After a five-year rampage in which over one hundred bloodthirsty creators cut a bloody swath through 100% Biodegradable’s hallowed halls, leaving 750 pages of comic strip carnage in their wake, the final issue of the digital anthology is upon us!… Read More ›
Month: October 2018
Oor Wullie set to storm Scotland next summer – in a very good cause!
Summer 2019 will see hundreds of painted Oor Wullie statues take to the streets of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness, for Oor Wullie’s BIG Bucket Trail. Scotland’s first ever national public art trail, which runs from 17th June to 30th… Read More ›
Happy Beano-mas! Isle of Man launches Beano Christmas Stamp’s
Beano and the Isle of Man Post Office have joined forces to celebrate 80 years of the world’s longest running and most loved comic with a special collection of stamps, featuring Beano’s iconic characters Dennis & Gnasher on the Isle of Man
Marvel UK art mystery – who pencilled this “Dracula Lives” cover back in 1975?
[Updated 31st October 2018] This cover for Marvel UK’s Dracula Lives #29, published in 1975, has some comic creators wondering who actually drew it. Selling for just over $400 on Heritage Auctions this past weekend, the site doesn’t list the… Read More ›
As relevant today as it was in 1955: why the EC story “Master Race” still resonates
On offer over on Heritage Auctions right now is the original art for the eight page story “Master Race” by Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein and Bernie Krigstein, a story first published in Impact #1 by US publisher EC in 1955… a… Read More ›
How FANSCENE plans to continue celebrating British comics fandom – and comic creators – in 2019
FANSCENE 2 is a free 212 page PDF fanzine, out now, celebrating over fifty years of Comics Fandom in Ireland and the UK, with its focus this issue on Comic Conventions, from the very first held in Birmingham and organised… Read More ›
FANSCENE 2, a free celebration of 50 years of British comic conventions, available now
Earlier this year, British comic fans were treated to the first issue of FANSCENE, a very special celebration of over fifty years of comics fandom in Ireland and the UK – and now, a second Issue is available, free. FANSCENE… Read More ›
Good Grief! There’s a Charlie Brown exhibition at Somerset House!
Good Grief, Charlie Brown! Celebrating Snoopy and the Enduring Power of Peanuts is an ongoing exhibition at Somerset House, London, that brings together Charles M. Schulz original Peanuts cartoons with work from a wide range of acclaimed contemporary artists and designers… Read More ›
Sneak Peek: HERE & THERE – A Psychological Horror One-Shot Comic
Pitch perfect for the season, here’s a preview of a terrific new comic, HERE & THERE, seeking crowdfunding for HERE & THERE, about a man trapped in a coma, who traverses his damaged subconscious with a mysterious teenage girl to… Read More ›
Etherington Brothers join Portsmouth Comic Con 2019 Line Up
The Etherington Brothers, creators of the UK’s most successful comic Kickstarter of all time, How to THINK when you DRAW, will be attending the Portsmouth Comic Con on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th May 2019 with all their books –… Read More ›