Was at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall today with
a pal, taking in RAI CON and snapping some photos. This is
the first of these type of events I've ever attended (dressing up
isn't really my thing), but it was an okay way to spend the day.
Thanks to everyone who posed for a picture. Were you
there? Share your thoughts in the comments section.
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| Here's KEV - looking happy and giving the thumbs-up because his holidays are looming |
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| This guy looks like trouble - I've got a feeling he'll be popping up again |
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| This gal sure believes in advertising |
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| Here's a shot of the hall - seemed reasonably busy |
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| Your money or your - wife, did he say? |
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| At last - a bit of glamour |
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| The girl in the middle has a real pretty face |
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| Another shot of the hall |
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| More glamour. (Eh?) |
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| Two hot babes - the heating was up full |
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| Some fine examples of Glasgow's wildlife |
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| This guy's a 'flash-in-the-pan' |
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| Uh-oh! Here's that guy again - with a pal |
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| She's holding invisible dumbbells |
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| Okay, I give in. What are you hiding behind your back, young lady? |
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| LARRY, CURLY & MO - the three |
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| At last - an actual artist. Some nice work on display |
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| He doesn't fool me by changing his facewear - I've seen him before |
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| Stop horsin' around |
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| Just beamed down from the Starship ENTERPRISE by the look of it |
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| Even BUZZ LIGHTYEAR got in on the act |
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| The guy from RENTOKIL. Maybe he's after that wildlife in a previous photo? |
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| The lady was being robbed by this masked bandit, but they still posed for a photo |
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| The return of some much-needed glamour |
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| Okay, don't shoot - you can have one of my chips |
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| Are this pair taking the pith? |
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| A real couple of stars |
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| Are you looking at me? |
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| Some nice masks on display |
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| DOCTOR DOOM |
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| JUDGE DREDD |
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| Dunno - anyone got a clue? |
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| This guy's back again |
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| The big one's a bloke - honest |
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| A slide-show about Cosplay |
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| The presenters. Okay, that's yer lot! |
Some great pictures in here Kid....a brilliant wee jaunt into Glasgow.
ReplyDeleteWasn't bad, was it? The Latte and Snickers were appreciated. You know what a greedy buggah I am.
ReplyDeleteLovely! Thank you Kd!
ReplyDeleteA pleasure, MD.
ReplyDeleteLooks like fun. Too bad for me I don't know anime so I don't recognize the characters. Did they have any comics for sale?
ReplyDeleteI don't recognise any of the characters either, PS. Anime and Manga comics on sale, plus I spotted the odd Spider-Man 'graphic novel'
ReplyDeleteI went to the Comicon in London this year at the Excel centre, tagging along with my friends and their teenage boys....my first since 1982....boy are they different these days!
ReplyDeleteMy main purpose was to try and get Dave Gibbons to sign my Graphitti Edition of Watchmen 25 years after I'd managed to get Alan Moore to sign it (which he very kindly did with a sketch).
It seems to be more about dressing up these days than comics as you can see from my photos, should you want to have a look (The Dan Dare drawing was signed by Dave Gibbons in a Comicon booklet from waaaaaay back (1979 I think) which I took along to show him).
I'm the one in the red and yellow Iron Man T-Shirt!
https://goo.gl/photos/3Z5P4AzJRbRjU7Kk7
You must've liked that photo, V&S, 'cos it's up twice. That looks far busier than Glasgow was, which, so I was told, wasn't as busy as last year. I have to be honest and say I prefer ordinary comic marts where you can buy comics. A handful of Cosplayers might brighten a mart up a bit, but there's just far too many costumed folk these days. As you say, it doesn't seem to be about the comics anymore.
ReplyDeleteI must be showing my age Kid as with all the queuing to get in I did think 'is it worth it?'...I think I found 2 stalls selling 'old skool' comics as I remember it....dwarfed by the merchandising juggernaut that takes over these places these days. I was astonished by the sheer number of people.
ReplyDeleteQuite a lot of the later photos were taken in the pub OUTSIDE the excel centre where, after a couple of hours of Cosplay overload, we told the boys we'd be if they needed us!
Thankfully, I didn't have to queue to get in to the Glasgow one, V&S - I don't think my old legs could take it. Funnily enough, I was looking at my old Tornados the other night, and was struck by how young Dave Gibbons looked on one of the covers.
ReplyDeleteHeh heh, Big E !!
ReplyDeleteWhen I see a photo of my younger self, it's like seeing a son I never knew I had. I wonder if Dave G feels the same?
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