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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[...]

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… 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] [...]

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[...]

  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[...]

Olly MacNamee writes, The MCM Midlands Comic Con returns to the International Centre in Telford this coming weekend, Saturday 15th February 2014, and as well as popular returning guest Hannah Spearrit (Primeval, S Club 7) the big draw no doubt will be the appearance of several stars of Red Dwarf, Danny John Jules (Cat), Chris Barrie[...]

Here's a little look at some of the Comics Village running at MCM London Comic Con this year, As ex-organiser Emma Vieceli said, less Comics Village, more Comicopolis… k Bigger, More tables Bigger tables More artists and publishers Here's a little look at some of the Comics Village running at MCM London Comic Con this year,[...]

At the IDW panel at MCM London Expo, it was announced by editor Dirk Wood that Tony Lee will indeed be returning to the Doctor Who comic in September as we surmised, replacing Andy Diggle for a four part story called 'Dead Man's Hand' that runs from issue #13, through the 50th anniversary period. According to[...]

Patrick Dane writes for Bleeding Cool Here in the UK the full-on Summer Con season kicks off with the next MCM Expo, running from 24th to 26th of May. Amongst this year's guests will be a series of very good, and not coincidentally well-loved, screenwriters As well as hanging about for signings, they're going to throw panels[...]

Oops, this one fell through the cracks a little… Frank Spotnitz, and Adam Rayner were talking up the new BBC/HBO TV action series Hunted at MCM London Expo, and showing off the first five minutes of next week's episode Including how they get past last week's rather explosive cliffhanger… and it does indeed involve a little[...]

MCM London Expo has outgrown the area it takes up of the London ExCel and needs to expand., Everywhere was full but some places, say the bottleneck between the showfloor and the cosplay area was dangerous Vendors weren't too pleased with the crowds in places either, with crowds trying to get past blocking any traffic[...]

MCM London Expo has opened with a panel with the cast and crew of Misfits… Howard Overman, Joseph Gilgun and the new cast Karla Crome, Nathan McMullen and Matt Stokoe We got a trailer featuring bicycle-mounted ninjas, giant rabbits, killer nuns, chainsaws, dancing Rudy, and a priest telling the cast "you know what happens when you[...]

This is the first MCM Expo since the release of Cockneys Vs Zombies I do hope we get a reprieve of it somewhere Set in the Docklands, MCM is Britain's largest comic convention, though it is dominated by anime, TV, films and gaming Nevertheless, there is a strong comics and manga prescence at the show,[...]

This was more than they could accomodate.It was a case of first come, first served as the man went to town trying to fit in as many as he could. I managed to get backstage for a quick peek at proceedings, which also made my daughter's day, and after I managed to persuade security that I[...]

Lil Johna writes for Bleeding Cool from the MCM Manchester Expo. First of all I have to say this was my first con, and I loved it, even though I was on my own (I don't have any friends who are into comics) and I probably missed the best parts My con started late at 12.15[...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_72wqAS_K-s[/youtube] Thanks to Heri Mkocha, who gave us this collection of outdoor MCM London Expo cosplay snaps for this video featuring a cosplay rave at MCM London Expo a couple of weekends back. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_72wqAS_K-s[/youtube] Thanks to Heri Mkocha, who gave us this collection of outdoor MCM London Expo cosplay snaps for this video featuring a cosplay rave[...]

Thanks to Heri Mkocha for a great collection of  MCM London Cosplay photos and, for a change, taken in the bright British sunshine.  What a fantastic tonic for the rainy weather right now… Thanks to Heri Mkocha for a great collection of  MCM London Cosplay photos and, for a change, taken in the bright British[...]

Over the last couple of weeks there has been growing irritation, annoyance and indeed anger about an individual who is being dubbed by some as the British Rob Granito. An unnamed individual exhibiting at a number of British comic conventions, including Birmingham Comics Expo, Kapow and London MCM, who sells prints of copyrighted characters Nothing unusual[...]

And their latest acquisition, only one Marv Wolfman. And at the London MCM Expo this weekend, it was announced that the property that Mike Wolfman, co-creator of Blade, Crisis On Infinite Earths and the New Teen Titans, would be reviving in comics form was Time Crisis, the laser pistol arcade game franchise that began in the[...]

Next weekend, Britain's lergest comics conventuion, the MCM London Expo, have basically handed over the comics side to ShiftyLook. They've brought in creators such as Marv Wolfman, Ben McCool, Dean Haspiel, Matt Moylan, Dax Gordine and Jim Zubkavich to the UK – including the launch of Wolfman's comic for ShiftyLook on Friday in their panel at[...]

Still on the horizon are MCM Expo (London), Kapow (London),  2D Festival (Derry), Thought Bubble (Leeds), and probably loads I haven't remembered! The fact is, with so many shows, creators are suffering from "convention fatigue" Cons take up a lot of work time, for professionals Very few have their expenses covered, unless they are guests of[...]

I attended the MCM London Expo this weekend Met up with friends, found some cool stories, saw lots of cool comics, costumes and finery and my two daughters enjoyed themselves too But not everyone seems to have had a great time. Ian Sharman is a comic book creator who has created his own mini-publishing empire as[...]

What a fun day that was. And what fun costumes! Stories to come tomorrow but for now, here are a few to enjoy,with special praise for the feline costume

This is Rufus Dayglo's Tank Girl poster for next month's MCM Expo London Comic Con, one of a hundred made for the show. Naturally Rufus will be there, also with the likes of Gail Simone,  John McCrea, David Hine, Hunt Emerson, Al Davison. And me, probably Well, it is my local. This is Rufus Dayglo's Tank Girl[...]

The London Super Comic Convention is a new London-based comic book convention set for February 2012, using the same location at the biannual MCM, the ExCel Centre in the East End of London. The organisers are a mysterious lot, the most I could find out was through the website being registered to a doctor operating in[...]

So I took the kids to Comic Con. They loved having photos taken "with princesses", they drew on the Artist tables and they charmed convention organisers