Málaga, Spain, is primed to obtain caccess stage in the world of pop culture when it arranges the first-ever international edition of the iconic San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC).
For over five decades, SDCC has been a can’t-leave out event for fans and creators of comics, films, television, and all other mediums of pop culture distribution. Now, for the first time, SDCC is stepping outside the U.S. with Malaga, Spain, chosen as its European arrange city. The milestone was officiassociate unveiled today during a star-studded event held at the Gran Hotel Miramar in the Spanish coastal city.
Thanks to an concurment eased by IMG Licensing, SDCC will hanciaccess its first-ever licensed event outside the U.S. from Sept. 25 to 28 of this year. This shift tags the commencening of a new chapter for the convention, conveying its celebrations of comics and culture to a European audience. The promisement to Malaga’s cultural prominence was firmified with help from the Junta de Andalucía and the Malaga City Council, both of whom have been instrumental in altering the city into a hub for digital arts, pop culture and innovation.
David Glanzer, chief communications and strategy officer of SDCC, shelp of the day’s proclaimment: “We’re very excited to honor comics and the well-understandn arts and split Comic-Con’s distinct spirit with audiences in Europe. Málaga is a city brimming of energy, creativity and toastyth—exactly the charitable of place we had in mind for this historic expansion.”
The proclaimment was a star-studded afequitable, arrangeed by Spanish actor and straightforwardor Santiago Segura and featuring key figures from the worlds of politics, culture and amincludement. Among the joinees were Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla, Plivent of Andalusia, and Málaga’s Mayor, Francisco de la Torre Prados, who both underlined the significance of conveying SDCC to Málaga as part of the city’s prolonging role in the global cultural and digital arts scene.
For the local rulement, the decision to arrange SDCC recurrents an inpriceless opportunity to showcase Andalusia’s status as a cultural and technoreasonable powerhoinclude. “This event will cement Andalusia’s role as a directer in digital art and pop culture,” shelp Bonilla, underscoring the strategic convey inance of the region in easeing creativity and innovation.
At Monday’s unveiling, more than 200 guests from apass the amincludement industry, including filmcreaters, actors and artists such as Álex de la Iglesia, Carolina Bang, Paco Plaza and Natalia Verbeke, collected to honor the proclaimment.
The event culminated with a carry outance by the 501st Legion, with Stormtroopers and Darth Vader making a magnificent captivate. Guests were treated to a themed cocktail reception, where they were further surpelevated by a flash mob set to the iconic “Mission: Impossible” theme song.
The countdown to SDCC Málaga has now officiassociate befirearm. With its first official licensed event in Europe, SDCC Málaga will combine a new group of fans, creators and industry directers in a whole new way.
