Author: John Farman Pencils: Rodolfo Ezequiel Inks: Cristian Sauret and Juan Hernandez Publisher: Vital Publishing Do you realise how hard it is to write a review without adding in spoilers? I’ll do my best… When most of us hear the… Read More ›
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Inspiring Colouring on offer with Mike Medaglia’s “One Year Wiser”
Need to calm down in this crazy world? Take some time out to practise mindfulness by colouring a weekly meditation with One Year Wiser: The Colouring Book from SelfMadeHero, out next week. In case it’s passed you by, colouring books for adults are… Read More ›
British Comic Shop Releases (1st July 2015) – The Spire, Uncanny and Asterix, too!
Here’s this week’s list of comics on sale in British comics shops, plus some news stand titles – our intent, as ever being to skew our coverage in favour of British creators. This week, in the world of 2000AD’s Rogue… Read More ›
Accent UK Brings Trolls And Gunslingers To The Glasgow Comic Con
Accent UK will have their two latest titles The Troll and WesterNoir Book 5 at the Glasgow Comic Con this coming weekend. The Troll is by Danish artist and storyteller, Martin Flink, the author of Accent UK’s Man Of Glass…. Read More ›
Team Girl Comic 11 To Be Launched At Glasgow Comic Con
Glasgow’s Team Girl Comic collective will be officially launching the 11th issue of their TGC title at the Glasgow Comic Con this weekend. With a striking zero gravity cover by Maki Yamazaki, the A5 zine has 46 pages of black and white content… Read More ›
Twang Your Thing with The Beano!
Suitable for menaces of all ages, JHS have added an Electric Guitar to their range of Beano-inspired instruments, featuring classic images from the worlds longest-running comic, plastered over its single cutaway full-sized body. The Beano Electric Guitar is the latest addition to the… Read More ›
Roads Not Taken: Renga, DC Thomson’s Abandoned Rival to 2000AD
Nestling for over 20 years on a long-forgotten hard drive incompatible with modern computers, we’re delighted to be able to finally bring you some of the work that featured in a stunning ‘dummy’ comic, Renga, commissioned by DC Thomson…
Titan Comics to publish Manchette’s Fatale in November
Titan Comics have announced their impending publication of Manchette’s Fatale, a comics adaptation of the work of world-renowned noir crime author, Jean-Patrick Manchette. This edition, adapted by Doug Headline and illustrated by Max Cabanes, has been described by editor Lizzie Kaye as, “Lolita meets The Virgin Suicides.” In Manchette’s Fatale, Aimée is… Read More ›
Jim Alexander, Barry Renshaw deliver new Strontium Dog for Dogbreath zine
Coming soon to the pages of FutureQuake’s Dogbreath is Strontium Dog – Tremor Wings by writer Jim Alexander and artist Barry Renshaw. Jim Alexander co-created Calhab Justice for the Judge Dredd universe but is best known these days for his… Read More ›
Marvel UK Flashback: The Real Ghostbusters
Phil Boyce, who runs a wonderful blog devoted to the humour comic, Oink, is running a series of ‘Beyond Oink’ features, charting his comic reading down the years. He’s just posted an item on Marvel UK’s The Real Ghostbusters comic,… Read More ›
British Comic Fanzines Digital Archive in the works
For several months now, British comics fan David Hathaway-Price had been gathering and scanning every British comics fanzine that he’s been able to buy or had loaned to him. His aim is to create a Fanzine archive / repository, celebrating… Read More ›
British Comic Shop Releases (24th June 2015) – all-new Surface Tension and Resident Alien!
Here’s our guide to new comics and graphic on sale in British comic shops today (Wednesday 24th June 2015), complementing our monthly list of new British graphic novels and comic collections (June 2015 list here). This list. as usual, focuses primarily… Read More ›
Enemy Spies Defeated! Intel on latest Commandos on sale now revealed
Despite the best efforts of enemy spies (and, possibly, a giant snake), the determined team at Commando have managed to slip us the intel on the latest issues of the war comic (Issues 4819-4822) on sale now in all good newsagents… Read More ›
Comics @ Edinburgh International Book Festival 2015
The Edinburgh International Book Festival, the world’s largest literary festival which runs from 15 to 31 August 2015 in the Scottish capital’s Charlotte Square Gardens, opens its box office for ticket sales today. As in previous year’s BookFest has a selection… Read More ›
Photo Review: East London Comics and Arts Festival 2015
The 4th East London Comics and Arts Festival (ELCAF) was held today in the hip East End of London, just off Mare Street between Hackney and Bethnal Green. Spread between two warehouse style venues it was once again a combination of… Read More ›
Sneak Peek: Surface Tension #2 by Jay Gunn
This coming sees the release of Titan Comics Surface Tension #2 in comic shops by writer and artist Jay Gunn, and it’s a title I’m looking forward to reading after an impressive debut last month. Jay Gunn’s magnificent eco-horror fable continues in… Read More ›
Strontium Dog Fan Film: First Look
The first pictures from the Strontium Dog fan film starring Matthew Simpson as Johnny Alpha have been released. The film also stars Kevin Horsham as companion Wulf Sternhammer. The film is directed by Steven Sterlacchini & Steve Green, is based on… Read More ›
DC Thomson Sponsors CITV In Run Up To Thunderbirds Magazine Launch
In a first for DC Thomson Publishing, the magazine business today announced it will become a new sponsor of the UK’s most watched commercial children’s channel, CITV. The deal, which includes broadcast, online, mobile and licensing elements, will see separate… Read More ›
San Diego Comic Con Doctor Who Comics Panel details announced
Titan Comics has revealed details about its year’s Doctor Who Comics panel at San Diego Comic Con. Taking place on Saturday July 11th (3.30pm, Room 5AB), the panel, entitled ‘Doctor Who Comics Panel: Year Two, Cross-Over Event And New Mini-Series’, is part… Read More ›
British Comic Shop Releases (17th June 2015) – All-New Judge Dredd Megazine, Bryan Hitch on JLA
Here’s our guide to new comics and graphic on sale in British comic shops this week, complementing our monthly list of new British graphic novels and comic collections (June 2015 list here). All-new stories start this month in Judge Dredd Megazine,… Read More ›