2000 AD Online Forum

General Chat => Events => Topic started by: Lady Festina on 24 March, 2011, 05:58:10 PM

Title: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: Lady Festina on 24 March, 2011, 05:58:10 PM
There's been mention of this on the KaPow thread, but just a little plug of its own:

Saturday 9th April, from 4pm

At the Slug and Lettuce, Upper Street, Islington*

<ahem>


The perfect end to a comics day

Come along to the Slug and Lettuce to drink beer and talk shite with some of the forum's finest.

Artistic talent on display includes:

KevLev
Uncle Fester
El Chivo
Dunk!
Kerrin
Supersurfer
and the mighty Pete Wells

(Disclaimer: all of the above have said they're coming for drinks; if you buy them a pint, they may well do you a sketch)

Further guests to be announced (read: kidnapped from the big show)...


* From KaPow, exit the Business Design Centre and turn left onto Upper Street, walk about 50 yards, cross the road. The pub is on the corner looking over Islington Green.
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: Lady Festina on 24 March, 2011, 06:37:38 PM
Letterer to the stars, Jim Campbell, confirmed for the pub....!
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: Jim_Campbell on 24 March, 2011, 08:10:09 PM
Quote from: Lady Festina on 24 March, 2011, 06:37:38 PM
Letterer to the stars (and PJ), Jim Campbell, confirmed for the pub....!

FTFY. :-)

Cheers!

Jim
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: Colin YNWA on 24 March, 2011, 08:30:15 PM
I'll defo be popping my head in at some point.
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 24 March, 2011, 08:33:25 PM
Seeing as my roommate is going I better pop along, otherwise he won't find his way back in the wee hours!
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: Large48 on 30 March, 2011, 10:12:47 PM
Might be worth a stroll along to. :-)
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: Pete Wells on 31 March, 2011, 12:01:42 AM
Yay Large, I'll finally be able to find put just which bits of original artwork you own!

Jim, I'll buy you a pint if you tell me to "Fuck Off!"

Happy days! Oh and Mr Burdis, you may have to carry me home (via the nearest Greggs.)
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: strontium71 on 04 April, 2011, 08:44:16 PM
Will anyone be going to the pub on a Friday evening? My train gets into Paddington about 8pm and by the time I've checked in at Jurys Inn I have nothing else to do till beddy byes.
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: Jim_Campbell on 04 April, 2011, 09:04:09 PM
I'm going to be around on Friday evening, but I'm not sure what I'm doing -- I have one (possibly two) books for Zenescope going to press that day, so I'm taking the 3G modem with me and will most likely be doing corrections and uploading pages for a chunk of the evening, but I'm certainly going to be in the mood for a beer by the time I'm done with that!

(I'm booked into the Euston Travelodge, which is a bit of a hoof to the venue, but is handy for St Pancras and was about the best I could do on price!)

Cheers!

Jim
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: dweezil2 on 04 April, 2011, 10:07:14 PM
This from Facebook:


Ashley Beeching
Is the Dredd movie panel still going ahead?
on Saturday · Delete Post.Michael Dodsworth

@Ashley. I seriously hope so but it's looking unlikely :-( Unless the incorporate it into the 2000AD panel
3 hours ago · Report.

Ashley Beeching
Ooooh! That's a bit of a bummer! One of my main reasons for going!
Still, with all the 2000ad artists in attendance it should still be a good couple of days!

Doesn't sound good  :(
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: JOE SOAP on 04 April, 2011, 10:40:22 PM
I have a feeling that they're going to hold out until they can reveal something substantial, such as a trailer. Bits and pieces are rather pointless and undermine promotion unless they're part of a larger campaign.
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: Kev Levell on 05 April, 2011, 09:18:53 AM
That's the problem with promising something with a great fanfare isn't it.

When you can't deliver - it compromises your appearance.
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: Large48 on 05 April, 2011, 02:23:57 PM
Pete, I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you............ lol
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: JOE SOAP on 05 April, 2011, 02:44:00 PM
Quote from: Kev Levell on 05 April, 2011, 09:18:53 AM
That's the problem with promising something with a great fanfare isn't it.


Well they didn't really, it was always a might be thing that was mentioned once by someone involved.
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 05 April, 2011, 03:01:09 PM
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 05 April, 2011, 02:44:00 PM
Quote from: Kev Levell on 05 April, 2011, 09:18:53 AM
That's the problem with promising something with a great fanfare isn't it.


Well they didn't really, it was always a might be thing that was mentioned once by someone involved.

I'm sorry Joe but it was on the official KAPOW site, on the 2000AD panel info but obviously it ain't now!
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: Lady Festina on 05 April, 2011, 05:16:07 PM

If there's demand for a pre-ahem drinky on Friday, then I can highly recommend the Lincoln Lounge, just round the corner from Kings Cross station (see http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/75/7561/Lincoln_Lounge/Kings_Cross (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/75/7561/Lincoln_Lounge/Kings_Cross)).

Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: Pete Wells on 05 April, 2011, 05:25:18 PM
Hope it's nicer than the Flying Scotsman in Kings Cross which I ended up in on Friday. Anyone who's been there will know what I mean (hubba hubba!)

