I've been browsing through the list of comic events at comicconventions.co.uk and counted no less that 48 shows for 2015! Forty eight! All at various locations across the UK.
Now admittedly some of those shows are heavily dependent on guests from the world of film and genre TV and comic guests are sometimes in the minority. Nevertheless, the shows do feature a comics element to various degrees, and most do have tables selling comics. Then there are the shows such as The Lakes Comic Art Festival and ICE, which are entirely devoted to comics.
Compare that to the 1970s through to the 1990s, when we had just one annual comics convention (if we were lucky) that was usually centered in London or Birmingham. That was ideal for those of us with easy access to those cities, but not so good for people North of Manchester or out in Ireland. There were the comic marts as well of course, although their sole purpose was to feature stalls selling comics and it was rare that other events would be included.
"...for mange stavefejl hæmmer læsningen. De får dygtige læsere til at se fejl i stedet for indhold, og de skader den skrivendes troværdighed." (Citatet er fra en kollega, som ikke er interesseret i at få sit navn bekendtgjort her.)
Bl.a. Fantask, Faraos, Komics (Ålborg), Komics (Århus) med flere,
har troligt stande på div. af connerne.
At det ikke er europæere der står bag,
er det altså ikke ens betydet med det ikke er tegneserier.
For bare få år siden var det absolut mest solgte mht. tegneserier i dk,
uden tvivl manga og det slog alt andet med mange længder.
Alle boghandlere havde et udvalg på flere hundreder af forskellige,
manga man kunne købe. Der findes ikke nær den samme fandom,
blandt amrk. og euro udgivelser i Danmark.
GoogaMooga skrev:Jeg har den fordom om japanske "tegneseriefestivaler", at de er domineret af anime og cosplay og meget andet.
Det er korrekt. Der er ER tegneserier at finde, men det er ikke dem der er fokus.
Der også tegneserier at finde på Bogforum, men det ville nok være at strække det at kalde det en tegneseriecon.
Copenhagen Comic Con har ironisk nok ingen tegneserier på programmet, udover hvad der er at finde i Artist Ally.
