MCM Comic Con London

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MCM London Comic Con
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Birds eye view of guests at
MCM London Comic Con, May 2017
StatusActive
Genre Speculative fiction
Venue ExCeL London
Location(s)One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London Docklands, London
Country United Kingdom
InauguratedMay 2002
Most recent27-29 October 2023
Next event24-26 May 2024
Attendance133,156 in May 2016 [1]
Organized by ReedPop [2]
Website https://www.mcmcomiccon.com/london/en-us/home.html

The MCM Comic Con London (formerly known as the London Movies, Comics, and Media Expo, London MCM Expo, and MCM London Comic Con) is a speculative fiction fan convention held at the ExCel London twice yearly since 2002, usually on the last weekend in May and October. The convention primarily focuses on comic books, video games, sci-fi, cosplay, anime and popular media.

Contents

History

The London Movies, Comics, and Media Expo was founded in early 2001 by Paul Miley (ScifiShows) and Bryan Cooney (Wolf Events). [3]

The convention is held twice each year, usually on the last full weekend of May and October. There have occasionally been exceptions to this, such as May 2009.

The event started as a single day and expanded to run across three days, attracting attendance and involvement of representatives from Universal Studios, Twentieth Century Fox, MVM Entertainment, Manga Entertainment, All the Anime, Marvel Comics, and NEO magazine.

The Movie Comic Media (MCM) Expo Group organises the London, Birmingham, the Midlands, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Belfast, Manchester, Liverpool, Scotland, Stockholm, Malmö, Copenhagen, Belgium, and Hannover MCM Comic Cons. On 23 October 2017, ReedPop acquired MCM and all of its events throughout the UK. [4]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the October 2020 MCM London Comic Con was cancelled. [5] It returned on 22–24 October 2021 with new safety measures in place. [6]

Show features

Exhibit hall

The MCM London Comic Con has a large floor-space for dealer stands and exhibitors which include media companies such as film studios and TV stations. There is also a theatre space that includes a large stage with projection monitors on either side and seating for approximately 1,000.

Guests

Guests from popular media are commonly invited to the show. They take part for a variety of reasons. Often, this is to promote their latest product or production whether it be movie, TV or print. Sometimes it can be to raise awareness and funds for a charity or cause important to them. It is common to see television and film personalities selling autographs and interacting with their fans both in person and on stage during question and answer sessions. Along with panels, seminars and workshops with comic book professionals, there are previews of upcoming television and feature films, and portfolio review sessions with video game companies.

Autographs

The event also includes an autograph area where big names in movies and TV sign items for the public.

Cosplay

Ticket holders are allowed, and in many cases encouraged, to take part in cosplay. Cosplaying has become one of the most popular parts of the show. This can be to show off the costumer's latest work, to show devotion to their favourite characters or engage in role-play with other cosplayers in the same series, as well as to meet new people with mutual interests. The show also hosts the EuroCosplay championships which take place every October with one of the UK qualifying entries being decided at the May event.

Comic Village

Comic Village is an area of the show that is co-ordinated by Gary "Wheels" Howe, a member of the MCM Expo Group. This area has approximately 200 tables, where amateur as well as professional artists, writers and publishers sell their comics as well as prints. It also has a signing area where big names in the comic industry come and sign for members of the public. Previous guests include Gail Simone, Kevin Eastman, Frazer Irving and Antony Johnston.

MCM Fringe Festival

In 2010, MCM Fringe Festival was re-vamped and given a new logo. The main purpose of Fringe is to allow cosplayers to organise photoshoots, meet-ups, picnics and get-togethers. Organisers are more easily able to create their own event within the Expo and broadcast it. At the same time, the rest of the Expo attenders can search the website and decide to go to it. Photoshoots will be more successful and likely to attract more people from the same anime or game to take part. Previous events have included picnics, dances and video gaming tournaments.

