The most popular series ever introduced in the pages of Warren Publishing’s Eerie anthology – the time-travelling adventurer The Rook – returns to comics next month from Dark Horse. Many of us who grew up enthralled by British comic anthologies in… Read More ›
Month: September 2015
Something for the Weekend: US Comics On Sale 23rd September 2015
Due to catching up after a break on an island where comics seemed in even more short supply than Skaro, I’m afraid I’m unable to bring you a detailed listing of this week’s new US comic releases this week. If I… Read More ›
2000AD Script Droid Kek-W Defects to Commando, Convict Commandos Back in Action!
Here’s the intel on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s pocket library war comic Commando (Issues 4847-4850), on sale today in all good newsagents and via various digital platforms. Good news this week is that the Convict Commandos are back… Read More ›
Eagle Times spotlights “Lightning”, the Comic That Never Was
The new issue Eagle Times (Volume 28, Number Three), available from the Eagle Society, features an article by David Slinn telling the background story of a new children’s magazine, Lightning, that never saw the light of day, but was proposed for publication… Read More ›
Marc Michael Jackson revamps “Man from Space” strip for Tapastic
Last week saw the launch (blast-off) of Marc Michael Jackson‘s new Man from Space series on the digital comics platform Tapastic, a service we’ve mentioned before as a great place to read a range of new comics (and which I… Read More ›
The Comic Electric: A Digital Comics Symposium
Led by renowned comic writers Leah Moore and Alan Moore, the Electricomics project launched in May 2014 with funding from The Digital R&D Fund for the Arts. Now, as the project nears the conclusion of its initial research and development… Read More ›
In My View: Why The British Comics Industry is Far From Dead
It’s hard to credit but, strangely, there are some out there who claim the British comics industry is dead, ignoring the huge number of successful independent comics out there and a still-thriving news stand. Now, before anyone comments, I know… Read More ›
Snowpiercer Volume 3 out in February from Titan Comics
Titan Comics will release the English edition of the third chapter of the French science-fiction Snowpiercer bande dessinee series written by Oliver Bocquet, with art by Jean-Marc Rochette on 17th February 2015. Snowpiercer: The Escape, written by Jacques Lob and Benjamin… Read More ›
US comics publisher Dark Horse announces new Editor in Chief
US publisher Dark Horse – publishers of titles such as Resident Alien by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse and This Damned Band by Paul Cornell – announced new positions for key Editorial department staff earlier this month. Dave Marshall has taken on the… Read More ›
Titan Comics snags rights to critically-acclaimed game and animation series Wakfu
Titan Comics is to launch a new licensed comic series based on the Wakfu multiplayer video game property created by Ankama Games on 11th November 2015. Titan’s eight-issue series re-publishes the French comics written by Kahel, with art by Mig… Read More ›