This week sees the full launch of British comic creators Simon Furman and Geoff Senior’s creator owned story To The Death as a full digital package of 18 weekly web episodes, so how could we not catch up with them both… Read More ›
Month: October 2016
Steve Jackson Games’ “Munchkin Apocalypse” takes on Judge Dredd!
Munchkin Apocalypse – the popular card game from Steve Jackson Games – invades Mega-City One in February 2017 and crosses paths with its most famous street judge. Munchkin Apocalypse: Judge Dredd is a 15-card booster pack for the game, featureing characters and… Read More ›
Gary Erskine delights with art for Jet City Comics’ “Frontlines: Requiem”
There were a lot of great-looking comics projects to look out for at this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival, but one I was very lucky to see – the only copy quickly snapped up by a Jeff Hawke fan! –… Read More ›
In Review – Erik The Red: King of Winter by Soren Mosdal
Created by Soren Mosdal Published by Centrala Books Oversized full colour hardback – 135 pages – 234 x 314 mm £16.20 (Currently on sale as of 16/10/2016) ISBN: 978-0-9933951-4-7 The Story: This is a comic story inspired by the historical events surrounding… Read More ›
In Review: Comic Book Fever – A Celebration of Comics: 1976-1986
By George Khoury Publisher: TwoMorrows Out: Now The Book: This book is an examination of the pivotal US comics era of 1976–1986. Contained herein are the people, comics, and artifacts that made our childhood feel larger than life, and shaped the… Read More ›
TPub Comics launches “Twisted Dark” film competition
Twisted Dark – So Easy – a sample video of a story from the Twisted Dark by Neil Gibson. For the source comics visit: tiny.cc/TwistedApp. TPub Comics – publishers of the top-selling psychological thriller Twisted Dark have announced a short film competition… Read More ›
In Review: A Seven-Year Old’s take on Beano’s New Look
With the new-look Beano read and re-read several times now by comic creator Simon Russell’s seven-year-old son, and a few more issues “out there” since the relaunch, here’s a review from one of the comic’s target audience… “My son is probably skews… Read More ›
Latest Commandos Capture War on the Home Front and in the Air
Here’s the intel on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s war comic, Commando (Issues 4959-4962), on sale in all good newsagents from Thursday 20th October 2016, and on various digital platforms. There are a lot of behind the scenes changes… Read More ›
Alan Lee to illustrate new edition of JRR Tolkien’s love story, “Beren and Lúthien”
HarperCollins will publish a new JRR Tolkien title, Beren and Lúthien, in May 2017, a love story that has inspired many creators to illustrate scenes from their story. This edition will feature art by Alan Lee, an award-winning artist long associated with… Read More ›
Something For The Weekend – Rogue Trooper and Torchwood – in This Week’s New Comics in the UK (w/c 17th October 2016)
There’s another cracking issue of 2000AD on sale now in all good newsagents and comic shops, featuring more crazed violence and a frisson of dark humour in “Judge Dredd: Get Sin” by Rob Williams, Trevor Hairsine, Dylan Teague and Annie Parkhouse; “Savage:… Read More ›