Tag Archive | "BICS"

BICS 2009 – a convention worthy of it’s British International Comics Show name. Part 1: The weekend.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

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Before I start this, an admission. I really, really need to learn how to take a better photograph. But thankfully, the Internet is awash with them. God bless the Internet for making me look less inept than I really am.  My photos are the badly lit, badly posed, blurry ones, the rest are all credited [...]

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Harker; BICS, Annotations and Issue Zero…

Friday, October 2, 2009

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I like Harker, the crime comic by Roger Gibson and Vince Danks. To see how much you merely have to trawl the FPI archive – start here. Well, this weekend at the British International Comics Show Vince Danks and Roger Gibson will be selling their hearts out, with (hopefully) issue 8 of Harker and copies [...]

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MCC at BICS

Friday, September 25, 2009

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(That’s the Manchester Comix Collective at the British International Comic Show) Adam Cadwell drops us a line to show off this little e-flyer with the goodies that will be on display this coming weekend at BICS: I’ve already read and reviewed a couple of those (Cadwell’s Everyday and Jim Medway’s Garden Funnies anthology) and have [...]

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Morris the Mankiest Monster to be let loose at BICS

Sunday, September 20, 2009

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Sarah McIntyre – a solid fave with the FP blog crew – has announced that her collaboration with much-loved writer of some lovely children’s books, Giles Andreae, Morris the Mankiest Monster, will make its debut at the upcoming British International Comics Show (which will run over October 3rd and 4th) and is published by David [...]

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British International Comics Show 2009 – one month to go….

Sunday, September 6, 2009

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The British International Comics Show 2009 takes place over the weekend of October 2nd-4th in Birmingham. The whole thing starts off with the traditional launch party where lots of your favourite comic people get drunk spend an enjoyable evening watching comic people in bands and generally catching up. A great night for all – if [...]

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Would you like to Watch the Watchmen with Dave Gibbons?

Sunday, August 30, 2009

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The British International Comics Show (BICS) is gearing up for it’s 3rd annual weekend (- and I shall probably only get the hang of calling it the British show rather than the Birmingham one by the 10th anniversary)at Birmingham’s Millenium Point with more and more events and guests announced over on their website. Bryan Talbot [...]

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Here’s an idea that UK conventions should try….

Thursday, August 27, 2009

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SPX have unveiled some rather wonderful posters for their annual show in September. Definitely one for the forthcoming Comica, BICS and Thought Bubble festivals / shows to try I think. On the left above is Laura Park, on the right the marvelous Gahan Wilson (whose new book you’re going to club together and buy me [...]

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Shane Chebsey on Geek Syndicate

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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Barry at the excellent Geek Syndicate podcast reminds us that the guys have a 45-minute chat with British International Comics Show organiser Shane Chebsey, where Shane “reveals what events people can expect at this years show as well as a look back at lessons learned from previous years. There is a look behind the scenes [...]

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Birmingham/British International Comics Show – now with added arts council backing….

Sunday, July 26, 2009

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Shane Chebsey emailed us earlier this week with the great news that the annual BICS comic convention in Birmingham has secured a grant from The Arts Council of England to help further their work in bringing the medium of comics to a wider audience. “We are very honoured to receive this funding from the Arts [...]

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BICs got talent

Friday, July 3, 2009

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British International Comics Show‘s Shane Chebsey tells us that they are all excited over the publication of the first winner of their BICS Got Talent writing contest: ” The lucky winner John Howson has had his Future Shock story “9 to 5” illustrated by the talented artist Ben Willsher in the latest issue of the [...]

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