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ztoical

Theres two events coming up on the mainland [as my dad always called it]

Liveline: Comics open

1 March - 12 April
Riverside Gallery
Old Town Hall, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond
Free admission

Liveline showcases original artwork and comics by the cream of the UK underground and independent scene, presenting this dynamic, accessible, yet marginalised medium to a wider public. This exhibition also features work by young people as part of our Manga Lives project.

The original artwork will be for sale.

I have three of my comics in the show and there's some other really talented small press people showing work as well.

And mentioned earlier but now only a month away so worth another mention:

The uk web and mini comix thing '08

EVENT TYPE : small press comic festival
LOCATION : London England
DATE/TIME : March 22nd
ADDITIONAL INFO : Con website

ztoical

forgot theres one other uk event happening:

The Comic Creators' Guild of Great Britain Swap Meet
Feb 23rd a the White Swam Pub,
20 Farringdon Street,
London EC4A 4AB,
2 - 6pm.

the purpose of this event is to provide all comic book creators a venue where they can meet other creators, to network, socialise and discuss any matter that they find important.
This event isn’t a market, so there will be no expectations for you to buy a table or the likes. Nor is this event some kind of recruitment drive. This is simply a venue that we are offering to all small-press creators.
The decision to call it a swap-meet comes from the thought that as a creator, you might wish to show your products to other creators and exchange comics. You are not, however obliged to do so. The “meet” part in the “swap-meet” title is by far the most important element. Comics Creators Guild website

lardossan

any news on this years Free Comic Book Day in Dublin? Last year was really good, would be nice to hit it again. oh and order some The Moth FCBD issues, pretty please

ztoical

lardossan wrote: »

any news on this years Free Comic Book Day in Dublin? Last year was really good, would be nice to hit it again. oh and order some The Moth FCBD issues, pretty please

free comic book day is May 3rd - as far as I recall last year there actually wasn't an official free comic book day event but rather one of the "DUBLIN COMIC and TOY MART" events happened to fall on free comic book day and they had some of the free comic book day comics at the mart for everyone attending. Might want to check with the guys who run the Marts to see if they are holding one around May 3rd.

Didn't FP get a bunch of the free comic book day comics in last year?

chebbo

This year's BICS is happening on 4th and 5th October, and special Guests include Michael Golden, Charlie Adlard, Duncan Fegredo, Mark Buckingham, and many many more to be confirmed.

The venue is once again The Think Tank at Millennium Point, and this year more space has been booked for exhibitors and panels making BICS the largest UK show on the calendar.

To keep up to date on development visit the website at: www.thecomicsshow.co.uk were you can book tickets and contact the organisers.

cheers,

Chebbo

ztoical

Couple of upcoming events:

The Gladstone Minicomic Con - Saturday 5th April
A con in pub in Brighton.
http://www.myspace.com/thegladdy

London Zine Symposium - Sunday April 27th
"Bringing together zine, small press, comic and radical writers to celebrate DIY and zine culture"
http://londonzinesymposium.lasthours.org.uk/

The Stumptown Comics Festival - Saturday 26th/Sunday 27th
The 5th annual Stumptown comics festival in Portland, Ore.
http://stumptowncomics.com/

Bristol International Comics Expo May 9th/10th/11th
Surely I don't need to explain this one?
http://www.comicexpo.net/

2D Festival June 5th/6th/7th
The second 2D comics Festival happening up North
http://www.2dfestival.com/

MoCCA Arts Fest June 6th/7th
The annual Museum of Comic and Cartooning Art small press show. New York, NY
http://moccany.org/

I'm sure I've forgot one but those should keep people busy for a bit

ztoical

already posted some info for this but just got a big email with more info:

Who: 2D - Northern Ireland Comics Festival 2008

What:
Signings, Sketching, Workshops, Panels, Dealers, Exhibition, Portfolio Reviews

Where:
Verbal Arts Centre & Sandinos Bar, Derry, N. Ireland
www.verbalartscentre.co.uk
www.sandinos.com

When:
5, 6, 7th of June 2008
Thursday: Workshops
Friday: Workshops, Panels
Saturday Open Day: Signings, Sketching, Workshops, Panels, Dealers, Portfolio Reviews

Why:
To celebrate comic book culture, meet comics’ creators and fans, buy cool stuff and generally have a good time - ALL FOR FREE

