To the surprise of many, Glasgow Comic Con 2017 will take place on Saturday, July 1st of next year. No, that’s not a typo, the formerly two day event will now take place on a single summer’s day. The reason or reasons for this change are unclear. While this year’s convention seemed quieter, and traders […]
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Charlie Adlard of “The Walking Dead&...
Kendal 14 October 2016: Charlie Adlard, best known as the comic artist behind The Walking Dead series, has been appointed as the UK’s Comics Laureate. The Comics Laureate is an ambassadorial and educational role for the comic genre and aims to raise awareness of the impact comics can have in terms of increasing literacy and […]
Lakes International Comic Art Festival Exh...
Kendal 10th October 2016: Ahead of Kendal’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival this weekend (14th – 16th October), some of the event’s Exhibitions are open, with others to follow on 12th October. Beatrix Potter Reimagined, which runs until 28th October 2016 is open now at Kendal Library, as are Making a Scene at the Brewery Arts Centre featuring the work of world renowned artist Ken […]
NICE 2017 cancelled
It has been announced today, in lieu of the dates for LSCC 2017 being revealed yesterday, that the NICE convention for 2017 will not happen next year. The organiser, Jeff Chahal, directly cites the new date by the LSCC organisers as the major factor in the decision in a statement on Facebook: “Thank you all for […]
London Super Comic Con announces new date ...
After some weeks of anticipation, it has finally been revealed that 2017 will not only see a change of date for the London Super Comic Con, but also a change of venue. This time the choice is the Business Design Centre in Islington, which previously hosted the short-lived Kapow festival. The new dates are quite different […]
MCM Scotland 2016 Review
MCM Scotland 2016 was something of an eye opener for this reviewer. And I don’t say that because of the parade of movie version Harley Quinn cosplayers either. Once upon a time this con was called Collectormania, and a modest, unexciting thing it was. It was held in a smallish hall in Glasgow’s Braehead Shopping […]