Bengaluru Comic Con: Day 2 ends with more fervour, enthusiasts return with happy faces

Chandra Prabhu | NT

Bengaluru: The second day of the 11th edition of Comic Con in Whitefield saw increased footfall, with cartoon enthusiasts, and cosplayers thronging the premises of the Convention Hall of KTPO on Saturday.

“The Comic Con this time was filled with fun! We had the time of our lives!,” said Ashish from Kerala. The first year student had pointed out how people posed up as video game characters were more than the cosplayers of Cinema characters. In the hall, one could witness the plethora of characters being played by cosplayers, running from Marvel, DC, and presently trending Anime. A cosplayer, who dressed up as Kakashi Sensei from the famous Anime Naruto.

“I love the character, I’ve always wanted to dress up like him!,” he said with a touch of excitement.

Comic Con featured an exclusive space for DC’s “Aquaman” and fans had waited in long queues to get a taste of the virtual experience. This also comes in with the release of “Aquaman and the lost kingdom,” on December.

The hall also hosted comic stalls of Indian origins. Speaking to News Trail, Sanjay Gupta, founder of Raj Comic Books had commented that people have not lost touch with Indian comics. The books we write have attracted a lot of people from different age groups,” he said.

He also added that the ‘Indianness will always be retained as writers keep catering to reader’s needs.

“We try to look at what they like and try to retain the conventional storylines of good over evil,” he said as he signed fan’s copies of new releases.

Few authors and creators have also made graphic novels, rooted out of emotion and love for creation. Amirthraj Selvaraj, creator of ‘Endwars’ said, “I had conceptualised the idea of making a graphic novel, in memory of my father who passed away.”

Comic Con so far has been a space of expression and flaunt for artists and enthusiasts. However, some feel that this event does not have the scope for learning artists.

Madhan, a artist working for films hoped that the Bengaluru Comic Con would’ve enlightened him on preparations of costumes. “For artists, training of costumes and art was not available,” he cited.