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Jon Lock and Nich Angell, familiar MCM and Thought Bubble names for comic books Afterlife Inc and Cat & Meringue for over ten years have sold the rights to four new graphic novels to Macmillan Children's Books And it all happened when the publisher's editors found their stall at MCM London Comic Con in October[...]

Babs Tarr and Joe Quinones attended the MCM London Comic Con this weekend and took to the Artists Alley Creator Stage to talk about DC Comics without a moderator, though Popverse's Chris Arrant was happy to play the role of the Emergency Moderator Hologram ReedPOP wasn't filming the panel for their website offering, so I thought, hey, waste[...]

MCM London Comic Con October 2024 is over, and as ever, the cosplay was the biggest in the UK It's always a fun way to see where the trends are What impacted this year, and what people are most excited to see And while there was plenty of Deadpool – including a Dogpool – we[...]

Pretty much every Artists Alley booth at MCM London Comic Con October 2024 that I could find And asking all of them if it was okay to take their photo at the booth And a 99% agreement rate! I'm a little bit tired now But I was buoyed by those who were happy to see[...]

Jim Zub posts to X from his appearance this week at MCM London Comic Con, "*Spider-Man cosplayer runs over to my table Asks for a selfie We take one.* As he walks away- "Your Spider-Man sucks!" I yell back- "I'm Zub, not Zeb!" "So~orry!" Also, Zeb is the nicest guy at cons If you do[...]

If any. It was the announcement that Alison Sampson was not only drawing but writing a new project at the Women Of Marvel panel at New York Comic Con, She-Devils, that got a few grey cells ticking at MCM London Comic Con this weekend, where Alison is exhibiting her work on Hit Girl, Sleeping Beauties, Department[...]

It's the third day of MCM London Comic Con, and I am on my way on the cosplay tube one more The clocks have changed and we all had an extra hour in bed Give me a shout if you see me running around! And welcome to Lying In The Gutters, the daily runaround for[...]

It's the second day of MCM London Comic Con and I am on my way on the cosplay tube Give me a shout if you see me running around! And welcome to Lying In The Gutters, the daily runaround for the biggest stories the day before – as well as over the past six years[...]

Welcome to From One Side Of The Show To The Other for MCM London Comic Con October 2024… I am sitting in the press room, hiding from the throng, with a young chap from BBC Newsbeat And what a throng This is the Friday, usually, traditionally, the quiet day But there are no such traditions[...]

MCM London Comic Con has just opened and I am there Give me a shout if you see me running around! And welcome to Lying In The Gutters, the daily runaround for the biggest stories the day before – as well as over the past six years Founded fifteen years ago and steeped in a[...]

Earlier this year, the Pop Culture Marketing Trends Summit held at MCM London Comic Con in May saw Chris Whittle, CEO of the London-based pop culture marketing agency Experience12, share data that they had been gathering from attendees at many MCM London Comic Cons over the years This included the observation that attendees were bigger[...]

At the Pop Culture Summit being held at MCM London Comic Con, Chris Whittle of the London-based pop culture marketing agency Experience12, who have worked with Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros, Universal, Amazon Prime, Paramount, Lego, Sky, 2K and many more, shared data that they had been gathering from attendees at many MCM London Comic Cons[...]

Andrew Sumner, Chief Operating Officer of Titan Comics, bounced up at the MCM London Comic Con Diamond Retailer Day last weekend with plenty to talk about to the assembled comic book store owners and workers. He talked through the new Titan Manga list, including El by the father of manga Osama Tzuka of Astro Boy for[...]

Steve Morris of Rebellion Publishing, of 2000AD and Judge Dredd fame, took to the stage this weekend at the Diamond Retailer Day event at MCM London Comic Con 2024 to talk through the publisher's upcoming plans Including a still-secret crossover between 2000AD and Judge Dredd Megazine in September. With the Rogue Trooper movie starring Aneurin Barnard[...]

Such as the Secret Wars hardcover, on sale this weekend at MCM London Comic Con, which includes an original introduction from Jim Shooter, and the Secret Artist original stories from the original Marvel UK reprint of the series in the eighties They had not been reprinted since the original UK publication, the original artwork had[...]

