As a complement to UKCAC, from 1990 to 1995 the organizers put on the Glasgow-based Glasgow Comic Art Convention (GlasCAC), generally held in the spring.
[1] The largest convention of its kind in the country during the period, the UKCAC and GlasCAC were the sites of annual comics award ceremonies from 1987 to 1998.
Along with panels, seminars, and workshops with comic book professionals, one of the annual highlights (until 1989)[2] was the Saturday all-night film show, as well as regular events like quizzes, a fancy dress contest, and a charity auction.
UKCAC was a successor to the British Comic Art Convention (commonly known as "Comicon,") which ran, mostly in London, from 1968 to 1981.
[6] London became an increasingly expensive location to host the convention, and they had difficulty keeping costs down and attracting top-level guests.