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From MCM London Comic Con, the Platinum Stage, right now… from the third row The front row was reserved for a few guests of the show… Apparently this is the first time the cast have seen this episode… > Everyone seems to be enjoying it You can watch the the third episode[...]

"Colin Morgan will get his top off" – this was a promise made at the Humans panel at MCM London Comic Con today, as a way to beat BBC 1's Poldark, also on Sunday nights. The cast and crew of Channel 4's genre TV show returning tomorrow were here to show it off. The audience were[...]

This year MCM London Comic Con took over both sides of the London ExCel Centre No more clashes with Zumba Events or the Islamic Peace And Light conference that saw imams huddled in discussion while women dressed as Japanese schoolgirls walked past But more than that, people were buying MCM London Comic Con has been accused[...]

  At the MCM London Comic Con Diamond Retailer Day, Matt Parkinson had already announced a Star Trek: The Next Generation crossover with Aliens, launching in April 2017 for Dark Horse's now-regular Aliens Day But they weren't done with that particular xenomorph. They are also planning to continue the Aliens : The Original Comics Series remastering and republishing in[...]

At MCM Comic Con in the Diamond Retailer Meeting, Atom Freeman of Valiant Entertainment wanted to talk about how they are planning to extend their promotion of aggressive discounts on Valiant comics to the UK, to encourage retailers to focus selling Valiant titles He emphasised the importance of the new Harbinger Renegade comic to both Valiant[...]

At MCM London Comic Con's Diamond Retailer Day, Titan Comics took to the stage to show off their upcoming work and announce the return of the Best Of British Day promotion for May 2017 – albeit one with more of a 1977 vibe. The seventies was strong in a few other things they were happy to show[...]

Marvel SVP David Gabriel had a lot to show off at London MCM Comic Con and the Diamond Retailer Day Such as some of the Star Wars 40th Anniversary variant covers that will be running through 2017 from Marvel comics for their Star Wars line, reflecting the history of the film franchise. We also got our[...]

And visually themes so they can stack and be collected together.  With new Legend Of Zelda games coming, this will give an insight into some of the artwork that's gone into these most extraordinary works of art…. Watch for more stories from MCM London Comic Con here. We knew we were getting a second Art Of Zelda[...]

Marvel SVP David Gabriel had a lot to show off at London MCM Comic Con and the Diamond Retailer Day. Including the new Grounded storyline by Brian Michael Bendis from his final issues of Guardians Of The Galaxy with Valerio Schiti with the Guardians trapped on Earth and how it continues across the other Guardians titles…. With a[...]

Marvel SVP David Gabriel had a lot to show off at London MCM Comic Con and the Diamond Retailer Day. Including a first look at inked pages by Russell Dauterman from the upcoming Mighty Thor #15, kciking off the new Shi'ar War… Watch for more stories from MCM London Comic Con here. Marvel SVP David Gabriel had[...]

Marvel SVP David Gabriel had a lot to show off at London MCM Comic Con and the Diamond Retailer Day  Including the latest with their January event Monsters Unleashed. First giving us a sneak peek inside.  We are told to expect Hercules to play a large role in this series.. Then announcing that there would be a Champions[...]

Marvel SVP David Gabriel had a lot to show off at London MCM Comic Con and the Diamond Retailer Day And, despite Spider-Man writer Dan Slott begging him not to say anything, he was here to talk Clone Conspiracy #3, the current Spider-Man event in which friends and foes have been brought back from[...]

Marvel SVP David Gabriel had a lot to show off at London MCM Comic Con and the Diamond Retailer Day Including a first look at Danilo Beyruth's Ghost Rider #1, coming soon from Marvel NOW, and featuring the same Ghost Rider currently seen in Marvel's Agents Of SHIELD TV series… Watch for more stories from MCM London[...]

DC Comics co-publisher Dan Didio and Ski have been showing off the new Wild Storm comic by Warren Ellis and Jon Davis-Hunt, describing Warren Ellis' role across the other Wild Storm titles to be launched as comparable with Gerard Way's curating role on Young Animal. And also to see it as more of a reimagining of the Wildstorm universe[...]

 Unveiled at the MCM London Comic Con, our first look at the cover to Justice League Of America, the new series from Steve Orlando and Ivan Reis And while we knew the book would have Killer Frost, The Atom, Vixen and The Ray, until now we didn't know to expect Batman, Black Canary… and Lobo. Old-style[...]

