Popped along to the
EMS in London last weekend to see what it had to offer. It's organised by the same people that run the
London Film and Comic Con, is set in the same venue and features a lot of the same exhibitors. And yet it felt like it was a much smaller convention. Not all of the venue space was used and there didn't seem to be the same numbers coming through the doors as
LFCC. I hope it was financially worth it for all the exhibitors and small press guys.
Cosplayers were there as usual but nothing outstanding bar the
Alien costume and old school
Cylon shown above. There was a cool Psylocke there but I think she must have used her ninja skills to avoid my camera!
One thing you can usually rely on at these conventions is a few "cool finds". I met the super talented
Huy Truong (
www.huy-truong.deviantart.com/) and found this very sexy
Wonder Woman colour sketch amongst the art he had for sale. If he was on the Wonder Woman series I would definitely start reading it.
Then I found this stall that had what seemed to be bootlegged DVDs. Not only did I pick up a copy of the
1970s Dr Strange movie but I also found a whole bunch of live action super heroine DVDs by
Cult Retro (
www.cultretro.com). They feature the awesome
Nicola Rae as
Stormy Tempest and
Nyoka The Jungle Girl in fun but sexy heroine peril adventures. I think I picked up what amounts to Stormy Tempest season 1 (I think season 4 is currently in production) and I cannot recommend it highly enough.
"Smokin' Rockets!" has already become my new catchphrase (not that I had a old one).
Anyway, EMS doesn't really have enough going for it to make it worth attending both this
and LFCC next year; not unless the organisers can expand on the comics side of things for 2013. Having guys like Chris Claremont and Dan Slott attend is great but we need more of that calibre of guest as well as lots more small press guys.
Hmmmm.....is that convention season done now or are there anymore?
