There’s good news for The Beano this week, which has seen a sales uplift of around 25% after a free sampler was made available to The Mail on Sunday readers on 6th April 2014 and as a digital version to Mail… Read More ›
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Call for Papers: special Digital Comics issue of “Networking Knowledge” planned
A Call for Papers has just been announced for Digital Comics, a special-themed issue of Networking Knowledge, the journal of the MeCCSAPostGraduate Network. MeCCSA is the subject association that represents all who teach or research in Higher Education in media, communications and cultural studies,… Read More ›
50 Years of Doctor Who comics to be celebrated at Lakes Festival in October
Grab your sonic screwdriver and set the time-space co-ordinates on your TARDIS for Kendal, 17th October 2014! The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has just announced a number of events to celebrate 50 years of Doctor Who in comics, the world’s longest-running science fiction TV-inspired… Read More ›
Jinty Comic site launched
Inspired by the UK Girls Comics Index and by the Tammy Project, writer Jenni Scott has launched a dedicated reference site devoted to the girls comic Jinty, published by IPC/Fleetway. It’s good to see this area of British comics getting much deserved exposure… Read More ›
Panel Borders: The Worldwide Comix of Jeffrey Lewis
Continuing a month of shows on the British comics radio show Panel Borders looking at the connections between comic books and music culture, guest presenter Conor O’Grady talks to American underground cartoonist Jeffrey Lewis about his comics such as Fuff and… Read More ›
In Review: Sally Heathcote: Suffragette
By Mary Talbot, Kate Charlesworth and Bryan Talbot Publisher: Jonathan Cape Out: 1st May 2014 The Book: Sally Heathcote: Suffragette is a gripping inside story of the campaign for votes for women. A tale of loyalty, love and courage, set against a vividly… Read More ›
Stripped “highly successful” says Edinburgh International Book Festival
Summer 2013 saw the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the largest literary festival in the world, take a major step into the field of comics and graphic novels by running Stripped, a mini-festival within the main festival consisting of 45 different… Read More ›
Stirling Comics Festival announced for September
Black Hearted Press has announced they we will be producing the Stirling Comics Festival, forming a comic book strand of the Stirling Fringe Festival (19 – 28th September 2014). BHP will produce a series of free events for the public over the… Read More ›
British Pathe bring rare “Dan Dare” footage to YouTube
British Pathe have released some of their archive footage on YouTube, including a rare behind the scenes insight into the creation of the original Dan Dare strip for Eagle. The film is also available on British Pathe’s web site but… Read More ›
Phoenix Children’s Comic Festival back in May
The second Phoenix Children’s Comic Festival will take place at the Oxford’s Story Museum on Saturday 3rd May, featuring art and events from many familiar names to readers of the Phoenix and great comics in general, with confirmed events from Laura Ellen… Read More ›
Jamie Smart’s “Fish Head Steve” heading to your TV screens?
ITV Studios America has entered into an exclusive production deal with Komixx Entertainment Inc., an entertainment rights owner and content production company based in the UK that represent a number of properties, including Jamie Smart‘s “Fish Head Steve” character,… Read More ›
Arvon announces Graphic Novel Writing with Bryan Talbot and Leah Moore
The Arvon Foundation has just announced it will be running a residential creative writing course, Graphic Novel Writing with Bryan Talbot and Leah Moore, at the end of July (28th July – 2nd August). Running at The Hurst in Shropshire, the… Read More ›
Luke Pearson, Isabel Greenberg and SelfMadeHero nominated for Will Eisner Awards
The nominations for this year’s Will Eisner Awards have just been announced. The awards will be given out in a gala ceremony on Friday, 25th July during Comic-Con International: San Diego. The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to… Read More ›
Inkwell Awards ballot opens to find and honour favourite comic book inkers
The Inkwell Awards, a US non-profit organization devoted to educating and promoting the art of inking, is inviting the public worldwide to vote for the industry’s best of the past year. The official public ballot will be available on the… Read More ›
In Review: Spaceship Away Issue 32
The latest issue of the Dan-Dare and Eagle comic-inspired magazine Spaceship Away has just shipped to subscribers and will be available soon from the title’s web site (http://spaceshipaway.org.uk). This issue, wrapped in a cover and back cover by Eagle and… Read More ›
In Review: WesterNoir Book Four
The fourth book in writer Dave West and artist Gary Crutchley’s WesterNoir tales of Old West demon hunter Josiah Black is now available and seemingly turns the table on the main character as its subtitle is Josiah Black: Wanted For… Read More ›
Electric Sheep Magazine’s comic Jubilee
Previously a print periodical from Wallflower Press (Summer 2008 – Winter 2009), Electric Sheep is a cult and world cinema review magazine that has existed before and since as a website, carrying on many of the features of the print… Read More ›
Panel Borders tackles the GHOSTS creative team as London exhibition looms
Continuing a month of radio shows about the depiction of musicians and music culture in comic books, this week’s episode of Britain’s Panel Borders coincides with our yearly look at the work of young graphic novelists whip will also be… Read More ›
Alan Grant and Tony Luke reunited for top secret ‘Project X’
Word has reached us of an exciting new ‘Project X’, from the minds of UK creators Alan Grant (Judge Dredd, Judge Anderson, Batman et al), Tony Luke (Dominator, Hellkatt, 2000AD), Yasushi Nirasawa (Phantom Core, Godzilla, Guillotina) and Les Garner… Read More ›
Kids Comics – an Oxymoron in Waiting?
Feature by Jonathan Clode Back in August 2013, it was reported that American artist Paul Pope had pitched an idea to DC Comics to bring back Jack Kirby’s Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth, only to be told by DC… Read More ›