Bodypaints, boots, masks galore

There were bodysuits, boots and covers aplenty in San Diego as a huge number of comic, superhuman and anime fans ran to the opening of Comic-Con on Thursday.

Features of the current year's Comic-Con incorporate the presentation of the main female "Specialist Who", played by British on-screen character Jodie Whittaker, and a gathering for the cast of the US TV show "Breaking Bad".

Festivities are likewise being held to check a time of the Marvel Cinematic Universe media establishment and the 25th commemorations of the science fiction TV indicate "The X-Files", stop-movement vivified motion picture "The Nightmare Before Christmas", and the blockbuster film "Jurassic Park".

"We adore the family feeling here," said Miguel Capuchino, who was dressed as a male rendition of a female character from "The Nightmare Before Christmas".

"It's only a pack of nerds getting together and there's no judging, everyone's simply extremely steady".

The yearly four-day occasion, began as a social gathering for science fiction fans to exchange comic books in 1970, is presently the biggest comic book tradition of its kind, with more than 130,000 individuals going to visitor boards and going by the scenes highlighting works of art, funnies, films, TV shows and gaming programs.