Tag Archive | "Comica"

A little Comiket roundup…. problem mentioned, problem solved….

Saturday, April 28, 2012

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Last weekend was Comica Comiket, and it looks and sounds like it was a good convention/event, with good crowds, and sales, for those involved. Or at least that was the mood I picked up off twitter this week. Not without its faults though…. more on those in a minute. Plus some wonderfully immediate and fair responses [...]

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To do this weekend: Comiket!

Friday, April 20, 2012

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Comics peeps in that London – Comiket tomorrow from 11am to 6pm, admission free: top indy comics, living drawing and more, a perfect day out no matter the weather, if you’re in town give ‘em some love.

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Comica Comiket 2012..

Saturday, March 24, 2012

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Coming in April; the now twice a year Comica Comiket…. “Following the huge success of last November’s Comica Comiket in the spectacular Great Hall at the Bishopsgate Institute near Liverpool Street station in London, we’re organising a brand new Comica Comiket for the Spring, a one-day comics and art fair – bigger and better than ever, offering the [...]

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Craig Thompson in London

Friday, January 27, 2012

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Regular fave with the blog crew Sarah McIntyre was at Monday’s Comica event with the brilliant Craig Thompson in London; she has a report on it with photos up on her blog and, Sarah being Sarah, she, of course, sketched a bit of the evening too and posted the rather lovely results up:

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Craig Thompson at Comica

Friday, January 13, 2012

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Paul Gravett reminds us that Comica has a corker of an event coming up this month – the excellent Craig Thompson (who created one of my favourite comics works, Blankets) is in town to promote Habibi and will be giving an illustrated talk, then talking about his work with Marcel Theroux, to be followed by [...]

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Upcoming…. tomorrow… Comica Comiket:

Friday, November 11, 2011

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In London tomorrow? You could do far worse than heading to the Comica Comiket. Guests include Roger Langridge, Luke Pearson, Warren Pleece, James Jarvis, Savage Pencil, Eyeball, Frederik Peeters and Brecht Evens, and what are the odds that the great and the good of UK Comics (or at least London Comics) will be in attendance, [...]

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For your diary: Comica’s Comiket

Thursday, November 3, 2011

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London peeps, a must-have for your comics diary this month, a lovely part of the larger Comica festival – Comiket, in the Great Hall at the Bishopsgate Institute on Saturday 12th November. The guest list includes Roger Langridge, Luke Pearson, Warren Pleece, James Jarvis, Savage Pencil, Eyeball, Frederik Peeters and Brecht Evens, while the list [...]

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The Germans are coming to London

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

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November sees a visit to Gosh! Comics in London from new Blank Slate artist Uli Oesterle and now veteran Slater Mawil, with both German comics creators coming to Gosh as part of Comica (there’s a talk afterwards too) on November 18th from 6 to 7pm. I’ve not had the pleasure of meeting Uli yet but [...]

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Comica 2011… starts November 3rd

Sunday, October 30, 2011

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The Comica poster from Nobrow, art by Isaac Lenkiewicz. This year’s Comica festival takes place across November with the usual impressive line-up of events, conversations and launches. This year’s festival is in association with Nobrow Press, who have several events, exhibitions and launches across the month. And they’ve also contributed rather an attractive (and very Nobrow styled) poster, with [...]

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BD Passion this weekend in London

Friday, October 7, 2011

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BD Passion, a coming together of the best of Brit and European comics, all this weekend at the Institut Français in London, some seriously must-see writers and artists – if you’re in town then take advantage of it.

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Upcoming for November: Comica Festival 2011….

Saturday, October 1, 2011

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The 8th (nearly) annual Comica Festival, curated by Paul Gravett, returns to London in November. As usual, it promises to be an involving and informed mix of all the best in comics. Taking place between the 3rd and 25th of the month, the events list is shaping up nicely; a premiere of the Warren Ellis documentary Captured [...]

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BD Passion London announces full programme

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

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Recently we mentioned that London was getting its very own BD festival (in conjunction with Comica), celebrating European comics work along with some top UK work. Well John Dunning tells us the full three day programme is now online. From the description: “From Friday, October 7th to Sunday, October 9th 2011, the Institut Français will [...]

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Upcoming – Comics And Conflicts

Thursday, August 18, 2011

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Comics & Conflicts is a two day event, organised by Alex Fitch, Paul Gravett and Ariel Khan, held at London’s Imperial War Museum. Full details of various events during the two days at the website, but highlights include the academic conference on Friday 19th and an activities day on Saturday 20th. The academic conference looks [...]

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Observer/Cape/Comica graphic short story prize for 2011

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

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Paul Gravett kindly lets us know that the Observer/Cape/Comica graphic short story competition and prize will be continuing this year, the fifth time it will have run, which is good news for Brit comics and comics creators. I did worry that in our current climate of slashing cutbacks that something like this might have been [...]

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Comic Cons – in pictures!

Thursday, June 2, 2011

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Comics creator, snapper, gentleman and all round good chap Sean Azzopardi has taken a lot of photos at the many comics conventions and festivals he’s been to, from Bristol, Brimingham and Caption and Comica to Angouleme, Stripdagen, Malta and TCAF. Now he’s brought all his photo sets from the various conventions, covering several years and [...]

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