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Aug 06, 2017 lifelong comicbook collector keith cochran expected to walk away from the springfield comic book convention on sunday with an armload of reading material. Sep 10, 2016 in this video nick and garrick share some helpful tips for buying key issues at comic book conventions. Not only is chicago a magnet to architecture buffs and museum lovers, the windy city has nine comic book conventions a year, including wizard world and anime central. Experience c2e2, where pop culture comes to chicago. Champaign urbana, metro east suburban st louis, peoria, quad cities, rockford, springfield. The quad cities comic con takes place at the quad cities expo center, 2621 4th. So far we have anime, horror, doctor who, power rangers, scifi, scififantasy, gaming, comics, toys and comics, furry, harry potter, celebrity, supernatural, steampunk, and more to come. Share illinois comic book conventions theres an alternate illinois that lives in the pages of comic books.
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