Along with the other fan conventions KAPOW! COMIC CON is making the UK the place to be for all things comic and superhero related. In case you are unsure of the awesomeness of Mark Millar he is - the Scottish fan boy that dropped out to chase his dream of being a comic writer and went from standing in line to get Alan Moore's autograph to MAJOR power player via Trident Comics, 2000AD, Fleetway, DC, DC's Wildstorm, Marvel and eventually his own line of comics published under his Millarworld banner. I haven't mentioned that his ascent was oiled by delivering some of the most engaging and generation defining stories of our time at each publisher - or his critical involvment in updating the Marvel Universe to its current more filmable sensibilities. A knack that he has carried over to his own titles like; Kick-Ass, Wanted, the soon to be a major motion picture Nemesis and in development War Heroes.

Millar is also behind CLiNT, a monthly magazine bringing the best existing & new comics talent together. It features hooks like Millar's worth the cover price alone; Kick-Ass 2, Nemesis & American Jesus, Jonathan Ross's 30s based Vampire vs. Super heroes saga Turf, Frankie Boyle's insane Rex Royd, Stewart Lee's The Property and merging it with hilarious un PC columns and articles; this month's issue includes interviews with the likes of David Mitchell, Stewart Lee & Kevin Smith, indepth looks at the ISS Enterprise and a personal favourite Vern's Guide to Badass Cinema; and much more!). Coming across as an international anarchic post meta human generation update on the traditional great British titles like; A Boys Own (not strictly for boys only though), Lion, Action, Hotspur, Tiger, Valiant, 2000AD, Revolver all rolled into one and then blended with Monty Python and The Twilight Zone. If some of the aforementioned titles are unknown to you. How I envy the undiscovered country that lies ahead of you. Issue 4 of CLiNT out now, with issue 5 expected to be unchained any day now and available from all decent magazine resellers.

Mark Millar has openly said that KAPOW! COMIC CON is loosely based on SDCC so you can expect all the best of Comic Con, just earlier and without all the travel hassle. So for 2 days, Londoners (& others) can expect to be treated to panel discussions (and hopefully some show & tell) about all the latest comic, super hero, games and film related goodnes that they can handle brought on at KAPOW! COMIC CON.

The full event schedules can be expected to be released around Febuary 14 but so far we know that:

- Saturday 9 April 2011, KAPOW! COMIC CON will host the first ever annual Stan Lee Awards. - "this is a fantastic platform to reward the cream of comic book talent for all their creativity and imagination throughout 2010, which has brought us so much entertainment and inspiration". Dare I say it? I wonder if Stan the Man Lee will be putting in an appearance?

- Sunday 10 April 2011 KAPOW! COMIC CON will have the first public screening of Mark Millar's directorial film debut Miracle Park. Described as ‘the X-men meets Trainspotting’ and ‘a chilling, violent and totally new experience in cinema. Miracle Park starts where other superhero movies draw the line’.

Keep an eye on my blog as I'll soon be bringing you some exclusive video from the opening night of the Russian Standard Vodka Film Festival screening of Kick Ass and Mark Millar QA with Empire's Chris Hewitt.