Well, the British International Comics Show in Birmingham was lovely as always. Spent ages chatting to Mike Carey, Nicola Scott, P.J.Holden, Nick Setchfield, Peter Hogan, Tim Pilcher, Pornsak Pichetshote and Phil Ford, who popped in for lunch. Knight and Squire artist Jimmy Broxton came out as also being event organiser James Hodgkins (they even have different signatures), and Jonathan Ross was charming and fannish, chatting to Tommy Lee Edwards on a big screen above him. I enjoy that convention very much, but one thing it could do with is a default bar or pub. The club on the first night was a bit impersonal, and after the guest meal on Saturday, there weren't many of our folk to be found at the Malmaison. There are times when a convention should declare which is their pub.