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in The Daily LITG, 1th September 2023
So this is what I got up to yesterday, a couple of comic book signing events in London, at Gosh Comics and Forbidden Planet for Damn Them All and The Devil's Cut With Charlie Adlard, Jamie McKelvie, Si Spurrier, Tula Lotay, Christian Ward, Tom Muller, Sofie Dodgson, Ram V and Lee Garbett, with guest appearances[...]
Batman Day Around The World
I'll be going to the London event listed below, but there will be Batman events outside of the USA all around the world Here is a look at some of them, the events and programming that will be featured for Saturday, the 16th of September, and the surrounding days and weeks. Batman Day in the UK[...]
Things To Do In September 2023 If You Like Comics
The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for September 2023 suggests that Saturday, the 9th of September, will be a big day out for anyone who likes comics and can trek into the Big Smoke. Saturday, 2nd of September Twistwood Tales Signing With A.C Macdonald, Gosh Comics, Berwick Street, Soho, 1-2pm. Join[...]
The Elon Musk Tesla Transformer From Spitting Image The Musical
There are a couple of weeks left of the Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical at the Phoenix Theatre in London's West End I went to see it back in June and thoroughly enjoyed it In its final fortnight, there are tickets going for £25 quid up, and maybe just a couple of minor spoilers[...]
Things To Do In London If You Like Comics, August 2023
The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for August 2023, kicks off with lots of comic book stuff to do for the kids and a fair amount to do with the adults as well And a Small Press Day uniting Gosh Comics and the Cartoon Museum. Tuesday, 1st of August Create[...]
London Comic fair
The South London Comic & Zine Fair took over the Stanley Hall near Croydon in London today,  with a plethora of self-published comic books filling the table, with guests from America and Europe joining the throng Obviously, I bought lots and also reconnected with all manner of comic book folk I also got a few[...]
jackass
Now, he's taking a break from the talking and getting back to the stunts – and that meant jumping off the Tower of London Bridge for his upcoming third comedy special In the TMZ-exclusive video, you get a chance to see the build-up before the "Union Jacked-Up" jump goes down – which apparently gave police[...]
Gosh Comics Does London Pride 2023
Yesterday saw Pride celebrated all across the world, including London Lots of businesses have been running rainbow flags and displays during the past month, but Gosh Comics on Berwick Street in Soho always does a special comic book take on this with a window display, creating a rainbow using comic books, often with an LGBTQ[...]
Things To Do In London If You Like Comics In July 2023
The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for July 2023, kicks off with signings at Gosh Comics today and the London Film And Comic Con next weekend over in Hammersmith, and a South London Comic & Zine Fair the weekend after that Going to be a busy July! Who[...]
The Launch of Mark Stafford's Salmonella Smorgasbord
This week he launched the book at the London Cartoon Museum, with all sorts of folk in attendance, Garth Ennis, Roger Langridge, Oscar Zarate, Jason Atomic, Lucy Sullivan, Tim Pilcher, Ed Ilya, Paul Gravett, Tony Bennett, Jess Kemp, Zoom Rockman, David Hine, Rian Hughes and more, to celebrate Martl's glossy-papered achievement.  Here is his three-minute[...]
Jeremy Hunt at Spitting Image Gala Last Night in London's West End
Last night saw the gala performance of the Spitting Image Musical: Idiots Assemble at the Phoenix Theatre in London A star-studded affair, the notable attendees this time were political as well as performance-based – although is there much of a difference these days? Spitting Image has been running in one form or another for forty[...]
Mark Stafford Launches Salmonella Smorgasbord At Cartoon Museum
And in a week's time at the Cartoon Museum in Wells Street, London, just over Oxford Street from Gosh Comics, he will be launching his Salmonella Smorgasbord collection of his work across the decades.Despite working with Bryan Talbot and David Hine on big projects, published by Dark Horse and Boom Studios, being made an artist[...]
Things To Do In London If You Like Comics In June 2023
The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for June 2023, kicks off with a signing at Gosh Comics tonight with Love And Rockets creator Gilbert Hernandez, alongside the remains of the half term comic book creating workshops. Thursday, 1st of June Gilbert Hernandez signing at Gosh Comics, Berwick Street, Soho, 6-7pm We're[...]
MCM Cosplay
The sun is still shining in London for the second day of MCM London Comic Con, and so are the cosplayers Which is probably why I spent more time outside today than inside, when I wasn't trying to fix the coffee marking facilities in the Press/Creator room for Alan Davis (I failed) This is Day[...]
