Tag Archive | "Hi-Ex!"

Things I learned at Hi-Ex

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

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As well as having a great, family-friendly comics con (see yesterday’s report), I also learned some things at Hi-Ex: Co-organiser Vicky Stonebridge lost her voice after much over-use directing events; fortunately she keeps a spare in her backpack. Such preparatory skills are one of the reasons she is a mighty organiser of the con. Maura [...]

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Hi-Ex 2012 – comics fun in the sunny Scottish Highlands

Monday, April 2, 2012

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It’s the final day of March, Scotland has been enjoying a wonderful week of warm, bright, spring weather (yes, really, it has been known to happen from time to time) and today on this sunny Saturday the capital of the Scottish Highlands, Inverness, is basking in golden sunlight as the crowds head to the splendid [...]

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Comic Cons tomorrow: Inverness and Birmingham

Friday, March 30, 2012

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Yep, this weekend sees the start of the comic con clashes. This weekend you have the choice of Inverness and Hi-Ex, and Birmingham with the MCM Expo Comic Con.

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Coming this month – Hi-Ex 2012!

Thursday, March 8, 2012

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I am so looking forward to this and hope to be heading up there once more, the welcome return of Hi-Ex comic con in the capital of the Scottish Highlands, Inverness. I’ve really enjoyed my visits to Hi-Ex; it has grown nicely since I was at the very first con, but remains a good size [...]

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For your spring diary – Hi-Ex

Thursday, December 22, 2011

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(Highlands superhero Nessie, along with Tank Girl, Dredd and Dennis the Menace, art by Tanya Roberts, TG (c) Martin & Hewlett, Dredd (c) Rebellion and Dennis is (c) DC Thomson) Richmond Clements and Vicky Stonebridge drop us a line to update us to the latest details for the return of the Hi-Ex comics con in [...]

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The show must go on – prepping a small press outfit for Bristol

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

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Today, with the annual Bristol comics gig bearing down on us (this very weekend), we have a special guest post from a good friend of the blog and a serious fixture on the UK Indy comics scene, Richmond Clements, who takes some time out of busy convention preperations to give us an insight into what [...]

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Hi-Ex is back!!!

Thursday, April 21, 2011

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Rejoice my Caledonian chums, for the extremely fine Scottish comics convention Hi-Ex will be returning to the Highlands next year! Organisers Rich and Vicky have announced after the hiatus this year Hi-Ex will return for its fourth edition on Saturday March 31st and Sunday April 1st 2012. Regular readers will know I’ve really enjoyed the [...]

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No Hi-Ex next year

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

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John Freeman at Down The Tubes picks up on some bad news from the Hi-Ex website – it looks like there won’t be an Inverness convention next year, I’m afraid, it looks like organisers Rich and Vicky just have too much on to be able to take on the massive amount of time and effort [...]

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Hi-Ex-capades – Medway, Shelton, McItyre and Northfield jam in the Highlands….

Sunday, April 4, 2010

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A comics Jam drawn at Hi-Ex from Sarah McIntyre, Jim Medway, Dave Shelton and Gary Northfield. You’re welcome.

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Comics and cartoon event goodness – a links round-up

Friday, April 2, 2010

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Over the last weekend there were a number of comics and cartooning events in the UK, including Hi-Ex, The UK Web and Mini-Comix Thing, Schmurgencon and the Cartoonist Club of Great Britain had a bash to celebrate their 50th anniversary (this Thursday). We know lots of our readers will have been out and about at [...]

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Hi-Ex 2010, a great hurl in the Highlands

Monday, March 29, 2010

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On Saturday I took a very pleasant trip northwards from Edinburgh to Inverness to attend the third Hi-Ex, crossing over the mighty Forth Bridge (images of the 39 Steps playing in my mind as always when crossing this huge landmark which rears from the Forth like a Steel cousin to the Loch Ness Monster), around [...]

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Tweeting from Hi-Ex

Saturday, March 27, 2010

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(looking down into the main space at Hi-Ex with all the dealers and artists – click the pics for the larger version on Flickr) Those of you who follow our Twitter feed will have already spotted that I am up in Inverness, capital of the Scottish Highlands, for this year’s Hi-Ex! comics con. The venue, [...]

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Most People Want To See ‘Hulk Smash!’: an interview with Richmond Clements

Friday, March 19, 2010

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Richmond Clements is one of the busiest men working on the British independent comics scene today. While holding down a full-time job, he manages to (co-) run a successful convention (Hi-Ex! in Inverness), co-edit several small press anthologies and has even, recently, been scripting various comic projects. Matt Badham caught up with him recently to [...]

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New FutureQuake titles for Hi-Ex

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

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Dave Evans tells me that well known Brit small press gang FutureQuake Press will have several new issues of their 2000 AD themed titles out in time for this year’s Hi-Ex comics con the weekend after next in Inverness, including a new Dogbreath (with a cover by Neil Roberts), FutureQuake #15 (with a cover – [...]

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Hi-Ex this month!

Monday, March 1, 2010

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Oh yeah, this month it’s Lawgiver to Hi-ex!

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