Eagle Awards for Comics

The Eagle Awards were founded in 1977 and were the longest-running fan-voted awards for the comic industry. They were held at the MCM London Comic Con each May from 2010 until 2012, after which they were renamed the MCM Award in 2013. [7] In the following year, 2014, the Eagle Award was presented under its new name — first The Stan Lee Eagle Award [8] and then the True Believer Comic Awards [9] — at the London Film and Comic Con. [10] They have not been awarded since.

VidfestUK

VidfestUK is an area of the expo dedicated to online visual media, such as animations, vlogs and various web series. Notable guests include YouTube partners such as TomSka and MrWeebl.

MyM magazine

Now defunct MyM magazine does not have a presence at the event.

Location and dates

DatesLocationAttendanceNotable guests
London Movie Comic & Media Expo 2002May 2002ExCel London
London Movie Comic & Media Expo 2002October 2002ExCel London
London Movie Comic & Media Expo 2003May 2003ExCel London
London Movie Comic & Media Expo 2003October 2003ExCel London
London Movie Comic & Media Expo 2004May 2004ExCel London
London Movie Comic & Media Expo 2004October 2004ExCel London
London Movie Comic & Media Expo 200514–15 May 2005ExCel London Teryl Rothery [11]
London Movie Comic & Media Expo 200529–30 October 2005 [12] ExCel London
London Movie Comic & Media Expo 200627–28 May 2006ExCel London Maile Flanagan [13]
London Movie Comic & Media Expo 200628–29 October 2006ExCel London Aaron Dismuke, Yuri Lowenthal, Tara Platt [14]
London Movie Comic & Media Expo 200726–27 May 2007ExCel London Sonia Leong, Vic Mignogna, Spike Spencer [15]
London Movie Comic & Media Expo 200720–21 October 2007ExCel London Laura Bailey, Johnny Yong Bosch, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Billy Tucci [16]
London Movie Comic & Media Expo 200824–25 May 2008ExCel London Mike McFarland [17]
London Movie Comic & Media Expo 200825–26 October 2008ExCel London Brad Swaile [18]
London Movie Comic & Media Expo 200923–24 May 2009 [19] ExCel London
London Movie Comic & Media Expo 200924–25 October 2009ExCel London Allison Scagliotti [20]
London Movie Comic & Media Expo 201029–30 May 2010ExCel LondonMasahiro Ando, Troy Baker, Svetlana Chmakova, Kyle Hebert, Sonia Leong, Yuri Lowenthal, Mike McFarland, Masahiko Minami, Tara Platt [21]
London Movie Comic & Media Expo 201029–31 October 2010ExCel London50,000+ [ citation needed ] Glenn Morshower, Colin Ferguson, Saul Rubinek, Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Camille Coduri, Chris Gauthier, Jordan Hinson, Lucas Bryant, John de Lancie, Tony Todd, Roger Craig Smith, Michael Sinterniklaas, Stephanie Sheh, Jack Kenny, Adrian Hodges, Tim Haines, Sam Ernst, Jim Dunn [22]
London Movie Comic & Media Expo 201127–29 May 2011ExCel LondonUnder 60,000 [ citation needed ] Billy West, Lauren Tom, Thomas Craig, Johnny Harris, Craig Olejnik [23]
London MCM EXPO 201128–30 October 2011ExCel London62,000 [ citation needed ] Salli Richardson, Jonathon Young, Vic Mignogna, Agam Darshi, Jaime Paglia, Alexa Havins, Arlene Tur, Eve Myles, Gideon Emery, Adam Howden, Peter F. Hamilton [24]
