Writer: Andy Diggle (UK) Art: Luca Casalanguida (Italy) Colourist: Chris Blythe (UK) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment (US) Editor: Joseph Rybandt (US) Pages: 28 Color Pages Price: $3.99 Release Date (Print & Digital): 12th October 2016 Age Rating: 15+ In One Line:… Read More ›
Month: October 2016
In Review: Tetris – The Games People Play by Box Brown
By Box Brown Publisher: SelfMadeHero Out: Now The Book: It is, perhaps, the perfect video game. Simple yet addictive, Tetris delivers an irresistible, unending puzzle that has players hooked. Play it long enough and you’ll see those brightly colored geometric… Read More ›
Lakes International Comic Art Festival – Frequently Asked Questions and Top Tips
One of this weekend’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival‘s most dedicated team members, Sharon Tait, has been answering questions about the weekend-long on their Facebook page, with a mix of useful information and some very funny answers. They’re so good – and… Read More ›
Benoit Peeters: How comic books help us to relive our childhood
Benoit Peeters, Professor of Graphic Fiction and Comic Art at Lancaster University, who will be one of those championing Tintin in the “Asterix vs Tintin” debate tomorrow at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, discusses how comic books help us… Read More ›
The Comics Laureate Dave Gibbons and Oxford University Press create a new way to introduce children to classic stories and poetry
Current Comics Laureate Dave Gibbons has teamed up with comprehension expert, Lindsay Pickton, and global education publisher, Oxford University Press, to create 28 brand new Graphic Texts, now available, as part of their wider Project X reading and writing programme. Authors… Read More ›
New Thunderbirds Are Go magazine, new season UK launch date announced
The latest issue of DC Thomson’s Thunderbirds Are Go magazine is on sale now in all good newsagents, and the second season’s UK launch date on ITV has been announced. Inside the inevitable poly bag, lurking behind that creepy… Read More ›
Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 67: The More Things Change…
Change is coming! That sounds a lot more dramatic than it actually is, but Vince Hunt, Dan BUtcher and Tony take a moment to give a message about what the Awesome Pod will be like going forward from now on…. Read More ›
In Review: Dan Dare The 2000AD Years Volume Two
Publisher: Rebellion Introduced by Garth Ennis Creators: Gerry Finley-Day, Dave Gibbons, Trevor Goring, Nick Landau, Garry Leach, Brian Lewis, Chris Lowder, Roy Preston, Tom Tully Includes feature by David McDonald on Dan Dare post 2000AD Out: 3rd November 2016 The Book: Veteran… Read More ›
Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 66: Prog 2000, Indie Superheroes and more!
In this podcast Vince Hunt, Dan Butcher and Tony Esmond let loose and talk comics and more. The two main topics of conversation this year are the epic event that was the release of 2000AD Prog 2000 and a discussion on… Read More ›
2000AD: 40 Years Of Thrill Power Festival Tickets On Sale Today
The ultimate 2000AD experience is coming for one day London mega-event coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the long-running science fiction weekly comic! Next February (2017), Rebellion toasts 40 years of the publication of legendary British weekly comic 2000AD by presenting a huge celebration in the… Read More ›