The first Isle of Wight Comic Con will take place at Northwood House & Park, Cowes on 4th & 5th November 2017. Comics guests announced so far include Lee Townsend, Dez Skinn and Colin MacNeil, along with a number of independent comic creators and… Read More ›
Month: August 2017
Lakes Festival Focus 2017: An Interview with Benoît Peeters, the UK’s Professor of Graphic Fiction and Comic Art
The countdown has begun to this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October (13th – 15th). We continue our “Kendal Calling” interviews with Benoît Peeters, the UK’s Professor of Graphic Fiction and Comic Art (Lancaster University in association with… Read More ›
Lakes Festival Focus 2017: An Interview with Comics Laureate and Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard
The countdown has begun to this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October (13th – 15th). We continue our “Kendal Calling” interviews with Walking Dead artist and UK Comics Laureate 2017-2019 Charlie Adlard. Charlie has been a “veteran” of the… Read More ›
Scream Misty For Me – Cover Controversy over new “Hallowe’en Special” Continues
2000AD publisher Rebellion is publishing a Scream! & Misty Hallowe’en Special in October featuring all-new stories based on characters from the hugely-successful girls comic Misty, the short-lived by fondly-remembered Scream! and the equally short-lived boys comic Thunder – but this great news… Read More ›
TwoMorrows Jack Kirby tribute debuts this month
Marking the centennial of US comic artist Jack Kirby‘s birth, TwoMorrows Publishing and Jack Kirby Collector magazine will release KIRBY100 later this month, an incredible tribute to the influential artist and writer featuring articles by 100 top comic creators, including Britain’s… Read More ›
Jack Kirby tribute documentary gets world premiere – in Oldham
Comics archivist Glenn B. Fleming‘s unique documentary Jack Kirby – A Personal Journey will get a premiere screening in Oldham later this month, with comic artists Nick Brokenshire and Tim Perkins alongside the film maker to celebrate the life and… Read More ›
Frank Bellamy’s Thunderbirds art at auction, Dave Gibbons “Watchmen”, too…
A dramatic opening page of Thunderbirds art by Frank Bellamy from the 1960s comic TV Century 21 is currently on offer on the Heritage Auctions web site, with current bids at the $1400 mark. The page, which featured in Issue 146,… Read More ›
Valerian and Laureline’s co-creators head to London
Valerian and Laureline‘s co-creators Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières are coming to London. Just confirmed, they will be in conversation with Paul Gravett on Saturday September 30th at the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni in South Kensington. This will be followed… Read More ›
In Review: Found Forest Floor – An Abstract Graphic Novel
By Gareth A. Hopkins and Erik Blagsvedt 272 Pages. Black and White. £15.00 – print on demand – available now I like the odd and the strange. I like the challenging and the experimental. I like Found Forest Floor –… Read More ›
That Was the Comic Week That Was: New Aces Weekly, Strontium Dog, Moomins – and a chance to get your work in 2000AD – and Mr Men!
It’s been a busy week, and not just in terms of stories posted on downthetubes. Among other things, I’ve been to London (not for London Film and Comic Con, which looked incredible, but to discuss an exciting comics project at… Read More ›