Dhaka Pop Culture Expo
Dhaka Pop Culture Expo was a convention for fans of comic books, film, TV, anime and video games, held in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka. The first event was held on Friday and Saturday 30–31 August 2013 at Baridhara DOHS Convention Center, Dhaka;[1] it was attended by over 2,000 participants.[citation needed] The 2014 expo was staged 24–25 June 2014 at the National Shooting Federation Hall in Dhaka.[2] The third edition took place 31 July and 1 August 2015.[3][4] The expo returned in July 2016,[5] and June 2017.[6]
Background[edit]
Comic-cons and pop expos are popular in the US, UK, Australia, and Japan.
Dhaka Comicon was first held in 2012. It was followed in 2013 by Dhaka Pop Culture Expo,[7] and later that year by Unmad-JCC Comic Con.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "At Pop Culture Expo, comic lovers dress in costume". Dhaka Tribune. 31 August 2013.
- ^ "Pop Culture Expo gets bigger". Dhaka Tribune. 23 June 2014.
- ^ Sujoy, Fatiul Huq (6 August 2015). "Cosplayers Brave Bad Weather". The Daily Star. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ Noor, Shams (6 August 2015). "Dhaka Pop Culture Expo 2015 Held". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "Cosplay takes precedence at Dhaka Pop Culture Expo 2016". Prothom Alo. UNB. 16 July 2016.
- ^ Pritom, Nusrat Jahan (1 June 2017). "Cosplayers Use Costumes To Unleash Their Superpowers". Daily Sun.
- ^ "Dhaka Pop Culture Adventure". Daily Sun. Dhaka. 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014.
- ^ Hossain, Shahadat (7 November 2013). "UNMAD-JCC COMIC CON Dhaka 2013: What's it all about?". The Daily Star.
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