london film and comic con Archives

Always like to run towards conflicts of interest with open arms. Welcome to London Film & Comic Con's Comic Zone working group for 2023.

That was the London Film And Comic Con Summer 2022 that was, in London's Hammersmith Olympia, which ended with a cosplay masquerade, with some of the cosplay and cosplayers on display at the show, strutting their stuff But not the Minions, as they were as banned as ever We had a look at Friday's previously[...]

The London Film And Comic Con has a number of notable guests from Stranger Things, including David Harbour and Joseph Quinn Which has had the side effect of making the Hellfire Club T-shirt as worn by members of the Hellfire Club, a Dungeons & Dragons high school gaming club, in the new series of Stranger[...]

I am your emergency moderator hologram, what is the nature of the moderation emergency? This week, I am at London Film And Comic Con, it's the last day, I've been drafted in to moderate three panels at the last minute, and I had the 2000 AD panel planned for 1pm today as well But it[...]

Yesterday, at London Film And Comic Con Summer 2022, it was a quiet day It was a school day, it was a work day, it was a post-pandemic show, there were a few people in through the doors, certainly enough for a decent show, but some panels were sparsely attended, and it was easy to[...]

It's the end of play today for the London Film And Comic Con in London's Hammersmith Olympia Today was a quiet day but I am told that tomorrow has sold-out capacity, and to expect crowds Maybe I shouldn't have saved filming my From One Side Of The Show To The Other regular video until then[...]

I've got a table at the London Film & Comic Con from where I will be writing Bleeding Cool all weekend long. My table has just been merged with Torunn

Over the weekend, Bleeding Cool reported on Tim Pilcher taking over from Tony Lee as the Comics Organiser for the London Film And Comic Con run by Showmasters from 2022 forward And on Facebook, they both followed up Tony Lee wrote; So, Bleeding Cool put the news up yesterday (I didn't realise until I found my[...]

Best known as a colourist working on Titan Comics titles, Pau is also a fully-fledged comic book writer and artist in her own right, and has been making waves on the London scene in recent years. Attending the London Film And Comic Con, we learned something we didn't know – that Pau was in Solo: A[...]

In my second of there comic book conventions in three weeks (Thought Bubble last week, San Diego Comic-Con next) I went to the London Film And Comic Con this weekend, run by Showmasters The comic book side of the show is run by friend of Bleeding Cool Tony Lee – or at least it will[...]

Actor, director, writer and producer Noel Clarke was set to attend the London Film And Comic Con this July, Britain's first big comic con event after lockdown, he would have been attending the Showmasters-run in his capacity as a star of Doctor Who Noel Clarke PR from London Film & Comic Con But in recent days,[...]

The London Film And Comic Con event for March 2020 went ahead, despite coronavirus fears and the odds are it was probably a superspreader event, despite all the hand sanitiser around It was a different time In the light of the British government promising vaccines offered to all 17-year-olds and over by the end of[...]

The London Film and Comic Con from Showmasters was planned for July 24th to the 26th, the same weekend as was intended for the San Diego Comic Con Dan DiDio was even planned as a guest But as of today, and to be honest, as expected, the show has been postponed. Events and guests planned for[...]

While some comic conventions are looking at mass cancellations running through the summer, the London And Film Comic Con has just booked one hell of a

This weekend saw Universal go all out for James Bond: No Time To Die, with livery all over the London Film And Comic Con – Spring edition at Kensington Olympia And that included the actual custom-built Aston Martin DB5 used in the movie that is, apparently, worth a cool million pounds At least that's what[...]

Mad weekend, Onward yesterday morning, Forbidden Planet signing and pub afterwards, covering C2E2 and today heading to the final day of the London Film And Comic Con Spring Edition, a two-day affair with less of a comics focus than the main summer show – though having the same weekend as San Diego Comic Con should[...]

Last weekend, Bleeding Cool popped along to the London Film and Comic Con Rob Liefeld was the big-name comic book creator at the show – though was officially a media guest We previously reported on his health issues at the show – as well as issues regarding hotel room payment Then the Comic Zone organiser[...]

Tony Lee, comic book writer, screenwriter, and comic convention organiser writes from Kensington Olympia, ahead of tomorrow's London Film And Comic Con for 2019. It's 3 am the day before I start setting up at this year's London Film and Comic Con, and I – Hold that It's 3 am on the day I start setting up. Anyway,[...]

Oh, have you not recovered from San Diego Comic-Con? It's very existence, I mean? Well, toughen up, in three days it's the London Film And Comic Con, happening smack bang in the middle of a heatwave I wonder how the air conditioning will cope? Admirably I'm sure, haven't had a problem at the Olympia conference centre[...]

Yesterday at the London Film and Comic Con, we were made aware of two incidents of concern. One, came up to my own booth at the show My two young girls were manning my table while I was away doing my usual networking, next door to Joe Glass, fellow Bleeding Cool-writer, selling his comic The Pride[...]

Straight from London Film and Comic Con at the London Olympia, check out some of the best cosplay on show around the convention on the first day of the show. Well, I say "around the convention", but most of these pics came from my table in the Comic Zone as I sold my work The Pride,[...]

With the London Film and Comic Con now a matter of days away, a convention that I'm running the Comic Zone for, Bleeding Cool asked me to explain why I, a humble comic writer dared to think I could stand with the big boys and organise a show. Now I know, you're more used to seeing[...]

This year's London Film And Comic Con expanded from three days to four days, adding a Thursday to the weekend event held in July. In e-mails sent to ticket holders through EventBrite, the show has now announced that the Thursday has been cancelled, with the front page switching from this… …to this. The change, a month before the[...]

Welcome to the London Film And Comic Con 2014 I'll be back on Sunday morning with the kids, most likely! [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph3ifiaZ_Go[/youtube] We ran a report of the True Believers Awards earlier today – with Stan Lee, Anthony Head and Jason Mewes… but we also managed to get a little of Tony singing… [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjlRKaFGgE0[/youtube]   [...]

The London Film And Comic Con, taking place at Earls Court starting tonight and over the weekend, has had some interesting histories with comic book creators The habit of booking guests into hotels near Heathrow airport, an hour away by public transport and only running a shuttle from the hotel to the show in the[...]

The London Film And Comic Con, though longer running, has played second fiddle to the MCM London Expo It's more of a meet-and-greet-someone-off-the-telly-or-a-film-you-liked-as-a-kid kind of show, but Mike Conroy has, of late, upped the caliber of the comic book guests Hell, even Bleeding Cool has been invited to set up stall, this coming July, a[...]

Illustrator and photographer Steve Cook reports, with camera on hand, for Bleeding Cool from the London Film And Comic Con, taking place this weekend. Anderson: Psi Division! Running for two days is the London Film and Comic Con and I went along yesterday to take a few shots at the request of Mike Conroy and his daughter,[...]