You can register now for free to attend Markings, a new Illustration and Performance Festival convened by Roger Sabin, with Pascal Lefevre as the keynote speaker. Taking place Friday 8th – 9th July 2016, Markings consists of a symposium… Read More ›
British Comics
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“Charley’s War” co-creator Pat Mills condemns World War One apologists
Pat Mills, who co-created the seminal World War One-centred comic strip “Charley’s War” with artist Joe Colquhoun, has thanked fans still finding the strip first published in Battle, starting in 1979, in its collections – but has savaged those in… Read More ›
Something For The Weekend: News Comics On Sale (w/c 27th June 2016): Mark Millar’s Jupiter’s Legacy Returns!
In terms of “event” comics out this week by British creators, the return of Jupiter’s Legacy by Mark Millar, published by Image, will be welcome news for many and comes in a variety of variant covers – including a smashing one… Read More ›
Sneak Peek: Doctor Who: Supremacy of the Cybermen #1, Out Next Week
Next Wednesday 6th July sees the release of Titan Comics‘ hotly anticipated special Doctor Who crossover event comic starring the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Doctors, pitting them against the Cybermen. Written by Cavan Scott (Ninth Doctor, Vikings) and George… Read More ›
Talking Art and Comics To Lancashire!
For those of you who missed it, you can still tune into my interview about comics on BBC Radio Lancashire, recorded yesterday at Lancaster’s Robert Gillow public house, taken over for most of the day to promote local Lancaster voices,… Read More ›
Sneak Peek: 100% Biodegradable #13 on sale now, features work by 2000AD’s Kek-W and more
The latest issue of digital action adventure and SF anthology 100% Biodegradable – Issue 13 – is on sale now, and features some great strips from a 2000AD droid and many other great comic creators. (I’m not counting myself as one… Read More ›
In Review: Dan Dare at The Atkinson, Southport
Dan Whitehead visited The Atkinson in Southport, Merseyside – the town where Eagle comic was first created by Frank Hampson and Marcus Morris – and offers his take on the permanent Dan Dare exhibition there… I have an almost lifelong affection… Read More ›
In Review: DTHRTL Issue 2
Silent comics are always a challenge to read, and to review given that there are no character or location names to be used, but Bob Turner’s DTHRTL (that is Death Rattle to the non-text savvy amongst us) is definitely worth… Read More ›
UK Small Press Day Coming Soon!
Britain’s Small Press Day is back on Saturday 9th July 2016 – a celebration of self-publishing, DIY culture, and grassroots comics across the UK. An idea born on Twitter led to a series of nationwide events in a matter of weeks…. Read More ›
In Review: Tales Of WesterNoir – Issue 2
Tales Of WesterNoir, the short story anthology spin-off Accent UK’s ongoing old West demon hunting series WesterNoir, returns with a second issue as the two WesterNoir creators, writer Dave West and artist Gary Crutchley, both turn their hands to writing with… Read More ›
Skank Magazine’s “Scotland Yardie” Returns in an all-new graphic novel
Out in August from Knockabout is a full length graphic novel, Scotland Yardie, by Bobby Joseph with art by Joseph Samuels, featuring the character who sprang to fame (or should that be infamy?) in the pages of the 1990s indie title Skank… Read More ›
2000AD Prog 2000 – Bolland, McMahon, Gibbons and O’Neill To Return!
Comic book superstars Brian Bolland, Mick McMahon, Dave Gibbons and Kevin O’Neill are set to return to the pages of the legendary 2000AD for its 2000th issue, out later in the year – along with both classic characters such as Nemesis… Read More ›
In Review: The Survivors – Episode 2
Cinebook continues their translation of the spin-off series from Leo’s Worlds Of Aldebaran books with The Survivors – Episode 2, a tale set during the initial colonisation of Aldebaran IV, 100 years before the main Aldebaran series begins. After the loss… Read More ›
In Review: SP4RX by Wren McDonald
Created by Wren McDonald 120 pages – Black and White and Purple 243mm x 170mm – Softback – £14.99 Published by NoBrow Press The Story: “SP4RX is the story of mankind clawing for survival. Set in a future where a… Read More ›
It’s Grand Up North: Two Comics Events For Your Calendar
Is the North of England leading the way in a new type of comics event? By Ian Wheeler There are many types of events for fans of comics. The large “Film and Comic Cons” which incorporate comics as part of… Read More ›
Something For The Weekend: New Comics On Sale (w/c 20th June 2016) – Judge Dredd, James Bond and More!
Judge Dredd gets set to fight back in the long-running story that’s had plenty of surprises along the way in this week’s 2000AD (by Michael Carroll, Colin MacNeil, Len O’Grady, and Annie Parkhouse) – but just how big is the conspiracy… Read More ›
Tank Girl Returns in September in “Tank Girl Gold”
Titan Comics has just announced that following the hit Tank Girl: Two Girls One Tank series, Tank Girl is returning in September with the gold standard in anarchic entertainment – Tank Girl: Gold #1! This brand new series is The… Read More ›
Capturing Arts and Minds: Una’s new comic, “On Sanity: One Day in Two Lives”
Just published by comic creator Una is a new 40-page comic, On Sanity: One Day In Two Lives, a very personal project about illness and recovery in mental health, based on the story of her mother. Yorkshire-based Una explains it’s… Read More ›
Robotech Comes to Titan Comics in 2017!
With one eye on the resurgence of interest in other 1980s properties at other publishers such as IDW, and the other on the upcoming feature film, canny British publisher Titan Comics has ignited the engines of the cult 1980s series, Robotech – and is ready… Read More ›
Dave McKean Talk at London’s House of Illustration
Join legendary illustrator, filmmaker and musician David McKean as he talks to the Observer’s Rachel Cooke and Imperial War Museum curator Richard Slocombe about his astonishing new graphic novel and performance, Black Dog: The Dreams of Paul Nash at London’s… Read More ›