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thing To Do In London with Michael D Kennedy , Alan Class , Nick Neocleous , Kieron Gillen , Caspar Wijngaard , Vivian Truong , Quan Zhou Wu
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The new edition of thing To Do In London If You Like Comics for February 2025 .. including the return of the London Comic Mart for 2025 , signings fromMichael D Kennedy , Alan Class , Nick Neocleous , Kieron GillenandCaspar Wijngaard , and events withVivian Truong , Quan Zhou WuandPaul Gravett . And what is happen withMega City Comics in Camden ?
Saturday, 1st of February
OverBoard London – games , films , comics & geek culture , The Thirsty Bear , Stamford Street , Southwark , 2 - 8pm"If you ’re looking for a lay - back Saturday bet some panel biz and talking swot stuff in a pub with some awesome people , this is the meetup for you ! Whether you ’re new to London or just want to get some long - recede in - person socialisation , we ’re a favorable community and welcome you all . "
Sunday, 2nd of February
London Comic Mart , Royal National Hotel , Bedford Way , Noho , Noon – 4 autopsy Free , Early Entry £ 4 from 11am"If you ’re looking for uncommon comics or exciting new one we have a huge range of items usable from over 120 traders stalls . Comic Mart is not just about the comics however , as there are many other treasures to be found "
Wednesday, 5th of February
Comic Strip : countersign & Pictures , Shoe Lane Library , Little New Street , Hill HouseLayout your own comic strip or varlet , with tips on adding lettering to your art . With Illustrator & author Richy K. Chandler . Drawing material provided or bring your own . No experience necessary , all level welcome . Layout your comic airstrip or varlet , with tips on bring lettering to your artwork . Materials offer but bring your own materials if you like : HB Pencils / Erasers / Sharpeners / Ruler / Plain A4 or A3 paper / Colouring pencil .
Thursday, 6th of February
Troopers , Noho , from 6 pm . Those who know , go .
bring in Your Baby Zine Club , Brixton Library , Brixton Oval 2 - 3.30pmAre you a Modern parent ? bust to make something ? Perhaps a zine ? A fiddling magazine of your own thoughts and ideas . Bring your babe along to write , produce and share zinemaking . We ’ll have scissors and mucilage and plenty to make . There ’ll be toy , comfy chairs and no rush to make your zine , just the space and support to do so . well for parents and carers bringing babies along under 6 months – but older children welcome too !
appendage Only Event – Steve Bell ’s The Windsor Tapestry , Cartoon Museum , Wells St , Noho , 6 necropsy on . Friends of The Cartoon Museum only event . Join us on the 6th February from 6.30pm for a very special eve at The Cartoon Museum . As a thank you to our firm Quaker we have mastermind this surpassing one - off exclusive event to coincide with our belated expo Steve Bell ’s The Windsor Tapestry . Steve Bell will be joining us to give a guided circuit of the exposition and suffice any questions you may have . e !
Friday, 7th of February
Comic and Manga Creators Group London , 7.30 - 9pm , Meltdown London , 342 Caledonian Road"If you are you interested in creating your own comedian , but demand assistant to put your vision together or do not get laid where to start then we may have the answer for you . Come talk shop with fellow creators , share experiences , ideas , techniques and tips to assist each other grow and have a chance in the industry . "
Saturday, 8th of February
Alan Class Signing With Alan Class and Nick Neocleous , Gosh Comics , Berwick St , Soho , 1 - 2pm . For 30 years between 1959 and 1989 , Alan Class single - handedly produced American reprint comics for the youthful hoi polloi in the United Kingdom . His uniquely initialise square bound comic appear every month in most of the newsagent up and down the country . But who was this elusive humans ? at last , at 87 years old he has related his story to Nick Neocleous of Moonage Books and all the secret of his publication empire are now let out . Along with many cover reproduction and facts and data about publishing and distributing comics through the sixties and beyond . Alongside the copies of the book , a special issuance 250 of Creepy Worlds is being launched and will be uncommitted to purchase on the Clarence Shepard Day Jr. ! .
Wednesday, 12th of February
The Power Fantasy Volume 1 Launch Party With Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard , Gosh Comics , Berwick St , Soho , 7 - 9pm . “Superpowered . " You have certain preconceptions . They ’re incorrect . Here , that word has a specific technological definition . Namely , " any soul with the destructive capacity of the nuclear arsenal of the U.S.A. " There are six such people on Earth . The satellite ’s natural selection rely on them never coming into conflict . Copies come with an single Gosh ! ex libris .
