Much delayed, Comics International #207 is now on sale, offering a variety of comics features, reviews and news items covering comics on both sides of the Atlantic (and beyond). Alongside features on the new Watchmen movie, out next month, Marvel… Read More ›
Day: February 16, 2009
Torchwood Strip on Watch Web Site!
Titan Magazines, publishers of Torchwood Magazine, have partnered up with UK digital channel Watch to offer an exclusive Torchwood strip on their web site, as part of their promotion for the screening of Torchwood Season Two. The strip has been… Read More ›
Something Useful from the European Union…
— Well, sort of… it’s in beta at present but the European Union is assembling a huge online digital resource, which includes imagery from publishers as well as museums at: www.europeana. eu/portal You can search for subjects etc and results… Read More ›
Photo Review: Hi-Ex 2 – From Inverness, With Love
by Jeremy Briggs Last year’s inaugural Hi-Ex comics convention, held on the first weekend in February, was besieged by snow leaving many guests and potential attendees unable to travel to Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. The downthetubes review of the… Read More ›
Beating Up Baddies, Watchmen Style…
A new Watchmen viral has just been launched, hot on the heels of the Watchmen TV channel, all to promote the upcoming release of the eagerly-anticipated Watchmen movie. This time, it’s a Watchmen arcade game, retro-styled like the classic 1980s… Read More ›
Kiwi Comic Creators Join Copyright Protest
New Zealand comic creators have joined a nationwide protest this week (16-23 February) protesting against new copyright laws there, that could see anyone perceived as infringing copyright lose their internet connection — including schools and libraries. The Guilt Upon Accusation… Read More ›
Alternative Press Anthology 2009: More Details Emerge
Jimi Gherkin, one of the organisers of the recent Alternative Press Fair in London, has revealed more for the plans for an Alternative Press Anthology, to be released later this year. “The Alternative Press Fair was great,” he reports. “We’ve… Read More ›
Lancaster Comics Event
Lancaster’s comics fans gather at the northern town’s Gregson this week, for an event organised by First Age Comics, which is based in the Assembly Rooms in King Street. The Uncanny League Of Astonishing Amazers will kick off at 8.00pm… Read More ›