Legendary British artist Kevin O’Neill (whose work includes Nemesis the Warlock for 2000AD and Marshal Law) has confirmed that he will come to Bristol to sign the first volume of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century, written by Alan Moore…. Read More ›
Month: January 2009
Stacking the odds for Indie Magazines Success
Here’s an idea which some enterprising comics publisher, or comics distributor, might consider as a way to drum up interest in their full range of titles. The financial crisis will make 2009 a year of high innovation for independent magazines,… Read More ›
Elephantmen Back on Track
Image Comics reports that, after a number of hiccups in the scheduling of Active Images Elephantmen in 2008, the creation of former Marvel UK staffer and all round good egg Richard Starkings, the book is back on track for 2009…. Read More ›
Alternative Press Fair Shapes Up Nicely
With just two weeks to go, Jimi Gherkin, Comic creator and organiser of the The Alternative Press Fair 2009 in London on 1st February is shaping up nicely with a terrifi line up of creators scheduled to be part of… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: 21 January 2009
• Comics Bulletin have run the first review of Thunderbolts #128, writen by Andy Diggle and drawn by Roberto de la Torre, on sale today in the US, which sees Black Widow and Ant-Man engaged in covert ops aboard Air… Read More ›
Bostin Heroes seek an Artist
A British webcomic team is urgently seeking a new artist as it looks to begin its second story. “I’ve recently been writing a webcomic set in the West Midlands called Bostin Heroes,” Shropshire-based writer and small-press creator Matthew Craig tells… Read More ›
Brit indie announces Thief-Taker General
British independent comics line Storm Comics (www.stormcomics.com), the brainchild of writer and artist Michael Crouch, was launched last May with a one-off sci-fi comic, Afterlife. Although interest has been good, judging by feedback from readers, sales have been slow. Not… Read More ›
Bloomsbury publishes Twilight Zone in the UK
Due for release from Bloomsbury next month are the first four graphic novels in a series adapting episodes of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The work of artists from the Savannah College of… Read More ›
ZineFest Focuses on Comics
Zine Fest, which takes place this Saturday in London, will include a new exhibition of women zinester’s comics, curated by Melanie Maddison, editor of the Leeds-based ‘zine Colouring Outside the Lines, which features interviews with contemporary female artists and illuminates… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: 20 January 2009
• On the eve of Barack Obama’s inauguration as 44th president of the United States, surely only a warped mind like The Guardian‘s Steve Bell could come up with a cartoon like this, published in yesterday’s paper. Well, it made… Read More ›