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• This Week’s UK Graphic Novel Releases – 31st August 2026 

  By John Freeman on 31 August 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  A guide to new graphic novel releases this week in the UK

• In Review: The Collected Cloak

  By Peter Duncan on 19 August 2026

  

  Peter Duncan got a sneak peek at this brilliant collection of Mike Higgs bonkers spy spoof strip…

• Diamond UK British Publishers Books Solicitations – August 2026

  By John Freeman on 17 August 2026

  

  Latest catalogue includes Nordland Uprising, The Cloak and more

• Help ma Boab! Oor Wullie is 90!

  By John Freeman on 7 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Ian Wheeler reflects on 90 years of Our Wullie…

• Bolton International Film Festival returns with 300 short films

  By John Freeman on 7 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  The hugely popular event’s programme offers animation, science fiction shorts and much, much more

• Celebrating TINA comic’s Tenth Anniversary in style, back in 1977 – in Holland

  By John Freeman on 7 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Holland’s TINA comic was celebrated in style in 1977, but do you recognise any of the Spanish comic artists at a special event? Back in 1977, the Spanish art team of the art agency Creaciones Editoriales visited the offices of… Read More ›

• Star Trek 60th Anniversary Celebration Comic soars into Local Comic Shops this week

  By John Freeman on 6 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Who wants early intel to the nine new single issues being released by IDW next Wednesday – three of them Star Trek ie-ins?

• Coming Soon: LD Comics x Cartoon Museum: Meeting Creators and Each Other

  By John Freeman on 6 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Showcasing comic creation and illustration

• In Review: Leviticus

  By Tim Robins on 6 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Tim Robins offers his thoughts on the new Australian horror film

• Latest issue of free digital magazine Between the Lines, celebrates Belgian Comics and much more

  By John Freeman on 6 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Find out more about Belgian comic creators, Russian and Korean comics, and more

• BookWalker Celebrates 10 Years of Kodansha Partnership with Major Global Anniversary Event

  By John Freeman on 5 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  BookWalker, the US-based digital destination for officially licensed manga, manhwa, and light novels, has announced a landmark milestone: a ten-year anniversary celebration honouring its decade-long partnership with leading manga publisher Kodansha. To celebrate ten years of bringing hit series to… Read More ›

• Action Force Redux Exclusive Revealed!

  By John Freeman on 5 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Action all the way, thanks to Baron Ironblood

• Tube Surfing: Odysseus, Sorceress at the End of Time, Sherlock Holmes and The Bride of Frankenstein, too!

  By John Freeman on 5 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  More quickfire spotlights on comic news you may have missed, and a WebFind thrown in!

• Doctor Who: The Kaleidoscope: Circuit Breaker by Jo Martin, out now

  By John Freeman on 5 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  New novel is the latest chapter in epic Doctor Who transmedia event

• Ron Turner Daleks art, Charley’s War and Comics with Free Gifts in latest Compal Comic Book Postal Auction

  By John Freeman on 4 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  An astonishing line up of comic art, including a Ron Turner Dalek strip

• The Royal Mint Boldly Goes Where No Coin Has Gone Before With New Star Trek 50p Coins

  By John Freeman on 4 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  New coin collectable released. Beam it up!

• Is Morecambe becoming Britain’s latest “Book Town”?

  By John Freeman on 4 September 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  It’s a rare event to hear of a new bookshop opening these days, so do check this one out!

• Doctor Who comic art sale at Whooverville 17 tomorrow

  By John Freeman on 4 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  An amazing range of original Doctor Who art is up for sale at the event in Derby

• Thunderbirds collaboration announced for Pixel Starships game

  By John Freeman on 3 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Join International Rescue and command legendary craft in a Pixel Starships and Thunderbirds crossover event

• Strawjack: “Figgerty’s Gallop” – Page 6

  By John Freeman on 3 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Trouble ahead for smuggler Strawjack and French ally Belphégora?

• London’s Queer Comic Fair Returns, showcasing LGBTQIA+ creators

  By John Freeman on 3 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  inQ! bring a whole weekend of queer comic and zine creators to London from across the UK…

• Have you discovered the Goon Show News archive collection?

  By John Freeman on 3 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Have you found this enjoyable Goon Show focused archive collection?

• Sneak Peek: Embers, a powerful new fantasy graphic novel by Lyndon White

  By John Freeman on 3 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Coming soon, an astonishing original fantasy story about magic, monsters and the cost of forgiveness…

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