Lucca Comics & Games is an annual comic book and gaming convention in Lucca, Italy, traditionally held at the end of October, in conjunction with All Saints' Day. It is the largest comics festival in Europe, and the second biggest in the world after the Comiket.
A Lucca Comics pavilion, near the San Michele in Foro basilica, in 2007
Crowd in Vittorio Veneto street during the Lucca Comics and Games 2012
Entern of a pavilion
The stage of cosplay
A comic book convention or comic con is a fan convention with a primary focus on comic books and comic book culture, in which comic book fans gather to meet creators, experts, and each other. Commonly, comic conventions are multi-day events hosted at convention centers, hotels, or college campuses. They feature a wide variety of activities and panels, with a larger number of attendees participating in cosplay than most other types of fan conventions. Comic book conventions are also used as a vehicle for industry, in which publishers, distributors, and retailers represent their comic-related releases. Comic book conventions may be considered derivatives of science-fiction conventions, which began in the late 1930s.
Phoenix Fan Fusion's 2017 convention in Phoenix, Arizona
During panels at comic book conventions, the audience is sometimes invited to line up and ask questions using a dedicated microphone.
A Fallout Cosplayer photographed at a Comic Con in a Fallout Themed area