Guests so far include:
Garry Leach, artist - Marvelman, Dan Dare, The VCs, The Twelve,
Rufus Dayglo, artist - Tank Girl, Metal Gear Solid, 2000ad, Snaked, Gorillaz
Alan Martin, writer - Tank Girl
Charlie Adlard, artist - Savage, The Walking Dead
David Hine, writer - Spawn, Son of M, Daredevil: Redemption, District X, X-Men: Colossus
Laura Howell, artist - Beano, TOXIC!
Bob Byrne, writer/artist - 2000AD's Twisted Tales, Mr Amperduke, The Shiznit, MBleh
Stephen Thompson, artist - Star Wars: Republic, Buckaroo Banzai, Star Trek: New Frontier
Stephen Mooney, artist - Angel, CSI, The Mummy, Strangelands
Nick Roche, artist - Transformers
Shane Chebsey - Independent Publisher/Editor - Scar Comics
Declan Shalvey, artist - Hero Killers, Frankenstein
Ilya, artist/editor - Mammoth Book of Manga

Important info:
The entire festival is completely free of charge
Tablespace is free for all Creators
Tablespace is free for Dealers
Tablespace is free for Publishers
Tablespace is limited and will be provided on a first come first served basis

How do I find out more?
email David Campbell at david@2dfestival.com
to see pics and website from last year go to www.2dfestival.com
join the new 2D forum at www.2dfestival.com/forum
check out blog http://thereflexes.blogspot.com/

Our new site for 2008 will go live soon.

Get Involved:
We are constantly looking for ways to improve the 2D Festival, so if you have any ideas for guests, panels, workshops or anything else, please get in touch or register with our forum.

I'm really impressed with their focus on the art side of comics and keeping the festival free is really commendable.

chebbo

ztoical wrote: »

I'm really impressed with their focus on the art side of comics and keeping the festival free is really commendable.

Yes I'm really looking forward to this event, should be a blast.

The fact that it's free is amazing. However, if all councils were as good as this one in Derry all comic shows could be free.

Unfortunatley Birmingham City Council have offered no funding to our show, so we have to charge to cover the huge costs.

Maybe one day all councils will be as supportive as this one. They are to be commended, as is David for all his hard work.

Chebbo

ztoical

London underground comics, who run the Camden comics stall in London, are putting together a mini comic festival called NO BARCODES at the end of May. Its a one day show that will have tables selling mini comics and some workshops happening through out the day. Check the linked website for more information.

EVENT TYPE : small press comics
LOCATION : London England
DATE/TIME : May 31st
ADDITIONAL INFO : Con website

MarkHall

Thought Bubble: The Leeds Sequential Art Festival!

Thought Bubble preparation is underway! The festival will take place this year from November 13th - 16th (we may even add a day at the beginning to fit all the screenings in) and as last year the festival is brought to you in conjunction with the 22nd Leeds International Film Festival. The convention event will be held on Saturday, November 15th. Thanks to everyone here at MW who has been so supportive, it is hugely appreciated We're working hard to bring you something really special this year. The website has been up for a couple of weeks and is being updated regularly, so check back often for details on screenings, guests, panels and workshops.

Thought Bubble will take place at a variety of locations around the city centre this year, including panels and workshops in Leeds Art Gallery and Leeds City Library. We're also very excited to announce that the Thought Bubble one day convention event will take place this year at the Royal Armouries in the Saviles Hall. If at any time you wrote to Jim and he did not Fix It, he's making up for it now with this fabulous venue Seriously, it's an amazing venue, less than 10 minutes walk from the train station and city centre.

Here are the guests we have confirmed so far; more to be announced very soon!

The Thought Bubble girls are VERY happy to announce our latest addition to the rosta:
Mark Millar:: The hugely popular creator of Wanted (now a hotly anticipated motion picture scheduled for release in June 2008) and Kick-Ass, writer of the Fantastic Four, the Ultimates, and more great books than you can shake a stick at, is now confirmed as a guest for the 2008 installment of Thought Bubble.

Mike Carey:: Writer of X-Men/X-Men: Legacy, Faker, Lucifer, Hellblazer and many more comic book titles, plus his brilliant Felix Castor novels. Mike will be doing a writing workshop for us, stay tuned for more details.
Adi Granov:: Iron Man artist extraordinaire in his only UK convention appearance of 2008!
Barry Kitson:: Fan favourite Barry, the new Amazing Spider-Man artist, is back with us for round 2 of Thought Bubble!

Tickets will go on sale soon. As per last year, under 12's get in absolutely free. All workshops and panels are included in the price of your convention ticket. Although free, all workshops will require that you sign up in advance as spaces are limited.

We're looking for exhibitors for this year's show. We have very competitive table rates, and welcome enquiries from small press, dealers and professionals alike. Drop us a line at thoughtbubble@hotmail.co.uk if you're interested.

