Meanwhile, in Barcelona, it’s FIComic
The 27th annual Salón Internacional del Cómic de Barcelona is underway, if locals can rouse themselves from their post-Champions League triumphal celebrations. While the above site is in Spanish, you may find this photo from Carla Michelle’s Twitter stream of guests Mark Waid, Jim Lee, Marta Martinez, Diego Olmos, Jordi Marti, David Hernando, and a special guest following a press conference amusing.
05/29/09 at 12:30 pm
Let’s hope we see Lionel Messi dressed as Batman.
05/29/09 at 1:26 pm
“Ficomic” is just the name of the organizers, an acronym for a “federation of comic publishers” or something.
06/2/09 at 3:58 am
well, last year there were 100.000 visitors over 3 days. I went the first two days and it was pretty lively: whole schoolclasses visiting on friday and on saturday the cosplayers came out of the woodworks. Don’t know how sunday and monday (the busiest days) went but I can see it reaching 6 figures again.
06/3/09 at 11:08 am
[…] El Salón 2009 3 06 2009 El Salón ha recibido una cobertura considerable en los medios con entrevistas a David B y Gipi o Jeffrey Brown. Batman Barcelona también ha contribuido a la presencia de FICOMIC en algún medio norteamericano pero, pese a que el Batman se ha agotado, la queja es generalizada en cuanto a que las ventas no ha sido nada buenas a lo que contribuyeron el puente y la crisis. No sabemos que se ha vendido mejor en el Salón pero las ventas de la tienda Mazinguer de Gijón en Mayo nos pueden dar alguna pista. […]