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There is also digital content being made available, and it also covers shows such as C2E2, ECCC, and MCM Comic Con, but the headline is all about paying to get early ticket access to NYCC It is Reed's most oversubscribed show – especially in a time of returning comic cons after 18 months without and[...]

The Reed POP-owned British comic book convention chain MCM cancelled most of its shows last year – and this But today has announced the return of its two biggest shows, MCM London and MCM Birmingham Here's the letter they sent to vendors; We are excited to announce that MCM Comic Con is back in 2021! As we[...]

Robert Kirkman and Shawn Kirkham have been talking about The Walking Dead at the NYCC/MCM/Metaverse Skybound panel, talking about the end of the Walking Dead series, but also about how Fear The Walking Dead, The World Beyond, a Carol and Daryl show but also that there are unannounced Walking Dead projects to accompany these and[...]

James Tynion IV has been talking to Scott Snyder and Marie Javins about the upcoming plans for Batman at the NYCC/MCM/Metaverse event Javins asked them to be careful about spoilers, clearly inspired by Scott Snyder's blabbermouth, he decided to throw a few in there And some seem to tie right in with what Bleeding Cool has[...]

Scott Snyder has been talking to James Tynion IV and Marie Javins about Death Metal at the NYCC/MCM/Metaverse event Javins asked him to be careful about spoilers, but half way through his monologue he decided to throw that the wind and talk about what Death Metal is, how it is going to conclude – and[...]

Donny Cates has been talking about the effects that The King In Black will have on Eddie Brock and the Marvel Universe as a whole, at the NYCC/MCM/Metaverse panel Including leading up to Venom #200 and the big changes this will all be enacting And he's really honest about that. Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman to[...]

And as a result, the cast and crew got a NYCC/MCM Metaverse panel to an audience who mostly haven't actually heard of them That's okay, it can be fixed. The British cast started their panel in a very different fashion to most American panels, by saying how awful they were all feeling at the moment and[...]

Time for the X-Men panel at NYCC/MCM/Metaverse Jordan D White (who I first met at a Karaoke bar at a New York Comic Con over a  decade ago) has been talking about the X=Men crossover event X Of Swords at the NYCC/MCM Metaverse panel along with a bunch of creators, Tini Howard, Gerry Duggan, Benjamin[...]

Karla Pacheco, Leah Williams, Sarah Brunstad, Ellie Pyle and Lauren Bisom took to a NYCC/MCM Metaverse panel, the traditional Women Of Marvel panel along with host Angelique Roche. Video cap from The Women At Marvel Panel At NYCC/MCM/Metaverse Ellie Pyle on more audio dramas "If anyone liked the Ms Marvel story that we did the audio[...]

Andy Lanning and Ron Marz have been talking with their editor Alex Carr in the NYCC/MCM Metaverse panel about their upcoming Endless Winter crossover event for December And they talked about how it all came together as JLV – Justice League Viking With Ron Marz describing it as "Essentially what the Justice League looked like[...]

It's better known to Bleeding Cool readers as the home of the MCM London Comic Con, run by ReedPOP And as may be expected right now, they have cancelled their October show, just as they had their spring-delayed-to-summer show In an announcement sent to Bleeding Cool, ReedPOP states; Today, ReedPOP has an important announcement to make[...]

Today, ReedPOP has announced the cancellation of four MCM Comic Con shows in the UK, a number of which had already been postponed to a new date They state "despite all efforts to bring fans the most epic pop culture events in the UK, 4 MCM events scheduled to take place in 2020 have been[...]

Army Corps of Engineers was constructing another facility to add a further 1,000 beds. While in London, the Excel Centre, home to the MCM London Expo also owned by Reed POP, will become an emergency hospital treating coronavirus patients with 500 beds made available at what will be the first of several crisis facilities dotted around[...]

At the MCM London Comic Con Retailer Presentation yesterday, the Reed POP organisers of the show had some statistics to share In fancy infographic form, for their London show back in May. 75,000 fans in cosplayers, fans and families, 165 coverage pieces – probably a good third of them from Bleeding Cool – and 247 creators[...]

Lots of big news announced by David Gabriel of Marvel Comics at London MCM Comic Con 2019's October show, straight from the Diamond retailer meeting Follow along with our MCMLondon tag for this and many other new stories being announced today. Remember that scene in House Of X when the Fantastic Four had a bit of[...]