Thursday, 13th of February
Friday, 14th of February
Saturday, 15th of February
Monday, 17th of February
Relaxed Mondays , Cartoon Museum , Wells St , Noho"Our free Relaxed Monday case have been specifically design for fry and youthful people with autism spectrum conditions or sensory processing differences . "
Tuesday, 18th of February
Family Workshop Create a Comic Strip , The Cartoon Museum 63 Wells St London , 11am-12.30pmLearn how to design your own sketch characters and then draw and quarter them in a one - page comic landing strip taradiddle . Study best ways and bad ways to draw pictures for strip , and how to do proper oral communication bubble . heavy for initiate , and fun for those with a little more experience . For children get on 8 - 14 , £ 15 per person .
Family Workshop : caricature : sport with FacesThe Cartoon Museum 63 Wells St London , 2 - 3pm . Using childlike lines and form , draw some famous laughable characters and real - life story people as cartoons . memorize special proficiency for draw animated cartoon faces , and take part in a fun competition where you could pull ahead a special prize . For children aged 8 - 14 , £ 15 per person .
Wednesday, 19th of February
Comic Strip : Words & Pictures , Shoe Lane Library , Little New Street , Hill HouseLayout your own comical strip or page , with tips on adding letter to your art . With Illustrator & writer Richy K. Chandler . Drawing materials render or bring your own . No experience necessary , all levels welcome . Whether you want to make a one - off strip or a whole mini - comic , Richy will help you finesse your study in its final stages .. textile allow but contribute your own materials if you wish : HB Pencils / Erasers / Sharpeners / Ruler / Plain A4 or A3 paper / Colouring pencil .
Making Graphic Novels ! with Vivian Truongat Catford Library , 23 - 24 Winslade Way , Catford 2 - 3pmPart of the Deptford Literature Festival . From a blank script to a full illustrated record , young Lord can determine wind and techniques on how to create comic and how to turn them into a book . The workshop is taught by professional comic creative person Vivian Truong with several years of experience within the comic industry . This one - hour shop teach untried creator on how to get started in wee comics . It ’ll enshroud the basics of creating a comic and how they can plough it into a Koran . After learning the techniques on how to get bug out , participant will have a chance to drill make their own , maneuver by experienced artist Vivian Truong . This workshop will teach fundamental skills that untested creatives can extend with them to help enliven them to make floor and explore their imaginations . For ages 12 - 18 .
Family Workshop : Make a Mini - ComicThe Cartoon Museum 63 Wells St London , 2 - 3pm . Lots of laughable Creator got started by make miniskirt - comic . find out how to create your own fictional character and take in them into a particular booklet that you ’ll easily be able-bodied to make transcript of to give to your friends . For nestling maturate 8 - 14 , £ 15 per individual .
Reads February , Gosh Comics , Berwick St , Soho , 7 - 9pm . What ’s February without a little lovemaking story ? get together us to talk over Second Hand Love by Yamada Murasaki , and use computer code READSFEB25on the Gosh website for a discount .
Thursday, 20th of February
Family Workshop : MangaThe Cartoon Museum 63 Wells St London , 11.30am-1pmWhether you ’re new to the world of Japanese strip , or if you love manga and anime part and would care to create your own , we ’ll be looking at the basics of pull in manga , creating our own role , and then featuring them in a page of manga front screen artwork . For children aged 8 - 14 , £ 15 per person .
Family Workshop : Advanced MangaThe Cartoon Museum 63 Wells St London , 2 - 3pmIf you jazz creating your own manga and anime characters , here ’s where you ’ll get tips on drawing proficiency , shading , emblazon , and picture composition . Then you ’ll have your character in a story page of art . For baby aged 8 - 14 , £ 15 per person .
Friday, 21st of February
Family Workshop : Mythical MangaThe Cartoon Museum 63 Wells St London , 11.30am-1pmManga and anime are filled with Dragon , humans that turn into flying dragon , and other strange and wondrous creatures . In this workshop you ’ll learn how to suck up different type and feature them in a page of account artwork . For tyke aged 8 - 14 , £ 15 per individual .
Family Workshop : SuperheroesThe Cartoon Museum 63 Wells St London , 2 - 3pmSuperheroes are cash in one’s chips from strength to super - strength . watch how to draw some favourite superheroes and make a make unexampled one of your own . Then we ’ll showcase your character on a Marvel - style front cover . For children aged 8 - 14 , £ 15 per person .
London Anime & Gaming Con 2025,Novotel London West , Hammersmith , 11am . fall in the UK ’s Biggest Anime Convention this 21 - 23 February ! Amazing Edgar Albert Guest with Voice Actors from all the anime and gaming . Four floors of Merchandise & Fun with outcome include the Cosplay Masquerade , Lip Sync Battle and Talent Show , Anime Bingo , Big Geek Quiz , workshop and much more – prize to be won . represent All The Latest Video Gaming Releases , Retro Classics and gambling tournaments ! Along with Board Games , RPGs and TCG Tournaments . cope with and watch awing live band and performers . After parties , karaoke & more , all include in your ticket !
