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• Diamond UK British Publishers Books Solicitations – September 2026

  By John Freeman on 11 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Starlord archive, new work from Gill Hatcher, and Black Mirror, too

• This Week’s UK Graphic Novel Releases – 7th September 2026

  By John Freeman on 7 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  New comic titles available in UK bookshops and Local Comic Shops this week

• 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?

• The Henry Ford Launches Artemis Adventure with LEGO Bricks, An Interactive space exhibition

  By John Freeman on 13 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Special LEGO exhibition announced with a space adventure theme

• 2000AD aplenty alongside US comic collectables in next Vectis Comics & Publications Auction

  By John Freeman on 13 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Plenty of British comics lots, including 2000AD, feature in next week’s auction

• In Review: Terminator 2: Judgement Day

  By Tim Robins on 13 September 2026 • ( 2 )

  

  Tim Robins revisits the re-released cyborg action film

• Meet Dan Dare – And Son!

  By John Freeman on 13 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Another Dan Dare that Might Have Been, explored…

• Heritage Auctions offers British Transformers and X-Men art alongside American classics

  By John Freeman on 12 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Nearly 400 original comic and comic related artworks go under the hammer next week

• Undiscovered Work by Countdown artist Jon Davis MBE rediscovered – but it’s not comics…

  By John Freeman on 12 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  A short film treating from an honoured comic creator

• A Halloween treat from Markosia – but it’s not for the nervous!

  By John Freeman on 12 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Gripping, eclectic, undefinable horror from Snake and Mauro De Falco

• Marvel teases pages from upcoming Captain Britain 50th Anniversary Special

  By John Freeman on 11 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Teaser pages from the upcoming celebration drop

• New Biography of Ghost Story writer Extraordinaire M.R. James arrives

  By John Freeman on 11 September 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  A new biography of M. R. James, greatest of all ghost story writers

• This Way Lies Madness: 2000AD Completists Take Note

  By John Freeman on 11 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Subscriber copies of 2000AD Prog 2498 set to become a quirky collectible?

• Frank Bellamy, Denis Gifford, Alan Class, and “Ally Sloper”, too!

  By Norman Boyd on 10 September 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  A look back at a short-lived comics anthology of the 1970s featuring some of the last work of Frank Bellamy

• Coming Soon: My Beloved Other, by Nick Abadzis and Angela Watson

  By John Freeman on 10 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  A powerful new graphic memoir gets its UK release soon

• Strawjack: “Figgerty’s Gallop” – Page 7

  By John Freeman on 10 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Is it curtains for Strawjack as the French attack? Heavens above!

• Italy’s Fumettomania Factory celebrates 60 Years of Star Trek

  By John Freeman on 9 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Mario Benenati esplores why Star Trek is still relevant today…

• New Donut Squad collection out this week

  By John Freeman on 9 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  New Donut Squad collection from Neill Cameron hits the shelves! Plus, online event news!

• “The Day of Dredd” Signings lineup confirmed

  By John Freeman on 9 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Day of Dredd arrives on the 3rd October 2026, featuring signings across the UK – and into Europe!

• Happy “Birthday” to the Boys Adventure Comics Blog

  By John Freeman on 9 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Anniversary returns for a recommended British Comics web site

• Glory Knight collection featuring art by John M. Burns coming from Hibernia

  By John Freeman on 9 September 2026 • ( 2 )

  

  New girls time travel adventure comic collection heads to publication…

• Tripwire announces end to print edition

  By John Freeman on 9 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Another print magazine goes on hiatus as distribution falters and costs rise

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