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An Ode to Paddy and Luke (The Blackpool ComicCON Artists)

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There was a time when being a nerd was something of a dirty word Reading books and being clever was not a popular endeavour But that opinion was soon offset with the advent of the Internet These days it’s harder for the ridiculer as geeks are considered so much cooler But they need a place they all can meet, somewhere to go for a nerdy treat and so was created a brand new invention: something called a Comic Convention They happen all over, in towns and in cities Some of them good, and some of them…. not so good Then Fylde coast nerds began to drool at news of a comic con here in Blackpool! The hype for this event soon began No one suspected it might be a scam They promised 'conateers' would have a ball and that this event would have it all Meet your favourite sci-fi actor! There’s a technician from the death star’s reactor One of the zombies from Dawn of the Dead The guy who operated Jabba’s head You can cospla