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If you missed Craig Thompson's £8 a ticket talk at the British Library in London, last night, with Paul Gravett, there's still a chance for something of that ilk tomorrow. Orbital Comics will see Craig Thompson, author of Blankets and Habibi, visit for a signing on Wednesday from 5-7pm, followed by a Director's Commentary with Craig talking the audience through his latest[...]

Tonight, the British Library in London sees an evening with comic book creator Craig Thompson, author of Blankets and Habibi, in conversation with Comica's Paul Gravett. As we;; as his previous work, they'll be talking about his new family drama colour graphic novel, Space Dumplins. In the tradition of plucky heroines like Alice, and their astonishing adventures, his new[...]

Do you live in London? Do you like comics? There's lots going on… including one event starting in just an hours time! Current Exhibitions: A Taste of Honeysett: The Acerbic Wit of Martin Honeysett at the Cartoon Museum Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics at the House Of Illustration Shojo Manga: The World of Japanese Girls' Comics, 19 March onwards The first major[...]

Frank Cho attended London Super Comic Con this weekend With blank sketch covers to pay his way… we saw two the other day, here are two more from Sunday.Oh Frank….   Frank Cho attended London Super Comic Con this weekend With blank sketch covers to pay his way… we saw two the other day, here are two[...]

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So… what are you doing in London this month? Here are a few comic book based ideas… we start with exhibitions running through the month. Until Tuesday February 6th West Africa, Word, Symbol, Song at the British Library Spanning one thousand years of West Africa's history, this exhibition covers the empires of the Middle Ages, colonialism, independence and[...]

It runs in February through to May next year, at 2 Granary Square, King's Cross, London N1C 4BH It has been curated by Explore the world of comics through original artwork by 100 women comic creators working across genres and generations – from the 1800s to the present day; from observational comedy to surreal fantasy, challenging biography[...]

The latest Comica thing, Cityread, and the London Graphic Novel Network will be putting on a panel, S.M.A.S.H in the Barbican Library. Three subjects Three panels And there's no way I'm missing it. And we start with an informal chat – followed by a discussion with the audience, featuring: Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London) Steven Appleby (Guide to Life) Gareth Brookes (The[...]

Jess Bradley is a regular exhibitor at MCM London Comic Con And my kids have become regular customers of here and I always know that passing her at a show with my girls in tow will leave me financially worse off. To be honest, if probably would even if they weren't there. But with Hallowe'en Week upon[...]

The MCM London Comic Con promotes the principle that cosplay is not consent It was being enforced as well, by staff and cosplayers alike. I heard a number of people ask photographers if they had permission to shoot the shots they were taking But people were looking after each other, inside and out of the show, and I[...]

Joe Glass, who was exhibiting at MCM Comic Con, took photo of cosplayers who came to his table in Comic Village More cosplay pics from the past weekend's MCM London Comic Con Seems that Dragon Age is a very popular choice this time around, with Steven Universe also seeing an increasing presence at the show, which[...]

This weekend, Diamond held a retailer day at MCM London Comic Con Press were excluded, but Marvel and Mark Millar sent out PR summaries of what they wanted the world to know they announced Bleeding Cool was the only media outlet to have people at the actual retailer day reporting what was actually announced, that[...]

DC Comics Senior VP Derek Maddalena addressed comic book retailers at MCM London Comic Con yesterday It can't have been that easy with the guy who always used to do that, Bob Wayne, at the back of the room representing CBLDF. DC's biggest message to retailers was that of trade paperback persuasion Getting them to stock[...]

Mark Millar announced a lot of things at the Diamond Retail Summit at MCM London Comic Con yesterday But not everything made the PR burst that was sent to ComicBook. Such as how he sees Huck with Rafael Albuquerque as an 18 issue mini-epic, told over three years, with six issues a year. How the high concept of Empress is "what if[...]

