Comic
Barcelona International Comic Convention
Montjuïc venue
16 19 /April
Edition
33rd
Area
36,000 m²
Exhibitors
130
Type
Public
Activities
Exhibitions
Conferences
Prizes
Author signings
Organised by
Ficomic
64
Trade Shows
19
exhibitions
The latest edition attracted record visitor
numbers. Science fiction and heroic fan-
tasy were the main themes and the stars of
the large central exhibition,
Fantastic Com-
ics
, featuring more than 400 original works,
and of much of the programme, with activi-
ties related to science and legends.
The show hosted a total of 19 exhibi-
tions, including several devoted to char-
acters celebrating anniversaries: Captain
America and The Joker, who reached 75
years. A show was also devoted to Ana-
cleto, Secret Agent, created by Manuel
Vázquez, with guest appearance by the
actor Imanol Arias, who plays Anacleto
on screen.
The many authors who attended the
convention included Milo Manara, José
Luis García López, Scott McCloud, Barry
Kitson, Frederik Peeters, David Finch
and the creators of the comic
Adventure
Hour,
Braden Lamb, Shelli Paroline and
Ryan North.
The start of Comic also coincided with
the
Star Wars Celebration
, which opened
with a videoconference by J. J. Abrams,
director of the latest film in the saga.
Barcelona is one of the cities
with the greatest traditions
in comic book stores, role
playing games, science
fiction and video games
