By Louis Zylka
The 830 Times
Del Rio Comic Con (DRCC) returns for a two-day fall event Saturday and Sunday with vendors, contests and special guests.
The second part of DRCC 2025 will be held at the Del Rio Civic Center, 1915 Veterans Blvd., on Saturday, Sept. 6, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 7, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Paul Mancha, DRCC executive director, spoke with The 830 Times on Monday to give details about the second part of the DRCC (the first DRCC event was held in May). When asked if there is a theme for this weekend’s comic-con event, Mancha said the convention does not have a theme so it can continue celebrating all types of franchises and fandoms.
“This convention is celebrating all sorts of different things,” Mancha said. “It is helping each thing from anime, trading card games (TCG), gamers, etc. It helps vendors; it is endless what a vendor can be at a convention,” he said.
Mancha said this weekend’s convention has “close to 50 vendors,” and it will have a format to fit in line with other conventions by using more tables and drapes. Guest artists attending the convention include Deece Casillas, who founded Inferno Comic in 2023, and Alfredo “Freddy” Lopez Jr., who is a fantasy illustrator known for his work in tabletop role-playing games (RPGs) and comics.
This weekend’s DDCC event will have guests from different fandoms. Tracy Lynn Cruz from Power Ranger stardom will be in attendance on Saturday only. Cruz is known for playing the yellow ranger in Power Rangers Turbo (1997) and Power Rangers in Space (1998). Mancha said having Cruz at the convention is great because the Power Rangers franchise is really huge in Texas.
For wrestling fans, professional wrestlers Gangrel David Heath and Thamiko Fatu will be at the convention on Saturday and Sunday. Fatu is the fourth son of Rikishi Fatu, who was one of the guests during DRCC in May.
The convention will also have panels, game tournaments and cosplay contests on both days.
Mancha talked about the success of the convention and said it keeps getting “bigger and bigger” every year.
