So, surprisingly I am in London, which makes a change from the not so sunny flat plains of Norfolk. I’m here for my first convention ever; the Movies/Comics/Media Exposition London 2009 (which incidentally I was dragged to by site-admin Tom ‘GeneShark’ Gibbard and editor Brett ‘zxpiesqrd’ Page. I am under the sneaky suspicion I was only invifted along to the convention because I have lots of money tumbling around in debitcard-space; which both of the above are apparently short of).

Being my first ever convention – or “con” for short; as the convention aficionados like to call them – I was not very sure of what to expect. The broad range and scope of the MCM Expo, for gamers, anime lovers, and film geeks, meant that I was really unable to look at the examples of any of the specific conventions (i.e. ComicCon and PAX) which target a specific genre of audience. Would I meet people in cosplaying costumes, raging nerds, card game enthusiasts, or yaoi fangirls? As it happens; all four and many more in-between. What a day it has been.

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