Comic Books

The January book club is Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. If you’re interested, read the book if you want to, and join us for dinner at Otto. A £5 deposit is required to book your place which will be deducted from your dinner bill. The booking will be under Olivia.

£5 - Speaker & Debate: Speaker: Mr Hyatt, MA. Learn about history, the arts and architecture. Talk followed by Q & A, and discussion. Come meet people who share your interests or/and learn something new. Suiting the historical talks, the location is in a lovely 18th century church. This is advertised elsewhere also, so book today as there is a maximum of 25 seats for the "Purple room" we are in. This a new event so we are all new. Look forward to meeting you :-D

This is our regular drop-in campaign meetup. We recommend bringing a couple of decks so people can arrange Investigator teams. We will have some of the starter decks available for play on the evening. You can read more about this at https://www.theludoquist.com/blogs/investigating-insanity-arkham-horror-lcg-blog/arkham-horror-drop-in-campaigns £5 session fee will be payable to Ludoquist on the night Organizing for campaigns mainly happens in the comments.

**Board Game Inventory** => **[Wing's'Wins Inventory](https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/352838/wings-n-wins-inventory)** **Venue website** => **[Duke of Hammersmith](https://drink.brewdog.com/uk/duke-of-hammersmith)** **MEMBERS ONLY OFFER - BURGER, FRIES & PINT FOR £12.95** No need to be a gaming expert - this is all about having fun. Grab a seat, there's something for everyone, and now you can enjoy our members only offer ALL NIGHT!! Whether you're a seasoned player or a first-timer, our Casual Games Night is the perfect opportunity to unwind, connect with friends, and relish in the joy of shared moments, and get yourself a good deal whilst your at it. So, kick back, make a move, and savor the leisurely enjoyment of a night where the only rule is to have a good time!! See you soon!!

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A tense run-against-the-clock thriller. It caught my eye because Rebecca Ferguson is in it, I really liked her in Silo. Also stars Chris Pratt and a multitude of interesting looking not very well known actors. Good enough for me! Tickets on Mondays are £5.75 (you don't need the flexi fee): Book your own ticket: https://forestwalthamstow.admit-one.co.uk/seats/17678/?_gl=1*1fohgir*_gcl_au*NzA0OTcyNzY3LjE3NjE5OTU5MDQuMTE0MDUzMTQ2MS4xNzY3MzUzNzkwLjE3NjczNTM5ODM.*_ga*MTg3MTI2Nzg1Ni4xNzYxOTk1OTA0*_ga_V7S82W4M6C*czE3NjkzMjE4NDIkbzI2JGcxJHQxNzY5MzIxODYwJGo0MiRsMCRoODU4NzA4ODc3 If I'm early enough I want to go to the Collab bar around the corner, their Signature Brew beers are delicious. They do food too.

**[Wool](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13453029-wool-omnibus) by Hugh Howey (576 pages)** **Genre:** Science Fiction • Dystopian • Post-Apocalyptic **Summary:** In a future where the world outside is deadly and toxic, humanity survives deep underground in a massive silo. Every rule is meant to protect the people—but also to keep them silent. When one woman dares to ask questions and uncover the truth, the walls of this fragile society begin to crack. Wool is a haunting, slow-burn dystopia told across **five interconnected novellas**, each peeling back another layer of the mystery. It’s the story that inspired the hit Apple TV+ series Silo—a gripping blend of secrecy, survival, and human resilience in a world that feels all too possible. *** **Join the Sci-Fi/Fantasy Series Squad! 🚀📚** If you’ve ever gotten halfway through a fantasy or sci-fi series and needed a little group support to finish, this is your crew. We’re reading one book a month together—so you can keep pace, stay motivated, and enjoy deep-dive discussions without feeling overwhelmed. *** **How It Works:** 🪐 **Series Focus:** We're tackling one sci-fi or fantasy book per month. First up in 2026: *Wool by Hugh Howey*. If it’s a hit with the group, we’ll move on to the rest of the *Silo* series. 🙌 **No Pressure Zone:** Didn’t finish the book? No stress. Come anyway—we’ll chat about the world-building, characters, favorite quotes, and wildest twists. *** **📍 Join us at the Spread Eagle in Croydon on the 28th of January 2026 at 7:00 PM** Grab a drink, imagine life underground, and let’s dive into this claustrophobic sci-fi world together—one secret at a time.

