MCM London Expo is the biggest comics convention in the UK, boasting an attendance of up to 100,000 Many come for the anime section and it draws huge cosplay crowds.
But over the last few years the Comics Village area has been growing and growing, boasting international guests, panels, signings, and talent scouts – and finding[...]
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I met this friendly pair in Orbital Comics picking up my Fantastic Four #537 earlier today. They'd been to the Batman Live! auditions earlier, auditioning
Gosh! Comics of London is one of the best comic book shops in the world.
It also has two of the other best comic shops in the world in near proximity, but that's by the by.
Anyway, a rare job opportunity has come up there A full-time position in their books department for someone "hard-working and enthusiastic[...]
Thanks for Stu West for pointing out the physical comparison.
Yesterday, Mark Millar announced the Kapow Comic Con London This is the latest move building a British-based comic/movie/convention/magazine empire.
First there is his prime partner, Titan; magazine and book publisher based in London, publishing everything from the monthly Batman Legends comic, TV magazines such as ,[...]
We said the London Super Hero Comic Con would have trademark problems…
Mark Millar has launched the KaPow Comic London, scheduled for April next year.
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Guests include John Romita Jr, Frankie Boyle, Leinil Yu, Dave Gibbons, Frank Quitely, Mark Millar, Bryan Hitch, Olivier Coipel, Stewart Lee, Kevin O'Neill, Paul Cornell, Noel Clarke, Steve Dillon, Mike McMahon, Brian[...]
London is the latest to join Dave Eggers-inspired nonprofit creative education bodies posing as high street shops We now have Hoxton Street Monster Supplies, with help from Nick Hornby and a secret entrance behind the shop to the Ministry Of Stories… as long as you can guess the password.
So yes, where do you think I'll[...]
Issues with the Institute of Contemporary Art have seen the annual ComICA festival drop those capitals to become plain old Comica and relocate its main stage to the London Print Studio in West London, well away from the poncey premises next door to Buckingham Palace And into the wide open spaces, well away from anything[...]
It is on display at the Halcyon Gallery in Mayfair, London until the 8th of January.
Along with a number of his other works on display, such as David 2020, Trojan Virus and There's Something About Mary, comes this sculpture from Mauro Perucchetti, Modern Heroes, depicting Batman and Superman in a pose reminiscent[...]
These days his art can be seen pasted and sprayed on the streets and walls of East London Street comics are a hot movement in urban art, championed by star street artist 'Wolfie Smith' aka street tag SATAN Brett has created a whole suit of original characters that are becoming ubiquitous on the[...]
Mark Millar has teased a couple of times about an upcoming comics-and-media show for London next year and his possible involvement in it.
Well, in an email to selected industry individuals, it just got real He states that his partner runs an event organising company in London and is planning a "huge San Diego[...]
The MCM London Expo I used to be terribly snobbish about this sort of media/cosplay fair and had some bad experiences when young Then I went to this one and everything changed You get caught up in the joy, the love, the fact that there are stacks of seventeen year old women buying their first[...]
It's about time for Bleeding Cool to start the run up to its traditional (as in, for the second year) most comprehensive independent coverage you'll find to the largest English language comics art festival in the world.
Because ComICA 2010 from the Institute Of Contemporary Arts is on its way.
The London Print Studio has launched the[...]
Creator of St Trinian's and illustrator of the Molesworth books, Ronald Searle is celebrated by London's Cartoon Museum right now Running until the fourth of July, it's the biggest show the museum has ever put on.
A central influence on many British cartoonist, from Gerald Scarfe to Ralph Steadman to Steve Bell to Jamie Hewlett, the[...]
The English-speaking world's biggest comic arts festival launches today in London ComICA 2009 So what's going on? Well there are many ComICA events to choose from – some are ongoing, some starting today, and some only on today.
A Heavy Pencil session with David Lloyd, creator of V For Vendetta
He will draw live in the[...]
Tomorrow, the biggest comic shop in the UK, Forbidden Planet on Shaftesbury Avenue, London, is having a signing with Jim Mahfood and Scott C, to celebrate their books Carl: The Cat That Makes Peanut Butter Sandwiches and Double Fine Action Comics Volume 1 They intend to spend the hours from 4pm to 7pm signing and[...]
I hear from industry sources that yet-to-be-named Terminator 5, the sequel to Terminator: Salvation, will be set in London in the year 2011, with a time-travelling John Connor (Christian Bale).
Do you think maybe that Terminator: You're 'Avin' A Bubble, Intcha has a catchy ring to it?
I do hope it shows a post-apocalyptic London[...]
Strong rumours that a comic convention of a similar style and scope to the San Diego Comic Con and the New York Comic Con have been circling of late.
One Liam Fisher claims to have the rights to put on a UK version of Comic Con in London.
Fisher is behind this ad on a Newsarama forum[...]