What a fun day that was. And what fun costumes! Stories to come tomorrow but for now, here are a few to enjoy,with special praise for the feline costume
london Archives
A couple of years ago, the MCM London Expo was held at the Excel Convention Centre at the same time as a Mission Of Peace And Light, attempting to unite the divisions caused by the Sunni and Shi'ite Islamic denominations Which led to some strange juxtapositions, a huddle of Imams discussing[...]
In London to meet friends, I took a trip to St Paul's Cathedral where the Occupy London protest has been camped out for the last week-and-a-bit And I met a few people from Anonymous wearing the Guy Fawkes/V For Vendetta mask So I asked them about it…
In London to meet friends, I took a[...]
Last night, in an amazing new bar near Liverpool Street in London, Laini Taylor held a book launch for her new novel, Daughter Of Smoke And Bone And I was there because of my wife.
I get lots of books sent to me, far more than I could ever read, comics, prose, that kind of thing[...]
This is Rufus Dayglo's Tank Girl poster for next month's MCM Expo London Comic Con, one of a hundred made for the show.
Naturally Rufus will be there, also with the likes of Gail Simone, John McCrea, David Hine, Hunt Emerson, Al Davison.
And me, probably Well, it is my local.
This is Rufus Dayglo's Tank Girl[...]
You know there's been a lot of fuss in the news (and especially the American news it seems) about riots in England. Truth is, it hasn't affected 99% of
Selfridges in London is running a Mister Men 40th anniversary event today with birthday cake, balloons, live artwork and Little Miss Sunshine That's if the place hasn't been smashed to smithereens my last night's looting of course.
Mister Men and Little Misses are taking over the stationery area on the ground floor of the store[...]
Even Brian Bolland popped by, in town on an errand.
The old Gosh Comics in London was famous for having a Tim Burton Batman-era symbol outside the shop, faded by age and fashion, but, you know, it did at least signal that there were comics there Well, despite their indie street-cred window displays in the new[...]
On Saturday, the new Gosh Comics in Berwick Street, Soho, London opens, with a Dave McKean signing And so the old Gosh Comics, opposite the British Museum, closes.
And old friend of mine, Andy Konky Kru has commemorated the change with this picture of the old store in its final days;
Andy's considerable comics work can be[...]
The DC Retailer Roadshow that Bleeding Cool has diligently reported on, from LA, Dallas, Baltimore, New York and Chicago has two new spots on its schedule.
First, the San Diego Comic Con, part of the retailer programming on Friday July 22nd 11.30am in Room 18 – and why not stay for the Diamond retailer's lunch afterwards?
But[...]
From Thurs 25th August to Monday 29th August the UK's premiere event for horror fans will be at the Empire Cinema in London's Leicester Square to present 37 films in two screens Empire 1 will house the main event while the Discovery strand will play in Empire 4. There are[...]
Bleeding Cool recently reported that Gosh! Comics of London moving locations after twenty-five years opposite the British Museum The move is to Berwick Street in Soho, home to London's first comic shop, Dark They Were And Golden Eyed.
So since I was in London yesterday, I thought I'd take a few snaps.
First, this will be the[...]
After twenty-five years, one of the most famous comic book shops in the world, Gosh! Comics of London is moving from opposite the British Museum on Great Russell Street, to the other side of Oxford Street and Charing Cross Road, to Berwick Street, in Soho, on August 6th.
But before they leave, Gosh! will host a[...]
So I took the kids to Comic Con. They loved having photos taken "with princesses", they drew on the Artist tables and they charmed convention organisers
BBC3's The Fades was previewed for the first time at the MCM Expo London today The footage shown involved ghosty things, old men, sexy women, yoots, people with guns, and lots and lots of shadows Oh and someone vomiting a live moth.
They were also handing out these flyers Courtesy of my scanner, consider this a[...]
This is how a comics publisher ends, not with a bang but with a whimper. And selling the company's neon sign on Craigslist Huge TOKYOPOP neon logo sign,
So the Preview Day at MCM London Expo It's more of a meet and greet today, a chance for an extended set up as people without jobs come to the show.
However, Emma Vieceli is in her tiara, Tony Lee and Dan Boultwood are in their waistcoats, Harry Markos is trying not to get thrown out,[...]
Frank Quitely and Warren Ellis are the star comic book creators at MCM London Expo this long weekend.
With Kieron Gillen, Emma Viecelli, John McCrea, Gary Erskine, Becky Cloonan, Leah Moore, David Hine, Rufus Dayglo, Richard Starkings, Tony Lee, Dan Boultwood, Al Davison, Simon Davis and loads more, there's a lot to love Oh and me[...]
We've already had one Comic Con War in London this year, what with Kapow and MCM London Expo blasting each other in the spring with rather pointed press releases and comments.
Kapow PR, often via Mark Millar, deliberately ignored MCM, as if it didn't exist, proclaiming a uniqueness for Kapow over a number of attributes that[...]
But he will be at MCM London Expo, held in the London Docklands at the end of the month We hope.
The Comic Village section of MCM London Expo, run by acclaimed comics creator in her own right, Emma Vieceli, will also star Jamie McKelvie, Kieron Gillen, John McCrea, Gary Erskine, Becky Cloonan and more[...]
So we missed the initial crowds in London for Free Comic Book Day But here's what we saw And what we got.
Orbital Comics just off Leicester Square were giving away three free comics with each purchase – but with boxes with comics for ten pence by the side of the till, this was hardly a[...]
But this was the London Word Festival, this was the Dodgem Logic Festival both a celebration and, on part, a eulogy to Alan Moore's underground magazine he published eight issues of, complete with music on CD, transfer tattoos, obscene mini-comics and the very existence of which helped me discover a new good friend, Khandie Khisses[...]
Feathers were ruffled, and the tension, well you could say it was electric!
While the motion comic isn't launching until October, a preview will make its debut at MCM London Expo next month.
Written by Leah Moore and John Reppion, designed by Emma Vieceli, drawn/animated by the all-female Windflower Studio, and produced by Hattrick[...]
At the Kapow Comic Con last weekend, the people from the Guinness Book Of World Records were by to monitor two world record attempts, for the fastest
In fact there's a certain image I;m trying to track down right now…
I seemed to have joined the consensus that this wasn't a mini-San Diego in any way shape or form, but instead a really good London comic con that punched well above its weight and gave people warm feelings of early Bristols or UKCACs[...]
A hit at the Kapow comic convention in London this weekend, he is a twelve year old young man who loves comic books And wants to let other people in on it
He also happens to be the son of Jon Ronson Welcome to Bleeding Cool, Joel.
I was incredibly excited about Kapow! Comic-Con and it[...]
Kapow finally release the final details of their show happening this weekend in Islington, London And suddenly MCM London Expo in the Docklands jumps up and say "look at us!"
Bleeding Cool has already covered the passive aggressive war between the two London shows, but things had settled of late But with Kapow continuing to claim[...]
Clicky for biggy. So I'll be at table 86, feel free to pop by and say hi, or just grab me as I run past. Bleeding Cool's Brendon Connelly will also be
Today, from 10am to 5pm, it's the London Comics & Small Press Expo, over at Goldsmiths University, in New Cross I can't make it myself as it's my big girl's sixth birthday today, but it seems all sorts of fun.
David Hine and Shaky Kane will be making a rare joint appearance together, to promote their[...]
And Millar's trademark exaggeration came into play, claiming that Kapow was what London needed, a comic convention like the old UKCACs but there was nothing like it And somewhere to show film and TV stuff in advance, just like at San Diego Comic Con – and there was nothing like that either.
So the organisers of[...]