London MCM EXPO 201225–27 May 2012ExCel London62,000 - 70,000 [ citation needed ] Danny DeVito, Kimberly Brooks, Kevin Eastman, Raphael Sbarge, Tyler Hoechlin, Holland Roden, Stephanie Sheh, Michael Sinterniklaas, Noel Clarke, Pascale Hutton, David Giuntoli, Johannes Roberts [25]
London MCM EXPO 201226–28 October 2012ExCel London70,000 [ citation needed ] Matt Smith, Bill Paxton, Lucas Bryant, Ali Hillis, Eric Balfour, Andrew Lee Potts, members of the production studio Rooster Teeth, members of the production studio Eddsworld, Warwick Davis [26]
London MCM EXPO 201324–26 May 2013ExCel London76,000 [ citation needed ] Edgar Wright, Jason Flemyng, Mark Meer, Dougray Scott, Barrett Foa, Andrew Lee Potts, Hannah Spearritt, Shinichiro Watanabe, Tom Hopper, Alexander Vlahos, Camilla Luddington, Tyler Hoechlin and fellow cast members of Teen Wolf, Rob Van Dam [27]
MCM London Comic Con 201325–27 October 2013ExCel London88,000 [ citation needed ] Kelly Hu, some members of Studio Wit, Lucas Bryant, Emily Rose, Andrew Lee Potts, Hannah Spearritt, Colin Ford, Troy Baker, Yuri Lowenthal, Tara Platt, Roger Craig Smith, Elias Toufexis, Richard Epcar, Kai Owen, Mark Lester, Ron Moody, Eddie McClintock, Thomas Jane, Alexis Cruz, Sydney White [28]
MCM London Comic Con 201423–25 May 2014ExCel London101,600 [ citation needed ] Lyndsy Fonseca, Yoshiki, Dylan Bruce, Meghan Ory, Beverley Elliott, Seychelle Gabriel, Drew Roy, Connor Jessup, Colin Cunningham, Luciana Carro, Tamara Taylor, Greg Finley, Wendee Lee, Phil LaMarr, Greg Cipes, Christopher Daniels, Kazarian, Hideo Baba, Kazutoki Kono, Takamitsu Inoue, Atsushi Takahashi, Sarah Louise Madison, Henry Winkler, Robert Llewellyn, Shane Richie, Craig Fairbrass, John Altman, Julian Glover, Nina Wadia, James Cosmo, Scott Adkins, Nick Nevern, Jason Maza, Leonard Lies, Ian McNeice, Annette Badland, Caroline Munro
MCM London Comic Con 201424–26 October 2014ExCel London Karan Ashley, Laura Bailey, D.C. Douglas, Robin Atkin Downes, Sandy Fox, Walter E. Jones, Lex Lang, Vic Mignogna, Robert Picardo, Saul Rubinek, Austin St. John, Shinichiro Watanabe, Travis Willingham, David Yost [29]
MCM London Comic Con 201522–24 May 2015ExCel London
MCM London Comic Con 201523–25 October 2015ExCel London130,560 [30] Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, Alan Tudyk, Nolan North, Noah Wyle, Charlie Higson, Gareth Evans, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Candice Patton, RJ Mitte, Ian McElhinney, Ian Beattie, Eugene Simon, Victor Webster, Saul Rubinek, Alexander Koch, Colin Ford, Robert Llewellyn, Danny John-Jules, Jessica DiCicco, Shigeto Koyama, Bob Layton, John McCrea, Tony Lee, The Yogscast, Rooster Teeth, The Hollywood Show (and others) and some of the cast and the crew from The Walking Dead , Humans , Da Vinci’s Demons, Thunderbirds Are Go, Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands, Outcast , Eve, The Man in the High Castle , Mr. Robot [31]
MCM London Comic Con 201627–29 May 2016ExCel London133,156 [1] Warwick Davis, Sean Kelly, Daniela Ruah, Eric Christian Olsen, John Noble, Scottie Thompson, Elizabeth Henstridge, Andrew Lee Potts, Hannah Spearritt [32]
