(Updated 14/12/13 to include all issue details): Marvel Comics has just released three tantalising pages, below, from their upcoming Revolutionary War limited series, which re-introduces the Marvel UK characters first created back in the 1990s to the wider Marvel universe…. Read More ›
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Avengers UK Assemble! (Sort of…)
Avengers UK Assemble! Well, a fan version of the Avengers UK, anyway. The Avengers UK fan project is a not for profit, web-only comic from Darren Wilson, with a snappy script and enthusiastic artwork, now in its second volume and… Read More ›
It’s Death’s Head versus Death’s Head II! Revolutionary War hots up in February
Here’s the solicitations for the Marvel Comics ‘Revolutionary War‘ titles on sale in February 2014, reintroducing today’s Marvel fans to the Marvel UK characters first conceived back in the 1990s. The storyline for the mini series, which debuts in January,… Read More ›
Creating Comics: Learning the Basics with AnySketch
Here’s an interesting little app from Korea that might be of use to new or young artists trying to learn what makes a comic panel or page ‘tick’ as part of learning the art of comic creation. When I was… Read More ›
Death’s Head comes to Heroclix
Heroclix has just announced the upcoming release of a Death’s Head figure for their collectible miniatures game, as part of their upcoming Marvel HeroClix: The Invincible Iron Man set. Death’s Head was the Marvel HeroClix 2012 Fan-Vote Winner , winning… Read More ›
Metal Horns and Red Wire Dreadlocks: The Rise of Death’s Head II
Or – Making it When you Least Expect it First posted on deviantart by Liam Sharp, the co-founder of the digital comics company Madefire has kindly given us permission to cross post his memories (with some editorial annotations) of Marvel… Read More ›
Marvel’s first Revolutionary War titles in the spotlight
Marvel Comics has begun soliciting orders for its January 2014 titles, including the first Revolutionary War titles featuring characters first created by Marvel UK back in the 1990s. Here are the full details … REVOLUTIONARY WAR: ALPHA #1 ANDY LANNING… Read More ›
Marvel UK Memories: The Bog Paper, Mike McCartney and “Hulk the Menace”
Former Marvel UK editor Tim Quinn takes a look back at the short-lived humour comic
Top 10 Most Popular Stories so far this week
Just for fun, here’s a list of our most popular stories this week so on downthetubes in order of popularity, omitting ‘landings’ on our home page… The Daily Mail’s Doctor Who newspaper strip that never was Ten Questions: Lighter Than… Read More ›
Marvel’s Revolutionary War – Dakin, Elson and Erskine on board
The London Film and Comic Con featured two Marvel UK-related panels, the first a general celebration of the company’s US comics projects such as Death’s Head II and Warheads, attended by Stephen Baskerville, Alan Cowsill, John Freeman, Simon Furman, Andy… Read More ›