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I live just outside Kingston-Upon-Thames, on the far south west of London It's over an hour into central London for the triumvirate of West End comic stores, Forbidden Planet, Gosh and Orbital. In 2011, a comic shop, Holy Goat Comics opened in Kingston And closed. So, made my first trip to Kingston's Holy Goat Comics today[...]

MCM Comic Con is coming for you, wherever you live, it seems. The British Comic Con organiser, responsible for the MCM London Comic Con, and then spinning off around the country, went abroad this year, with shows in Ireland and Sweden And that's just the start. This year saw two MCM London Comic Cons, as well as MCM[...]

His collaborator, Sarah Lightman, is an award-winning artist, curator and arts journalist based in London who is researching a PhD at The University of Glasgow on Autobiography in Comics. Gekiga: Alternative Manga from Japan Cartoon Museum, 35 Little Russell Street Gekiga was the spark which, between 1956 and the early 1970s, transformed manga from being the preserve of the young[...]

Frazer Brown writes: Stan Sakai's beloved and iconic Samuarai Leporidae Usagi Yojimbo has been making his stage debut last Friday at London's Southwark Playhouse. The same venue that brought "Howl's Moving Castle" to Magical life in 2011. The Eisner award winning adventures have been freshly adapted for the stage by
 Stewart Melton and are directed by Amy Draper The cast includes: Joji Hirota
, Amy Ip
, Haruka Kuroda,
 Siu Hun Li
, Jonathan[...]

His collaborator, Sarah Lightman, is an award-winning artist, curator and arts journalist based in London who is researching a PhD at The University of Glasgow on Autobiography in Comics. Gekiga: Alternative Manga from Japan Cartoon Museum, 35 Little Russell Street In the 1950s Japan was emerging from US occupation and embarking on the economic resurgence which was to make[...]

We reported on the cancellation of London' Comica Comiket small press comics festivel a week ahead of its intended date over the weekend Comica organiser Paul Gravett sent the following to Bleeding Cool this morning. We are very sorry to say we have had to postpone the Comica Scarycat Comiket for 1 November 2014. This has never happened[...]

The Island Of Doctor Geof is a favourite stop at the MCM London Comic Con for me, since they went all mahogany Steampunk isn't exactly new at such gatherings, but this is steampunk with a very silly flavour,  emphasis on tea making, cross dressing and insect husbandry. And this show's new offering concentrates on the lifespan[...]

I took the girls to MCM London Comic Con 2014 yesterday – the first show they've been to where they were prepared to perform themselves, with their Minecraft swords And the first place they got attention from others from carrying them It was quite a revelation! And the journey was also transformed, the McDonalds at London[...]

art of the Comica comics arts festival in London, and hot on the heels of the British Library exhibition, Comiket is a small comics press event with lots of publishers and creators, events and exhibitions around it Indeed, it has become quite a focal point, especially for the newly emerging British graphic novel publishers such[...]

At today's MCM London Comic Con, the Comics Village section was probably bigger than ever Originally developed by Emma Vieceli, I hope she sees what it has become, growing from its original collection of tables, to stretching from one side of the show to the other Here's a look at almost all the booths and[...]

From one side of MCM London Comic Con 2014 to the other… and then again for the second half of the show… [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpOEZ91DM_g[/youtube] From one side of MCM London Comic Con 2014 to the other… and then again for the second half of the show… [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpOEZ91DM_g[/youtube] [...]

Tonight, Rian Hughes is appearing at Gosh Comics in London, on behalf of the centre for adult learning, City Lit. Hughes is well known for his design and advertising work, his typographical work and for his comics work, three spheres that oddly seldom cross. He drew Grant Morrison's Dare, he designed the Forbidden Planet logo as well[...]

Comica, London's comics art festival begins today, right after The Lakes Comic Art Festival at the weekend in Kendal Lots more smoke, noise and transport issues But here's a look at what's coming up. Comica Comiket also returns to London in November for a new marketplace display of small press comic books from the length and[...]

She lives in London with her mama (Mary White), papa (George White), and her twin sister Mimmy Hello Kitty loves to bake and she can make really delicious cookies She learned her baking talents from her mama, who makes scrumptious apple pies that are enjoyed by the whole family. But she's still a girl, right? A[...]

