Geek Syndicate
2000 AD VS BEST JOINED UP
New Dock Hall Foyer, from 10am – 5pm, free, all ages
THOUGHT BUBBLE 2012 - Events Listing (Saturday 17 Nov 2012)
Continuing their creative endeavours, Best Joined Up are collaborating with 2000 AD this year to make live art at the Thought Bubble Convention. The artistic team will be working together to produce a huge 9-panel comic installation in the foyer of New Dock Hall, Leeds. Come along and watch as the panels are created live, & then brought together to form a giant comic page installation!
COMIC BOOK HEROES COMPETITION / WORKSHOPS / 10AM – 5PM
Daniel Clifford’s table, Royal Armouries Hall, from 10am – 5pm, free for under 12s, but an accompanying ticket-holding adult must be present, all ages Join the Art Heroes at their table throughout the Thought Bubble weekend to create your own comic book hero & enter a competition to win brilliant comic book goodies & have your character featured on the Art Heroes website! This event is part of our Space Robot line-up, partly funded by a generous grant from Leeds Inspired.
DR GEOF’S TRAVELLING TEA MUSEUM / EXHIBITIONS / 10AM – 5PM
Centre of Royal Armouries Hall, from 10am – 5pm, free for under 12s, but an accompanying ticket-holding adult must be present, all ages Doctor Geof’s Travelling Tea Museum is a fake museum principally to do with tea. More accurately, the museum is a display of fictional artefacts & erroneous replicas relating to the exploits of a completely-made-up tea-based military organisation. Admittance free. Strictly No Tea Duelling. This event is part of our Space Robot line-up, partly funded by a generous grant from Leeds Inspired.
HEXJIBBER COLOURING-IN ART / EXHIBITIONS / 10AM – 5PM
Hexjibber Table, Royal Armouries Hall, from 10am – 5pm, free for under-12s, but an accompanying ticket-holding adult must be present, all ages Andy “Hexjibber” Sykes is back with giant colouring & quirky activities for all ages! Includes giant-sized activities taken straight from the pages of ‘The Hexjibber Colouring & Activity Book’ & the new ‘Hexjibber Anti-Revision Book’. Free drop-in activity all day Sat & Sun in Royal Armouries Hall! This event is part of our Space Robot line-up, partly funded by a generous grant from Leeds Inspired.
SELFMADEHERO DROP-IN PORTFOLIO CRITIQUE / PORTFOLIO REVIEWS / 10AM – 5PM
SelfMadeHero Table, New Dock Hall, free for under-12s, but an accompanying ticket-holding adult must be present, all ages SelfMadeHero are the UK’s best up & coming publishing house whose graphic novels have received praise from the likes of The Guardian & The Independent. Their editors & a select crop of creators will be on hand throughout this year’s Thought Bubble convention to give advice on portfolios, scout for new talent & hear your pitches!
MARVEL PORTFOLIO CRITIQUES WITH EDITOR STEVE WACKER* / PORTFOLIO REVIEWS / 11AM – 5PM
Alea Downstairs Area, from 11am – 5pm, appointments must be made in advance, free but a convention pass must be purchased, 18+ This year we are pleased to announce that once again Marvel Comics will be holding a talent search at Thought Bubble! Because of time constraints, the format for reviews will be as follows: your portfolio must be emailed in advance, then, if your portfolio is selected, you’ll be called back for a full review by senior Marvel editor Stephen Wacker.
IMAGE COMICS PORTFOLIO REVIEWS WITH ERIC STEPHENSON* / PORTFOLIO REVIEWS / 2PM – 5PM
Alea Downstairs Area, from 2pm – 5pm, appointments must be made in advance, free but a convention pass must be purchased, 18+ This year we are delighted to announce that Image Comics will be holding portfolio reviews at Thought Bubble! Because of time constraints, the format for reviews will be as follows: your portfolio must be emailed in advance, if your portfolio is selected, you’ll be called back for a full review by Publisher of Image Comics Eric Stephenson.
TITAN COMICS PORTFOLIO REVIEWS WITH STEVE WHITE / PORTFOLIO REVIEWS / 2PM – 3.30PM
Alea Downstairs Area, from 2pm – 3.30pm, free but a convention pass must be purchased, 18+ Looking for an insight into how you can develop your artwork? Hoping for some useful critiques on your style? Well, Titan Comics is pleased to announce a portfolio review at Thought Bubble, hosted by Senior editor, Steve White. Please form an orderly queue!
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