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Cometh the hour, cometh the cosplay – on the tubes, in the bars, on he show floor, in the open air of London MCM London Comic Con October 2015 It's official, Homestuck has all but gone, but there was more Deadpool, Harley Qunn and female Loki here than at New York a couple of weeks[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Day at MCM London Expo this weekend, Marvel's Senior VP David Gabriel announced that Marvel were to publish a Doctor Strange Omnibus, a full colour reprint of the Doctor Strange comic books of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Another big book will be a Star Wars Droids/Ewoks Omnibus reprinting the 8 Droids comics, 14[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Day at MCM London Expo this weekend, Marvel's Senior VP David Gabriel announced that Star Wars: Vader Down, the new Star Wars crossover between the two lead titles Star Wars and Darth Vader, already had over 450,000 units ordered He described it as  "so hot it burns your skin off and leaves you[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Day at MCM London Expo this weekend, Marvel's Senior VP David Gabriel announced that April would see the the first ever printing of the long lost unpublished Neil Gaiman/Mark Buckingham Miracleman #25 comic, twenty years after it was completed. Then, as expected, Gaiman and Buckingham will finish of the Silver Age story with[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Day at MCM London Expo this weekend, Marvel's Senior VP David Gabriel announced that Uncanny Avengers #2 will see an apparently dead character come back to life, jokingly "possibly for the first time in comic-book history" –  and will appear on the cover of #3. This is currently the solicitation details for #2-  and[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Day at MCM London Expo this weekend, IDW's VP Marketing Dirk Wood announced a very special project to UK retailers. That IDW would be publishing a comic based on the Action Man property. For our colonial brethren, Action Man was the UK version of GI Joe that never shrunk down[...]

Jittery, blurred, rushed, it's from one side of the show to the other, at London MCM Comic Con October 2016… the cosplay, the comics, the commentary…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAvwQP5MA7IVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: From One Side Of MCM London Comic Con October 2016 To The Other (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAvwQP5MA7I) [...]

It's MCM London Comic Con today! The UK's largest comic book event by far… at the London ExCel Centre. You know what to expect Comics Village, lots of cosplay, an announcement or three and plenty of media stars Diamond are holding a very private meeting in which Mark Millar, David Gabriel and more will be holding[...]

Or check the "bobbies" and wrong London buses from previous issues Or how you can't have a glottal stop before the indefinite article in "bit o' a history buff" – if you are going to write it in this fashion it would be "bi' ovva history buff" or "histree" if you were really getting into[...]

At the DC Access All Area panel at New York Comic Con, Jimmy Palmiotii talked through the upcoming new Harley Quinn series, Harley Quinn's Little Black Book. In which Wonder Woman gets knocked out, Harley decides she has to wear Wonder Woman's costume and spends much of the issue trying to get it on. But the comic will also[...]

These materials are attractive to children, especially ones who are not normally interested in reading or read stuff outside the general realm of interest." Nominees: Illusive Comes and Games – Santa Clara, California Comikaze and Toys – Goodyear, Arizona Daydream Comics – Iowa City, Iowa Dragon's Lair – Austin, Texas Best Graphic Novel Section Gosh! Comics – Soho, London Nominees: Comikaze and Toys –[...]

First, a plug that has noting to do with comics but I consider it a public service to Londoners Farmdrop.co.uk, a farmer's market that delivers across London, charges less that the actual farmers markets and gave me the most amazing shoulder of lamb and smashed veg the other day… do try the Bread Ahead rosemary loaf that I[...]

London has them all beat. Pick up your small dog, pop on your tartan, trim your beard, make your farmdrop.co.uk order (use 'Richard Johnston' as a referral to get discount), pop on your extra thick rimmed glasses and balance your unicycle to the most well mexico comic book festival of all, Safari, being held in London's most fashionably arty[...]

August is jam-packed-full if you are a comics fan in London Time for me to pick and choose… Saturday August 1st Mark Buckingham Signing, Exhibition Launch and Musical Evening at Orbital Comics 5-7pm. Mark Buckingham is signing Fables #150, and every purchase puts you into a raffle to win an original page of art from the final issue[...]