Most artists & content confirmed for new Portsmouth Comic Con dates

Following a call out to the comic, film, TV, cosplay, geek and pop culture communities to spread the word, the organisers are delighted with the response and can now confirm that the vast majority of guests and content that were set to feature will all go ahead in August as planned.

Sequential Saturday“s ”˜Celebration of Female superheroes“ and Sunday“s ”˜World of Witchcraft and Wizardry“ themes go ahead with very few changes and there will still be a whole host of panels, exhibitions, cosplay parades, steampunk, VR and interactive fun to enjoy.

While a small number of guests are no longer able to attend due to prior commitments, it is confirmed that key guests including Adam Hughes, Brian Froud, Marguerite Sauvage, P. Craig Russell and Troy Alders have all confirmed their commitment to attend and Portsmouth Comic Con is delighted to announce some new names to the line-up including Andy Fanton and Jacob Phillips.

Based right here in Portsmouth, Andy Fanton is a writer and cartoonist who has worked for The Beano, Dandy, Viz and Private Eye. Andy currently writes Minnie the Minx and The Bash Street Kids every week, as well as drawing Bad Grandad.

Joining his father, Sean Phillips, with a place on the Artists Alley sponsored by Catawiki, is Jacob Phillips. At the age of 11 Jacob wrote, drew and printed his own comic book, Roboy, which he sold at Cons from his dad“s table. From school, Jacob studied Illustration with Animation at Manchester School of Art and began working professionally as a freelance Illustrator, which he has continued to do since. Jacob has worked with BBC, Wellcome Trust, Arrow Video, Kino Lorber and many more. Jacob has coloured books Criminal, My Heroes have always been Junkies and Pulp, and is now working on new image title, That Texas Blood.

Portsmouth Comic Con is also delighted to announce the return of Con crowd favourite, Marc Silk. Marc“s voice is instantly recognisable around the world for his work on films, TV shows, games and cartoons, most notably as the voices of Johnny Bravo and Scooby Doo.

And also joining a select group of guests from the screen will be Britain“s smallest man, Michael Henbury (Sunday only). Michael“s first acting role was in 1982 as an Ewok on Star Wars ”“ Return of the Jedi before going on to appear in Labyrinth, Willow and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 where he played Gringotts Goblin.

Ticket holders for the original May dates need not do anything as existing tickets are automatically transferred for the new dates. Those unable to attend in August are asked to contact their point of purchase by 17th April 2020.

Please keep an eye on the website www.portsmouthcomiccon.com and social channels for further event updates and for lots of comic-related articles and activities to keep you entertained if you are at home!