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Posted: November 17, 2011

In case you missed the recent Comica events held at Gosh! Comics, Chris Thompson at Pop Culture Hound was there and has written incredibly detailed accounts for you:

L to R: Paul Gravett, Steven Appleby, Richard McGuire

Richard McGuire & Steven Appleby
14 November 2011
Although the weather had taken a turn and there was a definite chill in the air, around 30 people turned up at Gosh! Comics in London last night for a very special conversation between two incredible artists. I have to admit I’m not actually one of the cool kids - I wasn’t aware of Richard McGuire or Steven Appleby prior to this latest Comica Festival event being announced - but once I saw their work and some of the amazing things they’ve done, I just had to be part of it. More…

Frederik Peeters
11 November 2011
Around 40 people gathered last Friday night to listen as Paul Gravett interviewed Swiss artist Frederik Peeters at Gosh! Comics in London. Peeters, who is best known in English for his autobiographical tale Blue Pills, appeared as part of this year’s Comica Festival to promote the release of Sandcastle from Self Made Hero. More…

Comica Gosh!p
9 November 2011
Although I missed the inaugural get-together of Thinking Comics’ new comic book club last month, I was more than ready for the second one tonight. This time around the focus was on Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli’s Batman: Year One, as well as Josceline Fenton’s excellent webcomic, Hemlock. Josceline herself was on hand to share insights into her work, though I can’t say the same for that slacker Miller. I arrived about 5 minutes late and things were already well under way. In total I counted just over 30 people, so there were a number of us standing (or leaning) on the periphery. Not bad for the second meeting of a group discussing comics. There were also tea-making facilities and some yummy Bat-cake for afterwards, thanks to the fine people at Gosh! Comics London. More…