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Andy Luke
Comic Book Guys Shop Hosts Belfast’s First Small Press Day
Belfast sees its first Small Press Day on Saturday 8 July 2017 as part of the country-wide celebration of micro and self-publishers. Comic Book Guys will host sketches, signings and talks in their brand new shop at 130 Great Victoria… Read More ›
Sector 13, new 2000AD fanzine launches
This Saturday Sector House 13 – The Pit Crew, a Belfast based 2000AD fan group will be debuting their fanzine, Sector 13 at the Enniskillen Comics Festival. The 24 page A4 zine, which will be on sale for £3 ,… Read More ›
Celebrating the British Small Press: 60 Great Small Comic Press (Part Three)
When Marvel UK shrunk its original strip output in the mid-1990s, not being a 2000AD reader, comic creator and reader Andy Luke had nowhere to go. He came to find that the small press, often photocopied works, were a core… Read More ›
Celebrating the British Small Press: 60 Great Small Comic Press (Part Two)
When Marvel UK shrunk its original strip output in the mid-1990s, not being a 2000AD reader, comic creator and reader Andy Luke had nowhere to go. He came to find that the small press, often photocopied works, were a core… Read More ›
Celebrating the British Small Press: 60 Great Small Comic Press (Part One)
When Marvel UK shrunk its original strip output in the mid-1990s, not being a 2000AD reader, comics creator Andy Luke had nowhere to go. He came to find that the small press, often photocopied works, were a core part of… Read More ›
Creating Comics: The Making of To End All Wars’ “Bottomley – Brand of Britain”
Andy Luke reveals the making of one of the strips featured in the Eisner Award-nominated anthology To End All Wars – “Bottomley – Brand of Britain”… On Friday night, the San Diego Comic Con will announce the Eisner Awards, where… Read More ›
Dispatch from Belfast: Comics events at Local Festivals
Over the next month Belfast will see a mini comics event boom, with creators appearing at three different festivals and conventions. Andy Luke and Stephen Downey will be hosting a comics workshop in The Shakespeare Room at Belfast’s Grand Opera… Read More ›
Belfast Comics Fayre (Updated)
The “family fun day” event is run by Avalon Arts, a collective organising workshops, alternative and craft fairs and music performances. The site is a good one: Haymarket Arcade is located at the bottom of the central Royal Avenue, about… Read More ›
So how did Comics Barcamp go?
Cross-posted with permission from Andy Luke’s LiveJournal Comics Barcamp, an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment, happened on 3rd September 2011 at Blick Studios, Malone Road, Belfast. Sponsored by Blick,… Read More ›