BURY Con 26

As we're up in the North West, we head further north after MaccPow and stay in a hotel in Bury so we're refreshed for the Bury Con.

It's our second and I love that we've already scoped out our favourite Indian Restaurant and know the local pubs.

We had a great curry, I have the mildest and Steve has the hottest on offer, and I ask them to the sure not to confuse them. After that we found two nice armchairs on the first floor of a busy pub and sat, with few beers, to eat h the England game. 

Hmmmm... the first half was pretty boring so we headed back the hotel at half time and watched a better half in the hotel bar.

It was a game of two halves.

The Con itself had moved venues and wasn't as busy as last year, but we did well enough.

Again it's great chatting to new readers and old alike, and to people who wondered just what on earth was going on 😆.

After the event we headed back south, I dropped Steve back at his and was home by about 8pm.

All in all a really enjoyable weekend, and hope to do the same next year.

MacPOW 26

We really enjoy the convention in the centre of Macclesfield.

I bought my first house in the outskirts of Macc many years ago and it's great to have an excuse to visit every year, I still love the town. 

Setting off around 6am, I pick up Steve Tanner on the way, and we arrived in Macc at around 9am. It has changed a bit over the years and I did get lost a little, I knew roughly where I was but didn't recognise the road I was looking for. I found it in the end and we arrived at the Town Hall, with comics, at 9.30am. 

Not idea as I do like to be early at events but it only takes me about 10 mins to set up the table.

This year I was sandwiched between Steve and Kev Sutherland, and as I had only a half table, focussed on the WesterNoir books.

It was great to meet up with old friends and meet new fellow creators. 

It's never a very busy event but it's great fun. 

We had enough sales to make it worth it financially too, which always helps.

We'll certainly be back in 2027, if they'll have us 😊.

A Banner Advert for the Thought Bubble event

As I seem to change my company name every other year I decided to have an advert for this year's Thought Bubble Convention.

To let people know that they an still get their latest WesterNoir at the event, and to look for us as 4D Comics.

Andy Bloor pulled it together and I think it does the job very nicely.