The Commando and British Comics Swap Meet 8 will take place in Glasgow in March, with thousands of Commando Comics and other Picture Libraries on offer, along with British weeklies such as Warlord, Battle, BEANO, Whizzer and Chips, Victor, and 2000AD.
Focused entirely on British comics, this is not a Comic-Con – so no no lycra-clad superheroes, just comics/annuals and comic-readers, “and, if we are lucky, an odd artist or writer may pop in,” says organiser Stephen Hume, who’s also one of the administrators of the Commando and British Weekly Comics – Collectors, Buy, Sell and Swaps Page on Facebook. “You never know…”
If you would like a table to buy, sell or swap from for the day, it costs just £10.00 – contact Stephen via the Facebook Group. All proceeds will go to 29th Glasgow Scout Group.
The venue is 15 minute train ride from Glasgow Central to Pollokshaws East, with a five minute walk to the venue, five minutes drive from Junction 2 of M77 motorway with ample on street parking. There will be brews ‘n’ butties, a charity raffle.
• Commando and British Comics Swap Meet 8 | 10.00am – 4.00pm Saturday 26th March 2022, 29th Glasgow Scout Group, Cameron Halls, 147 Mossgiel Road, Newlands, Glasgow G43 2BY | Entry to the event: Adults £1 Children Free | For table enquires contact Stephen via the Commando and British Weekly Comics – Collectors, Buy, Sell and Swaps Page on Facebook
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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