Classic heroes month continues on Alex Fitch’s radio show and podcast Strip!, which airs on London’d Resonance FM, with a look at the red-suited vigilante Daredevil – blind lawyer by day and superhero by night, soon to be written by… Read More ›
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Jackie: New Collection
(With thanks to Jeremy Briggs): News of Egmont’s Comic Specials prompts us to mention this new collection of material from Jackie magazine, which was published by D C Thomson & Co Ltd. Launched in 1964 at the height of Beatlemania,… Read More ›
Smuggling Vacation Sequel Live
Day of the Deal, Jason Wilson‘s follow up to his enjoyable but controversial drug smuggling adventure Smuggling Vacation, is now being serialised online. The story will be published in print in October. Between now and print day, the entire new… Read More ›
TOXIC Comic Supplement Cover: Sneek Peek!
The TOXIC Comic Supplement we trailed back in February, featuring work from a host of great creators, will go on sale in the UK news stand title on sale 1 April: here’s the cover, courtesy of Egmont, who have also… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: 13 March 2009
• Lucasfilm has published a feature on Dave Gibbons and Alan Moore’s connections to Star Wars, documenting the pair’s early Star Wars work. Alan wrote several Star Wars tales for Marvel UK while Dave’s first contribution was as an artist… Read More ›
Tube Surfing, 2nd March 2009 – New TV21 Collections and more
• The Century 21 hardbacks — TV Century 21 and Lady Penelope comic collections lovingly put together by British publisher Reynolds & Hearn (see news story) featuring art by the likes of Frank Bellamy, Mike Noble and others — are… Read More ›
Tales of the Buddha: A Wasted Gem (Among Others!)
Classical Comics and Panini artist Jon Haward has a new blog, Haward Art House, where he’s posting many a splendid piece of art from his burgeoning and impressive portfolio, including this cartoon featuring his “Tales of the Buddha” character that… Read More ›
Small Press Idol Launched
US Comics fans have launched Small Press Idol via Facebook, an event not tied to the USA if you’re interested in getting involved. “It’s International, this is an internet event,” says organiser Ian Shires, “not tied to a physical location.”… Read More ›
Talking Up Tabella
There’s a sense of fun to the output of new British publisher Tabella (www.tabella.co.uk), which was was set up last year by husband and wife Kevin and Julia Quinn. By fun, I don’t mean their range is humorous, although some,… Read More ›
Century 21 Cover Revealed
Details of the first two Reynolds & Hearn “Century 21” titles
Expecting Great Things from John Stokes
(with thanks to Jon Haward): Classical Comics, the British publisher adapting classic works of fiction into comics for both schools and general readers, has just published some pages form its latest project, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, on its web… Read More ›
The Sleeze Brothers Return!
The Sleeze Brothers are back! Those anarchic, lunatic and downright shady PIs, the creation of John Carnell and Andy Lanning back in the 1980s, are being given a brush up (and probably, a good spanking) just in time for their… Read More ›
EU Comics Competition
A competition offering the chance to win some 6000 euros launched by the European Commission last year, designed to promote European citizenship, is still up and running. All young arts students are invited to take part by drawing a one-page… Read More ›
New Garth on MyEBook
The first new adventure of longtime Daily Mirror hero Garth, which has already been published on the British newspaper’s web site, have now been collected and are available in an online format from British e-publisher myebook.com. As noted in an… Read More ›
Paul Cornell Signing in London
Captain Britain and Doctor Who writer Paul Cornell will be signing copies of the Captain Britain and MI13 – Secret Invasion graphic novel, the first collection of the Marvel Comics series, at Forbidden Planet later this week (Thursday 15th January)…. Read More ›
Tintin is 80!
Happy birthday Tintin! 80 years ago this weekend (on 10 January 1929), Hergé’s Tintin made his first appearance in Le Petit Vingtième, the weekly children’s supplement of Le XXe Siècle. With Steven Spielberg working on a Hollywood film of the… Read More ›
Ex Astris on Clickwheel
The Ex Astris strips first featured on ROK Comics are now appearing on Rebellion’s iPod and iPhone service Clickwheel. Ex Astris is a multi-strand CGI-created strip written by John Freeman and drawn by Bill Storie (aka Mike Nicoll). The strip… Read More ›
Eagle Times Volume 21 Number 4 Now Available
The Christmas issue of the fanzine devoted to the original Eagle comic, Eagle Times, published by The Eagle Society, is now available. Volume 21 Issue 4 includes articles on artists Tony Weare and Ian Kennedy, the first part of a… Read More ›
New Thunderbirds Merchandise in 2009
It’s just been announced that Gerry Anderson’s classic puppet series Thunderbirds has been re-licensed to Sci Fi Channel UK. SCI FI has renewed its license for the 32-episode show, for launch in the spring, and has also taken two additional… Read More ›
2009 Book & Book Cover Illustration Awards
The closing date for the 2009 Book & Book Cover Illustration Awards, sponsored by the Enid Linder Foundation and organised by the Victoria and Albert Museum, is fast approaching. Entry into the Awards is free, with winners will be chosen… Read More ›