Free Comic Book Day & King Charles III’s Coronation On The Same Day

The coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla is to happen on Saturday, the sixth of May., in two weeks’ time. The identical day as Free Comic Book Day. Which ought to make for a enjoyable confluence of exercise, particularly in central London, with its two comedian ebook shops simply up the street from the place the principle occasion will probably be occurring.

While crowds worldwide will probably be watching the event, bringing in billions to the British coffers from the Americans, Canadians, Australians,  Chinese, Indians and Japanese who care much more in regards to the coronation than the British do, comedian ebook followers will probably be lining as much as get their comedian books. Many companies in Britain will probably be shut in the course of the celebrations, however Forbidden Planet and Gosh Comics in London will most positively be open, sharing the inflow of tourism to town.

Here are Gosh Comics plans for the day in Soho.

• From 10-11am, we welcome our pals over at Bog Eyed Books who’ll be working a workshop with Tor Freeman, Alexander Matthews, Gary Northfield and Woodrow Phoenix.
• From 11am-12pm, we have got a workshop with Alexis Deacon, creator of the great Curse of the Chosen collection from Flying Eye Books.
• And to complete our youngsters workshop, at 12pm we welcome the proficient Takayo Akiyama, who drew the great collection of instructional Thames & Hudson books entitled So You Want to be a…
• And that is not all! They’ll be even be a number of our favorite native artists adorning our home windows with work of the comedian characters that they grew up with! Our window painters will probably be Yetunde Ekuntuyi, Clio Isadora, Shane Melisse, Olivia Sullivan, Claude TC and Yoyo the Ricecorpse.

And then there’s the Coronation, 1 / 4 of a mile down the street from Gosh and Forbidden Planet. The official ceremony is about to begin at 11 am at Westminster Abbey and can see Charles and his spouse Camilla ushered in as the brand new King and Queen. Before and after the coronation itself, Charles and Camilla will journey by coach by central London, from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey, down The Mall by way of Admiralty Arch, alongside the south facet of Trafalgar Square and thru Whitehall and Parliament Street, by Parliament Square and Broad Sanctuary.

Not going to lie, it is going to be a bizarre day throughout.