GALACTIC GALLERY
IS OUT OF THIS
WORLD by Brooke Ezzo | Photo courtesy of Ben Stevens
S
omewhere between a galaxy far far away and Diagon Alley, you’ll find a popculture art gallery that is bringing some of the most iconic movie moments to life. Whether you want to travel Back to the Future or get advice from a lifelike Yoda statue, Galactic Gallery in Flower Mound is a destination spot for all pop art fanatics. “It’s not your grandmother’s art gallery,” owner Ben Stevens said. “Think Batman, The Muppets, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and science fiction.” The Copper Canyon resident has accrued an incredible collection of memorabilia and rare finds over his 20 years as owner
By the time he sold in 2014, the Dallas Comic-Con had become a major event, and operator of the ultimate comic book hosting nearly 50,000 attendees from all convention, the Dallas Comic Con. The fan over the world each year. expo is a playground for comics, anime, In his post-convention life, Stevens started gaming, cosplay, collecting pop culture and is a hub for art more seriously. celebrity sightings. That turned into a Stevens was first desire to build a introduced to the gallery. The custom fascinating world of built 5,000-squarecomics at a young foot building opened age, going to his in September and first convention in houses hundreds the late 1970s with of original movie his father, who was posters, book a collector of many covers, promotional things including paintings, animation Disney comics from cells, reproductions, the 1940s. and vintage sci-fi movie posters from “It had an impact the 1940s and 1950s. on my life that I
“After being laid off from my tech job in 1994, I took that opportunity to start my own Dallas convention, which drew in a few hundred guests.”
wouldn’t realize until much later,” Stevens said. “After being laid off from my tech job in 1994, I took 22 | FLOWER MOUND TOWN LIFE
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that opportunity to start my own Dallas convention, which drew in a few hundred guests.”
“It’s really an extension of the things I enjoyed collecting at my own comic cons,” Stevens said. “Right
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