It’s happening: Mark Millar is launching a comic book convention in the UK called Kapow! Comic Con, happening April 9 and 10, 2011 at the London Business Design Centre (a month after C2E2 in Chicago, a week after WonderCon in San Francisco, and more than three months before Comic-Con International in San Diego). Guests include Andy Diggle, Jock, Steve Dillon, Duncan Fegredo, David Hine, Simon Furman, John McCrea and Kieron Gillen, plus Frank Quitely, Lenil Francis Yu and Dave Gibbons, with the latter three showing up alongside Millar in this video:
Kapow! Comic Con Trailer from kapowcomiccon on Vimeo.
It’s endearing how genuinely excited Millar comes across in the video, especially when when delivering lines like “the only thing missing is you,” but such earnestness is still a mite bit disarming coming from the writer of The Unfunnies.
Update: Here’s some more info, courtesy of Kapow! Comic Con’s Facebook page: the event will host the first-ever Stan Lee Awards (honoring comics and movies, there’s no indication yet if Lee himself will be there in person), plus, fittingly, the premiere screening of Millar’s directorial debut, Miracle Park.
November 29th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
WonderCon is April 1-3, so this would be the week after.
November 29th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
See you there b*tches
November 29th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Pak, Van Lente, you’re on notice. I expect to see Krakabathroom! Con within the next two years.
November 29th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
Why is it surprising that Millar is earnest?
November 30th, 2010 at 12:23 am
dan – just a joke, given how some of his comics tend to be a tad dark/bleak.
November 30th, 2010 at 6:35 am
I am going to be in greece around that time (I have family there) I might go since the tickets will be cheaper from greece to the UK. But I will wait and see what movies and video games are going to be there. If there aren’t any major ones like EA, rockstar, sony, green lantern movie panel, e.t.c then I won’t bother.
November 30th, 2010 at 11:59 am
He’s really taking pride in promoting himself as the face and future of Brit Comics in all their forms isn’t he…
But let’s never forget shall we, pride usually precedes a fall!
Amd with the size of this guys over-inflated ego…this one should be a real doozy!!
December 1st, 2010 at 4:21 am
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Scott – Comic Buff
December 1st, 2010 at 6:22 am
Sweet a proper comic con in the uk.