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The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for April 2023, in which a new comic book convention comes to Battersea Park, Mark Stafford launches his exhibition, there are big signings at Gosh and Forbidden Planet with Garth Ennis, Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons, Andy Diggle and plenty more besides But[...]

This weekend saw the London Comic Con Spring 2023 show at London Olympia This isn't one of their big Summer Of Winter London Film And Comic Con shows, it's smaller, more intimate, on one floor of one of the halls only, but it is packed full of love as ever And that includes the cosplay[...]

I'm hanging out at Showmasters London Spring Comic Con 2023, at London Olympia This isn't one of their big Summer Of Winter London Film And Comic Con shows, it's smaller, more intimate, on one floor of one of the halls only, but it is packed full of love as ever A smaller audience and a[...]

Last night at the Century Club in London's West End, Paul Gravett launched a new Comica series of events, with Posy Simmonds in conversation with Lizzy Stewart A most enjoyable time, we walked through their respective careers, approaches and upcoming work – at the age of 77, Posy Simmonds is currently involved in her "casting[...]

Tonight, Posy Simmonds will be in conversation with Lizzy Stewart at a special Comica event at the Century Club on Shaftesbury Avenue, London, where she will discuss her life as an artist, writer and observer of the world, revealing aspects about her childhood, friendships and artists that most inspired her work At the end of[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for March 2023, with the Comica Events in the Century Club beginning with Posy Simmonds alongside the elusive Troopers in two days time, the London Comic Con Spring from Showmasters this weekend and the Gerry Anderson Century 21 exhibition launching at the[...]

Comics Festival in London time! London's Century Club was a favourite venue in my Soho advertising days, on Shaftesbury Avenue between the theatres Launched in 2001, the largest private members' club in Soho is named after the hundred steps from the entrance to the terrace garden five stories up, with views across St Anne's Church[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for February 2023, with half-term clubs, anime conventions, comic cons in Hemel Hempstead, comic marts in central London, big signings at Gosh and FP, and the elusive Troopers. Thursday, 2nd of February Troopers from 7pm Those who know, know. Saturday, 4th of February Why Don't You Love[...]

Tony Lee is returning to help organise Showmaster's London Film & Comic Con's Comic Zone for July's show at London's Olympia event halls Until Nine Worlds returns to Hammersmith, it's the closest comic convention to me, and I get to cycle to it The same place they held Toy Fair this week. London Film & Comic[...]

I took a seat at Funko's booth at London's Toy Fair yesterday as part of Press Day and took a tour around the company, best known for its cartoon-stylised vinyl figures, but has been expanding with its Loungefly accessories range, as doubling down on its Funko Games range, making them doubly appropriate for Toy Fair[...]

I'm at London Toy Fair 2023 for Press Day I have a few meetings set up for the day, including Funko in a couple of hours, so I have been roaming the halls I am slowly uploading a lot of photos of the show, but the Bandai booth was booked up long in advance for[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for January 2023, with comic reading clubs, Paul Gravett talking about Tove Jansson, the launch of the Hope Road comic book and the mysterious Troopers. Thursday, 5th of January Troopers from 7pm Those who know, know. Tuesday, 10th of January Comic and Graphic Novel Readers Club, 7-9pm, [...]

I've been a member of London's private members club Blacks for several years, I often write Bleeding Cool from the second floor, it's a great place to meet people, and it gets me out of the house I've written about its significant collection of Hogarth prints up and down the stairs before Founded in the[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for December 2022 Including the Comics For Screen Mixer happening in Gosh Comics in Lond0n tonight, alongside the mysterious Troopers… Thursday, 1st of December Troopers from 7pm Those who know, know. Comics For Screen Mixer Gosh Comics welcomes VIP Brands to the shop to host[...]

Namor, there was some consternation regarding its release a month before Avatar: The Way of Water, over a decade in the making, and that you would have two sci-fi movies with fantasy people, much of which would be set on or under the water, and wondered how audiences would react? Would there be just[...]

