Yesterday, walking around Artists Alley at MCM London Comic Con, taking photos of the many booths from comic book creators, publishers and illustrators, I was asked by one publisher if I was the guy who did this last year I confessed I was and yes, they knew Bleeding Cool It turns out this was their[...]
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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[...]
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[...]
It's time. San Diego Comic-Con 2023 runs from the 20th to the 23rd of July, 2023. And those wanting to attend can buy their tickets this weekend. Last
All sorts of people are curious regarding the latest Black Flag back-and-forth over #Acetategate. It's become like a soap opera, with Bleeding Cool seeing
Such as the origins, at Diamond Comic Distributors at least, of the comic convention exclusive variant cover Something that is very common and you will see all over San Diego Comic Con this year But here's where it began.
In 1998, the manga/anime genre was in full swing in the states, with publishers like Viz Communications[...]
He's also one of the partners in a series of comic conventions in the American style, with the comic book agent Steve Morger known for the Big Wow shows Including last weekend's Lake Como Comic Art Festival, which I was very lucky to attend with my wife A pure comic book artist convention – no multimedia, no[...]
That was the Lake Como that was. No cosplay. No TV and movie stars. No games or action figures. Just comic book artists and comic book art, in a place
Last night saw the Grand Opening Reception for Lake Como Comic Art Festival in Como, Italy. A prestigious comic book event, it takes place amongst the
Tomorrow at the crack of dawn, I head out to Italy for the Lake Como Comic Art Festival, a show set in the most sumptuous and elegant surroundings,
Dan DiDio's panel at FanExpo Philadelphia went long this weekend and we are so glad it did. The former DC Comics Publisher kept Marvel fans - and Marvel
San Diego Comic-Con may be the world's best known comic book convention. But there is only one of it. While ReedPOP has big shows around the globe, such
Mathew Klickstein is a prominent pop culture historian, having penned such books as SLIMED! An Oral History of Nickelodeon's Golden Age, Springfield
Regular attendee Frank Cho puts in the hard sell on Facebook, saying;
I can't believe one of my favorite comic conventions in the world, Lake Como Comic Art Fest, is only couple of months away It is by far the most beautiful comic convention in the world Not to mention some of the best artists in[...]
One of the earliest comic book retailers and comic historian Bob Beerbohm (author of Comic Book Store Wars) set up the Californian comic book store and
Since launching our podcast here at San Diego Comic-Con in 2019, we've had a blast interacting with you all and we look forward to future events and opportunities along the way."
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This morning San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, Assemblymember Christopher Ward, Co-Chair Comic-Con Museum Steering Committee Patti Rosco and Comic-Con Chief
The Lakes Comic Art Festival, held for many years in Kendal in England's Lake District is to move to a smaller town even closer to the lakes in question,
This Cube is a new process that will randomly select on-site collectors with a wristband and timeslot to purchase some of these collectibles.
This is no joke but an actual thing that Funko will be using at Comic Con Special Edition to see who will be lucky enough to get an exclusive Pop As if their[...]
It’s a grey drizzly day in Harrogate as I have arrived for the Thought Bubble Convention tomorrow. With a few hours to spare before the show kicks off, I
The London Movies, Comics, and Media Expo, later known as MCM Comic Con, was founded in early 2001 by well-known convention organisers Paul Miley or ScifiShows and Bryan Cooney of Wolf Events Hosting events in the UK and around the world, including London, Birmingham, the Midlands, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Belfast, Manchester, Scotland, Stockholm, Malmö, Copenhagen,[...]
MCM London Comic Con may have felt a little smaller this year But the cosplay felt bigger than ever Loki was out in force in all their variants, as were Gotham's rogue galleries, and the new MCU and DCU were prominently represented There was even the return of a little Homestuck for nostalgia's sake Favourites[...]
It's Saturday, the 23rd of October at the London ExCel Centre, half-way through MCM London Comic Con Yesterday was a little quiet on the footfall for Bleeding cool's Friday report, but because it's a Saturday the world and their Poison Ivy came out to play Now, facts upfront, there is less "stuff" to do this[...]
It's MCM London Comic Con time! I haven't done one of these for two years Not since Thought Bubble in 2019 The jittery, juddery, blurred take on a Comic-Con, travelling at speed around the show floor nooks and crannies, pausing for waves, for cosplay and sticker shock Welcome to another long-awaited From One Side Of[...]
And today it is the return of Britain's biggest comic book convention, MCM London Comic Con, as run by ReedPOP and Reed Expo Will I see you there? There will be photos… maybe I can jump on Tom Hiddlestone again.
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International comics anthology Ten Years to Save the World launched in response to the climate crisis will launch at the upcoming Lakes Comics Art
But maybe, just maybe, something closer to the San Diego Comic Cons I first experienced in the nineties, when I actually exhibited with Mike Meyer as Twist And Shout Comics I won't be doing that this time Tickets, badges and passes should be a lot easier to come by But I plan to be reporting[...]
MCM Comic Con has told Bleeding Cool about their coronavirus guidelines for their London and Birmingham comic conventions They state that they will be following the latest government guidelines around vaccinations and social distancing, as well as individual venue rules for ExCeL London and the NEC Birmingham events, adding "the health and safety of everyone[...]
But I live in hope. And now, San Diego Comic Convention (SDCC), the non-profit organization that produces the annual popular arts and culture celebration Comic-Con, has announced the start of construction on the new Comic-Con Museum in Balboa Park with the opening and daily operations set to begin on the 26th of November 26 The[...]
Suncoast Comic Con in 2020, saw him appear with a number of people getting photos. Doing a little internet sleuthing reveals him as Dan Gruden and he advertises himself as a Stan Lee Lookalike of Florida So I asked him about his career turn.
Dan told me "This all started about two and a half years[...]