Big Blue Bubble, creators of the best-selling gaming app My Singing Monsters, have signed the master publishing house Egmont UK as its new strategic licensing partner. The agreement between Egmont and the Canadian video game creators will see the My… Read More ›
Month: October 2013
Coming in 2014: Captain America – The Winter Soldier (UK Trailer)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier comes to the UK on 28th March 2014 and stars Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Robert Redford, Frank Grillo. The film is directed by Anthony… Read More ›
Marvel rolls out new Thor, Captain America merchandise
Marvel Entertainment have announced the merchandising plans for upcoming blockbusters Thor: The Dark World and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the former’s tie-ins to include toys such as the hilarious Thor Potato Head from Hasbro, collectables, apparel, accessories, stationery and… Read More ›
Metal Horns and Red Wire Dreadlocks: The Rise of Death’s Head II
Or – Making it When you Least Expect it First posted on deviantart by Liam Sharp, the co-founder of the digital comics company Madefire has kindly given us permission to cross post his memories (with some editorial annotations) of Marvel… Read More ›
PressPad adds Android to its digital self-publishing service for comic creators
PressPad, a relatively new self service tablets and smartphones publishing startup which has recently begun offering its iPad publishing service to comic creators, has just announced the impending arrival of support for publishing to the Android platform. While the lion’s… Read More ›
Photo Report: Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2013
The weather was stuck on the rinse cycle, or at least that was how the BBC weatherman described the weekend of the first Lakes International Comic Art Festival over 18-21 October 2013, but while the rain and unseasonably mild temperatures… Read More ›
Underwater terror stalks the new Commandos
Here’s the lowdown on this week’s Commando comic releases from DC Thomson on sale from today (Thursday 24th October)… Commando No 4647 – Dead Shot Story: Dominic Teague Art: Vila Cover: Janek Matysiak Preview: www.commandocomics.com/latest-issues/24th-october-2013-collection Young Jason Stringer was an… Read More ›
In Review: Thunderbirds – The Comic Collection
Creators: Various, including artists Frank Bellamy, Frank Hampson, Eric Eden, John Cooper and Graham Bleathman Publisher: Egmont Classic Comics Out: Now The Book: Blast off on a thrilling adventure through Thunderbirds comic history! Discover the iconic comic strips that captured… Read More ›
Titan’s “Arrow Comic” now on sale
Titan Magazines has launched an all-new Arrow Comic, based on the hit TV series that exploded on Sky1 last year. Coinciding with the second series launch in the UK, Arrow Comic hit stores last week, offering original stories written by… Read More ›
Egmont UK launches All About Angry Birds magazine
The first issue of All About Angry Birds magazine goes on sale from Egmont UK tomorrow, both here and in Germany, Poland, Turkey and China. Targeting 6-9 year-old boys and girls, the magazine includes everything an Angry Birds fan could… Read More ›