From the writer of the science fiction series Orbital, Sylvain Runberg, comes the start of a new series from Cinebook, Darwin’s Diaries. With art from Eduardo Ocana and colours from Tariq Bellaoui, the first diary entry is The Eye Of… Read More ›
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Signup Books Century 21: Menace from Space line-up revealed
Some great strips lined up for the next Century 21 collection
Tharg the Mighty meets Dragons’ Den!
2000AD has just announced its first official convention portfolio session in years – culminating in a Dragons’ Den-style show off! 2000AD has teamed up with the annual Thought Bubble convention , which takes place in Leeds in November, to create… Read More ›
Commando Classics out this week – by Special Request of loyal readers
Four new Commandos go on sale tomorrow (Thursday) – a quartet chosen by readers as their best-remembered stories. “There were more than these ‘By Special Request’ suggested (far more!),” editor Calum Laird tells us, “but these came up again and… Read More ›
In Review: Yakari And The White Fleece
Cinebook publish a wide range of Franco-Belgian bandes dessinees adventure albums that they have translated into English, from the adult themed XIII and Largo Winch to the more “all ages” Clifton and Yoko Tsuno. One of their most junior series… Read More ›
Classical Comics goes Chinese!
(with thanks to Clive Bryant and Jon Haward): Classical Comics adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, Macbeth, is to be re-published in China by its Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, along with a number of other titles from the successful range…. Read More ›
In Review: Valerian & Laureline – Empire Of A Thousand Planets
Writer Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Claude Mézières’ spatio-temporal agents Valerian and Laureline return in the second book of their series to be published by Cinebook, The Empire Of A Thousand Planets. It is the 28th century and the two agents… Read More ›
Sci-Fi and Superheroes at next month’s London Comic Con
A record number of artists and writers will be flocking to MCM Expo London Comic Con’s Comic Village next month – and the organisers have just announced that acclaimed American comic book writer Gail Simone and best-selling British science fiction… Read More ›
British comics on the UK news stand – where next?
Last week, I was contacted by two newspapers, the Sunday Times and the Independent on Sunday, to offer my views on the state of the British comic industry. Specifically, comics on sale in UK newsagents. The requests were prompted by… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: Three-panel Comics, Interviews, Reviews, Birthday Greetings and Fan Art!
(Above: a piece of fan art for Garen Ewing’s Rainbow Orchid by Sarah McIntyre.) Tube surf time again… • The Forbidden Planet International blog has really gone to town with their reviews of the DC Comics ‘52‘ re-boot (re-launch?) Here’s… Read More ›