Tag Archive | "British International Comics Show"

New at BICS… Al Davison’s Hokusai Demons

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

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Al Davison’s latest graphic novel is available for the first time at BICS this weekend. Previews at Davison’s Facebook. It does look rather lovely though…. and here’s the trailer to show you exactly what I mean. (Alternative direct You Tube link)

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New at BICS (Upcoming – 16th – 17th October)

Sunday, October 10, 2010

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This weekend it’s the big annual British International Comics Show in Birmingham on 16-17th October. A host of big names will be there, and there’s always the possibility you may miss some of the marvellous stuff at smaller tables. Which is where we come in….. (Jason Cobley‘s Bulldog makes a triumphant return in Bulldog Clips [...]

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British International Comic Show – this coming weekend….

Saturday, October 9, 2010

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Happening this weekend – The British International Comics Show – 16th and 17th October at Birmingham’s Think Tank (directions and full details at the BICS site). The guest list looks finalised, the events schedule looks packed and everything looks like it’s a go for BICS 2010. I’m not going to go through all the guests [...]

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British International Comics Show events lineup announced

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

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Seems that as we get into autumn the comics events are really stacking up. Coming up over the weekend of 16th/17th October we have the 5th annual British International Comic Show held at Millenium Point in Birmingham. It’s one of the bigger events on the comic calendar and something I’ve been to for several years [...]

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BICS 2010 site online

Thursday, May 27, 2010

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The new site for the British International Comics Show in Birmingham, one of the major highlights of the annual UK comics scene,  is now live online and already starting to list details such as some of the guests who will be attending, like Charlie Adlard, Charles Vess, Bryan Hitch, Hunt Emerson and Tommy Lee Edwards. [...]

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BICS news – Charles Vess and ……..

Saturday, April 17, 2010

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(Charles Vess at San Diego Comic-Con 2004, via Geek Speek) Yes, I realise it’s a little late. I meant to put something up last month when it was announced. Bad me. But anyway, news from the British International Comics Show, happening in Birmingham October 16th and 17th. The wonderful Charles Vess is making a very rare [...]

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Advance Notice – BICS is back….

Sunday, March 21, 2010

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News this week that another Comic Con is scheduled for 2010. Shane Chebsey and James Hodgkins are bringing another weekend of comics to Birmingham with the British International Comic Show (BICS) 2010. The event takes place over the weekend of16th-17th October at the Think Tank, Millenium Point, Birmingham. Very little going on at the official [...]

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BICS 2010 confirmed

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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The British International Comics Show (BICS) has made its first official announcement for 2010 – the show will be taking place across the 16th and 17th of October at the Think Tank, Millennium Point in Birmingham, with guests from the UK, Europe, North America and Japan.  From the official description: “This year the guest list [...]

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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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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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