A look back at a Marvel UK trading card promotion that marked major changes to Overkill
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British artist and inker Cam Smith among the nominees in this year’s Inkwell Awards
A Marvel UK veteran is among the nominees in this year’s Awards
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Heroquest Returns!
The popular dungeon-crawling game first published in 1990 returns
Doctor Who’s Crystal Palace Dinosaurs Connection!
News that Historic England is to add London’s Crystal Palace Dinosaurs to its Heritage At Risk Register prompted memories of the time Doctor Who companion Ace had an encounter with them, back in 1990…
British Comic Artist and Inker Cam Smith among this year’s Inkwell Award nominees
We’re delighted to report British comic book artist and inker Cam Smith – known for his work at Marvel UK, 2000AD and for US publishers – has been nominated for an Inkwell Award – and there are other British nominees, too. The… Read More ›
Missing in Action: Heroquest at Marvel UK, and the RPG magazine that never happened
Looking back at Marvel UK’s one-off foray into the world of role-playing magazines
Creating Comics: Cam Smith’s Comic Book Inking Masterclass returns!
Ace inker and comics artist Cam Smith is doing another inking workshop at London’s Orbital Comics in London on Friday 17th November 2017. If you’re interested then book now because places are limited! “I can’t wait!” Cam tells us. “The… Read More ›
From The Trenches: A Guest’s Eye View of True Believers Comic Festival 2017 by Jessica Martin
Comic creator Jessica Martin, one of many talents at the event, reveals how she’s now a “True Believer” after her trip to Cheltenham this weekend… On Saturday 5th February, I was a guest at the True Believers Comic Festival in… Read More ›
Latest Doctor Who comic collection “Evening’s Empire” features new pages by Richard Piers Rayner
Out now in the UK from Panini is the latest ‘archive’ Doctor Who comic collection, Evening’s Empire – a book special for me, not just because it features some of the last Seventh Doctor comic strips I edited for Doctor… Read More ›
Looking back on Marvel UK’s “Frontier” comics, on their way as a new collection in 2016
Picked up by numerous Marvel fans in mid July, Amazon has posted details of the upcoming Marvel Frontier Comics: The Complete Collection, assembling a number of strips published by Marvel UK in the 1990s as part of what was the… Read More ›