from 2015 he began attending comic cons regularly (having refused all but one offer until then) with nika nartova. together they have visited over 30 british towns and cities including london, edinburgh, cardiff, belfast, manchester, glasgow, birmingham, brighton, newcastle, york, kendal, blackpool, exeter, reading, leeds, liverpool, bolton, wigan, blackburn, bournemouth, enniskillen, northwich, macclesfield and sunderland as well as dublin and thessaloniki in greece.