Comic Con returns June 26-28 at Mississippi Trade Mart, starting at 3 p.m. Friday, running through Sunday.
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Mississippi Comic Con returns to the Mississippi Trade Mart in Jackson from Friday, June 26, to Sunday, June 28. The event is back with an expanded celebrity lineup featuring over 40 celebrities, creators, voice actors and wrestlers.
Special guests include Lou Diamond Phillips, Kel Mitchell, Lindsey Wagner from “The Bionic Woman” and Wallace Shawn, best known for “The Princess Bride.” Other scheduled attendees include Kevin Sussman; Grace Van Dien; and Tom Kenny, who voice characters on “SpongeBob SquarePants.”
Advanced tickets are sold through Tixr and can be accessed through the event’s website.Tickets purchased at the door will be available during event hours, though organizers say “prices go up at the door.” All tickets are final sale and cannot be exchanged or refunded.
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Plan your meet and greets by day
See which days celebrity guests will be in attendance and plan meet-and-greets at mississippicomiccon.com/guests.
Top celebrity guests this yearLou Diamond Phillips, known for “La Bamba,” “Stand and Deliver,” “Young Guns,” “Longmire,” “Prodigal Son” and the Broadway revival of “The King and I”Kel Mitchell, known for “All That,” “Good Burger” and “Kenan & Kel”Lindsay Wagner, known for “The Bionic Woman”Doug Jones, known for “Nosferatu,” “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer,” “Hellboy,” “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “Hocus Pocus,” “Batman Returns,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “What We Do in the Shadows” and “The Shape of Water”Bill Allen, known for “Rad” and “Family Ties”Guest changes and cancellations
Several previously announced guests, including Lee Majors, Jonathan Frakes and Chris Sarandon, are no longer able to attend. Convention organizers note that guest appearances are subject to change due to professional or personal scheduling conflicts, and updates can be found on their website and social media accounts.
All listed guests are scheduled to attend when listed on the website. But the schedules could change any time. The event will not give refunds for guest cancellations.
More celebrities coming to JacksonTom Kenny, known for “SpongeBob SquarePants,” “Adventure Time” and “The Powerpuff Girls”Joey Fatone, known for *NSYNC and “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”Mark Sheppard, known for “Supernatural” and “Doom Patrol”Wallace Shawn, known for “The Princess Bride” and “My Dinner with Andre.”Kevin Sussman, known for “The Big Bang Theory” and “Ugly Betty”Grace Van Dien, known for “Stranger Things,” “Greenhouse Academy” and “The Village”David Howard Thornton, known for the “Terrifier” series and “The 9th Circle”Spencer Grammar, known for “Rick and Morty”Paul Wight, known as “The Big Show”Hours, location and event details
Mississippi Comic Con is at the Mississippi Trade Mart, 1200 Mississippi St., Jackson.
Hours are 3 to 8 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Get more information at mississippicomiccon.com.
Ticket prices and discounts
Advance discount tickets are available through Tixr. They will also be available for sale at the event on the day of the show, but prices go up at the door.
Kids 10 and under are admitted free with paid adult admission (limit two kids per paid adult ticket). Discounts are available for veterans and active-duty military members, with a valid military ID.
These ticket package prices do not include sales taxes and fees:
Weekend: $75Friday only: $30Saturday only: $40Sunday only: $35
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