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Next month, Middletown will once again attract comic book and pop culture fans from across the state for Galactic Con – a unique convention for those still young at heart and in love with their action figures.

An estimated 2,000 people attended last year – its first – packing the gymnasium at Everett Meredith Middle School and leaving superhero fans in Delaware hungry for more.

This time, Galactic Con will be held at a larger venue to accommodate more people – an estimated 3,000 are expected – and it has added an extra day of comic book fun.

“We’ll be at the MTown Sports Complex where there will be more space and elbow room,” Joe Manzo said. “We are also doing a two-day show to give more folks a chance to see more. And, we also plan to have shuttle service from Home Depot to alleviate any parking issues.”

The popularity of comic cons (short for “comic book conventions”) such as Galactic Con’s has to do with the nation’s seemingly endless love of folks with supernatural powers, Manzo said.

WHYY’s First

Comic book themes and characters are everywhere, from movies to television, and even comic inspired art. First Experience visited one such show at the Gibby Center for the Arts in Middletown to see the work of some local talent. The show is a way to inspire kids to draw and paint, and to encourage comic fans, to get out of the theaters and inside an art gallery.

Delaware Online

First ever Galactic Con – dubbed “every nerd’s dream” by one attendee – drew far more than organizers expected to a strained middle school gymnasium Saturday. Super heroes and immortals mixed with the comic-crazed. William Bretzger/The News Journal

Delaware Online

Ryan Cormier
The News Journal
4:39 p.m. EDT March 19, 2015

It happens to plenty of us. After a youthful college streak, a life as a young professional is next. Next thing you know, you’re married with a child and adulthood smacks you right upside the head. That’s what has happened to Joe Manzo, 35, a Middletown comic book enthusiast.

But Joe is fighting back.

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Middletown Transcript

Posted Mar. 19, 2015 at 9:37 AM

Middletown, Del

Fittingly on Friday the 13th, the Gibby Center for the Arts in Middletown held an opening reception for a new art exhibit called, “Comics, Capes, and Corpses.” The exhibit, which runs until March 31, features a wide range of comic book art from area artists as well as end-of-days figurines called “Apocalypse Dolls.”

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Middletown Transcript

Posted Feb. 19, 2015 at 3:30 PM

Middletown, Del

Hundreds of people are expected to attend Middletown’s first comic book and anime convention next month, “Galactic Con.” The event will feature dozens of vendors, artists, special guests, and people wearing a wide range of costumes, from the “Star Wars” movies to the “Sailor Moon” anime series.

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