Illustrator Duncan Long – featured in SciFi Art Now – is giving friends and fans two free ebooks to celebrate the Hallowe’en season: Edgar Allan Poe’s Eleonora (for which Duncan did the cover and inner illustrations for as well as… Read More ›
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Matt Smith’s Doctor Who Covered in New Book
Books about Doctor Who aren’t exactly rare these days and downthetubes wouldn’t even begin to try to cover all of them. But every so often, a title of particular interest emerges which is worth looking out for. Often these are… Read More ›
Century 21 Reprint Books To Continue
There’s hope yet for a continuation of the Gerry Anderson “Century 21” collections
Neil Roberts creates Sarah Jane Adventures comic for the BBC
A panel from the BBC’s new online Sarah Jane Adventures comic The BBC have published a new online Sarah Jane Adventures comic, which is being drawn by Neil Roberts, one of the artists featured in SciFi Art Now. Sarah Jane… Read More ›
The Dandy – Pulling Back From The Xtreme
Take a long hard look at the cover of the current issue of Dandy Xtreme. Stripped of its free gifts (five chewy sweets and a small toy light sabre) there is nothing to suggest that it is a comic, let… Read More ›
Argh! Tim Quinn reveals the ups and downs of life as a comic book creator
If Beryl the Peril, Korky the Cat, Spider-Man, Desperate Dan and the Bash Street Kids are some of your favourite cartoon characters, then get along to Morecambe’s Platform venue on Friday, 29th October to meet Tim Quinn, who worked on… Read More ›
Sci-Fi Art Now Creator Interview: Neil Roberts
Neil Roberts is a freelance artist and lecturer who’s worked in the videogame industry as a character artist for 12 years before going fully freelance in October 2008. In his time he worked on games such as Colin McRae Rally,… Read More ›
Eagle Initiative web site launches
The Eagle Initiative has announced that its website is now open for submissions to its innovative worldwide talent search. With Stan Lee as its patron and a host of top name creators on board as judges, the Initiative – an… Read More ›
Author Peter F. Hamilton joins comic creators at London’s MCM Expo
London MCM Expo organisers are delighted to announce that Peter F. Hamilton, one of the finest British sci-fi authors writing today, will be a special guest at the London’s biggest entertainment weekend held at Excel London later this month. Hamilton… Read More ›
Castaways and Comets! It’s the new issue of Jeff Hawke’s Cosmos…
The latest bumper issue of Jeff Hawke’s Cosmos – a magazine devoted to Syd Jordan’s space explorer, whose daily newspaper strip once ran in the Daily Express – is now available from the Jeff Hawke Club. Volume 6 Number 2… Read More ›
Cancertown joins Markosia publication line up
Cancertown – one of the books published by now defunct publisher Insomnia – has found a new home with Markosia. Written by Cy Dethan with art from Stephen Downey, with colour by Melanie Cook and lettering by Nic Wilkinson, Cancertown… Read More ›
Grandville Mon Amour YouTube Trailer
Bryan Talbot has posted a YouTube trailer for his upcoming steampunk graphic novel Grandville Mon Amour, which will be launched at the Thought Bubble convention in Leeds in November… This follow up to his earlier steampunk tale, Grandville, is officially… Read More ›
Space:1999 comes to Blu Ray
Don your flares, set your ray guns to stun and prepare to take off on a High Definition journey on the Eagle transporter with the Blu-ray debut of Space 1999 – The Complete First Series. The cult Gerry Anderson live… Read More ›
Tomorrow Revisited: Frank Hampson Book Launch announced
Alastair Crompton’s Frank Hampson biography is to be launched at Chris Beetles Art Gallery
In Memoriam: Comic Artist Josè Maria Jorge
A Commando legend has, sadly, passed away
In Review: Iznogoud And The Magic Carpet
“I want to be Caliph instead of the Caliph!” Baghdad’s grand Vizier Iznogoud is an arrogant, conniving man with ideas above his station and that station is as number two to the placid and rather dim Caliph Haroun Al Plassid…. Read More ›
In Review: The Scorpion – The Treasure Of The Templars
The tales of the 18th century adventurer known as The Scorpion, written by Stephen Desberg and illustrated by Enrico Marini, continue in The Treasure Of The Templars. Pope Trebaldi has sent his warrior monks, lead by the mysterious Rochnan, after… Read More ›
Eagle Awards Ceremony announced for London MCM Expo
The Eagle Awards fly back to London at the end of this month – with a superb Awards ceremony planned at the MCM Expo. With voting now closed, the announcement of the 2010 award winners is obviously the main reason… Read More ›
In Review: XIII – Where The Indian Walks
Who is XIII? Presidential assassin? Special forces soldier? Husband? The questions continue in the second part of the XIII saga Where The Indian Walks written by Jean Van Hamme and illustrated by William Vance. Amidst the chaos and unanswered questions… Read More ›
In Review: X’ed Out by Charles Burns
By: Charles BurnsPublisher: Jonathan Cape (UK) Pantheon (US)Out: 7th October (UK) 19th October (US) The Book: Meet Doug, aspiring young artist. He’s having a strange night. A weird buzzing noise on the other side of the wall has woken him… Read More ›