The first issue of a US-comic styled, digital edition of the SF comic Crucible is now available for just 69p from Apple’s ‘Newsstand’ store. Crucible, the co-creation of John Freeman and Smuzz, is a science fiction adventure set in world… Read More ›
Month: October 2013
Grandville-inspired miniatures released by Ocelot Games
Grandville Miniatures are a range of 28mm scale figures from Ocelot Games based on Bryan Talbot‘s acclaimed Grandville graphic novels, featuring the intrepid Detective Inspector LeBrock and his loyal aide Detective Roderick Ratzi. Sculpted by top artists and cast in fine… Read More ›
Death Sentence Issue 1 Sell Out success for Titan Comics
It’s a pandemic! Titan Comics tells us that the debut issue of Death Sentence by Jim Montynero and Mike Dowling has sold out at distributor level on its first day of release – and we gather this isn’t the only… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Bad Signals – Collected Essays on the Work of Warren Ellis
Papers are invited for the first academic collection dedicated to the work of comics writer, novelist, and pop culture commentator Warren Ellis. Ellis’ renowned comics career stretches back to anthology comic Deadline, but he has also published two novels and… Read More ›
Gatehouse and Windett launch “Kaci Bell Mysteries”
Ace creators John Gatehouse and Dave Windett have just launched a web strip, The Kaci Bell Mysteries, set in a Bluewater Cove, California – where life is never quite normal! When high school students turn into super-powered freaks and go on… Read More ›
Lakes Comic Festival back next year
Buoyed by its undoubted success, the organisers of the first Lakes International Comic Art Festival have confirmed the event will return in October 2014, with some planning already being worked on for key threads to the event. Thousands of comics… Read More ›
Numbercruncher ends with a bang!
The shock conclusion of the critically acclaimed temporal afterlife adventure Numbercruncher by Si Spurrier and PJ Holden is fast approaching with Issue 4 on sale in all good comic shops from Wednesday 23rd October. An epic battle of wits, wills… Read More ›
Egmont scoops Sonic the Hedgehog publishing rights
Egmont UK will launch an All About Sonic the Hedgehog magazine next month and a range of books in May 2014, aimed at children 6-10 years olds, after securing publishing rights for SEGA’s top games character. The new title includes… Read More ›
Lakes International Comic Art Festival kicks off in style
The weather is mixed but far from the howling storms some nay sayers feared when the Lakes International Comic Art Festival came up in conversations earlier in the year. And even despite some rain, the greeting to Kendal could not… Read More ›
Who’s Coming to London Comic Con? Special Guest Round-Up
MCM London Comic Con, the biggest event of its kind in Europe, returns to ExCel London on 25-27th October. As well as hosting a galaxy of great sci-fi, movie, games, comics, anime and cosplay content, we’ve also got a brilliant… Read More ›