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I've an interesting answer to this one. 2005, Glasgow, the SECC. Dean Stockwell was present looking pretty dejected at a scarcely attended part of the autograph area. I went up to him and asked for his autograph, duly paid, then remarked that I loved Blue Velvet and Night Gallery. He suddenly perked up and became like Al Kalavitchi watching a baseball game, shook my hand and gave me the thumbs up. You would think I had given him a million dollars.

I think that an unfortunate feature is that guests cannot be photographed writing the autograoh they are scribing for you. Being able to photograph the celebrity buys provenance for the autograph either confirming and enhancing a memento of the occasion or - let's be honest - the veracity of an autograph you may later sell.

... Possible future bookings as guests?

Congratulations all round!

This year will be hard to beat, for numbers, enthusiasm and big names. however I'd like more representation from the SFX industry and I'm sure writers such as Mark Gatiss would be obliging enough. The creator and some stars of 'Breaking Bad' (which, with its psychological Jekyll/ Frankenstein story is scifi I would day) were in Edinburgh on Thursday and maybe could've been rustled into the Saturday leg of GCM. Future idea for inclusion?

Everyone was great. Maybe a few muttered swearies under breath, bu we can forgive that. Only villain of the puece was the wee wifey with the empty shopping trolley which she was using as a siege engine. Had she wandered in by mistake? Or was she truly a manifestation of the dark one? Oh, and gravel-voice da who kept shouting at his shoukder-carried, pink-clad baby? Yer no right!

I asked him to do the knife-hand trick from Aliens - he laughed and asked "do they sue people here in Glasgow, too?" A true star, class act!

Thanks for the info! I wasn't criticising her, just worried that she could've been mobbed at one point by her "admirers"! Great show!

Amazing day, amazing people. The dealer who used to run Scottsman's models still a moany old bar steward! A1 Comics were great, by theway! Big David and his crew worked wonders. Great celebs too! Prowse in good mood and out and about (sonebody customise his crutches to incorporate red lighsabers?!) while David Warner, Alice Krige were class acts and Robert Lewellyn was a friggin star! Bigger venue may be needed in future - replace the guy with the dodgy print-canvas stall with an artists' alley would be a good start - but I loved the festival of geeky love. 'Big Bang Theory' is God bloofy awful but those "Uncle Trons" have created hype we freaks and geeks couldnae buy!

We'll be good!

Some great talks. Just a suggestion though - first 5-10 folk who proffer a question in line shoukd get to ask it and hold up a ticket to do so. Just a thought. However, David Warner was excellent, such a humble guy and well of information, Alice Krige was suitably unsettling/nice while Robert Lewellyn was an all round good egg. A lovely day showing a side to Glasgow that we must cultivate. Our violent/football/drink culture is both lambasted and secretly encouraged by our masters. Our groups of dreamers and fools have to be cultivated and the joy, love, enthusiasm and reasonably priced action figures I experienced today made me feel good inside. I can't slag GlasgowCollectormania, not really. I love it. I hope all Glasgow footy teams go under and we just have LARP divisions... You can but dream.

I'm not up on anime, so I was in the dark about many of the costumes, but they looked great this year. There was a Wonder Woman who arrived at the cosplay desks that seemed to be some minor comiccon-circuit celebrity and just seemed to be there to be ogled. Anyhoo, the mass birthday celebrations for the cosplay contest announcement lassie were lovely. Oh, and just what the Hell was Deadpool saying?!

Wish list: Rick Baker, Peter Serafinowicz, Lewis Macleod, Garrick Hakon I also think Jonathan Ross would grace any such event!

Virginia Hey was great. Just like Lucy Lawless, these Antipodean stars have no airs or graces and go that extra mile for fans.

Y'all made an American in Scotland very welcome... even if I forced Davros to admit he hadn't seen any 'Star Wars'!