Monthly Archives: May 2012
Charlie Adlard Interview
Charlie Adlard has been an inspiration for angry artsy teenagers who love zombies everywhere for awhile now. Charlie has worked on 2000AD, Mars Attacks” Shadowman, and of course the Walking Dead. I was lucky enough to grab a chat with him at Kapow: CC: (That’s us obviously. Brackets are for my thoughts that I thought
Melksham Comic Con Review
Melksham Comic Con proves there’s life in the smaller conventions yet As a site, we’ve been tracking this one since it was first announced. There’s a danger that we can be a bit biased towards the smaller conventions but this isn’t true, I think we all agree here that LSCC and Thought Bubble are top
Dont forget Melksham this weekend
On a lighter note PLEASE DON’T FORGET the inaugural Melksham Comic Con is on this weekend on Saturday only. Comic guests include (as well as some film stars): Barry Kitson John Watson Paul Cornell Mike Collins Sonia Yeong I myself cannot wait, tickets on the door £5, £16 admits a family of four, perfect to
Kapow Complete Success
Well where do start with this one… I guess at the very beginning. The headliners: Billed as the 1st time Marvel has been to the UK, really one person from Marvel, and you bill that as Marvel coming to the UK? I saw him after Sunday and had a chat. I could tell he wanted
Kapow lacks the Pow
When they first told me about Kapow, I was quite excited. It seemed like they had guests I really wanted to meet and a lot of comics I wanted signing. Eventually they released a signing table, I noticed a little bit of an issue: 10AM – 11AM Dave Gibbons and Mark Millar, they’re two big
Northants International Comic Expo Guests Revealed
Northants International Comic Expo Guests Revealed Take a look at this lineup: Alan Moore Charlie Adlard Doug Braithwaite Ian Churchill Alan Davis Steve Dillon Adi Granov Marko Djurdjevic R.M. Guera David Hine Shaky Kane Ben Oliver John Watson Greg Staples Esad Ribic Dave Kendall The expo will be taking place at Wicksteed Park, Kettering on
Glasgow announce big guest
Jim Starlin heads to Glasgow! Brilliant news from north of the border, the creator of Thanos (the guy from the Avengers movie kids!) has been persuaded to grace the UK with a presence at the Glasgow Comic Con on Saturday 30th June and Sunday 1st July. It’s the first time he has attended a convention
Northants International Comic Expo
Amidst some of the recent internet talk about being too many comic type conventions in the UK (not our opinion of course!) there comes an announcement of a new Expo in town. A town in Northants to be as certain as we can at this point in time! The website is “coming soon” but the
Bristol Expo 2012
Bristol Comic Expo 2012 Review It was that time again when some of the cream of the UK comic scene got together to meet up in Bristol for the annual expo. Before we get into this, cards on the table, I like and will probably always like this expo. Nothing like impartiality in a review
The gloves are off for MCM
Tecmo Koei are bringing three games from their base this year for MCM London: Warriors Orochi 3 – This is already out, a pretty poor attempt at knocking up sales, these niche games always sell well then stop. Dead or Alive 5- This will be worth a look, the DoA series is a much loved