The Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast team visited Macc-Pow in Macclesfield last month, now in its third year. Podcast co-host Nikki Bates stood behind the table selling comics for the first time, while Ian Loxam had a great chat with… Read More ›
Breathe in… It’s been a big week of comics reading as I have just got back from a pool side holiday. I headed out to see pals Pat and Lisa Mills, in Spain (who recently released Kiss My Axe! Sláine… Read More ›
Little Heroes Comics is a UK based charity that sends comic making kits to children who find themselves in hospitals and healthcare institutes across the country. Right now, they’re raising funds for their second anthology over on Kickstarter. Following up on… Read More ›
Stan Lee has been a hero of Tim Quinn’s since he read one of his comics when he was just seven…
Titan Comics and BBC Studios have announced Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor #0 – The Many Lives Of Doctor Who – a special primer edition, which celebrates the Doctor’s many lives, and leads directly into Titan’s brand-new Thirteenth Doctor comic… Read More ›
Featuring stunning a cover over by 2000AD artist Steven Austin, Futurequake Press releases Zarjaz Issue 31 next week – the latest issue of the not for profit anthology inspired by the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic! Torquemada – Grand Master of Termight… Read More ›
Ian Loxam, co-host of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast, reports on the latest annual comic event in Macclesfield, organised by comic creator Marc Jackson… Macc-Pow is a small comic convention held in Macclesfield. Currently on its third year,… Read More ›
Will Eisner is one of the comic industry’s all-time greats. He has been held in high regard by fans and pros alike for many years to the point where the most prestigious awards in the comic industry were named after… Read More ›
Created by SJ McCune Published by Millicent Barnes Comics Full Colour – 59 Pages (Contains material previously published in Cold Colony issues 1 and 2) Warning: This review contains song lyrics shamelessly. In the words of the creator to start… Read More ›
The next big event in the convention calendar after ELCAF is coming up soon. On Sunday the 5th August 2018 is the True Believers Comic Festival: Summer Variant. This event is returning to Blackfriars Priory, Ladybellegate Street, Gloucester between 11.am… Read More ›
Kendal, home to the long-running Lakes International Comic Art Festival, is to host a new Cosplay Festival – and both organisations will be working together. The town’s Ruskins pub will host a one day event on Sunday 15th July 2018,… Read More ›
The penultimate edition of the digital anthology 100% Biodegradable is out now on Comicsy and Drivethru, featuring 46 pages of sci-fi/horror for just 69p/$0.99. Editor David Hailwood will soon bow out on this great title, which has featured some terrific… Read More ›
Donald L. “Don” Heck was an American comics artist best known for co-creating the Marvel Comics character Iron Man (not the character’s design, but plenty more that shaped him), and for his long run penciling the Marvel superhero-team series The… Read More ›
Brand new Commando (issues 5135-5138) from DC Thomson are on sale this week in all good UK newsagents – and they offer a cracking selection of action adventure! Blend in with the night in a dark Spitfire, deploy depth-charges on… Read More ›
London’s Gosh Comics host an event with actor Jim Broadbent and artist Dix tonight (Tuesday 26th June 2018) to discuss their new graphic novel Dull Margaret with Paul Gravett. Copies of the Gosh! exclusive Dull Margaret Bookplate Edition will be available… Read More ›
UK independent audio drama producer and film maker B7 Media has once again triumphed at the New York International Radio Festival, winning the prestigious ‘Best Digital Drama’ Gold award for volume 2 of its acclaimed audio reinvention of Dan Dare. Needless… Read More ›
The Call for Papers for Comics Forum 2018 has been released. This year is the tenth anniversary of the annual conference series and to celebrate this milestone, the theme of this year’s conference is Progress: A Decade of Comics Scholarship. Submissions… Read More ›
Marc Jackson is one of the busiest cartoonist’s on the British comic scene at the moment. From his strips in online comic Aces Weekly, to his own superb self-published books to his cover for Splank! Number One, his style is… Read More ›
The latest 2000AD Sci Fi Special was released last week and I mentioned how much I enjoyed the Terror Tale, “The Hockey Sticks of Hell”, from writer Olivia Hicks with art by Abigail Bulmer. Phillip Vaughan, Senior Lecturer at the University… Read More ›
More than anything else, comics sell on their covers, but which ones stick most in your mind in your years of collecting? For me, there are plenty, but here are just a few that caught my attention at an early… Read More ›