MCM London Comic Con 201628–30 October 2016ExCel London Melissa Rauch, Kunal Nayyar, Jesse Eisenberg, Lindsay Jones, Barbara Dunkelman, Kara Eberle, Arryn Zech, Peter Davison, Michael Page
MCM London Comic Con 201726–28 May 2017ExCel London Donnie Yen, Summer Glau, John Walsh, Lou Ferrigno, Sam J. Jones, Catherine Tate, Billie Piper, Casper Crump, Manu Bennett, Echo Kellum, Victor Garber, Verne Troyer, Dave Prowse, Guy Henry, Jemma Redgrave, Tatsuma Minamikawa, Veronica Taylor [33]
MCM London Comic Con 201727–29 October 2017ExCel London Hayley Atwell, Chris Barrie, Manu Bennett, Johnny Yong Bosch, Gareth David-Lloyd, Warwick Davis, Dan Green (voice actor), Hattie Hayridge, Robert Llewellyn, Anthony Mackie, Charles Martinet, Eric Stuart, Yoh Yoshinari [34]
MCM London Comic Con 201825–27 May 2018ExCel London Chris Barrie, Michael Biehn, Paul Blake, Kevin Conroy, Dermot Crowley, Jim Cummings, Anthony Daniels, Felicia Day, John DiMaggio, Jess Harnell, Alan Harris, David Hayter, Ken Lashley, Sylvester McCoy, Khary Payton, Lucie Pohl, Tara Sands, April Stewart, James Arnold Taylor [35]
MCM London Comic Con 201826–27 October 2018ExCel London Colin Baker, Chris Barrie, Dave Bautista, David Bradley, Zach Callison, Steve Cardenas, Vic Mignogna, Frank Miller, Nolan North, Sam Riegel, John Romita, Jr., Catherine Sutherland, Veronica Taylor
MCM Comic Con London 201924–26 May 2019ExCel London Stephen Amell, Troy Baker, Misha Collins, Aaron Dismuke, Ricco Fajardo, David Harbour, Jason Liebrecht, Madison Lintz, Elizabeth Maxwell, Jason Mewes, Nolan North, Brian O'Halloran, David Ramsey, Emily Bett Rickards, Lindsay Siedel, Sebastian Stan, Sarah Wiendelheft
MCM Comic Con London 201925–27 October 2019ExCel London Sophia Lillis, Jaeden Martell, Wyatt Oleff, Simon Pegg, Jason David Frank, Nakia Burrise, Catherine Sutherland, Nolan North, Troy Baker, Lindsay Jones, Charles Martinet, Tara Strong, Arryn Zech
MCM Comic Con London 202122–24 October 2021ExCel London Tom Hiddleston, Sophia Di Martino, Jonathan Majors, Charlie Cox, Ben Barnes, Anjali Bhimani, Jim Cummings, David Hayter, Carolina Ravassa, Deborah Ann Woll [36]
MCM Comic Con London 202227–29 May 2022ExCel LondonAaron Roberts, Alessandro Micelli, Alexander Roth, Alison Sampson, Armstrong I Biggs, Ashens, Asia Alfasi, Bob Hall, Bullit, CDawgVA, Charlie Biggs, Christian Ward, Claudia Bradstone, Clifford Chapin, Clive Jackson, Cyarin, Dan Fogler, Dante Basco, Dave Johnson, David Ajala, Doug Cockle, Eddache, Emma Vieceli, Erika Harlacher, Eve Smith, Francesca May, Francesca Mills, Francesco Dimitri, Gary Erskine, Gigguk, Girl in the Rain, Guy Who Does Art, Hugo Chegwin, Janet Varney, Jess Taylor, JL Straw, J.L. Worrad, J.M. Miro, Joe Pruett, Josh Winning, Joëlle Jones, Justin Briner, Kit Buss, Kit Whitfield, Kristen McGuire, Kugali, Kyle Phillips, Laura Sebastian, Lucia Keskin, Lucy Holland, Marc Ellerby, Marc Laming, Mark Silcox, Matt Wesolowski, Nigel Parkinson, Nolan North, Nori Art, Oxventure, Paul Cornell, Paul Jenkins, Pauscorpi, Peter Milligan, Pypah's Art, Ram V, Robert Sheehan, Ross Marquand, Rym Kechacha, Samantha Shannon, Simon Miller, Sonia Leong, Stark Holborn, Sydsnap, The Anime Man, Tia Kofi, T.L. Huchu, Toby Regbo, TomSka, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Trina Nishimura, Warwick Johnson-Cadwell and Will Carver [37]