If you are you interested on creating your own comic, but need help to put your vision together or do not know were to start then we may have the solution for you. Come talk shop with fellow creators, share experiences, ideas, techniques and tips to help each other grow and have a chance in the industry.

Join us for a relaxed and welcoming social book club as we read Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami. This is all about good conversation, shared perspectives, and enjoying a thoughtful but fun discussion in a friendly, social setting. Whether you come with deep insights or just your curiosity, expect meaningful chats, different viewpoints, and a great chance to connect with others over a powerful, engaging book. No pressure—just good vibes, good people, and good discussion Book club will take place at the Barbican Library. please add the number 07460163389 to be added to the group chat for live updates. Happy reading x

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a 2010 romantic action comedy film directed by Edgar Wright, and written by Wright and Michael Bacall, based on the graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley. It stars Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim, a slacker musician who is trying to win a competition to get a record deal, while also battling the seven evil exes of his new girlfriend Ramona Flowers, played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead. The ensemble cast also features Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick, Alison Pill, Brandon Routh, and Jason Schwartzman. It received positive reviews from critics, who noted its visual style and humor, and was a box-office failure, though it has garnered a cult following. The film made several top ten lists and received several awards and nominations. In scholarly analysis, it has been widely discussed as a transmedia narrative. Please note we will not be showing the film at the meeting. Make sure you watch the film before you attend and then come and join in with the conversation. It’s just a discussion. It’s not a screening. 🙏 We will be meeting in The Ludski Bar in the Rio Cinema. [https://www.riocinema.org.uk/your-visit/](https://www.riocinema.org.uk/your-visit/) You are welcome to bring outside food in with you but please buy your drinks from inside the cinema. Thank you. ... To join the All Out of Bubblegum Film Club WhatsApp Group please click here: [https://chat.whatsapp.com/J2to1MBd4Ct7kQTFFVnyML](https://chat.whatsapp.com/J2to1MBd4Ct7kQTFFVnyML) (in order to stop spam bots this will take you to a Waiting Room. Once in please write your name and we will join you to the main chat). Meetup charges subscription fees. If you would like to make a donation please click here: [https://paypal.me/philosophycollective](https://paypal.me/philosophycollective) You can also find the All Out of Bubblegum Film Club here: [https://www.meetup.com/alloutofbubblegumfilmclub/](https://www.meetup.com/alloutofbubblegumfilmclub/) We hope to see you soon.

