New appearance dates:

17th April 2010
Corsham Sci-Fi (Family Funday)
Corsham Community Centre
Beechfield Road
Corsham
Wiltshire
SN13 9DN
10.00am - 4.00pm
www.corshamscifi.co.uk

24th April 2010
Bond Weekend
London Film Museum
County Hall Riverside Building
Southbank
London
SE1 7PB

25th April 2010
Wales Comic Con 2010
Glyndwr University
Mold Road
Wrexham
LL11 2AW
Wales
10.00am - 5.00p.m.
www.walescomiccon.co.uk

1st May 2010
Stars of Time
The Winter Gardens
Weston-Super-Mare
Somerset
BS23 1AQ
10.30am - 5.00pm
www.toymachine.co.uk

3rd May 2010
Starwars Fan Fun Day
Burnley Football Club
Harry Potts Way
Burnley
Lancashire
BB10 4BX
10.30am - 4.00pm

Hi Everyone

The weather here in the UK is still pretty cold so its been log fires every night since Christmas - oh for some sunshine and warmth.

I have signed some pretty cool items over the years , but this one made me want to rush out and buy a Harley Davidson! Jay Carter from C41 Corporate Branding does some really fancy work as you can see.

Whilst on the subject of helmets the 501st TK project are organising a charity event for 'Make a Wish' and are sending out Stormtrooper helmets to be customised by artists and actors which will be auctioned later this year. Here is my contribution - what else could I do but Boba?

Our first invitation for 2010 was from Vicente Estrelles from the Fricomic shop in Valencia. He invited me to attend the Japan Weekend in Madrid. This worked out perfectly as Robbie our son lives in Madrid and it was our grandson Ned's 7th birthday and a day later my ???th birthday.

Surprisingly Madrid was also freezing cold and we even saw some snow. The event was very busy with many people dressed in fun costumes.

In the evenings we were taken to typical Spanish restaurants with Vicente and his colleagues - two big surprises one evening were a gigantic birthday cake, and a brilliant cartoon by artist Victor G. Prats which was in a beautifully carved frame made by Vicente's father-in-law Jose.

Sitting at our table was writer/cartoonist Maria Parra who did a cute drawing of Maureen & myself. Also on our booth was Victor who did cartoons of Ned & Joss just from photos on our camera.

The Rebel Legion Spanish base were a great help throughout the weekend and presented me with an honorary membership.

On the last evening of the show we went to eat at the Príncipe Pío railway station where the whole upper floor was taken up with restaurants. What was bizarre is that we went to a German restaurant, had an Italian meal and we were in Spain - that's what's great about Europe.

Thanks to Vicente and all his friends for a wonderful weekend, and last but not least thanks to my very good interpreter Tate who despite being an Atlético de Madrid supporter did a great job!

On Monday Robbie came to collect us from our hotel to spend a few days with the family. When we arrived at his house he showed us into the boys playroom and to our great surprise 6 grandchildren leapt out from behind chairs, sofas to wish me Happy Birthday. Jamie had flown out with his family without giving any hint at all. It was very overwhelming but great to see them all together. As it was Ned's birthday too it was a double celebration.

We took a trip to Segovia some 50 miles from Madrid. Its famous aqueduct was built by the Romans 2000 years ago and is most impressive. The Cathedral is also quite amazing - it was begun in the 16th century and not finished until 1768. It was the last gothic cathedral to be built in Spain. We also visited the Alcazar (Castle/Palace) Its construction was started in the latter part of the 11th century. Unfortunately it was devastated by fire in 1862 and rebuilt in 1882 using sketches of the interior before the fire. The ceilings are quite breathtaking.

Back in Madrid there was just time to visit one more museum - the Caixa Foundation. Outside was an amusing statue of an elephant balancing on his trunk.

On our last evening my sons Jamie & Robbie took us out to the wonderful La Favorita Restaurante where the waiters burst into song. Their repertoire includes many arias from famous operas - quite an experience and the foods is excellent too. (Unfortunately Maureen dropped our camera - so no photos.)

