No longer the preserve of the hardcore geek, comics are moving away from superheroes and into a new golden age of creativity and diversity. Andrew Harrsion at The Observer talked to the indie writers and artists inking the changes this weekend, including… Read More ›
Day: February 8, 2016
ICv2: Comic Sales Slip in January
The ICV2 web site reports that comics and graphic novel sales were down 5.1 per cent versus the year ago period in January, with graphic novels trailing at a 7.77 per cent decline and comics down 3.86 per cent, according… Read More ›
Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 32: Knowledge is Power – A Small Press Comic Book Q&A
It’s an epic Awesome Comics Podcast show this week after Vince Hunt, Dan Butcher and Tony Esmond asked for listener questions – and boy, did they get some great ones! (Be warned that there is some swearing and some risque… Read More ›
Top CBS comedy “2 Broke Girls” Meets Aces Weekly’s “Return of the Human”!
Hit US tv show 2 Broke Girls brings the Aces Weekly-published ground-breaking SF strip Return of the Human by J.C. Vaughn and Mark Wheatley to a potential audience of millions on Wednesday 10th February. Set in Brooklyn, New York, 2 Broke Girls follows the… Read More ›
SEQUENTIAL Offers free iPad Guide to Comics Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics Exhibiton
SEQUENTIAL, the iPad app for digital graphic novels, has partnered with London’ House of Illustration to provide a free digital guide for their new exhibition Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics, as well as digital graphic novels displayed within the… Read More ›
Tabella Publishing Shutters after nearly a decade of comic publishing
Lost in post-Christmas catch-ups was the news that British graphic novel publisher Tabella Publishing has closed its doors. Originally set up with the aim of publishing graphic novels and art books, Tabella diversified into iOS apps, ebooks, and even publishing… Read More ›
Sneak Preview: Second Sight by David Hine & Alberto Ponticelli, Signing News
Comic book writer and occasional artist David Hine will be signing at Orbital Comics in London on Wednesday, the release day of his new creator owned comic Second Sight, published by AfterShock Comics. David began his career at Marvel UK and… Read More ›
Bid for Terry Pratchett Statue in Salisbury Gathers Pace
Salisbury City Council’s Services Committee will meet later today to discuss, among other things, a proposal to erect a statue in memory of author and Discworld creator Sir Terry Pratchett in the city. An online petition campaigning for the statue,… Read More ›
Aleister Crowley: Wandering the Waste relaunches at London Super Comic Con
Aleister Crowley: Wandering the Waste, the critically-acclaimed graphic novel by Martin Hayes, Roy Huteson Stewart and Paul McLaren is re-launching at London Super Comic Con 2016 later this month – one of several new titles from Markosia. Described as “one of the… Read More ›
Duran Duran, David Cassidy Look-In art and more goes under the hammer
A huge auction at Stroud Auction Rooms this week, offering antique guns, Hornby trains, art prints (including a Battle of Britain print by Frank Wooton), also features a number of comic art pages from Look-In and other comics featuring top TV characters and… Read More ›