MCM Comic Con London 202228–30 October 2022ExCel London Colin Baker, Troy Baker, David Bradley, Ray Chase, Anthony Daniels, Peter Davison, Robbie Daymond, Erica Durance, Todd Haberkorn, Brian Herring, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Max Mittelman, Mason Alexander Park, John Rhys-Davies, Megan Shipman, Alan Tudyk, Natalie Van Sistine, Laura Vandervoort, Cristina Vee, Tom Welling
MCM Comic Con London 202326–28 May 2023ExCel London Baldur's Gate 3 cast (Neil Roberts, Joshua Winchard, George Taylor, Ethan Reid, Beth Park, Josh Weeden, Emerald O'Hanrahan, Tilly Steele, Tina Barnes, Andrew Wincott, Scott Joseph, Harriet Kershaw, Kirsty Gilmore, Emma Gregory and Dave Jones), Rachael Lillis, Veronica Taylor, Jay Goede, Eric Stuart, Dan Green, Marta Svetek, Kellen Goff, Sarah Miller-Crews, Alison Doody, Julian Glover, Paul Freeman, Kevin McNally, Paul Blake, Danielle Bisutti, Alastair Duncan, Ryan Hurst, Sunny Suljic, Rhea Norwood, Hale Appleman, Harvey Guillén, Kayvan Novak, Eamon Farren, Bobby Breed, Alan Davis, TJ Klune, Tony Moy, Casey Parsons, Nathan Foad, Kristian Nairn, Con O’Neill, David Bradley [38]
MCM Comic Con London 202327–29 October 2023ExCel London Critical Role cast (Matthew Mercer, Laura Bailey, Sam Riegel, Travis Willingham, Ashley Johnson, Liam O'Brien, Taliesin Jaffe and Marisha Ray), Baldur's Gate 3 cast (Amelia Tyler, Dave Jones, Devora Wilde, Emma Gregory, Jennifer English, Neil Newbon, Samantha Béart, Theo Solomon, Tim Downie and Tracy Wiles), Jeremy Adams, C. L. Clark, Doug Cockle, Steve Downes, Ashley Greene, Mark Hulmes, Kevin Maguire, James C. Mulligan, Ryan Ottley, Khary Payton, Andrew Scott, Lindsay Seidel, Jen Taylor, Aaron Dismuke, Adam McArthur, Kaiji Tang, Stephen Amell, Kayleigh McKee, Lindsay Seidel, Reagan Murdock, Ryan Colt Levy, Sarah Wiedenheft, Denise Gough, Blu Hydrangea, Felicia Day, Johnny Chiodini [39]
MCM Comic Con London 202424–26 May 2024 [40] ExCel London Baldur's Gate 3 cast (Beth Park, Josh Weeden, Neil Roberts, George Taylor, Harriet Kershaw, Kirsty Gilmore, Tilly Steele and Andrew Wincott), Sonny Strait, Ian Sinclair, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Christopher Sabat, Luci Christian, Eric Vale, Mike McFarland, Brendan Wayne, Emily Swallow, Kaili Vernoff, Tait Fletcher, Temuera Morrison, Robbie Daymond, Patricia Summersett, Sean Chiplock, Cristina Vee, Billy Harris, Kola Bokinni, Toheeb Jimoh, Cristo Fernández, Phil Dunster, Maximilian Osinski, Kevin MacNally, Helen Quigley, Keith Page, Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Jim Cummings, Roger Craig Smith, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Ryan Bartley, Dave B. Mitchell, Maile Flanagan, Mallorie Rodak, Jordan Dash Cruz, Isi Adeola, Choriza May, Tomska, Mindy Lee, Nigel Parkinson, Stefano Caselli, James C. Mulligan
MCM Comic Con London 202425–27 October 2024ExCel London

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