Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with Pierre Van Hove, an illustrator and graphic… Read More ›
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2000AD Prog 2150 – Jump on Board this Wednesday!
This week’s 52-page 2000AD – Prog 2150 – is a “jump on board” issue, with all-new thrills throughout, an issue on sale this Wednesday in all good comic shops and newsagents (and digital platforms, too) that comes alongside release date… Read More ›
Doctor Who: Panel to Panel podcast crunches comic sales figures
Episode #113 of Jeremy Bement’s excellent Doctor Who: Panel to Panel podcast is live, offering reviews of the recent final episodes of the Thirteenth Doctor Doctor Who Magazine strip “Power of the Mobox” and the classic strip “Duel of the… Read More ›
Catford Comic and Zine Fair back in December
Catford Comic and Zine Fair returns for its third year on Sunday 8th December 2019
Lakes Festival Focus 2019: Graphic Designer and Illustrator Emma Price
Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with Emma Price, a multidisciplinary graphic designer and… Read More ›
Rok of the Reds returns in “Rok the God”, ashcan available!
Ahead of the launch of a much-anticipated Kickstarter to fund the next “Rok of the Reds” story Rok the God, the team behind the project have announced a free digital version of Chapter One will be accessible to all on Rok’s forthcoming Kickstarter (October 2nd – mark the date!).
Archie Comics Nancy Silberkleit’s “Kindness Works” project challenges perceptions about autism
With a new school year for all around the globe, we thought it would be a good idea to spotlight Kindness Works again
Junko Mizuno exhibition heads to the University of Cumbria in Carlisle
A free exhibition of art by Junko Mizuno, including paintings, drawings and sculptures, goes on display at the University of Cumbria‘s Brampton Road Campus in Carlisle, Cumbria in October – and the artist herself will make an appearance 10th October…. Read More ›
Malta Comic Con announces ace ticket packages as more guests join line up
Malta Comic Con organisers Wicked Comics have announced a number of new British guests for this year’s event in November – and the launch of both super discounted Sonic Saver Tickets and the debut of a new admission offer for… Read More ›
Lakes Festival Focus 2019: Comic Artist Kristina Ricken
Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with Kristina Ricken, a Danish artist perhaps best… Read More ›
ComicScene Podcast spotlights Great War Dundee Comic
A short bonus extra episode of the ComicScene Podcast takes a look at the new, free, Great War Dundee Comic, which launches tomorrow at the V&A Dundee
Lakes Festival Focus 2019: Comic Artist Joonas Sildre
Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with Estonian artist Joonas Sildre. Currently living in… Read More ›
Duncan Fegredo’s Hellboy Exhibition opens this Saturday, in Kendal
The stage is set! From the Depths, a celebration of the acclaimed Hellboy artwork of Duncan Fegredo opens this Saturday (21st September) in Kendal, ahead of this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival next month. As we previously reported, the… Read More ›
Beano backs Climate Change Strike School Kids
Beano has today issued an open letter from Beano Studios CEO Emma Scott, backing tens of thousands of school kids around the world ahead of the planned youth climate change strike this Friday 20th September 2019. downthetubes notes Beano is… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Tide Volume Two by Adam Lumb
Independent Sheffield creator and comics publisher Adam Lumb is currently seeking crowdfunding for Volume Two of his dark fantasy thriller series The Tide on Kickstarter
Dark Horse Comics announces Alien vs. Predator: Thicker Than Blood
Starting this December, a terrifying new series will once again pit the iconic Aliens and Predators against each other. From Dark Horse Comics comes Alien vs. Predator: Thicker Than Blood, written by Jeremy Barlow (Star Wars: Darth Maul, Kult), illustrated… Read More ›
A Nigerian Comics Mystery: Ron Smith’s “Sister Mercy” (and more)
Nigeria is currently enjoying a growing comics industry of its own, with numerous publishers creating both print and digital titles, such as Comic Republic, Vortex Comics and YouNeek Studios– and Lagos Comic Con, taking place this weekend, is proving increasingly… Read More ›
In Pictures: Graffiti artist “Sleek” delivers standout street art at London’s Beano Studios
Beano Studios have just unveiled a unique and bespoke piece of street art in the window of their London Fleet Street offices created by one of their licensees; the mysterious and anonymous graffiti artist known as Sleek. The Scottish based… Read More ›
Marvel Museum signing announced at London Forbidden Planet Megastore
Author and editor Ned Hartley will be signing copies of the new Studio Press book Marvel Museum at the Forbidden Planet Megastore in London on Wednesday 16th October 2019
Codename Warlord – back for a second Commando adventure!
Here’s the intel on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s war comic Commando (Issues 5263 – 5266) available on Thursday from all good newsagents and as digital editions. The releases include the second new Lord Peter Flint adventure, a Cam… Read More ›