After two-year hiatus, Comic Con India returns to Bengaluru The two-day event will feature celebrity guests and India's best cosplayers

Falah Faisal

With the ever-growing fandom across India for all things comic, manga, anime, superhero films, and all that jazz, the largest pop-culture celebration in the sub-continent, Comic Con India, returns onground after a 2-year hiatus. As for its comeback, Jatin Varma, Founder of Comic Con India, said, “I am excited to finally welcome fans back to Comic Con in Bengaluru this time.

Even though this will be the ninth edition of the event, we will also be ringing in a decade of being in the city! It’s been a long wait of over two years since the last edition. But we are rearing to come back and have lots of new additions and surprises in store for fans.”

Bengaluru Comic Con 2022 will see coming publishing houses and artists such as Jonathan Kunz (Co-Creator of War and Peas), Raymund Bermudez, Brown paper bag, Derek Dominic D’Souza, Md Faisal (Creator of Garbage Bin), Happy Fluff Comics, Awkwerrrd, Bakarmax, Indusverse comics, Meta Desi, Holy Cow Entertainment, Amar Chitra Katha, Raj Comics and many more.

On November 19 and 20, the event will feature an 80,000 sq ft gaming arena, which will have daily tournaments, LAN Esports Finals, and meet-and-greet with India’s top gaming content creators among many other exciting activities for all attendees. Along with this Comic Con India will also see panels, workshops, and performances every half hour on the main stage all weekend.

Bengaluru attendees will get the chance to witness fun experiences with Universal Pictures’ A Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Experience, Warner Bros Pictures’ Shazam: Fury of The Gods, and much more. The two-day event will also give the pop culture geeks a chance to shop at The Souled Store, Nerd Arena, Red Wolf., The Comic Book Store, and Fat Cat Collectibles to buy merchandise of their favourite movies and TV shows