The Temple APA is currently looking for contributors to its first Digital Comics Anthology, deadline 1st May 2008. For those who’ve never heard of the Temple (formerly titled ‘Temple of Heroes’), it’s the UK’s longest running comics anthology, whose membership… Read More ›
Digital Comics
Including web comics and titles release for tablets.
Comix Thing in London today
Just a quick reminder that today (22 March) sees the 5th UK web comix Thing, a gathering of the British and overseas small press en masse to present their wares and promote new work, at the Great Hall, Queen Mary… Read More ›
VIOLENT! Gets Virtual – and Girly Goes Global
This Saturday (22nd March 2008) sees the official launch of British indie press publisher Factor Fiction’s The Girly Comic and Violent! titles as webcomics (factorfictionpress.co.uk). To celebrate the launch, a brand new full colour comic strip Sisters of the Head… Read More ›
Freak Angels Live
While we’re on the subject of digital comics (see Elfquest story below), just a reminder that Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield’s new digital project via Avatar Press, FreakAngels is now live. FreakAngels is a free, weekly, ongoing comic, which Warren… Read More ›
Elves take Over the Internet
(via BoingBoing): Every issue of Elfquest — perhaps the oldest independent US comic — is to be made available free online, part of an initiative by Wendy and Richard Pini, owners of Elfquest publishing company Warp Graphics, to celebrate their… Read More ›
Marvel on Facebook, following other comic companies
Marvel Comics has launched its first digital comics application for the Facebook social network, a community already home to several unofficial Marvel-friendly groups and other comics-related services. Marvel says the application allows fans to peruse the entire Marvel Digital Universe… Read More ›
Digital Artists Handbook
folly – the digital arts agency and charity based in England’s NorthWest – recently launched an important new project, the Digital Artists’ Handbook, backed by Arts Council England, which might be a useful resource for comics creators. The Handbook is… Read More ›
Charlotte Corday joins ROK Comics
A new adventure strip, Charlotte Corday of the Surete, drawn by top British comics artist Keith Page, is now being published on comics to mobile service ROK Comics. Keith’s current work includes Ramsey’s Raiders for DC Thomson’s Commando and other… Read More ›
Heart of Empire Online
The whole of the first chapter of Bryan Talbot’s stunning story Heart of Empire is now online for free! Taken from the CD-ROM, the “Director’s cut” of Heart of Empire, the online promotional version includes every page in its original… Read More ›
Comics Piracy – Strange New Turn?
Shortly after Marvel and DC’s legal foray against the comic download site Z-Cult FM, another download site, ComicSearch, has been sent a cease and desist letter by Marvel demanding it remove trackers for illegal electronic copies of their titles. Torrent… Read More ›