Day Two of my New York visit, Day One of New York Comic Con. And I saw the strangest things… TV properties fight for your attention in the car park, roadway and lobby even before you reach the main halls…. Read More ›
Month: October 2016
Titan Comics Announces Jack Campbell’s “Lost Fleet: Corsair”
Titan Comics has announced the upcoming release of an all-new comic series based on the New York Times best selling Lost Fleet SF novels written by best-selling author Jack Campbell, pencilled by Andre Siregar, inked by Bambang Irawan and coloured by Sebastian Cheng. I’d best… Read More ›
Disruptor Beam Announces The Walking Dead: March to War Mobile Game
Disruptor Beam, a gaming company focused on bringing the world’s greatest entertainment franchises to mobile, has announced its plans to release a new story-driven multiplayer strategy game based on The Walking Dead. Under license from Skybound Entertainment and based on… Read More ›
Sean Phillips’ Phono+Graphic Exhibition opens in Carlisle
The hugely successful Phono+Graphic exhibition curated by comics artist Sean Phillips arrives in Carlisle next week. Phono+Graphic is a collection (including some real rarities) of vinyl record sleeves designed by comic strip artists. The exhibition previewed at last year’s Lakes… Read More ›
Holy Showcase! Dark Hall Mansion release stunning “Batman ’66” prints
Dark Hall Mansion has just launched its amazing officially licensed 2016 NY Comic Con “Batman ’66” editions by contemporary artists, Kode Abdo, aka BossLogic, and Orlando Arocena, in partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products on behalf of DC Entertainment. Kode… Read More ›
Game of Thrones meets Walking Dead in new play “North Country”
A new play by a Lancaster University lecturer in creative writing explores the lives of three young people as they deal with the aftermath of a devastating plague. Playwright Tajinder Singh Hayer‘s new work North Country is performed by award-winning… Read More ›
Something For the Weekend – Killer Dinosaurs in This Week’s New Comics in the UK (w/c 3rd October 2016)
Despite all the excitement of last week’s sell-out 2000AD prog 2000, don’t be thinking the team on the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic are resting on tier laurels! Prog 2001 offers a fine mix this issue, which includes a new Judge Dredd… Read More ›
Our Man In New York: New York Comic Con (Minus) Day One by Tony Esmond
New York Comic Con 2016 is the tenth year of the event and the tenth year that I have had a ticket. This is Mecca, The Batcave and The Avengers Mansion all rolled into one for us comics fans. It… Read More ›
In Review: The Phantom – The Crying Idol (Frew Comics – Australia)
For those who came in late, FREW is the longest running comics magazine in Australia, started in 1948 by four gentlemen whose first letters formed the brand imprint. FREW is now owned by the fantastic pair of Rene White and Glenn… Read More ›
Midnight Missions and Pony Soldiers! New Commandos ride out
Here’s our regular intel on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s war comic Commando (Issues 4959 – 4962) – on sale from 6th October 2016 in all good newsagents and various digital platforms. By the way, our secret agents tell… Read More ›