2000 AD Online Forum

 I'm sure London based Boarders may already know, but just in case I thought i'd mention it...

  COMIC SHOWCASE on Charing Cross Road is closing down next Saturday, 17 June.
 Paul Hudson has run Showcase since 1980 (no mean feat for a small business), and to lose one of our Flagship Comic Emporiums is a real blow.
 Unfortunately the Council doubled the rent, and relocation is to expensive.
    Myself and various other long time Showcase browsers will be there in the afternoon of the 17th to have a little wake for the shop, and generally wish Paul luck.
 Drop in, say bye to Paul, truly a friend of Galaxy's Greatest..
 and a few beverages may be consumed...
 :-) Rufus

I'll be wearing my black armband.  The 10am thursday morning kid

It's a great shame. I used to go there a lot, and even now I've left London I've popped in each time I've returned.

Of course if you just want to buy toys there's a lovely new shiny Forbidden Planet just down the road...

Wash your mouth out with soap, Art.

It's a real shame it's going. I always went there when I visited London (although I did prefer it before it moved to Charing Cross Road). There can't be many *proper* comic shops left at all now, can there? Sad news.

Of course it;s all the fault of Thatcher, the nanny-statists and speed cameras, all of whom are combining to reduce the UK to a pile of smoking rubble.

I thought Thatcher was the last great leader (possibly greater than Churchil) we had?

Sad news indeed, if i'm thinking of the right place didn't it used to have a basement downstairs chock full of Classic 2000AD artwork. If i am remembering the right place (?) it's where i got my first pages of said artwork from way back in the day!
Great shop to look around and get stuff from.
Rob.

Always a place I visited in my infrequent visits to London.

Rob, that sounds about right.

 That's the one.
 There's still GOSH and Comicana, but Showcase was a really great meeting place, and Paul sold art on behalf of the 2000ad greats.
 It was in his shop you could see pages from Killing Joke, Dark Knight Returns, Watchmen, V for Vendetta and of course... 2000ad.
   Still, it'll probably be a tesco's minimart by the following monday...

For The Showcase Memorial Book Tim Pilcher is putting together.

8-)

Hang on, how;d he get into the back progs section? It's been closed off for years...

Always my shop of choice when i lived in London and now when i just visit.

A damn shame.

Tulkas.

rufus, that's brilliant...

I've never been there, but its always sad to lose a 'proper' comic shop. and my god, Rufus, that drawing's stunning, but it does look much like McMahon;s later stuff, doesn't it? No bad thing though... :)

   Thanks Jock!
Mech,
 Paul sold Micky's Art in the old shop in Monmouth St.(and later Neal Street), so I did it to look a bit Micktastic, as a reference to that.
 Gotta admit it was done in a blind rush to meet an inclusion deadline!
 And yes, a proper comic shop, with people you can chat too.
:-) R

people you can chat to? I remember that. thought it was dead. although, if this thread is anything to go by, its touch and go.

its a lovely piece Rufus. and you can introduce it to people by saying 'this is not the greatest art in the world (no) this is just a tribute!


if you wanted... :)

wow, thats a sad thing.
 i stumbled upon it many years ago whilst living in london. mid 80s great shop in some ways invoking the old denmark street style of FP,but slightly better decor, its was red i think when i first entered.

orignal art work on walls,decent layout of comics,knowledgeable staff whom would help upon request, and talk with the same passion as you had about characters.i do believe i bought my first copy of either the watchmen or camelot 3000 in there.

i wish the owner all the best for the future.

Anyone actually got an address for this place, sounds like it was a haven I missed out on!!!!

Arse!

Comic Showcase, 63 Charing Cross Road, London

 Yes, I'm afraid you've missed the good ship Shocase m'luhd.

Shite! I'm coming to London at the end of the month and was gonna ask for recommendations.

Satanist...
Gosh Comics is great (not much 2000AD stock though)

Mighty world of Comicana- friendly, lots of back issues...

And Planet...Tesco of the Comic Kingdom

There's also Mega-City comics in Camden - my local.

;-)

Cheers for those.

"Mighty world of Comicana- friendly, lots of back issues... "

Sound interestinm night pop in

"There's also Mega-City comics in Camden - my local. "

I stayed in Camden last time I was down but missed that.

Comin down to see Darkside of the Moon at Hyde Park but might squeeze in some shoppin.

   I never like Mega City Comics (nice name) after they refused to stock our fanzine (Class of 79) years ago...
        On the grounds 'nobody likes 2000AD anymore'.
  It suddenly became my ex-local cmic shop.

They seem to be doing pretty good at stocking 2000ad stuff recently.

They even have a few small press things as well...

...However as it's between work and the shops, it'd take a lot to stop me going there for my weekly fix ;-)

Dan