’Im exhausted following my visit to the brilliant Glasgow Comic Con yesterday. The Con was held in the CCA which was excellent as a venue and packed to capacity. Alexi Conman and I were representing the Paperjam Comic Collective.
Luckily there were a couple of onsite bars, I had to
rehydrate with cider every 30 mins or so thanks to the incredible heat. Think
of having a sauna in a greenhouse. But I’m told Glasgow’s climate is very similar
to the Sahara in July.
It was good to see plenty of small press comic creators
including GLoW (Glasgow League of Writers), Luke Halshall, Gary Chudleigh,
Black Hearted Press, Ed Murphy and my partner-in-crime Gordon Robertson. There were
some excellent panels with some 2000ad mega stars, Cam Kennedy handles questions
in his unique and dead-pan style as well as some local small press talent. II
was mesmerised watching Yishan Li’s manga style portrait drawing. The queues for the signings lasted all day,
the 2000ad stars; Carlos Ezquerra, John Wagner, Cam Kennedy, Alan Davis and
Simon Bisley were all in demand.
As usual there was
packed with cosplayers, most of whom I had no idea of. Luckily I spotted Catwoman and Wonder
Woman so I offered to have may photo taken with them as they seem lonely as
everyone was ignoring them.
The evening event was excellent, a Chinese buffet eating too
quickly and several pints too many meant I was very shaky in the morning. But
it was worth it.
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