EGX MCM latest: Game and comic fans attend a major UK event

Just arrived for my very first game and comic conpublished at 11:32 British Summer Time

Thomas Copeland
Live reporter

Catherine, Melissa and Tom in a Beetlejuice-inspired costume, posing on board a train — Image caption,

Catherine (R), Melissa (L) and Tom (behind the circle skull in case you can’t see it)

Hello from the ExCeL, where I just arrived for my very first game show and comic con!

I’m here to take in all the sights and sounds of the most colorful day on the comics calendar.

On the train I met Catherine Mariah, wearing a handmade one Beetle juice-inspired costume that even lights up.

Mariah convinced her younger siblings, Melissa and Tom, to come along this year.

“There are panels, games, displays,” says Catherine, “and my favorite part is meeting other people who are cosplaying.”

“At the end of the day you’ll be sad it’s all over – you’ll have the Con Blues!”

The Mariah family is ready, and so am I, so stay with me for light saber battles, cosplay contests, reunions of popular voice actors, the appearance of a Pokémon star and much, much more!