Balloon's Day Parade is traditional show during each year's comic festival

The ninth edition of the Comic Strip Festival has a host of novelties for eager visitors and comic book enthusiasts. (Photos: AP)

A giant inflated balloon with the shape of the comic strip character Garfield flies during a Comic Strip Festival parade in Brussels,.

Giant inflated balloons with shapes of comic strip characters fly during a Comic Strip Festival parade in Brussels.

A giant inflated balloon with the shape of a comic strip character flies over onlookers during a Comic Strip Festival parade in Brussels.

Music band members play Brazilian style music ahead of a giant inflated balloon with the shape of the comic strip character during a Comic Strip Festival parade in Brussels.

Young music band members sit ata bus stop before taking part in a balloon parade in Brussels, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. Giant figures representing well-known comic strips and Belgian characters paraded along the Belgium capital during the "Comic Strip Festival".

A volunteer grabs a giant inflated balloon in the shape of the comic strip character The Smurfs during a Comic Strip Festival parade in Brussels.

A woman walks a dog with a Minion balloon attached to the lead, during a balloon parade in Brussels.