Costumes, workshops, Боруто манга читать merchandise, there will be something for everyone at the 3rd edition of the Mumbai Comic Con

Ayesha Sultana Mohluddin

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Boof! Bang! Of comics coming alive, then you should be prepared for the biggest pop culture event of the year. The sec-ond edition of Mumbai Film & Comics Convention, is an event dedicated to comics and everything connected to them. Starting December 21, this convention that has been introduced to Mumbai is all set to give everyone the time of their lives.

Jatin Vaima, Founder, Comic Con India, said, "We head in to our third year in Mumbai bigger and better than ever before. This is the biggest convention we have ever organised, with new exhibitors, activities and exclusives. We hope to party all weekend."

With special sessions to be held for leading artists and writers across the country, Mumbai's Comic Con will also witness special screenings of Burka Avenger, an exclusive movie session with the Tere Bin Laden 2 cast, and director Abhishek Sharma at the convention. "Tere Bin Laden session will be the curtain raiser event. It will be the first public introduction of the is franchise - and will be attended by the lead actors as well as the Director and producers. Apart from the interesting insights into the film we will be presenting an exclusive behind the scenes," said director Abhishek Sharma.

But if that is not enough for you, then you can also attend a whole slew of activities including workshops, interactive sessions, comics and merchandise on sale, special comers for creating comics and cartoons, book launches and a whole lot of other things Cosplay(costume con-test),one of the major attractions at Comic Con India, will allow people to dress up not only as their favourite comic A character but also their favourite movie actor/character as well.

The event will see the launch of 10 new titles such as Gandhi by Campfire, Shiva - Book III by Vimanika publish-ing, The Skull Rosary by holy Cow Entertainment, Tinkle Hindi Collections by Amar Chitra Katha publishing, Zombie Rising and Munkeeman 3 by Pop Culture publishing.

Munkeeman 3 which will be launched by Manish Paul will be seen getting a new twist to the saga. "In this issue, Munkeeman faces a tough challenge as he confronts all the enemies from first two parts. We also come to know about Sayani's real identity and an inch closer to Munkeeman's dilemma of getting into a relation-ship with his step sister. It also introduces a new weapon in Munkeeman's armour," says graphic designer Abhijeet Kini.

Having recently illustrated Angry Maushi which will also be launched, Kini says, "We always aim at the Mumbai Comic Con for launches of such titles, since the content I _ create for the comic 1, series is essentially Mumbai. The plot takes off from where we left off in the last issue. More action, more pages this time around."