Ray Fisher ‘Cyborg’ and Austin St. John ‘Red Power Ranger’ shared anecdotes at a press conference at Comic Con Ecuador

The biggest festival of pop culture returns to the city in its face-to-face format. The fifth edition of the Comic Con Ecuador He has almost everything ready to receive his faithful audience this Saturday and Sunday at the Guayaquil Convention Center.

At a press conference this morning Fernando Flores placeholder image, executive director of Comic Con Ecuador, mentioned that it is the first convention in South America to meet again in 2021. “No other country in South America does Comic Con this year because of the difficult situation we are going through and because it is a very hard effort, so it is a great merit for Guayaquil”He later detailed in an interview with this newspaper.

He also stressed the importance of reliving this experience live, despite the two cancellations that occurred, one of them that of Hiroshi Tokoro. Jiban. “The feeling that all the organizers have is one of immense emotion to meet again after a year. It has not been easy, as all entrepreneurs know, starting over from scratch is very complicated, but at the same time that we are reaching this point it is very satisfactory, because all lovers of geek culture are going to have the possibility of returning to see physically, we will have the possibility of living the experiences we love the most “, he expressed.

Angie González: the host of the Superstars of Comic Con Ecuador

Cosplayers and graphic illustrators from Spain, Chile and Argentina shared a table with the invited international actors, such as Ray Fisher, Cyborg on the League of Justice; Austin St. John, the Red Power Ranger; and Daniel Pesina, co-creator of the classic game Mortal Combat.

From the Sheraton hotel in Guayaquil they told some personal anecdotes to the media present. For instance, Fisher reported that his process of casting It was so short that within two weeks of making it they gave him the role. Since then he has been a lover of comics. He did not assure that he would play Cyborg again due to some inconveniences he had with Warner Bross. However, he took advantage of the moment to encourage his followers to “make noise”, so that the possibilities are expanded. “In any case, I wish a lot of love and affection to my colleagues from casting”.

Meanwhile, the first Red Power Ranger who after the series stayed home, and among other things, he chose to be a firefighter and go to work as a paramedic in the war, where he left after being invited to the first Comic Con. “What is that? I did not know it existed,” he said he had expressed at the beginning, in a phone call. From that moment, the actor has attended conventions to reconnect with his fans and colleagues in the environment.

While the joy of Pesina was not lacking at any time. With his ‘gringo’ accent and articulating some words in Spanish, he said that the creation of Mortal Combat It was a dream and a difficult process at the same time (he had to do it like 50 times), but it was all fun, since since he was little he consumed comics and games.

These artists will share with their followers starting tomorrow, with whom they will take photographs, interviews and sign autographs.

Among the attractions of the convention is an area dedicated to the dear Harry Potter, another to Ghostbusters, la moto de Akira, a 1: 1 replica of the Batmobile. There will also be real-scale replicas of cars, exhibition of collectible figures, illustrators such as Germán Peralta, Laura Vitar, Javier Fernández, Belén Ortega, Eduardo Risso and cosplayers international

Comic Con Ecuador will be held on Saturday and Sunday 09:00 to 21:00 at the Guayaquil Convention Center (Av. de las Américas). General admission has a cost of $ 12. While the vip costs $ 75 and the Comic Con package $ 150. They can be purchased at www.ticketshow.com.ec.

All attendees, except children, will be required to have a vaccination card.

“I hope that all the public will come together at this fifth convention. We are five years old and we have brought the best of artists and actors, we also have entertainment attractions”, Highlights Flores.

Comic Con Ecuador has the support of the Municipality of Guayaquil, through the Municipal Public Tourism Company Civic Promotion and International Relations of Guayaquil. (I)