Comic Expo comes to the Hub City
JACKSON, Tenn.—One local event brought out your favorite super heroes.
From Spider-Man to She-Hulk, this event left participants wanting more.
The Jackson Comic Expo was held at the Carl Perkins Civic Center.
Participants were dressed as their favorite comic hero.
Many people stopped at the booth of 731 Ghostbusters.
Some stopped because it was a reminder of their childhood and some took a moment to simply enjoy their cool costumes.
“It was hard to like this kind of stuff out in public. You were shunned. You were looked at like you were a freak or an outcast, but I do it to tell them that you’re not,” said Jason Smith, 731 Ghostbusters.
Not only is the Ghostbusters vendor a nice look, but they do great things for the community.
“Everything we take in goes to the Carl Perkins Prevention of Child Abuse Superhero Day. It’s a free event for children. It happens every last Saturday in April in Selmer, Tennessee,” Smith said.
Not only were comics in the building, but wrestling legend, Downtown Bruno.
Bruno was meeting people and signing autographs.
“Anytime there’s an event that brings people together that have a common interest and it’s safe for the kids, safe for the families, adults, everyone, I mean it’s great,” said Downtown Bruno, WWE Legend.
We spoke to the Co-founder of the Comic Expo, Ben Whitehead, who was proud of the success of the event.
“We’ve had a huge turn out. Everyone’s come out to kind of, share in this passion of all things pop culture, comics and artists, everything,” Whitehead said.
At a young age, he always knew that comics would be his go-to.
“I think I picked this passion up when I was around twelve years of age and it just kinda grew from there,” Whitehead said.
A cos-play was also held at the event.
Those who were dressed in costume, walked around the vendors as they were judged on who wore it the best.
You would think this was enough, but the expo had more.
Miso Hongry was one of the food vendors stationed outside.
The food was delicious and as their slogan says, they’ll feed you long time.
We spoke to the owners, Tanya and Scott Melton, who stated that they have just what you need.
“This truck cannot move without the Mississippi pot roast or we would probably get mobbed. Soul food and street food. We always have both,” The Melton’s said.
Mr. Robert R. Smith, an artist for Kids Next Door and Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy was present at the event.
Visitors could also see Pro- wrestler Cowboy James Storm there.
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