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• Bill Sienkiewicz announced as first guest for Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2026

  By John Freeman on March 7, 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  First guest and 2026 poster reveal!

• Dan Dare relaunched as graphic novel project from B7 Comics

  By John Freeman on November 14, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  New threats, new adventures for a classic hero…

• BEANO’s Dennis the Menace is 75… er 10! Er… can anyone out there count?

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

  

  Happy Birthday, Dennis, now 75, always going on 10!

• Cartoon Museum celebrates 20th anniversary, launches Crowdfunder to continue

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

  

  New appeal to support this brilliant Museum

• James Bond is back, at Titan Comics

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

  

  Get ready to be shaken and stirred all over again!

• Original Giles World War Two Navy cartoon blows estimated sale price out of the water

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

  

  Giles enduring popularity proved a sale success

• Throwback FPS Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! Out Now on PC and Consoles

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

  

  Do Your Part in Eradicating the Galaxy’s Deadliest Vermin!

• Hay Festival announces Conics And Graphic Novels Day lineup

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

  

  Hay Festival offers “Comics & Graphic Novels” day for 2026

• Missing Doctor Who Recovered: “The Daleks’ Master Plan” Special Screening, Updates

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

  

  Your guide to what was found, official releases and more

• Lightroom and Aardman announce “Larger Than Life: Starring Wallace & Gromit, Shaun and More”

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

  

  Celebrate 50 years of Aardman!

• Coming Soon: a new “Brenda and Effie” book from Paul Magrs

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

  

  Brenda and Effie forever!

• James Kochalka, first Cartoonist Laureate of Vermont, joins Macc-Pow 2026 lineup

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

  

  Meet the Festival’s “Esteemed International Guest”!

• Shaman Kane rounds out its sell-out success mini-series with final issue in May

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

  

  Get it while you can!

• Strawjack: Figgerty’s Gallop, our new web comic, is up and running

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

  

  Grab yourself a pot of ale. We have tellings to share!

• ComicScene magazine returning in 2027?

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

  

  British comics magazine set for return next April

• Bible Comics in Britain – and Beyond

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

  

  A quick guide to some British Bible Comics, and more

• Doctor Who – Terror from the Deep: Episode 93

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

  

  The penultimate episode – with a special cameo!

• In Review: The Bride!

  By Tim Robins on March 14, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  You might marry up to this more than you thought

• In Review: Scream 7

  By Tim Robins on March 13, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s fun, but could have been bolder…

• Six Figure Result for Newcastle Comic Auction as Peter Hansen Collection Makes Spectacular Debut

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

  

  An auction SMASH!!

• In Memoriam: Illustrator and Graphic Novelist Michael Hague

  By John Freeman on March 13, 2026 • ( 3 )

  

  A tribute to a much loved fantasy artist and author

• New classic comic strip collections from the Comic Strip Appreciation Group

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

  

  More American newspaper strip rarities collected

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