The organizers of AsiaPOP Comicon Manila have announced that they will definitely be back even bigger this July for their fourth straight year in the country. With impressive response from thousands of fans from all over the region during it’s first three editions, AsiaPOP Comicon Manila 2018 will be back on July 27 to 29 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City.
With its powerhouse lineup of guest celebrities, AsiaPOP Comicon Manila has garnered an international reputation, being graced by pop culture stars such as 2015’s Paul Bettany, Nathalie Emmanuel, Colton Haynes, and Adventure Time voiceover Jeremy Shada; 2016’s Millie Bobby Brown, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Dempsie, Claire Holt, and Hiroshi Kitadani; and last year’s Ray Fisher, Tyler Hoechlin, Gaku Space, and Shoji Kawamori, alongside Netflix’s stars Joe Keery, Noah Schnapp, Dacre Montgomery, and Sadie Sink.
The event has also become a creative haven for names such as Simone Legno (of tokidoki fame), Jason Freeny, Mike Zeck, Ken Lashley, David Mack, artgerm a.k.a. Stanley Lau; our very own Whilce Portacio, Leinil Yu, Stephen Segovia, Carlo Pagulayan, and Quiccs Maiquez; and even former Vice President of International Development & Brand Management of Marvel C.B. Cebulski (now Marvel’s editor in chief), who uses the event to search for Filipino talent for Marvel Comics.
So stay tuned in the coming months asthe latest batch of awesome surprises for this year’s biggest pop culture gathering will be unveiled.