Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell’s From Hell occupies a monumental place in the history of the graphic novel: a Victorian masterpiece of murder and madness which has won numerous awards, spawned a major Hollywood film, and remained a favourite of… Read More ›
Month: February 2013
Birmingham Comic Con offers manga, TV and film attractions
MCM Birmingham Comic Con and Memorabilia, Britain’s biggest collectors’ event, come to the NEC on 16-17th March, and the team behind it tell us they have an awesome line-up of film and TV guests waiting to meet fans, host panels… Read More ›
Vengeance, Hollywood heroes and Spoons? It’s your latest Commandos!
The latest issues of war comic Commando are on sale now in all good newsagents, and digitally via iTunes for iPad and iPhone. Here’s the rundown – and you can now also read a preview of each issue and “try… Read More ›
Gibson Quarter back in new Undertow
Comic book artist Gibson Quarter – best known for his work on the ‘War on Drugs’ strips written by Alan Grant, and published by Wasted – reports the latest issue of Undertow (#3) will be released at the US Emerald… Read More ›
Publish and Be Dammed returns to the ICA
The annual Publish And Be Damned self-publishers fair returns for its second year to London’s ICA on Saturday 2nd March. The fair features over 50 publishers with experimental editorial directions and distribution strategies operating outside the mainstream. While most involved… Read More ›
Self Publisher Magazine spotlights artist Adam Grose
While the latest issue of Self Publisher Magazine – a free e-publication devoted to indie comics – is dominated this time out by US creators, it does include an extensive interview with British illustrator, writer and comic artist Adam Grose,… Read More ›
Lee Sullivan continues work on ‘Minister of Chance’
Lee Sullivan’s “The Horseman” poster for The Minister of Chance. © Minister of Chance Comic artist Lee Sullivan, whose latest published comics work is Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time #2 from IDW (read our interview), has dropped us a line… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Dalek Designer Raymond Cusick
We’re sorry to report the passing of Raymond Cusick, designer of Doctor Who‘s Daleks, and we thank Nick Abadzis for giving us permission to reproduce his visual tribute, posted on his blog earlier today. While editing Doctor Who Magazine some… Read More ›
Marshal Law: Twilight’s Last Gleaming
Top talent Pat Mills has just sent us this ‘trailer’ for the upcoming DC Comics Marshal Law collection, on sale in April… BEHIND THE MASK… Secrets. Secret identities. Secret lusts. Secret hates. The dark and sordid world of Superheroes. Pull… Read More ›
Radio interviews with Martin Rowson and Mike Carey
Panel Borders: Updating the classics Concluding a month of shows looking at the connections between comics and books, Alex Fitch talks to a pair of authors who have used graphic novels and comics to update classic literature. Mike Carey discusses his… Read More ›