Reed Exhibitions held the launch party for its new Chicago area pop culture show on Thursday evening, announcing that Alex Ross would be its first Guest of Honor.  The announcement took place one year to the day before the launch of the new show, the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo, at McCormick Place (see “Reed Announces Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo”).

 

The announcement of Chicago-area resident Ross as the show’s first GoH presages a goal of Reed for the show—to attract Midwestern talent, as well as talent from further afield, to the show.