Event Pics! MCM Expo October 2012: Comics, Bears & Cosplayers

I had a great time at this past weekend’s MCM Expo.  Thank you to anyone who came to chat or buy things from my table.Great to see a whole kaboodle of other creators, like these lovely folk…

Josceline Fenton busy drawing her comic Hemlock

The mighty Dan Lester

Chloe Citrine & Laura Watton

The lovely view from my table: Ushio

Tammy Taylor!

While at my table, I was busy making some bear shaped mini comics box sets…


I also did Lucy the Octopus Style Portraits of a whole bunch of lovely people…

Superman and Wonder Woman – in casual dress

Yay for Totoro!

Catgirl and Pikachu with Plush kitty

Blue Haired Panda Girl!

Mad Hatter and the March Hare

Merlin

Merlin Closeup

Playstation Fan and mum

MCM wouldn’t be MCM without cosplayers!

This Alice (American McGee’s Alice to be precise) was all cheery until she posed then became macabre in an instant!

Ash and Pikachu

Jayne Cobb from Serenity / Firefly

Me and No Face from Spirited Away

Belle from one of my favourite Disney movies, Beauty & the Beast, as portrayed by Aigue-Marine

And last but not least… some excellent Daphnes, Velmas, Scooby-Doos, Freds and Shaggys – the whole Scooby gang in fact!

Check out my post with tips for selling at MCM here!

Free Comic Book Day 2012

Had a great time heading into Gosh Comics today.  Other than picking up my usual standing orders of monthly comic goodness (Marvel and Dark Horse stuff), I got hold of a lovely lot of free stuff, what with this being Free Comic Book Day and all!

Free Comics FCBD 2012

Check out my freebies: the Top Shelf Kids Club, Bongo Comics inc’ SpongeBob Comics, Dark Horse‘s Buffy / The Guild and Serenity / Star Wars, PapercutzThe Smurfs / Disney FairiesMarvel‘s Amazing Spider-Man and Claude TC‘s mini comic, Immortal Ewan and the rod of Rasputin.  Claude is a good man and makes hilarious, brilliantly drawn comics.

Ray Friesen and Sarah McIntyre FCBD 2012

Aside from getting to catch up with comic scene buds Karrie Fransman, Mike Medaglia and Josceline Fenton, I got to sit and watch my 4 year old boy Emir draw comics alongside the supreme talents of Sarah McIntyre and Ray Friesen. It was great being introduced to Ray and his wonderful kids comic Pirate Penguin vs Ninja Chicken which me and Emir enjoyed on the tube on the way home.  Ray also impressed us with this sketch of Emir’s favourite animal (for today anyway), the anteater…

Anteater by Ray Friesen

Sarah did a brilliant bit of comic work featuring Emir. Click here to see it plus Sarah’s other thoughts on the day!

All this fun inspired Emir to draw his first ever comic strips…

Emir's first comic strip: Two Monsters

Emir's second comic strip: Dinosaurs

When you’re into comics, it’s not hard to get your kid to share your passions!