By ITP
In pictures: Fans of all ages celebrities Comic-Con Arabia in Riyadh
Comic-Con Arabia is the first edition of Riyadh’s ultimate multi-genre pop-culture convention built for fans and curious at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center.


Saudi girls pose for a group picture as one stands behind a frame depicting King Kong, while attending the first ever Comic-Con Arabia event held in the capital Riyadh.

A Saudi family accompanies their child, who is wearing a Jason Voorhees hockey mask from the Friday the 13th horror film series, as they attend the first ever Comic-Con Arabia event held in the capital Riyadh.

A Saudi cosplayer dresses in a suit and a wolf mask as he attends the first ever Comic-Con Arabia event held in the capital Riyadh.

A Saudi girl wearing face-paint attends the first ever Comic-Con Arabia event held in the capital Riyadh.

Saudi girls pose for a group picture as they attend the first ever Comic-Con Arabia event held in the capital Riyadh.

A Saudi woman uses her cell phone to take a ‘selfie’ photograph with a cosplayer posing as Scarecrow, from the Batman Arkham video-game series, while attending the first ever Comic-Con Arabia event held in the capital Riyadh.

A Saudi child dressed as Simba from Disney’s 1994 animated ‘The Lion King’ film attends the first ever Comic-Con Arabia event held in the capital Riyadh.

A Saudi artist applies face-paint to a cosplayer as they attend the first ever Comic-Con Arabia event held in the capital Riyadh.

A Saudi woman uses her cell phone to take a ‘selfie’ photograph with a cosplayer dressed as the Beast from Disney’s 2017 live-action ‘Beauty and the Beast’ film, as they attend the first ever Comic-Con Arabia event held in the capital Riyadh.

Saudi girls use their cell phones to take pictures as they attend the first ever Comic-Con Arabia event held in the capital Riyadh.

Saudi girls attend the first ever Comic-Con Arabia event held in the capital Riyadh.