Tag Archive | "Dundee"

Upcoming: Doj-Con in Dundee this Saturday

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

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On Saturday 13th April there is more geeky fun to be had at Dundee University, following hot on the heels of the recent Dundee Comics Expo (see here for a report & pics): Doj-Con will be Scotland’s largest free anime, comics and video games convention, and will take place in the Uni’s Student Union this [...]

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Comics: Dundee Comics Expo 2013

Thursday, April 4, 2013

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Last Saturday the free Dundee Comic Expo, organised by Phil Vaughan and Chris Murray (well-kent faces on the Scottish comics scene), took place in Dundee University, helping to fill the springtime comics hole left by having no Hi-Ex this March, and I headed up from Edinburgh, crossing two of Scotland’s great rivers that help carve [...]

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To do today: Free Dundee Comic Expo

Saturday, March 30, 2013

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Happening in bonnie Dundee this very day, the Free Dundee Comic Expo – Bryan and Mary Talbot, David Lloyd, Karrie Fransman, Gary Erskine, Team Girl Comics, talks, workshops, film screenings (like the Judge Minty fan film), dealer tables and more at the University of Dundee from 11am to 4pm today.

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Upcoming: reminder, Dundee free comics expo this Saturday

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

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A reminder to Scottish readers or anyone heading north of the border this Easter holiday weekend – although we don’t have a Hi-Ex comic fest this spring the gang at comics-friendly Dundee Uni have some four colour fun for us with the Free Dundee Comics Expo on Saturday 30th of March from 11am to 4pm. [...]

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Events: Free Dundee Comics Expo

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

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I bumped into Phil Vaughan from Dundee’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design recently and he’s been kind enough to pass on details for an upcoming comics bash in Dundee next month that he and Doctor Chris Murray have been busy organising, the Free Dundee Comics Expo. The event takes place on Saturday [...]

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Comics: the Dandy exhibition in Dundee

Friday, December 7, 2012

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The University of Dundee’s resident comics and expressive shirts expert, Doctor Chris Murray, alerts us to a new exhibition in the city which is home to publisher DC Thomson: opening on Saturday 8th at 2pm at the University of Dundee’s Tower Building the exhibition celebrates the seventy five year history of The Dandy comic and [...]

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Dundee Comic Book Day: A Domestic Adventure

Friday, November 23, 2012

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Comparing Morrison Con to Dundee Comic Book day is pretty lazy and has definitely already been done. However, being incredibly lazy, I shall hop on the bandwagon. After all, the line-ups were frighteningly similar and both star Grant Morrison. Not to mention the uncanny similarities between Las Vegas and Dundee (okay, I made that part [...]

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Bash Street for Dundee?

Monday, November 5, 2012

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Dundee council is considering – and seems likely minded to agree to – a proposal from the mighty Dundonian publishers of the Beano and many others, DC Thomson, that a currently un-named street in the city be dubbed Bash Street, as part of plans to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Beano planned for next [...]

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Comics, Manga & Co – the new culture of German comics exhibition

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

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As we mentioned a couple of weeks ago there is a very cool travelling exhibition: Comics, Manga & Co – the New Culture of German Comics, celebrating the increasingly vibrant and diverse scene developing in Germany, with work from established creators and the new wave of writers and artists (some of whom we’ve seen being [...]

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Upcoming: Dundee Comics Day

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

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The annual Dundee Comics Day is approaching rapidly, taking place this coming Sunday, October 28th and a major part of the proceedings this year will be a celebration of Scotland’s own comics writing superstar, Grant Morrison, who has come a long way since starting off working with a bunch of other Indy creators on an [...]

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