Oxford’s The Story Museum and The Phoenix comic have joined forces for the Phoenix Comic Festival in May
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Graphic Brighton returns in May: Michael Rosen, Hannah Berry, Woodrow Phoenix among speakers discussing comics for younger audiences
Graphic Brighton – a popular academic comics conference open to the public – returns to the British southern city in May. There’s still time for comic researchers to submit papers for possible discussion at this year’s in person event, which… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Tammy and Battle Art Editor Peter Downer
Wilf Prigmore, and others, pay tribute to a former stalwart of IPC and Fleetway
A Rail Safety Curiosity: Stay Off The Line And Stay Alive, urge Starsky & Hutch!
Top TV cops Starsky & Hutch were drafted to promote British Rail safety back in 1977
Exclusive Sneak Peek! UFO Comic Anthology – Volume Two
Pre-orders open for its second UFO Comic Anthology – here’s a sneak peek, including some of the strip pages drawn by Brian Lewis, Jon Davis and John M. Burns
Pre-Orders open for Treasury of British Comics “Badtime Bedtime Stories”
You won’t snooze after reading these daft bedtime stories featuring the work of Leo Baxendale!
In Review: The Unofficial History of The Beano by Iain McLaughlin
Andy Boal checks out former BEANO editor Iain McLaughlin’s history of Britain’s longest-running comic…
Pre-orders open for Rebellion’s “Judge Dredd by Mick McMahon Apex Edition”
The Judge Dredd by Mick McMahon Apex Edition, out in October, is available to pre-order now.
Glasgow Women’s Library announces new “Responders of Colour” workshops
Launched last year, Responders of Colour is a project from Glasgow Women’s Library combining creative writing with archives
2000AD@45 free online event lines up more than 60 guests this weekend
Talk about star studded! 2000AD’s “The Galaxy’s Greatest” online event hits your computers, tablets and laptops this weekend – all for free!
New “Metallic Dynamite” SF comic anthology in the spotlight on latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast
Pete Taylor and and Mike Williams “yak” with comic creator Jordan Thomas, chatting about his new anthology, “Metallic Dynamite”
New British crowdfunding platform for comic creators launches with campaigns for ATOMIC and Technofreak
A new British comics crowdfunding platform from Get My Comics has soft launched
Latest Phil-Comics comics auction closes today, 200 lots on offer, including TV Comic featuring the first appearance of Doctor Who strip
The latest Phil-Comics closes later today, and there are plenty of British comics goodies on offer!
More Trigan Empire art surfaces on latest Catawiki International Comic Art Auction
More items from European comic art owners on offer
Unofficial History of The Beano out now
The Unofficial History of The Beano, is out now and available from all good bookshops
Get Your Pens Ready, yes? Draw Death’s Head Day is Coming!
The annual celebration of Marvel UK’s robot bounty hunter, er freelance peacekeeping agent, is upon us!
Bryan Hitch joins Lakes International Comic Art Festival line-up in October
Bryan Hitch has joined the growing guest list for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October
Art inspired by 2000AD hits London next week, in PROG-RESS, at the Dinner Party Gallery
An exhibition of art inspired by 2000AD, the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, is due to open in London next week
1970s comic classic, Mek Memoirs, by Chris Lowder and Kevin O’Neill, re-issued
A fantastic comic zine that helped shape the look of 2000AD gets an issue from a new publisher
Falklands at 40: Commando to mark anniversary of South Atlantic conflict in April
DC Thomson Media has announced it will mark the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War with three special issues of Commando in April