Jurassic star at Wales Comic Con

Into its second decade, Wales Comic Con is now an established fixture in the programme of events taking place at Glyndwr University and will draw an impressive array of media personalities to Wrexham at the end of April, with Richard Dean Anderson, Sam Neill, Kiefer Sutherland and Ron Perlman just some of the household names…

Dressing to impress at CosXPo 2019

A big hit when it was held at Reading University last year, CosXPo returns to the campus from 5-6 April this year with workshops, panels, cosplay lab, photo ops and the CosXPo championship. The championship will take place on Saturday, 6 April, and cosplayers will have the opportunity to show off their dazzling costumes and…

Back to School for Minami

Southampton will be turning Japanese in March when Minami Con goes Back to School to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The convention started back in the 1990s with just four video rooms showing anime, a quiz, masquerade, some karaoke, artist alley, dealer’s room and a games room, but has grown into a themed events-focused showcase with…

Birmingham first up for MCM

The leading pop-culture event organiser in the UK, MCM Comic Con has four events lined up in the UK this year… in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Scotland. First up is Birmingham, taking place from 23-24 March at the NEC, which is followed by London in May, Manchester in July and Glasgow in September. At the…

March date for Comic Con Liverpool

It could be the largest gathering of Power Ranger ‘guests’ ever assembled in the UK… and it’s coming to Comic Con Liverpool in March this year. Taking place from 8-10 March, the event promises to assemble no fewer than 12 Power Rangers in the Exhibition Centre, plus two baddies from the franchise. The mighty morphin’…

Animangapop to drop in Plymouth

The south-west’s biggest and best anime and manga event returns to Plymouth in February for the sixth year… but now it’s staying for two days. Taking place at the city’s Future Inn from 9-10 February, Animangapop promises to be a non-stop action-packed weekend filled to the brim with exciting new things to see, do, experience,…

Catwoman: Eartha Kitt

It’s weird how dressing a woman in stretch black lame can elevate her to a whole new dimension. Eartha Kitt was already a highly successful singer and acclaimed actress when she took over the role of Catwoman from Julie Newmar for the third series of the 1960s TV series Batman, starring Adam West and Burt…

Rai-Con a force for Star Wars Day

It promises to be a special Star Wars Day this year for anime and manga fans in Scotland, with the one-day cosplay convention Rai-Con returning to Glasgow on 4 May 2019. With a wide variety of interesting events including panels, tournaments, competitions, workshops, screenings and the “not-to-be-missed” Rai-Con After Party… organisers have packed in as…

Belfast first date for comic cons

From humble beginings almost two decades ago, “comic con” experts Showmasters have developed into one of the largest dream-fulfilling operations in the country, regularly bringing stars of the big and small screen to cities all over the UK to meet their adoring fans. “Back in 2002 there were just three of us working on this…