Anybody go to any?
We'll be at :
Bradford Unleashed next weekend.
Teesside Unleashed the weekend after.
Stockport Unleashed on 5th November.
Pudsey Comic Con on 25th November.
Probably Hull Comic Con on 2nd December...
Any of you guys frequent the con scene? |
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"We’re going to the ultracon in Harrogate today lol. Suppose to be amazing. Especially after looking at videos on YouTube of it last year at Doncaster "
Yeah UltraCon is good. Rob the organiser puts a lot of work into it.
We'd have gone today but... things are a bit complicated with him and us lol.
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"Is the Teeside on in Hartlepool ?"
No. Marton Country Club in Middlesbrough.
BUT Unleashed are doing a mini con in Hartlepool on 12th Nov and a full sized con in Hartlepool in March.
They are new events. |
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over a year ago
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"Is the Teeside on in Hartlepool ?
No. Marton Country Club in Middlesbrough.
BUT Unleashed are doing a mini con in Hartlepool on 12th Nov and a full sized con in Hartlepool in March.
I was just asking coz im in Hartlepool.
They are new events."
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"Is the Teeside on in Hartlepool ?
No. Marton Country Club in Middlesbrough.
BUT Unleashed are doing a mini con in Hartlepool on 12th Nov and a full sized con in Hartlepool in March.
I was just asking coz im in Hartlepool.
They are new events."
March is when you wanna go to Hartlepool.
11th I believe. |
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By *av1970Man
over a year ago
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Been to the Lincoln one twice and it was getting better. Went Preston the other weekend and despite a bigger venue etc wasn't impressed.
However, Off to 'For the love of Sci Fi' in Manchester beginning December and that looks epic! |
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"Been to the Lincoln one twice and it was getting better. Went Preston the other weekend and despite a bigger venue etc wasn't impressed.
However, Off to 'For the love of Sci Fi' in Manchester beginning December and that looks epic!"
been seeing stuff in Facebook fir this. Does look good. Lots of stars. Ultracon was ace. We went to Lincoln last year. Our 1st con. Was disappointed. |
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By *av1970Man
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"Been to the Lincoln one twice and it was getting better. Went Preston the other weekend and despite a bigger venue etc wasn't impressed.
However, Off to 'For the love of Sci Fi' in Manchester beginning December and that looks epic!been seeing stuff in Facebook fir this. Does look good. Lots of stars. Ultracon was ace. We went to Lincoln last year. Our 1st con. Was disappointed. "
First year I went venue was way too small for numbers; minimal guests and traders etc and not a lot else. Sounds like potentially went backwards this year then but shouldn't expect massive things from the small local ones I think. |
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Hiya, I try to make the odd comic con when I can, especially if their local to York/Hull - I usually take a stall and sell off some of my older collections, but would be fab to meet like-minded comic/fantasy/sf fans and swingers...
Take care, Matt |
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"I used to. Now I can't afford it so I don't anymore.
~Mia
Some are only a fiver for entry. It's if you start spending on the stalls or on autographs that it can get expensive."
Even then still have travel down which is expensive enough in itself. And work and life gets in the way.
Unfortunately it's not something I indulge in anymore.
~Mia |
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"Im off to for the love of sci fi in december , should be good , gets bogger every year bogger pmsl   "
Thats what happens when you post after having a drink |
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"How do you find a list of Cons? Keep seeing them too late to arrange time to go lol
Facebook search for a group called The Convention List.
Join it.
Keep an eye on the pinned post at the top."
Ah cool, thanks |
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"How do you find a list of Cons? Keep seeing them too late to arrange time to go lol
Facebook search for a group called The Convention List.
Join it.
Keep an eye on the pinned post at the top.
Ah cool, thanks "
You're welcome.
I try to keep it updated as well as possible. I do miss the odd one or two but not many. It's a pretty full list. |
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"There's this site too if that helps
http://www.comicconventions.co.uk/uk-comic-conventions-expos-and-popular-culture-shows-in-2017/"
There's hardly anything on that site 
Example... weekend on 25/26 November, all it has listed is Reading.
It completely ignores Pudsey and Leigh on 25th, or Doncaster on 26th.
It is missing hundreds of cons I'm afraid. |
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"Anyone ever been to SanDiego? "
Would love to do SanDiago one day. I’ve looked into a few times but tickets seem to sell fast as do hotel rooms nearby.
We go to London’s Film & Conic Con by showmasters every year. Met some amazing guests over the years to. |
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"Anyone ever been to SanDiego?
Never been to America. I can't even begin to imagine how big SDCC is. I have visions of it being like a small city in size!  "
Its my daughters absolute goal. Not even looked at it I reckon it'll be a fortune. 
Went to Sheffield s couple of years ago that was really good. |
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"Went to Blackpool one couple of years ago. Was great!  "
Lol that con still gets talked about as one of the biggest tragedies on the convention scene in history.
You wouldn't see it as a regular con goer, but behind the scenes it was a disaster. The guests didn't get paid, the fire exits were padlocked shut, the organisers did a runner, etc etc. It was a catalogue of catastrophe! |
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"Oooh spotted this thread.
Does anyone know if there's one around the Sussex area, can travel, Surrey Kent etc.
My son is dying to go to one "
Grays Comic-Con on 5th November if that's any good to you?
My geography of the south of England is a tad crap!
