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 ›
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Torchwood Comic Goes Online
UK TV channel Watch has teamed up with Titan Magazines to offer an exclusive Torchwood online comic. Drawn by ace comic artist Brian Williamson and written by Oli Smith, the story is set at Pontyvale Golf Club, where the post-Christmas… Read More ›
The Doctor Lands on the Moon for the BBC
nderground Comics organiser Oli Smith has penned a new Doctor Who short story for the BBC Doctor Who web site
Matters of Convention: And Then We Bought Some Chairs…
Matthew Badham goes behind the scenes with Oli Smith of London Underground Comics fame about their latest event, LUC 176, which will take place on 27th June 2009. This is the first of a series of interviews with comic convention… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: 22 April 2009
It’s been a busy couple of weeks so our quick round ups of British comics news here have been a bit lacking. My apologies. • The reason things have been scant here is down to the soft launch of weirdandbeard.com,… Read More ›
176 Festival Secrets Revealed!
Those comic-creating, no-holds-barred devils at London Underground Comics are back for 2009 with an epic event at London’s fantastic 176 Art Gallery in Chalk Farm on Saturday 27th June, from 12 Midday until 7.00pm. Playing host to over 40 creators… Read More ›
Oli Smith’s Weekend Life Premiere
Following the success of London-based Hectic Peelers recent night of Raindance Shorts, the group is presenting another night of renowned short movies. The main attraction is the portmanteau film Civic Life, a septet of short films showing life around the… Read More ›