Top London comics store Gosh! Comics have outgrown their happy home of 25 years close to the British Museum and are moving to new, bigger premises in Soho. But, before they go, they’re saying goodbye to 39 Great Russell Street… Read More ›
Month: July 2011
British publisher MediKidz on the hunt for comic artists
British comics publisher Medikidz – a fast-expanding company set up to explain medicine to children through dynamic comics – are looking for enthusiastic pencillers, inkers, colourists, letterers and art studios to help create their books. The London-based company is specifically… Read More ›
CLiNT #9 arrives Stateside – delivers Supercrooks Exclusive
British comic fans have already read it but the latest 100-page issue of CLiNT – perhaps one of its most potentially controversial issues yet – goes on sale in the US this week. Issue 9 is packed full with brilliant… Read More ›
Enjoy ‘Gnashional Trust’ fun as The Beano invades stately homes
Britain’s National Trust has opened its doors to the nation’s best-loved cartoon characters this summer – letting The Beano’s mischief-makers run riot across the country. This week’s issue of The Beano is the first ever time the National Trust has… Read More ›
Cartoon Museum celebrates Doctor Who in comics
London’s Cartoon Museum is to host an exhibition of Doctor Who comic art over the summer, celebrating almost 50 years of his adventures in print – and hopes it might solve a long-running mystery about the artists who first drew… Read More ›
Things that make editors happy…
You see, this is what makes being an editor fun (sometimes)… bribes from artists! Of course, I did have to enter MacFormat and Men’s Health illustrator Bill McConkey‘s 1980s Classic Last Supper Movie Quiz first. I’m not sure if it’s… Read More ›
Titan Books lands Avatar Press distribution rights for the UK
Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martinwill be distributed in the UK by Titan Books Titan Books has announced it is partnering with Avatar Press, the highly regarded independent American publisher of comic books, founded in 1996 by William A. Christensen,… Read More ›
Dredd movie release date set for September 2012
Karl Urban as Judge Dredd. Via IM Global (with thanks to Everything Comes Back to 2000AD): Variety is reporting that the release date for the Judge Dredd movie – titled simply Dredd – starring Karl Urban as 21st September 2012…. Read More ›
Diesel launches Only the Brave Captain America fragrance
Well, Parliament has wound up for the summer and it’s time for the traditional ‘silly season’ of stories, as the news media scrabble for stories to fill both print and electronic pages. We just didn’t think things would start here… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Infamous Games and Comics
Continuing the Panel Borders radio show’s month of shows about the crossover between games and comics, Alex Fitch talks to writer Pat Mills about the series of seven online comic strips he’s written to accompany the release of the new… Read More ›