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Today is the birthday of Damian Keeng, owner and operator of Orbital Space Comics, the comic shop in London that's right next to Leicester Square Once upon a time, its location was the old Photographer's Gallery and over the decades they have used the length of the store for art galleries But with the newly[...]

Another month, another Things To Do In London If You Like Comics The second one this year! As we are starting to return to normality, we are starting to get a few new in-person events And nothing to do with the football, thankfully. Exhibitions Orbital Art Gallery Spread over 2 rooms with a group show featuring 5[...]

The new Orbital Gallery is launching in the new look Orbital Space comic shop in London from this Thursday with artists Billy Chainsaw, Gerard Don Daniel, GirlShit, JRoldan, and Mister Wim Orbital posted; Hello everyone, Orbital is excited to announce that our art gallery will be opened for public viewing from the 1st of July! We[...]

Looks like Things To Do In London If You Like Comics will be getting a brand new entry for Thursday Orbital Comics, the comic book store that famously quit Diamond Comic Distributors a year-and-a-half ago, is to reinvent itself as a new white-wall art gallery, taking over the store's two side rooms, and in the[...]

Today saw the opening of the Manga Jiman 2020 Winners Exhibition at the Embassy Of Japan in London I popped along The 14th Manga Jiman Competition (UK) aims to increase the profile of manga and Japanese culture in Britain and the rest of the world, be encouraging people, especially the young, to participate. 'The 2020 edition[...]

And in order to fill an article, I had to stretch the definition of London to include Pitsea And Brighton But as we are starting to return to normality, London is starting to get a few new in-person events. Exhibitions The Cartoon Museum: Drawing Life until December 31st A new display showcasing the very best of the[...]

Wanyoo is a growing chain of Esports arenas in the UK – the new outlet in London's Westfield Stratford Centre opening tomorrow – is its fourth such venue, but they tell be they have been learning and growing with each, taking demands from one outlet and implementing and testing them in the next And this[...]

The London Comic Mart has been running for thirty years and, as long as I can recall, in The Royal National Hotel at Russell Square Now run by Showmasters – who are used to much bigger shows – the London Comic Mart is still the place where most comic book dealing in London takes place[...]

Actor, director, writer and producer Noel Clarke was set to attend the London Film And Comic Con this July, Britain's first big comic con event after lockdown, he would have been attending the Showmasters-run in his capacity as a star of Doctor Who Noel Clarke PR from London Film & Comic Con But in recent days,[...]

I've just been to my first comic book-related event in over a year, the Press Preview for the London Cartoon Museum's V For Vendetta exhibition Celebrating the world of David Lloyd and Alan Moore that first appeared in Warrior Magazine and would become a global symbol of protest courtesy of the movie The exhibition, naturally,[...]

And given that the Piccadilly line is the lowest of all underground lines in London, that means it has to go really deep underground Would probably have made sense to put it under Bond Street or something, but we'll allow it. Batman: The Detective #2 But then we get a real stinker, and there's no getting around[...]

Living in London, I have a vote on the London Mayor and the London Assembly for the first time, the London Mayor will be voted by alternative vote, which is why for the first time I have voted for Count Binface. Alternative vote lets you vote for someone other than the pragmatic "choice between two candidates"[...]

This summer's immersive West End production Doctor Who: Time Fracture is set to begin previews next month and announced the cast.

And, about to open a third store in Watford, that will see them have three stores in Greater London – one more than Forbidden Planet Okay, so Forbidden Planet on Shaftesbury Avenue in the West end may be bigger than all three Piranha Comics stores, but size isn't what's important, it's what you do with[...]

I mean, Tom Taylor is not the first to make that mistake, the series of 24 that was actually filmed in London made the same mistake – and was equally clowned. But it does mean that when Tom Taylor writes a new comic book set in London, I will give it a beady eye And today[...]

I cycled into London today, as lockdown rules changed, allowing the opening of non-essential retail stores in England Which included comic book shops So I grabbed a Boris bike in Putney and went in What started out with snow and sleet turned into glorious sunshine Soho itself had pavements thronged with restaurants and vars spilling[...]

