Home › Comics › British Comics › Commando and British Weekly Comic Swap Meet comes to Colchester in October

Commando and British Weekly Comic Swap Meet comes to Colchester in October

By John Freeman on September 1, 2023

Commando and British Weekly Comic Swap Meet - Saturday 14th October 2023, Colchester

The 12th Commando and British Weekly Comic Swap Meet will take place in Colchester on Saturday 14th October 2023.

The popular collectors event will place from 11.00am at the Colchester Baptist Church on Eld Lane in the heart of the town, a new venue complementing previous the successful Stoke, Watford and Glasgow events, raising funds for the 12th Colchester Sea Scout group.

Guest announcements will be made soon.

The hall is substantial and a wide variety of dealers will have thousands of comics on offer at this eclectic and welcoming comic event, for collectors and readers of all budgets. Buy, sell, swop – and there will also be a bring and buy donation table, and food available (tea, coffee and traditional bacon baps), too.

Commando Swap Meet, Wolstanton Saturday 17th June 2023 — *downthetubes contributor James Bacon (in Star Wars shirt), with the Commando and Weekly Comic Swap meet team, and others, at a previous event*

Commando and British Comics Swap Meet, 1st April 2023. Calum Laird and Kate MacAuliffe — *Commando editors Calum Laird and Kate MacAuliffe at a previous Swop Meet earlier this year*

“I’m looking forward to welcoming comic fans the the historical town of Colchester and relaxing and enjoying a day of comics,” says co-organiser Karl Kennedy.

In addition to the Swap Meet, a social gathering will be taking place on Friday 13th October at 7.00pm at the 3 Wise Monkeys Pub, 60 High St, Colchester CO1 1DN.

• Commando and British Weekly Comic Swap Meet 11.00am Saturday 14th October 2023, Colchester Baptist Church, Eld Lane CO1 1LS | Information on dealers tables can be found on or by emailing Karl via commandoswapmeetATgmail.com (replace AT with @)

• Join the The Commando comic and British Weekly collectors Facebook group for further information

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “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.