However, I'm happy to go back there however, if anyone wants to see...

http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/47/4710/Flying_Scotsman/Caledonian_Road (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/47/4710/Flying_Scotsman/Caledonian_Road)
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: JOE SOAP on 05 April, 2011, 06:15:10 PM
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 05 April, 2011, 03:01:09 PM
[
I'm sorry Joe but it was on the official KAPOW site, on the 2000AD panel info but obviously it ain't now!


T'was never on the front page where the movies are mentioned though which always made it dubious unless it's a surprise.
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: Kev Levell on 05 April, 2011, 07:12:49 PM
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 05 April, 2011, 06:15:10 PM
T'was never on the front page where the movies are mentioned though which always made it dubious unless it's a surprise.

Joe, I don't think it was ever dubious - and iirc it was billed as an attraction, whether it was on the Kapow front page or not... add to that the fact that the producer announced it and the news was broken on the internet via many sites (including CBR (http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:o6phnG1qdrUJ:www.comicbookresources.com/%3Fpage%3Darticle%26id%3D29703+dredd+movie+preview+kapow&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&source=www.google.co.uk)) that there would be an exclusive preview at Kapow:

Quote from: Andrew Macdonald"It is fantastic to be involved with Kapow! and I'm really looking forward to talking to all the fans about our upcoming Dredd movie. I'll be on the 2000AD panel with a little taster of what people can look forward to from our 2012 release".

Admittedly that link is a cached one, but I'm sure we had the news here as well...
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 05 April, 2011, 07:19:50 PM
I never saw that Kev, I tried not to read it but I did  :'(

By the way Joe, I never said it was on the front, I said it was mentioned in the 2000AD panel. I always felt it was going to be more of an interim sort of thing, to keep the 2000AD fans happy and so that we could get a sneaky peak and then go and spread the good word before any trailer hits the net!
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: JOE SOAP on 05 April, 2011, 07:28:00 PM
Quote from: Kev Levell on 05 April, 2011, 07:12:49 PM


Joe, I don't think it was ever dubious - and iirc it was billed as an attraction, whether it was on the Kapow front page or not... add to that the fact that the producer announced it and the news was broken on the internet via many sites
Quote from: Andrew Macdonald"It is fantastic to be involved with Kapow! and I'm really looking forward to talking to all the fans about our upcoming Dredd movie. I'll be on the 2000AD panel with a little taster of what people can look forward to from our 2012 release".

Admittedly that link is a cached one, but I'm sure we had the news here as well...



That's the one announcement i'm talking about that all the sites including this one repeated/reported. No definite on whether there'd be anything shown, rumoured to be footage, then it was pictures, and since then there hasn't really been a peep. Kapow not even putting it on the front page made it a rather uncertain affair, it would have been a big attraction, so it wouldn't have been just a line hidden in the schedule and t'would be advertised up-front with all the other big films and TV series if it was ever a certainty. Unless they really want to surprise.
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: JOE SOAP on 05 April, 2011, 08:01:35 PM
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 05 April, 2011, 07:19:50 PM
By the way Joe, I never said it was on the front, I said it was mentioned in the 2000AD panel. I always felt it was going to be more of an interim sort of thing, to keep the 2000AD fans happy and so that we could get a sneaky peak and then go and spread the good word before any trailer hits the net!


Don't worry, it wasn't a criticism of your good self, there seemed to be a slow back-track from the whole thing since it was announced, as it got closer to the day in question there wasn't even any real confimation. Not to say they won't have a pic or two at the 2000AD panel if DNA don't want to make a big noise without showing anything.
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: Pauul on 08 April, 2011, 08:25:24 PM
I might pop into the pub after Kapow finishes around 7pm to see if anyone is still around.

Not that I'll recognise anyone of course.

Maybe I should just stand nervously in the corner? Does that sound like a good plan?
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: Jim_Campbell on 08 April, 2011, 08:48:03 PM
Quote from: Pauul on 08 April, 2011, 08:25:24 PM
Not that I'll recognise anyone of course.

Fat old goth. Leather trousers. Big boots. Plus/minus cowboy hat. That'll be me.

Cheers

Jim
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: Kev Levell on 08 April, 2011, 09:17:00 PM
small, grey, kinda tired lookin'
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: W. R. Logan on 08 April, 2011, 09:18:49 PM
Quote
Fat old goth. Leather trousers. Big boots. Plus/minus cowboy hat. That'll be me.

I dont believe I've ever seen Jim sans hat?
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: Jim_Campbell on 08 April, 2011, 09:26:09 PM
Quote from: Kev Levell on 08 April, 2011, 09:17:00 PM
small, grey, kinda tired lookin'

It's not the years, it's the mileage...

;-)

Cheers!

Jim
Title: Re: If you're going to KAPOW, come to <ahem>. Saturday 9th April. In a Pub.
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 08 April, 2011, 09:29:14 PM
Off to meet Pete at Kings Cross now and then it's off to any drinking establisment  :D