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Echoing the hugely successful promotion for the The Beano on London’s South Bank last year, DC Thomson’s most famous comic characters will be taking over London’s iconic St Pancras International in the run up to Christmas, as part of an ongoing… Read More ›
In the run up to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (17th – 19th October), we’re aiming to run a number of interviews spotlighting at least a few of the huge number of guests and comic creators who will be at the event,… Read More ›
Millsverse – Pat Mills new e-comic publishing imprint – has just released Requiem Vampire Knight Volume 4: Vampires Ball on Comixology. In this fourth digital volume of the stunning story drawn by Olivier Ledroit, first published in print in France… Read More ›
There has been a major change to the line up for this year’s Dundee Comics Day which we first reported on back in August, with events running on both 25th and 26th October as part of the Dundee Literary Festival…. Read More ›
Saturday the 4th October was the second Nottingham Comic Con. Previously known as ‘Nerdfest’, along with a name change there was also a change of venue, moving to a larger and much more convenient venue at the Nottingham Conference Centre. Still in… Read More ›
Today’s Sunday Post – famous for ‘The Broons’ and ‘Oor Wullie’ comic strips – is celebrating its 100th birthday this weekend, marking the milestone with a free souvenir special which tells the extraordinary history of the publication dubbed… Read More ›
2000AD have released the cover for this year’s Halloween-celebrating, horror-themed Winter Special for 2014 featuring a cover by Ben Templesmith. Horror-themed Winter Special contents are… “Judge Dredd: Sorebone” by T.C. Eglington and Riccardo Burchielli “Defoe: Frankensteiner” by Pat Mills and… Read More ›
Tis true my form is something odd, But blaming me is blaming God; Could I create myself anew, I would not fail in pleasing you. If I could reach from pole to pole Or grasp the ocean with a span…. Read More ›
On Saturday 4th October, will you take up the worldwide challenge and make a 24 page comic in 24 hours? A 24-hour comic is a 24-page comic book written, drawn, and completed in 24 hours and the rules of the challenge… Read More ›
The inaugural Crouch End Comic Art Festival (CECAF) will take place at the Earl Haig Hall, London on 8th November 2014. The show will host the best and brightest cartoonists and independent publishers currently active in the UK comic scene…. Read More ›
The Bristol Comic And Zine Fair – BCZF 2014 – is back this Saturday (4th October), with over sixty incredible artists, writers and makers exhibiting and selling their work at . The line up includes… • Avery Hill Publishing, an… Read More ›
Together with Forbidden Planet International, we’re delighted to present this interview by Matthew Badham with comic creator and Titan Comics editor Martin Eden, creator of the superhero series The O-Men and Spandex… downthetubes: For those who don’t know… Read More ›
British comic and movie storyboard legend Martin Asbury now has a new online store where fans can purchase his original artwork. Martin is most famous for working on comics such as TV21, Look-In and the Daily Mirror‘s time travelling… Read More ›
Superman died… and came back. Captain America died… and came back. Superheroes frequently die, and they always come back. American Comics, Literary Theory, and Religion: The Superhero Afterlife answers: Why? The new book, coming this November from comics studies… Read More ›
Titan Comics has announced a brand-new newspaper comic strip collection of Betty Boop – the classic 1930s icon created by animation legend, Max Fleischer. The Definitive Betty Boop: The Classic Comic Strip Collection is due to hit stores September 2015…. Read More ›
(with thanks to Lew Stringer and the ComicsUK Forum): Along with a range of annuals and calendars based on their current titles such as The Beano, “The Broons” and Jacqueline Wilson Magazine, now on general sale, DC Thomson have… Read More ›
Here’s a list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops from tomorrow, Wednesday 1st October 2014, courtesy of First Age Comics, Lancaster. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold… Read More ›
Tickets are now selling fast for some of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival events, and organisers are warning that some events – such as digital comics guru Scott McCloud, Watchmen and Secret Service artist Dave Gibbons, Bone creator… Read More ›
DC Thomson is to announce some major developments to expand the digital side of The Beano at Brand Licensing Europe in London next month (7th – 9th October). Dennis the Menace, Gnasher and Minnie the Minx will lead the firm’s… Read More ›
In the run up to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (17th – 19th October), we’re aiming to run a number of interviews spotlighting at least a few of the huge number of guests and comic creators who will be at the event,… Read More ›