This is an “old school” event. Simple and to the point. No celebs. No photo-ops. Low admission cost. Free parking. Family and collector friendly. One day. Two stories. Multiple rooms.
Held in beautiful Bloomington Indiana at the Monroe Convention Center.
August 24th, 2025. 10am to 4pm.
Admission is $8. Kids 12 and under are FREE with a paid adult.
Some of the vendors and creators you will find at ITCE2025:
Tattoo Kaiju - Krypton Comics - Man or Monster? Studios
Berndt Comics - Lost Comics Store - Captain Jack’s
Vintage Phoenix - Articulated Empire
Bearded Comics and Collectibles - Smashcraft…
JUST TO NAME A FEW!
SPECIAL GUESTS!
Gavin Smith is an artist out of Indianapolis, Indiana. He is currently working on an unannounced Power Rangers title for Boom Studios.
He’s been the artist for the ongoing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, TMNT: Alpha, and Star Trek: The Mirror War, Mutant Nation, and Hello Darkness, and is a Writer/Artist for TMNT: Black White and Green and “Have you any Fear” for Webtoons. Other projects include Ghost in the Shell, Heavy Metal Magazine, and The Accelerators.
He is the co-creator and artist for HEARTPIERCER from Dark Horse Comics and Dead Legends from A Wave Blue World.
He’s been a cover artist for Godzilla, The Last Ronin, The Armageddon Game, Usagi Yojimbo, Power Rangers, Star Trek: Resurgence, Biker Mice From Mars, Archie, and several titles for Ghost Machine/Image Comics.
He’s a 2011 graduate of the Kubert School and now teaches their online Narrative Art program and is represented by Modern Mythology Comic Art.
Stuart Sayger is known for his dark and moody art style. His recent published projects will include: Batman, G.I.Joe, Conan the Barbarian, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Past projects include: TMNT- Last Ronin Lost Years, The Joker, Red Sonja, Vampirella, Dejah Thoris, Transformers, Army of Darkness, KISS (the Gene Simmons rock band) ...Other high-profile works include: Lego Bionicle for DC Comics, Man of Steel Superman movie, and The Walking Dead. Stuart will be drawing at his table all weekend long! www.stuartsayger.com
Tim Baron is an artist, illustrator, and skateboarder who resides in Indiana.
He’s designed skateboard decks for Birdhouse Skateboards, Plan B, Techne, Creature, H-Street, and Super 8 Skateboards.
Tim designed a sold out Pro deck for Tony Hawk that was released in the Spring of 2021. A year later, Tim was asked to design the official “Hawk Vs. Wolf” podcast board for Tony Hawk and Jason Ellis which also sold out.
Tim has designed several ReAction figures for SUPER7. His turn-around drawings and color ways were used to create such figures as They Live, Anthrax, King Diamond, Agnostic Front, and Rancid. Tim also did the card art for the Phantom Star Killer “Red Baron Banshee” edition figure.
In Fall of 2022, Super7 released action figures of Tim’s “Astro Zombie” character as part of their ReAction figure toyline.
Tim creates in traditional and digital media. In 2019 he made the jump to the iPad Pro and Procreate where he spends much of his time creating. Tim‘s style can best be described as “fun-scary.” He continues to be inspired by the toys, monsters, nostalgic artifacts, and joyful memories of his childhood.
Toys and Skateboarding helped make Tim the artist he is today.
Tim’s love for skateboarding started in middle school, after his friend gave him his first skateboard - forever changing his life.
The discovery of skateboarding and its accompanying subculture initiated the next phase of Tim‘s creative development. Within the pages of Thrasher magazine, Tim discovered the legendary Bones Brigade, the art of VC Johnson and Jim Phillips, the frantic scratchings of Pushead, and punk rock bands like the Misfits.
For Tim, there was a symbiotic relationship that tied skateboarding and art together. Skateboarding, like art, forces the participant to see things in new and different ways. The skateboarder sees with a second sight—noticing the endless potential to skate everyday objects like stairs, handrails, and curbs.
In August 2018, (the day after Tim got the absolute worst annual review at his corporate office job) Producer/Director Adam Goldberg contacted Tim to feature his custom action figures in the background of the Goldbergs episode, “Bohemian Rap City.” They appear briefly in a toy store scene behind the Sucklord and Sean Giambrone.
Tim continues to ride his skateboard and bleeds art and creativity everywhere he goes. His life mission is best summarized in four simple but combustible words…
Go Skate. Go Create.
Checkout more of Tim's work at: http://www.timbaron.com/