London Film and Comic Con

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Not to be confused with
MCM London Comic Con
.

London Film and Comic Con
Olympia
Location(s)London, England
Inaugurated2004
Organized byShowmasters Ltd
Websitewww.londonfilmandcomiccon.com

London Film and Comic Con is a fan convention held annually in London that focuses on films, cult television, gaming, anime, cosplay and comics. It is organised by Showmasters Ltd.

History and organization

London Film & Comic Con began in 2004 and is organised by Showmasters, the same company that organises the Autographica and Collectormania events. In the past, the convention had guests that had included actors and actresses from film and television series including

Heroes
and others.

The convention holds a large dealers hall selling movie, comic and science fiction related memorabilia and original film props, along with guest talks, professional photo shoots, autograph sessions, cosplay events, and displays.[1][2]

The 2014 LFCC was the venue for the one-and-only presentation of the True Believer Comic Awards, the successor to the long-running

Anthony Stewart Head and featuring a special appearance by Stan Lee.[4]
They have not been awarded since.

COVID-19 pandemic

The 2020 LFCC was originally planned for July 2020, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was initially delayed to November 2020 before being delayed again to July 2021. The LFCC Spring that was due to be held in February 2021 was cancelled. It officially returned in November 2021.[5]

Venue

In 2004, London Film & Comic Con was held at Wembley Exhibition Centre before being moved to Earls Court in 2005. LFCC was hosted at Earls Court every year until 2014 with the exception of 2012 when it was hosted in Olympia due to the London Olympics. In 2015, LFCC made a full-time move to Olympia as Earls Court was demolished.

Show features

Cosplay

Members of the public are allowed, and in many cases encouraged, to take part in cosplay. Cosplaying has become one of the most popular parts of London Film and Comic. 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.

Guests

Guests from popular media are commonly invited to the convention. 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.

Autographs

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

Retro Gaming area

LFCC has an area dedicated to

retro gaming
consoles for public to play.

Comic Zone

LFCC dedicated area for members of the public to meet and engage with comic creators. The Comic Zone also holds specialist talks from comic creators as well as smaller symposiums, designed to act as masterclasses for creators exhibiting in Artist's alley.

In 2023 it was announced that the Comic Zone, usually two sections, Artists Alley and the Guest Area would be combined under one team, with returning Comic Zone organiser Tony Lee, who'd run the zone from 2017-2021, working with a specially picked working group on guests announcements, panels, a symposium series for exhibitors and a new Hall of fame awards.

