At the beginning of April we reported that four pages of original Watchmen artwork by artist Dave Gibbons that had just sold on eBay, selling for between £4,058 and £5,600. Since then, three more pages have been sold. The first… Read More ›
Month: April 2009
Strip!: Publishing a Blank Slate
Concluding comic book publishing month on radio show and podcast Strip!, Alex Fitch interviews Kenny Penman who runs Blank Slate Books, a new British publishing company that has been around for just under a year and have four books to… Read More ›
Stand By for Action!
Producers Ralph Titterton and Tim Mallett have assembled 40 tracks representing the best of TV and film music genius Barry Gray, capturing some of the very best of his theme work that graced many classic 1960s shows produced in the… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: 28 April 2009
• In his latest Lyin in the Gutters column, Rich Johnston reports Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch‘s Fantastic Four run for Marvel has had an altered schedule due to personal issues for both creators. The last double-sized edition, #569, has… Read More ›
As Rainbow Orchid Preps for Print, Parts go Offline…
Garen Ewing’s full web version of his comic strip The Rainbow Orchid, is going to remain online for just one more week. “Book publication of volume one (Egmont UK) is set for 4 August 2009, so after the bank holiday… Read More ›
Hi-Ex Comics Convention Returns In 2010
After the successful second Hi-Ex comics convention held in Inverness on Valentine’s weekend this year, organisers Vicky Stonebridge and Rich Clements have been in touch to let us know that Hi-Ex will return in 2010. After heavy snowfall prevented many… Read More ›
Orang Utan Moves to Light Speed
British indie publisher Orang Utan Comics have just released two new comics, both available to order online – and which will be on sale at the Comics Expo in Bristol next month. FTL#1, available from Indyplanet, is the first issue… Read More ›
Cold Day on Sale!
… Well, almost. I’ve just received an advance copy of Panini’s Doctor Who: A Cold Day in Hell collection which features strips from my period working on Doctor Who Magazine, as designer then editor. The Panini team have done the… Read More ›
Mirabalis Continues Online
New episodes of Mirabilis, which ran in the dead-but-just-resting The DFC, have just been posted online: www.mirabilis-yearofwonders.com/Episodes.html The creation of Dave Morris and Leo Hartas, Mirabilis was originally intended to appear in episodic form in Random House’s weekly comic, before… Read More ›
You Are The Law!
Licensed Judge Dredd belt buckles are now available to pre-order from Termight Replicas. This heavy buckle has been cast in zinc alloy and then gold plated with an enamelled flag on the front, and the results look impressive. The buckle… Read More ›