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Corpus Christi Comic Con – July 2025

I attended this 3 day, weekend event just recently and seeing as this is most likely my last vacation of the summer I thought I’d share my thoughts, feelings and I wish I could share my credit card debt, (hehe). Stay away from the vendors…

I was expecting a big crowd, but thankfully it wasn’t huge. With my previous experiences with cons, Saturday is always the busiest and that was true for this one; however, the crowds were small and you could actually navigate around without running into to people all the time. (Which as my previous experience at a con, and put me off them for a few years.)

I enjoyed the handful of panels I visited.

Both Chris and Josh had some interesting things to say about filming Harry Potter. They compared the different directors and shared some moments they had with the bigger stars, like Alan Rickman and Maggie Smith.

If you haven’t seen Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones then you might not know who Daniel played. In those film he was young Boba Fett. He is from New Zealand and I just enjoyed his accent. He shared some moments he had with Ewan McGregor and Temuera Morrison who played Jango Fett his father in the film.

Mr. Jones played Flash Gordan in the 1980 movie. He has also acted in other various action movies, but I really can’t name them. One very interesting fact, about Mr. Jones and why I’m referring to him as Mr. Jones, when is he is not acting, he is a high-end security professional in San Diego, protecting executives traveling to Mexico and the age of 70, I would not want to get on his bad side. From the interview though, I think it would take a bit to actually do that. He was very friendly and polite, but in his own words, he would not hesitate for a second if he felt there was a threat.

Now about my credit card debit I would love to share with someone…

I honestly come to Comic Cons for the vendors. I’m looking for artists and authors. And at cons, like book signings you get to talk with the author and learn more about them and they get to sell your their book. At this con I meet two such, Texas based authors.

Henry Melton is the first author I spoke to. He is mostly a Sci-Fi writer and he has a series of books, but also a good number of stand alone. I purchased his Falling BAKwards book a stand alone. In his words it is about a guy that falls thru to another dimension and has adventures.

Mary Flint was the second author, also from Texas, I spoke to. She wrote her first book at 15 and got it published 2 years later. That was the first part of a trilogy titled Red Star. So far book 1, The Hunter’s Trials, and book 2, Water Bird’s Shadow, are out and her mother told me book 3 is completed and will be coming to a Kickstarter campaign soon. I did get a chance to speak to the author and she gave me a quick fell for the books. It takes place in a dystopia world on a planet were the surface is no longer habitable and there is one large multi-level city that everyone levels on with various levels supporting the city. So it has some similarities to the Hunger Games with its districts and that the main characters themself are young. While in the hotel, on Saturday I started the first book and I only put it down because I needed to go get something to eat. I went back on Sunday to tell Ms. Flint how much I enjoyed the book and I mentioned the getting hungry part, and she then asked which chapter I stopped… I’m not going to give any spoilers away, but Ms. Flint has a quick thinker. I do recommend this book. Be sure to sign up for the newsletter so you can know when the Kickstarter will begin. You should be able to get a deal buying all three of the books if you back the Kickstarter.

And after all I’ve written, I will end with a gallery of pictures from the con and along the shore here in Corpus Christi, Texas. I hope you have/had a wonder rest of your July 2025.