After the successful adaptation of The Ballad of Halo Jones by Manchester-based Scytheplays back in 2012, the Lass O’Gowrie, famous for their Fringe productions of Russell T. Davies’ Midnight, Year of the Sex Olympics and Coronation Street together with… Read More ›
Month: January 2013
Brian Bolland signs Dredd at Forbidden Planet London
Ace artist Brian Bolland will be signing Judge Dredd: The Complete Brian Bolland, published by IDW, at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Saturday 12th January 2013 from 3 – 4.00pm. Mega-City One, 2099. This vast urban nightmare has sprung… Read More ›
Striker returns to The Sun
As rumoured last week, the Striker comic strip has returned to The Sun newspaper, after a long absence – ousting vampire comic Shadows. Returning on Monday, the strip began with longtime soccer hero Nick Jarvis being interviewed on TV about… Read More ›
London SuperCon announces fourth wave of guests
The London Super Comic Convention, running 23rd – 24th February 2013, has just announced a fourth wave of guests at the event, joining names such as Neal Adams, J Scott Campbell and Brian Bolland previously announced. The latest comic creators… Read More ›
Lion: King of Picture Story Papers From Bear Alley Books
Steve Holland of the Bear Alley blog is just about to release Lion: King Of Picture Story Papers, the second of his updated comics indexes available from Bear Alley Books. Lion was a weekly boys adventure comic published by… Read More ›
Titan launches creator-owned comics line
Titan Comics goes big in 2013 – with original, creator-owned series by new and world-renowned talent. Titan Comics is the bold new imprint from the London-based world-leading publisher – offering the best original creator-owned comics alongside new and classic graphic… Read More ›
How will you support International Book Giving Day?
14th February 2013 offers not only the opportunity to line the pockets of card companies with absolutely no capacity for commissioning good romantic verse – it’s also International Book Giving Day. This year, the organisers – determined to promote books… Read More ›
Doctor Who Adventures at 300: An interview with artist John Ross
Doctor Who Adventures has just notched up its 300th issue – and downthetubes caught up with comic artist John Ross, who has drawn a strip for every issue of the popular title… John worked on a lot of magazines for… Read More ›
Paragon back with twelfth jam-packed issue
Issue 12 of the long running indie British anthology comic Paragon is on sale now from lulu.com and sees the return of Jikan the time-travelling, demon-hunting Japanese warrior Dirk Van Dom and El Chivo, along with Li’l Ganesh and his… Read More ›
Dandy Events At The National Library Of Scotland
To tie-in with their free Treasures exhibition on The Art And History Of The Dandy which runs until 3 February 2013, the National Library Of Scotland (NLS) are holding two free Dandy related events. The first, on Wednesday 9… Read More ›