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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[...]

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[...]