If you go on Fb and do a search for the group The Convention List and join it, check the pinned post at the top. |
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So I heard. From my perspective going was great, fast tracked in and every where went something seemed to be going on. Happened to be in right place at right time |
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"Oooh spotted this thread.
Does anyone know if there's one around the Sussex area, can travel, Surrey Kent etc.
My son is dying to go to one
Grays Comic-Con on 5th November if that's any good to you?
My geography of the south of England is a tad crap!
If you go on Fb and do a search for the group The Convention List and join it, check the pinned post at the top."
Thank you very much x |
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"So I heard. From my perspective going was great, fast tracked in and every where went something seemed to be going on. Happened to be in right place at right time "
I had a table up on the balcony, and the vibe throughout the day just got weirder and weirder for us. We knew something strange was happening but we didn't know what. |
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"So I heard. From my perspective going was great, fast tracked in and every where went something seemed to be going on. Happened to be in right place at right time
I had a table up on the balcony, and the vibe throughout the day just got weirder and weirder for us. We knew something strange was happening but we didn't know what."
What you mean? |
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"So I heard. From my perspective going was great, fast tracked in and every where went something seemed to be going on. Happened to be in right place at right time
I had a table up on the balcony, and the vibe throughout the day just got weirder and weirder for us. We knew something strange was happening but we didn't know what.
What you mean? "
It was just a strange day. Mutterings among the traders about things being off, and so on. |
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"This is an awesome thread guys. Had no idea there were this many cons on besides the MCM / Thought Bubble / London Film & TV ones....
....or that there were so many fabsters into cons  "
There are literally dozens and dozens of cons! They're hugely popular.
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I regularly attend cons, often in cosplay.
I tend to go to the London Mcm cons as I have a large group of friends there and then attend smaller northwest cons. I've also been to some if the huge north American cons too. Alwas up for saying hi to fellow Fabers or rocking up to a club in cosplay! |
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Hyper Japan (currently on this weekend in Central London) is also worth a shout.
It's been getting bigger & better over the last few years, although I admit I haven't been recently. Similarities with Comic Con - just less of an emphasis on comics/media, more on Japan/culture. Really similar crowds & cosplay, too, though |
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"Well I knew the bigger ones were 
Just didn't realise everywhere else was getting into the action!
Would you guys have any recommendations to visit?"
Yeah... any of ours lol
But ours are in Yorkshire, whereas you're London based, so a bit far.
LFCC is probably the best for you, so I hear. Enormous. Not that I've been. |
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I’ve been to a few Glasgow ones, hoping to make Edinburgh next year and maybe some in the north east since I’ve moved here. I dress up too, love working on costumes and wearing them and stuff, you meet some brilliant folk there too |
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"I’ve been to a few Glasgow ones, hoping to make Edinburgh next year and maybe some in the north east since I’ve moved here. I dress up too, love working on costumes and wearing them and stuff, you meet some brilliant folk there too "
Capital Sci-Fi in Edinburgh is good |
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Bit late to this, but con goers here, we do MCM London, but looking for more to go to.
Big nerds heres, video games, anime, film and TV. And lets not forget cosplay. |
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"We do the small independent ones mostly. We did Wigan, bolton, hamfest and a few others but also did Liverpool Mcm. Not started prepping next years list yet"
Is that the NWCC Bolton you do? Or the MSE one? |
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I go to the one In Folkestone. It's pretty good had a few big stars down for it. Last year we had David Prowse, Chris Barrie, Norman Lovett and quite a few others |
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We shall be going to lfcc in July, Ads will probably be captain boomerang again, not sure on mine yet!
We normally attend sci fi by the sea in herne bay every year but not this year.
Geeky x |
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"We shall be going to lfcc in July, Ads will probably be captain boomerang again, not sure on mine yet!
We normally attend sci fi by the sea in herne bay every year but not this year.
Geeky x"
I need a new Boomerang coat for that
Ads |
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I’m heading to Wrexham for the first time this year. Also going to the Harry Potter con in manchester in October.
Hoping to make it to Manchester comic con too.
Maybe some of the London cons too.
Is anybody here into cosplay? |
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"Yeah its cool , gets a bit warm in all the leathers mind , look for any dredd cosplay and you should get an idea , what ya cosplaying at wrexham ?"
I’m going as a steampunk rouge |
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Nobody has mentioned LICAF yet, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival held in Kendal. Less about meeting actors who did a bit on the telly, but huge with the actual creators of comics, the artists and writers. It takes over the entire town for a weekend. You can find yourself buying a coffee and the next person in the queue is the guy who drew Watchmen, or talking to a group of women in a bar who turn out to be a feminist art collective from Finland... Last year had a lovely chat with the guy who has drawn the "Firkin the Cat" strip in Fiesta for thirty years or more |
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Me and the wife are definitely doing both London MCMs and myself the LFCC,also planning on holding a munch too for swingers/Kinksters on the Sunday in the fox. |
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"We'll be going to MCM london,keep us posted on the social."
We would be up for an lfcc one providing the kids aren’t attending with us this year. Lol
Geeky x |
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Going to spalding this weekend and a few other small ones through the year.
Going to miss birmingham in march though as doing the photoshow at the same dates.
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BeardAndVixen, tried messaging you but.... No single males (wife and I have separate accounts)
Social will probably be around 6ish at the fox, will post here closer to the time.
Also looking to meet like minded kinky geeks. |
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Haven’t been to any yet but would be awesome if there was a party of fab swingers at a local comic con I’m game in my stormtrooper armour ! TK-177 reporting for duty ... |
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