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Creating Comics
Articles on creating comics, how tos, reference information and more
Creating Comics: Sean Michael Wilson on adapting the world’s oldest known novel, The Tale of Genji, into manga
How do you adapt a 1000-plus page novel into comics? Writer Sean Michael Wilson has some thoughts…
Lake District welcomes comic creator Bernard Hage for Comic Art Europe “Living Together” residency
Lebanese artist Bernard Hage, also known as “The Art of Boo”, has arrived in the Lake District for a two-week comics residency, as one of the winners of the Comic Art Europe 2022 Open Call, which challenged comic creators to come up with work based… Read More ›
Coming Soon: Blazing Battle Action, a new British Comic Archive title from Hibernia
Blazing Battle Action is the next Comic Archive available from Hibernia Comics, and will officially go on sale next week
Bryan Talbot’s Luther Arkwright: celebrating 50 years of a British comics legend opens at London’s Cartoon Museum
James Bacon reports on the opening night of Bryan Talbot’s new Luther Arkwright exhibition at the Cartoon Museum, and reviews it, too
Lancaster University, Lakes International Comic Art Festival announces “Things & The Mind” project launch
Lancaster University and the Lakes International Comic Art Festival are joining forces to organise an event directed towards supporting learners’ mental health
The77 Publications launches “Pandora”, an all-new comics anthology
Pandora is the latest crowdfunded comic anthology from The77 Publications, launched at the recent Lawless Comic Convention, and available to order now
Panel Borders tackles Multimedia Comics on today’s new radio show
On today’s latest Panel Borders, Britain’s only on-air regular radio show about comics, host Alex Fitch talks to comic creators about multimedia engagement with their sequential art
Garth Ennis reveals Battle-Action Special secrets in new Forbidden Planet TV videocast
Comics writer Garth Ennis returns to Forbidden Planet TV for another great chat with Andrew Sumner, this time going behind the scenes on the all-new Battle-Action Special, out next week
Exciting News Inside? Looking back at Battle’s merger with Action
Back in 1977, how did fans of Action and Battle react to the merger of their favourite weekly British comics? We plundered the memories of some of them, including Garth Ennis, and former Battle editor, David Hunt…
Comic Creator Spotlight: An Interview with Commando and Doctor Who writer Rossa McPhillips MBE
We catch up with new Commando writer Rossa McPhillips MBE, and find out more about his Doctor Who work, too
Thinking with Comics – A Workshop
The Oxford Comics Network is running an in-person workshop, “Thinking with Comics“, in June, which aims to introduce participants to a some of the medium’s many story devices – and how to apply them to your own stories and ideas…. Read More ›
Autospy & Ape return this Summer, in SPLANK!
The return of a strip that had a brief appearance over ten years ago, given new life in a new independent anthology
Sez Dez: Comics editor and publisher Dez Skinn storms the latest Awesome Comics Podcast!
Check out this new interview with Dez Skinn, creator of Doctor Who Weekly, Warrior and House of Hammer
Farewell to CHIPS comic: A ride back to 1953!
Comic artist and writer Lew Stringer guides us through the very last issue of one of Britain’s longest-running comics
New Croixe-Noire crossmedia project comic heads to newsagents this month
Step into the world of Croix Noire, featuring art by Mike Collins, but watch your back. This is not the safest place to be…
Accessible Comics Design Competition Launched by the Accessible Comics Collective
America’s SF State’s Accessible Comics Collective has launched a competition, open internationally, seeking proposals for teams to produce comics in accessible formats
Doctor Who: Panel to Panel mind probes writer Dan Abnett
Tune in for an ace interview with a top comics writer!
Free Neal Adams Memorial Webinars announced, tracing his legacy
A series of free webinars tracing the late Neal Adams legacy begins this week
Comic Creator Spotlight: Alan Langford
A guide to the continuing comics work of equestrian artist Alan Langford, a formerly a contributor to 2000AD, Warlord and the Fighting Fantasy books