Another new event to add to the comics calendar! More on High Vis Comic Con below…
Even More Comic Book Creators Added To High Vis Comic Con – An All-New And Free, Family Friendly Con Happening This June 21st In Kings Heath And Raising Money For Charity.
- High Vis Festival brings comic cons back to Birmingham this summer
- Free and inclusive, it will include interviews/panels, comic book/graffiti workshops and more.
- We will be raising funds for the Kings Heath Food Bank with a live Art Auction and collection point for contributions.
- Prior announced guests are: John Wagner (co-creator of Judge Dredd), Charlie Adlard (artist on The Walking Dead), Laura Howell (The Beano) and Martin Simmonds (The Department of Truth).
- New guest announced: Kevin Sutherland (Beano, writer Al Ewing (2000 AD, Venom, Metamorpho: The Element Man), artist Paul MaCaffrey (Judge Dredd: The Magazine, Anno Dracula: 1895: Seven Days in Mayhem), MANGA artist/writer Sonia Leong (Doctor Who, Assassin’s Creed, A Spell of Scarlett.
High Vis Street Art Festival – known for its spectacular annual street art festivals for nearly eight years running – is proud to announce it’s bringing comic cons back to Brum. But with a difference. High Vis Comic Con will be a new, free, family-friendly, comic-focused convention on Saturday 21st June 2025 from 10am – 5pm, on York Road and the newly refurbished All-Saints Centre, Kings Heath.
The day will feature special comic book guests, retro gaming with Dead Pixels, free comic book workshops, live street art, and more. High Vis Comic Con gives fans, families, and the comic book curious the chance to catch some of comics’ biggest creators in person while enjoying the bars, eateries and independent shops in one of Birmingham’s most talked about and desirable suburbs. There will even be an appearance by the 501st UK Garrison, so why not grab a selfie with a Storm Trooper, or vogue with Vader?
Already announced are special guests:
- The Walking Dead’s artist Charlie Adlard
- 2000 AD legend and co-creator of Judge Dredd, John Wagner
- co-creator of The Department of Truth – soon to be adapted for television – artist Martin Simmonds
- Beano’s finest, Laura Howell
New guests announced are:
- Kevin Sutherland (Beano)
- Writer Al Ewing (2000 AD, Venom, Metamorpho: The Element Man)
- Artist Paul MacCaffrey (Judge Dredd: The Magazine, Anno Dracula: 1895: Seven Days in Mayhem)
- Artist/writer Sonia Leong (Doctor Who, Assassin’s Creed, A Spell of Scarlett)
Organiser and High Vis Festival Co-Director, Olly MacNamee stated:
“While we are known for our successful street art festival, I am a huge comic book fan and there’s a lot of crossover between both. So, why not bring them together in one place?
We have Charlie Adlard, in a rare UK convention appearance, as well as Martin Simmonds, artist of one of the hottest comic book properties of the moment, The Department of Truth, currently being developed for TV by the producers of the critically-acclaimed Chernobyl. Plus, we are pleased to be able to have the legendary 2000 AD writer, John Wagner, the co-creator of Judge Dredd. And now we have four more announced guests, with more still to be announced in the coming months!
The con, however, is all part of a much more ambitious plan. With brilliant events like Joe Lycett’s PRIDE Queens Heath, the monthly Farmers Market and more. We even ran last year’s annual High Vis Street Art Festival here, gifting to the community a much-loved new community mural. Working with local artists and businesses, we want to build on these successes and encourage more visual artists to visit the area, mingle and collaborate. We want Kings Heath to be a hot spot for the usual arts. Call this con is a statement of our intent!”
Our supporting partners include Birmingham City Council, the Enterprise Action Zone, MIA Properties, Enjoy Kings Heath, The Station, Fletchers, The Juke Bar, The Hare and Hounds, the Heath Book Shop, graffiti artist.com, Worlds Apart, Kings Heath Food Bank, Revolution Sounds and our friends at Bishop Challoner Catholic College and Sixth Form.
