Everyone attending was required to make themselves a name badge upon which they also speculated on what DFC stands for, there was face-painting for the kiddies and, in a moment I'm sure will end up in the papers somewhere, a bunch of DFC balloons were released over the Thames, 100 of which had vouchers attached entitling the finder to a free subscription.
David Fickling's speech mainly repeated what he's said in interviews already about his love of comics and his belief that this is the right time for a venture like this to get kids back into them. Nick Abadzis, currently producing "Cora's Breakfast" in the DFC bit of the Saturday Guardian, gave a short speech too (couldn't hear that one, I'm afraid - I was too far back. It probably went along similar lines).
So! All in all quite an exciting night. There were members of the press there, so keep your eye out for features about it over this weekend. Now if you'll excuse me, I've still got to finish off the last three episodes of the strip I'm working on... ahem!