Location and dates

Dates Location Notable guests
6–7 March 2004 Wembley Exhibition Centre Andy Serkis, Brent Spiner, John Noble, Adam West, Billy Boyd, John Rhys-Davies, Pat Morita, Tony Todd, Danny John-Jules, Chris Barrie, Norman Lovett, Chloë Annett, Tony Amendola, Vanessa Angel
6–7 November 2004 Wembley Exhibition Centre Simon Pegg, Burt Reynolds, Jonathan Frakes, Linda Blair, Rob Van Dam, Carl Weathers, Michael Ironside, Ray Park, Michael Biehn, Mark Metcalf, D. B. Woodside, Veronica Cartwright, Chris Judge, Dan Shea, David Hewlett
25–26 June 2005 Earls Court 2 Ron Perlman, John Barrowman, Lou Ferrigno, Charisma Carpenter, Billy Boyd, Xander Berkeley, Adam Baldwin, Warwick Davis, Sandra Dickinson, David Dixon, Sarah Clarke
1–2 July 2006 Earls Court 2 Elijah Wood, Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Carrie Fisher, Jorge Garcia, Maggie Grace, Corey Haim, Peter Mayhew, Kenny Baker, David Prowse, Gates McFadden, John Barrowman, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Richard Briers, Don Warrington
1–2 September 2007 Earls Court 1 Patrick Stewart, Jack Coleman, Hayden Panettiere, Dominic Monaghan, Milo Ventimiglia, Adrian Pasdar, Michael Biehn, William Mapother, Mads Mikkelsen, Andy Hallett, Billy West, Phil Daniels, Anita Dobson, Harry Melling, Natalia Tena
19–20 July 2008 Earls Court 2 Christopher Lloyd, Peter Davison, Patrick Stewart, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Wolf Kahler, John Hurt, Margot Kidder, David Warner, Deep Roy, David Anders, Sylvester McCoy, Charlie Weber, Georgia Tennant, Bill Oddie, Jason Mewes, Claudia Black, Kenny Baker, Tom Savini, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Alexander Siddig, Charles Dance, John Landis, Rick Yune, Brad Dourif
18–19 July 2009 Earls Court 2
Jimmy Jean Louis, Alex Meraz, Justin Chon, Mark Ryan, Alexandra Moen, Eve Myles, Hattie Hayridge, Hugh Quarshie, Paul McGann, Nicholas Courtney
, Peter Mayhew, Elijah Wood
17–18 July 2010 Earls Court 2
William B Davis, Nicholas Courtney, Ian Gelder, Bob Anderson, Terry Ackland-Snow, Matthew Waterhouse, Robert Rankin, Christopher Judge, Tracie Simpson, David Bailie, Gabriela Montaraz, Hannah Steele and Elizabeth Croft, Harry Fielder, Wendee Lee, Dante Basco, Tyson Houseman, Tom Morga, Leslie Hoffman
8–10 July 2011 Earls Court 2 Tom Sizemore, Christopher Lloyd, Corey Feldman, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Derek Jacobi, Robert Knepper, Karen Gillan, Sylvester McCoy, Mark Sheppard, Shawnee Smith, Clive Barker, Robert Rankin, Lisa Marie, Veronica Cartwright, Lea Thompson, Sophie Aldred, Camille Coduri, Natalia Tena, Georgina Leonidas, Simon Fisher-Becker, Sylvia Anderson, Louise Jameson, Nicholas Vince, Lee Ingleby, Mary Tamm, Jeffrey Weissman, Jess Harnell, Lee Townsend, Liam Shalloo, Michael Bailey Smith, Henry Davies, Jeremy Bulloch, Oliver Smith, Simon Bamford, Mela Lee, Brian Tochi, Richard Franklin, Peter Jurasik, Walter Koenig, Luciana Carro, Joel Gretsch, Sandahl Bergman, Stephen Furst, Ricky Dean Logan, John Chapman, John Simpkin, Holly McGuire, Kyla Cole, Monica Harris, Alex Kingston, Laurence Belcher
