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Birmingham Comic Con To Replace BICS In August
But it has been replaced by its twin brother (or possibly sister), the Birmingham Comicon, organised by, basically, the same people who organised BICS. How peculiar. The spin given to the Birmingham Mail is that with the usual Think Tank venue unavailable, they couldn't find a suitable or sizeable equivalent in the whole country, not even the[...]
Pro Con Hits Birmingham In June
Comics Launch Pad is a very different kind of comic convention. While usually comic book professionals attend conventions for free, at Launch Pad they pay
The Afternoon After The Kapow Before
As the Green Lantern livery was pulled down, the convention body still warm, this was the end of Kapow! on Sunday late afternoon. My patriotic stall was
WonderCon Is Coming…
This weekend, while I'm signing my new comic book at Forbidden Planet (have I mentioned that at all?) Wondercon, from the people who bring you the San
Sunday Runaround – The Emerald Age Of Comics
A graphic novel version of "State of Mind" is being created for Comicon in San Diego in July. No1ComicsWebsiteInAmericaBut PossiblyOnlyInJanuaryWatch: The Comics Alliance panel from Emerald Comic Con; [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/20679291[/vimeo] KickstarterWatch: Help get the rather beautiful comic book The Wormworld Saga its very own App. This is The Bleeding Cool ComicChron Robot speaking[...]
Comica At The London Print Studio
This is what happens when upu mess with a comics arts festival. It up sticks and moves across town. Issues with the Institute of Contemporary Art have
Wizard World Lets Go Two
As Wizard are gearing up their comic convention coverage, it seems odd that they're letting go two of their bigger names, Jeff Serling and Spat Oktan.
Melinda Gebbie, Kevin O'Neill And More At Rio Comicon (VIDEO)
Here's a video report of the Rio Comicon held this weekend, from Brazil's Globo News. var midiaEmbed = { midiaId:1374401, autoStart: false }; var embed = new GMCEmbed(midiaEmbed); embed.print (); Kevin O'Neill talks about not being inclined to use the phrase graphic novel, over the simple word comics, the British approach to irony in[...]
The Limey Has Landed
I'm sitting in a cool air conditioned hotel room in the Manchester Hyatt wondering if I should daub pro-gay graffiti on the walls to salve my conscience,