That's all from Spain - next trip Mexico - my Spanish should be really good!

Thanks for reading and speak soon.

Jeremy

New appearance dates:

27th/28th March 2010
The Scandinavian Sci-Film Games & Film Convention
MalmöMässan
Large Varvsg. 15
Malmö
Sweden
www.scifiworld.se

3rd/4th April 2010
'Emerald Garrison" Invasion Dublin
RDS
Shellbourne Hall
Ballsbridge
Dublin
Ireland
www.invasiondublin.com

10th/11th April 2010
Salon Collexion
Parc des expositions
Avenue Pierre Bérégovoy
71000 MÂCON
France
http://saloncollexion.free.fr

Hi Everyone

Snow is fast disappearing, but still very chilly here in the UK. Here is the very belated update from the end of last year. Following on from our trip to Brazil we travelled to Utrecht for what is possibly the largest toy and antique fair in Europe. Myself and Kenny Baker were invited over by our friend Pieter Soet. I have never seen so many wonderful stands selling absolutely everything imaginable. Holland is well known for its bicycle use, but even so we were amazed at how many there were. Kenny even thought he might like to borrow one!

The event was very enjoyable and as always costumes seem to get more elaborate.

On my return I was invited to the Forbidden Planet in London for the long awaited release of 'StarHyke'

Next visit was to the mediaeval city of Braunschweig in Germany. When we arrived we were thrilled to find a Christmas market right below our hotel window. There is something magical about German Christmas markets and we spent our first evening sampling all the delights.

The following day a stretch limo arrived to take the guests to the show. At the Stadhalle we were greeted by lots of television cameras and press which was great as it was the first time this event had taken place. It was an impressive line-up of guests including Richard Kiel from the Bond films, Richard Brooker, Dick Wieand from the 'Friday the 13th' films and Marshall Bell. My favourite character was of course the giant Wampa!

A fun show and the weekend was rounded up with a typical German meal where we ended up playing air guitars with whatever was at hand.

The next weekend was a trip to Stockholm which I hadn't visited for quite some time. It was nice to be back as the Swedish fans are very welcoming. The other guests were great fun, and it was amusing to be sitting next to Edi Gathedi from the Twilight saga who attracted every teenage girl within a 100 mile radius!!. Equally amusing was chatting to Michael Ironside who has appeared in so many great films.

The show was very busy and my book 'Flying Solo' was literally flying off the table! Many thanks to Jesper for organising the show and also the Nordic Garrison for their support.

The last weekend before Christmas took us to Southampton and Newport. Also at these events were the team from StarHyke who were promoting sales of the DVD series.

Many thanks to David Tarrant for organising this one day event. It was then an early morning drive on Sunday to Newport in Wales for Steve's Sci-Fi Collectors Fair. Fellow guests were the lovely Femi Taylor and 'I shot first' Paul Blake. A whistle-stop weekend.

Finally it was time for Christmas and guess what Ned & Jossie got for Christmas?

Thanks for visiting the website, and hope to see some of you in 2010, in the meantime take care.

Jeremy

Hi Everyone

Hope you all had a great Christmas and I would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year. Apologies for not updating the website before Christmas but we were very busy with shows and trying to get the house organised before all our family arrived. We will be working on an update of the shows in November/December and hopefully have it posted as soon as possible.

We are having great fun here in the UK trying to cope with the snow and freezing conditions.

Take care

Jeremy

13th/14th February 2010
II Japan Weekend Madrid
Pabellón de Convenciones de la Casa de Campo
Avenida Portugal
28011 Madrid
Spain
http://www.japanweekendmadrid.net/
(I will be at the FICROMIC booth)

27th/28th February 2010
Tour ConComics 2010
Dark Empire Michoacan Fan club
Centro de Convenciones de Morelia - CECONEXPO
Morelia
Mexico
11:30 - 20:30 hrs

12th/13th/14th March
Megacon
Orange County Convention Center - Hall D-9899
International Drive
Orlando
FL 32819
www.megaconvention.com

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