Our apologies for the delayed publication of this week’s list of both British and US comics on sale this week US (released in comic shops 25th February 2015) – it’s been a busy week on other fronts, not least… Read More ›
Month: February 2015
Chris Doherty: Bringing His Own Look to Sherlock Holmes
I’m a big Sherlock Holmes fan and have been since I was a child. I was pretty excited, therefore, when I heard that some my favourite creators – John Reppion, Leah Moore, Adam Cadwell and Chris Doherty – were getting… Read More ›
Giant Killers and Combat Stress! New Commando titles on sale today
Here’s the lowdown on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (Issues 4787-4790), on sale from today in all good newsagents and in various digital formats. While we were researching the latest British comic sales figures, we were impressed… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Celebrating Will Eisner’s “The Spirit”
Concluding a month of shows about ‘Masters of American Comics’, Alex Fitch talks to a quartet of comics experts and historians about the 75th anniversary of Will Eisner’s seminal crime comic The Spirit. Will Eisner created the The Spirit in 1940. For twelve… Read More ›
In Memoriam: John Cooper
We’re sorry to report the passing of British comics artist John Cooper, who died after a short illness on Sunday 22nd February. His huge and influential list of credits include work for numerous titles, including TV Century 21,… Read More ›
Creator Profile: John Cooper
Perhaps best known as the artist on “Johnny Red” for Battle Picture Weekly, John Cooper, who died on 22nd February 2015, is regarded by some as the British “Gil Kane”. John first drew comic strip for TV21, drawing “Secret Agent… Read More ›
WarWorldz: Origins – Episode Four
The RAF’s Lieutenant Daniel Saunders is Missing in Action… but Missing where? Story by John Freeman and Stephen Walsh, scripted by Stephen Walsh, art by Giancarlo Caracuzzo
Dark Detectives anthology features stories from Neil Gaiman, Clive Barker
Dark Detectives, a 480-page, stand-alone collection of 18 tales of supernatural detective fiction will be released by Titan Books next month (17th March 2015), featuring stories from Neil Gaiman, Clive Barker, Kim Newman, Brian Lumley and Manly Wade Wellman and more…. Read More ›
007 Magazine to publish On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 76-Page Limited Edition Special
George Lazenby’s sole outing as James Bond is to celebrated in a 76-Page 007 Magazine limited edition special. “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, the sixth James Bond film in the enormously successful series produced by Albert R. Broccoli & Harry Saltzman, and… Read More ›
In Review: It’s Even Bigger on The Inside
by Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett Publisher: MIWK Publishing Out: 3rd March 2015 The Book: It’s Even Bigger on The Inside collects all the Doctor Who? Strips that ran regularly in Doctor Who Monthly and Doctor Who Magazine from Issue 64 until Issue 225, created by Tim… Read More ›