Comic Con... in Saudi?

AlJ reports:

AP:Visitors wear face masks and dress up as their favorite comic book characters:

Separate Male and Female sections presumably means the face veil can be dropped once you are inside the female section...

no reports of anyone wearing the Leia slave costume...


ALJ article on the rise of the comic book in the Middle East

a modern version of bards telling the stories of heroes: e.g. Aladdin and Sinbad...