A unique one and a half day event in the heart of Birmingham City Centre with;

Convention Exclusives, On-site bars, Competitions, Freebies, Cosplay, Chill-out zones, Sexy Cave-Girls! and Giant reptiles (reptiles subject to availability)

All star guests include; DAVE GIBBONS and CHRIS SPROUSE, with Jimmy Broxton, Peter Hogan, Declan Shalvey and many, many, more!

Visit the 2011 B.C. mini site here for tickets and more info!

I pencilled  A Christmas Carol for Classical Comics, nominated as one of the top ten graphic novels of 2008 by The Sunday Times. I also draw a series of crime fiction graphic novels for the Norwegian market: Varg Veum.

Outside of comics, I was one of the artists on the BBC’s I’m In A Rock’n'Roll Band and one of the storyboard artists on the upcoming Warhammer 40K CGI movie. I storyboard for TV shows and movies and after 25 years, I still think I’m just getting started in the biz…

For more work by Dylan visit: www.dylansdrawingboard.blogspot.com/

“I’m a full-time comics creator who has worked for all sorts of different publications all over the world. For the British newsstand kid’s comic ‘Toxic’, I created the strips ‘Rex!’ and ‘Robin Hoodie’. On the internet I write the Hunt Emerson created ‘Ardnox High’ strip. I’ve had stories in Fantagraphics and Rip Off Comix anthologies in America. I’ve had strips in ‘Soft Secrets’ and ‘Wasted’. I’ve written for ‘Artx’ and ‘Men Only’. But in comics fandom I’m best known as the self-publisher of the small press titles ‘Octobriana’ (which won the award for Best New British Comic that year), ‘Armageddon Patrol’ and ‘Loxley’.”

David Hitchcock has been drawing comics for as long as he can remember, but only deemed them suitable for public consumption in mid 90s.

In 1999 he self published his first graphic novel masterpiece‘Spirit of the Highwayman’ meeting critical acclaim from the world of comics.

David’s instantly noticeable style returned for such favourites as his spin on Jack the Ripper with the superb ‘Whitechapel Freak’, and then again picking up a coveted Eagle Award in 2005 for ‘Springheeled Jack’.

In 2008 he published a collection of his best short comic strips called ‘Gothic’ much to the delight of fans at the British International Comics Show as queues for his sketches rivalled those of comics legend Michael Golden.

Also look out for David’s work in the Accent UK anthologies illustrating the stories of Leah Moore and John Reppion.

Drawing had been Yuko’s hobby ever since she could remember. However, growing up in a traditional Japanese family, pursuing a path in art was just not an option.
After receiving BA in advertising and marketing – the most creative of the practical field – from Waseda University she landed on a position in PR for a big corporation in Tokyo. It never made her quite happy, and she was in a mid-life crisis at age of 22.

It still took Yuko more than 10 years of office job before she figured out what she really wanted to do and to save just enough so she could go back to school full time for 4 more years. This is how Yuko came back to New York in 1999, where she briefly spent her childhood, and enrolled in School of Visual Arts (SVA). Yuko graduated with MFA from Illustration as Visual Essay Program in 2003 and has been illustrating since. She also teaches a BFA Illustration course and occasionally
advises MFA students at SVA.

She works in a studio in Manhattan, a space she shares with two artists whom she considers as her ‘New York family’. Yuko has not gotten into mid-life crisis since she became an artist.

Whenever she has time, Yuko loves to travel to different cities and countries to lectures at art schools and events, and to meet with other artists, professors and young aspiring illustrators to get inspired.

Sorry, wrong person. This Yuko Shimizu did NOT create Hello Kitty.

White-hot exclusive DC comics’ writer: Paul Cornell is now confirmed as a special guest!

Paul is one of the UK’s finest, he’s written comics, novels and TV scripts (including Dr Who), his latest is Action Comics featuring Superman.

There will be a special panel at BICS focussing on his career to date, plus Paul will spill the beans on his upcoming mini series Knight and Squire.

Joining him will be cover artist Yanick Paquette and the mysterious Jimmy Broxton who is providing the interior art for the book.

It’ll all come out in the wash!

For more info please visit:
www.paulcornell.com

He’s currently an editor at DC Comics’ critically acclaimed imprint, Vertigo, where he’s edited various Eisner-nominated comics as The Unwritten, Unknown Soldier, Sweet Tooth and The Losers and has worked with such high-profile names as Darren Aronofsky, Grant Morrison, Dave Gibbons and Neil Gaiman.

After a couple of mini careers modelling, acting and costume designing, she moved into the comic book industry, as a penciller, in 2002 with work for Australian publisher, Phosphorescent Comics. She then spent a couple of  years living in New York City chasing the dream.  
 
Nicola has worked for Dark Horse, Top Cow, Image and IDW. Since 2006 Nicola has been working for DC Comics on monthly titles “Birds Of Prey”, “Secret Six” and “Wonder Woman”. Recently she contributed to the “Blackest Night” event with art chores on “Blackest Night: Wonder Woman” with writer Greg Rucka. Nicola is currently under Exclusive Contract with DC Comics.