Oakland Creates Art, Comics and Zine Fest

03/16/2026

Oakland Creates 2025 Anniversary tee shirt and zine bundle! Available in my online shop!

03/06/2026

A couple more workshops!!! Don’t miss out!!!

12/30/2025

Sorry for the delay in posting photos! Oakland Creates 2025 was amazing! Here are some photos, videos coming soon!

12/10/2025

So excited to have this creator exhibit at Oakland Creates for the first time this year! In their own words, "Mariko Abe is a mostly-horror cartoonist and illustrator. They are originally from Hong Kong and currently reside in Southern California. Their comics primarily explore the intersection of horror with other genres, such as comedy, while drawing from their Cantonese/Japanese heritages.

Mariko is a graduate of the Year-Long Comics Certificate Program at Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW). Before studying at SAW, they ran the webcomic series The Unicorn Hoax which was based on people’s real-life corporate stories, including their own.

They are currently working on a graphic novel, Infernally Employed. It is an adaptation of Japanese folklore Momotaro, set in the modern day world of Big Tech. Infernally Employed will be available to read online in early 2026.

Outside of comics, Mariko likes playing horror video games and putting off countless sewing projects."

12/07/2025

Happy to have Jess table at Oakland Creates 2025 for the first time! In their own words, "Jess (8amtrain) is a le***an Chinese American artist and historian based in North Oakland on Chochenyo Ohlone land. She works across the mediums of digital illustration and linocut and risograph printmaking to explore the textures of everyday life and envision alternative futures. Jess is currently completing a Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies and also enjoys riding transit, watching horror movies, and playing with her cat."

12/07/2025

Oakland Creates zine reading at the South Berkeley Public Library! Avi Singh reading his comics!

First ever Oakland Creates zine reading! Avi Singh reading his comic book.Music by DarRapNerd used with permissionhttps://www.instagram.com/darapnerd/​...St...

12/06/2025

Super excited to have more art and zine programming than ever at Oakland Creates 2025! Zine making workshop with Lauren Davis and a paint pen workshop with Eugene Randolph Young. More about Eugene and Lauren.
Eugene's bio, "Eugene Randolph Young is an educator, cartoonist, illustrator, graphic designer, and entertainment artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is best known for his independent science fiction and fantasy art that is inspired by indigenous lore, 80s cyberpunk, 50s pin-up art, and afrofuturism. Eugene started drawing around age seven and cites cartoons, superhero comics, science fiction films, manga, and anime as his main influences.
Eugene’s Afromancers IP explores the aesthetics, customs, and technologies of African and African-American hair culture through the popular formats of science fiction, comics, and animation. The Afromancers Primer was nominated for a 2024 Glyph Comics Award for Best Artist. His recent work also includes the groundbreaking Heavy Experimental Mobile Platform (HXMP) series which is an homage to his love of Japanese mech designs from the 1980s and diversity in the female form.
Eugene completed his MFA in Illustration at the Academy of Art University, BFA in Graphic Design with distinction at the California College of Arts and Crafts, AA in Graphic Design at City College of San Francisco, and graduated from Berkeley High School. He has taught at Dominican University of California, the California College of the Arts, City College of San Francisco, and currently serves as Assistant Professor of Design Visualization in the School of Design at San Francisco State University.
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Lauren's bio, "Lauren Davis almost became a lawyer, but found that her love of research and sharing weird facts was better suited to comics. She is a longtime organizer of San Francisco Zine Fest and collected, edited, and published the comics anthologies The Comic Book Guide to the Mission and Sci-Fi San Francisco. Along with Mel Hilario and Katie Longua, she is part of the Triple Dream Comics collective. Together, they created the graphic novels Debian Perl, Digital Detective and Agent Cupcake, as well as the Eisner-nominated short story "Trickster, Traitor, Dummy, Doll." Lauren lives in Berkeley with a tall human, a small human, and a flatulent Boxer."

12/02/2025

Super happy to have Shani Ealey tabling and supporting organizing again this year!
In their own words, "Shani is a spirit chasin’, forest wanderin’, Black womxn who spends a lot of time dreaming up new worlds through painting, the written word, and zine making. Born in Stockton, CA and living in the Bay since 2007, Shani’s work is greatly informed by the desire to learn, reclaim, and honor rhythms that center the values and wisdom of African Diaspora. Keep up with Shani on IG -igboya."

11/24/2025

Excited to have Louis Wu as a tabler for Oakland Creates 2025. In their own words, "Teacher by day, artist by lunchtime — Louis Wu is a teacher and artist from Chicago now based Oakland, Ca. He creates comic-style reviews of movies and music, mixing humor, storytelling, and sketch style visuals. His work has been featured by the Chicago Bulls, and he is currently working on a graphic novel memoir about immigrating, teaching, and parallels with his wife and son.
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11/13/2025

Oakland Creates 2025 Exhibitor Spotlight! Wahab Algarmi. In their own words, "Wahab Algarmi is the writer and artist of the recently released graphic novel, Almost Sunset. Wahab has been teaching, making comics, and creating a community space for other artists in the Bay Area for years now. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife, three kids, and two bunnies, where he is hard at work on his next book, Run its Course."

10/15/2025

Please help support Oakland Creates 2025 art, comics and zine fest! Found a venue but need sime support! Oak Stop 1721 Broadway in Oakland . December 13th! Go fund me up and live!

https://gofund.me/f653384a7