The next collection of archive Doctor Who strips from Doctor Who Magazine will be published in June, titled The Good Soldier. Wrapped in a gorgeous cover by David Roach, the volume features a range of Seventh Doctor strips I edited… Read More ›
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Clockwork Goat Comics set to debut on Free Comic Book Day
What’s that you say? Anthology comics are dying? This looks like a job for Clockwork Goat Comics! (What a great name for a comic). To celebrate Free Comic Book Day 2015, Clockwork Goat Comics bring you a preview of… Read More ›
Lakes International Comic Art Festival “Clock Tower” Line-Up revealed
Following up on our reports on the international and British guests attending this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October – which includes Steve Bell, Darwyn Cooke, Dave McKean, Kieron Gillen, Kathryn and Stuart Immonen and many more – the organisation… Read More ›
British Comic Shop Releases (29th April 2015) – Free Comic Book Day Looms, Johnny Nemo storms in!
It’s going to be a busy week for comic shops across the UK, not only due of today’s delivery of new comics but because they’re readying themselves for Free Comic Book Day on Saturday 2nd May 2015 – the day many specialist… Read More ›
“Superman Lives” documentary to get European debut at MCM London Comic Con
It’s a bird… It’s a plane… It’s the European debut of The Death of ‘Superman Lives’; What Happened? a documentary about a planned Man of Steel film starring Nicholas Cage, directed by Tim Burton that was on the cards for a… Read More ›
Graphic Brighton returns in May, Drawing in the Margins
This year’s Graphic Brighton weekend at the University of Brighton City Campus takes place on 1st – 2nd May, presented by the University of Brighton and fine publishers Myriad Editions, and includes panels, discussions and workshops. Following last year’s event which… Read More ›
More British Comic Creators Wander Lakes-wards in October
As the Lakes International Comic Art Festival team get set to fly out to the Toronto Comic Arts Festival with one group of talented British creators, it’s also announced more UK guests for its upcoming October weekend (16th-18th October 2015). Joining an already impressive line… Read More ›
Heckling Hitler: World War Two in Cartoons and Comics at the Cartoon Museum
It is difficult for those of us living in the 21st century to realise the impact of cartoon art 70 years ago. To a news-hungry public, anxious about world affairs facing possible invasion, the radio was a lifeline, but… Read More ›
What Have Politicians Ever Done for Comic Creators?
Beyond the world of comics, Britain is in the grip of election fever – and some election issue have been the subject of a recent Judge Dredd Megazine story “People Like Us”, quite apart from politicians attracting the barbs of political cartoonists such… Read More ›
Sidekick Books seek creators for ground-breaking Poetry Comics project
Sidekick Books – the award-winning publishers of collaborative books of poetry and illustration run by Kirsten Irving and Jon Stone – are publishing the UK’s first book of poetry comics, Over The Line, with support from Arts Council England, and want to publish new… Read More ›