With the Beano‘s 80th anniversary speeding ever closer (the first issue released in late July 1938, cover dated 30th July), Beano Studios is ramping up its event plans – and there’s a host of new merchandise on its way, too…. Read More ›
Month: April 2018
DC Thomson releases This is Animal Jam magazine, available in UK and US
DCT Media and WildWorks are celebrating the release of This Is Animal Jam magazine, in a deal brokered by UK agent Rockpool Licensing. Now on sale in the UK, and available through Barnes and Noble in the United States, the… Read More ›
New writers joins the Commando team!
Brand new Commando (Issues 5115 – 5118) from DC Thomson are on sale in all good newsagents this Thursday. Storming Messines Ridge, blasting Bettys in a Buffalo, tunnelling under the trenches with Maori Miners, and defending a Scottish island from an… Read More ›
Lakes International Comic Art Festival art auction announced, includes Walking Dead, Batman originals
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is running another amazing original art auction, and advance viewing has just opened. The online auction itself begins on 1st May 2018. Aiming to raise funds for LICAF and the charity OCD Action, the… Read More ›
New FAB 4000 comic in aid of Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, launches on Friday
This Friday – 20th April 2018 – comics writer Tim Quinn will be announcing just how you can grab a pre-publication date copy of the latest FAB 4000 comic! Tune in to the Billy Butler show on BBC Radio Merseyside… Read More ›
Cover Reveal: Classic British superheroes reborn to become ‘The Vigilant’!
Lost in the mists of time, home-grown British superheroes once entertained and enthralled millions of kids. Now, the likes of Adam Eterno, Blake Edmonds, Thunderbolt the Avenger, and The Leopard from Lime Street are coming back to make summer 2018… Read More ›
Stellar line-up of comic creators for this year’s Oldham Comic Con
Oldham Comic Con, taking place 12th May, is a free comics-oriented event in Oldham Library, drawing on mainly comic creator talent in the North West, including Manchester. if you’re a 2000AD fan, there’s plenty to interest you based on the… Read More ›
In Praise of… Comics Writer William (Willie) Patterson
Sydney Jordan is widely recognised as the creator of the critically-acclaimed “Jeff Hawke” newspaper strip first published in the Daily Express. However, it’s also generally felt that the strips written by William (Willie) Patterson through the 1960s – including those… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Creating Comics, Creative Comics
The first University of South Wales Cardiff: Comics Symposium whose Key Note will be from Dr Julia Round, author of an upcoming book on girls comic Misty, has re-issued a Call for Papers on the theme of “Creating Comics, Creative… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Striker creator Pete Nash’s ambitious bid to relaunch weekly comic
Striker creator Pete Nash and his dedicated team have just launched a Kickstarter to launch his much-loved football strip as a weekly comic – and they’ve set an ambitious opening target of £35,000 to finance the production of the first… Read More ›