[embedplusvideo height=”309″ width=”500″ standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/9pnK8akbd2M?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=9pnK8akbd2M&width=500&height=309&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=” id=”ep7121″ /] Here’s an impressive-looking trailer from Batman: Arkham Origins, the next installment in the blockbuster “Batman: Arkham” videogame franchise whic goes on sale in the UK in October. Developed by WB Games Montréal, the… Read More ›
Month: May 2013
Alternative Press at London’s No Dark Places Festival this weekend
Alternative Press are bringing the Small Press to No Dark Places, the DIY music festival tomorow (1st June 2013) in London. From 11am – 5pm, artists will be exhibiting and selling their self published comix, zines, book arts, and prints,… Read More ›
Rare Roy of the Rovers art, Dan Dare toys go under the hammer
Roy Of The Rovers original artwork (1993) drawn and signed by Barrie Mitchell. From the last issue of Roy Of The Rovers Comic Book Postal Auctions Summer 2013 auction has another wide range of British comics lots, from the first… Read More ›
Middlesbrough Literary Festival hosts "Mini Comic Con"
Middlesbrough will host a Mini Comic Con on Saturday 22nd June as part of the fifth Middlesbrough Literary Festival , which begins on Saturday 15th June. The ethos of the Middlesbrough Literary Festival is to celebrate the word in all… Read More ›
Medicine and Comics merge for unusual conference
Ethics Under Cover is an interdisciplinary conference in July in Brighton, intended to appeal to a wide audience, including healthcare professionals, comics creators, students, academic scholars, comics enthusiasts and various stakeholder groups. The meeting, organised by Brighton and Sussex Medical… Read More ›
Mars Attacks – Your Wallet!
IDW Limited has announced plans for interstellar domination of your wallets this week, beginning with the Mars Attacks: Attack from Space Limited-Edition Hardcover. The book collects the first five issues of the popular IDW comic series drawn by top talent… Read More ›
In Review: Peter Pan by by Régis Loisel
by Régis Loisel Out: Now (UK and Europe only) Publisher: Soaring Penguin The Book: Before he became Peter Pan, before his arrival to Neverland, he was a boy fighting for survival. Born into the suburbs of harsh, Dickensian London, to… Read More ›
10 Questions: Russell Willis, publisher of SEQUENTIAL and Panel Nine
Russell Willis – Publisher of Panel Nine I’ve known Russell Willis since the 1980s, first encountering him at the Fast Fiction stall run by Paul Gravett and Peter Stanbury at the now-legendary Westminster Comic Marts when he was publishing INFINITY,… Read More ›
WebFinds: Wonderfully Vulgar, an online exhibition of British Comics
Early comics merchandise: an Ally Sloper greeting card from 1890 (with thanks to Norman Boyd and Kevin Carpenter): It was a surprize to me too – but British Comics do turn up in the strangest of places – but none… Read More ›
Latest Issue of Illustrators Journal now available
Illustrators journal celebrates the finest magazine, book and comics illustrators published in the UK and Europe featuring fabulous artwork in every issue, much of which is taken from scans of the original art. It gives readers the stories behind the… Read More ›