Sad news via Steve Holland’s Bear Alley: one of the giants of British comics, Mike Western, has laid down his pen for the last time. Mike, who suffered a heart attack in 2007 and was laid low by it for… Read More ›
Month: May 2008
The Return of Paper?
British comic creator Adam York Gregory has just released his new book based on his webcomic, The Flowfield Unity — but has abandoned trying to sell it by Print On Demand in favour of a tried and tested distrIbution method… Read More ›
C2D4 Launches new titles
Newly launched self-publishers C2D4 (an aliteration of Comics To Die For) enjoyed a successful launch at the Bristol International Comic Expo earlier this month, with Essex-based duo artist and writer Tony Wicks, and writer Martin Buxton unveiling three titles: Last… Read More ›
In Review: Freddie & Me: A Coming-of-Age (Bohemian) Rhapsody
Freddie & Me: A Coming-of-Age (Bohemian) RhapsodyBy Mike Dawson US Release (Paperback, Bloomsbury): 27 May 2008UK Release (Hardcover, Jonathan Cape): 5 June 2008 The Plot: High Fidelity meets Wayne’s World in this graphic memoir about a young man’s life-long obsession… Read More ›
Vampire Chiller joins ROK Comics
Check out this digital vampire comic by Rodrigo Diaz Ricci
Free Tozzer!
Everyone likes free stuff, right? So to cater for all the cheapskates (I mean, you sophisticated members of the cultural elite), the the creators of the hilarious comic strip Tozzer, Rob Dunlop and Peter Lumby, launched a brand new Tozzer… Read More ›
Indy Magazine and Comic Released!
Titan Magazines launches two official tie-ins with the new Indiana Jones film this week – and one of them is a UK-only comic title. The first issue of the Official Indiana Jones Magazine features exclusive interviews with the cast and… Read More ›
DFC Launches
By Joel Meadows of Tripwire Magazine Taking over the BFI South Bank café in Waterloo in London, David Fickling Books launched The DFC, their new weekly comic for kids to some fanfare last week. Top names like Philip Pullman (The… Read More ›
Parody Ad: Gremlins
The critters from the 1980s film Gremlins do their best to scupper a late night in the office for Dragons’ Den and American Inventor star Peter Jones in this BT ad, created by Swarm. Swarm have published a “Making of”… Read More ›
Woolworths’ Darth Vader Spot
Long-running Wooolworths promotional characters Wooly and Worth (who even have their own ine of merchandise!) prepare for lunch Darth Vader in their flat. The Sith lord is making beans on toast but alas! No toaster. Wooly is sent out to… Read More ›