Supanova Saturday: Jessica Lynne and Star Wars fans share highlights from Perth Comic Con

Pop culture fans descended on the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre for the first day of Supanova.

The gates flooded with pops of colour as fans rocked up in epic costumes including Xena Warrior Princess, an NCR Ranger from Fallout, and characters from manga series Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch.

Jessica Lynne cosplayed as Red Sonja, who is Conan the Barbarian’s battle maiden.

“People really love the costumes even if they don’t know who exactly I was, they have liked the detail in it,” she said.

“It’s taken a few months to put together. It’s always about getting the right wig, making sure you’ve got the right material because she needs to look rough like a barbarian.”

More than 135,000 super-fans are expected to pass through the event over the weekend, with an action-packed program including celebrity meet and greets, collectables, artists and more.

Celebs who met with fans and did Q&As included Billy Zane (The Phantom, Titanic), Alex Kingston (Doctor Who, ER), Evangeline Lilly (Ant-Man, Lost) and Temuera Morrison (Once Were Warriors, The Book of Boba Fett).

Meeting Mandalorian stunt double Brendan Wayne was a highlight for Star Wars fans Matthew McCracken , Jordan Davis and Brandon Davis.

They were dressed as Kylo Ren, the Mandalorian and Anakin Skywalker, respectively.

“We’ve been watching Star Wars together since we were two years old,” Brandon said.

“One of the first movies I ever watched with my older cousins and then that was probably where the obsession started.

“It’s fun getting out of your normal day-to-day job and doing something a bit different.”

“I guess it’s just the fan interactions that we really love and seeing the young ones like light up as well that’s always been fun,” Matthew added.

Supanova will be back on Sunday at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre for one more day of everything sci-fi and fantasy.