Blog Archive: July 2025

Buster In Brussels
Last week I was in BRUSSELS where I had a lovely time, mostly but not entirely attending the Joint Conference of the International Bande Dessinée Society and the International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference, which in case you are not aware, is a conference about comics.

I have been to this particular conference MANY times so I know lots of other people who go, and in particular know the people who go to THE PUB, so did that. I also did a presentation about some of the stuff I'd learnt from doing The Funny Comics Fan Club. Cunningly I recorded the audio on my phone and then SPLICED that together with the slides to make the audiovisual extravaganza what you can see below:



As you will hear, I had FUN doing it! I also very much enjoyed the other panelists' papers in my session - including one about Sweet Tooth from Whizzer & Chips - and indeed a whole lot of the other presentations. There was one slight INCIDENT, where I made a REMARK at the end of a discussion panel which did not go down very well AT ALL with several people, but other than that it was a whole HEAP of good times. Most exciting of all, they announced that next year's conference will be in LEICESTER, which is not only a bit easier to get to but FULL of nice pubs, some of which have not even been knocked down yet!

posted 8/7/2025 by MJ Hibbett
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The Where, What, How And Whom Of Doctor Doom
Apologies for the QUIET round here for the last week or so, I have been away in fabulous BRUSSELS for the International Graphic Novels and Comics Conference, which was GRATE!

More on that anon, but for now I wanted to draw your attention to a new VIDEO what I have done for one of the songs in the show, The Where, What, How And Whom Of Doctor Doom - THUS:



As ever, all shares, likes, tweets, whatever-it-is-on-Bluesky etc etc would be hugely appreciated, not least because there are A FEW tickets available for all of the shows so it would be lovely to get the word out more widely. Also, obviously, if you happen to be in Camberwell, Watford, Buxton, Bedford or Camden over the next few weeks it would be RUDDY DELIGHTFUL to see you there!

posted 7/7/2025 by MJ Hibbett
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