Tag Archive | "events"

London Comic & Small Press Expo this weekend

Thursday, March 10, 2011

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March the 12th sees the London Comic & Small Press Expo from 10am to 5pm in Goldsmith’s University, New Cross, London. It looks like being a fab day out – a glance at the exhibitor’s page shows a host of our faves who will be in attendance, including Dan Berry, Philippa Rice, David O’Connell, John [...]

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Tonight is Manga Night!!!

Monday, March 7, 2011

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Don’t forget, otaku of Britain, tonight is a new Manga Night across the Forbidden Planet International stores – start times vary slightly from city to city so check your local branch for details (branches Facebook pages here, contact details here) and have fun!!! Previous manga nights have been a blast so make sure not to [...]

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Kaleidoscope Exhibition

Sunday, March 6, 2011

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Orbital Comics in London are putting on another exhibition entitled Kaleidoscope: Intended to be the first of a series, ‘Kaleidoscope: A New Look at British Comics’ is pretty much what the name implies – a selection of comics and drawings by new British artists, most of which haven’t been published or exhibited publicly before. The participating artists are: Hurk, Joe Kessler, Lando, Joe List, Will [...]

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Events Round Up – March 2011

Saturday, March 5, 2011

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The latest round up of the various comics, zines and related events coming up (caveat – this isn’t intended to be an exhaustive list, nor will it include individual store signings and exhibitions etc etc)… London Comic and Small Press Expo: London, UK,  March 12th 2011 Leeds Alternative Comics Fair: Leeds, UK, March 19th 2011 Kapow [...]

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More Manga Night fun!

Friday, March 4, 2011

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Our manga nights across our various stores have gone down very well, so we thought hey, let’s have some more! The next one will be on Monday 7th of March in the early evening – exact times vary depending on the store, so check with your local branch (you can find them on Facebook here [...]

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Birmingham Zine Festival dates announced for 2011…

Sunday, February 20, 2011

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Another event to add to the calender of comics events this year (and it’s getting full already!) – The Birmingham Zine Festival, so successful when it debuted in 2010 (see here for the report from last year). This time round it’s found what may be the perfect home – the We Are Birmingham Shop Gallery space [...]

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Comix Reader monthly meeting….

Saturday, February 12, 2011

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Richard Cowdry (whose latest Somersault strip Fat Charlie Chaplin is the best so far) gets in touch with some Comix Reader news: “Following last weeks Comix Reader launch, there’s going to be a regular monthly Comix Meeting. It’ll be on the first WEDNESDAY of every month at the Crown in New Oxford Street (the same [...]

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Upcoming: International Alternative Press Festival

Saturday, February 12, 2011

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The Alternative Press Fair gets bigger and better – and it’s gone international. Taking place in May 2011, the main event is a 2 day Fair at the Conway Hall of  “zines, comix, poetry, radical literature, printmaking and anything else self-published!”. In addition to the Fair there will be workshops, talks and events throughout the [...]

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Scottish comics events in review

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

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Over on Down The Tubes Jeremy Briggs offers up a great overview of the various comics events that took place in Scotland over 2010, from the in-school workshops with creators up to the big guns of Hi-Ex and the Edinburgh International Book Festival. It’s a great reminder that there are indeed comics gigs of all [...]

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Comix Reader launch tonight

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

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Yes, it’s the launch party for The Comix Reader this very evening at the Crown, 51 New Oxford Street, London (close to Gosh comics), from 6.30pm onwards!

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More Manga Night fun in February!

Friday, January 28, 2011

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Attention otaku! We’re planning another of our fab Manga Nights across the FPI stores to follow up the fun we had with the ones we ran last year. There will be manga a-plenty, special offers, quizzes and of course we want to see you cosplayers out in force! The next Manga Night will take place [...]

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Fancy an alternative Valentine’s night?

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

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Doug at SelfMadeHero tells us about a cool-sounding little slice of Bohemian Paris in London for an alternative night out for Valentine’s Day. French food, drink, burlesque from Marianne Cheesecake and the launch of SMH’s upcoming graphic biography of the famous and inspirational model and muse Kiki de Montparnasse (a book I am very much [...]

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Manga Night expanded!

Monday, November 8, 2010

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Remember last week we brought you news of our Manga Night in Edinburgh, Dublin, Belfast and Hanley FPIs? Great news for otaku around the country, more of our branches will now be taking part. In addition to Belfast, Edinburgh, Dublin and Hanley our stores in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Middlesborough, Sheffield, Manchester, Cardiff, Nottingham, Wolverhampton and our [...]

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Batman Live show to premiere in UK next year

Monday, November 8, 2010

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We’ve had the excitement of Doctor Who coming to arena stages in the UK recently and now Broadway World alerts us to another huge upcoming series of live events: the Batman Live World Stadium Tour. “With the touring Batman Live show, we’re bringing Batman’s adventures to live audiences for the very first time.The idea that [...]

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The 2010 Observer/Jonathan Cape Graphic Short Story Winner is…..

Sunday, November 7, 2010

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The annual Comica/Observer/Jonathan Cape Graphic Short Story Prize winners were announced today online and in the Observer newspaper. The 2010 winner is Stephen Collins, someone already much loved by us on the FPI blog for the work we’ve seen in Solipsistic Pop. His winning entry, entitled In Room 208, is published in today’s Observer. There’s [...]

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