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From One Side Of MCM London Comic Con 2015 To The Other… Including Comics Village
From one side of MCM London Comic Con 2015 to the other on Friday… the quiet day Otherwise this would have taken a lot longer. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5o-PGoxJqQ[/youtube] From one side of MCM London Comic Con 2015 to the other on Friday… the quiet day Otherwise this would have taken a lot longer. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5o-PGoxJqQ[/youtube] [...]
MCM Comic Creators Pool To Create Project Autumn #ComicVillageCelebration
Announced at MCM London Expo, in the Comics Village panel, is a new comic book project, Project Autumn A 128 page graphic novel created by regulars at the MCM Comics Village One story, ten artists, following the lead character Orion as he moves from world to world, accompanied by a card set that will feature many[...]
Home From A Free Comic Book Day In London
Back from Free Comic Book Day in London with the kids and some of their friends And lots of comics were bought (though I did have to move one child away from the Mercury Heat and towards the Spongebob Squarepants). London was out for free comics The line at Orbital snaked around the block from opening[...]
Wizard World Comes To London?
Bleeding Cool understands that the head honcho at Wizard World, John Macaluso, took meetings last week in London at the O2 dome, often known as the Millennium Dome. On the right side of the Thames, just over from the Excel Centre where the MCM London Expo and London Super Comic Con are held, the O2 benefits[...]
Max Brooks Signing Zombies And Vampires In London's West End Today
Max Brooks, the author of World War Z, is signing his new graphic novel The Extinction Parade: War in Waterstones, Piccadilly Circus from 5.30pm this evening. It's published in the UK by Titan Books, courtesy of Bleeding Cool's own publisher, Avatar Press, and appears here in advance. In fact, I'm going to pop down myself, working as I go, to[...]
Chip Zdarsky – Duck Criminals Flying Over Europe
London, Dublin and Paris, though only the first two have these posters… …which I have to say, is a rather fun way to join his two big comic book projects together right now, Sex Criminals and Howard The Duck.. Quack.   Chip Zdarsky is doing a European tour in April London, Dublin and Paris, though only the first[...]
I've Just Seen Frozen Fever, With The Kids, Before Cinderella
I've just been to see both with the kids – but thought I'd write about the shorter one first. It was a surprise for the press-and-the-kids crowd that I managed to attend in London's West End this morning, and the place went mental when the guy from Disney announced it on the stage Mostly from the[...]
Conventional Matters: London, Raleigh, Culver City, Sunderland And San Diego
A look at a few comic convention and comic art festival announcements of late… London Super Comic Con, London, March 14th-15th LSCC has announced their seventh wave of guests. Henry Flint Ben Oliver Jonathan Ross Yannis Roumboulias Alessendro Vitti They also welcome Valiant for the first time to the UK Gracing the convention cover with Bloodshot and offering a[...]
Mission Impossible 5 Filming In Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Right Now
Lincoln's Inn Fields is the largest public square in London Thank you Wikipedia. It was laid out in the 1630s under the initiative of the speculative builder and contractor William Newton. The grounds, which had remained private property, were acquired by London County Council in 1895. And tonight, the location for the filming of Mission Impossible 5.  Keep an[...]
Brian Bolland, Art Adams, Max Brooks And More Now Coming To London Super Comic Con In March…
The London Super Comic Con has released a bunch more comic attendees at the show… oh look, Max Brooks, Garth Ennis, Kieron Gillen… you can see that Bleeding Cool's publisher must be in attendance! The new names are Arthur Adams, Simone Bianchi, Brian Bolland, Max Brooks, Mark Buckingham, Joyce Chin, Garth Ennis, Kieron Gillen, Adi Granov, Tabitha Lyons, Ron Marz, Ireland Reid, Esad Ribic, David Roach, Laura Sindall, Rachel Stott, David Wachter and Jeremy[...]
I'm Getting A New Local Comic Shop
I live just outside Kingston-Upon-Thames, on the far south west of London It's over an hour into central London for the triumvirate of West End comic stores, Forbidden Planet, Gosh and Orbital. In 2011, a comic shop, Holy Goat Comics opened in Kingston And closed. So, made my first trip to Kingston's Holy Goat Comics today[...]
MCM Comic Con – Today, Sweden, Tomorrow The Wizard World?
MCM Comic Con is coming for you, wherever you live, it seems. The British Comic Con organiser, responsible for the MCM London Comic Con, and then spinning off around the country, went abroad this year, with shows in Ireland and Sweden And that's just the start. This year saw two MCM London Comic Cons, as well as MCM[...]
12 Things To Do In London This Week If You Like Comics
His collaborator, Sarah Lightman, is an award-winning artist, curator and arts journalist based in London who is researching a PhD at The University of Glasgow on Autobiography in Comics. Gekiga: Alternative Manga from Japan Cartoon Museum, 35 Little Russell Street Gekiga was the spark which, between 1956 and the early 1970s, transformed manga from being the preserve of the young[...]
