Comics editor and writer Barrie Tomlinson kindly sent us this photograph of himself with veteran artist John Gillatt at his home in Peterborough this weekend. John’s credits in British comics span decades, including work on “Jet Ace Logan”, “Johnny Cougar”,… Read More ›
Comic Creator Spotlight
A Chat with a Homesick Truant: Comic Artist Oliver East
Manchester-based comic artist Oliver East has just launched his latest project, The Homesick Truant’s Cumbrian Yarn (ordering information for the first book below), a “walking comic” centred on the artist’s travels in the county dominated by the Lake District, commissioned… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Régis Loisel and Peter Pan
Starting a month of shows about French comics or bande dessinée, Alex Fitch talks to cartoonist Régis Loisel about his epic graphic novel adaptation of and prequel to J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, published in the UK by Soaring Penguin Press…. Read More ›
In Praise of… Gerry Dolan
Back in my days as editor of Doctor Who Magazine, one of the first comic strips I edited for the title was “Stairway to Heaven”, a story that is much noted for being the first published professional work of a… Read More ›
Looking back on Charley’s War: An Interview with Pat Mills
If you’ve read a British comic book in the last few decades, the chances are you’ve read a story written or edited by Pat Mills. Learning his craft with DC Thomson in Dundee, Pat would go on to create Battle… Read More ›
Creator Spotlight: Gerry Embleton
I had a quick phone call with ace artist John Ridgway today, discussing colouring comics, Commando and one of our favourite topics, favourite comic creators, which today included the great pulp magazine artist Alden MacWiliams (whose credits included Twin Earths,… Read More ›
Image Comics “Genesis” latest US project for British artist Alison Sampson
British comic artist and architect Alison Sampson (one of the team behind Think of a City, a tumblr-based, mass storytelling project) is providing art for a one-shot creator-owned comic, Genesis, from Image Comics, which will be published in April. Written… Read More ›
The Return of the Marvel UK Heroes: An interview with Alan Cowsill
Unless you’ve been living under a stone, you’ll be aware we’ve been giving a lot of coverage to Marvel’s Revolutionary War series, featuring the return of the Marvel UK heroes first created at the instigation of the company’s Editorial Director,… Read More ›
Image Control, the Mega-City Way: Douglas Wolk talks Judge Dredd
Douglas Wolk is an acclaimed author and critic. He has written about comics and music for publications such as Rolling Stone, The Washington Post and The New York Times. Judge Dredd: Mega-City Two – a five-issue mini-series drawn by Ulises… Read More ›
Panel Borders talks to Kieron Gillen
Continuing a month of shows about Superhero Comics on the Panel Borders radio show, Alex Fitch talks to writer Kieron Gillen about his recent about published under the Marvel Now banner, including Iron Man and Young Avengers and his forays… Read More ›