As always, your thoughts are really important to us, so send us your suggestions and questions and we'll do our best to help out.

ztoical

Any one interested in exhibiting at this years Thought bubble in leeds the booking forums are now online via the festival website Tables are £35

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The theme for this years Caption festival has been announced as "Timewarp". Caption is an annual small press show that takes place every August in Oxford. The show has a theme each year and runs workshops and panels based around this time. There are no exhibitors tables, the Caption organizers run one big table that people place their books on - Caption takes 10% from all sales. This years Caption will take place August 9 - 10

darkstar_tfd

ztoical wrote: »

Any one interested in exhibiting at this years Thought bubble in leeds the booking forums are now online via the festival website Tables are £35

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Thanks for the info. I may be around that time of the year.

MarkHall

It'd Be well worth the effort Darkstar.

orbital_ems

ALAN MOORE & DeZ VYLENZ SIGNING @ ORBITAL COMICS

Date: 24th May 2008
Time: 2-3pm
Location: Orbital Comics
Address: 148 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0LB
Tel: 0207 2407672
E: comics@orbitalcomics.com
W: www.orbitalcomics.com

To celebrate the official UK release of The Mindscape of Alan Moore feature documentary, legendary creator Alan Moore and writer-director DeZ Vylenz will be signing at Orbital Comics.

Alan Moore and DeZ Vylenz will be signing the DVD, “The Mindscape of Alan Moore. The DVD is available now to buy from Orbital Comics.

This will be a ticketed event, on a first come first served basis. Due to time constraints there will only be a limited number of tickets available on the day so please come early to avoid disappointment. Doors open at 10.30am

chebbo

Hot Thor artist Olivier Coipel has now confirmed a weekend long appearance as our third overseas special guest. The French superstar creator is looking forward to his first UK convention and I'm sure all Marvel fans are eagerly awaiting the chance to get a sketch and to meet the man himself.

Also now confirmed: Dave Gibbons, Mark Buckingham, Alan Davies, Leah Moore and John Reppion and flying in from the US - DC Comics editor and Artist Mark Chiarello.

Plus many many more.

cheers,

Chebbo

chebbo

This year at the Birmingham International Comics Show budding writers will be given the chance to enter the BICS GOT TALENT writing competition.

Entrants will be able to pitch an idea for a Tharg's Future Shock to a star line up of professional Judges and the final three will face an audience vote to decide which story will be illustrated by a top 2000ad artist and published in a forthcoming issue.

The final winner will receive full payment for their story as first prize, and the runner's up will receive exclusive 2000ad prizes.

To enter keep an eye on our website for updates and further details.
Only those attending the show both days will be able to enter this competition.

geraghtyliam

Just wanted to let everyone know about this:



EVENT TYPE : Launch party for Gazebo (a new indy comic by Philip Barrett and me, Liam Geraghty) and The Comic Cast (a new Irish-based comics podcast hosted by Craig O'Connor and me again)

LOCATION : Downstairs in Thomas Reads, Dame st. Dublin city centre

DATE/TIME : Weds 9th July / From 7.30pm

ADDITIONAL INFO : Music on the night from Schmackey and the Salads (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBWyQZr_Zzg) who play the new band stage at ****** a few days later and also Mary Bellos. Gazebo will be on sale on the night too.

The Comic Cast is a new fortnightly comic-book (both superhero and indy) based podcast. Every two weeks the show will alternate between a discussion show (comics news, comic book films, etc) to an interview show (interviews with mainly Irish artists/writers/designers/illustrators). The first podcast is available to listen to / download now at www.thecomiccast.com and the first interview podcast is with Chris Judge (www.chrisjudge.com) which will be available from the launch party date. We'd love to hear any comments or ideas you have so do get in touch.

Hope to see you at the launch,

Liam

Phil Barrett's site is www.blackshapes.com

ztoical

geraghtyliam wrote: »

The Comic Cast is a new fortnightly comic-book (both superhero and indy) based podcast. Every two weeks the show will alternate between a discussion show (comics news, comic book films, etc) to an interview show (interviews with mainly Irish artists/writers/designers/illustrators). The first podcast is available to listen to / download now at www.thecomiccast.com and the first interview podcast is with Chris Judge (www.chrisjudge.com) which will be available from the launch party date. We'd love to hear any comments or ideas you have so do get in touch.

