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Reed Exhibitions/ReedPOP owns both the London Book Fair and the MCM Comic Con brand, but until this week the two had never met That changed, as MCM Comic Con set up shop at Book Fair with a big message Launch your book at MCM Their NYCC shows had a big Book Contingent, and it is[...]

MCM in May will be a big break for me as it will be all the way over in the ExCel However, MCM couldn't wait and was actually exhibiting at the London Book Fair Well, they are both owned by Reed Pop, but they were trying to get publishers to consider launching their book at[...]

Hello Neil Gibson of Twisted Tales! Thank you for introducing the From One Side Of MegaCon Live London 2024 To The Other video above! This morning I set off from Kingston Vale to the London ExCel Centre, but for the first time in two decades, not for MCM London Comic Con Instead, it is home[...]

Yesterday was the final day of the MCM London Comic Con October 2023 show The sun stayed away this weekend in London, and we were showered with… showers Which is not conducive to cosplay, especially with the drawing-in nights exacerbated by putting the clocks forward on Saturday night, so most of the cosplay at MCM[...]

And why MCM Comic Con didn't run an Our Flag Means Death panel, but rather a Rhys Darby, Vico Ortiz & Samson Kayo In Conversation panel instead But Ghosts is a fully BBC UK production, filmed under the Equity Union, which already has much of what SAG-AFTRA is fighting for, so it's not a striking[...]

At my last MCM London Comic Con, back in May, I was walking around Artists Alley at MCM London Comic Con, taking photos of the many booths from comic book creators, publishers and illustrators, I was asked by those at one booth if I was the guy who did this last year I confessed I[...]

New digital comic book publisher and distributor Fable had a soft launch at MCM London Comic Con for October 2023 It isn't here today, as it seems they gave every sample away on Friday and Saturday, and so skipped out early yesterday But they certainly made an impression With salesmen on the floor carrying signs[...]

Jessica Martin is a Renaissance Woman, here at MCM London Comic Con October 2023 It's been ten years since she published her first graphic novel – but also thirty-five years since she appeared in Doctor Who, as Mags in the Sylvester McCoy story The Greatest Show In The Galaxy She also returned to Doctor Who[...]

Though, writing this on the way to MCM London Comic Con, it doesn't feel like it No matter what the world throws at you, at Bleeding Cool, you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies, and more The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and[...]

Which is not conducive to cosplay, especially with the drawing-in nights, so most of the cosplay at MCM London Comic Con October 2023 was inside the London ExCel Centre Permission was sought from all cosplayers in the foreground of shots, including those who appear not to be posing Man, twenty years ago, I used to[...]

I attended the MCM London Comic Con panel for Bodies called From Page To Screen Around the new Netflix crime/sci-fi drama based on the graphic novel by Si Spencer, Dean Ormston, Phil Winslade, Meghan Hetrick, Tula Lotay and Lee Loughridge, which, like the show, is set in four different time zones, with each artist telling their[...]

MCM London Comic Con starts an hour earlier on the Saturday Which is why I woke up when much of America was still on the Friday No matter what the world throws at you, at Bleeding Cool, you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies, and more The Daily Lying In[...]

And it looks like it will indeed be in shops for that date. But MCM London Comic Con has it early At the BBC Studios stand next to the TARDIS £14.99 in British pounds. They also have the Fourth Doctor collection from Marvel UK/Panini, which includes the Star Beast story by Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons, which[...]

MCM London Comic Con October 2023 has begun at the ExCel Centre in London's Dockland district And I am there along with around eighty thousand other folks This will tip into six figures tomorrow as everyone who can't get away from work turns up I have found out, though, that Pete Townshend, whom I was[...]

MCM London Comic Con from ReedPOP will be hitting the London ExCel Centre in a week-and-a-bit And just dropped is the panel news from the busiest day, in one of the busiest areas of the show at one of the busiest times, the Live Stage, Saturday, from 1.30pm to 2.15pm I'll be on stage, streaming[...]

And that includes towards the end of the month, the MCM London Comic Con But we begin with something going on in Gosh Comics right now… Sunday 1st October Estate sale of Kevin O'Neill's personal collection, Gosh Comics, Soho, 10.30am-7pm, on Sunday 1st October. Proceeds to benefit the Estate of Kevin O'Neill Kevin's collection is diverse[...]

Here's the top ten: Harley Quinn cosplay at London MCM Comic Con/Rich Johnston The top 10 most popular characters to cosplay Rank Character Total number of combined hashtags 1 Harley Quinn 758,449 2 Spiderman 710,667 3 Batman 347,639 4 Joker 321,166 5 Deku  248,935 6 Wonder Woman 231,247 7 D.Va  215,971 8 Deadpool 204,579 9 Todoroki  189,132 10 Poison Ivy 171,227 Definitely Harley Quinn, though the shine seems to have come off Harley Quinn a little of late, based on recent conventions I've attended, while I have seen a lot more[...]

On Day One and Day Two, I did a fair bit of cosplay photography at MCM London Comic Con, but yesterday on Day Three I spent that time a) photographing almost 200 Artists Alley booths and b) going to see an hour live show by Matthew Holness as Garth Marenghi, reading from his novel, being[...]

Yesterday, walking around Artists Alley at MCM London Comic Con, taking photos of the many booths from comic book creators, publishers and illustrators, I was asked by one publisher if I was the guy who did this last year I confessed I was and yes, they knew Bleeding Cool It turns out this was their[...]

Zoe Thorogood, Lisa Wood and Kit Buss were interviewed by comic book dealer and historian Duncan McAlpine at MCM London Comic Con yesterday in a panel entitled Indie Comics Are Still Punk! MCM Summer 2023/Rich Johnston Zoe Thorogood is best known for drawing Joe Hill's Rain, and writing and drawing It's Lonely at the Centre of the[...]

Colleen Doran writes on Facebook, "at a Comic convention this weekend in London, you can see this animated display for the Good Omens graphic novel and sign up to get the first release alert the moment it launches on Kickstarter." I am at that comic con! MCM London Comic Con, and I saw the ad in[...]

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[...]

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 shots, and that includes the women sitting on the stairs watching the cosplay crowds Man, twenty years[...]

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[...]

And today I type this after just having gotten off the Elizabeth line, tunnelling my way through London, to the ExCel Centre for the start of MCM London Comic Con If you see me there, give me a wave! The ten most popular stories yesterday How – And Why – Those Amazing Spider-Man #26 Spoilers Leaked Tom King[...]

Tomorrow is MCM London Comic Con, Bleeding Cool will be there, and it seems that Reed POP have decided that it might be a good idea to have a bunch of comic book guests for the show, as opposed to the usual booth holders I know, who would have thought? That's why they have Alan[...]

But Dead By Daylight #1 will debut this Friday at the Forbidden Planet stall at MCM London Comic Con with an exclusive Claudia Ianniciello Foil Variant, the first of 4 Legion portrait covers (one for each issue #1-#4) Dead By Daylight Forbidden Planet Variant #1 features Frank & is limited to 650 copies worldwide. Dead By[...]

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[...]

You might know her from Screengrab, the BAFTA Scotland Award, Sky's Licence To Drive, Press X To Continue, hosting her own podcast, Real Imagined Futures or running big panels at MCM Comic Con After I reported on her most recent Sandman panel at MCM London, we got chatting This is the result It was time[...]

There were two hundred tables at Artists Alley on the opening Friday of MCM London Comic Con from Reed POP Expo, held at the London ExCel Centre And unlike the pre-pandemic times, everyone got a booth to themselves, recycled from when they turned it into a hospital with large aisles, it gave a real sense[...]