Well, that was EPIC

I really enjoy the Cons in Glasgow.

Jemma, my daughter, spent 4 years there doing her BA and I always enjoyed the city when visiting.

Steve and I have been to a few now, but this time we were forced to get an apartment in the city centre due to the ridiculously high priced hotel rooms. Turns out this worked out really well though as there were more food places to choose from and plenty of great little pubs. Also the trip in to the venue was only two stops on the train from the station that was only 10 minutes away from the apartment.

Yes, we'll be looking to do that again.

The two day event was busy for us on the Saturday and not so busy on the Sunday.

All in all we did pretty well though and were happy with the number of books we sold, the number of people we chatted to and the interest everyone showed in what we are doing. It was also great catching up with fellow creators.

I was particularly pleased that we sold some WesterNoir figures and badges.

It all helps 😀

I took this photo of Steve behind the banners
as I think it's kinder to everyone.

Had a great time and am looking forward to doing it all again in March.

EPIC Con in Glasgow

Steve and I are off up North on Friday for this weekend's ACME Con in Glasgow.

It's favourite of ours and one we look forward to.

Pop over and say 'Hi' if you're in the area.

Glasgow's First Power Con

Nothing says Power more than the Incredible Hulk, and nothing annoys an Incredible Hulk more than a bloke from Birmingham criticising his attire.

Whilst it was the first Power Con, it was very much the successor of the very enjoyable ACME Cons of the past few years and so we knew exactly where to do and what to do.

We stayed in our usual hotel, situated close enough to the venue and surrounded by nice eateries and pubs. I was even tempted by the Haggis offered for breakfast.

As they say is Scotland, 'When in Scotland do what the Scots do'.

Not sure I'll try it again though.

Two days of seeing people collect signatures from voice actors of programs I've never even heard of (although one was Victor from Arcane (a great show and great character) and chatting to anybody who stopped long enough at our table. We had a pretty successful con all in all. 

Yes, there were long quiet periods.

Yes Celtic had a home game on Sunday. 

The weather, oddly for Glasgow, Wes dry and sunny (not that we saw much of that being oil the hall most of the daylight hours).

Mr Fudge did well 

helped as he was by the shortest StormTrooper I have ever seen.

And we parked our car next to the Scottish GhostBuster, just to be on the safe side.

Who are no feart fan nae Ghost 😄

Had a great Con, looking forward to the one in winter.

Next Convention will be the ACME Comic Con in Glasgow.

I've not been to Glasgow for a while and am really looking forward to this.
 

Glasgow - Always something new to discover.

I spend last week up in Glasgow visiting my daughter and as always we did plenty of walking and talking about films, books, comics and Pokemon.
That last one was new but hey, I'm open to new things.

Maybe opening a Barber's Shop is a little too big a step though, so I kept on walking.
I love discovering time worn stickers that have been stuck in seemingly random places on the walls of many city's and this one caught my eye this visit.

I love that I don't have a clue what they are about and that I never will.
I just find them really interesting.
Also, you can always trust Glasgow to throw something at you to make you laugh. This time it was the bus that passed us as we were having one of our many coffee breaks.

The message is clear ... and valid. Glasgow doesn't welcome tossers.
Looking forward to my next visit.

First Glasgow visit of the year.

As my daughter is currently studying at Glasgow University I'm expecting to see quite a lot of the city over the next 4 years.
Last weekend was a flying visit, it's a long train journey from Euston, but it's been a while since I saw Jemma last so it was good to be able to pop up there even if only for a couple of days.

It was great to see that Jemma is really enjoying her course, and that the lecturers and tutorials are bringing her on in leaps and bounds. She always been passionate about her subject but she's growing in confidence and knowledge each time I see her. I'll have to keep on my toes in order to keep up.

The visit was over too quickly of course but I'll be up there again before I know it.
Hopefully it'll be a little warmer next time though.