Expocomic Madrid Photos

Panoramic view of the Expocomic venue, showing the main stage.

Back from Madrid, happy, tired and about two pounds heavier. Expocomic was very different from the low-key Avilés festival; in Madrid, it's a ticketted show in a large venue, similar to the Bristol con but on a larger scale and for four days. There were many people in costume (largely Manga and Anime-based) and signings were strictly time-limited - I did three 90-minute sessions, but after the first couple of guys on the first day I gave up one the usual "hall of fame" shots because I didn't want to hold up the queue.

The hospitality was excellent - we had a fantastic hotel right in the city centre and we were fed to boot! Thanks to all the organisers for looking after us so well, particularly Miguel for inviting us.

I've loaded my photos from the trip onto Flickr - they do at least give some sense of the scale of the thing.

Who'da thought it? Natan asked for a sketch of a Dalek!