The judges for this year’s third British Comic Awards have just been announced and include comics writer and TV chat show host Jonathan Ross, film director Jonathan Entwistle and Suzy Varty, a comics creator and tutor known for her work in the… Read More ›
The recently-announced 2015 Birmingham Comic Festival, whose line-up already includes the UK debut of top artist Lucio Parrillo, has just announced another exclusive: the first UK comic event appearance of New York Times bestselling and multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author… Read More ›
In the run up to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (17th – 19th October), we’re aiming to run a number of interviews spotlighting at least a few of the huge number of guests and comic creators who will be at the… Read More ›
IDW Publishing has announced that Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy author Douglas Adams’ Dirk Gently will be appearing in his first-ever comic-book series in 2015, helping to prove the interconnectedness of all things, the precept by which this… Read More ›
Titan Comics has announced its 2015 slate at the New York Comic Con Diamond Retailer Presentation, including the eagerly-anticipated, official, canon continuation of the Rivers of London saga written by Ben Aaronovitch and Andrew Cartmel, joined by Doctor Who and… Read More ›
An impressive group of British comic creators have joined forces to launch a Kickstarter campaign for CROSS, a 64-page anthology of satire, born from a group of people who wish Spitting Image was still around to keep us all… Read More ›
Here’s the low down on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (Issues 4747-4750), on sale today in all good newsagents and digitally for iPad and iPhone… Commando No 4747 – In Flanders Sky… Story: George Low Art: Keith… Read More ›
As we indicated in earlier reports, DC Thomson has revealed extensive plans to launch The Beano still further into the the digital realm, introducing a roster of new interactive content for its official website and social media platforms. “These… Read More ›
Here’s a list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops from today, Wednesday 8th October 2014, courtesy of First Age Comics, Lancaster. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold… Read More ›
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has announced its first licensing partners for Thunderbirds Are Go, with products set to debut in 2015, and on the list is DC Thomson, who will publish the official Thunderbirds Are Go annual and monthly magazine. Other… Read More ›
Edited by Gary Clap and Kirk Campbell The full creative line-up for Dirty Rotten Comics Issue Three is: Elizabeth Querstret (Querstret.co.uk , @querstret) Jey Levang (Jeylevang.com , @levangj) The Happy Ghetto (The Happy Ghetto , @thehappyghetto , @murorga) Claude… Read More ›
James Bond is returning to comics. US publisher Dynamite Entertainment, has announced their partnership with Ian Fleming Publications Ltd., the company that owns and administers the literary copyright of Ian Fleming’s published works, including his fourteen James Bond books. Under… Read More ›
Echoing the hugely successful promotion for the The Beano on London’s South Bank last year, DC Thomson’s most famous comic characters will be taking over London’s iconic St Pancras International in the run up to Christmas, as part of an ongoing… Read More ›
Millsverse – Pat Mills new e-comic publishing imprint – has just released Requiem Vampire Knight Volume 4: Vampires Ball on Comixology. In this fourth digital volume of the stunning story drawn by Olivier Ledroit, first published in print in France… Read More ›
There has been a major change to the line up for this year’s Dundee Comics Day which we first reported on back in August, with events running on both 25th and 26th October as part of the Dundee Literary Festival…. Read More ›
Saturday the 4th October was the second Nottingham Comic Con. Previously known as ‘Nerdfest’, along with a name change there was also a change of venue, moving to a larger and much more convenient venue at the Nottingham Conference Centre. Still in… Read More ›
Today’s Sunday Post – famous for ‘The Broons’ and ‘Oor Wullie’ comic strips – is celebrating its 100th birthday this weekend, marking the milestone with a free souvenir special which tells the extraordinary history of the publication dubbed… Read More ›
On Saturday 4th October, will you take up the worldwide challenge and make a 24 page comic in 24 hours? A 24-hour comic is a 24-page comic book written, drawn, and completed in 24 hours and the rules of the challenge… Read More ›
The inaugural Crouch End Comic Art Festival (CECAF) will take place at the Earl Haig Hall, London on 8th November 2014. The show will host the best and brightest cartoonists and independent publishers currently active in the UK comic scene…. Read More ›
The Bristol Comic And Zine Fair – BCZF 2014 – is back this Saturday (4th October), with over sixty incredible artists, writers and makers exhibiting and selling their work at . The line up includes… • Avery Hill Publishing, an… Read More ›