These days it seems like there’s a comics convention coming round the corner every month.  We all have our favourites to attend but sometimes I hear folk complaining that it’s all a little stale – the same familiar faces selling the same familiar comics.  My recent forays into the European comics scene have reinvigorated the medium for me in terms of the variety of stories and artistic styles out there.  While my window into that creative kitchen has been quite narrow up until now, I can see myself slipping over the window-sill and gorging myself silly on the delights of Regis Loisel’s Peter Pan and the myriad other books that have started vying for my attention.  If you’ve had a taster yourself (or have been intrigued by the choice morsels I’ve brought to you) then the BD & Comics Passion festival will be the perfect convention to indulge your curiosity and experience these different flavours.

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