by Robin Bates | Oct 7, 2019 | Confidence, Conventions, Geek Culture, MCM Comic Con Hub
How do you progress your ability in cosplay? And what happens when you’re ridiculously skilled and still get nervous out of costume?I bring you on to the Main Stage at the UK’s largest pop culture event, MCM Comic Con London, to talk about it of course! Cast your mind...
by Alice Isted | Jul 1, 2019 | Convention Survival, Conventions, Cosplay, Geek Culture, MCM Comic Con Hub
Originally published September 5 2018. Updated for 2019. Introducing an in-depth guide to the ins and outs of MCM Manchester Comic Con by Alice Isted of Arisu Cosplay What is MCM Manchester Comic Con? MCM Manchester Comic Con is a family-friendly two day event hosted...
by Amanda Leek | Jan 30, 2019 | Convention Survival, Conventions, Families, First Times, Geek Culture
Josh & Kenzie here, the first junior reporters for Coaching for Geeks, reporting on the one of the biggest comic cons in the UK and giving you our survival tips! When we were asked if we would like the opportunity to be junior reporters at one of the biggest comic...
by Tessa Isted | Dec 26, 2018 | Conventions, Geek Culture, MCM Comic Con Hub
Robin the Coaching for Geeks Overlord sent me along to MCM Comic Con Birmingham to meet Chai Hansen. I headed to the Press Conference and his table to ask a few questions about his acting career, his experiences on Shadowhunters and Mako Mermaids, and his future...
by Beth Malcolm | Oct 12, 2018 | Convention Survival, Conventions, Cosplay, Geek Culture, stitch and bitch
Cosplay is, to quote a friend of mine, simply ‘The Art of Dressing Up’. Cosplay. What is it exactly? Is that when people dress up as Japanese schoolgirls? Well, yes but also no. Oh I know! Is it some underground fetish hobby? Well, yes, but also a big no. If you’re...