Dunfermline Comic Con has been cancelled due to the weather.

The event on Saturday was set to attract international names from the comic world, with over 30 comic book artists and writers coming from the USA, Russia, Finland and Ireland.

International stars were to appear at the event including Cecil Castellucci, the creator of Shade the Changing Girl for DC Young Animals.

The organisers of the event said the decision was "crushing".

In a statement on Facebook the organisers said: "It is with an extremely heavy heart that we have to inform you that Dunfermline Comic Con this weekend has been cancelled.

"At 11.30am the parks department assessed Pittencrieff Park and deemed it as unsafe for the public.

"Furthermore with the priorities for roads and paths elsewhere even a dramatic change in the weather will not allow for them to make it safe in time.

"Dunfermline Comic Con is a family event, and this occasion and the Books For Schools Charity it supports are our life passion.

"It is crushing to us that the last 9 months planning and organisation has been scuppered by a freak weather event."

The organisers say that all tickets will be refunded.