{"id":50436,"date":"2018-03-25T09:49:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T09:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/jeddah\/en\/lifestyle\/food\/saudis-comic-con-came-in-kingdom-pictures-dont-do-it-justice\/"},"modified":"2018-03-25T09:49:35","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T09:49:35","slug":"saudis-comic-con-came-in-kingdom-pictures-dont-do-it-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/jeddah\/en\/news\/saudis-comic-con-came-in-kingdom-pictures-dont-do-it-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi’s Comic Con Came And Went In The Kingdom And The Pictures Don’t Do It Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The global event, which started back in 1970, is still making its way to famous cities around the world in efforts to impress the public with the comical world.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last year’s Comic Con in the country brought in more than 22,000 comic, manga, anime and film fanatics.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Superheroes and comic characters made their way to this year’s Comic Con event in Jeddah and the event took attendees on\u00a0a fun journey in the entertainment world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

This three day family event was filled with so many options to choose from:\u00a0movies, television, games, science fiction, storyboards and more.<\/p>\n

Not to mention, superhero fanatics seemed to love the event!<\/h3>\n

A lot took their chances at dressing up as their favourite characters and showing off their iconic costumes on Twitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Two people at the Comic Con Jeddah have dressed like Dustin and the Demogorgon!????@GatenM123<\/a> @Stranger_Things<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/IvGZjTmZcc<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bandar (@FreakkStranger) March 24, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A fan of Stranger things?\u00a0These two people dressed up as Dustin and Demogorgon from the hit show!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A DAY TO REMEMBER ????????????????????????????????#ComicConJeddah<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/UStLPwVFN8<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 ???? (@redcherry95) March 24, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Other users tweeted awesome snaps of their costumes and props from the event.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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#comicConjeddah<\/a> #comic_con<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/mTMWssB8xB<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Diew..\u266a\u2661 (@Diew_chii) March 22, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

BUT, the grandest of all things at this year’s Saudi Comic Con were the infamous celebrities who made an appearance for their fans in the kingdom.\u00a0<\/h3>\n
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Recognize this theme song?\u00a0Wagner Maura was snapped singing the famous\u00a0Narcos opening song for the Netflix show’s fans.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Superheroes don their capes as second Saudi Comic Con comes to Jeddah – Arab News https:\/\/t.co\/VNDXctUlSX<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Festivus (@Festivist) March 25, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Others were lucky enough to see the line-up of\u00a0three famous actors from award-wining TV shows – Ian Somerhalder from Vampire Diaries, Wagner Moura from Narcos and Gustaf Skarsgard from Vikings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Luckiest people ever ???? I wish I could\u2019ve met him, the one and only Gustaf Skarsg\u00e5rd \u2694\ufe0f #\u0643\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0643_\u0643\u0648\u0646_\u062c\u062f\u0629<\/a> #ComicConJeddah<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/YzTMOXFztt<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 \u0653 (@sh3gb) March 24, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you haven’t managed to catch Comic Con in Jeddah this year, then fear no more!\u00a0<\/p>\n

There’s a fan fiction convention called “Middle East Film and Comic Con,”\u00a0that is\u00a0coming to Dubai in April<\/a> and it’s just as good.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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