**Join us at the monthly late night opening at the Cartoon Museum** The Cartoon Museum is dedicated to preserving the best of British cartoons, caricatures, comics and animation. The museum houses a collection of over 6000 original cartoons and comics, and a library of over 8000 comics and books, documenting the history of British comics from the 18th century to the present day. Main exhibition - [The Future Was Then](https://www.cartoonmuseum.org/whats-on-exhibitions/the-future-was-then) This Autumn, The Cartoon Museum looks to the future – and the past – to explore comics that went beyond the final frontier and predicted what humanity would look like in years to come. Will the Daleks invade in the year 2150? Did the space travel of Dan Dare or the dystopia of V for Vendetta come true in the 1990s? What will our future look like? Take a journey through time and space and answer these questions and more! **MEET DETAILS:** **5.50pm Meet just outside the museum** **6pm: Enter Museum** Address: 63 Wells St, London, W1A 3AE Post Event Pub visit (optional) The Blue Posts, 81 Newman St, London W1T 3ET **TICKETS:** **Book your ticket** [here](https://www.cartoonmuseum.org/visit-us) (The museum has asked us all to buy before we attend , as we’re a large group and will hold up the counter - NOTE YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY ANY EXTRA TICKET OPTIONS, AS WE WILL NOT BE TAKING PART IN THE TALK AVAILABLE ON THE NIGHT - Please buy a normal general admission pass - these tickets are an annual pass.) Adult \| **£12** Concession \(over 60 y/o\) \| **£8** Universal Credit & JSA recipients \| **£3** Student\, Museums Association \| **£5** Under\-18s\*\, ArtFund\, London Pass\, Members \| **Free** Venue Cancellation policy terms [here](https://cartoon-museum.arttickets.org.uk/pages/terms-of-use) Subject to these terms [here](https://cartoon-museum.arttickets.org.uk/pages/terms-of-use), tickets purchased online are non-refundable and may not be exchanged or transferred. **GETTING THERE:** **Tube** Less than a mile away from Oxford Circus, Tottenham Court Road and Goodge Street stations. **Bus** Buses 55, 88, 98 453, N18, N25, N55, N98, and N207 stop less than half a mile away from the museum. **Cycle** There are bike racks and a Santander Bike dock on Wells St. where the Museum is located. **On foot** Walking distance of Oxford Circus, Tottenham Court Road and Goodge Street stations. Oxford Street station is under 500 meters away. We recommend using Exit 1. **EVENT WHATSAPP GROUP:** If you are on the **'going' list** **only** please join the event WhatsApp group to help you find the group on the day. *Link will be shared in the event comments below 48 hours before the day.* *Joining this WhatsApp group will make your phone number visible to other members in the group.* **GROUP ETIQUETTE AND RULES:** * LoMAZ events are run by volunteers. We have an attendee limit to help the host manage the event. We prefer a smaller, friendlier group. * Once all the spaces are taken, Meetup adds you to the Waitlist. If someone drops out, waitlisted attendees are automatically moved to the 'Going' list by Meetup in order of priority. * **If you can no longer attend, please change your RSVP to 'Not Going' as soon as possible.** Then someone on the waitlist can take your place. **We remove members from the LoMAZ Meetup group who:** * **RSVP as ‘Going' but then do not show up three times in a row.** * **RSVP as ‘Going' but then change their RSVP to 'No' five times in a row.** * **Are on the Waitlist or who have not RSVPd, but turn up anyway.** **Thank you for your interest in the group & being part of LoMAZ.** Image credit: Lucía Bravo

Do you want to meet new people in a relaxing chill atmosphere surrounded by new books? Do you dislike loud and smelly places like pubs and clubs? This is the event for you. Science and Philosophy Book Club is creating a new kind of meetup where people who love books and knowledge can meet new friends in a big book shop. We will explore around different sections of the book shop together as a group while making interesting conversations with each other. We will go to both fiction and non-fiction areas. If you feel shy and feel nervous to come alone, I will make sure you will feel comfortable and accomodate to your needs. I will help introduce you to others so you can go over the barrier of anxiety when approaching a new person. We will meet on the ground floor lounge area of Doubletree Hilton Hotel at 6 p.m. It is an amazing cosy bar with classy vibes. We will wait for everyone to show up while getting some drinks and socializing. At 7 p.m we will head to the Waterstones book store near Russel Square and UCL. After we explore the book store, we will come back to the hotel bar and stay there for the rest of the night. This event requires £5 donation to cover the venue fees. You can pay via cash or card. Thank you for helping the book club!

Basic Ideas: 🌞 📚☕ Any books sitting there collecting dust? Some holiday gifts? Or it’s a book that has changed your life that you want to share? Feel free to bring book(s) to discuss or swap, we usually have more books than people in the end, so feel free to pop along just to have a chat as well. Aiming for every 4 weeks book swap meetup. Note: The event is free to attend, so the only cost for you will only be buying a drink at the location, so coffee/tea/beer etc.