On Stage With Usagi Yojimbo
Frazer Brown writes: Stan Sakai's beloved and iconic Samuarai Leporidae Usagi Yojimbo has been making his stage debut last Friday at London's Southwark Playhouse. The same venue that brought "Howl's Moving Castle" to Magical life in 2011. The Eisner award winning adventures have been freshly adapted for the stage by
 Stewart Melton and are directed by Amy Draper The cast includes: Joji Hirota
, Amy Ip
, Haruka Kuroda,
 Siu Hun Li
, Jonathan[...]
Paul Gravett's Statement On The Postponement Of Comiket To 2015
We reported on the cancellation of London' Comica Comiket small press comics festivel a week ahead of its intended date over the weekend Comica organiser Paul Gravett sent the following to Bleeding Cool this morning. We are very sorry to say we have had to postpone the Comica Scarycat Comiket for 1 November 2014. This has never happened[...]
Becoming A Bee At MCM London Comic Con 2014
The Island Of Doctor Geof is a favourite stop at the MCM London Comic Con for me, since they went all mahogany Steampunk isn't exactly new at such gatherings, but this is steampunk with a very silly flavour,  emphasis on tea making, cross dressing and insect husbandry. And this show's new offering concentrates on the lifespan[...]
79 More Cosplay Shots At MCM London Comic Con 2014
I took the girls to MCM London Comic Con 2014 yesterday – the first show they've been to where they were prepared to perform themselves, with their Minecraft swords And the first place they got attention from others from carrying them It was quite a revelation! And the journey was also transformed, the McDonalds at London[...]
London's Comiket Cancelled For November, Will Reschedule In 2015
art of the Comica comics arts festival in London, and hot on the heels of the British Library exhibition, Comiket is a small comics press event with lots of publishers and creators, events and exhibitions around it Indeed, it has become quite a focal point, especially for the newly emerging British graphic novel publishers such[...]
294 Shots From The Comics Village At MCM London Comic Con 2014
At today's MCM London Comic Con, the Comics Village section was probably bigger than ever Originally developed by Emma Vieceli, I hope she sees what it has become, growing from its original collection of tables, to stretching from one side of the show to the other Here's a look at almost all the booths and[...]
From One Side Of MCM London Comic Con 2014 To The Other (VIDEO)
From one side of MCM London Comic Con 2014 to the other… and then again for the second half of the show… [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpOEZ91DM_g[/youtube] From one side of MCM London Comic Con 2014 to the other… and then again for the second half of the show… [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpOEZ91DM_g[/youtube] [...]
Tonight, Ask Rian Hughes Everything About Multiversity. He Won't Mind, Honest.
Tonight, Rian Hughes is appearing at Gosh Comics in London, on behalf of the centre for adult learning, City Lit. Hughes is well known for his design and advertising work, his typographical work and for his comics work, three spheres that oddly seldom cross. He drew Grant Morrison's Dare, he designed the Forbidden Planet logo as well[...]
Comica Begins Today In London, From Here To Comiket
Comica, London's comics art festival begins today, right after The Lakes Comic Art Festival at the weekend in Kendal Lots more smoke, noise and transport issues But here's a look at what's coming up. Comica Comiket also returns to London in November for a new marketplace display of small press comic books from the length and[...]
Look Everyone, The City Of London Is Getting A Mega-City Block
Welcome to Endless City, a proposed skyscraper for London. It is designed to have its own ecosystem, incorporating offices, shops, massive inside parks, entertainment and housing and has been described as a "vertical city". Sound familiar? Me too. It's a block, straight out of Judge Dredd's Mega-City One Although the Endless City version. The design from SURE Architecture won the[...]
Things To Do In London In August If You Like Comics
August 1st-3rd Blood And Roses: Magical Girls By Sally Jane Thompson exhibition Orbital Comics Saturday 2nd, 3pm-4pm Doctor Who Signing Forbidden Planet  Rob Williams, Al Ewing and Des Taylor will be signing the first issues of the 10th and 11th Doctor Who Comics, including Forbidden Planet's exclusive versions. Friday 9th Open Night, and Saturday 9th onwards Orbital Comics Lords Of Infinity Exhibition The work of Cristian Ortiz, Andy Poyiadgi and James[...]
The Truth Is A Hall In The Barbican, With Neil Gaiman And Friends
Last night, I have the great pleasure of not going to see Monty Python (I'll save that for another night) but instead spend a night out in London with Neil Gaiman telling me stories. He has revived his Sydney Opera House performance with Eddie Campbell's illustrations and the string orchestra FourPlay, The Truth Is A Cave[...]