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NotComics: There I was, cycling back from attending an Immersive Experience for Y: The Last Man from Disney+ at London Waterloo During the live event based on the TV show based on the comic book, where all the men in the world have died, we saw lots of claims that the whole thing was a[...]

Another month, another Things To Do In London If You Like Comics 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 Olympics, thankfully The Hackney Comic + Zines Fair is happening all this month, mostly online, but some in-person events[...]

Last night, I took a trip to Orbital Comics in London's Leicester Square, only to find my journey impeded by police reaction to Extinction Rebellion's protest, beginning a two-week series of protests across London Without the police, of course, everything would have been fine And then started belting out a warning on the loudspeaker that[...]

Find it on 8 Great Newport St, London WC2H 7JA. The gallery space opened with work from JRoldan, his "Diary Of Erroneous Times" Masks are no longer compulsory… so they dropped off pretty sharpish Everyone I spoke to was double-vaxxed though. Plenty of Shaky Kane-ness And more Shaky Kane-ness With Krent Abel to boot. With more to dive into. With even more to[...]

It's a long time since any of us have been to the theatre, everyone in attendance was double jabbed, or had a negative test, though I'm not entirely sure the security was tight enough to ensure either. The Windsors: Endgame is by George Jeffrie and Bert Tyler-Moore based on their Channel 4 sitcom The Windsors, is[...]

Another month, another Things To Do In London If You Like Comics. The third 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 Olympics, thankfully. Exhibitions Orbital Art Gallery Krent & Able exhibition with Shakey Kane and Krent Able, until[...]

As I stood in line yesterday for tickets to comedian and comic book writer Frankie Boyle's current London show, it was slightly peculiar when I realised that the man two places in front of me in the socially distanced line was… Frankie Boyle.  Trying to get back into the theatre, to prepare for that night's[...]

The Marble Arch Mound opened today, a temporary artificial hill that sits facing the marble arch of Marble Arch. And it costs £4.50 to walk up and down

But where? Since it was a BBC show, Quentin Tarantino was asked if he would consider bringing that play to London, stated that he hadn't talked to anyone about it, but that his first instinct is to open it in the West End theatres of London Currently suffering the impact of the pandemic and shutdowns, London's[...]

Those in London should pop by and see the new place It's rather nifty Here are a few surreptitious photos taken before everyone decamped to a couple of bars and pubs – as well as the Mark Stafford Orbital invite of course Everyone in attendance got a small print of it… Will Potter, Steve Marchant, Rian[...]

Anyway, just in case anyone wants to see how South West London specifically are feeling right now… here's a quick video entitled Coming Home Through Football. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HyG9vvJhecVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Coming Home Through Football (Three Lions On A Shirt, Vindaloo, Singing for England) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HyG9vvJhec) See, it's not entirely Three Lions[...]

Numbers are strictly limited so make sure to make contact by Wednesday this week latest. And judging by the number of red stickers that started popping up on pieces, it seems that they did a roaring trade as well… Orbital Space Art Gallery is at 8 Great Newport St, London WC2H 7JA, next to[...]

Today, Gosh Comics of London  announced that they were going to have to "temporarily suspend shipping to EU countries while we sort out the confusing mess of new VAT on shipping regulations post-1st July." Gosh Comics Suspends European Sales Over Brexit Customs Issues Gosh Comics states in their blog, "we're hoping to resume as quickly as possible,[...]

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[...]