Well we're truly in the comic convention season now with Accent UK getting set for a return to the Dundee Comic Expo this weekend! The date's been known for a while but confirmation's have only recently been made but I can't wait. I really enjoyed last year's show, (see report here!) and this year promises to be a little different being a joint show with the manga/anime focused Dee-Con.
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| Dundee Comics Expo 2013 |
This will again by a solo comic show from me but I may be accompanied by youngest son, who is currently studying in Scotland but I'm looking forward to catching up with the talented bunch of Scottish creators that I'm getting to see on a more regular basis now.
Speaking of Scotland, we're now also confirmed for a return to Glasgow for July's Comic-Con. We've also applied for our regular table at Leeds Thought Bubble which hopefully, under their new revised registration system will avoid the frustrations and uncertainties of last year. Less positive we won't be returning to this year's The Lakes festival as our application wasn't accepted which we're told is a symptom of the venue being small and heavily over-subscribed, so you can't win them all.
Actually looking at last year's record breaking event calendar, we are only planning to return to 5 of the 11 shows attended in 2014! Some such as Copenhagen Comics, (and presumably Carlisle's Mega-Con?) aren't being held this year, others like MoCCA, (held this forthcoming weekend too!) and the London Super Comic-Con are down to economics while as mentioned we've been declined for The Lakes, so a few changes. Its perhaps a reflection of the current healthy number of comic festivals, that all 6 of these shows will be replaced with several new (to us) ones planned, so quite exciting really.
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| Gary Crutchley's cracking artwork |
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| WesterNoir Book 4 - $100 reward? never! |
At the moment, we have no overseas shows confirmed, (unless you count Belfast!) but are currently in communications for a show in a country we've never ever visited before which is exciting, with another under serious consideration, so we'll see. Just need to work on a few new releases to follow WesterNoir Book 4's earlier successful launch......
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| First glimpse of Martin (Man of Glass) Flink's new book 'The Lizard'! |
Thats a shame you didn't get into the lakes festival, I'm doing that one instead of Thoughtbubble. Thoughtbubble's been a bit hit and miss for me so I'm having a year off.
ReplyDeleteYeah Rob, we're disappointed about The Lakes but it's maybe fair that other folk get a chance to do it. To be honest there's some shows where exhibiting every second year makes sense to keep things fair and fresh in terms of having new books, mind you that's not a problem for you sense you're so prolific! You'll have a good show there as I think the second one will be much busier than last year so have fun!
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