British comics-related news, interviews and features
Inspired by the 20th century’s great illustrators and the glories of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Arts & Crafts, propaganda art and the Pre-Raphaelites, Lee Moyer tailors his work to the specific needs and tastes of his clientele. He excels in… Read More ›
Four new Commandos are on sale now with one by the late great Jose Maria Jorge, who died last month. Commando No 4339: Nightmare in SiberiaStory: Ferg Handley Art: Mike White Cover Art: Mike White Royal Navy Lieutenant Will Clemence… Read More ›
Back in 2006 over 3,000 people invaded Britain’s National Space Centre in just one day to meet their favorite movie characters. It’s a day that still holds the record for the most people through the doors at Leicester’s number one… Read More ›
Published By: Solipsistic Pop BooksEdited and Designed by Tom HumberstonePrice: £12 UKWeb: http://solipsisticpop.com The Book: Book three of Solipsistic Pop contains 80 pages of comic art created to be accessible to readers of all ages. 30 exclusive stories from 26… Read More ›
Paul Drummond is a designer and commercial illustrator based in Lancashire. He started out as a lecturer, worked in print, moved into web development, then finally got round to painting pictures. SciFi Art Now: What tools do you mainly use… Read More ›
The Dandy’s new look has had a mixed response
Launched last year to replace the now defunct Web Cartoonists’ Choice Awards, the Webcomic List Awards exist to recognise the best that online comics have to offer and nominations are open to everyone involved in the creation, promotion or distribution… Read More ›
Collected from the pages of the weekly DFC comic, Mo-Bot High is Neill Cameron’s take on secondary school girls, their mobile phones and giant battle robots, all collected together into one multi-coloured hardback by the DFC Library. Asha has moved… Read More ›
Cinebook continue their English language translations of the Lucky Luke books with their 24th book The Judge based on the real life Judge Roy Bean who lived in Texas during the late 1800s. While the character is probably best known… Read More ›
The winners of the Eagle Awards have been announced at a gala presentation held at London ’s ExCeL on Friday, October 29 2010. Superhero titles again dominated most of the favourite titles and 2000AD topping the boll for favourite British… Read More ›
Gibson Quarter is best known for his illustration work on War on Drugs strips with writer Alan Grant, in the adult comics magazine Wasted. He’s also drawn stories for numerous other European magazines and comics including Northern Lightz, FutureQuake, Something… Read More ›
Here’s a quick round up of the work some SciFi Art Now artists have been engaged in recently… • Nelson Evergreen is one of seven artists who has work featured in Dreams Are The Genus, a new collaborative project edited… Read More ›
(Updated 27/10/10) The Dandy – the real, comic strip driven Dandy – is back this week with a vengeance, ditching the magazine-style, TOXIC-inspired magazine format of Dandy Xtreme in favour of a weekly title with a £1.50 cover price. As… Read More ›
Four new Commandos hit the decks of all good newsagents this week featuring art by John Ridgway, Vila, Macabich and Carlos Pino… Commando No 4335: Bad Blood Story: C G Walker Art: Vila Cover: Gordon LivingstoneFirst Published: 1993 as No… Read More ›
Lancaster’s First Age Comics is making its annual Hallowe’en celebrations something of an event, offering prizes to anyone who turns up in costume to buy their favourite comics this weekend. We doubt few will sport this fabulous mask created by… Read More ›
Kids at primary school were often amazed by the drawings and paintings of Slovenian artist Berislav Krzic as he grew up and he often received awards for his artwork. After his animation, cartooning and strip phases, he became obsessed with… Read More ›
100 Months, the final work of the late, great 2000AD artist John Hicklenton is now available from publisher Cutting Edge Press. Pat Mills describes it as “magnificent” and hints that despite John’s passing earlier this year there is more work… Read More ›
Life Begins at 40, a new book by authors Chris Newton and Mark Charlesworth, is the story of two 30-something fanatics sharing a flat in Blackpool, out of pocket, out of luck and clinging to the hope that Life Begins… Read More ›
The organisers of the popular Dublin City Comic Con have announced the event is to “downsize” for 2010, with a smaller festival replacing the planned larger event which has been hit by venue problems. However, the organisers say they’ll be… Read More ›
Cy Dethan and Robert Carey’s new project, The Indifference Engine, is set to be released soon by publishers Markosia. The team on the book have kindly sent us a review copy of this tightly-written multi-universe-spanning adventure tale — and it’s… Read More ›