“Last year two artists where also picked up by DC Comics when Editor Mark Chairello visited the show, and this year the organisers plan to keep helping to establish that career path from creator to publisher by working with artists, universities and publishers very closely. This year –once again – artists will have the chance to show their work to DC Comics editor Michael Wright and other editors who will be attending the show.”

Shane also tells us that this year’s BICS will also see Howard Chaykin as a special guest, while Pasqual Ferry, Alan Davis, Paul Cornell, Doug Braithwaite and others will be helping celebrate seventy years of Marvel Comics. This year’s show will be at the Think Tank in Birmingham over the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of October 2009.