To celebrate 30 years of the Celtic barbarian and the release of Sláine: Book of Scars on 7th November, the 2000AD team are posting some of Sláine’s greatest covers from the past three decades on their social media feeds, such… Read More ›
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Pass me a chain gun, Lou Scannon is back
The wait is over – Lou Scannon #6: Loose Cannons is now available from www.louscannon.co.uk! Uniting plot threads and characters from the first five stand-alone issues, Loose Cannons is Lou’s most explosive, action-packed small-press comic entry yet! And it still… Read More ›
“Best of Britain’s Political Cartoons 2013” on sale soon
Australian publisher Scribed launched its first UK catalogue earlier this year. Rubbing shoulders with new books such as High Sobriety: my year without booze, by Scottish-born Melbourne-based journalist Jill Stark and Viennese Romance, the first-ever English edition of the previously… Read More ›
Si Spurrier’s new web comic, “Disenchanted”, launches from Avatar
US publisher Avatar Press has just launched Disenchanted, a new weekly webcomic by 2000AD and X-Men: Legacy writer Si Spurrier and Night of the Living Dead artist German Erramouspe that takes the fantasy genre in new directions. Once upon a time,… Read More ›
Ellen Lindner’s ‘Black Feather Falls’ joins SEQUENTIAL digital line-up
SEQUENTIAL, the digital comics app created by Panel Nine, has just added The Black Feather Falls, the first of a range of books by Britain’s Soaring Penguin Press. The Black Feather Falls is by Ellen Lindner, the American author of… Read More ›
Oscar Zarate, ILYA on Living and Loving in London
Oscar Zarate and ILYA are both London-based graphic novelists who record and reflect their individual relationships with urban life. Both creators are in conversation with Paul Gravett as part of this year’s Comica Festival, revealing how London has helped shape… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Eagle editor Bob Bartholomew
Steve Holland has reported on the passing of Bob Bartholomew, best known to the comics’ world as the editor of Eagle and Boys’ World in the 1960s, who died on Wednesday, 9th October, at the age of 90. “Bob had… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Great British Horror Comics
Today’s Panel Borders radio show concludes a month of episodes looking at horror comics, and includes interviews with a quartet of British creators who work in that genre. Alex Fitch talks to David Hine, author of Strange Embrace and writer… Read More ›
Emily Haworth-Booth wins 2013 Observer/Cape/Comica graphic short story prize with ‘Colonic’
33-year-old Emily Haworth-Booth has been announced as the winner of this year’s Observer/Cape/Comica graphic short story prize, for her story ‘Colonic’ – and Michael Parkin as runner up, for his story ‘Lines’. On of this year’s judges, Stephen Collins, author… Read More ›
“Comica Conversations” kick off with UK exclusive preview of Dave McKean’s “Nine Lives”
Comica 2013, the London International Comics Festival, kicks off its season of Comica Conversations with the UK exclusive preview of Dave McKean‘s latest storytelling experiment, which premiered earlier in October at the Graphic festival in Sydney Opera House, entitled Nine… Read More ›
Spandex Special launches this weekend at MCM Expo
After seven issues of gay superhero shenanigans, Spandex series creator Martin Eden is bringing his comic saga to and end in a Spandex Special! To celebrate, the comic will be a whopping 52 pages and will feature five ‘variant covers’,… Read More ›
Zakk Ridley from Orang Utan Press set to stun
Those darn fine indie publishers Orang Utan Comics are offering something special for visitors to next month’s Thought Bubble comic art festival in Leeds – a limited edition convention exclusive copy of the totally stunning-looking The Intergalactic Adventures of Zakk… Read More ›
My Singing Monsters magazine on way from Egmont UK
Big Blue Bubble, creators of the best-selling gaming app My Singing Monsters, have signed the master publishing house Egmont UK as its new strategic licensing partner. The agreement between Egmont and the Canadian video game creators will see the My… Read More ›
Underwater terror stalks the new Commandos
Here’s the lowdown on this week’s Commando comic releases from DC Thomson on sale from today (Thursday 24th October)… Commando No 4647 – Dead Shot Story: Dominic Teague Art: Vila Cover: Janek Matysiak Preview: www.commandocomics.com/latest-issues/24th-october-2013-collection Young Jason Stringer was an… Read More ›
Egmont UK launches All About Angry Birds magazine
The first issue of All About Angry Birds magazine goes on sale from Egmont UK tomorrow, both here and in Germany, Poland, Turkey and China. Targeting 6-9 year-old boys and girls, the magazine includes everything an Angry Birds fan could… Read More ›
‘Crucible’ science fiction adventure comic goes digital
The first issue of a US-comic styled, digital edition of the SF comic Crucible is now available for just 69p from Apple’s ‘Newsstand’ store. Crucible, the co-creation of John Freeman and Smuzz, is a science fiction adventure set in world… Read More ›
Death Sentence Issue 1 Sell Out success for Titan Comics
It’s a pandemic! Titan Comics tells us that the debut issue of Death Sentence by Jim Montynero and Mike Dowling has sold out at distributor level on its first day of release – and we gather this isn’t the only… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Bad Signals – Collected Essays on the Work of Warren Ellis
Papers are invited for the first academic collection dedicated to the work of comics writer, novelist, and pop culture commentator Warren Ellis. Ellis’ renowned comics career stretches back to anthology comic Deadline, but he has also published two novels and… Read More ›
Lakes Comic Festival back next year
Buoyed by its undoubted success, the organisers of the first Lakes International Comic Art Festival have confirmed the event will return in October 2014, with some planning already being worked on for key threads to the event. Thousands of comics… Read More ›
Numbercruncher ends with a bang!
The shock conclusion of the critically acclaimed temporal afterlife adventure Numbercruncher by Si Spurrier and PJ Holden is fast approaching with Issue 4 on sale in all good comic shops from Wednesday 23rd October. An epic battle of wits, wills… Read More ›