New York, Oct 7 (EFE) .- The most pop fair, Comic-Con, has taken ground this Thursday in Gotham City, nickname of New York, after the forced virtual editions by the covid-19, which had prevented That the most fans of the genre share their passion or their costumes with other followers and with their idols of paper and the big screen.
People from all the states of the country, Latin American, Asian, European and from other galactic quadrants, came eager to show off their clothes or see, touch and many of them buy a sample of the infinite world of products linked to fiction that shines among the pages of comics and graphic novels and multiplies in video games, cinemas and movie platforms.
Spiderman walking with the dark spider-man, Ahsoka Tano (Star Wars) with a friend fixing her dress, an Amazon knitting, the Joker taking a picture of a Star Treck character with a miniskirt or two Jawa humanoids (Star Wars) browsing the stands of sale of the fair is just a small glimpse of the images offered by this room that will be open at the Javits Convention Center until Sunday.
THRILL FOR THE RETURN
“On the whole, (last year’s Comic-Con cancellation) doesn’t mean much, but we all missed it and it’s great to be back. It’s so much fun to be able to meet so many people from all over the world and get taken. a photo 40,000 times “, assures Efe” Venom “, the black” Spiderman “that Charles Allen plays.
Charles, who assures that this is his fourth year at the fair and that he never repeats costume, confesses that what he missed most about the cancellation of the show last year was “the interaction between people.”
Dressed as a manga comic character and wearing a mask, as required by the organizers, who also require a vaccination test, Lex insists that “there is a lot of fun” at the fair and that she is “really delighted to be back” after the stop.
“I feel as if the world is normal again, going to see things and people that I have not seen for a long time,” said this fan of “cosplay” or fondness for dressing up as fictional characters, for whom this is also her fourth Comic-Con.
BEYOND COSTUMES
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Beyond the costumes, the show represents an opportunity to buy comics, figures of fantasy characters, graphic novels, paintings and prints of super heroes, T-shirts, stuffed animals and, of course, lightsabers.
But in addition, actors and professionals from the big screen and television make their appearance every year to sign autographs or take photos with their dedicated followers, upon payment.
This Thursday, among others, they walked through the fair George Takei, who became famous for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the starship “Enterprise”, in the Star Trek series, and also veteran actor Edward James Olmos, who In the 1980s, he played the role of Lieutenant Castillo, on the Miami Vice series and, more recently, he acted as William Adama, commander of the fleet in Battlestar Galactica.
Among the hundreds of stalls that fill the two floors that the fair occupies, one can bump into the one that sells replica helmets and some weapons owned by Jeremy Rowland, originally from Portland, Oregon, where he keeps his store open.
Helmets of imperial soldiers, the one of the main character of the series the “Mandalorian” – his favorite – or the one of the role-playing video game “Skyrim” are made of resin and hang on the wall of the post next to the shield of Captain America, axes and swords , which can be purchased for between $ 300 and $ 600, prices that also seem from another galaxy.
A FAIR IN CONTINUOUS EXPANSION
Mike owns a comic book store and has been dedicated to the genre for more than two decades. Today he leaves the fair with a hundred publications that he has found in one of his stalls.
“I’m a fan, a collector and a seller, so I have to be here,” he tells Efe before explaining that when he comes, he always likes to talk to authors, ask for autographs and look for books.
Comic-Con – he explains – “has been expanding from comics to video games, cosplay and other businesses; so it is getting bigger and bigger for people who have different interests,” he concludes.
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Jorge Fuentelsaz
(c) EFE Agency
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