6–8 July 2012 Olympia Grand Hall Karl Urban, Gillian Anderson, John Simm, Charles Dance, Freema Agyeman, Bernard Cribbins, Alex Winter, Hayden Panettiere, Jeri Ryan, Christopher Judge, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Arthur Cox, Craig Parker, Gates McFadden, Michael Winslow, Zach Galligan, Anthony Head, Michael Socha, Kate Bracken, Gwendoline Christie, Amrita Acharia, Rose Leslie, Ross Mullan, Eugene Simon, Iain Glen, John Bradley, Nonso Anozie, Ralph Ineson, Mickie James, Virgil, Brutus Magnus, Carole Ann Ford, Mitch Pileggi, Martin Kove, Ben Browder, Thomas Dekker, Holly Marie Combs, Brian Krause, Ben Mansfield, Ciaran McMenamin, Tom Skerritt, Nicolas Lee, Ke Huy Quan, Danielle Harris, Al Leong, Maryam d'Abo, Burt Kwouk, Jane Badler, Elizabeth Dennehy, Serena Delacruz, Robert Maschio, Janet Fielding, Barbara Coles, Tracee Cocco, Kevin Sorbo, Terry Richards, Hallie Todd, William Russell, Dave Prowse, Kenny Baker, Jeremy Bulloch, Seán Schemmel, Kieron Jecchinis, Anthony Smee, William Hoyland, Bai Ling
5–7 July 2013 Earls Court 2
Max Grodenchik, Jane How, Bobby Holland Hanton, Peter Kent, Caprice Rothe, Matthew De Meritt, Kim Darby, John Franklin, Courtney Gains, Salome Jens, Kristian Nairn
11–13 July 2014 Earls Court 2
Cowboy James Storm, Stephen J. Forrest-Smith, Robert Hays, Bambos Georgiou, Jane McNeill, Ian Beattie, Aiden Cook, Cerina Vincent, Kristian Nairn, Slavitza Jovan, Glenn Morshower, Rupert Vansittart, Dicken Ashworth, Trevor Martin, Philip Grieve, Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer
17–19 July 2015
Olympia
Tom Walker, Tommy Weldin, William Forsythe, Dan Slott
29–31 July 2016 Olympia Carl Weathers,
Rex Smith, Richard Brake, Roberta Tovey, Rob Van Dam, Rutger Hauer, Sam Coleman, Sean Maher, Stephen Bayley, Steven Berkoff, Sylvester McCoy, Ted DiBiase, Tobin Bell, Vic Armstrong, Warwick Diamond, Wendy Leech
28–30 July 2017 Olympia
Zoe Wanamaker, Marv Wolfman
27–29 July 2018 Olympia
Said Taghmaoui, Sarah Douglas, Staz Nair, Sean Young, Steven Seagal, Shauna MacDonald, Simon Williamson Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Temirlan Blaev, Thomas Francis Murphy, Tom Welling, Tom Wopat, Vladimir Furdik, Steven Moffat, William Hope, Wes Chatham, Dan Slott, Sara Pichelli
26–28 July 2019 Olympia
Ted Dibiase, Al Snow, Rob Liefeld
19–21 November 2021. Returns after a 2-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 Pandemic Olympia
Sean Crawford, Joey Cramer, Andy Secombe, Sam Spruell, Rochenda Sandall
8–10 July 2022 Olympia
Max Grodenchik, Andy Serkis, Kendo Nagasaki, Rick Rossovich
,
7-9 July 2023 Olympia
Oliver Watson, Carole Ashby, Alison Worth, Ingvlid Delia, Michael Brendon, Naomi J. Ogawa, Johnna Dias-Watson, Kenneth Cranham, Glynis Barber, Lawrence Monoson, Lochlyn Munro, Morgan Beale, Evie Allen, Brian Bovell, Shani Smethurst, Brendan Fletcher, Kyle Labine, George Georgiou, Adrian Lawrence, Gwyneth Strong, Robert Emms, Fred Sorenson, Daniel Weyman, Leo Ashton, Harvey Sadler, Leo Hart, Kirsten Baker, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Daniel Scott Smith, Michael Carter, Brian Croucher, Mike Edmonds, Ray Hassett, Quentin Pierre, Bruce Knight, Julie Sharp, Zac Cohen, Glynn Jones, Pamela Betts, Maureen Charlton, April Perkins, Katie Purvis, Michael Henbury, Andy Herd, Mike Stevens, Kamay Lau, Brian Wheeler, Willie Coppen, Eric Walken, Craig Stratton, Dan Slott, Eric Walker, Ray Hasset, Gary Erskine, Ramzee, Mike Collins

See also

References

  1. ^ Vickers, Sophie (17 October 2013). "Review: London Film and Comic Con". Fortitude: Entertainment. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  2. ^ Barness, Sarah (11 October 2013). "Super Cool Music Video Shows Best Cosplayers at Winter London Film And Comic Con". HuffPost. TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  3. ^ Melrose, Kevin. "True Believers Comic Awards announce 2014 winners," Comic Book Resources (14 July 2014).
  4. ^ Freeman, John. "True Believer Awards: The Winners," DownTheTubes.net (13 JULY 2014).
  5. ^ "Official Update - 12/10/2020". 12 October 2020.

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