Who's Due?... Birmingham Comics Festival Guests Announced!
THE BIRMINGHAM Comics Festival returns to Great Britain's second city with events being scheduled to take place throughout April. Yet again Edgbaston Cricket Stadium plays host to a spectacular one day gala convention as part of the festival, and it will take place on Saturday 23rd April.
As of today, the following guests are officially announced:
Jim Alexander – Award-winning writer whose work includes Birds of Prey, Star Trek Manga, the Judge Dredd Megazine, Metal Hurlant and more.
Asia Alfasi – Award-winning graphic novelist currently working on Juha: The Tales of Sheik Nasruddin and Native Narratives: Libyan Folk Tales.
Ryan Brown – Cover artist for 2000AD and other publishers including Dark Horse, Titan, IDW and Marvel.
Mike Collins – Artist for both the Dr Who TV series and magazine, plus 2000AD, Star Trek, Superman, the graphic novel series Varg Veum and many more.
Ian Edginton – Writer on Steed & Mrs Peel for IDW, Aliens for Dark Horse, Batman for DC, Star Trek for Marvel, and many series for 2000AD.
Hunt Emerson – Cartoonist for The Beano and Viz, plus graphic novels Dante’s Inferno, Casanova’s Last Stand and Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
Leigh Gallagher – Artist on The Witching and Justice League Unlimited for DC, and various series for 2000AD.
David Hine – Writer on The X-Men: Civil War and Daredevil for Marvel, Detective Comics and Green Lantern for DC, plus Spawn and Storm Dogs for Image.
Laura Howell – Creator of The Bizarre Adventures of Gilbert & Sullivan, whose work has appeared in The Beano, Toxic, Mad and The Regular Show.
Staz Johnson – Artist on King’s Road for Dark Horse, Batman/Aliens and Catwoman for DC, Wolverine and Spider-Man for Marvel plus many more.
Jessica Martin – TV and stage actress and graphic novelist of the award-nominated Elsie Harris Picture Palace, plus The It Girl and Vivacity.
Luca Pizzari – Artist on The Black Knight series, Red Skull, and Amazing Spider-Man for Marvel.
Ian Richardson – Artist on Halo for Dark Horse, Noble Causes for Image, plus various strips for 2000AD.
Rachel Smith – Creator of the graphic novels House Party and The Rabbit, plus artist for Titan’s Doctor Who comic.
Lew Stringer – Cartoonist for The Beano, Doctor Who Magazine, Viz, The Dandy, Grindhouse and countless more.
Ron Tiner – Artist on Hellblazer for DC, plus 2000AD, Look-In, Battle and many other classic British comics alongside various books.
Dave Windett – Cartoonist on The Beano, The Dandy, Rugrats, The DFC, Scooby Doo and many other publications.
We know who's coming and who's not, much as they want to... Return soon when we reveal more!
