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A fun, free, comic-packed day awaits this weekend in Lancaster, at Coco Comic Con 2023

Lancaster is the place to be this Saturday if you’re a comics fan, with the free Coco Comic Con at The Storey in Meeting House Lane LA1 1TH (24th June 2023). Organised by Coco Comics, “this is a convention dedicated to the people who make this whole community alive,” say the enthusiastic, dedicated team, “the wonderfully talented indie creators in the UK Comic Book Community.” The event will…

CoCo Comics Con is shaping up to be a great free event in August, with a host of indie comic creators lined up

CoCo Comic Con is a small press day event taking place in Lancaster, Lancashire next month, dedicated to supporting and celebrating the creative minds behind the UK’s independent comic book community. The city has previously hosted a number of comic-related events down the years, some run in the past by Lancaster Literature Festival (when I was running it!) and Lancaster Comics Day (also run by…

Can Your Hear Me, Mother? I’m on the Radio This Week

Art by Nick Miller Thanks to David Chandler, you’ll hear me plugging Lancaster Comics Day (and the Lakes International Comic Art Festival) on this week’s “Friday Night Three” show airing on Beyond Radio (7 – 9.00pm, 103.5FM across Lancaster and Morecambe and also online). It turns out David apparently in part owes living in Lancaster down to an editorial decision made by me about a letter…

Enjoy a taste of the macabre with celebrated Lancaster author AS Chambers this Hallowe’en

AS Chambers A.S.Chambers, Lancaster’s master of the macabre (and one of Lancaster Comics Day’s most fervent supporters), will be making a special appearance at Lancaster Library this Hallowe’en weekend. On the 29th October he will be holding a one off event, where he will be chatting about all manner of creepy anecdotes that have influenced his books concerning fictional investigator of the…

Lancaster Comics Day 2016 – Comics, Cake and REPAINTED Cybermen!

Comic artists Lew Stringer, Sean Phillips, comics writer Andy Diggle and author JS Collyer at Lancaster Comics day 2016. Photo: John Freeman The Second Annual Lancaster Comics Day was a lavish and star studded event (smiley face). Full of eager comics buyers, readers, sellers, creators and cake, lots of cake (thanks, Katie White). Whilst not exactly a red carpet event, it evoked comics gatherings…

Back for Second Helpings: Lancaster Comics Day Returns on Sunday 5th June

Art by Nick Miller The second Lancaster Comics Day, organised by The Friends of Lancaster Library, will take place on Sunday 5th June 2016 in Lancaster’s Main Library. Drawing largely on local talent, the event will be celebrating a landmark for Doctor Who comics with several creators who have worked on the official Magazine, whose 500th issue is published next week, a panel on British humour…

Lancaster to host Out of This World Fiction Fest next month

Lancaster’s Gregson Art and Community Centre is to be the venue for the Out of This World Fiction Fest – a free gathering of local authors and artists on Saturday 7th November, including comics writer Eddie Robson, comics artist Dan Charnley, SF author JS Collyer and fantasy writer AS Chambers, offering the opportunity to grab some unique and one-of-a-kind books, prints or gifts, chat about…