London comics calendar - updated 20 Sep 2016

Thought it might be useful to try and pull together a listing of upcoming comics events, please let me know if I've missed any

note that new items are highlighted in red


London comics calendar

Exhibitions

The story of British comics so far cor, by gum, zarjaz, The Lightbox, Woking, until 31/12/16
http://www.thelightbox.org.uk/the-story-of-british-comics-so-far-cor-by-gum-zarjaz-2016

Pictures from Punch, Cartoon Museum, 2/11/16 – 22/01/17

http://www.cartoonmuseum.org/exhibitions/future-exhibitions

Future shock, Cartoon Museum, from 25/01/17

http://www.cartoonmuseum.org/

 

Comic marts

Comiket @ The Lightbox, Woking, 08/10/16
http://comiket.comica.london/exhibitors/
 

November 20th

http://londoncomicmart.co.uk/
 

Launches / signings

Mezolith book 2 (Ben Haggarty & Adam Brockbank) @ Gosh comics, 23/09/16
http://www.goshlondon.com/2016/09/mezolith-book-two-launch-party/

Jock signing @ Forbidden Planet, 24/09/16

https://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2016/09/24/jock-signing-forbidden-planet/

Kyle Higgins @ Orbital comics, 28/09/16

http://www.orbitalcomics.com/kyle-higgins-signing-wednesday-september-28th/

2000^th issues of 2000AD @ Forbidden Planet, 01/10/16

https://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2016/10/01/celebrate-2000th-2000ad/

Peter Milligan signing @ Forbidden Planet, 05/10/16

https://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2016/10/05/peter-milligan-signs-discipline/

Joe Kelly @ Orbital comics, 17/10/16

http://www.orbitalcomics.com/joe-kelly-spider-mandeadpool-signing-monday-october-17/


Dave ‘Good dog, bad dog’ Shelton appears as part of this event @ Foyles, 19/10/16
http://www.foyles.co.uk/Public/Events/Detail.aspx?eventId=3007

Talks

Curator talk about exhibition, 22/09/16
https://www.thelightbox.org.uk/Event/curator-talk-story-of-british-comics


Rian Hughes will be talking (briefly!) about comics & illustration, 23/09/16
http://www.houseofillustration.org.uk/whats-on/current-future-events/limelight-night-illustration-v-design/event-type/talk

Peter Hampson talks about his father Frank Hampson, 08/10/16
http://www.thelightbox.org.uk/Event/fundraising-talk-by-gum-dan-dare-in-conversation-with-peter-hampson

Isabel Greenberg & Tom Gauld, 13/10/16

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/the-future-of-the-graphic-nove-98695

Art ‘Maus’ Spiegelman at the Barbican, 11/11/16

https://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=19901

Alan Moore talks to Stewart Lee 07/11/16

https://membership.theguardian.com/event/an-evening-with-alan-moore-and-stewart-lee-27276217902


Where to buy original art
http://www.chrisbeetles.com/
https://www.bookpalace.com/cgi-bin/mf000001.pl?ACTION=SHOWFORM


Good places to buy (second-hand) British comics
http://30thcenturycomics.co.uk/
https://www.bookpalace.com/cgi-bin/mf000001.pl?ACTION=SHOWFORM
http://www.mgeshops.com/book-comic-exchange/
http://www.rayguncomics.co.uk/ [limited 2nd hand section but even so]
http://www.orbitalcomics.com/ [limited 2nd hand section but even so - also stocks small press titles]