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This was too late to get into Things To Do In London If You Like Comics earlier this month, so consider this a special edition The Eisner-winning Craig Thompson, creator of the graphic novels Blankets and Habibi, is coming to London for one night only Hosted by Paul Gravett in the West End private members[...]

Which would have been slightly more interactive than they may have been going for. Playbill Written by Joel Marlin, directed by Quentin Beroud, designed by Ismini Papaioannou, sound/lightning designed and produced by Simon Beyer and Metal Rabbit Productions, The Statesman is currently on at the Theatro Technis, Morning Crescent, London for another week. The Statesman is a[...]

I previously took one of their new Superman watches to the Off-West End Theatre of London to see the play Lost Watches and they liked that so much that they sent me their "Batmobile" Batman watch to match I had a Batman watch when I was seven years old and loved it, and now I[...]

But now I learn that Diamond UK is to hold one at next month's MCM London Comic Con – if that is what they are still called. As part of the bankruptcy dealings, Diamond Comic Distributors Inc., the debtors in the chapter 11 bankruptcy, has sold its interest in Diamond UK to the company's management team[...]

As promotion begins for the paperback edition of Alan Moore's first Long London novel, The Great When, we also get details for the second novel Set almost ten years after the first novel, in 1958, this sees Grace Shilling find her way into The Great When, a parallel version of London, with Dennis Knuckleyard following[...]

On Thursday night, Whoopi Goldberg took to the stage of London's Hammersmith Apollo – now known soullessly as Eventim – for the first time in three years and on the eve of her seventieth birthday She gave us stand-up, crowd work, and even hugged a man who had tattoos of her all over his body[...]

This is Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for September 2025, kicking off a Comics & AI university event on Thursday, Gosh Comics launches for Acid Box (including after hours rave), Pizza Witch, Elon Musk, Everything Amplified, How To Make Life Better and My Dad Fights Demons, a medical launch for This[...]

This is Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for August 2025, kicking off with the Drink And Draw and the first British Douijin convention this weekend, as well lots of comics classes for kids at the Cartoon Museum, life drawing for adults, signings at Forbidden Planet and Gosh, evening with Moomins at[...]

And all I have to do at this weekend's London Film And Comic Con, is host some panels… with Adi Granov and Esad Ribic on the Saturday and with Mike Golden on the Sunday Will I see you there? #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /*[...]

This is Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for July 2025, kicking off with the London Film And Comic Con, signings at Gosh and Forbidden Planet (both of them) and Waterstones creating comic book days… Thursday, 3rd of July Troopers, Soho, from 6pm Those who know, go. Friday, 4th of July Comic and Manga Creators Group[...]

This is Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for June 2025 Including what we are dubbing BechdelCon from Foyles, the Barnes Children's Festival, a host of clumped signings and the return Drink And Draw at Gosh Comics, Forbidden Planet Camden joining the signing crowd with Dave Hill, Pride events at the Cartoon[...]

Okay, I've just signed up to access to the MCM Comic Publishing Summit at MCM Comic Con in two weeks at the ExCel Centre in London's Docklands as a part of MCM Comic Con in just two weeks The summit will be open to all industry ticket holders and will "consist of five panels, covering[...]

This is Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for May 2025 Including Free Comic Book Day, with Black Mirror signings, MCM London Comic Con, CSM Comic Con, and the Women Claim Your Story graphic novel workshops in Wimbledon. Thursday, 1st of May Troopers, Soho, from 6pm Those who know, go. Friday, 2nd of May Comic and[...]

No April fooling, this is Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for April 2025 Including the grand opening of Forbidden Planet Camden, formerly Mega-City Comics, with signings from Ram V, Dave Gibbons and Al Ewing, more signings from Gibbons and friends at Gosh Comics, Easter workshops for kids at the Cartoon Museum[...]

