US EditionFans Pour Into S.Africa Comic Con Despite Few Celebrity Headliners
The event, shifted to August due to the G20 summit, attracted diverse fans and featured international celebrities, fostering unity among South Africans through pop culture.
- On Saturday, tens of thousands of South African comic book fans and cosplayers flocked to Johannesburg for Comic-Con Africa's sixth edition, a four-day festival that began Thursday; Show Director Carla Massmann said they expect 70,000 fans by Sunday.
- Organizers moved the festival to August to avoid a clash with the G20 summit, shifting the event from its usual end-of-September slot to free the venue for the summit later this year.
- International celebrities graced the main stage, including Jessie T. Usher, Dan Fogler and Misha Collins, while the four-day festival beginning Thursday featured vintage arcade games, esports and costume competitions.
- Attendees said Comic-Con provided a `safe space` for South Africans of different races and classes to celebrate together, with fans like Owami Sibanyoni, 23, posing with Sailor Moon.
- The festival's scale positions Comic-Con Africa as a major continental event, with Carla Massmann calling this year bigger and bolder and noting the venue shift for the G20 summit later this year.
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Fans pour into South Africa's Comic Con despite few celebrity headliners
A 16-year-old in a yellow spandex Wolverine suit, claws fashioned from plastic straws, squared off against a stockier Deadpool two years his junior at Comic Con Africa, the continent’s largest pop culture gathering. At this year’s festival – held at the same venue set to host G20 leaders in November – the stars weren’t on stage. They were the fans. Thousands of self-professed nerds, comic book lovers, superhero fans and anime obsessives descende…
Comic-Con Africa Draws Thousands
Tens of thousands of South African comic book fans and cosplayers flocked to Johannesburg on Saturday to celebrate the sixth edition of Comic-Con Africa, the continent's biggest celebration of pop culture and gaming. The four-day festival, which began Thursday, celebrated anime, gaming, comics, and cosplay with a variety of entertainment,...
Comic-Con Africa: A Pop Culture Extravaganza Unites Fans
Comic-Con Africa attracted tens of thousands of comic book fans and cosplayers to Johannesburg. The festival celebrated pop culture through anime, gaming, and cosplay, featuring entertainment such as vintage arcade games and cosplay contests. Celebrities like Jessie T. Usher and Dan Fogler made special appearances.
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Comic-Con Africa draws thousands of fans and cosplayers to Johannesburg
Comic-Con Africa has drawn tens of thousands of fans to Johannesburg. The event, which began Thursday, is the continent's biggest celebration of pop culture and gaming.
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