But stressed the importance of DC's other lines for finding new audiences, getting another round of applause for saying "we can't just keep selling the same stuff to the same people." Watch for more stories from MCM London Comic Con here. DC Comics co-publisher Dan Didio along with Ski have just raised the roof at the[...]

Announced at MCM London Comic Con today, at the Diamond Retailer event, Titan Comics announced their next Tank Girl series, World War Tank Girl, for February 2017. Cover by Brett Parsons there. Watch for more stories from MCM London Comic Con here. Announced at MCM London Comic Con today, at the Diamond Retailer event, Titan Comics announced their next[...]

But re-announced at MCM London Comic Con, I thought would be worth giving it a spotlight. As IDW's Revolution changes their Hasbro titles into a unified universe, with crossovers happening all over the place, so Franco and Art Baltazar have their own all-ages take on Transformers, GI Joe, Mask, Action Man, Rom and more… Coming in February. Watch for[...]

Announced at MCM London Comic Con today, at the Diamond Retailer event, Dan Didio excitedly showed off a first look at Garth Ennis and Mauricet's reworking of Hanna-Barbera characters Dastardly & Muttley. After all, they are both fighter pilots in Stop The Pigeon… and very different to their appearance in Wacky Raceland. Watch for more stories from MCM London[...]

Announced at MCM London Comic Con today, at the Diamond Retailer event, David Gabriel of Marvel announced a new Elektra, Kingpin and Bullseye series to start in February, and, alongside Daredevil, will be creating a crossed continuity Daredevil universe within Marvel Comics – oh and a new Iron Fist series too… Watch for more stories from[...]

Announced at MCM London Comic Con today, at the Diamond Retailer event, Titan Comics will be publishing a new comic book series based on Kim Newman's award-winning Anno Dracula novels, written by Kim Newman and drawn by Paul McCarthy. Look for them next year… Watch for more stories from MCM London Comic Con here. [...]

Announced at MCM London Comic Con today, at the Diamond Retailer event, Dirk Wood of IDW and Matt Parkinson of Dark Horse took the opportunity to announce a new crossover series for April next year With Dirk pointing at me and saying "this is for you, Rich". The first Star Trek: The Next Generation crossover with[...]

Today is the first day of the MCM London Comic Con, Britain's biggest comic convention and the only show now at the Excel Centre in London's East End It is also the host of the Diamond UK Retailer Summit which I will be covering as in depth as they allow. I've spent a few days in[...]

Unveiling at MCM London Comic Con this weekend, from the Japanese company Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited and Marvel Custom Solutions, comes The Unbeatables. A new super-hero comic designed to highlight both the daily battles and the strength of the global inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) community And part of wider promotion called IBD Unmasked – it has its[...]

The robots are back. The stars of Channel 4's Humans are coming to MCM London Comic Con next weekend to celebrate the Kudos produced sci-fi series' return to our screens, with cast members taking part in an exclusive on-stage panel a day before the show's highly-anticipated second seriespremiere. Taking place at 3pm on Saturday, the Humans panel will see[...]

Next weekend sees the UK's biggest comic con, MCM Comic Con London, now the only comics show taking place at the Excel Centre. It's also the only place to be for comic book retailers, on the Friday for the Diamond UK Retailer event. As well as presentations from Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Valiant and IDW, with exclusive retailer giveways and[...]

Watch for spoilers a week on Saturday, folks. Because while Doctor Who spinoff goes live on the BBC iPlayer streaming channel BBC 3 this Saturday evening, with the first two episodes going up together… The Saturday afterwards, MCM London Comic Con will get an early viewing of episode three, by a few hours. Writer Patrick Ness and the[...]

By Joe Glass On the weekend, at the huge MCM London Comic Con at the ExCel Convention Centre, there was a slightly different screening Different because this trailer screening featured something as yet pretty much unseen on the big screen: LGBT superheroes. While I was tabling at the convention with my own LGBT superhero book, the director[...]

By Olly MacNamee With a more spacious layout at this Spring’s con, the flow of fans and families was less of an issue than ever before with people able to

By Olly MacNamee There has certainly been a change in the air and the coming of Spring to Birmingham can just as easily be marked by the return of MCM's Birmingham weekender at the NEC next weekend (March 19th – 20th). Back in November, they brought with them none other than The Bionic Man, Lee Majors, and[...]