ACME Comic Con
ACME Comic Con | |
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Status | active |
Genre | Multigenre |
Venue | SEC Centre |
Location(s) | Glasgow, Scotland |
Inaugurated | March 5, 2022 |
Most recent | September 23, 2023 |
Next event | March 9, 2024 |
Organised by | Attic Convention and Media Events |
Website | www |
ACME Comic Con is a bi-annual fan convention held at the Scottish Events Campus in Glasgow, Scotland. It is organised by Attic Convention and Media Events.
History
Before 2020 a Comic Convention called MCM Scotland (an offshoot of MCM London) was held at the SEC since 2013. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and a restructuring of MCM after a buyout from Reedpop, MCM scaled back their UK conventions to just MCM London and MCM Birmingham. ACME (who organised Rai Con for several years prior) announced they would be taking over hosting a comic con event at the SEC with two events, one in March and one in September.[1][2]
ACME Comic Con hosted its first Convention in Halls 1 & 2 of the Scottish Events Campus on the 5th and 6th of March 2022, it then hosted its second event in Hall 4 on 24 and 25 September 2022.[3][4]
Dates
Dates | Notable Guests |
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March 5-6, 2022 | Andy Secombe, Arti Shah, Tony Way |
September 24-25, 2022 | Dominique McElligott, Gavin Mitchell, Jane McCarry, Paul Riley, Sanjeev Kholi, Mark Cox, Matt Costello |
March 4-5, 2023 | Gemma Whelan, James Mackenzie, Natalie Gumede, Ruby Stokes, Dave Gibbons, Tim Pilcher, Etienne Kuwabo, Sonia Leong[5] |
September 23-24, 2023 | Anna Shaffer, Chris Barrie, Christina Chong, Ed Speleers, Eric Stuart, Gavin Mitchell, James Mackenzie, John Wagner, Martin Quinn, Nigel Parkinson, Royce Pierreson, Therica Wilson-Read |
References
- "Comic Con returns to Scotland for two events in 2022 at Glasgow's SEC". The National. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- Simons, Dean (27 May 2022). "Syndicated Comics". The Beat. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- "Comic Con returns to Glasgow after three year gap". BBC News. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- Neil, Tom (3 November 2022). "ACME Comic Con 2022". Off the Record. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- Post, The Sunday. "In pictures: ACME Comic Con takes over Glasgow's SEC". The Sunday Post. Retrieved 6 March 2023.