Tupelo Comic Con draws in large crowd for the weekend

LEE COUNTY,Miss.(WCBI)-If you saw any walking comic book characters over the weekend in Tupelo, it’s more than likely because you were close to the Tupelo Comic Con.

Tupelo-Con might make you feel like you’ve transitioned to a different universe.

Between anime, cosplay, science-fiction, or comics the range of fandom is un-ending.

Event Coordinator Jamey Nunley says having events like this shines a light on the community.

” Comic con is like home. They’re really big fans of the different areas and you know sometimes you may be at school or at work and not everyone really gets it. But when you come to Comic Con, you know everybody is here because they are fans. They love their community and so you really get to meet people, bond, make lifelong friends that you never, that you would’ve met otherwise,” said Nunley.

Around 3,000 people were in attendance this year.

Tupelo-Con brought in guest such as Deep Roy from Star Wars, Sean Gunn from Guardians of the Galaxy, and Walter E. Jones from the Original Power Rangers just to name a few.

“These kinds of conventions there’s nothing but love, everybody’s happy. It’s one of the happiest places in the world. It’s like nobody fights, no one gets into altercations. It’s just everyone is here and dressed up, they’re happy ,they’re having a good time. They get to see their superheroes and I happen to be one of them,so it’s awesome. I love to see people dressed as me. I’m like, aye that’s me right over there,” said Jones.

Vendor Justin Webb makes his livelihood participating in these conventions twice a month all across the country.

He sells posters, souvenirs, and games to attendees.

” The van is actually a fan re-creation of the Vault-Tec Evacuation Shuttle from the Bethesda video game series “FallOut”. My wife and I have actually sold everything we own, we turn this into a living home and now we live in the van travel. It’s kind of a way of life you want stories to tell not things to show. You want to be that guy around the campfire when you’re older that people want to hear another story from,” said Webb.

This was the fourth-year for Tupelo-Con to be held.