London comics calendar - updated 6th October 2016

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/

40 years of thrillpower – 1 day 2000ad festival, 11/02/17

http://2000adonline.com/40years

 

Tove Jansson @ Dulwich picture gallery, Oct 2017

https://www.moomin.com/en/blog/tove-jansson-exhibition-goes-europe/

 

Comic marts

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

Royal National hotel

November 20th 2016

March 5th 2017

April 2nd 2017

July 2nd 2017

September 3rd 2017

October 1st 2017

November 5th 2017

December 3rd 2017

http://londoncomicmart.co.uk/
 

Launches / signings

Benjamin Marra & Jonathan Chandler, 11/10/16

http://www.goshlondon.com/2016/10/benjamin-marra-jon-chandler-signing/

 

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

Dave McKean @ Gosh, 21/10/16

http://www.goshlondon.com/2016/10/black-dog-launch-party-with-dave-mckean/

 

Ram V @ Orbital comics, 09/11/16

http://www.orbitalcomics.com/ram-v-signing-november-9/

 

 

Talks

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]