Edinburgh Comic Con was an annual

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organised by Hero Conventions and run at the

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in Edinburgh, Scotland since 2014. It features guests from comics, film and television industries, and includes talks, displays and a prize

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competition. In July 2015, the organisers announced an "Artist Searchlight" competition to design the cover for the 2016 programme. On 14 April 2022 Hero Conventions announced the event would no longer continue.

Previous guests

The following guests from the world of comic books have been present at Edinburgh Comic Con: *

Jim Cheung Jim Cheung ( ; born 1972) is a British comic book artist, known for his work on the series such as ''Scion (comics), Scion'', ''New Avengers: Illuminati'', ''Young Avengers'' and ''Avengers: The Children's Crusade''. He co-created the Marvel su ...

(Press release via Comic Conventions) *

Gary Erskine Gary Erskine is a Scottish comic book artist. Career Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley near Glasgow in 1968, Erskine grew up in Rutherglen and attended Burnside Primary and Stonelaw High School. Fellow comic artist Frank Quitely (Vincent ...

Leonardo Manco Leonardo Manco (born 16 December 1971) is an Argentine comic book artist. Career Manco is best known for his dark and gritty style on such titles as Marvel Comics’ '' Hellstorm'' (1994), '' Blaze of Glory'' (2000, #1-4), '' Apache Skies'' ...

Norm Breyfogle Norman Keith Breyfogle (; February 27, 1960 – September 24, 2018) was an American artist, best known for his comic book art on DC Comics's Batman franchise from 1987 to 1995. During this time, he co-created the villains Ventriloquist and Ratc ...

Declan Shalvey Declan Shalvey (born 11 January 1982) is an Irish comics artist and writer. He has worked for Marvel Comics, drawing titles like ''Moon Knight'', '' Thunderbolts'' and ''Deadpool''. For Image Comics, he has collaborated with writer Warren Ellis ...

Jordie Bellaire Jordie Bellaire is an American comic book writer and colorist who lives in Florida and works for DC, Marvel, Valiant, and Image comic book publishers. She has colored '' Pretty Deadly'', '' The Manhattan Projects'', ''Moon Knight'', '' The Vis ...

Mike McKone Michael McKone is a British comic book artist. Career McKone's first published works for the major companies included ''Justice League of America'' and '' Justice League International'' for DC Comics and '' The Punisher War Zone'' for Marvel C ...

Ivan Brandon Ivan Brandon (born 1976) is a comic book writer known for his work on titles such as DC Comics' '' Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape'' and ''Men of War'' as well as creator-owned series ''Viking'', '' The Cross Bronx'' and '' NYC Mech'', published by ...

Tanya Roberts Tanya Roberts (born Victoria Leigh Blum; October 15, 1949 – January 4, 2021) was an American actress. Some of her credits include playing Julie Rogers in the final season of the television series ''Charlie's Angels'' (1980–1981), Stacey S ...

Gordon Rennie Gordon Rennie is a Scottish comics writer, responsible for ''White Trash: Moronic Inferno'', as well as several comic strips for '' 2000 AD'' and novels for '' Warhammer Fantasy''. In May 2008, he announced he was leaving comics to concentrate ...

* Tom Foster *

Yishan Li Yishan Li (born 1981) is a Chinese-British comics and manhua illustrator. She is self-taught. Li has worked on popular comic book titles such as '' Hellboy'', ''Batwoman'', and ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. She describes her own comics as "'girl ...

Dan McDaid Dan McDaid () is a British comic book writer and artist. Career McDaid made his debut in ''Doctor Who Magazine'', after sending a sample strip to then editor Clayton Hickman. His debut work for DWM was as writer of ''The First'', a story wh ...

Simon Furman Simon Christopher Francis Furman (born 22 March 1961) is a British comic book writer who is best known for his work on Hasbro's ''Transformers'' franchise, starting with writing Marvel Comics's initial comic book to promote the toyline worl ...

The following guests from the world of TV & film have been present at Edinburgh Comic Con: *

Angus MacInnes Angus MacInnes (27 October 1947 – 23 December 2024) was a Canadian actor. He is most famous for his role as Jon "Dutch" Vander (Gold Leader) in ''Star Wars'', and as former hockey great Jean "Rosey" LaRose in the comedy '' Strange Brew''. H ...

(Star Wars, Judge Dredd, Space 1999) * Simon Fisher-Becker (Doctor Who, Harry Potter) *

Jimmy Vee James Vee (born 3 February 1959) is a Scottish actor. He is best known for playing a number of ''Doctor Who'' Creatures and aliens in Doctor Who, monsters and aliens including Bannakaffalatta in the 2007 Christmas special ''Voyage of the Damned ...

(Doctor Who) *

Spencer Wilding Spencer Lee Wilding (born 26 July 1972) is a Welsh actor and special creature performer. He is from Meliden in Denbighshire, north Wales. He has also had some success as a professional kickboxer and professional cruiser weight boxer. He was tr ...

(Guardians of the Galaxy, Doctor Who, Batman Begins, Ghost Rider 2, Game of Thrones) *

Nathalie Cox Nathalie Claire Cox (born 1 September 1978) is a British actress and Model (person), model. She is best known for her role as Juno Eclipse in the video game ''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed'' and its Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, sequel, as ...

(Star Wars: The Force Unleashed & The Force unleashed 2) *

Caitlin Blackwood Caitlin Blackwood (born 23 June 2000) is a British actress. She is best known for playing the young Amy Pond in the BBC One TV programme ''Doctor Who''. Biography Blackwood was born in Antrim, Northern Ireland in 2000. She moved with her fam ...

(Doctor Who)

References

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