tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post4684673279633838871..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: RAI CON 2016 - EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-66958038169235774262016-10-18T14:15:23.347+01:002016-10-18T14:15:23.347+01:00When I see a photo of my younger self, it's li...When 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?Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-85784225112178949012016-10-18T14:12:31.304+01:002016-10-18T14:12:31.304+01:00Heh heh, Big E !!Heh heh, Big E !!Vince and Sivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642910718810620215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-19253177525490192762016-10-18T13:30:04.620+01:002016-10-18T13:30:04.620+01:00Thankfully, I didn't have to queue to get in t...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.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-4302268268045650422016-10-18T12:39:55.563+01:002016-10-18T12:39:55.563+01:00I must be showing my age Kid as with all the queui...I 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.<br /><br />Quite 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! Vince and Sivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642910718810620215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-26866351303267170842016-10-18T12:21:27.714+01:002016-10-18T12:21:27.714+01:00You must've liked that photo, V&S, 'co...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.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-49468275089858786802016-10-18T12:08:58.956+01:002016-10-18T12:08:58.956+01:00I went to the Comicon in London this year at the E...I 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! <br /><br />My 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). <br /><br />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). <br /><br />I'm the one in the red and yellow Iron Man T-Shirt!<br /><br />https://goo.gl/photos/3Z5P4AzJRbRjU7Kk7<br />Vince and Sivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642910718810620215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-40659188428257586672016-10-16T18:46:52.700+01:002016-10-16T18:46:52.700+01:00I don't recognise any of the characters either...I don't recognise any of the characters either, PS. Anime and Manga comics on sale, plus I spotted the odd Spider-Man 'graphic novel'Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-40314089575299242432016-10-16T18:17:17.530+01:002016-10-16T18:17:17.530+01:00Looks like fun. Too bad for me I don't know an...Looks 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?Phil Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-8630976270225416582016-10-16T10:34:44.817+01:002016-10-16T10:34:44.817+01:00A pleasure, MD.A pleasure, MD.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-62489214368859793142016-10-16T02:02:12.100+01:002016-10-16T02:02:12.100+01:00Lovely! Thank you Kd! Lovely! Thank you Kd! Mary Davieshttps://plus.google.com/110373589002213442463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-64593622225645742792016-10-15T22:02:52.432+01:002016-10-15T22:02:52.432+01:00Wasn't bad, was it? The Latte and Snickers wer...Wasn't bad, was it? The Latte and Snickers were appreciated. You know what a greedy buggah I am.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-5877109834754370792016-10-15T21:52:18.389+01:002016-10-15T21:52:18.389+01:00Some great pictures in here Kid....a brilliant wee...Some great pictures in here Kid....a brilliant wee jaunt into Glasgow.tongaladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06165861548217887192noreply@blogger.com