Saline County Comic Expo 2026
Schedule
Fri, 12 Jun, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Sun, 14 Jun, 2026 at 03:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Benton Event Center | Benton, AR
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The premier comic expo of Saline County is June 12-14th, 2026 at the Benton Event Center in Benton, Arkansas. For the first time we will be a 3 day event starting June 12th at 5pm for preview night.
+David Kaye+ is a globally renowned voice actor best known for roles in the world of animation and anime. An inductee in the Transformers Hall of Fame, Kaye is the only actor to have voiced both Optimus Prime (Transformers: Animated) and Megatron (Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Armada,
Energon, Cybertron) in the blockbuster Transformer animated TV Series. Under the DC Comic umbrella, David Kaye has voiced Superman, Hawkman, and Vandal Savage.
+Dan Gilvezan+ was born in St. Louis, Missouri and attended Webster University, a
Midwestern fine arts college, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama. Upon
graduation he embarked on a national tour bringing the classics to theaters and civic
auditoriums all over the country. After completing the tour he worked in repertory theater,
summer stock, children’s theater, and dinner theater all over the eastern seaboard.
Upon arriving in Los Angeles Dan found work voicing characters in a variety of
animated series, such as Spider-Man/Peter Parker on NBC’s “Spider-Man and His
Amazing Friends,” Bumblebee, on the original “Transformers” animated series. He also
provided voices in other series like, “GI Joe,” “Jem and the Holograms,” “Sectaurs,” “Dino-
Riders,” “Spiral Zone,” “Pound Puppies,” “The Jetsons,” “Rugrats,” “Scooby-Doo,”
“Talespin,” “The Real Ghostbusters,” “Family Dog,” “Fantastic Four,” “The Tick,” “Grim and Evil” and many, many others.
Matthew Atchley
Like most superheroes of lore, has a dual identity! He’s an actor and artist known for his intricately hand drawn artwork and ever growing list of acting credits. His art subjects span across all fandoms and forms of pop culture including characters from popular TV, film, comics, and more. He has created artwork for several actors from a wide variety of tv series and films. Ever diverse, his other projects have included co-creating a cartoon/comic series with Actor Sean Astin, book cover art, company logos, and more.
Matthew’s acting credits continue to grow as he has been cast in over 100 productions thus far. He’s very well known in the “True Crime” genre as he’s starred in many episodes across several networks. His TV credits include Homicide Hunter, Fatal Attraction, Ozark, The Resident, The Originals, Watchman, The Righteous Gemstones, Tulsa King and so much more! His movie credits include Richard Jewell, What Men Want & Safety. His entire artwork portfolio, online shopping links, current appearance schedule, acting credits and all social media links can be found at artofmatthewatchley.com
Timothy Lim and Mark Pellegrini are the creative duo behind KAMEN AMERICA, the independent American comic book series that ranked #3 in exclusive Amazon Japan Kindle manga sales in 2024. A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Lim worked for almost a decade as a merchandising artist for licenses and companies such as Marvel, Star Wars, Hasbro, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Five Nights at Freddy's before becoming a comic book cover illustrator. His comic work includes covers and illustrations for Back to the Future, Transformers, Street Fighter, Street Fighter Swimsuit Special, Morrigan One Shot, Bloodshot, and more.
John Anderson
He is an actor, comedian, and is referred to as the “Trick Talking Meat” who comes from Birmingham, Alabama. Marvel Cinematic Universe hired him as a Ravager Shran Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 for his first Major role. John has made appearances in other hit movies and TV Series Jumanji: The Next Level, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Black Panther, Spiderman:Homecoming, Stranger Things, Sleepy Hollow, Tag, Discovery Channel’s Manhunt: Unabomber, Logan Lucky, Pitch Perfect 3, I, Tonya, Jumanji, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Case for Christ, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, MacGyver, The Front Runner, The Leisure Seeker, Hell Fest, Tyler Perry’s Too Close to Home, and Being Mary Jane. Make-up Artist Magazine, did a shoot of his Hurctarian Ravager from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. He did a review of the movie Tag in Variety and Rolling Stones Magazines.
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Benton Event Center, Tesla, 17320 Interstate 30 N, Benton, AR 72019, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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