The slightly late new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for March 2025, with a Cartoon Museum fundraiser, signings with Becki Barnicoat, Fumio Obata, Tor Freeman, Nicola Kent, and Balthazar Pagani at Gosh Comics and Ryan Parrott at Forbidden Planet, comic cons at Elstree, Hemel Hempstead and Norwood Junction Oh[...]

Last year, Bleeding Cool reported the news that the longstanding London comic book store of 44 years, Mega City Comics in Camden would be closing after the owner Martin Kravetz retired We then heard it would be continuing under new ownership And now we know how Mega City Comics at 18 Inverness Street in Camden[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for February 2025. including the return of the London Comic Mart for 2025, signings from Michael D Kennedy, Alan Class, Nick Neocleous, Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard, and events with Vivian Truong, Quan Zhou Wu and Paul Gravett And what is happening[...]

Last year, Bleeding Cool reported the news that the longstanding London comic book store of 43 years, Mega City Comics in Camden would be closing after the owner retired Though the shop has certainly had a boost in attendance in the recent month, with a closing down sale from heaven But we now have some[...]

Three familiar British comic book creators, Chris Geary and Simon Lewis of Flesh And Blood and Skin And Bone graphic novels, and Joshua Spiller of Protean Masks, have headed from London to the Western world's biggest comic book festival being held this week, the Angoulême International Comics Festival, and arrived earlier this morning[...]

60 shots of cosplay from this weekend's MegaCon Live 2025 at the London ExCel Centre, and a little light TikTok to go with it

Getting to London MegaCon Live 2025 at the ExCel Centre in London this weekend was a bit of a trial The Dockland Light Railway had been closed for engineering, which wouldn't have been an issue if the Elizabeth Line, which makes travel to the ExCel a dream, also suddenly closed on the Saturday due to[...]

Welcome to… from One Side Of The Show To The Other for the London Toy Fair 2025 It's Press Day today, so it's a bit easier on the feet You can also choose whether to watch it on YouTube or a truncated version on TikTok A walk around the show, taking place today, and for[...]

Showmasters, the organisers of the London Comic Con, the London Film and Comic Con, and the London Comic Mart have announced the cancellation of the London Comic Con Spring, planned for March 2025 They posted to social media, saying; "We have an important and difficult announcement to make With all the extensive fires in the Los[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for January 2025, a new year, a old city, new things to do… including the First Graphic Novel award, social meetings, comics readings and the launch of AOS with Alan Moore at the end of the month. Thursday, 2nd of January Troopers, Soho, from[...]

Earlier this week, I went to see a new play in London, Squires, by Hannah Brecher, which was a hit at the Edinburgh Fringe festival earlier this year, but hasn't been seen anywhere else since, and may never again And that would be a crime of medieval proportions To all intents and purposes, this is[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for December 2024 includes Emma Vieceli signings at Gosh Comics, Garth Ennis at Forbidden Planet and Keanu Reeves at Waterstones That's December in comics in London for you! And it begins tomorrow with a comic book mart and a social get-together in[...]

Organizers for the London Games Festival 2025 revealed new details this past week about the event, set to run from April 2-13 across multiple locations in the city The flagship event will still be run out of Trafalgar Square; however, we now know a few new details about what to expect This includes the addition[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for November 2024 includes signings at Gosh Comics, often in conjunction with Thought Bubble in Harrogate Which is also happening on the same weekend as the London Winter Comic Con 2024 I'm going to a Steve Bell event on my birthday And[...]

The top 16 teams from the Survival Stage will advance to the Last Chance stage to fight for the final 6 Grand Finals spots, where they will be joined by host region invitee, Guild Esports. Only the best teams can proceed to the 2024 PMGC Grand Finals between 6th – 8th December at the ExCeL Centre in London, and only one will[...]

Earlier this year, the Pop Culture Marketing Trends Summit held at MCM London Comic Con in May saw Chris Whittle, CEO of the London-based pop culture marketing agency Experience12, share data that they had been gathering from attendees at many MCM London Comic Cons over the years This included the observation that attendees were bigger[...]