As we gear up for the last UAE cinema screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and roll out the digital ‘red carpet’ for a live video conference with the Godfather of comics Stan Lee, we just had to fill you in on our fantasy-packed first day!
If you didn’t get sidetracked by the dinosaurs roaming the entrance, you might have seen Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau helping fans capture the perfect selfie or met Ash Ketchum voice artist Veronica Taylor!
We hosted some fabulous workshops on topics from vocal projection to electric vampires and even a little bit of magic! Michael Ferrara was on hand to talk about comics as Journalism and how comics are such a great medium for delivering real world stories and Dubomedy led a workshop on learning the basics of improv comedy.
Other highlights from Day 1 were:
- The Godfather of comics Stan Lee joined us live from LA via video link to answer those burning questions from a full house of fans. He let us in on a few secrets, including that one of his favourite cameos was in the Avengers movie and his most loveable character is Spiderman’s Aunt May. He also told us the character he would most like to meet is Tony Stark and that he believes no one else but Robert Downey Junior could have played the role.
- Star Trek fans grabbed pictures with the original Captain’s chair from the upcoming ‘Star Trek Beyond’ feature, filmed right here in Dubai
- The opportunity to see the exhibition from above and ZIP-LINE right across the hall!
- Check out the new Samsung virtual reality googles and experience a fresh world of gaming
- The self-proclaimed ‘Queen of FIFA’ Jesse Fangs hosted a Q&A on all things you tube and FIFA
- DMC from Run DMC ‘walked this way’ into town to launch his new comic and prep for his performance at Toy Room on Friday night!
- One of the fantastic veteran comic book artists not to miss is Whilce Portacio! This artistic wunderkind will be around to answer fan questions about his years of experience and work with X Factor, Uncanny X Men and Heroes Reborn: Iron Man
- Guests got up close and personal with an ‘almost’ real Gorilla, thanks to Gorillaguy.com. This extremely life-like animatronic suit is good enough to frighten fans of all ages!
- Don’t miss tonight’s MEFCC After Party at Vii Dubai in the Conrad Hotel! All the stars will be there, so who knows who you could bump into!
Day 2 activities not to be missed include:
- Fanta Gaming Masters saw the start of 3 days of fierce competition between amateur gamers and opportunities for them to play against industry superstars! Come down tomorrow and Saturday and take part if you think you have the skills!
- Meet even more stars, including Christopher Lloyd, Nick Frost, Summer Glau and Randy Orton!
- A 1.30pm exclusive screening of Bilal by Barajoun Entertainment Animation.
- Learn how to make your own Cosplay accessories from the world famous Alodia! (3pm)
- CEO of Starlight Entertainment Jeff Gomez will be critiquing the big screen adaptations of Shared Universes and who is getting it right!
Images of today can be found on this link: https://we.tl/0z8LNwiUda