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This weekend (24th-25th September) we’ll once again be heading to Glasgow for Scotland MCM Comic Con! You’ll be able to find us in the Comic Village at table D5 with stacks of comics, art prints, and more.
I’ll be doing sketch commissions all weekend including butts, angelKat caricatures, and the random fun of the SKETCH MACHINE OF DOOOOOM! I’ll also have preview pages of new comics I’ve been working on, including Hier Spirits, which so far has only been seen by Patreon supporters, and should have physical copies of Project Autumn for sale too.
Check out the maps below to find us!
Be sure to check out some of the Comic Village – there’s a ton of talented UK comic talent to be found, and if you’ve ever wished there were comics that featured more “X”, whether that be PoC, queer, ace, disabilities, music, tea, shoe-centric martial arts, or your favourite subculture then you’re probably going to find it here. Take a look at the map below for some of our recommendations to get you started!
As always, practical and safety things to keep in mind; you’re in a crowded, often warm venue on your feet all day – make sure to drink plenty fluids, have a proper meal or two each day, keep your valuables safe (phone, keys, wallet), make sure your phone is properly charged, and enjoy yourself. If you’re going with friends, make sure to decide on a place to meet up in case you’re separated too as it’s easy to do so in a crowd. You can find help, and show guides at the information booth (the big orange circle above Kato’s head on the map) as well as from staff and stewards around the venue – they’ll be the ones wearing MCM staff/steward shirts!
Cash-wise, there’ll probably be cash machines in the venue – but with the size of MCM shows these can run out pretty early in the weekend, so it can be a good idea to get your cash before heading to the venue. That said, a lot of dealers and artists will accept card (even we accept chip and pin, contactless, PayPal, and Apple Pay – so long as we can get a mobile data signal).
Remember, we’ll be updating Twitter and Facebook all weekend with photos and info so make sure to follow Donna and I there!
Check out the links below for more info;
Website: http://www.mcmcomiccon.com/scotland/
Show Guide: http://www.mcmcomiccon.com/ebooks/scotland2016/
Twitter: @t_iii / @d0nna_ake
Instagram: @t_iiiake / @d0nna_ake
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/t_iii
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A7829TO
We look forward to seeing you there!
Davy
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I’ll be heading to Glasgow this weekend for Scotland MCM Comic Con – where I’ll be selling comics, art prints, taking commission orders, and even perhaps sketching butts for £2 if you’re cheeky enough to ask. I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist the pun on that one.
I’ll be at TABLE D6 in the Comic Village. I should be easy enough to find, the Comic Village itself seems to be a straight line from the main entrance – behind the Universal/YuGiOh areas.
I will be taking commission orders at the event – generally these are digital commissions that I email or post out the final images after the show. Slots are limited and I already have a few filled at the moment. Commissions are completed on a first-come-first-serve basis and start from as little as £10!
I’ll hopefully be bringing my card reader along this weekend, so as long as I can get a decent internet connection in the hall I should be able to accept payment via cards or PayPal. This will be the first trial run with this though so fingers crossed it’ll work.
On a safety note, remember to bring water with you as the show will be incredibly busy, and as the weather is likely to be quite warm again it’ll be very easy to get dehydrated – especially if you’re not used to the additional body heat in crowded events like this one. The venue does have AC, but with so many people inside it may get quite warm. The venue will be serving food and drinks throughout the day but convention venue food is rarely cheap so perhaps bring snacks with you – so make sure that you take care of yourself and get to enjoy the weekend as much as possible!
As always it’s a very busy event, and since last year it’s expanded into two days – so make sure that you get the most out of the weekend and be careful. There are ATM’s in the hall (main one seems to be in the food area behind the Comic Village), but from experience I can say that they tend to empty and/or have huge queues, so make sure to bring enough cash with you to the event – and store it safely. I wish I didn’t have to say this but in a busy environment filled with people there will be a pick pocket or something similar somewhere. So make sure that your valuables are kept safe, and if you’re carrying cash it’s a good idea to keep it in multiple safe places on your person – that way if something is stolen, you won’t lose all of it.
I’ll see you there!
Handy links:
- MCM Scotland Site: http://www.mcmcomiccon.com/scotland/
- Show guide: http://www.mcmcomiccon.com/ebooks/scotland2014/
- Buy our prints/comics online!
- Commission Info
- Patreon
Until next time…
Davy
