Here’s the intel on this week’s Commando comics releases from DC Thomson (Issues 4991 – 4994), on sale in all good newsagents from Thursday 9th February 2017 and various digital platforms… We note the title is heading rapidly toward its… Read More ›
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Something For The Weekend: Time To Celebrate 40 years of 2000AD!
Squaxx dek Thargo will be out in force celebrating 40 Years of 2000AD in London this weekend – so how could we not mark this momentous event in this week’s British comic and creator-focused new comics round up with a… Read More ›
John Wagner to ‘revive’ the Dark Judges with new story ‘Dominion’ for Judge Dredd Megazine
Writer John Wagner (Judge Dredd, A History of Violence) and Nick Percival (Clive Barker’s Hellraiser) are to follow up 2015’s chilling Dark Justice with a new story featuring the infamous Dark Judges. An Alien-style race-against-time Dark Justice saw undead alien… Read More ›
Doctor Who artist Mike Collins on board for “Apollo” graphic novel from SelfMadeHero
Doctor Who and Star Trek artist Mike Collins – not to be confused with NASA astronaut Michael Collins in this instance – is working on Apollo, a new graphic novel about the manned moon missions on the 1960s and early… Read More ›
In Review: Future Shock! 40 Years of 2000AD – Cartoon Museum Exhibition
The 2000AD 40th Anniversary exhibition is open now at London’s Cartoon Museum – and Richard Sheaf was at the opening night… The idea to hold a 2000AD exhibition at London’s Cartoon Museum came about 12 months ago when Steve Marchant… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Penned Guin Treasury Edition on Kickstarter
Writer/artist Alan Henderson has been producing his newspaper style, three panel, humour strip The Penned Guin since early 2013. The characters are all, unsurprisingly, penguins and the humour, by Alan’s own admission, consists of “terrible puns and Dad jokes that really make… Read More ›
Revised Thrill-Power Overload Out Next Month
Revised and expanded, a new edition of Thrill-Power Overload – the definitive history of one of the world’s most influential comics – is coming to book stores in February. With more than 140 pages of fresh content, the brand new… Read More ›
Sabotage Stories and Pirate Patrols in the new Commando comics!
Here’s the lowdown on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (Issues 4987 – 4990). These issues are on sale from Thursday 26th January 2017 in all good newsagents and on various digital outlets. Commando 4987 – Operation Arrowhead Story:… Read More ›
The Independent celebrates modern British comics, offers Phoenix subscriber deal, UK news stand distribution costs revealed
British newspaper The Indpendent has published an upbeat article on modern British comics such as The Phoenix, which includes comments from Lew Stringer, Jamie Smart and Phoenix editor Tom Fickling. Written by David Barnett, the article (“How classic comics gave way to garish… Read More ›
The Gang’s All Here (well, almost): 2000AD’s 40th birthday – full line-up and schedule announced
The full guest list and schedule for next month’s 2000AD 40 Years of Thrill-Power Festival has been announced – featuring a huge range of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic’s contributors. While not every creator involved in creating the 2000AD legend will be… Read More ›
Groovy, Baby! Doctor Who Magazine Goes Retro with free Dalek-infested classic comic giveaway
Doctor Who Magazine Issue 508, out now from all good UK newsagents, has a grab bag of treats on offer for fans of 1970s Doctor Who – and great comics. Not only does it include a terrific free gift – a re-presentation… Read More ›
In Review: Map of Days by Robert Hunter
By Robert Frank Hunter Published by NoBrow Press Hardback – 56 Full Colour Story Pages – RRP £12.99 The Story: Richard can’t stop thinking about the clock. He lies in bed each night, listening to its tick-tocking to the pendulum’s… Read More ›
New Commandos out this week, readers survey launched
Here’s the intel on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (Issues 4983 – 4986), on sale from Thursday 12th January 2017 in all good newsagents in the UK and via various digital platforms – plus news of a readers survey… Read More ›
2000AD celebrates 40th Anniversary with a great line-up of new comic collections – schedule revealed!
From boy wizards to future cops, from Martians trashing England to missions through post-apocalyptic landscapes – the 40th anniversary year of 2000AD, Britain’s biggest comic will be packed with incredible new collections, including a revised, expanded edition of Thrill-Power Overload, the… Read More ›
In Review: Not My Shame by T.O. Walker
Written by T.O. Walker Published by Singing Dragon The Book: With subtlety and sensitivity, Not My Shame is a powerful graphic novel that draws the reader into the experience of trauma and dissociation caused by sexual violence. It reveals the… Read More ›
2000AD, Titan Comics and NoBrowPress have Free Comic Book Day titles
British publishers involved in this year’s Free Comic Book Day are 2000AD, NoBrow Press and Titan Comics. Free Comic Book Day, taking place 6th May 2017, is a single day when participating comic book specialty shops across North America and around the world… Read More ›
Reasons To Be Cheerful: Why Transformers comic creator Simon Furman loves the new Hachette partwork, out now in the UK
Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection – Hachette’s superlative Transformers Partworks hardback book collection, has just got its nationwide launch here in the UK, backed by TV advertising – and a signing to promote the title, featuring some of the the top… Read More ›
New Year, New Beano!
The latest issue of DC Thomson’s weekly humour comic The Beano is on sale now in all good newsagents and supermarkets acrss the UK, crammed with comedy goodness from creators including Barrie Appleby, Nigel Auchterlounie, Hunt Emerson, Bambos Georgiou, Laura Howell,… Read More ›
Beano blasts out of 2016 with final fun-packed issue
Yes, we know you had your special Christmas Issue, and even a Christmas Special – but Beano fans will be delighted there’s a new issue out now, on sale in all good British newsagents, supermarkets and digitally. In Beano 3865,… Read More ›
Flying Phantoms and Nazis on the Run! Latest Commando Comics on Sale Now
Here’s the intel on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s war comic Commando (Issues 4979 – 4982), on sale now in all good newsagents across the UK and also available on various digital platforms. Commando 4979 – Sucker Punch Story:… Read More ›