All things spooky and creepy crawl out for Halloween and this month’s art raffle from artist Graeme Neil Reid features two nasty hags riddled with evil and murderous intent! Graeme is a Scottish artist who now works primarily in traditional… Read More ›
British daily newspaper the Daily Mail has gone into outrage overdrive over a leaked memo which it claimed suggested London’s Victoria & Albert Museum had plans to turn its galleries over to the Beano, which apparently include augmenting the cast of… Read More ›
London’s Westminster Reference Library is to host GAGGED, a new exhibition organised by the Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation next month, highlighting the persecution of cartoonists across the globe – including one who had their hands broken for their work. The Professional… Read More ›
Regular readers will recall we plugged the Bastard Galaxia web comic a while back – and now the team behind the book are running a Kickstarter that’s already secured funding for their first print collection – but they’re hoping to… Read More ›
The special Commando Issue 5000 cover by veteran artist Ian Kennedy and a Batman-inspired Beano cover by Nigel Parkinson are among others shortlisted for this year’s PPA Scotland’s Cover of the Year Award. The DC Thomson comic titles join magazines… Read More ›
If you’ve missed out on a copy of the Scream & Misty Halloween Special 2017 – the first, we hope, of many such items from 2000AD publisher Rebellion (and the word is, there will be more!) – then there’s still plenty… Read More ›
The latest issue of Eagle Times (Volume 30 No 3) is out now, the latest release from the long-established Eagle Society dedicated to Eagle comic and its many creators and strips. This issue includes features on Eagle‘s companion paper Swift,… Read More ›
Nottingham Does Comics returns to Nottingham Writers’ Studio on Tuesday 14th November at 7.30pm with an event featuring Jade Sarson, Sally Jane Thompson and Myriad Editions publisher Corrine Pearlman, All of this introduced by the wonderful Josh Franks, on-line editor of INK Magazine…. Read More ›
Ace inker and comics artist Cam Smith is doing another inking workshop at London’s Orbital Comics in London on Friday 17th November 2017. If you’re interested then book now because places are limited! “I can’t wait!” Cam tells us. “The… Read More ›
Recently released by Pitch Publishing, Comic Book Hero by former comics editor Barrie Tomlinson is a joyful romp through the history of British boys comics – encompassing New Eagle, Speed, Wildcats and more. You can read reviews by John Freeman… Read More ›
The BBC weather announcer’s promise of glorious weather over the weekend of 14th and 15th October did not, it seems, apply to the North West corner of England. As our Saturday morning train crept over the Pennines, it had to… Read More ›
Arkham Asylum artist Dave McKean was announced as the inaugural winner of the Sergio Aragonés International Award for Excellence in Comic Art at the weekend. The announcement was made at the opening ceremony of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival… Read More ›
Art and Stories by Ron TurnerColour by John RidgwayPublished by John Lawrence The Book: 40-page anthology comprising three stories featuring “Space Ace” by Ron Turner, colourised and re-mastered by John Ridgway. The title includes the first of a series of… Read More ›
Here’s the latest intel on DC Thomson’s new Commando comics (Issues 5063-5066), on sale from today (Thursday 19th October) in all good newsagents and via various digital platforms. These issues feature Motor Boat malaises, Commando bomb disposals, Heinkel hesitations and… Read More ›
Comics are coming to Margate! The team behind ICE Birmingham and ICE Brighton have announced that Smallzone Events will be bringing a brand new comic art festival to the coastal town of Margate in Kent. Featuring the usual variety of… Read More ›
Outlaws: Wanted Anthology Comic 2017, a smashing 40-page full colour all ages comic, is on sale now from the Nottingham Comic Con, produced to raise money for charity. All proceeds from this comic will be donated to the three charities:… Read More ›
Following up quickly on our post about the new comic out of Dundee telling the story of biologist D’Arcy Thompson, here’s details of the comics events that are part of this year’s Dundee Literary Festival, which started today. WEDNESDAY 18TH… Read More ›
You may never have heard of D’Arcy Thompson, but in his day, he was a well-known figure on the streets of Dundee and St Andrews in Scotland, famously strolling around town with a cowboy hat and a parrot on his… Read More ›
Wrapped in a cover by Ben Willsher, 2000AD Prog 2053 is on sale today from all good comic shops, newsagents and various digital platforms. Here’s what’s in store for you Squaxx dek Thargo this week… JUDGE DREDD: ADAPTIVE OPTICS by… Read More ›
Over this past weekend, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival revealed the winners of this year’s student art competition, Spirit of the Lakes, which aimed to help mark the centenary year of the ground breaking graphic storyteller Will Eisner. Students… Read More ›