Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK

Parallel to Loncon is an exhibition of British comics at The British Library, covering everything from the Victorian Illustrated London News through Oz Magazine to the works of Alan Moore and Grant Morrison. Well, covering almost everything. I thought there were some suprising omissions.

( In which the writer reveals he knows far more about British comics than he thought he did. )

Sorry. Just had to get that off my chest. I don't even consider myself an expert on British comics yet I was surprised by the gaps in the exhibition (and therefore the missing influences behind some of the work they do show.) I have the sense the curators were playing favourites rather than try to tell a coherent story about the development of comics of adults or whatever it was they were trying to achieve.

Don't get me wrong - if you are interested in any facet of comics at all it's well worth seeing. But don't expect it to be comprehensive.

Loncon - initial impressions

The ExCel centre is big. Really, really big. You might think the Empire State Building lying on its side is big. And you'd be right. But it doesn't change how big the ExCel centre is - it's just not as big as the Empire State Building lying on its side.

Too scared to find a panel now - I might never be able to return to coffee.

(have made contact with some of the Australian contingent - Ben Peek, Tansy Rayner, Laura Goodin, Lewis Morley & Marian and now electricant has just shown up - so we are now coordinating.)

Loncon 3 - First Day

So we determined the first rule of Loncon at the ExCel Centre pretty early on - get off at the next station.

We arrived early enough to the registration queue to still resemble our photo IDs by the time we reached the desk.

After indulging in a simulation of coffee we split up to attend our different panels. My first panel was
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