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Grab your masks and capes! Pellissippi State Community College\u2019s celebration of comic books, cosplay and pop culture returns March 24-25 with more vendors, more events and more fun for the whole family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mag Comic Expo will be held 2-7 p.m. Friday, March 24, and 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, March 25, on the college\u2019s Magnolia Avenue Campus, 1610 E. Magnolia Ave. The event is free for both community members and vendors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur goal for year two is to make this a true annual event for the area,\u201d said Associate Professor Grant Mincy, <\/strong>one of the expo\u2019s organizers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The college\u2019s first Mag Comic Expo on its Magnolia Avenue Campus was only a one-day event and drew more than 250 comic book fans and 32 vendors in 2022. Sponsored by a Pellissippi State Libraries grant, the Mag Comic Expo was created by Magnolia Avenue Campus faculty and staff who wanted to try a different approach to promoting literacy in the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA large part of why we do what we do is because, for a large population of students from underserved schools, comics were a way in for them to fall in love with reading,\u201d Mincy explained. \u201cComic books bridge boundaries such as race, religion and social economics; promote social belonging and creativity; build literacy skills; support reading comprehension; and enhance the learning process of non-native English speakers.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Back this year are art workshops, costume contests and panel discussions, but the event has grown, with a Kids\u2019 Corner run by Fulton High School\u2019s Comic and Manga Club, live music, a Mad Lab full of strange animals and fungi, two video game rooms and even \u201can old-school wrasslin\u2019 match, a throwback to the WWF,\u201d Mincy noted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food trucks will be on site as well as vendors selling their wares and special guests such as horror writer Blake Best, <\/strong>who will bring Freddy\u2019s glove from one of the \u201cNightmare on Elm Street\u201d films for a super scary photo op! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pellissippi State staff will be on hand as well with information about the college\u2019s academic programs and career opportunities, including those in the arts and pop culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have several Pellissippi State alumni who will be there, from Grant Mitchell, <\/strong>co-owner of Nirvana Comics, to Tony Covington<\/strong> with Hacks\u2019s Horror Show, to artist Zoe Eades<\/strong>,\u201d Mincy said, noting all vendor spaces have been filled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Community members do not need to register for the Mag Comic Expo, as the cosplay contest registration will be on site during the event. For more information about the Mag Comic Expo, check out the event\u2019s Facebook page at www.facebook.com\/MagComicExpo<\/strong><\/a> or email Mincy at gamincy@pstcc.edu<\/a>.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grab your masks and capes! Pellissippi State Community College\u2019s celebration of comic books, cosplay and pop culture returns March 24-25 with more vendors, more events and more fun for the whole family.  The Mag Comic Expo will be held 2-7 p.m. Friday, March 24, and 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, March 25, on the college\u2019s Magnolia […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255,"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions\/255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}