00:00The 3rd annual Middle East Film and Comic Con took place last weekend and drew the largest
00:14crowds to date with thousands of comic, manga and film fans dressed as their favourite character
00:18packing the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.
00:34Retailers showcased a plethora of comic books, figurines and apparel and fan art was on display
00:38with many stalls showing their comic book inspired work.
00:47Metropolis Collectibles, the world's largest vintage comic book dealer, had two of the
00:51most sought after comic books in the world on display, Action Comics No. 1 and Detective
00:56Comics No. 27 featuring the first appearances of Superman and Batman respectively.
01:01All of the big names in the comic book world were on hand with the likes of Marvel, IDW
01:05and Top Cow showing their latest merchandise, discussing their work with Starstruck fans
01:09and giving out sketches with autographs.
01:39It's great to work with Mark Silvestri, he's a legend in the industry and I've had the
01:46pleasure of working with a lot of great writers, Josh Fyalkov and Matt Hawkins, so I've had
01:51a wonderful time there.
01:53Yeah, first time here, it's pretty amazing to be in the city and at this convention I'm
01:58having a great time.
02:06I'm John Barber, I'm a writer on Transformers Robots in Disguise and I'm an editor on most
02:12of the other Transformers comics, Dungeons & Dragons, D&D, which is the same comic, G.I.
02:18Joe and a bunch of other stuff.
02:20We're doing some exciting new digital stuff with Transformers, we've got a brand new series
02:26with Joe Hill that he wrote Lock and Key and it's a series called The Wraith that's been
02:32coming out and it's absolutely amazing.
02:33This is pretty cool, it's my first time out here, it's huge, it's unbelievable.
02:39It's great to see the fans and all the costumes and everybody, people are really into this
02:45stuff and it's just amazing to see.
03:03The huge success of the Middle East Film and Comic Con has transformed the event into one
03:13of the pillars of the Dubai arts scene and is the place to be for comic and film fans
03:17in the UAE.
03:19Logan Fish for Tabloid.
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