I’ve read a couple of write-ups about the Bristol Comic Expo 2009, & I’m sure that between them, & the various podcasts around covering the event, they’ll give a better reckoning of the event than I could, but the con each year is a big deal for me so it seems odd not to mention it.
The convention was reduced from previous years, from two and a bit days to two, and from the previous quite large railway station hall & Ramada Hotel to just the hotel.
I think people were expecting the event to be disappointing, especially with the limited amount of space and subsequent small number of available tickets, but with the Small Press Expo (SPExpo) taking place at the Mercure hotel just around the corner on the Saturday, and hastily affiliated with the main event, I was cautiously optimistic.
(This is of course all bullshit. The fact is I knew that people I enjoyed drinking with would be there, and a late night hotel bar, so it was always going to be groovy.)






