Life in a Comic Strip!

Comics were the first set of doors we used to open up our creativity and imagination. There is that fight, the one between good and evil, closely followed by Marvel v/s DC, between some seriously good looking superheroes and menacing supervillians. That's what we've grown up on, heroes who we adore. We all have our favourites of course but the fight between Marvel and DC is unwinnable. I remember my first superhero comic and it just made me want to fight for good. It wasn't about the gimmicks and it sure as hell wasn't about the cool factor but more about the world of possibilities, a hope that things are bigger than me and reminders of how small I really am in this vast universe. We've all grown up reading our Captain America, Thor, Spiderman, Superman stories to Indian superheroes like Chacha Chaudhary, Shaktiman etc. but all of them have one thing in common, they all teach you to side with good. 

These magical comics open up a portal (apt, I know) of a world beyond our own. A land of fantasy that we get to actually live and talk about. Still they end up captivating us with a spell that cannot ever be taken off and what better forum to revisit the magic than attending the Comic Con. This was my first ever experience (a bit of let down) but it's good to see that Indians are catching the superheroes fever. It's not everyday that you get to see a bunch of 20 somethings dress up and assemble together to experience and appreciate this genre.

Anyhow, for this virginity of mine to be taken away from me, like all first times, this wasn't that great either. It was mostly advertisements and people dressed up in costumes (which some really worked hard on) but it was more like that circus photo booth you go to get your picture clicked. People were out there selling overpriced stuff which I guess is so typical that it has got to be the worst sales strategy ever. I'd have imagined Comic Con to be of little more substance with maybe some lectures, trivia handouts, live battle games, I mean so much can be done in such events. The only treat was the air of excitement that could be felt with every breath. I mean people took serious effort to make this happen.

Even though this year left me with a taste of comic con and a lust for more, I hope that next year will be a little easy and won't leave me sore.