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OTHER EVENTS INFORMATION SOURCES
Comics Events
• Comics writer and publisher Paul Gravett has a British comics events page on his site
• The Cartoon Classroom
A British website which aims to provide a means of centralising all
information available on the study of cartooning and sequential art
in the UK and Ireland.
• Comic
Book Conventions
A superb, simple list of largely US events
• Blog EGON lists many comics-related art and workshop events
UK
•
365
And Counting
UK Indie Comics Press Events
• Comic Marts and Card Fairs: www.goldenorbit.co.uk
• Forbidden Planet Events list
Events owned by Forbidden Planet stores owned by Titan Entertainment
Group including London and Newcastle
Science Fiction Events
• The briiliant Ansible list
features SF convention details: news.ansible.co.uk
• Conukopia is
a regularly
updated excellent UK Conventions Site
• Locus List: Go to
Locus and follow links
• The SF Site: Go to SF
Site and follow links
TV and Film Events
• Star Trek Events: www.startrekthewebsite.com
• Sad Geezers Guide to
Cult TV Science Fiction
Link: www.sadgeezer.com
This is an award-winning and expanding collection of
alternative TV Sci Fi Guides includes events information.
Registration required to access convention info.
Convention
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• Comic
Con Fan:The Classic Trekker
• Comic
Con Fan: Goth Girl
• Comic
Con Fan: Grizzled Pro
• Comic
Con Fan: Hardcore Dad
• The
Hipster
• Comic
Con Fan: Klingon Family of Lemon Grove
• Comic
Con Fan: Man-Tiger
• Optimus
Prime - Cardboard Edition
• Comic
Con Fan: Pierced Couple
• Comic
Con Fan:Portfolio Lad
• Comic
Con Fan: The Ravenous Reader
• Scared
Granny
• Comic
Con Fan: SCWWHNTDWCB (Scantily Clad Women Who Have Nothing To Do With Comic
Books
• Comic
Con Fan: Security Zealot
• Comic
Con Fans: Super Troopers
• Comic
Con Fan: Table Toad
• Comic
Con Fan: Furry Unicorn Man with Guitar
• ComicConFan:
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British Comics Events and Exhibitions
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France
Late January 2010: Angouleme
Comic Festival
In France, comics or Bande Dessinées (meaning
literally Band of Drawings or Strip) are an accepted and lively part of
French culture, read and enjoyed by millions, in large part due to the
variety of material available for all age groups. The annual Angoulême
BD Festival is the Cannes of the comic world. Every January, a celebration
of comics takes over this quiet, provincial French town for a four day
festival, culminating in the annual awards given to recognise the very
best in French and foreign comic art.
• If you're planning to visit the
Comics Festival, Bande de Dessinée in Angouleme on the 28-31st January?
Then consider staying at La Vieille Distillerie, a restored Maison de Maitre
and former Cognac distillery, now a bed and breakfast and Tables d'hotes,
located 30 kms south of Angouleme. The house dates from the nineteenth
century and is owned by an English couple Robert and Veronica Van Kimmenade.
It's ideally placed just four kms from the Route National 10 Angouleme
to Bordeaux road south of Barbezieux St Hilaire and near to the village
of Baignes St Radegonde in the hamlet of Le Tatre. There are three spacious,
comfortable, centrally heated ensuite bedrooms. There is also off road
parking in a secure covered barn.
Contact details: Tel: 0033 (0) 545 78
59 73 or email: veronicaATlavieilledistillerie.com visit the website: www.lavieilledistillerie.com
UK May:
Bristol Comic Expo 2010 (Bristol)
Ramada Plaza Hotel and Mercure Hotel, Bristol
Organised by Mike Allwood. Britain's longest-running and biggest comics festival.
• Read our review of the 2009 Expo
Radio: Panel Borders
Resonance 104.4FM
The weekly radio show about comics, every Thursday at 5.00pm (podcasts available)
Online Facebook
Comic Con
Ongoing
Facebook Comic Con is an unofficial virtual comics, animation
and media convention bringing together the robust community of industry professionals
and fans registered on Facebook.
Permanent: The The Victoria and Albert Museum, London hosts
the National
Art Library,
and its Comics Collection forms part of the Library's Special Collections,
to which access is restricted. For more information, see Registering
to use the National Art Library. An appointment is necessary for
access to the Krazy Kat Arkive at the Archive
of Art and Design.
2000AD fans
may be interested to know, however, that an electronic
version of the catalogue for an exhibition held in 2001 of original comic book artwork
from the comic is available online.
Permanent:
The
Art of War
Britain's
National Archive has an ongoing exhibition, The
Art of War, which includes comics used as propoganda during the Second
World War and more.
