London’s Excel Centre will host Loncon 3 – the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention from Thursday 14th – Monday 18th August and there are a number of comic creators on the guest list over the long, busy weekend to… Read More ›
Month: August 2014
Creating Comics is No Disaster for Alex Potts
South London-based Avery Hill Publishing will be releasing A Quiet Disaster by Alex Potts later this month and we’re delighted to be able to publish this short interview with him on downthetubes. Alex Potts – Animation Showreel from Alex Potts… Read More ›
2000AD’s John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra headline first Preston Comic Con
Lancashire city Preston will host its first ever major comic con event, Preston Comic Con, on Saturday 25th October, a one day event Preston’s Guild Hall, with comic artist Carlos Ezquerra and 2000AD writer John Wagner heading up the guest… Read More ›
HOAX cross media project nominated for £10,000 Medicine Unboxed Creative Prize 2014
Seven artists have been shortlisted for the inaugural Medicine Unboxed Creative Prize 2014, a single £10,000 prize for a creative work that explores the interface between art and medicine, including Manchester-based graphic novel author and cross-media writer Ravi Thornton…. Read More ›
Award-winning graphic novel author Ravi Thornton heads to MancsterCon
MancsterCon has announced that author Ravi Thornton of Ziggy’s Press will be giving a talk on Friday 8th August, about her work and acclaimed graphic novel, HOAX Psychosis Blues. Ravi Thornton is an award-winning cross-media writer from Manchester. She is keenly… Read More ›
Jamie Smart’s Whubble Gets A Sponsor
There’s good news for fans of Jamie Smart‘s web office-woe-oriented comic, Whubble, this week with news that he’s secured US company WorkCompass as a sponsor for the strip. Pity poor Pete Whubble, the reluctant hero of Jamie’s strip, which he… Read More ›
Tower of London’s “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red” supports military charities
Anyone impressed by the breath taking Tower of London ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red‘ commemorative art installation might be interested to know the aim is to eventually fill Tower’s moat with almost 900000 ceramic poppies – and their sale supports… Read More ›
In Review: Thrones & Bones – Frostborn
By Lou Anders Cover by Justin Gerard Published by Crown Books (Random House Children’s Books) Out: 15th August 2014 The Book: Fantasy fans of Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and John Flanagan’s Ranger’s Apprenticeseries will embrace this first novel in an adventure-filled, Viking-inspired… Read More ›
British Comic Shop Comic Releases (6th August 2014) – “Jaegir” storms into 2000AD
Here’s a list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops from tomorrow, Wednesday 6th August 2014, courtesy of First Age Comics, Lancaster. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in… Read More ›
Exploring the Legacy of Fear: the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund come to London
As part of his flying visit to the UK this month, Charles Brownstein, Executive Director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund will host a special talk at London’s Orbital Comics on Thursday 14th August 2014, entitled Legacy of… Read More ›