Comic Con ends in Visakhapatnam with cosplayers, creators and live actors

Dressed in pirate costumes, The 9TEEN members will perform at the Vizag Comic Con in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. | Photo credit: PAUL NICODEMUS

The first edition of the Visakhapatnam Comic Con concluded on Sunday at the Kalam Convention Center on the AMTZ campus, with organizers reporting more than 12,000 visitors over the two days.

VSand-up comedian Vivek Muralidharan will perform at the Vizag Comic Con in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. | Photo credit: PAUL NICODEMUS

The event attracted fans of comics, anime, games and cosplay. The program included Artist Alley, Creators’ Jam, virtual reality zones and a main stage with music and stand-up comedy. Telugu hip-hop artist Roll Rida performed alongside C-SHOR, The 9TEEN and Fluteboxers, in addition to stand-up performances by Gokul Kumar, Kumar Varun and Vivek Muralidharan.

Shefali Johnson, CEO, Comic Con India | Photo credit: PAUL NICODEMUS

“India is huge and every part of the country deserves its own place in what we’re trying to build,” said Shefali Johnson, CEO of Comic Con India. She said the company chose Visakhapatnam after repeated inquiries in Hyderabad. “A lot of people from Andhra Pradesh would ask us why we didn’t bring Comic Con to their state.”

Ms Johnson said that although the venue is far from the city and the format is new to many, the response has been “encouraging enough to start planning our presence in Andhra Pradesh over the next five years”. She added that local artists had performed to give the event a “cultural touch”.

Cosplayers (from left) N. Sai Krishna as HUNK, Kundhan Kondempudi as Spider-Man, B. Bharath Kumar as Gambit, Sumanth Behara as John Constantine and Sucharita Behara as Witch at the Vizag Comic Con in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. | Photo credit: PAUL NICODEMUS

Among the visitors were N. Bhoomika, J. Aditya, N. Jeevit and D. Rohit, students of XI. and XII. classes from Visakhapatnam. “The booths were pretty nice and me and my friends bought katanas which was very cool,” they said. “It’s worth experiencing at least once.”

The cosplayers were the main attraction. Sai Krishna N., who appeared as HUNK from the video game series ‘Resident Evil’, said he attended events in Hyderabad and Delhi. “I wasn’t expecting much, but it exceeded my expectations,” he said.

Kundhan Kondempudi, who hailed from Nuzvid in Eluru district, wore a Spider-Man: Brand New Day suit that he said he spent three years handcrafting. “I didn’t buy anything from the market, I made everything from scratch,” he said.

Dressed as John Constantine, Sumanth Behara, a resident of Visakhapatnam, came with his sister Sucharita, who was cosplaying as a witch. He said he attended the Hyderabad edition for 10 years. “We nerds are everywhere and we want more in Vizag,” he said.

Published – 11 Oct 2026 20:47 IST