Well, these days it calls itself the British International Comics Show, which sounds a bit pretentious. However, a bunch of great people will be there: Paul Cornell, Liam Sharp, Tony Lee, Gary Erskine, Bryan Talbot (to list the ones I know), Howard Chaykin, Alan Davis, Hunt Emerson, David Lloyd and many, many others. (John & Leah are, I suspect, deep into baby production and giving it a miss this year.) The dates are October 3/4. I’m currently trying to decide whether I should just go up on the Saturday or book a hotel room for Saturday night. Anyone else going? And which hotel are all the cool kids staying in?
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Actually, it’s always called itself the Birmingham International Comics Show. The Birmingham Comicon was organised by an entirely different group of people, and I’m pretty sure there hasn’t been one this century (the last I attended was in the late 1980s).
I shall be there, and will be moderating a panel on Sunday, but commuting.
Thanks for the correction, Steve. What is your panel all about?
Oh, never mind, I just found the program online. Interesting.
If you should happen to run into Hunt Emerson, please adore him a little for me.
If the name worries you think of it as the British Show of Comics Internationally.
The con is British but the comics are from many countries…
There are many ‘international’ cons. The Russia holds an International Fantasy convention larger that Worldcon in Kazan for example.
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