SenshiStock – a Creative Commons pose reference resource for artists – is a deviantART account full of non nude pictures of people. Published as a drawing and art creation resource, this is a great free resource for creating comics. The… Read More ›
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First ever all-women creator issue of 2000AD announced, news prompts online debate
For the first time in four decades, legendary sci-fi action comic 2000AD is to publish an issue with an all-female creative line-up, including work by award-winner Tillie Walden, Tula Lotay, and Alex De Campi – and that’s not the only… Read More ›
World War One saboteurs, bob sleighing Generals and more in new Commando comics!
The latest issues of DC Thomson’s war comic Commando (Issues 5095 – 5098) are on sale now in all good newsagents and via various digital platforms. Soldiers sabotage Jerry lines after the Somme during World War One, bobsleigh down mountains… Read More ›
Garth Ennis and PJ Holden Deliver New Tank Combat Story
Eisner Award-winning comics legend Garth Ennis (Preacher, Punisher) and artist PJ Holden (Warhammer Monthly, Johnny Woo, 2000AD) once again take command for a new action-packed miniseries inspired by Wargaming’s massively popular online game World of Tanks. World of Tanks: Citadel from… Read More ›
Al Ewing pens Marvel’s new You are Deadpool title
Remember The Warlock of Firetop Mountain? Diceman? Well, it seems Marvel has decided to take a leaf from those old dice roll-decided, choose your own path tales. Look out for a new Deadpool weekly mini series in comic shops, launching… Read More ›
In Review: 2000AD 2067 (plus a look at Judge Dredd Megazine Issue 392, and more!)
“Savage” artist Patrick Goddard provides the cover to this week’s 2000AD, on sale now in all good comic shops and newsagents across the UK now – and ABC Warriors and R0-Busters boss and long-term bad guy Howard Quartz has never… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Comics on Comics with Stewart Lee and Josie Long
Comedians Stewart Lee and Josie Long discuss their appreciation of the medium and forays into creating strips in Panel Borders: Comics on Comics this week. Stewart Lee is an English stand-up comedian, writer and director who was one half of… Read More ›
Sneak Peek and Review: Marie Duval, a new book spotlighting a pioneering female cartoonist
Myriad Editions have very kindly sent me an advance copy of their new title Marie Duval, a superb study of the pioneering but near-forgotten female artist behind the creation of the first “breakout” British comic characters, Ally Sloper. I can definitely recommend… Read More ›
Shazam! filming gets underway
Production is underway on New Line Cinema’s Shazam! David F. Sandberg (Annabelle: Creation) directs the origin story, which stars Zachary Levi (TV’s Chuck) as the titular DC Super Hero, along with Asher Angel (TV’s Andi Mack) as Billy Batson, and Mark… Read More ›
In Review and Pictures: Edinburgh’s Capital Sci-Fi Con 2018
Capital Sci-Fi Con was back in Edinburgh this weekend (3rd to 4th February 2018) with a line-up that included Doctor Who stars Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred, alongside comics guests such as Nick Brokenshire, Gary Erskine, Tanya Roberts and John… Read More ›
Bryan Talbot takes over Big Issue North!
The latest issue Big Issue North magazine (Issue 1221), on sale now from street vendors across the North West, features a cover by and interview with cmic creator Bryan Talbot, creator of the Grandville graphic novel series. Grandville: Force Majeure… Read More ›
Britain’s ace indie comics spotlight event, Small Press Day, back in July
Small Press Day, a celebration of self-publishing, DIY culture, and grassroots comics across the UK and Ireland is back for a third outing on Saturday 7th July 2018. More information will be revealed soon. In 2016, an idea born on… Read More ›
Lakes Festival Podcast “How to Make a Comic” Special released, with Pete Taylor
There’s a very different episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival out now. Rather than interviewing a comic creator, the team pick comic artist Pete Taylor‘s brains about how to create a comic. Starting from the beginning with thinking… Read More ›
Doctor Who: Panel to Panel probes Doctor Who Magazine editor Marcus Hearn
Episode #94 of Jeremy Bement‘s Doctor Who: Panel to Panel podcast is live, and current Doctor Who Magazine editor-in-chief Marcus Hearn joins him for an extensive interview. As well as being editor of DWM, Marcus – who I first worked with… Read More ›
In Review: Jeff Hawke’s Cosmos Volume 10 No. 3 (the end is near…)
There’s a bitter sweet edge to the release of the new issue of Jeff Hawke’s Cosmos
In Review: 2000AD 2066
I’ve been thrown off course this week by unexpected events both professional and family related, but just a quick plug for this week’s 2000AD, on sale now in all good newsagents and comic shops, and various digital platforms. Top thrill?… Read More ›
Brian Gorman’s Joy Division graphic novel published at last
Writer/artist Brian Gorman‘s long-delayed graphic novel about the iconic Manchester band, Joy Division, is to be published in April. This is great news, as it’s taken nearly ten years for this marvellous-looking book to see print and personally, im looking… Read More ›
Battle’s “Charley’s War” leads the charge for new Treasury of British Comics collections
Considered by many as the most important war story to appear in comics, a new definitive collection of Charley’s War to mark the centenary of the end of the World War One leads the 2018 schedule from Rebellion’s Treasury of… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Milford Green, a Victorian alien graphic novel
Apart from winning “Prettiest Village in the British Empire, 1897” Milford Green is a normal village in the rolling hills of Southern England. That is until on one summer’s evening, Alfie Fairfield, a socially awkward inventor, sees some kind of… Read More ›
New indie comic titles galore set to launch at this weekend’s True Believers Comic Festival!
The excellent True Believers Comic Festival returns to Cheltenham Racecourse this very weekend, offering a heady line-up of great comics guests and a panel event that includes the Awesome Comics Podcast team – featuring our very own, patent pending Tony Esmond!… Read More ›