Welcome to our February's Book Club event and our first one of the year! The book for this month is Sociopath by Patric Gagne. *A fascinating, revelatory memoir revealing the author’s struggle to come to terms with her own sociopathy and shed light on the often maligned and misunderstood mental disorder.* [Good Reads link](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/176443093-sociopath?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=XyGw34WhmR&rank=5)

If you love anime & manga then please join us for our weekly meetups, where we basically just sit, chat and read anime & manga! We usually sit in the back of the pub. If the weather is nice we may sit outside at the back of the pub, or even outside on the downstairs floor. In this meetup, you can BYOM (bring your own manga) or read one from the selection we will bring. See this as an opportunity to discover, recommend or simply enjoy Japanese comics & anime with like-minded people! Note: This is not a book club. Also, the TCR bar is kind enough to allow us to use their space to host this meetup, and has asked if possible for attendees to support the venue by purchasing a drink or food while you're there. Please don't bring your own food or drink to consume at the venue, as the venue does not allow this! You can also join our discord group: [https://discord.gg/nDMBbQ2CKu](https://discord.gg/nDMBbQ2CKu)

**En’hittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It** by Cory Doctorow https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/enshittification-4 (also available via Spotify premium) Misogyny, conspiratorialism, surveillance, manipulation, fraud, and AI slop are drowning the internet. For the monopolists who dominate online - X, TikTok, Amazon, Meta, Apple - this is all part of the playbook. The process is what leading tech critic Cory Doctorow has dubbed en'hittification. First, the platform attracts users with some bait, such as free access; then the activity is monetized, bringing in the business customers and degrading the user experience; then, once everyone is trapped and competitors eradicated, the platform wrings out all the value and transfers it to their executives and shareholders. Book is available at Hatchards and elsewhere. https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/enshittification/cory-doctorow/9781836742227 Other related books: \- Empire of AI: inside the reckless race for total domination\, by Karen Hao (https://xigxag.co.uk/audiobook/empire-of-ai-9781837311262/) \- Taming Silicon Valley: How to Protect Our Jobs\, Safety\, and Society in the Age of AI\, by Gary F\. Marcus \([https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/taming-silicon-valley/gary-f-marcus/9780262551069](https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/taming-silicon-valley/gary-f-marcus/9780262551069)) \- The New Empire of AI: The Future of Global Inequality\, by Rachel Adams \- The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want\, by Emily M\. Bender \- More Everything Forever: AI Overlords\, Space Empires\, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity\, by Adam Becker \([https://open.spotify.com/show/36wi0Xfr6C5eoJnA0WCISN?si=177a406de3014913](https://open.spotify.com/show/36wi0Xfr6C5eoJnA0WCISN?si=177a406de3014913)) \- Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust\, by Ernest Davis \- Dark Patterns\, Deceptive Design\, and the Law\, by M\.R\. Leiser \- Genius Makers: The Mavericks Who Brought A\.I\. to Google\, Facebook\, and the World\, by Cade Metz **Venue** Kahve Dünyası https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZFF9WTCh2gmh9nJYA Just past the Waterstones building. Once you come out of Piccadilly Circus station, walk down Piccadilly street. **Book Club Rules** * Reading the book is required, even if you read a single chapter. * Discussion is centred around the book and its theme. * No show is not appreciated. Please sign up if you are interested in reading and discussing books. In case you cannot make it anymore to the meeting, do let us know in time.

Heroes! We will be meeting up to play Marvel Champions .We will meet inside The Ludoquist from 6.30pm, and split into groups of 4 or less before choosing villains to defeat inside. The session will be charged by The Ludoquist at £5 (payable on the night). We will have pre-built decks available to play on the night for beginners, but we otherwise advise bringing along a couple of decks to arrange groups on the night (and maybe one or two substitute allies). People don't always sign up here, but you can check in [on our Discord](https://discord.com/invite/2KUZYKSFc9) to see if people are coming!

Hi everyone, in January our theme is authors/ books from South Asia and the chosen book is Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie. Synopsis below: 'A wonderful, rich and humane novel... a classic' Guardian Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. However, this coincidence of birth has consequences he is not prepared for: telepathic powers connect him with 1,000 other 'midnight's children' all of whom are endowed with unusual gifts. Inextricably linked to his nation, Saleem's story is a whirlwind of disasters and triumphs that mirrors the course of modern India at its most impossible and glorious. *WINNER OF THE BOOKER AND BEST OF THE BOOKER PRIZE* **A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ PICK** See you on 29th 🍷 Steph & Christina