Tonight sees a new play launch in the UK called Batman. Or, for its full name, Batman (aka Naomi's Death Show), in case any Warner Bros. lawyers are

Tonight, stand-up comedian, magician and cartoonist Jerry Sadowitz plays the London Hammersmith Apollo, one of the most presitigious and largest comedy venues in the country But he's not happy about it He told the Guardian, "Do you think it makes me feel good that I'm doing a gig at Hammersmith because of adverse publicity? Really?[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for November 2022 Even when a bunch of folks will be in Harrogate Comics signing, a comic con, comic mart, comic exhibitions, plenty to fill the momth of November oh and Black Panther 2 is out. Monday, 7th of November Thieves Signing With Lucie[...]

There were two hundred tables at Artists Alley on the opening Friday of MCM London Comic Con from Reed POP Expo, held at the London ExCel Centre And unlike the pre-pandemic times, everyone got a booth to themselves, recycled from when they turned it into a hospital with large aisles, it gave a real sense[...]

Normally my cosplay galleries from MCM London Comic Con are a little bigger than this, but I had some conflicting events this weekend Still, I managed to get a hefty selection, of solo or team photos taken with permission though wider shots of the crowd were just taken candidly. MCM London Comic Con, run nd[...]

We made it! The Elizabeth Line was swift and has definitely transformed the MCM London Comic Con experience forever, as folk can journey to London's West End in less than twenty minutes, which is often longer than it takes to stand in a line at the Fox pub or the Novotel. Photo by me And the cosplayers[...]

The mighty return of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics Turns out there is lots to do, if you live in and around London,in October Take a look… Tuesday, 4th of October My Rhinoceros Launch Party With Jon Agee, Gosh Comics, Soho, 7-9pm. Perhaps best known to many now for his stunning 2018 book The[...]

Currently, hundreds of thousands are people are in a queue – or line – to see the Queen's coffin lying in state in Westminster Hall in London The queue – or The Queue as it must now be known – is currently on pause in Southwark, five miles and ten hours long Right now, Southwark[...]

When I came out of Secret Cinema's Guardians Of The Galaxy experience in a daze on Thursday night, I looked up at London's Wembley Stadium to see the words "Queen Elizabeth II 1952-2002" I wondered why they were still putting up Platinum Jubilee messages It took a little longer till I realised she has died[...]

The mighty return of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics Turns out there is lots to do, if you live in and around London Take a look… Thursday, 1st of September Troopers – pub meeting of London comic book creators, Soho/Noho Enquire. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid[...]

Last night, Gosh Comics of Soho London hosted a signing/launch event for polymath comic creator/graphic designer/typographer Rian Hughes and his two first novels, XX and The Black Locomotive  both posted over the pandemic by Picador Shelly Bond asked for photos, so here they are, but I also bring video as well, from the publisher and Rian himself. And[...]

Tonight, Gosh Comics of Soho London is hosting a signing/launch event for polymath comic creator/graphic designer/calligrapher Rian Hughes and his two novels, XX and The Black Locomotive. Jessica Kemp, currently working on the Get The Freebies/Phoo Action project for Z2 Comics, tweeted "Her me we go, here we go, here we go go go …[...]

The mighty return of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics Turns out there is lots to do, if you live in and around London Take a look… Tuesday, 2nd of August Summer Workshop – Create a Comic Strip, children 12-14  11am -12.30pm Learn how to design your own cartoon characters and then draw them[...]

Last night saw the launch of Bryan Talbot's new graphic novel, The Legend Of Luther Arkwright at London's Cartoon Museum on Wells Street, which accompanies the new exhibition of the life of Luther at the Cartoon Museum, and ahead of tomorrow's signing at Gosh Comics. Musician and record label owner, Kavus Torabi,  one of the founding[...]

The mighty return of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics Turns out there is lots to do, from a second Free Comic Book Day happening in three comic book stores across London tomorrow, the big London Film And Comic Con, smack bang up against the South London Comic & Zine Fair, on[...]