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Liz Jordan works at Orbital Comics. I like Liz, she's funny, friendly and she geeks out at the tiniest mention of comics and comics-related media. And

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[...]

I live in London And it seems that, in 2014, it's The Year Of Comics So many cool things happening in and around the city Here's what's coming up in the coming month – feel free to send in your additions for updates! Running through July: Orbital Comics Exhibition Nobody Knows What's Good Anymore – The SMASH! Art[...]

You need it. Anyway, they are both doing a signing at Gosh Comics in London from 2pm today, and if I wasn't attending my kids' school fair as a caricaturist, I'd be going. So why not go instead of me and say hi? And on your way back, why not pop into Orbital for the Shaky Kane exhibition?[...]

The East Coast of the US may be full of comic conventions this weekend, but East London isn't doing too badly either, as this Chris Ware poster for the event implies On until 7pm tonight, with guests including the aforementioned Chris Ware, Seth, Anouk Ricard, Jesse Moynihan, Anne Simon, Mattias Adolfsson, Takayo Akiyama, Sjoerd van[...]

Courtesy of Frazer Brown… fifty-one cosplay shots from MCM London Comic Con this weekend And a far better photographer than I… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Frazer will also be attending the NYC Special Edition and NYCC for Bleeding Cool[...]

Live in London? Visiting? Can get here on the train? Well there's plenty to do in the comics world in the city through June… here are a few Send in more and I'll update! Through June Orbital Comics Exhibition spotlighting the work of Shaky Kane on Elephantmen & more.  Orbital-exclusive print, which will come signed by Shaky Kane and Elephantmen creator Richard Starkings. Curator led tours of the British Library's[...]

  Courtesy of Frazer Brown... Clicky for biggy. Much much biggy.  

I bumped into David Hine on the Dockland Light Railway platform heading into yesterday's MCM London Expo, laden down as he was with comics to sell – including his signed script-with-a-signed-comic innovative way for writers to, basically, do what artists do at comic conventions. He also told me of his current plans and some work on[...]

Talking to the Kill Shakespeare folk at MCM London Comic Con, I learned that, now that this revisionist Shakespeare comic book has been transformed into a board game and a stage show, Kill Shakespeare is moving to new media. Such as a radio drama adaptation of the series, to be broadcast by Audible.com, who are moving[...]

At the MCM London Comic Con yesterday, I had the immense pleasure to meet Richard Starking once more, signing and selling plenty of Elephantmen comics at the Travelling Man pavilion. He had a good chat about all manner of things, from Bob Wayne to Zoids And he also showed me a lovely picture of something I[...]

I'll shortly be heading out to the second day of MCM London Comic Con today, with the kids. But here's how it was looking on the admittedly quieter Friday… [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AeCkv1olJ4[/youtube] And a look around the show – and find cosplay shots from yesterday here. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption[...]

And now, thanks to youtube, you can get a flavor of just how fun the whole thing was: Copies of every comic from the Ghosts Collective are available in Orbital Comics, London, as well as exclusive prints and artwork from the exhibition, and the  CULT official program They also have work available online so, if you[...]

The first time we went to Orbital Comics, the line was round the block... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9rnKFZbMiw So, with the girls and their

Or wondering what dark forces could be unleashed by exhibiting the manuscripts of John Dee and Alistair Crowley next to one another. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOm-0-G1vaM[/youtube] But it's not the only thing going on in London in May for comics. Friday 2nd May, British Library, 6.30pm – 8.30pm The launch of Mary and Bryan Talbot and Kate Charlesworth's Sally Heathcote: Suffragette a gripping tale of loyalty,[...]

Wow. I just went for (twenty minutes of) the Comics Unmasked: Art And Anarchy exhibition at the British Library, with familiar face Paul Gravett having

Long standing British comic book awards, which has had major ownership controversy over recent years, and has moved from the MCM Expo to the London Film And Comic Con (and picked up Stan Lee in the process), this is how it used to look. Or before that… All named after, and based on this comic book. And the[...]

Tonight, Gosh Comics launched the new issue of Yours Days Are Numbers magazine with this Hip Hop Family Tree exclusive print, available from today for

This afternoon, Duncan Fegredo, Mike McMahon and Lawrence Campbell were happily signing and sketching away at Gosh Comics in London, for Hellboy Day today, with comics, giveaways and eternal damnation.   There were some nice biccies on hand for the creators. And a very tasty limited print that sold nice and quickly. And one that people were happy[...]

But I do hope you checked the followup… Top Twenty Traffic Stories Of The Week Fox Looking To Dump Fantastic Four Director, Screenplay See The Flash In Action – Grant Gustin Runs On The Set There Are Spoilers In Superior Spider-Man #29 Did Batman And Superman Just Flinch In The Marvel – DC Face Off Yes, Wolverine Is To Die[...]

Joseph Glass, occasional Bleeding Cool contributor, is selling his gay superhero themed comic book The Pride at London Super Comic Con in a rather novel fashion. He's gone on Grindr, the popular gay dating/hookup app, found any gay folk attending the show, and messaged them to let them know about his comic, altering his own entry[...]

Ralph Tedesco, publisher of Zenescope had a lot to talk about to comic store owners at the Diamond Retailer Day held in London on Friday. He first talked to the assembled comic book retailers about the history of Zenescope and the realisation that, against type, they were suddenly starting to attract a lot of female readers[...]

Yesterday, London looked like San Diego, the sun, the water, the cosplay And some folk who rarely exposed that much sun to the skin, were basking in the bright rays on the walk up to the show Here are a few shots taken of cosplayers at London Super Comic Con yesterday More from today later…The[...]

Live from the Marvelman panel at London Super Comic Con, Gary Leach, Alan Davis and Mark Buckingham have been talking about their experiences with Marvelman. Garry Leach talked about being art director on Warrior, wanting to move to more science fiction stories in the magazine, and recruiting Alan Davis to replace him on the story[...]

Whether it be Charlie Adlard being attacked by zombies at A Place In Apace, Dan Slott's impressive beard making its UK debut, Katie Cook's line being as long in the UK as in the US, the impact that is Jonathan Ross striding through the show, David Hine's signed-script-and-signed-comic combo, Max Books madness all over the[...]

"I hate to ruin superior Spider-Man 30 and 31 for you, but you know Peter Parker's coming back, right?" – Dan Slott SPOILERS! Dan Slott is no stranger to London, he studied here in his youth We are, however, a stranger to his new hirsute look He took to the stage at London Super Comic Con, to[...]

Dirk Wood from IDW began "So I was told that My Little Pony is not a real comic book, sorry..." It wasn't a great day. Their editor -in-chief, Chris

Straight from yesterday's Diamond Retailer Day in London, the day before today's London Super Comic Con…  Jonathan Ross and Ian Churchill talk about their new comic book Revenge, as well as what they'll be doing next Jonathan has a number of projects to work on and Ian is doing more Marineman… Let's see them entertain the troops[...]

Matt Gagnon, editor-in-chief of Boom! ran videos of many creators and many projects, running through the gamut of imprints and differing books that the

Straight from yesterday's Diamond Retailer Day in London, the day before today's London Super Comic Con… Avatar Press' presentation to retailers, including Si Spurrier, Kieron Gillen and Max Brooks talking about Disenchantment, Crossed, Uber and Extinction Parade. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQloRzx2sJk[/youtube] Sorry for blinding Si Spurrier. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOmkr0lCK0s[/youtube] And sorry about the angle on Max… it does make him look a little Messiah[...]