Having lived in Shah Alam, Selangor since the 1980s, I have witnessed it blossom from a single traffic light town to a city with multiple malls. Two weekends ago (March 19 and 20) the city’s orderly environment received a creative facelift, courtesy of the Geek Con Malaysia event, held at KDU University College.

Geek Con is a labour of love by a group of local comics fans – spearheaded by Andrew Tan (founder of Batcave Malaysia), Razman Rahman (owner of toy-shop Lil’ Monsters), and Alan Quah (mainstream comic book artist). Buoyed by the success of a smaller-scale event held at Jaya Shopping Mall (in Petaling Jaya, Selangor) in March last year, the trio (with support from friends) were determined to make a more eventful sequel.