Leamington Spa Comic Con 2014 . . . A Geeky Grand Day Out!

Despite their name, comic cons seem to be pushing comics to the side these days in favour of a more mainstream expo focussing more on movies, TV shows and video games. But it's always good that cons like, Thoughtbubble in Leeds and the Lakes Comics Art Fest in Kendal, to name but two, are true to their comic roots. And it's great that there are smaller independent comic cons springing up too.

On Saturday October 18, Leamington Spa hosted it's first ever Comic Con. Independently organised by Dan Mallier, this was an event funded by the town for the town -  through a successful Indiegogo crowdfunding project - of which I pledged my bit too, and for a first time event it was pretty busy!

Almost a 1000 comic book fans passed through the doors of Leamington Spa's Royal Pump Rooms and browsed the tables of small press independent comic publishers, artists and vendors. Some were donning their favourite comic T shirts and some were dressed up as their favourite heroes and villains. There was even a cosplay competition with Batman, who else, walking away the winner.

The independent comics community was well represented in Leamington Spa with several creators, artists and publishers in attendance, including Neil Gibson, from T Publications and creator behind the bestselling 'Twisted Dark' series, giving an educational and informative talk about the "5 ways that comics can help you in work and study", and there was also a Q&A session with Mike Garley and the creative team behind The Kill Screen.

All in all, I really enjoyed the Leamington Spa Comic Con, and of course, came back with some cool comic swag too. A geeky grand day out, I hope it's back for more in 2015!

Here's a few pics I took on the day. For more photos and a video visit the Leam Comic Con Facebook page.