Free Comic Book Day in Cape Town

Calling all cool kids: take part in this worldwide celebration of the art of the comic

Free Comic Book Day is a global event that takes place on Saturday, 2 May 2015 and will be celebrated in Cape Town at the Readers Den Comic Shop at Claremont’s Stadium on Main shopping centre. 

While comics may once have been the preserve of the ‘stereotypical’ nerds you’ve seen on shows like The Big Bang Theory, things have definitely changed since then.  These days, comic books are cool, seriously cool. So if you pull through to this fair, expect to see plenty of people, all getting their inner Superman or Wonder Woman on.

This is the 14th successive year that Readers Den has hosted the comic con-style expo, which attracts over 3 000 fans, geeks, artists, cosplayers, vendors and exhibitors.

Fans will be able to meet and greet their favourite local comic book artists, bag a few of their most loved comics at discounted rates, pick up geek and pop culture merchandise, enter a lucky draw, get their costume on for the cosplay masquerade, enjoy various live acts, take in a comic art exhibition and a Star Wars comics mini exhibition, play console games and indulge in plenty of other geeky treats. 

PROGRAMME FOR THE 2015 FREE COMIC BOOK DAY EVENT IN CAPE TOWN

9am – OPENING

12pm – Lucky Draw Competition 

2pm: Cosplay Masquerade

Performances10am – KomboKitten: J-Pop dance

10:15am – Sanaa Moon: Star Wars belly dance

10:30am – Sai & Tsukiko: J-Pop Vocaloid dance

10:45am – Hallyu Wave CT: K-pop dance

11am – Sakura Breeze: J-Pop Vocaloid dance

11:15am – KomboKitten: J-Pop dance (repeat)

11:30am – Sanaa Moon: Star Wars belly dance (repeat)

1pm: – Something Crooked music band performing 3 songs

All Day Events (9am – 4pm)

FREE COMICS: The FREE official Free Comic Book Day comics (Exhibition Room)

ARTIST ALLEY: Comic launches, art-related merchandise and local comics sales

VENDORS: Pop culture and geek merchandise

EXHIBITION ROOM: Art of Deon de Lange Gallery, Star Wars & Pulp Sci-Fi comic exhibit, Sideshow Collectibles showcase, Gundam demo & exhibit, Figures in SA Collectors Group

GAMES ROOM: Console gaming, demos and free play

READERS DEN COMIC SHOP: Store discounts, goodie bags and lucky draw tickets

POP-UP SALES SHOP: Mega discounts on graphic novels and lucky draw tickets

4pm – CLOSING

TICKETS FOR THE 2015 FREE COMIC BOOK DAY EVENT IN CAPE TOWN

Entrance is free and no prior booking is required. The event starts at 9am and ends at 4pm.

Do note that the Readers Den shop in Tygervalley will also be hosting a smaller celebration with some awesome deals on offer. 

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