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ACME Comic Con
The logo for ACME Comic Con
Statusactive
GenreMultigenre
VenueSEC Centre
Location(s)Glasgow, Scotland
InauguratedMarch 5, 2022; 23 months ago (2022-03-05)
Most recentSeptember 23, 2023; 4 months ago (2023-09-23)
Next eventMarch 9, 2024; 31 days' time (2024-03-09)
Organised byAttic Convention and Media Events
Websitewww.acmecomiccon.com

ACME Comic Con is a bi-annual fan convention held at the Scottish Events Campus in Glasgow, Scotland. It is organised by Attic Convention and Media Events.

History

Before 2020 a Comic Convention called MCM Scotland (an offshoot of MCM London) was held at the SEC since 2013. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and a restructuring of MCM after a buyout from Reedpop, MCM scaled back their UK conventions to just MCM London and MCM Birmingham. ACME (who organised Rai Con for several years prior) announced they would be taking over hosting a comic con event at the SEC with two events, one in March and one in September.[1][2]

ACME Comic Con hosted its first Convention in Halls 1 & 2 of the Scottish Events Campus on the 5th and 6 March 2022, it then hosted its second event in Hall 4 on 24 and 25 September 2022.[3][4]

Tony Way Speaking at ACME Comic Con Spring 2022

Dates

Dates Notable Guests
March 5–6, 2022 Andy Secombe, Arti Shah, Tony Way
September 24–25, 2022 Dominique McElligott, Gavin Mitchell, Jane McCarry, Paul Riley, Sanjeev Kholi, Mark Cox, Matt Costello
March 4–5, 2023 Gemma Whelan, James Mackenzie, Natalie Gumede, Ruby Stokes, Dave Gibbons, Tim Pilcher, Etienne Kuwabo, Sonia Leong[5]
September 23–24, 2023 Anna Shaffer, Chris Barrie, Christina Chong, Ed Speleers, Eric Stuart, Gavin Mitchell, James Mackenzie, John Wagner, Martin Quinn, Nigel Parkinson, Royce Pierreson, Therica Wilson-Read

References

  1. ^ "Comic Con returns to Scotland for two events in 2022 at Glasgow's SEC". The National. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  2. ^ Simons, Dean (27 May 2022). "Syndicated Comics". The Beat. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Comic Con returns to Glasgow after three year gap". BBC News. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  4. ^ Neil, Tom (3 November 2022). "ACME Comic Con 2022". Off the Record. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  5. ^ Post, The Sunday. "In pictures: ACME Comic Con takes over Glasgow's SEC". The Sunday Post. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
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