In January, I was devastated to learn of the death of Alison Brown, curator at the London Cartoon Museum and a longstanding friend She died, cruelly young, at 39 from COVID-19 Her funeral will take place this Thursday morning at Hither Green Crematorium. A JustGiving donations page has been set up by her partner of twelve[...]

With England in the midst of civil war and Lord Harwood's (Jason Flemyng) Raven Union looking to take control of the country, Alfred (Jack Bannon) finds himself torn between looking out for himself and his clients Thomas Wayne (Ben Aldridge) and Martha Kane (Emma Paetz)- who are slowly becoming more and more like family- and[...]

The London Film And Comic Con event for March 2020 went ahead, despite coronavirus fears and the odds are it was probably a superspreader event, despite all the hand sanitiser around It was a different time In the light of the British government promising vaccines offered to all 17-year-olds and over by the end of[...]

It's Justice League time.  Two years ago, Bleeding Cool reported on a DC Comics-themed restaurant planned to open in London's Soho, called DC World, and then Park Row Obviously, with the current situation, plans have been put on hold But with the release of the Zack Snyder Cut of Justice League, they have another solution. Ahead of[...]

Alison Brown, who was the retail and front of house manager at London's Cartoon Museum since 2006 has died, after catching the coronavirus She had been in hospital with a stomach infection last month and had been recuperating in a hospital ward Diagnosed with COVID-19 on Friday the 9th of January, on Sunday she was[...]

But today has announced the return of its two biggest shows, MCM London and MCM Birmingham Here's the letter they sent to vendors; We are excited to announce that MCM Comic Con is back in 2021! As we look forward to building you the best and safest events possible, the forthcoming MCM Comic Con calendar of events[...]

So with that in mind, our year-end countdown continues with BBC One and Amazon Prime Video's Small Axe. Small Axe from BBC and Amazon Prime (Image: Amazon screencap) Created and directed by Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave, Widows), the award-winning, critically-acclaimed British anthology film Small Axe tells five distinct, powerful, and thought-provoking stories highlighting what life[...]

Yesterday, I saw Wonder Woman 1984 at the BFI IMAX screen at London Waterloo At the time, I didn't realise that this experience would be denied all other Londoners when the movie is released tomorrow, and London goes into Tier 3 lockdown until the end of the year. Credit: me HBOMax is not available in the UK,[...]

Phenomenal performances and a deft blend of historical fact and speculation make for a powerful and effective fourth season of The Crown.

Gosh, the finest comics shop in London has joined that bookshop.org site whereby you can shop online knowing your cash is going to independent bookstores rather than, well… Jeff Bezos So if you can't shop at the actual place, (and I believe there may be reasons why that's an issue right now,…don't know if you've[...]

Here's a photo as spotted by comic book reader Barry Flinstone in the Oxfam charity shop in Gower Street, Bloomsbury, London, and shared with Bleeding Cool A sign that says so much… "The Comics Box has been moved due to repeated theft Please ask at the counter for its new location Thanks." So who is repeatedly[...]

But Orbital Space, just round the corner from Forbidden Planet in London, has another twist on this I popped by just before lockdown locked down. Rich Johnston, outside Orbital Space, sans mask. Sorry everyone, mask on first. Rich Johnston, outside Orbital Space, with mask. Better This is still the mask I got in my Loot Crate back in January[...]

ObligatoryComicsMention: You get a brief glimpse of Orbital Comics, Forbidden Planet and Gosh Comics, in central London below as I whizz past But that's by the by People seem to like these videos for some so I will occasionally do them Today I cycled into London to write Bleeding Cool, and I'm not sure if[...]

London has had a number of comic book stores over the years, some have been and gone But Piranha Comics, with stores in Kingston Upon Thames, Bromley and soon in Watford is looking to find folk who used to work in those stores and maybe get them back into the game. I had a meeting with[...]