Saturday, 22nd of February
Milk White Steed Signing With Michael D. Kennedy , Gosh Comics , Berwick St , Soho , 1 - 2pm . inspire by the folk music tales and oral tradition of his Caribbean roots , Milk White Steed is a dreamlike venture into the messy true statement of daily West Indian lives : the abiding pursuit of the intimate and the vicious appraisal of their own separateness , all at once . Phantom desires , unchecked reveries , and phantasmagorical visions of the future outpouring the pageboy in full - color . Kennedy ’s decisive woodcut - inspired brush - strokes delineate a spectacular portrayal of the Black diaspora as it sees itself , always search and yet constantly see . An exclusive ratify bookplate to attach to all sales of the record book .
Brixton Library LGBTQ+ zine Fair , Brixton Oval , Noon-4.30pmAn afternoon of fanzines , small insistence , Word , nontextual matter and more in the subroutine library keep LGBTQ+ zinesters , writers and artist . Stallholders include : Dominique Duong , Cool Schmool , Round table book , Rachael House , Vampire Hag , Jasmine Kahlia , The Mollusc Dimension , Snowflake , Gears for queers and Books Peckham . There will be a communal zine table too so if you make your own zine bring it along to sell or switch .
Sunday, 23rd of February
Monday, 24th of February
Wednesday, 26th of February
Comica Social Club , The Clore Ballroom , Royal Festival Hall , South Bank . 6 pm onwards"Our monthly meetup is all about ease and fun . you’re able to chat , greet , newsmonger , and web with like - minded folks . deal your late creations , marvellous design , or impressive wants lean ( but we might run by ! ) or explore what ’s new in the reading material nook . If you know no one , front for the Man in the Orange Fez , and he will introduce you to new friends . "
Friday, 28th of February
Saturday, 29th of February
Ongoing Exhibitions
The Windsor Tapestry by Steve Bell , Cartoon Museum , Wells St , Noho , until the 22nd of March 2025Join us this winter at a very new Royal exposition looking back at the life of King Charles III , as told through the penetrating pen of Steve Bell ! For the past forty geezerhood , legendary British political cartoonist Steve Bell has been ape Charles and the Royal kinfolk . Steve Bell ’s The Windsor Tapestry bring together 98 of these cartoons into a 28 - time - long fabric tapestry telling a visual chronicle of Charles III ( in the same way the Bayeux Tapestry told the floor of King Harold II and King William I , but with a batch less arrow through eyes ) from 1980 to the present day , and will be show alongside original artworks from Steve ’s calling , and other artists ' depicting of King Charles , including Gerald Scarfe and Kathryn Lamb . The tapis was originally exhibited in October 2023 as part of the forty-second annual Festival of Caricature at the Centre International de la Caricature , du Dessin de Presse et d’Humour in St Just Le Martel near Limoges in France .
PositiveNegatives expo , account of Migration , Brunei Gallery SOAS , Thornhaugh Street , Russell Square , until 22nd March . Stories of Migration celebrates 12 years of modern storytelling from SOAS - ground , not - for - lucre organisation , PositiveNegatives . They narrow in transforming academic enquiry into illustrated report to wage a wider hearing . This often involve get together with international teams of artist and writers to produce original comics and animations . The effectiveness of this approach has led to partnerships with honored universities across the Earth , admit : SOAS , Sussex , UCL , Coventry , Max Planck Institute , Harvard and the Peace Research Institute Oslo , along with administration such as the United Nations , Open Society Foundations , Nobel Peace Centre , The Guardian and the BBC . While the portfolio of work spans many subject and orbicular issues , migration has been a recurring theme . This exhibition provide a rare insight into the process of creating these pieces , from initial inquiry to scripting and storyboarding , and finally the ruined artwork . It presents some of the most powerful projects PositiveNegatives has produce , glisten a brightness on consequence such as the Sri Lankan fight and Global South to South migration . draw from under - listen vocalization , including migrants themselves , it explore questions such as : Why do multitude move across borders?What are the personal , societal and economical forces that shape their decisions?What peril do they face on their journeys?And how can they build a unexampled aliveness in a new country?The exhibition also launches PositiveNegatives ' late first step , Animated Learning , which builds on the essence of each project to develop inspire educational resources for students and educator . school will be further to visit the expo to engage with the subject topic and aid shape the time to come of Animated Learning .
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