TFNation have been busy churning out the announcements to the point that we both forgot to update our own site with the latest press releases so here they all are in case you missed them.

The opening and closing times have been announced - https://tfnation.com/2018/blog/News/story/Operation:%20Opening%20Times

A list of traders has been revealed - https://tfnation.com/2018/blog/News/story/Operation:%20To%20Sell%20Toys with a follow-up here.

It was announced that a display of fan-made toys will be put on and everyone can enter! - https://tfnation.com/2018/blog/News/story/Show%20Us%20What%20You're%20Made%20Of

Cosplay Applications have been opened - https://tfnation.com/2018/blog/News/story/Operation:%20Pretenders%20Hide,%20the%20Cosplayer%20inside

Chris McFeely's Transformers The Basics TFNation Attendee Guide episode went online - https://tfnation.com/2018/blog/News/story/Chris%20McFeely%20presents:%20The%20TFNation%202018%20Attendee%20Guide

The traders in The Forge have been announced - https://tfnation.com/2018/blog/News/story/Operation:%20A%20Crafty%20Announcement

Applications to run a panel on "Fan Panel Friday" were opened - https://tfnation.com/2018/blog/News/story/Operation:%20That%20Fantastic%20Friday%20Feeling 

A guest round-up was posted - https://tfnation.com/2018/blog/News/story/Operation:%20Guest%20Round-up

Merchandise pre-orders opened! - https://tfnation.com/2018/blog/News/story/Operation:%20Pre-Orders%20Now%20Open

The TFNation schedule was announced - https://tfnation.com/2018/blog/News/story/Operation:%20TFNation%202018%20Schedule

TFNation have revealed their 13th guest for their 3rd show as Lew Stringer! Lew created such Marvel UK delights as Robo-Capers and Combat Colin

TFNation 2018 takes place August 17th-19th at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole just outside of the NEC here within the UK. You can read the full press release below.

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Joining the line-up of comics guests for 2018, TFNation is pleased to announce the presence of another UK based artist – well known to fans of the original Marvel UK Transformers comics series – Lew Stringer!

Famous predominantly for his humour work, he was a stable component of the Marvel UK Transformers issues, providing a light-hearted relief to the stories in the form of two featured strips: Robo-Capers and Combat Colin (initially in the pages of Action Force, the UK incarnation of G.I. Joe, then replacing Robo-Capers in Transformers).

His very first venture onto the comics stage was Brickman, which ran from the 1970s up until 2009 in various forms. Stringer is well known in the UK for his work as an independent comics creator, but also for his work appearing in the pages of The Beano and The Dandy weekly kids’ comic magazines, alongside other licensed magazines such as Spider-Man, Epic, Lego Adventures and more. Internationally, his work has appeared in the likes of Elephantmen and Grindhouse in the US market, Herman Hedning in Sweden, and Nemi in Norway.

Thanks to his comics work as a creator, Stringer is well-versed in the history of the British comics industry and scene, and regularly offers insights, analyses, and discussions of current and past trends on his blog, Blimey! It’s Another Blog about Comics!

Lew Stringer will be attending TFNation 2018 all weekend, talking capers,silly jokes, and sketching for fans of his work, as well as discussing comics history in general!

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TFNation have announced their 11th guest as Mairghread Scott for their 3rd show which takes place 17th-19th August 2018 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole in Birmingham England.

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Adding another international name to the line up for TFNation 2018, this guest hails from the IDW Publishing comics section of the Transformers franchise, and is an author of several other media iterations of the transforming robots too – please welcome writer Mairghread Scott!

Her writing credits, on the comics side, include the entirety of Windblade's story so far and one of the most charismatic Starscreams in robot history, as told in the pages of Transformers: Windblade volumes 1 & 2, and the fan-favourite sequel series Till All Are One. Scott was also co-writing the second IDW/Hasbro crossover event First Strike, and has been behind the Transformers Prime: Rage of the Dinobots and Beast Hunters mini-series.

Working as an assistant writer of animated series Transformers: Prime, Robots in Disguise and Rescue Bots, she has also directly contributed to bringing the character of Windblade into the animated universe too (in Robots in Disguise).You will find her work on several other animated series, such as GI Joe: Renegades, and most notably Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble, Guardians of the Galaxy and the upcoming Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors.

Back in comics, Scott has published for some of the major publishers in the business, with the likes of Green Arrow (DC), Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel), Wonder Woman (DC), and Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) on her resumé, and creator-owned projects such as Toil &Trouble (Boom! Studios), The City on the Other Side (First Second), and more. Her upcoming work will be seen in the pages of DC comics' Batgirl, starting with issue #25 in July 2018!

Mairghread Scott will be present at TFNation 2018 all weekend, signing books, talking Starscream, raising dark stories, and talking to fans of her writing – including those still saddened by the end of Till All Are One.

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Tickets for TFNation 2018 are now on sale.  You can register online via Mobile, Tablet, Laptop or Desktop.  There are two payment options available, credit card (via the secure payment gateway Stripe) or Paypal.

If you have a login to the website from previous shows then you can make use of the handy Quick Book buttons which will remember your preferences from previous years.

This year there are additional options when checking out, so you can choose if you want to attend the exclusive Stan Bush concept which takes place on Saturday Night after ClubCon.

We look forward to seeing you all there.