Recently in the spotlight at the ICE convention in Birmingham was a new project involving some stellar talent, The Chimeran – a creative team that includes Ben Oliver and Simon Furman, Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back producer Gary Kurtz, Richard Bazley and Paul Goodenough. Hot on the heels of that, we caught up… Read More ›
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New Comics Launch at ICE, including “To The Death”, “The Chimeran” from Simon Furman, Geoff Senior – and Gary Kurtz!
The brilliant ICE (the International Expo Convention) takes place in Birmingham this weekend (10th – 11th September), at “The Studio” on Canon Street, and there are a number of new comic launches taking place at the event. These include Simon Furman and Geoff… Read More ›
Partners in Crime: Andy Diggle and Angela Cruickshank take “Control” in June
1st June 2016 sees the launch of a new six-part miniseries, Control, written by Andy Diggle (The Losers, Thief of Theives) and partner Angela Cruickshank, with art from Andrea Mutti (Le Syndrome de Caïn, Iron Man, Noir) and Vladmir Popov (Darklight, Steed and Mrs Peel), published by US publisher Dynamite Entertainment. In Control,… Read More ›
In Review: Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor (Gaze of the Medusa, Part One)
Writers: Emma Beeby and Gordon Rennie Artist: Brian Williamson Colours: Hi-Fi Letters: Richard Starkings and Comicraft’s Jimmy Betancourt Designer: Rob Farmer Main Covers: Alice X. Zhang, Will Brooks, Brian Williamson, Jay Gunn, Matt Baxter, Ben Oliver, Blair Shedd and Simon… Read More ›
Superheroes as gods and privatised demon-hunters! 2000AD announces new digital-first releases
Two of 2000AD’s most popular strips from the past 13 years are to be collected in their entirety for the first time. The Ten-Seconders and Caballistics Inc. have been fully collected in new digital-first editions available from 2000AD’s webshop, and… Read More ›
Thought Bubble 2015 Programme Announced
The team behind Thought Bubble, the annual and hugely-popular comics festival held in Leeds, have lined up a terrific week of comics celebration, bringing some of the best creators in the world to the city. The programme for this year’s festival… Read More ›
British Comic Shop Releases (18th March 2015) – Doctor Who, Transformers and Ichabod Azrael!
Here’s our list of both British and US comics on sale this week in comic shops (Wednesday 18th March 2015). It complements our monthly lost of new graphic novel releases which you can find here for March 2015. Titan Comics has a new issue… Read More ›
Remembering Leonard Nimoy: The Day Spock Died
Fans of Star Trek and Leonard Nimoy‘s other work – photography, music and film – are in mourning across the globe with news of his death yesterday. WIRED Magazine has an affectionate round up of just some of the… Read More ›
International Comic Expo announced for Birmingham in August 2014
Some of the team behind the British International Comic Show and Comics Launch Pad have just announced the International Comic Expo, a new event for comic fans and curious new readers alike in Birmingham on Saturday 2nd August. With a… Read More ›
Andy Diggle, Angela Cruickshank take ‘Control’ to Dynamite
US publisher Dynamite Entertainment has announced husband and wife team Andy Diggle (2000AD, The Losers, Snapshot) and partner Angela Cruickshank will pen their new police procedural Control, which will feature art from Ben Oliver. The latest title in Dynamite’s stable… Read More ›