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...
by Robin Bates | May 30, 2018 | Convention Review, Conventions, Cosplay, Events, MCM Comic Con Hub, Robin
Ah MCM Comic Con – the biggest of the UK con scene, returned for its first London convention under the auspices of its new ReedPOP owners. What’s changed and is it for the better? Is it just the signage or is there more? Here’s our review of last weekend’s pop...
by Robin Bates | May 11, 2018 | Conventions, Events, MCM Comic Con Hub
Coaching for Geeks Returns to MCM Comic Con – This Time It’s London Yeah we smashed our way through MCM Birmingham Comic Con back at the NEC, back when it was snowing, back when I had a big team there with me. We’re heading to the Excel Centre in London for MCM London...
by Robin Bates | Apr 19, 2018 | Careers, Conventions, Gaming, Robin, Video
Tim Schafer is a god. Not an actual one, but in my eyes he, well ‘can do no wrong’ would be a lie but which deity ever gets things 100% right? See Greece, Rome, God of War, the holy wars, the dark ages… You get the picture. The man who worked on The Secret of Monkey...
by Sam Ledgerwood | Apr 18, 2018 | Blog, Convention Survival, Conventions, Events, MCM Comic Con Hub
For a number of years now, the concept of Comic Con has been something I have been aware of but had never invested much time into. My knowledge of it was probably because ‘geek culture’ has become more widely adopted in today’s society and also thanks to The...