The Tate Gallery will publish Comics Art, a new book on the comics form by Paul Gravett, designed by Peter Stanbury on 7th November. As well as running an amazing and regularly updated web site on comics, Paul, who has been… Read More ›
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Oor Wullie’s Bucket Band launches with Bay City Rollers track
Jings, crivvens and help ma boab! Oor Wullie’s bucket has been found, after it was stolen earlier this year – by cheeky Wullie look-a-like Jamie Webster. The Sunday Post, which publishes the Oor Wullie, strip, revealed the iconic Scottish comic… Read More ›
Veteran Countdown artist Gerry Haylock featured in latest Andersonic
Issue 16 of the excellent Gerry Anderson-inspired zine Andersonic, with cover art by Rob Caswell, is now available via their website (and eBay for a short period in the Collectibles > SF > Thunderbirds section). The team have pulled off… Read More ›
Overstreet Comic Art & Animation Guide Goes to Press
US publisher Gemstone reports the second book in the new Overstreet “How To” series is off to the printer. The Overstreet Guide To Collecting Comic & Animation Art, with a Silver Surfer #1 recreation cover by renowned painter Joe Jusko,… Read More ›
“The Unwritten” graphic novel “Ship That Sunk Twice” sails to bookshops
The Unwritten original graphic novel by Mike Carey and Peter Gross, on sale 1st October in the UK, features a stunning cover by Yuko Shimizu and includes 31 pages of fully painted art by Al Davison, with additional art by… Read More ›
Get Weirded – Here’s a new A1 (and more…)
Here’s the rundown on three Titan Comics titles on sale from today in all good comic shops! A1 #4 WEIRDING WILLOWS: There’s a dinosaur from Hollow Earth loose in the Weir and she’s eating Farmer McGregor’s sheep! Can Alice and… Read More ›
Bisley back in 2000AD with special Slaine episode
Industry legend Simon Bisley returns to 2000AD today, for a special one-off episode of the strip that catapulted him to international fame in the 1980s – Sláine. To celebrate the Celtic barbarian’s 30th anniversary, in Sláine: Book of Scars creator… Read More ›
Best of Milligan and McCarthy – Preview Pages
Dark Horse Comics have very kindly sent us some preview pages from Best of Milligan and McCarthy – a deluxe collection of hard-to-find gems from Peter Milligan (Hellblazer, X-Statix) and Brendan McCarthy (Judge Dredd, The Zaucer of Zilk), due for… Read More ›
Chronos Commandos #3 – Sneek Preview!
Next Wednesday (11th September) sees the release of Stuart Jennet’s Chronos Commandos #3 from Titan Comics – and we have a special preview for you below! In Chronos Commandos: Dawn Patrol #3 the time team are trapped in the past,… Read More ›
Rob Jackson releases RhiZome sci-fi anthology comic
(via BugPowder): On sale now is the RhiZome Anthology, a weird but wonderful-looking 48-page black and white science-fiction and fantasy anthology, co-edited by Rob Jackson and Kyle Baddeley-Read. The anthology contains stories by Max Mose, Rob, Kyle Baddeley-Read, John Robbins… Read More ›
Knockabout Comics announce “Best of Wonder Wart-Hog” collection
Look up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a blird! It’s a pane! It’s a blane! It’s a plird! It’s a bane! Oh… actually, it seems to be some sort of flying, anthropomorphic phacochoerus aethiopicus, wearing… Read More ›
Rock warrior Jon Mikl Thor heads for Simon Williams’ “Retro Tales”
After the appearance of the original Knight Rider star David Hasslhoff in his fab comic Retro Tales, comic creator Simon Williams has announced his next guest star – the legendary king of muscle rock, Jon Mikl Thor. “The one and… Read More ›
Planet Jimbot releases ‘Savant’
Planet Jimbot, the indie publishing house run by comic creators Jim Alexander and Jim Campbell, has just published the first issue of Savant, a stunning science fiction story originally conceived for STRIP: The Adventure Comics Magazine. Savant, by Jim Alexander,… Read More ›
‘Striker’ football strip goes global with app launch
The terrific football strip Striker – which currently appears in print The Sun as a regular strip, probably making it one of the most-read strips in the UK – has just been launched as an App from Syon Publishing, offering… Read More ›
Bear Alley Books releases Boys’ World: Ticket to Adventure
Bear Alley Books, run by ace comics archivist Steve Holland, is to publish a guide to the the seminal British comic Boys’ World on 9th September – and if you order before 2nd September you can get a 10 per… Read More ›
A Missed Gem: The Legend of Tom Hickathrift
I’ve been very remiss in not giving this gorgeous children’s story, The Legend of Tom Hickathrift, a plug before – so hopefully I can make up for it now. Released in May by Mogzilla Books, it’s written with his usual… Read More ›
Woodwork: The Complete Work of Wallace Wood released
While we’re well aware this is a British comics website, we also know that many British comic creators are incfluenced by many things – not least of them the work of the late, great American artist Wallace ‘Wally’ Wood, whose… Read More ›
Numbercruncher Collection announced
Titan Comics are to publish a Numbercruncher collection in December, collecting the entire much-praised series so far. Mesmerisingly written by the superb Si Spurrier (X-Men: Legacy, Crossed: Wish You Where Here) with gorgeous art from PJ Holden (2000 AD) and colourist Jordie Bellaire (Captain Marvel, Rocketeers,… Read More ›
Crumb’s Weirdo Years from Knockabout
Weirdo was a magazine-sized comics anthology created by Robert Crumb in 1981, which ran for 28 issues. It served as a “low art” counterpoint to its contemporary highbrow Raw. Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb’s interests at the time –… Read More ›
Air war galore in new Commandos
DC Thomson Commando Issues 4631-4634 are on sale now in all good newsagents across the UK. Featuring a terrific-looking air war story, “The Black Buzzard” and a new “Convict Comandos” tale, here’s the lowdown on all four releases… Commando No… Read More ›