The first edition of the Comic-Con Portugal conference opens on Friday in Matosinhos, 300 kilometers north of Lisbon, the event's organizers said on their website.

Held from Dec. 5 to Dec. 7, Comic-Con Portugal will be hosted at the Exponor conference center and feature actors and other personalities from popular science fiction and fantasy genres of film and literature.

Comic-Con is a conference for fans of comic books, science fiction and fantasy literature amongst other popular arts, which began in San Diego California in 1970 and has since spread to many other cities across the globe.

The Portuguese convention, which is being held for the first time, is "to make this event a national and international benchmark and to position itself as the biggest pop culture show in Portugal," according to its organizers.

Some highlights of the conference are an appearance by Clive Standen, the actor who plays Rollo in the TV show Vikings, actor Natalie Dormer from Game of Thrones, as well as Seth Gilliam, known for playing Father Gabriel in The Walking Dead.