Award-winning comic creator Dave McKean has just released two new tantalising images from his amazing new project Black Dog – The Dreams of Paul Nash, which gets its world premiere, multimedia launch in Kendal at the end of this month. As… Read More ›
Month: May 2016
Big Finish Launches Paul Spragg Memorial Doctor Who Short Trip Competition
Two years ago, Big Finish, producers of a huge number of Doctor Who audio adventures, lost the much-loved Paul Spragg, producer’s assistant by role, but a vital contributor across the company as a whole and to the people working… Read More ›
Words From Beyond: IPC Managing Editor Gil Page – EFA Interview
The recent sad news of the passing of Gil Page, an editorial stalwart of Amalgamated Press, Fleetway, IPC and latterly as that company’s Managing Editor, resulted in many words of tribute from those who worked with him and for him… Read More ›
Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 45: Kirk Campbell and Dirty Rotten Comics
Kirk Campbell, one of the minds behind the brilliant anthology Dirty Rotten Comics joins the Awesome Comics Podcast gang to talk about the series, how it came to be, the amazing creators that have contributed and so much more. It’s a… Read More ›
Soviet Children’s Book Art at London’s House of Illustration
London’s House of Illustration, currently hosting the marvellous Comix Creatrix exhibition, will host an exhibition of Soviet children’s picture book illustration from Russa from the end of May. With their perfect synthesis of typography, design and illustration, Soviet children’s books… Read More ›
Absence Creator Martin Stiff releases free new supernatural sci-fi comic for FBCD
British comic creator and designer Martin Stiff – best known for The Absence, published by Titan Comics – has gone digital for Free Comic Book Day by releasing a free, new 29-page web-comic. “It’s a story completely unrelated to The Absence (although… Read More ›
Happy Birthday, First Age Comics! Lancaster store celebrates ten year of comics trading today
Lancaster comic shop First Age Comics will be celebrating today – not just because it’s Free Comic Book Day, which helps boost visitors to the shop – but also the fact it’s the company’s Tenth Anniversary. As you can imagine, dedicated owners Lucy… Read More ›
Big Finish Productions Doctor Who Licence Extended to 2025
Big Finish Productions has announced that its licence from BBC Worldwide to make original Doctor Who and Torchwood dramas on audio has been extended until June 20th 2025. Big Finish released its first Doctor Who audio production, Doctor Who: The Sirens of Time, in… Read More ›
Jings! Crivvens! Maw Broon’s Kitchen to open in Dundee
Publisher DC Thomson has announced that the first Maw Broon’s Kitchen will open in Dundee city centre next year. Following the retail launch of a range of Maw Broon’s Kitchen-branded food products, the publishing company has worked with a selected… Read More ›
Broken Frontier Publishes First Small Press Yearbook
Following hot of the heels of the release of its brilliant Broken Frontier Anthology, the comic book and graphic novel news site has just released another great publication – the Broken Frontier Small Press Year Book 2016. Launched on Friday 29th… Read More ›