Hasslein Books has just releasesd Who Beyond 50: Celebrating Five Decades of Doctor Who, written by Brian J. Robb and Paul Simpson and introduced by Dalek voice actor Nicholas Briggs. Few television series have remained in production for decades. Fewer have… Read More ›
Writer: James Mullholland Art: Daniel Romero Cover: Daniel Romero and Armand Jasmin Letterer by Micah Myers Format: 32 page comic, black and white interiors The Story: Gerry wakes up in the loft of his house surrounded by his possessions laid out around his makeshift bed…. Read More ›
Glasses will be raised at The Victoria Theatre Pub on Wednesday April 1st 2015 to officially launch the debut of The Birmingham Comics Festival taking place through the second city throughout the month. Not an April Fools’ Day prank; comic… Read More ›
Sunderland Comic Con, which runs 21st – 22nd February, has just announced a number of new guests for the event, joining an already-impressive line-up. The additions include a number of creators who’ve worked on various Doctor Who comic projects, Aces… Read More ›
Created by Andy Poyiadgi Published by Nobrow www.nobrow.net The Book: Andy Poyiadgi’s first comic Teapot Therapy was shortlisted for the Observer/Jonathan Cape/Comica Graphic Short Story Prize. He has since contributed to the anthologies Tiny Pencil, ink+PAPER and Wu Wei. He is… Read More ›
The Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University will be offering an ESRC PhD studentship at Cardiff University, starting 1 October 2015. Although the list of areas covered doesn’t specifically mention comics and graphic novels, we’ve been informed… Read More ›
By Bryan Talbot Out: Now Publisher: Jonathan Cape (UK) Dark Horse (US) The Book: In Grandville: Noël, with his trusty adjunct, Detective Sergeant Ratzi, away for Christmas, there’s no holiday for Detective Inspector LeBrock of Scotland Yard as he embarks… Read More ›
Written by Gordon Rennie and Emma Beeby Art by Tiernen Trevallion Letters and Production by Jim Campbell Containing a Robbie Burns biography by Jerry Brannigan Edited by Alexander Finbow Published by Renegade Arts Entertainment www.renegadeartsentertainment.com The Book: “You are… Read More ›
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the call for entries for the 2015 BAFTA Young Game Designers competition in association with Nominet Trust, which aims to inspire the UK’s game-makers of the future by giving young people the… Read More ›
On sale now is Issue 97 of the Marvel Fact Files part work published by Eaglemoss – a Marvel UK-themed issue wrapped in a stunning cover by Mike Perkins with features on a range of characters created for the company including Captain Britain, Death’s… Read More ›
Winter isn’t over yet! Gazillion has announced the next playable hero, Winter Soldier, will be coming to Marvel Heroes 2015 later this month. Starting today, players will be able to pre-order Winter Soldier and receive a 10% discount off of the… Read More ›
We’re sorry to report the death of veteran and much-admired Hastings-based cartoonist Martin Honeysett, whose work has appeared in many publications, including Private Eye, Radio Times, Punch, The Oldie, The Spectator, The Sunday Telegraph, London’s Evening Standard and The Observer…. Read More ›
There’s a new edition of Titan Comics Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor out on 4th February – and we have a sneak peek! Doctor Who – The Tenth Doctor #7 comes with two covers to collect… DOCTOR… Read More ›
Alex Fitch explores the art and culture of comics and graphic novels with practitioners worldwide on his Panel Borders radio show – and this week, he’s spotlighting a great British comics creator. Alex Fitch talks to cartoonist and comic book… Read More ›
Comics periodicals. They start out great with the first issue, bringing out the big guns to get everybody’s attention, but then run out of steam and splutter out because they just got too ambitious for their own good. Take Soaring… Read More ›
Here’s a quick round up of short comics news items that have caught our eye on Twitter and other social media over the past few days… • The Hemel Gazette reports that veteran artist Fred Jefferies, 85, a cartoonist since 1962, has created… Read More ›
Since 2004, Arthur Wyatt has written fast-paced comic strips for 2000AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine. In this interview, conducted by email, he chats with Matt Badham about his latest strip, “Orlok: Agent of East-Meg-One – Eurozoned”, drawn by Jake… Read More ›
2000AD has announced that its app for phones and tablets is now available on Android devices! This week the legendary British anthology comic unveiled the app, available to download through the Google Play store, which means that 2000AD, Judge Dredd Megazine,… Read More ›
Here’s this week’s list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops tomorrow, Wednesday 21st January 2015. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold below, or titles with… Read More ›
US network Fox has announced an early renewal for its Batman prequel series Gotham at the Television Critics Association‘s annual press event highlighting new and returning TV shows over the weekend. The series – one of several successful DC Comics… Read More ›