Yesterday was the final day of the MCM London Comic Con May 2024 show at the London ExCel Centre The sun stayed strong through the day, only breaking late in the evening, great for cosplay There were Donald Trumps and Boris Johnsons, but no one did a drowned Rishi Sunak Permission was sought from all[...]

No word of the possibility of a fourth series, or a spin-off, but at MCM London Comic Con today, the cast did suggest the possibility of being in a Ted Lasso musical stage spin-off for London's West End Did they reveal more than they intended? MCM photo by Rich Johnston The Ted Lasso panel included cast members[...]

DC Comics' Dustin Kitchen's presentation to MCM London Comic Con topped Bleeding Cool traffic closely followed by Jeph Loeb and Klaus Janson's own presentation of Batman: The Last Halloween from the same event It is Day Three at MCM London Comic Con, so I am again writing this on the District Line, currently at Fulham Broadway,[...]

Are you at MCM London Comic Con? Do you want a free comic by and about Joe Stapleton, poker commentator and professional player? Then head to Neil Gibson's Twisted Comics, currently exhibiting at MCM at booths 2R2 and 2R2 along from the N5 entrance, and pick up a free copy of their sizeable preview for[...]

Dustin Kitchens, Sales Manager at DC Comics, showed off the DC Finest line of collections at MCM London Comic Con today at the Diamond Retailer event, as a lot of bang for their buck, with 500+ page volumes priced between $34.99 – $44.99 But most importantly he showed off the spines. Emphasising consistency for collectors, which,[...]

Jeph Loeb Announces Batman: The Last Halloween, as a Tribute to Tim Sale, with Klaus Janson, Eduardo Risso, Mark Chiarello and more

Yesterday at MCM London Comic Con, Jeph Loeb took to the stage to talk through his career in comic books, film and television And during the question and answer, I gave him the opportunity to announce any comic book projects he may have in the work, after being away from the medium for a considerable[...]

Marvel's August 2024 solicits and solicitations topped the traffic again at Bleeding Cool, but today it's time to head back to MCM London Comic Con Day Two, so I am again writing this on the District Line, heading past Putney Bridge, before whizzing to the ExCel Centre Where you can still read all about comics,[...]

Today's MCM London Comic Con is not just about the show floor Up above the booths and cosplayers in the Platinum Suites are a series of industry talks, panels and lectures, from publishers, agents, marketers, and new companies trying to make an impact Tomorrow, Bleeding Cool will be covering in depth the Diamond UK Retailer[...]

Tomorrow at MCM London Comic Con, the Diamond UK Retailer Day will be returning, and Bleeding Cool will be there And that will include a CBLDF (Comic Book Legal Defence Fund) auction of variants, signed and slabbed comics And here are some of the lots described ahead of the event. Skybound Energon Universe (lot 1) –[...]

It's time! MCM London Comic Con 2024 has landed, the Docklands are full of cosplayers, and the Elizabeth line to London ExCel is running at full capacity And I've just bumped into comic book creators Klaus Janson, Werther Dell'Edera, Frazer Irving and Jeph Loeb, so I am definitely in the right place Expect some comic[...]

Marvel's August 2024 solicits and solicitations topped the traffic at Bleeding Cool, but today it's time to head to MCM London Comic Con, so I am writing this on the District Line, about to change at Paddington for the Elizabeth line, before whizzing to the ExCel Centre Where you can still read all about comics,[...]

Envision Entertainment are heading to MCM London Comic Con this weekend for the soft-launch of their new digital comics platform, Fable Previously highlighted by Bleeding Cool at previous MCM events, Fable is a digital comics reader for vertical-scrolling on mobile phones, developed from the ground up, both for readers and creators, available on Apple and[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for May 2024 is a little bit late, but we have everything from Free Comic Book Day to MCM to Comica to comic marts. Wednesday, 1st of May My Hair is as Long as a River Launch Party With Charlie Castle and Emma Farrarons,[...]

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[...]