Welcome to Endless City, a proposed skyscraper for London. It is designed to have its own ecosystem, incorporating offices, shops, massive inside parks, entertainment and housing and has been described as a "vertical city". Sound familiar? Me too. It's a block, straight out of Judge Dredd's Mega-City One Although the Endless City version. The design from SURE Architecture won the[...]

If I was in London this weekend, I would be going to the British Library for the Comica Weekend. But I'm not I'm in Banbury recovering from surgery. I'd go to the Bryan Lee O'Malley talk on Friday, The Great War In Comics event with Pat Mills et al., Charles Brownstein doing his Sex War And Censorship[...]

August 1st-3rd Blood And Roses: Magical Girls By Sally Jane Thompson exhibition Orbital Comics Saturday 2nd, 3pm-4pm Doctor Who Signing Forbidden Planet  Rob Williams, Al Ewing and Des Taylor will be signing the first issues of the 10th and 11th Doctor Who Comics, including Forbidden Planet's exclusive versions. Friday 9th Open Night, and Saturday 9th onwards Orbital Comics Lords Of Infinity Exhibition The work of Cristian Ortiz, Andy Poyiadgi and James[...]

Liz Jordan works at Orbital Comics. I like Liz, she's funny, friendly and she geeks out at the tiniest mention of comics and comics-related media. And

Last night, I have the great pleasure of not going to see Monty Python (I'll save that for another night) but instead spend a night out in London with Neil Gaiman telling me stories. He has revived his Sydney Opera House performance with Eddie Campbell's illustrations and the string orchestra FourPlay, The Truth Is A Cave[...]

I live in London And it seems that, in 2014, it's The Year Of Comics So many cool things happening in and around the city Here's what's coming up in the coming month – feel free to send in your additions for updates! Running through July: Orbital Comics Exhibition Nobody Knows What's Good Anymore – The SMASH! Art[...]

You need it. Anyway, they are both doing a signing at Gosh Comics in London from 2pm today, and if I wasn't attending my kids' school fair as a caricaturist, I'd be going. So why not go instead of me and say hi? And on your way back, why not pop into Orbital for the Shaky Kane exhibition?[...]

The East Coast of the US may be full of comic conventions this weekend, but East London isn't doing too badly either, as this Chris Ware poster for the event implies On until 7pm tonight, with guests including the aforementioned Chris Ware, Seth, Anouk Ricard, Jesse Moynihan, Anne Simon, Mattias Adolfsson, Takayo Akiyama, Sjoerd van[...]

Courtesy of Frazer Brown… fifty-one cosplay shots from MCM London Comic Con this weekend And a far better photographer than I… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Frazer will also be attending the NYC Special Edition and NYCC for Bleeding Cool[...]

Live in London? Visiting? Can get here on the train? Well there's plenty to do in the comics world in the city through June… here are a few Send in more and I'll update! Through June Orbital Comics Exhibition spotlighting the work of Shaky Kane on Elephantmen & more.  Orbital-exclusive print, which will come signed by Shaky Kane and Elephantmen creator Richard Starkings. Curator led tours of the British Library's[...]

  Courtesy of Frazer Brown... Clicky for biggy. Much much biggy.  

I bumped into David Hine on the Dockland Light Railway platform heading into yesterday's MCM London Expo, laden down as he was with comics to sell – including his signed script-with-a-signed-comic innovative way for writers to, basically, do what artists do at comic conventions. He also told me of his current plans and some work on[...]

Talking to the Kill Shakespeare folk at MCM London Comic Con, I learned that, now that this revisionist Shakespeare comic book has been transformed into a board game and a stage show, Kill Shakespeare is moving to new media. Such as a radio drama adaptation of the series, to be broadcast by Audible.com, who are moving[...]

At the MCM London Comic Con yesterday, I had the immense pleasure to meet Richard Starking once more, signing and selling plenty of Elephantmen comics at the Travelling Man pavilion. He had a good chat about all manner of things, from Bob Wayne to Zoids And he also showed me a lovely picture of something I[...]

I'll shortly be heading out to the second day of MCM London Comic Con today, with the kids. But here's how it was looking on the admittedly quieter Friday… [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AeCkv1olJ4[/youtube] And a look around the show – and find cosplay shots from yesterday here. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption[...]

And now, thanks to youtube, you can get a flavor of just how fun the whole thing was: Copies of every comic from the Ghosts Collective are available in Orbital Comics, London, as well as exclusive prints and artwork from the exhibition, and the  CULT official program They also have work available online so, if you[...]