COMIC CON

SINCE CONVENTIONS ARE BACK UP AND RUNNING, THE SELFCONFESSED NERDIEST TEAM MEMBERS OF THE SERIAL CULTURE, PUT THEIR HEADS TOGETHER AND SHARED THEIR FAVOURITE CONVENTION EXPERIENCES.

ALIVERPOOL COMICON 2018 WAS MY FAVOURITE. I GOT LOTS OF HUGS AND HEAD PATS FROM PEOPLE IN FURSUITS, I THINK I WAS A TARGET BECAUSE I’M SMALL BUT THAT WAS GREAT. I WASTED PLENTY OF MONEY ON THE STALLS THERE BUYING THE DEATH NOTE FROM THE MANGA OF THE SAME NAME AND I ALSO BOUGHT A COMPANION CUBE FROM THE VIDEO GAME PORTAL. MY ADVICE WITH CONVENTIONS IS DON’T GO FOR THE GUESTS, GO FOR THE EXPERIENCE.

OWEN AND FRIENDS WITH STEVEN OGG

OWENMY FAVOURITE WAS LIVERPOOL COMICON 2021. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER THERE, HANDING OUT BROCHURES AND MAPS OF THE EVENT FLOOR. THERE WERE LOTS OF COOL GUESTS THERE AND I EVEN GOT TO MEET SOME OF THEM LIKE CANADIAN ACTOR STEPHEN OGG. HE PLAYS TREVOR PHILLIPS IN GTA V. I’VE YET TO COSPLAY* AT A CONVENTION, BUT I HOPE TO TRY IT OUT IN THE FUTURE. *THE PRACTICE OF DRESSING UP AS A CHARACTER FROM A FILM, BOOK, OR VIDEO GAME.

ELIMY FAVOURITE SO FAR HAS TO BE DOKI-DOKI JAPAN FESTIVAL. IT’S A 2-DAY CONVENTION THAT TAKES PLACE IN MANCHESTER, CELEBRATING BOTH MODERN AND TRADITIONAL JAPANESE CULTURE. THERE WERE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE MUSIC PERFORMANCES AND LOTS OF STALLS SELLING INTERESTING THINGS SUCH AS KIMONOS. LOTS OF STALLS THAT THEY DON’T USUALLY HAVE AT OTHER CONS. I ALWAYS GO TO CONVENTIONS TO COSPLAY AND WORE DIFFERENT COSTUMES EACH DAY. I WENT AS MONAKUA MAN FROM DANGANRONPA AND DAZAI OSAMU FROM BUNGOU STRAY DOGS. THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THE FESTIVAL ARE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY DUE TO COVID, SO PLEASE SUPPORT THEM. THE NEXT DOKI-DOKI CONVENTION IS 27TH-28TH AUGUST.

ELI AS DAZAI OSAMU

WE THEN ASKED THE ADULTS WHO WORK ON THE ZINE FOR THEIR COMMENTS BUT ONLY THE NERDIEST ONE HAD SOMETHING

MEGI WENT TO MY FIRST CON AND DID MY FIRST COSPLAY IN 2015 AND THROUGH THAT MET SO MANY PEOPLE AND MADE CONNECTIONS. MY FAVOURITES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE INSOMNIA GAMING FESTIVALS THAT TAKE PLACE AT BIRMINGHAM NEC. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING LOTS OF AMAZING CREATORS AND CREATIVES, NETWORKED WITH MAJOR GAMES COMPANIES AND EVEN LANDED WORK THROUGH BEING PART OF THE SCENE, WORKING AS A COSPLAYER FOR BLIZZARD GAMES WORLD OF WARCRAFT. COSPLAYING IS A VERY EXPENSIVE HOBBY, SO LOOK AT WHAT YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF AND REUSE STUFF YOU ALREADY OWN. ELI AS MONAKUA MAN