Off To The London MCM Expo… See You There?

Published Fri, 26 Oct 2012 04:00:11 -0500

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, and the highest proportion of female to male comics guests I've ever seen at an English-speaking comic convention and an appreciative audience with equity between the genders – still a very rare sight. Here's a look at the comic creators who will be attending with tables.

James E Snelling	Di San	Emma Vieceli	Rufus Dayglo	Aaron Foster & Stacey Wheeler	Aijey Media
Al Davison	Alfie Gallagher	Sally Jane Thompson	Backwards Burd	Anaseed Comics	Alovera
Sarah Jones	Mr Lucian	Jade Sarson	Yamiloo	Hoshii Channel	Evelyn Hewett
Tangentine	Tank Trunk	Tim Harries	Subversive	Footloose Comics	Ricky Marcel Pitcher
Al Davison	Parfay	Mogzilla	Valeriya Fedoseeva	Clover Li	Lyndon White
Widdershins	Ayshea Brown	Orful Comics	Ushio	Stirfried Pla.net	Richy K Chandler
Eamon D Standing	Gary Erskine	Huy Truong	John McCrea	Kirby McCrea	Nifflagan
Rowan Clair	David Hill	Ryuuza	Dan Lester	Davy Shirley	Phantasmagorie
Curia Regis	Fiver Arts	Anne Stokes	Josceline Fenton	Naniiebim	People I Know
John Paul Bove	Romantically Apocalyptic	Van Nim	Lee Bradley	Cobalt Cafe	T Publications
Crankrats	Jess Bradley	Carnagenesis	Jenika Ioffreda	Eat, Sleep, Sniff	Josh Clarke
Ben Palmer	Penny Blackfeather	Tammy Taylor	Nikki Wynne	Lee Townsend	Zombiewaffe
Gronk Comics	Hester 'Morti' Macfarlane	YF Studio	Sonia Leong	DestinyBlue	Doctor Geof
Sarah Childs	Cog Drawings	Fallen Angel	Rebecca Blackwell	GeckoTea	Kit Jo Yuki
Valendra	Chloe Citrine	Saharaam	Anikakinka	Usada	Tieka
Laura Watton	Negshin	Elenawing Studio	Reaperworks	Fresh Epics	Planet Ruskin
MU Comic Collective	Thomas Tuke	Sean Azzopardi	Craigs Comic Land	Lisa Cummins	Luke Surl
Red Garden Artist Group	Hocas	Liam Shalloo	Beyond the Bunker	Andy W Clift	Apes n Capes
Jon Scrivens	Steve Collier	The Whatnot Tree	Barbie Grover	Charlottel De Nya	Irina Richards
Morag Lewis	Daniel Cook	Jennie Wood	Emmeline Dobson	Innocent Typhoon	TH Yu & Liona Wu
The Life of Totti	Brett Uren	Shazleen Khan

Tomorrow, the show opens with showrunner Howard Overman and his new Misfits cast. Matt Smith will be knocking around, and so will a host of film and TV stars. But I'll be looking for pick up sociopathic bromance comic The Unprofessionals, seeing if there is a fourth volume of Twisted Dark, getting back in touch with Destiny Blue and starting… a new plan.

I understand that the British Rob Granito, Sean King, will have a stall – though he may have to deal with confrontations through the event, over his decision to take deviantArt images, print them and sell them without any care for the original artist… I will take photos.

See you there from 2pm! And if you see me there, say hello!

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