Vienna Comic Con 2023 - VIECC Trade Fair Vienna

By public transport

You can get to the Vienna Comic Con 2023 easily and carefree, without any stress or effort, by public transport. In my opinion, the best option is to take a Westbahn train to Vienna Westbahnhof. Now, of course, you have a few options for getting to the Vienna Exhibition Centre. We took the U3 in the direction of Simmering, making 4 stops on the way to Herrengasse. Here we then walked about 10 minutes to the U2, to Schottentor - as an alternative you can also take the U3 one stop further to Stephansplatz, change to the U1 and travel to Praterstern (3 stops). The last journey for both options is on the U2 to Messe - Prater. You will be standing right in front of the exhibition centre and have reached your destination.

By car

The quickest way is clearly via the motorway. Take the A1 motorway and later the A21 towards Vienna. Then keep left and take the A23 motorway to the Handelskai exit. Now you only have a 5 - 10 minute journey ahead of you and you will have reached your destination by car. 

You can park directly on site, Messe Wien provides several multi-storey car parks. Car parks A & D and the CC underground car park together offer space for around 4000 vehicles. The parking fee for all three is €4.20 per hour or part thereof. My information is that as a trade fair visitor you have to pay a daily flat rate of € 8.00 - this can be redeemed at the trade fair cash desks. However, you would have to read in advance exactly how this works.

Ticket variants at the VIECC

Programme at the Vienna Comic Con 2023

There were plenty of different stages with a wide variety of programmes again this year. So many that it's impossible to list everything in a blog post like this. But I would still like to give you a little insight. What I particularly liked, what was part of the programme for me and also something new this year.

Actors, dubbing actors and artists were present on the main stage throughout the weekend. Interviews were conducted, live drawings were made and there was also a cosplay championship. The Mainstage is a must for me, where I always pop in from time to time.

And of course, as every year, you get the chance to meet one of your idols at the VIECC, talk to them briefly and get a photo and/or autograph. In 2023, there was definitely someone here for everyone who they had always wanted to see live - for me, this is a very special highlight at such events. Being so close to a star you've perhaps been following on TV for ages is something very special. You had to pay extra for both, but unfortunately I couldn't find any more price lists.

New at the Vienna Comic Con 2023 was the Drag Queen Stage. The atmosphere there was amazing. Everyone was in a good mood, the chairs were all occupied and the VIECC visitors gathered around. The performances I saw were awesome - damn they knew how to put on a show. This was really just a small insight, or rather these were just my little highlights from the programme and the stages.

• Mahmud Asrar - was announced as the illustrator of the new Avengers series „All-New, All-Different Avengers“ as part of the „reorganisation“ of the Marvel comic hero world („Secret Wars“). 

Authors and content creators

• Liza Grimm - Her debut novel „The Gods of Asgard“ will be published in 2018, but I knew Liza from the Talus book series.
• Katazuri - From gaming to pen and paper - from Instagram to Tik Tok to Twitch, it's everywhere. 

Dubbing actors and cosplay guests

Hans-Georg Panczak - For me, one of the first film voices I heard and knew. I'm an absolute Star Wars fan, they were the first films I „consciously“ saw and here he lends his voice to Luke Skywalker aka Mark Hamill.

Kodiak Cosplay - a cosplayer from Hamburg who has been working as a cosplayer since 2014 and these are also impressive - simply amazing.

For me, it was even better this year than in 2022. Everything was much better organised and, in my opinion, the halls were bigger. Maybe Sunday is simply the better day to visit, which it was - because I liked it more. I think if you've read this far, you've already realised how enthusiastic I was about VIECC 2023.

 

The stages and star guests were great, the artists and exhibitors were simply fantastic and, for me as a little nerd and collector, the merchandise stands should not be forgotten. In my opinion, however, the greatest praise goes to all the cosplayers. The effort and expense that is put into every single cosplay is simply amazing for me. 

What I should definitely not forget: the food trucks, which provided all visitors with energy. There was something for everyone here too, with a wide variety of dishes - with meat, vegetarian and vegan options. Nobody had to go hungry at this convention.

Picture gallery and reel

Until End of the week you can find all the photos we took at the Vienna Comic Con 2023 here. I've also put a short video (reel) online in this post. IMPORTANT - don't forget to check back once all the photos have been uploaded, or simply write to us on Instagram (muatsdrawig.at) to see if there are (any more) photos of you. We're working flat out to get all the photos online as quickly as possible and believe me, there's still a long way to go.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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