Weekly British children’s comic The Phoenix is celebrating its 200th issue this week by becoming the first independent weekly comic in the UK to reach this milestone since 1969 – and will now be on sale in selected WH Smiths stores across… Read More ›
Day: October 28, 2015
Thought Bubble Festival reveals full 2015 line up
As we mentioned last week, Thought Bubble, the UK’s largest annual comic art festival which is now in its ninth year, takes place in Leeds from 9 – 15 November 2015. Supported by Leeds Dock, Leeds Inspired and Travelling Man… Read More ›
Sneak Peek: Beast Wagon #2
The second chapter of Beast Wagon, the British Comic Award nominated black comedy from writer Owen Michael Johnson (Raygun Roads, Reel Love) and artist John Pearson, with letters by Colin Bell (Curb Stomp, The Fiction, And Then Emily Was Gone) goes… Read More ›
Origins of 2000AD’s Dan Dare Revealed in new Thrillcast with Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons
To celebrate the imminent release of Dan Dare: The 2000 AD Years Volume One, Michael Molcher talks to Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons about 2000AD‘s reboot of the British character, which began in the first Prog in 1977 in a new Thrillcast from… Read More ›
Fright Night on Radio 4 with Nigel Kneale’s “Stone Tape” and more
This Saturday (31st October 2015), BBC Radio 4 is broadcasting new radio adaptations of Nigel Kneale’s The Stone Tape and Koji Suzuki’s Ring as part of its Hallowe’en inspired “Fright Night“. Directed by top British filmmakers of his generation… Read More ›