Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Joe Kelly, a writer, producer, penciller and editor, and creator of… Read More ›
Month: September 2018
Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Corey Brotherson
Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Corey Brotherson, a writer and editor with over 15 years’ experience writing… Read More ›
Bristol Comic and Zine Fair returns in October
The Bristol Comic and Zine Fair returns on Saturday 6th October 2018, celebrating the world of DIY and independent publishing. The fair brings together artists, writers, and publishers from across Bristol and further afield for a one-day market. Established in 2011… Read More ›
In Review: Judas by Jeff Loveness, Jakub Rebelka and Colin Bell
Jeff Loveness, Jakub Rebelka, Colin Bell Boom! Studios “No… Not here. I don’t belong here. But the voice comes… And whispers the truth: ‘Yes. This was always the end. This was always your story’” The most famous betrayal in history;… Read More ›
BBC Radio 4 Extra re-broadcasts Danny Wallace’s Beano documentary, “Menace to Society”
Author and broadcaster Danny Wallace is a lifelong Beano fan who grew up in Dundee, the home of the comic – and The Dandy, too, and in a BBC Radio 4 Extra programme Menace to Society, first broadcast when the comic… Read More ›
Making a Difference: Special Effect – The Gamers’ Charity
Holly Rose Swinyard explores the life-changing work of the Oxford-based Special Effect – The Gamers’ Charity, who put fun and inclusion back into the lives of people with physical disabilities by helping them to play video games. By using technology ranging… Read More ›
Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Comic Artist and Writer Robert Deas, creator of “Trailblazers”
Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Robert Deas, an award-winning UK comic artist and the creator of children’s… Read More ›
Kill Churchill! New Commando story offers daring U-Boat war raid on Westminster!
Brand new Commandos #5159-5162 are on sale this Thursday in all good newsagents and via various digital platforms. In the latest issues of the long-running war comic from DC Thomson, uncover a plot to assassinate Churchill, seek out Germans in… Read More ›
In Review: Something Wicked 2018
If the nights are drawing in, and the air has a chill does that mean it is time for this year’s edition of Something Wicked from Futurequake Press? It surely does. The celebrated anthology returns for 2018 with 23 tales… Read More ›
DC Super Heroes Corgi cars, Hornby Harry Potter trains back on track in new licensing deal
Model and collectables firm Hornby Hobbies has entered into a licensing agreement with Warner Bros Consumer Products that will see the company launch a series of model railways and slot car sets across numerous Warner and DC franchises, including Harry… Read More ›