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• British and Irish Comic Conventions and Signings

  By John Freeman on September 30, 2025

  

  Your guides to upcoming British and Irish comic events

• Enter The Madman’s Gallery…

  By John Freeman on November 25, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  Discover the strangest paintings, sculptures, drawings and other artistic oddities ever made…

• Starblazer Cover Artist Identified – and a Cover Mystery…

  By John Freeman on November 24, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  A Starblazer cover artist discovered

• Sonic the Comic: Reillustrated – fan project continues

  By John Freeman on November 23, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  Check out this marvellous fan homage to a classic British comic

• Your Guide to the new Neon Ichiban digital comics platform

  By John Freeman on November 23, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  A quick look at the fast expanding digital comics platform from DSTLRY

• Seven Up! New free How to THINK When You Draw magazine unleashed

  By John Freeman on November 22, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  Get it before it’s gone!

• SciFi flavour to David Hailwood’s new book, “How To Draw Super Simple Cartoons For Creative Kids”

  By John Freeman on November 22, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  David Hailwood’s new Step By Step Drawing Book With 300 Fun Characters for Children To Create

• ‘Superman’ No. 1 Leaps to $9.12 Million at Heritage, Becomes Most Expensive Comic Ever Sold

  By John Freeman on November 21, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  The world’s most expensive comic book?

• Five Weird Comic Book Crossovers That Worked

  By downthetubes Guests on November 21, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  David Ferguson looks back at some odd crossover comics

• Robot Archie cover gems by Vladimiro Missaglia

  By John Freeman on November 21, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  Fantastic robot craziness!

• In Memoriam: Artist Cecil Vieweg

  By John Freeman on November 20, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  A small tribute to the stunning work of the late illustrator and fine artist, Cecil Vieweg

• Yor, the Hunter from the Future, to get English release at last

  By John Freeman on November 20, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  New collection on its way

• Forbidden Planet ready for Christmas with Doctor Who artist Kelly Yates

  By John Freeman on November 19, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  Celebrate Christmas SciFi style

• In Review: The Running Man

  By John Freeman on November 19, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  Another dystopian future not far removed from our present?

• Cadman creeps his way back into Commando!

  By John Freeman on November 19, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  The Coward of the Western Front returns, as no good as ever!

• Making the Most of the Thought Bubble Comic Convention

  By Luke Williams on November 18, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  Review, advice for next year and more from Luke Williams!

• Slingsby Bros. Ink! appeals for help with new newspaper strip collections

  By John Freeman on November 18, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  Do you have copies of Empire News in your comics collection?

• Pedantic Stan, The Comics Fan, hops over the English Channel, to Germany!

  By John Freeman on November 18, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  Wer ist der größte Pedant in Deutschland?

• Worms, Void Runners and a Messerschmitt, oh my!

  By John Freeman on November 18, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  New 2000AD and Judge Dredd Megazine on sale this Wednesday!

• Mundo Pixar Experience lands in the UK next year

  By John Freeman on November 17, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  London is set to host the world’s largest immersive exhibition celebrating Pixar

• Manga Jiman Challenge returns – are you ready?

  By John Freeman on November 16, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  The annual competition is back, deadline early January

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