I checked in with them at MCM London Comic Con and there was plenty to learn Luckily they had an MCM Comic Con variant cover for their new Marvel 80 Years: The True Story Of A Pop Culture Phenomenon by George Perez, who is also at the show this weekend Those 200 copies will not[...]

Teen Titans: Let Reasoned Discussion, Debate Begin! Jean Grey Does Her Best 'Last Jedi' Luke Skywalker Impersonation (X-Men Red #9 Spoilers)  AHS: Apocalypse Episode 7 Traitor: Cordelia Comes Callin' (PREVIEW) Happening today… MCM London Comic Con, Royal ExCel Centre, Docklands London, until Sunday. TGIF Comic Book and Toy Pop Up Show, Dave & Buster's, Hollywood, Florida. And a happy birthday to… June[...]

Leading chat show host, broadcaster and comedy presenter Jonathan Ross will be introducing screenings of anime shows In/Spectre and Somali and the Forest Spirit at MCM Comic-Con London in just over a week's time. The screening will consist of the first two episodes of In/Spectre, a supernatural mystery thriller based on the Japanese novel written by[...]

We were the first to break the news of ReedPOP's acquisition of the MCM Comic Cons here in the UK When the news broke, I had particular interest — after all, as well as writing for Bleeding Cool, I'm a comic creator in my own right and have been an exhibitor at MCM shows for[...]

One of my finds at the recent MCM London Comic Con held at the Excel Exhibition Centre in the London Docklands last weekend was the book of one of the exhibitors close by to me, Madelaine Salvage, called Northstarr. Cover artwork for Northstarr by Amrit Birdi The convention marked Salvage's first show as an exhibitor, and the[...]

Oh look, it must be MCM London Comic Con this week… Is this what happens when a major international comic convention organiser acquires another major international comic convention organiser? Bleeding Cool scooped the news that Reed POP had acquired MCM Comic Con last week, and it went official this week And whether you can ascribe changes[...]

Update: Original Forbes report from Rob Salkowitz is attributed/linked. Confirming what Bleeding Cool had been reporting on as far back as May 2017 and as recently as this past weekend (here and here), pop culture event organizer ReedPOP (a division of Reed Exhibitions) announced that it is acquiring MCM MCM is the organization responsible for the largest[...]

Wiccan cosplayer at MCM London Comic Con The weekend just gone saw the MCM London Comic Con event at the Excel Exhibition Centre in the London Docklands The largest comic con on the UK calendar, and reportedly even one of the largest in the English speaking world, MCM London can be a very promising prospective for[...]

Yay! I went to MCM London Comic Con! Lots to talk about, but first, let's take a look at some cosplay shots from the show… especially as the sun decided to show it's bright glittery face… which means lots of cosplayers going for ice cream. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border:[...]

After securing a last minute press pass, I am on my way to the Spring edition if MCM London Comic Con, running all this weekend at the ExCel Centre. Of course, the show begins long before that as we line up for the Cosplay commuter service on the DLR… See you at the show? [...]

Kapow making fake claims, countered by MCM London Comic Con, with London Supercon getting in a fair few blow while the London Film & Comic Con grabs Eagle Awards, that then have to be renamed… it get get quite testy. But the weekend after next should take this to new heights as the Walker Stalker team put[...]

This was my first time exhibiting at this particular MCM, held in the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, UK Indeed, it was my first time exhibiting in Birmingham, period So this was very much an experiment for me to see how it does and how the con is. I had some inkling Every previous MCM I've[...]

Bleeding Cool ran the report on the Jack Kirby variant covers running through 2017 for the late Marvel creator's hundredth birthday, when it was announced in Baltimore. Marvel SVP David Gabriel also talked about it at the Diamond UK Retailer Day at MCM London Comic Con on Friday Where he showed off a new example. This is[...]

Today was the second day of MCM London Comic Con, held at the ExCel Centre in the east end of London, taking over the whole convention centre for the first time. And was there cosplay? Yes there was cosplay Here is but the smallest snippet of it… there were at least  a hundred times as many[...]

The cast and crew of Class came to MCM London Comic Con with Patrick Ness, Greg Austin, Fady Elsayed, Sophie Hopkins, Vivian Adeola and Jordan Renzo So we all got to see the third episode on the big screen, which hit the BBC iPlayer this morning. And everyone seems to be very happy with the reception[...]