So on Saturday I set off for London to go to “The Thing”, dragging my brother along with me. I didn’t have a stall or anything, just went to see what a convention was like, and to see the people that make the comics that I read. After taking a wrong turned and walking for while down the wrong end of the aptly named “Mile End” we eventually got there. I swear that was the windiest road in Britain. Today at least. I’d heard the forecast that it’d be a cold one but I thought, “hey, it’s London, it never gets THAT cold in London…” Silly me. So after being battered by the bitterly cold wind it was nice to get inside. I was of course late for a rendez vous with NobbyNobody from the quite simply amazing Odd-fish and Anezka from the TWCL forums. But they were found happily chatting to each other. We even got a free key chain from Nobby. Score! Speaking of Merchandise, I bought the two bunny books, and got Huw to doodle in them. Also, weirdly, I bought Issue one of Steve and Bob by Michael Georiou. Weirdly because I had literally only come across Steve and Bob the night before, and hadn’t realised he was going to be there. So when I recognised the art and characters I had to say hi.

All in all it was a good day out. I bought a few other bits and bobs, got a few freebies and plenty of flyers. The only downside is that the moo minicards that I’d ordered didn’t arrive in time for me to take, so I had nothing to hand out. A bit of a missed opportunity! But it was nice to go to a convention for the first time. And I’ll definitely be going next year. Who knows, I may even get a table!