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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[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for October 2024 includes signings at Gosh Comics, Forbidden Planet and events with Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, Steve Bell Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, Jamie Smart, Dan Slott, Babs Tarr, Alison Sampson, Cecil Castellucci, Jim Zub, Kevin Maguire, Emma Vieceli and Martin Rowson. And[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for September 2024 includes signings at Gosh Comics, 60 Years Of Comics at the French Institute, the Lord Of The Flies graphic novel exhibition, with September the 11th being a real crunch day for comics in the capital… Thursday, 5th of September Troopers, Soho,[...]

Which, to be fair, is around the same audience numbers I have seen the very best works of theatre. Right now, so much of the small, interesting theatre in London… is in Edinburgh As are many of the Londoners who would go to see it What that does mean, for this play above a pub, and[...]

It's New Comics Day today in London And new comics signing day today, with two high profile signings ongoing on simultaneously in London's West End, at both Forbidden Planet and Gosh Comics. Forbidden Planet on Shaftesbury Avenue on the corner of Covent Garden has Dr Kieron Gillen, Casper Wijngaard and Rian Hughes signing The Power Fantasy[...]

A week today, London's Cartoon Museum is hosting a very special evening focused on the release of Dr Colleen Douglas' new graphic novel Silk Cotton, with Jesus C Gan and Lorenzo Palombo which is published this week from Rosarium Publishing Dubbed "The Caribbean Supernaturals, reclaiming oral traditional folklore and lost identities," the evening will see[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for August 2024 includes signings at Gosh Comics and Forbidden Planet, Small Press Day at Goash and the Cartoon Museum and lots and lots and lots of comic book classes for the kids during the summer holidays A special note to Colleen[...]

And then, after we'd finished the free gin, the free popcorn, and the free hot sauce,  we had it, an intro from the stars, talking about filming the movie in and around London, and so happy to show the footage to us first I held my iPad up and filmed Check it out, from the[...]

I went to London Film And Comic Con last weekend, where they were giving out free bottles of water branded with either Deadpool or Wolverine from the upcoming Deadpool And Wolverine movie. Photo/ Rich Johnston All through the show, guests were kept hydrated with bottles, and they were handed out to paying customers as well[...]

I rocked up late today at the London Film And Comic Con at Kensington Olympia to be faced by this magnificent monstrosity of a booth at the show in the Comic Zone Blimey. Two tables and a cosplay backwall, which will no doubt come in very useful this weekend Expect to see a lot of this. This[...]

I went to see Guys And Dolls at the Bridge Theatre in London last week for a ridiculously low price An amazing immersive version of the Broadway classic, the cast is full of amazing turns and tricks, and I found myself elevated on stage for five seconds while the Dolls admired my cologne It was[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for July 2024 includes the London Film And Comic Con (I'll be there!), the opening of the Jam bookshop in Notting Hill, the Alice Oseman popup, Gosh Comics signings, Cartoon Museum events, and so much more… Thursday, 4th of July Troopers, Soho, from 7pm[...]

I went to the opening night of Slave Play last night, the London West End debut of Jeremy O.Harris' play, with a number of members of the US cast but now also starring Kit Harington alongside an ensemble cast of Fisayo Akinade, James Cusati-Moyer, Aaron Heffernan, Chalia La Tour, Annie McNamara, Irene Sofia Lucio and Olivia[...]

At London's Wembley Stadium, it was global phenomenon Taylor Swift At London Stadium, it was rock gods Foo Fighters In New York City, it was us – feeling very bitter that we weren't in England to check out Swift and Foo Fighters And then some stuff hit social media that knocks us back to our[...]

You want more of the global phenomenon? We're going to give you more of the global phenomenon – like how Swift got the "royal treatment" (you're welcome) across the pond as she kicked off the first London night of her "Eras" tour in Wembley Stadium – not exactly a small venue Of course, how can[...]

So what did we get this time? Your intrepid reporter and gumshoe and Bleeding Cool founder, Rich Johnston, hit the streets of London on Friday to secure himself a ticket a month ago, with the Vue cinema in Fulham Broadway being the chosen location on the basis that a) it was pretty close to home and[...]

Harper Fire has recently reissued Alice's entire backlist collection with new covers illustrated by Alice alongside additional, exclusive content to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Solitaire. Alice Oseman Pop-Up: Enter the Osemanverse  opens in 133 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, London E2 7DG at the old Newspeak House residential college, from on Friday the 5th of July[...]

I live in London, which gives me great access to some of the world's greatest theatre And I go to a lot of it But while the West End is significantly cheaper than Broadway, it is still outside most people's pockets to attend on a regular basis So how do I do it? I mean[...]

Heading into June, fans of FXX's Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Kaitlin Olson & Danny DeVito-starring It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia were given the heads-up that a new chapter in the multi-season drama between McElhenney's Mac and Philadelphia Phillies All-Star Second Baseman Chase Utley (more on that below) would play out overseas this weekend during Major[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for June 2024 is a little bit late, but includes Gosh Comics signings, Cartoon Museum events, the London Mart and the Comica Social Club attached to it, the Barnes Children's Literature Festival, and more. Thursday, 6th of June Troopers, Soho, from 7pm Those who[...]

Running from the 5th of October to the 20th of December, Jodie Whittaker is to star in a revival of The Duchess at the Trafalgar Theatre in London's West End, and I will probably cycle past it twice a week wondering how I can grab cheap seats Adapted and directed by Zinnie Harris from John[...]

Steve Morris of Rebellion Publishing, of 2000AD and Judge Dredd fame, took to the stage this weekend at the Diamond Retailer Day event at MCM London Comic Con 2024 to talk through the publisher's upcoming plans Including a still-secret crossover between 2000AD and Judge Dredd Megazine in September. With the Rogue Trooper movie starring Aneurin Barnard[...]

Yesterday was the final day of the MCM London Comic Con May 2024 show at the London ExCel Centre The sun stayed strong through the day, only breaking late in the evening, great for cosplay There were Donald Trumps and Boris Johnsons, but no one did a drowned Rishi Sunak Permission was sought from all[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for May 2024 is a little bit late, but we have everything from Free Comic Book Day to MCM to Comica to comic marts. Wednesday, 1st of May My Hair is as Long as a River Launch Party With Charlie Castle and Emma Farrarons,[...]

I just found myself on Shaftesbury Avenue at the Apollo Theatre, in London's West End to get up close and personal with John Cleese As in, I am in the second-to-front row, the stage is before me, and it looks like the familiar set of the TV sitcom Fawlty Towers, recorded fifty years ago, except[...]

The London Cartoon Museum has opened a new exhibition, Heroes: The British Invasion Of American Comics, running until October And looking at how British artists and writers worked in the American comic book industry, and going a lot further back than some might have thought First, how the likes of Buster Brown, Miss Fury and[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for April 2024 is a little bit late, but we have everything from Bryan Hitch to the return of Comica to Easter events in schools and the Cartoon Museum. Tuesday, 2nd of April Islington Comic Forum April 2024, North Library, Manor Gardens, Islington 6.30-7.30pm. Meet[...]