Comic conventions - a miscellany

I've looked a few different conventions before....

Bristol comic expo (2004-2014) is here

London comic festival 2003 is here
Kev Sutherland festival original art is here
A 'Lawless 2019' miscellany is here
Boys and Girls exhibitions of the 1950s and '60s is here
Glasgow comic art convention is here
Edinburgh art convention is here
Hi-Ex convention is here

UKCAC - part 1 - is here
UKCAC - part 2 - is here

UKCAC - part 3 - is here

BICS convention is here

Glasgow comic con is here

Kapow! comic con is here

British comic conventions 1970-76 is here 

British comic conventions 1977-81 is here 

And I've now got a few miscellaneous examples to go through...

First up is this from the 3rd Birmingham comic art show - I'd love to see examples of the programmes for show 1 & 2 (and were there further shows???) 

Cover art by Mike Higgs

Interior art by Lew Stringer (a Brickman strip), Mark Farmer, John Bolton, Kev O'Neill, Alan Davis, Paul Neary, Brian Bolland, John Ridgway, Dave Gibbons

So, a great selection of artists there - I highly recommend trying to track this down.

Lew Stringer also provided this update...

There was a '4th' comic art show (in 1988 - see advert in issue 4 of Heartbreak Hotel) but I'm unclear if there was a convention booklet produced for that.

The booklet was produced by Hassan Yusuf, Guy Lawley and Paul Hudson. Comics Showcase was a (great) comic shop in London. Interior art by David Lloyd (a 'V for Vendetta' image) and an Alan Davis image (of Captain Britain, Marvelman & Harry (from 'Harry 20 on the highrock').

Interesting to speculate if 'Comics Showcase' produced any other similar booklets...UPDATE - there weren't any others...

From the 2nd (and last) Konvention of alternative Komix (or KAK) for short - 500 copies printed. Covert art by Hunt Emerson

Interior art by Bonk, Pokketz, Bid, Steve Bell, Bryan Talbot, Sue Varty, Mike Weller, Kavanagh, David Noon