Hope to see you at the launch,

Liam

great stuff guys - can't make the launch as I'm out of the county till august but will be checking out the podcast [have posted the info to creativeireland.com]

alnolan

I'll be away too, but good luck with it! I presume Gazebo is available from the usual suspects in Dublin?

geraghtyliam

Hey, thanks for that Cliodhna. Yeah Alan, Gazebo will be available from Sub City, Crow Comics & The Winding Stair from this Friday and available in Tower Records and Forbidden Planet next week sometime. Cheers.

Fysh

Delighted to hear there's another new indy comic out; do ye have any plans to sell it online at any stage? (I'd like to check it out but am stuck in furrin' parts these days so can't just pop my head in the door, unfortunately)

chebbo

'Marvel Zombies' and 'Criminal' artist Sean Phillips also now confirmed for BICS 2008.

Shane

www.thecomicsshow.co.uk

geraghtyliam

Hey Fysh, yup Gazebo should be available for online order next week sometime.

Sean Philips artwork for Marvel Zombies is awesome! I think he's done some of the Freakshow covers too, no?

PS: YouTube trailers now up for Gazebo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ajfoSiWfZk) and The Comic Cast (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJGSrlQivHU)

chebbo

We have secured a special rate for BICS visitors at:

The Paragon Hotel, 145 Alcester Street, Birmingham. B12 0PJ

( 0121 627 0627 | 7 0121 627 0628 | ( Direct Line 0121 606 4912

The agreed rates are £45.00 B&B for single rooms, £65.00 B&B for double rooms.

The reference for the guests to quote when calling to make a reservation is COMI041008, the hotel will require contact details and a credit/debit card guarantee for each room booking.

We are also looking at a deal with a hotel closer to the show, more news to follow.

all the best

Shane

chebbo

Other hotels we've cut deals with:

Macdonald Burlington Hotel (4 star)
Burlington Arcade
126 New Street
Birmingham
B2 4JQ


Tel 0121 643 9191


www.burlingtonhotel.com


10 single rooms and 10 double rooms only left available.

£80 single b&b
£100 double for sole occupancy b&b
£110 double for double occupancy b&b

Britannia Hotel (3 star)New Street
Birmingham
B2 4RX


Tel 0871 222 5501 (central reservation number)


www.Britanniahotels.com


Hotel contact is Dona Dryden

100 rooms on hold for BICS
£45 b&b single
£65 b&b double/twin

all the best
Shane

geraghtyliam

Hey guys, just wanted to remind yas that myself, Craig O'Connor and Philip Barrett are throwing a launch party for Gazebo and The Comic Cast in Thomas Reads, Dame St., in Dublin tomorrow night (Weds 9th July) from 7.30pm and everyones invited! We'd love to see you there.

Also our first Comic Cast interview is with Chris Judge and is online now at www.thecomiccast.com

Cheers.

chebbo

News just in: Helboy artist Duncan Fegredo now confirmed for BICS 2008!!

chebbo

Writer and editor of the Walt Disney Studios comics and Graphic Novels imprint KINGDOM COMICS Christian Beranek, will be appearing at The Birmingham International Comics Show as our special guest.

He will be taking part in events and also conducting portfolio reviews.
So if you’d fancy pitching an idea or showing him your art, make sure you come along to Millennium Point on 4th and 5TH October.

Other publishers conducting portfolio reviews include DC Comics and Titan.
This year there will be portfolio reviews happening all day both days with times being published shortly on the website.

Background information:
Christian Beranek formed his own publishing company, Silent Devil, in 1996, producing the popular Dracula vs King Arthur and also Super Frat. He's just finished a movie screenplay for Dracula vs King Arthur.
Disney Publishing Worldwide publishes over 400 children's magazines and sells 20 million children's books each year.

chebbo

David Lloyd Confirmed For Bics 2008!!

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That's right folks... the legendary Warrior artist, the respected co-creator of V For Vendetta and creator of Kickback David Lloyd will be appearing at The Birmingham International Comics Show this October!

We are thrilled that David could make it along this year, as on previous years work commitments have kept the creator from attending.

He'll be signing both days, so be sure to bring your copies of David's books along, or better still, pick one up from one of the many retailers at the show at a great price!

In other news: Our website has now been updated with details of our Monster Launch Party, which is open to all guests, exhibitors, attending professionals, and the first 500 lucky pre registered attendees.

So get booking those tickets now!!

See you there!

THE BICS CREW.

chebbo

Judge Dredd, The Invisibles, Starman, JSA, Lucifer, The Authority, Ministry Of Space, and most recenlty, The Twelve artist CHRIS WESTON is now confirmed to appear at The Birmingham International Comics Show this October.

We are all big fans of Chris' work and look forward to welcoming him to BICS for the first time where he'll be signing and sketching for fans all weekend.]

Chebbo