Rebellion Publishing are to publish a limited edition hardback version of their first The Thirteenth Floor collection, out next month. In this new Treasury of British Comics title featuring strips from Scream! by John Wagner, Alan Grant, with art by José Ortiz, Maxwell… Read More ›
Month: August 2018
All-ages Family Fun ahead at this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has some big plans for family fun at this year’s weekend-long celebration of all things comic related, working hand in hand with the team at Westmorland Shopping Centre in Kendal to deliver some full-on creative craziness. Drawing challenges,… Read More ›
ComicScene UK distribution expands, now available through all British comic shops
While the team behind the new ComicScene UK magazine may have only planned that the title be subscription only when they launched it, everything has changed – rapidly. After releasing a brilliant promotional #0 earlier this year, the magazine caught… Read More ›
Graeme Neil Reid joins the distinguished league of Commando cover artists for “The Red Devil” sniper adventure
2000AD and Doctor Who artist Graeme Neil Reid joins the ranks of Commando cover artists this week, when four new war comics go on sale this Thursday in all good newsagents and via various digital platforms. The stories in Issues… Read More ›
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen finale continues in October, new omnibus edition out next year
Echoing British girls comics of the 1960s and 70s, Kevin O’Neill‘s fantastic cover for the third jaw-dropping instalment of his and Alan Moore’s astonishing League of Extraordinary Gentlemen swan-song The Tempest takes us from a boarding school in Big Brother-dominated… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Sherlock Holmes: Adventures Beyond the Canon
There’s still a few more days to back Belanger Books latest project, Sherlock Holmes: Adventures Beyond the Canon, a three volume collection of new Sherlock Holmes stories by today’s best pastiche authors and inspired by Doyle’s original tales. Sherlock Holmes… Read More ›
24 PANELS Anthology creator line-up revealed, includes Alex de Campi, Paul Cornell, Lizz Lunney, Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie, and many others
US comics publisher Image Comics has announced more details of the forthcoming 24 PANELS Anthology, the charity comics project curated by Kieron Gillen (THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, PHONOGRAM) we highlighted earlier this year when a call for submissions went out…. Read More ›
Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Judge Dredd and Rok of the Reds co-creator John Wagner
Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. Over 70 are attending in 2018 in October (and that’s not including creators you’ll find in… Read More ›
In Preview: ‘Close’ by Chris Sides and Chris Travell
Written by Chris Sides Art by Chris Travell Lettered and Edited by Ken Reynolds Cover design and art by Colin Lorimer Published by Comichaus The Story: Given six months in prison and slapped with a restraining order against celebrity starlet… Read More ›
A Trip down Memory Lane: Forbidden Planet’s 40th Anniversary Photo Archive
Forbidden Planet‘s archive of many signings across 40 years of events at the London store and beyond is proving an absolute delight – but they’d welcome more images from halcyon days if you have them. Now available on the forbiddenplanet.com… Read More ›