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Month: March 2014
Keep your eyes peeled – Bananaman is heading for the big screen
Typical! Just as you go on holiday, some big news breaks about British comics and now we’re playing catch up… but it’s surely good news that one of DC Thomson’s best-known characters, Bananaman, looks set to star in his own… Read More ›
New Commandos tunnel into newsagents
The latest issues of DC Thomson’s war comic Commando are on sale now, offering a great mix of action and adventure, including a new Great War tale from script writer Ferg Handley and artist Vila. Here’s the checklist. Regular readers were… Read More ›
Skyjack launches “Poppet Magazine”, new girls title aiming to inspire technology learning
Poppet Magazine, a new four-weekly magazine for girls based on the character from Moshi Monsters hoping to inspire an interest in technology goes on sale today (27th March), priced £2.99. Published by SkyJack Publishing who also publish the Moshi Monsters magazine,… Read More ›
Underground Treasures: 18 years, 1,344 pages = Classic Crumb
Specialist publisher Taschen has just published an upmarket English edition of the Robert Crumb Sketchbooks – a special slipcase release priced at £650. This six-book boxed set is based on the original hard-bound, slip-cased, seven-volume series released by the German publisher Zweitausendeins… Read More ›
Immediate Media set to launch Peter Rabbit magazine
Immediate Media is to launch Peter Rabbit magazine on 9th April, the first and only magazine to bring the tales of Beatrix Potter to life. Based on Potter’s popular children’s book characters and creatively re-imagined in the successful CBeebies animation, Peter Rabbit magazine aims to encourage… Read More ›
Bristol brought to Booked! – a new one day convention in November
Fantasy Events, the organisers of various British comic conventions, have announced a new event they’re working on alongside Back Cover Promotions in November. “BOOKED! will feature special guests, authors, publishers, panels, book launches , question and answer sessions, workshops and much more! Organiser… Read More ›
Look Out, Britain! Psycho Gran is Back!
Psycho Gran is back – and Titan Comics think they’ve got her! Little do those poor darlings down in that there London know how dangerous this much-loved silver surfer character really is… and the things she gets up to! … Read More ›
Doctor Who’s Bernice Summerfield returns in new Big Finish audio tales
Bernice Summerfield – the Seventh Doctor’s companion created by Paul Cornell and designed by Lee Sullivan, who made her debut in the Doctor Who: The New Adventures novels and the Doctor Who Magazine‘s comic strip – will return in… Read More ›
Paragon’s “Spencer Nero” stars in new collection
Thos clever chaps behind the brilliant Paragon (check out our glowing plug for Issue 15, for example, here) have just released The Collected Spencer Nero – Volume One; By Jupiter’s Jockstrap! Featuring 64 pages of the adventures of the Civil Centurion… Read More ›