he's always going to be a big part of this show."
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