Let Your Inner Geek Shine At The South Side Comic Book Show

PALOS HEIGHTS — Let your inner geek shine at the South Side Comic Book Show, back for the first time in two years, Saturday, Sept. 17. The show will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Shepard High School, 13049 S. Ridgeland, Palos Heights. Admission is $5; kids under 8 are free.

This year, the South Side Comic Book Show has moved to the Shepard High School gym. The show features over 100 vendors, the League of Enchantment cosplay group, door prizes, a cosplay contest and Kapow.

The show is produced by Alsip resident Rocky Sodin, who, when he's not sharing his love for comic books, works for the railroad. The Richards High School graduate has been collecting comic books for over 40 years, ever since he purchased his first Star Wars comic book in 1978 off the 7-Eleven rack. Sodin worked at his parents’ former comic book store – Blackbeard’s Cove – in Mount Greenwood, meeting various aspiring illustrators who are renowned in the comic book industry today.

Comic book vendors, local artists and writers, and other dealers will be selling comics, graphic novels, T-shirts, toys, action figures and more. There will also be a kids craft area where kids can create their own stories. Sodin has lined up numerous vendors, writers and artists, including:

Vendors

3 Keys Comics — comics from golden age to present and funko pops
Mystery Unincorporated
Happy Day Comics – Silver age to present and prints
First Impression Pressing – Clean and Press Comics and is a Facilitator for CGC/CBCS
Iggy's Comics & Cards
Bela's Comics
Dave's Comic Vault
Grim's Comics
Clan McDonald Comics — comics/original art/pops
Kensai Productions – Create their own Independent Comics
Hogan's Heroes — comics/mini figures
Power Comics – just published The Masters #1—throw back to the comics of the 70s and 80s
Castle Emerald Comics
Midwest Collectibles – Funko Pops
Alexandra The Great – Handmade Jewelry
HIL GLE Games— Role Playing Game
Plus 20 more dealers and collectors

Special Guests

• Rick Goldschmidt, the official Rankin/Bass historian
• Evergreen Park-native, Doug Klauba, a comic book artist of over 30 years;
• Darryl Young,comic book artist/illustrator;
• Jonathan Grimm, a full-time illustrator of comic book covers and band logos, including the beer car designs for Metal Monkey Brewing in Romeoville.
• Matthew Bieniek – author

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