Pete Taylor and Mike Williams are joined by comic writer, artist and all round great guy Mark Hughes (aka Son Of Ken) on the latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast (Episode 85) to battle it out in the first… Read More ›
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Beano goes (partly) “Beanold” today with a dig at Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson and more
Topical buffoonery in this week’s Beano!
Vintage British Comics galore on offer from Phil-Comics, plus original scripts and more
A cornucopia of comic delights is up for grabs
Rare Fleischer Studios’ Superman animation art offered by Heritage Auctions
Some ultra rare animation art goes under the hammer next month
Cutaway Comics on course to release new Doctor Who spin-off, “Eldrad Must Live”
Cutaway Comics new Doctor Who spin-off stories are proving a Kickstarter success
Beano and Dandy Metal Plate Rarities included in latest Lockdales “Fine Sale” Auction
Some very rare humour comic printing plates are coming up for auction
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Sentinel #5 – Kazana The Slayer
Sword and sorcery returns to indie comics title Sentinel
Russell Mark Olson’s Gateway City returns, as web comic and quarterly “newspaper”
A superb SF noir comic is heading back into the limelight
Beano Studios looks to reimagine DC Thomson comic character archive for TV, reportedly leading with teenage Dennis the Menace live action series
Could more DC Thomson Media-owned characters be heading to the small screen?
Buy a NICE comic, support your Local Comic Shop doing it!
A great idea to support Local Comic Shops…
In Review: Zarjaz Issue 38
Another 2000AD-inspired gem from Futurequake Press
SelfMadeHero issues #DrawYourBookshop Challenge
Publisher SelfMadeHero has come up with a great idea to promote local bookshops
More store closures ahead for comics and magazine retailer WH Smith
Nestling in the small print of WH Smith‘s latest Preliminary Results Announcement is confirmation that the beleaguered British high street news and magazine vendor is set to close 25 high street stores, affecting nearly 200 jobs – and there may be… Read More ›
Creating Comics: Comic Artist and 3D Sculptor Neil “Blackbird” Sims
Neil “Blackbird” Sims work – art and 3D – has stunned plenty…
Meet The77 Creators: Comic Artist Phil Elliott
Morgan Spiceman catches up with an independent comics press veteran
Unofficial Beano-style Doctor Who strip in the works for new not-for-profit time-spanning annual
Bonkers Seventh Doctor strip on its way from Beano team members
Commando Comics delivers mad Mosquito Pilots and terror in the Coventry Blitz!
Commando Comics are back in action this week
A Sporting Life Snapshot: Tom Webster’s cartoons still delight, almost a century on since first published
100 years on Tom Webster’s sporting cartoons still delight
Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Misadventures of Spring-Heeled Jack
Sparke-ing with silliness. Tom Sparke, that is…
Commando Comics teases more 60th anniversary announcements at this weekend’s Thought Bubble Digital Comic Con
A cryptic tease from Britain’s war comic!