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Geekfest photodiary
07/11/2009
Comic Con – a convention of comics. Or a comical convention of comic book aficionados who dismiss conventional clothing for a whole weekend and crank their geek knobs up to 11? Henry and Keith headed to London’s exCel Centre for the recent MCM Expo (or as we affectionately call it, ‘the geekfest’) to find out….
Whilst it may not attract as many ‘hardcore fans’ (or some would cruelly say, nerds and sociopaths) as similar events in America, there were still plenty of colourful characters out and about and a smattering of sweet memorabilia to gawp at. This was the event’s 16th year and highlights included meet and greets with cast members from cult shows Merlin, Warehouse 13 and True Blood, and the Comic Village had over 80 creators/writers displaying their work. There was also a heavy video game presence as well as previews of movies from Universal Pictures, 20th Century Fox & Optimum Releasing. For people who didn't go, there’s a video of it here that makes it look like it would have been the best weekend of your life.
Henry and Keith kindly took some snaps of their fave bits of the expo…
After the cancellation of their show, two of the Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers got stuck in to steroids.
Comics! That’s unexpected!
Simon… you really shoulda gone to Specsavers.
Who you gonna call? Probably Yvette and the Most Haunted team, to be fair.
Girl you a sexy bitch... and your owner ain't bad neither.
A replica of the Ecto-1 went on sale in 2007 for a staggering $149,998.000!!!
"Hey, Ho! Let's go!LEGO!"
Remember, they’re not losers, they’re people with a ‘specalised interest'.
Henry keeps an eye on the Delorean whilst The Doc popped out to take Einstein for a quick walk.
tags: comic con | expo | london | geek | cosplay | comics | xmen | true blood
