After a long and early train journey, Itch was happy to join hordes of cosplayers, a Dalek and several normal people at the MCM Midlands Expo. It was sort of a condensed version of the bigger London MCM, but it was lots of fun.
Itch and Inspired Comics volunteered at the last moment to run the artists alley and art competition that are a solid tradition at MCM. Neither of us had done it before, but it turned out to be fun and not too difficult. Lots of enthusiastic artists of all ages entered the competition, which was great to see. I attach some photos of the art wall and our table.
Thanks to everyone who entered the competition. There were many really cool and worthwhile drawings which we couldn’t include in the winners unfortunately. If it turns out you didn’t win anything, please try again next time.
Art drawn in the alley
Willie at the table
Normally, the artists alley is run by Sweatdrop, and the change led one girl to exclaim: “You’re not Sweatdrop! Where is Sweatdrop?” as if to accuse us of kidnapping them. Anyway, fact is, Sweatdrop can’t do everything. We’ll let them know you missed them, red-eyed girl. XD
Other highlights include the 6 year old Jedi who wanted to take on some Stormtroopers with his slide-out lightsaber, but couldn’t get their attention. “Hello!” he shouted, “Excuse me!” I love it when young Jedi show good manners.
Other highlights include the very convincing Dalek, who was extra scary because he moved at speed and it wasn’t clear whether he could see where he was going! I talked to the guy inside later (who was dressed as the doctor, to confuse things even more) and it turned out he had great vision, actually. He couldn’t hear much on the other hand, but neither could anyone else. MCM sure is noisy!
All in all, I had a great time. Hello to everyone I met, I hope you’ll check out the website while you’re here, and maybe I’ll see you again sometime.
PS: Winners will be annouced here very shortly! Thanks for your patience.
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