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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!

• Exclusive: Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph’s “2026 – 2027 Comics Laureate Reading List”

  By John Freeman on February 4, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  British comic creators central to new Comics Laureate reading list

• Grim finale ahead in 2000AD’s “Death of a Judge” this week

  By John Freeman on February 9, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s the end… but is it as you expected?

• Panel Borders launches into 2026 with Craig Thompson, Luobai interviews

  By John Freeman on February 9, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  In the first Panel Borders of 2026, Alex Fitch talks to a pair of creators whose work mixes Western and Eastern influences. Luobai chats about her PhD work – comics that deal with anxiety featuring a mythical creature called the Red Monkey, recorded… Read More ›

• “Meet the Shrivelwoods”, new tales from 2000AD’s Kek-W

  By John Freeman on February 9, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  New chapbook for the buying now…

• Lyndon White’s Barrow Does Comics poster revealed for new event in April

  By John Freeman on February 9, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Stunning “book dragon” art promoting new comics event unleashed!

• Don’t miss out on “The Time Team Unearthed”

  By John Freeman on February 9, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  New amazing looking Doctor Who art book out soon

• Steve Dillon Exhibition returns to Northampton’s Panel Gallery

  By John Freeman on February 8, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Steve Dillon Revisited exhibition features art from 2000AD, Preacher, and other work

• Comic Marketplace Applications Open for this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival

  By John Freeman on February 8, 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  Creators should apply now – deadline looming

• Leap of Eighth, new unofficial Doctor Who book, out in May

  By John Freeman on February 8, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  New guide to the Eighth Doctor’s adventures on its way

• Propstore Doctor Who Online Auction 2026 offers full size Dalek, Fifteenth Doctor’s costumes

  By John Freeman on February 8, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  A wide range of “New Who” items going under the hammer

• Heartstopper creator Alice Oseman headline guest at this year’s London Book Fair

  By John Freeman on February 8, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Alice is this year’s “Creative of the Fair”

• Doctor Who – Terror from the Deep: Episode 88

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

  

  Have the Daleks and Movellans been defeated?

• VIP Brands announces Comics-to-Animation Rights Market plans for Annecy 2026

  By John Freeman on February 7, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Looking to take your comic into animation? Rights market announced…

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Time Bomb Comics Dick Turpin and the Restless Dead

  By John Freeman on February 7, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  More gothic horror rides out at Time Bomb Comics!

• Real Roy of the Rovers Stuff! New collection out in June

  By John Freeman on February 6, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Get football fever with Roy of the Rovers!

• New Ghost in the Shell scheduled for July 2026

  By John Freeman on February 6, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  With music by Taisei Iwasaki, Ryo Konishi and Yuki Kanesaka

• In Review: Johnny Red “A Couple of Heroes”

  By Luke Williams on February 6, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  A handsome volume, the art shining from the paper

• How Much For Will Eisner’s The Spirit?

  By John Freeman on February 6, 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  Legendary comic creator’s estate for sale

• New UNIT: Eras and Eleventh Doctor audio adventures in the spotlight

  By John Freeman on February 5, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  New Doctor Who audio adventures in the spotlight

• Substack Data Breach hits comic creators

  By John Freeman on February 5, 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  No financial data accessed, but creators using the platform should be wary of scam emails and texts

• Assassination ahead? Trouble for Judge Dredd!

  By John Freeman on February 4, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Someone’s out to get the Lawman of the Future… does he have one?

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