Comics & Cosplay
Interactive Squid Game experience heading to Birmingham and Manchester
Netflix has surprised Squid Game fans on Halloween by bringing a replica of the show’s iconic animatronic doll to Westfield shopping centre in London, ahead of the life-size figure also appearing in Birmingham and Manchester next weekend. As part of the one-day attraction, adult fans are being invited to experience the fully functioning 3-metre tall doll, complete with moving light-up…
MCM Comic Con Birmingham shelved until June amid national coronavirus threat
An annual flagship comic convention due to be held in Birmingham next weekend has been dropped, following the postponement and cancellation of several events due to be held at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC). Following a pattern of large gatherings being shelved across the region in response to the current coronavirus pandemic spreading across the world,…
Viral comic creator’s sell-out UK tour cancelled – over “public health concerns”
The creator of an unexpectedly hugely popular online comic strip has cancelled her upcoming UK tour, despite it selling out after only one Instagram post. Catana Chetwynd, creator of Catana Comics, has had to pull out of planned visits to Waterstones bookstores in Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Leeds and London, which were due to begin tomorrow.
Review: Joker (2019)
The wait is finally over! The origin story of the Joker is finally released into cinemas. Does the film live up to expectations and laugh all the way to the Oscars? Or does it fail to deliver on its original premise to be a hard-hitting look into the mind of a fractured comic-book villain? Read…
High Vis Street Arts And Culture Festival Returns This September 7th
[media-credit id=19 align=”aligncenter” width=”1000″][/media-credit] Birmingham’s street arts and culture festival, High Vis Fest, returns for a second year this September 7th. And, once again the intentions by the organisers – of which, I admit to being one – is to flood Digbeth’s Zellig Car Park, the Custard Factory and the beyond with all new artwork. Artwork…
Where once there were many, now there is only one: Not Another Comic Con is on in Birmingham
It wasn’t that long ago that Birmingham could well have been accused of having too many comic cons across the year. Sandwiched between the two big MCM Comic Con shows were the likes of The Birmingham Comic Con in Edgbatson and the far more comic-focussed International Comics Expo (ICE) in the city centre, but now,…
What’s on in Birmingham for international Star Wars Day?
May the 4th be with you, as today is Star Wars Day! On what is such a hugely celebrated unofficial holiday around the world, there are plenty of Star Wars-themed events happening in and around Birmingham today as many celebrate the long-standing franchise.
Marvel star Sebastian Stan will be meeting fans at MCM London Comic Con
Sebastian Stan, star of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and other hit movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is making his first appearance at MCM London Comic Con this May. This summer’s MCM London Comic Con has a killer new guest in the shape of Sebastian Stan, famous as the titular HYDRA assassin of 2014…
LIVE UPDATES: MCM Comic Con Birmingham | March 2019
We’re at the NEC in Birmingham for this year’s first MCM Comic Con in the city, with special guests including Umbrella Academy stars Emmy Raver-Lampman and Tom Hopper, Sex Education star Asa Butterfield, Supernatural talent Felicia Day and Mario voice actor Charles Martinet. But it’s not all about the celebrity and memorabilia guests, paying homage to everything from Star Wars, Star Trek and Disney to…
Sex Education star Asa Butterfield will be in Brum this month for Comic Con!
Netflix’s ‘Sex Education’ star Asa Butterfield is heading to Birmingham this month to meet fans at MCM Comic Con at the NEC. Currently starring opposite Gillian Anderson in hit new comedy Sex Education, the Hollywood star will be joining a host of TV and film celebrities in Birmingham later this month.