Something for everyone at two-day expo
Olivier Cadotte The Eastern Door
There was just one spot where thousands of fans of wrestling, horror, comics, trading cards, Indigenous art, retro games, and toys wanted to be over the weekend, and that was at the Mohawk Super Bingo for the latest K-Town Collectables Expo.
The summer edition of the expo was a big hit once again for collectors and enthusiasts, with the bingo hall packed to the gills with vendors and almost 3,000 curious visitors during the weekend.
“It was a fantastic weekend. Going back to two days, I think, paid off,” said Eric Ravenelle, one of the expo’s three organizers - Mike Brathwaite and Will Rice are the other two.
“When my vendors are happy, I’m happy.”
After running two one-day shows in 2025, Ravenelle said they had a lot of demand to go back to a full weekend show.
Wihse Delisle, co-owner of Astronomical Comics and Games and longtime vendor at K-Town, said he preferred the two-day format.
“It gives the people that can’t show up on Saturdays an extra day to come by and see what’s going on, and we can meet more new people that are interested in what we have to offer,” said Delisle.
“Everybody’s here to make some coin, which is nice, but actually interacting with the people and meeting new people is the best part about it.”
One of K-Town’s defining features is the variety, with a wide range of offerings from vendors.
“We’re lucky enough that we have the amount of people that want to do our show. We get to essentially handpick our vendors, so we see what people want,” said Ravenelle.
“In nine years of doing this show, I’ve never seen a selection of collectibles like I did this weekend.”
As a collector himself, Delisle appreciates getting to see what the other vendors have to offer.
“It’s really refreshing to see all the different kinds of collectibles people can collect, and there’s really something here for everyone,” said Delisle.
With that comes a variety of people, too.
“You get to meet a lot of different people. It’s just a very social event, between vendors especially. It’s fun getting to meet new people,” said Jonah Naimer, the owner of Naimer’s Prop Shop - a special effects studio and workshop that has collaborated, notably, with James Day’s Haunted Woods.
Naimer makes masks of famous horror movie characters like Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, and Jason Voorhees’ hockey mask, among others.
His wife and business partner make portraits of pop culture personalities and true crime stills.
For Naimer, the expo is a good opportunity to network with other artists in different mediums that he would not have known about otherwise. He said some of his newer sculpts have some 3D printed elements added to them, and he has been able to speak with many 3D print artists at the expo.
Cosplay groups were also at K-Town, with Dr. Who, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Star Trek groups taking pictures and interacting with the expo visitors.
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David Legault, also known as K’Oron Kasara from the Klingon Assault Group cosplay group, said that he too loved getting to meet new people at these kinds of shows - including children amazed at their costumes.
“When they look at you, and their eyes are the size of a loonie, and their faces drop when they see you, that makes it all worthwhile,” said Legault.
K-Town will be back at the Bingo in autumn for a Halloween-themed expo, this time as a one-day event - organizers are now planning for a two-day show every spring or summer and a one-day show in the fall.
