History
It was organised by Frank Plowright and Hassan Yussuf throughout via their company Rusty Staples starting in 1984. Many others contributed either for a few years or on the convention days themselves. Most prominent was Richard Barker, between 1986 and 1990. Attendance at the show went from 500 to around 5000 by 1990.
The growing popularity of the UKCAC lead Rusty Staples in 1990 to organize creation that year of the Glasgow-based Glasgow Comic Art Convention, or the GlasCAC. GlasCAC was held in Glasgow from 1990 to 1995.
The UKCAC was held in London until 1997 and in Manchester in 1998.
UKCAC was succeeded by Comic Festival, run in Bristol from 1999 - 2004, then by Comic Expo, which began in 2005.
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