MCM
The sun is shining in London, and so are the cosplayers Both inside and outside the show This is Day One of MCM London Comic Con, traditionally the quiet day and though it started off that way, it has rapidly ramped up with every hour Permission was sought from all cosplayers in the foreground of[...]
MCM
MCM London Comic Con has kicked off today, for a gorgeous summer weekend of comics, cosplay, consoles and categories! Bleeding Cool, as ever, is running around the place like a blue-arsed fly-by and we have yet another From One Side Of The Show To The Other videos to display like a puffed-up peacock. This is from[...]
Zoom Rockman
Today sees the opening of Zoom Rockman's Jewish Hall Of Fame at JW3 in Finchley, North London, right next to the Finchley & Frognal train station I ran a piece on the show's existence last week, but I really wasn't prepared for what I got to see, being given a tour around the exhibition by[...]
Spider-Man Attacks Eric Gill Statue in London, Outside The BBC
An unnamed man wearing a Spider-Man mask has come down from a vigil since 4 am this morning outside BBC's Broadcasting House in Fitzrovia, London He had been using a hammer to hit a statue carved by the late sculptor Eric Gill of Prospero and Ariel from Shakespeare's play The Tempest, which has stood outside[...]
Zoom Rockman's Jewish Hall of Fame at JW3
Zoom Rockman's Jewish Hall of Fame brings life-size cultural icon automata, mega cartoons and comic books featuring famous faces to life, the first major contemporary art installation at the new venue JW3 in North West London, running from Tuesday the 23rd of May until the 3rd of September It is curated by friend of Bleeding[...]
Claudia Christian Debuts Her Comic, Dark Legacies, In London Next Month
The comic will not only contain Claudia Christian's likeness for the main character Major Jessica Steele as BRZRKR recently did with its co-writer Keanu Reeves, but will also feature the likenesses of other Babylon 5 alumni including Patricia Tallman and Bruce Boxleitner. Claudia Christian will be appearing at the London Film and Comic Con at London Olympia[...]
From One Side Of Free Comic Book Day London 2023 To The Other
I am in London in the middle of both of them And it is also raining Less "Happy and glorious" and more "Long to rain over us" Still, mustn't grumble, and there are free comic books to pick up And even more to buy! The rain and the reign may have put off some, the line[...]
Things To Do In London If You Like Comics in May 2023
The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for May 2023, as MCM London Comic Con comes to town at the end of the month, while Free Comic Book Day starts at the beginning But what else? Lots of signings, and not just for Bryan Talbot, school workshops, a trans[...]
Free Comic Book Day & King Charles III's Coronation On The Same Day
Which should make for a fun confluence of activity, especially in central London, with its two comic book stores just up the road from where the main event will be happening. While crowds worldwide will be watching the occasion, bringing in billions to the British coffers from the Americans, Canadians, Australians,  Chinese, Indians and Japanese who[...]
always sunny
That's right, this past Sunday saw a live show in London, with Monday bringing a live show in Dublin, Ireland (with another show set for this Wednesday) Since we're betting that there's a good chance that you're in the supermajority that couldn't make it there in person, we have some shared looks from McElhenney, Day,[...]
London Book Fair
Live from London Book Fair! And it has come back hard-ish Smaller than at its heyday, it's still much bigger than last year The masks are (mostly) gone, the big publishers are in play and, yes, there are plenty of comic books around the place Some you'll know, some you'll get to know Saw some[...]
Bookery Gallerie
Last night saw the great and good of London comic book society mix with the older bohemia London from the supper clubs of the seventies, check by jowl for Mark Stafford's comic book exhibition, All About The Ink The gallery looks more like an old bookshop, with pieces of art peeking out between shelves of[...]
First It Comes For The Metal, Marvel's Star Wars Celebration Revealed
"An unpredictable threat will unleash a scourge on the galaxy in a new storyline taking place this summer in Marvel's Star Wars comic titles! Stay tuned for the Marvel Comic Presents: Star Wars Panel at Star Wars Celebration on Monday, April 10, for the full announcement." Star Wars Celebration kicks off today, Easter Friday, in London[...]
Things To Do In London If You Like Comics in April 2023
The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for April 2023, in which a new comic book convention comes to Battersea Park, Mark Stafford launches his exhibition, there are big signings at Gosh and Forbidden Planet with Garth Ennis, Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons, Andy Diggle and plenty more besides But[...]
Cosplay
This weekend saw the London Comic Con Spring 2023 show at London Olympia This isn't one of their big Summer Of Winter London Film And Comic Con shows, it's smaller, more intimate, on one floor of one of the halls only, but it is packed full of love as ever And that includes the cosplay[...]