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 ›
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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 ›
Overload anthology launches at Kapow
Sneak zombie filled PM peek!
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 ›
Convict Commandos return to, er – Commando!
Here’s the lowdown on the latest Commandos, on sale now in all good comic shops. Alan Hebden’s Convict Commandos make a return for the first of two adventures – the second is out in a fortnight – while a Soviet… Read More ›
In Review: The Bluecoats – Rumberley
Cinebook returns to the American Civil War for their fifth book of The Bluecoats – Rumberley, written by Raoul Cauvin and illustrated by Willy Lambil, translating the 15th of Les Tuniques Bleues albums into English for the first time. The… Read More ›
‘Kill Shakespeare’ creators hit the UK for signing tour
The Canadian creators of IDW Publishing’s Kill Shakespeare comic book series look to court controversy this month by bringing their take on Shakespeare and his characters to the birth country of the Bard himself this month – on a two-week… Read More ›
Fantabulous! An art collection from Oliver Wetter
The artists who contributed to SciFi Art Now are a talented bunch, and always pushing the envelope when it comes to get their work “out there” for their fans and prospective clients. Oliver Wetter has gone a step further than… Read More ›
Mezolith writer Ben Hegarty visits Lancaster
Internationally renowned storyteller Ben Haggarty, writer of The DFC‘s Mezolith strip, returns to Lancaster on Thursday 10th May with the epic tale of Gilgamesh. Possibly the oldest story in the world, this ancient masterpiece will be presented by Ben in… Read More ›
Drokk’s Debut Gig at Orbital Comics announced
Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury will be performing extracts from the new record, Drokk – Music Inspired By Mega-City One, released on Invada UK, at Orbital Comics on the 16th May. As we’ve previously reported, this project kicked off when… Read More ›