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The Look Of London For Free Comic Book Day 2013

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We began at Forbidden Planet. They started with a 200 strong queue but thankfully that had dispersed after some judicious handing out of free comics by cosplaying staff.

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At Orbital Comics, there was a queue, but even more cosplayers to keep the troops entertained.

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The fun didn't stop there, when  you could be The Mighty Thor thanks to a simple box to stand on.

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For some of the kids who came with me today, it as the first time they'd ever been inside a comic shop before. Quite an adventure!

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Though I had to explain that not every comic store has a stand selling special Adventure Time cupcakes, thanks to Hoxton comic store Eggs Milk Butter setting up shop.

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Gosh Comics really pushed the boat out, organising comic shop workshops for kids with world class cartoonists…

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As well as having comic creators decorate their windows again. Look everyone, that's Mark Buckingham drawing Batman.

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And then it was a quick trip to the Mall Galleries to see the comics small press market in fine form,

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Comics were picked up for free, bought, read outside in the glorious sunshine, then inside in the hideous hail, and then swapped back and forth on the journey home. A good Free Comic Book Day all round.

So… how did your Free Comic Book Day go?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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