Max Bertolini, one of the contributors to SciFi Art Now, has had a long, varied and successful career. The image I’ve featured here – ‘Megara,’ the cover for the January 2005 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction… Read More ›
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Cereal Geek 8 goes on sale
The latest issue of Cereal Geek, devoted to animated shows of the 1980s, is now available. Priced £6 in the UK, Issue Eight continues the theme from the previous issue, showcasing the many animated movies of the eighties; both series-based… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Brighton Comix
Continuing Panel Borders month of shows about comic book communities around the UK, Alex Fitch visits a meeting of Cartoon County in Brighton and chats to David Lloyd, Daniel Locke, Joe Decie, Steve Carroll, Nye Wright and Tim Pilcher about… Read More ›
Dan Dare Radio Show – Missing Episode surfaces
Back in 2008, I posted a news story here titled “Dan Dare’s Holy Grail“, reporting on the continued hunt for episodes of the Dan Dare radio show broadcast by Radio Luxembourg in the 1950s. Aired on Radio Luxembourg between July… Read More ›
Soviet Spitfires and Desert Dangers in new Commandos
Four more Commandos are now on sale, with new stories from Alan Hebden and Mac Macdonald, the latter’s ‘Soviet Spitfire’ sure to interest fans of Battle‘s classic ‘Johnny Red’ strip. Here’s the gen… Commando No 4503: Operation UltraStory: Alan Hebden… Read More ›
Beano Artist David Sutherland Exhibition and Talk
DC Thomson artist David Sutherland, who often signs his work simply as “DS”, has been drawing “The Bash Street Kids” in The Beano since 1962, a remarkable 50 years. In addition to “Bash Street”, he was also the regular artist… Read More ›
In Review: The Loxley’s and the War of 1812
Writer: Alan GrantArtist: Claude St. AubinColorist: Lovern KindzierskiLetterer: Todd KleinEditor: Alexander FinbowPublisher: Renegade Arts EntertainmentDiamond Code: APR121209ISBN-13: 9780986820007 The Book: The story follows the Loxleys, a Canadian family living in the Niagara peninsula! as they’re torn apart by the American… Read More ›
Jean Dujardin talks Lucky Luke
I’ve just been catching up on news about Cinebook‘s upcoming releases, but alongside info on their new titles the bande dessines publisher has offered a quick reminder that the live action Lucky Luke film is now available on DVD. The… Read More ›
Haynes launches Thunderbirds Manual
On sale this week in all good bookshops is The Haynes Thunderbirds Agents’ Technical Manual featuring some terrific art by Graham Bleathman and offering unprecedented insight into the (sadly, fictional) workings of the Thunderbirds craft and associated rescue vehicles. With… Read More ›
Durham Red returns to 2000AD
She’s the bounty hunter with bite, the one and only Strontium Bitch – and she’s back in the pages of 2000AD this week! Durham Red, the bounty hunter whose mutation gives her a vampiric lust for blood, is back and… Read More ›
Blank Slate’s ‘Nelson’ in the spotlight at Hay Festival
(via Sarah McIntyre’s blog): If you’re in Wales at the Hay Festival this weekend, don’t miss out on what is sure to be an awesome panel by six of the comics creators who made NELSON, published by Blank Slate –… Read More ›
London’s BD & Comics Passion Festival a huge success
Jonathan Ross at BD and Comics Passion 2012Photo: BD and Comics Passion The weekend has passed, the temperatures soared and London’s BD & Comics Passion‘s second festival came and went with an enormous bang. The extended weekend of celebrations saw… Read More ›
Bumper British comics auction announced
An auction of collectable British comics and annuals from the 1920s onwards – most published by DC Thomson – is set to take place next month on behalf of the estate of avid collector Des O’Leary. Organised by Bloomsbury Auctions,… Read More ›
In Review: Commando 4500 – Lightning Strike
2011 was an important year for Commando with the 50th anniversary of the title, two separate exhibitions of artwork at the University of Dundee and London’s National Army Museum, winning the Eagle Award for Best British Black and White Comic,… Read More ›
Commando reaches landmark 4500 issue
Here we are again with another four Commandos – and it’s something of a landmark release this time around, with the title reaching Issue 4500 – surely something of a record for any comic (as, perhaps, is the number of… Read More ›
Zombies Hi And Amelia Earhart From Uproar Comics
Londonderry’s Uproar Comics have been making a name for themselves in Northern Ireland with their regular publication of the anthology comic Zombies Hi, the main story of which is set in and around the walled city of Derry after a… Read More ›
CBeebies Art magazine teams up with National Portrait Gallery
CBeebies Art magazine has launched a competition inviting readers aged three to seven to create a portrait of their family imagined as the British Royal Family. To coincide with the Diamond Jubilee, the winner of the competition, created in partnership… Read More ›
Mega Signing at Forbidden Planet London this Friday
Forbidden Planet London is capitalising on Kapow this coming weekend by having a fantastic line-up of artists and writers for a fabulous Friday Night Mega-Signing. “On Friday 18th May, from 6 – 7pm, at the London Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue,… Read More ›
In Review: Amanda Swan – The Hellfire Legacy
Glasgow based Rough Cut Comics published the impressive vampiric graphic novels Rose Black and Rose Black: Demon Seed and, as part of the publicity for Rose Black, the company used British model Amanda Swan to portray the character of Rose…. Read More ›
British comic publishers join new MagAid campaign to fight illiteracy
British magazine and comic publishers have just launched MagAid, the first national project to use magazines to promote literacy. Established by the Professional Publishers Association, which represents the UK’s magazine publishing industry, in partnership with the National Literacy Trust, funding… Read More ›