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Comic Festival (also known as Comics Festival UK) was a British comic book convention which was held annually in Bristol between 1999 and 2004. It was devised and produced by Kev F Sutherland^[1] with the help of Mike Allwood of Area 51 Comics.^[2] The presentation of the National Comics Awards was a regular feature of Comic Festival from 1999–2003 (except for the year 2000, when the Eagle Awards were presented there).

History

Comic Festival was preceded by the United Kingdom Comic Art Convention, held annually (usually in London) from 1985-1998. The comics audience in the U.K. was in decline;{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} Comic Festival's aim was to reach non-comic readers, children and families, and to enable them to enter the event at the cheapest possible prices.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} Once in, the audience would then be exposed to the widest range of comics material, thus building the readership of the future.

The festival began under the name Comics 99. In addition to the annual Bristol-based Comic Festival, secondary events were held in London in the fall of 2003^[3] and 2004.^[4]

Charity auctions were held every year for the benefit of ChildLine. For Comics 99, Sutherland produced The World's Biggest Comic,^[5] which featured the work of 100 of the world's leading comic artists,^[6] auctioned to raise money for the British charity Comic Relief.^[7] Subsequent projects included the Charity Deck Of Cards which, in 2001, raised over £10,000 for ChildLine through the auctioning of the original art and sales of the limited edition decks. The Just 1 Page comic was produced every year at Comic Festival (and then continued on at Comic Expo).

Comic Festival was succeeded by the Bristol-based Comic Expo, which began in 2004 and continues to the present day.

Locations and dates

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Official guests

Notes

April 2–4, 1999

Watershed Media Center and Swallow Royal, Bristol

Phil Winslade, Steve Pugh, Steve Dillon, Scott Dunbier, Peter Hogan, Grant Morrison, Charlie Adlard, Kev Sutherland, Glenn Fabry, Metaphrog, Al Davison, Dave Gibbons, Bryan Talbot, Shelly Roeberg, Kyle Baker, John McCrea, Rich Johnston, Gary Spencer Millidge, and Jamie Delano

Known as Comics 99; 2,500 attendees^[8]

April 23–24, 2000

Jurys Bristol Hotel, Bristol

Steve Pugh, Jim Valentino, Dave Gibbons, Mike Carlin, Gary Spencer Millidge, Alan Grant, Laura DePuy, Karen Berger, Chris Staros, Dave McKinnon, James Hodgkins, Dez Skinn, Gary Marshall, Al Davison, and Grant Morrison^[9]

Known as Comics 2000; presentation of the Eagle Awards, MC'd by Simon Pegg

May 26–27, 2001

Bristol

Eddie Campbell, D'Israeli, Gary Spencer Millidge, Tony Rollinson, Tim Sayer,^[10] Dave Gibbons, Staz Johnson, Sean Phillips, Charlie Adlard, Greg Staple, Metaphrog, Bob Schreck, Alan Grant, John McCrea, Dez Skinn, Steve Conley, and Lee Barnett

Known as Comics 2001

June 1–2, 2002

The Empire and Commonwealth Museum, Temple Quay, Bristol

Joe Quesada, Jamie S. Rich, Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, John McCrea, William Christensen, Terry Wiley, Woodrow Phoenix, Bevis Musson, Gary Spencer Millidge, Rich Johnston, Patty Jeres, Lee Kennedy, Roger Langridge, James Hodgkins, Heidi MacDonald, Dave Gibbons, and Lee Barnett^[11]

Known as Comics 2002; part of Bristol 2008 (Bristol's bid to become European Capital of Culture in 2008)

May 23–24, 2003

Commonwealth Centre, Temple Meads, Bristol

Jim Lee, Jeff Smith, Dez Skinn, Mike Conroy, Duncan Fegredo, Steve Yeowell, Gary Spencer Millidge, Phil Winslade, Sean Phillips, Mike Carey, Chris Weston, Chris Francis, Phil Hall, Bryan Talbot, Dave Gibbons, John McCrea, John Cassaday, D'Israeli, Staz Johnson, Gary Erskine, Rich Johnston, Nick Locking, and David Hitchcock^[12]

Known as Comics 2003

November 1, 2003

Holiday Inn London, Bloomsbury, London

Steven Appleby, Mark Buckingham, John M. Burns, Laurence Campbell, Al Davison, Alex Collier, Mike Conroy, Andy Diggle, Simon Donald, Christian Dunn, Ian Edginton, Carl Flint, Paul Gambaccini, Phil Gascoigne, Ian Gibson, Jon Haward, Morris Heggie, P. J. Holden, Jock, Davey Jones, Euan Kerr, Roger Langridge, Metaphrog, Gary Spencer Millidge, Robbie Morrison, Paul Palmer, Jonathan Ross, Siku, Dez Skinn, Kev F. Sutherland, and Lee Townsend

Known as Comic Festival Winter Special

May 23–24, 2004

Ramada Plaza, Bristol

Gary Spencer Millidge, Bob Finch, Norman Lovett, John McCrea, Duncan Fegredo, David Roach, Rob Williams, Jon Foster, and Gary Erskine

October 23, 2004

Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury

Gary Spencer Millidge

Known as London Comic Festival

References

Footnotes

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/focus/2004/05/comics_masterclass.shtml |title=How to Draw Dennis The Menace | work=BBC Gloucestershire |year=2004 |accessdate=2004-04-28}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/national.shtml |title=National Comics Awards |author=Joel Hahn |year=2001 |accessdate=2007-10-28}}
3. ^{{cite web | title=London Comic Festival 2003 | work=Frothers Unite UK | url=http://www.frothersunite.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=8876&sid=d456dc501b6d634b76643df70634dc6a | accessdate= August 28, 2003}}
4. ^{{cite web | title=London Comic Festival 2004 | work=Sweatdrop Studios Forum | url=http://www.sweatdrop.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1540 | accessdate= October 17, 2004}}
5. ^{{cite web | title=Having a beano at the comics festival | work=Western Daily Press | url=http://utproductions.co.uk/wbc1.html | accessdate=April 3, 1999 }}
6. ^{{cite web | title=The World's Biggest Comic | work=Blue Peter, BBC Television | url=http://utproductions.co.uk/wbc1.html | accessdate=April 1, 1999 }}
7. ^{{cite web | title=A giant comic strip | work=Bristol Evening Post | url=http://utproductions.co.uk/wbc4.html | accessdate=March 10, 1999 }}
8. ^Allass, Marcia. "Comics 99: Bristol 1999," Sequential Tart (May 1999).
9. ^Jellinek, Anna. "Comics 2000: Lovely Bristols," Sequential Tart (May 2000).
10. ^Sandells, Natalie. "Comics 2001," Sequential Tart vol. IV, issue #7 (June 2001).
11. ^Jellinek, Anna. "Comics 2002 - Bristol," Sequential Tart vol. V, issue #8 (August 2002).
12. ^Allass, Marcia. "Lovely Bristols," Sequential Tart vol. 6, issue #6 (June 2003).

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