So yesterday was Comic Con Scotland. The first of its kind in this part of the UK. It was a lot of fun and judging by the turn out and large number of cosplayers, it was obvious everyone enjoyed it immensely.
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Note: I forgot my camera on the day, so most of the photos I borrowed from friends.
It's a shame no one thought of hosting one in Glasgow sooner, because for so many years anyone in this country who wanted to attend something like this would need to journey south to England. In Scotland, places selling comics and collectibles are fewer and for a long time it just seemed like this was a black hole where no one had any interest in watching anime or picking up a graphic novel. An exaggeration of course, but this kind of thing has always seemed rather low key and obscured.
There's one thing I noticed about Comic Con Scotland: the venue was too small! The comic and toy village were clearly the main thoroughfares of traffic on that day, and were jam packed. You could hardly move or get to the stalls you wanted to get to. One of my friends conversed with the organisers on the day and they came to the same conclusion. They had no idea the turn out would be so great and regretted they never booked a larger hall in the exhibition centre.
Still, there was genuine effort to make the day go well (hats off to the organisers) and people made the most of it. I was particularly interested in the independent comics being showcased, especially the stall where Vitaly Alexius was promoting "Romantically Apocalyptic." Nice guy. I had read it in its webcomic form and was impressed by the paperback volumes he had released. Full colour artwork, in his brilliant style. Pricey yes, but YOLO.
I got away (sounds like I'm stealing) with a framed, film cell mini montage of Revenge of the Jedi. That's not a typo. It's the original teaser artwork before the title was changed to the one we're all familiar with.
As I predicted, there was a showcase for 1/6 scale figures. UK retailer Mother's Basement were on hand to promote and sell Hot Toys. Clearly people were interested, once again demonstrating that there are people here who love this stuff.
I'll definitely be back next year. No doubt there'll be a bigger venue, more stalls, more attractions and, oh yes, more visitors.
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