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• Live Long and Sparkle: MAC Star Trek Make-Up In the Works

  By John Freeman on April 5, 2016

  

  Celebrating Star Trek’s upcoming 50th anniversary, MAC Cosmetics has unveiled its new makeup line inspired by the franchise, promoting it with some cool futuristic but sadly uncredited graphics. Set for release this summer, the line has been inspired by characters Deanna… Read More ›

• Crouch End Comic Art Festival Returns in June

  By John Freeman on April 5, 2016

  

  The third Crouch End Comic Art Festival (CECAF) will take place at the Earl Haig Hall, Crouch End, London on 18th June 2016, hosting the best and brightest cartoonists and independent publishers currently active in the UK comic scene. “The… Read More ›

• Oliver East’s “Take Me Back To Manchester” Exhibition Opens

  By John Freeman on April 5, 2016

  

  In 1872, Maharajah, an Asian Elephant, walked from Edinburgh to his new home in Belle Vue Zoo with his keeper Lorenzo Lawrence. Oliver East, a Manchester-based artist, walked the same route in April 2016, as inspiration for a full-length comic,… Read More ›

• Captain Britain, 40 Years On – What Next For Marvel’s Very British Superhero?

  By downthetubes Guests on April 5, 2016

  

  October see the 40th anniversary of the ‘birth’ of Captain Britain in Captain Britain Weekly, but what’s next for the Marvel hero? Last month, Marvel UK and Captain Britain fan Mark Roberts published a feature recounting news about a potential Captain… Read More ›

• Revealed: A New Official “Watership Down” Poster

  By John Freeman on April 4, 2016

  

  Vice Press will release two stunning-looking a poster celebrating Richard Adams’ classic novel Watership Down produced under license from Nepenthe Productions – the work of celebrated illustrator Raid71 (aka Chris Thornley). This beautiful art print which will be released at 5.00pm… Read More ›

• Batman versus Superman Box Office Plunge Prompts Questions

  By John Freeman on April 4, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  What are the key differences between two of DC Comics top heroes, Superman and Batman that make them so different – and could a 1990s story written by Dave Gibbons and drawn by Steve Rude be a better example of illustrating them,… Read More ›

• Sneak Preview – Sliced Quarterly Issue #2

  By Antony Esmond on April 3, 2016

  

  Edited and Designed by Ken Reynolds Cover by Lukasz Kowalczuk Contributors – Chris Sides, Max Meier, Ken Reynolds, Peter Johnson, Freja Steele, Lukasz Kowalczuk, Kathryn Briggs, David Thomas, Denis Vermese, Ben Peter Johnson, Daniel Ableev, Bob Schroeder, Saffron Knight, Simon… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Comic Artist Gerry Dolan

  By John Freeman on April 2, 2016

  

  When artist Gerry Dolan died last November I started writing this tribute, but for various reasons it got pushed back in its publication until now, and I can only apologise to those of you who already knew of his passing… Read More ›

• Europe Comics Invades London! (with help from Pat Mills, Posy Simmonds, Paul Gravett and others)

  By John Freeman on April 2, 2016

  

  This month, Europe Comics will be travelling to London with various events scheduled all across the capital featuring a host of comic creators, including Pat Mills, Chris Riddell, Sarah McIntyre, Mike Medaglia and Posy Simmonds. Working in association with Comica London, they’ll be participating in… Read More ›

• If Only It Were True: Hashtag Comics’ Dream Investors

  By John Freeman on April 1, 2016

  

  Whoever tells you there’s no money in comics clearly doesn’t appreciate the potential value of a good Intellectual Property – a value that comic publishers large and small are more than happy to remind us of, especially when there’s some… Read More ›

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