Steele Pop Expo

Join us at Steele Memorial Library on Saturday, May 17, 2025, 11 AM – 4 PM for a FREE event! Steele Pop Expo is a celebration of comics, art, games, and pop culture!

Brought to you by CCLD with help from Heroes Comic Shop!

Guest of Honor

Ethan Young

Ethan Young is an award-winning cartoonist and prolific cover artist. He is currently a character designer for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman on Disney+.

We will be giving away a limited number of comics with cover art by Ethan Young (DC x Sonic The Hedgehog #1  and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto #3) for Ethan to sign during the event.

Author/Screenwriter

David Ebeltoft

Screenwriter of "Blood for Dust", "Here Alone", and "Root Letter". Co-writer of comic "The Cabinet".

We will be raffling off a limited number of copies of "The Cabinet" during Steele Pop Expo.

Comic Creator

Chris Bell

Chris Bell is an illustrator/graphic artist living in beautiful upstate New York. Chris's comics include "Ashes", "Gears", and more. He will be premiering his new comic, "Here. I tried.", at Steele Pop Expo! Stop by to purchase a copy from him.

Artist

Emily Swan

Emily Swan is a graphic designer, illustrator, and digital content creator. Swan is the creator and showrunner of the Doodle Crew art stream, co-host of Sketching Shakespeare art and discussion stream, and a member of the In Addition, and Surprise Attack Book Club podcasts.

Author

Caytlyn Brooke

Local author of YA horror, sci-fi, dark fantasy, and Adult Romance. Her books include: "Among the Hunted", "Among the Burning", "Dark Flowers", "Wired", and more.

Artist

Len Nicholas

Len Nicholas or Toyagogo on social media is a freelance concept artist with experience working in film, animation, and toy design. He also teaches a Mecha and robot drawing class as well and has been featured on ProkoTv.   His clients have included Hasbro, Spinmaster, Silvergate Studios and Ubisoft among many others.

All Day

Face Painting with Jen Sekella (Painted Love Face & Body Painting)

Photo Station with Joshua Edwards - Have a professional photo taken and emailed to you!

Balloon Twisting with CCLD staff

DIY Mini Zines with CCLD staff

Yoda Bookmarks with CCLD staff

Button Making with CCLD staff

11:30 AM

Magic the Gathering Draft (FREE) with The Game Shoppe (on the 1st floor of the library). Sign-up for the draft begins at 11 AM.

12:30 PM

Learn to DM Workshop - Want to sharpen your Dungeon Master skills? Join Tim Collins, Dungeon Master with over twenty years of experience, in this exciting one-hour DM Workshop. You'll get to explore different ways to create thrilling adventures, compelling plot hooks, and vile villains to torment your players. You'll try out fun, low-pressure improv and vocal exercises to discover distinct voices for your NPCs! This interactive workshop will provide opportunities to  brainstorm with fellow DMs, identifying a range of methods to make your D&D games more efficient, action-packed, and fun.
 

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

TCG Trade Day with The Game Shoppe - Bring your trading cards (MTG, Pokemon, etc) to trade with other players.

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Craft for Kids: Superhero Wrist Cuffs with CCLD Staff

2:30 PM

Cosplay Contest (ages 10+) with judges Amazon Phenomenon & Crystal Moon Cosplay - Must register at the event by 2 PM.

501st Legion and Droid Builders
aSwanNamedEmily
Caytlyn Brooke
Chris Bell
DandoisLion DeLights
David Ebeltoft
Ethan Young (guest of honor)
The Game Shoppe
Heroes Your Mom Threw Out Comics
Kathy's Creations
Kay's Chains
Lazy Catz Studio
Len Nicholas
MetaDreams Games
Nerdy Oddities
OlderNDumber Podcast
R. SLUG's Handmade and Vintage Goods
Wild Creations Crochet
 

Food Trucks

Taste of Jamaica
My Eva, Authentic Mexican Food
Dippity Do Dahs Ice Cream
Cold Rush Italian Ice

Our 2025 Cosplay Contest will take place on May 17,  2:30 PM during Steele Pop Expo at Steele Memorial Library. The contest is open to ages 10 and up. Cosplayers will be broken into two age categories (ages 10-15 and ages 16-adult). Prizes will be awarded in several categories, for each age group.

Cosplay Contest registration will be available on the day of the event, May 17, from 11am-2pm.

Be sure to read the Cosplay Prop Rules (PDF), before planning your costume. If you have any questions about the contest, please email SteelePopExpo@gmail.com.

*You must check in at least 15 minutes before your contest starts (or be disqualified)*

Cosplay Judge

Amazon Phenomenon

Cosplay Judge

Crystal Moon Cosplay

Please use the 1st St. and 2nd St. entrances to our parking lot, as the Church St. entrance will be closed for food truck parking.

Parking will also be available in the adjacent lot (other side of the railroad viaduct) at 100 W. Church St.

If both lots are full, the Centertown Parking Garage is located at 101 W Gray St.