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• Video Review and Picture Gallery – Comics: The Famous & Forgotten Exhibition at The Beacon, Whitehaven

  By John Freeman on February 4, 2026 • ( 3 )

  

  Enjoy a quick video tour of this amazing comic art exhibition!

• How British comic cover dates have (largely) lied to you for decades

  By John Freeman on February 12, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  British publishers have been confusing us for decades. Here’s how.

• An Early 2000AD Cover Mystery Solved?

  By John Freeman on February 17, 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  We head back nearly 50 years to hopefully solve a 2000AD mystery!

• Batman/ Judge Dredd Anniversary Edition gets early release

  By John Freeman on February 17, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  The Caped Crusader meets the Lawman of the Future – in a brand new oversized edition

• Scariest Godzilla Comic Yet? IDW announces The Horror of Godzilla

  By John Freeman on February 17, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Summer monster comic blockbuster announced!

• A Blast From The Past: How a wartime issue of Sensation Comics offered a glimpse of a terrifying future

  By James Bacon on February 16, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  A grim prediction of modern times?

• Put The Colour On Pembe the Pink Cat

  By John Freeman on February 16, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Catch the latest tie-in to this feline viral sensation

• Send your name around the Moon!

  By John Freeman on February 15, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Join NASA’s Artemis II mission… in spirit, at least!

• Final Quantum anthology on sale now, high street newsagents no longer most profitable route of sale

  By John Freeman on February 15, 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  It might be the end, but it’s going out with a bang!

• Doctor Who – Terror from the Deep: Episode 89

  By John Freeman on February 14, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  UNIT – the real UNIT arrive

• Let’s Hear It For… Artist Frank Robbins

  By John Freeman on February 14, 2026 • ( 5 )

  

  In praise of an often underrated comic creator

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Reverend Cross – Defrocked!

  By John Freeman on February 14, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Check out a new self-contained adventure comic by John A. Short & Gabby Noble!

• Badges? Of course we need badges!

  By John Freeman on February 13, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Phil-Comics latest eBay auction includes plenty of British Comics Free Gift items

• Markosia continues Free Comics digital giveaway

  By John Freeman on February 13, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Free Comics! Check them out now

• The Comics Research Bibliography 2025 E-book Edition released

  By John Freeman on February 13, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  An incredible research tool for comics archivist updated and out now

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Singularity anthology returns, offering more horror and science fiction

  By John Freeman on February 13, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  The creator-owned horror/sci-fi anthology featuring is back!

• In Review: Send Help

  By Tim Robins on February 12, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Survival horror thriller at its best?

• In Memoriam: BYTE Magazine illustrator Robert Tinney

  By John Freeman on February 12, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  His art helped define the visual identity of the personal computing revolution

• Five Comic Creators who worked on Doctor Who

  By downthetubes Guests on February 12, 2026 • ( 2 )

  

  David Ferguson spotlights five major contributors to Doctor Who comic mythos

• illustrators 50 spotlights Look-In artist Mike Noble, David Palumbo and more

  By John Freeman on February 11, 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  Truly fabulous artwork abounds in every issue

• Call for Papers: The Superhero Project X, tenth Global Meeting in September

  By John Freeman on February 11, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Supervillains and Anti-Heroes theme for upcoming academic comic conference

• Hard-hitting action from the Deathless Men in new Commando comics

  By John Freeman on February 11, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Vengeance stalks the streets of wartime Paris!

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