London's name in Roman times (the period of British history before the traditional location of King Arthur's reign) was "Londinium", which is close enough to "London". So it wouldn't be too serious an anachronism - certainly no worse than Arthur speaking modern-day English (if there was a "historical Arthur", he'd have most likely spoken a mixture of Latin and a sort of proto-Welsh) or wearing the kind of armor out of the High Middle Ages that we customarily associate with him.
In the actual fifth and sixth centuries, London would have been most likely all but abandoned (like most of the towns in Britain at that point), a shadow of its Roman self; it would have been centuries before it became a major town again. (The glimpse we see of it in the Stone of Destiny story shows it as more a cluster of thatched cottages.)
Incidentally, we've now got the solicitation for #2 of the "Gargoyles"/"Darkwing Duck" crossover - which includes [SPOILER] the name of the fearsome spell book that Demona's after. It's not Darkwing's first delve into the Lovecraftian mythos, of course - remember Duckthulhu. I even checked that story in my copy of "Darkwing Duck - the Definitely Dangerous Edition" (which - appropriately now, had an introduction by Greg Weisman); there was a spell book with the right kind of look being used to summon Duckthulhu, but as far as I could tell, it wasn't given a name. [/SPOILER]
Todd Jensen
posted @ Thu, Nov 20, 2025 6:51:03 pm EST from 68.99.93.213
