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Print Media, the Bosnia-based publisher of STRIP: The Adventure Comics Magazine, has confirmed the much-delayed print edition of Issue 2 will be on sale in UK newsagents this week, with distribution to UK comic shops to follow soon. “Our distributors… Read More ›
Egmont UK have made more strips from Battle and Action available with the launch of Hook Jaw and Rat Pack e-comics. Egmont launched its Classic Comics imprint in June last year with Roy of the Rovers e-comics for the nostalgia… Read More ›
Hunt Emerson continues to create numerous cartoons for a wide variety of publications and has just launched a new website, www.huntemerson.com, replacing his older one (although it’s still live) largecow.com. Hunt’s work features in the new Myth Conceptions, a collection… Read More ›
Titan Books – publishers of the ten volume Charley’s War series – have announced the October release of Garth Ennis Presents – Battle Classics, a new collection of strips from Battle Picture Weekly. Titan previously released one collection of some… Read More ›
We met up with Julie Tait, the organiser of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, earlier this week, and among other things (like telling us about supporters of the Festival creating knitted comic charcaters to promote it, an amazing tie-in… Read More ›
Following Ralph Steadman’s lead, the cream of Britain’s cartoonists and illustrators will be in Herne Bay on Saturday 3rd August to celebrate the Marcel Duchamp Centenary Festival. Marcel Duchamp was a French-American painter, sculptor and writer whose work is associated… Read More ›
Ahead of its tour of America, in a panel discussion recorded in Welwyn Garden City, actors Simon Bamford (who played Ohnaka) and Nick Vince (Kinski) – plus restoration producer Russell Cherrington and restoration editor Jimmy Johnson discuss the reconstruction of… Read More ›
Inappropriate Films, a small, independent movie outfit that made the comedy series Bumjam and who are working on Selkie, described as “a creature feature with a difference,” have begun a Kickstarter campaign to bring Pat Mills and Tony Skinner’s Accident… Read More ›
Writer: Si Spurrier Artist: PJ Holden Colourist: Jordie Bellaire Publisher: Titan Comics Out: Now The Comic: Dying young, a brilliant Mathematician discovers a way to cheat the terrifying Divine Calculator. He schemes to be endlessly reincarnated in the life of… Read More ›
The recently-announced news that Marvel was to bring back a number of Marvel UK characters in a new limited series, Revolutionary War, by Alan Cowsill and Andy Lanning next year prompted memories of some of the projects that were in… Read More ›
Blimey! It’s bad news for Bash Street School in The Beano‘s 75th Anniversary issue – those cheeky chappies Ant and Dec have demolished it! In the special edition, on sale today, Ant and Dec appear in both The Numskulls and… Read More ›
Today marks the release of the 75th anniversary issue of The Beano – the longest running comic in Britain (if not the world) – and celebrations large and small are happening around the country. The 75th anniversary issue is crammed… Read More ›
The countdown to this year’s Thought Bubble Festival in Leeds in November has begun! From 17th – 24th November, in association with Leeds International Film Festival, and Allied London, the largest celebration of comics and animation in the UK will… Read More ›
David Beckham and Sir Alex Ferguson are among a number of celebrities that will appear in The Beano’s 75th anniversary issue, on sale this Wednesday (24th July). In the ‘Dennis the Menace and Gnasher and David Beckham!’ strip, David decides… Read More ›
The Daily Telegraph has interviewed artist Nigel Parkinson about drawing Dennis the Menace and the enduring popularity of the mischievous character as The Beano celebrates its 75th anniversary this week. You can view the video here (for some reason the… Read More ›
Egmont has just launched a dedicated web site for its Classic Comics – a vast and cherished archive of retro comics housed in one of their London warehouses, that the company has been working on digitising since 2005. The Classic… Read More ›
Marvel has announced the return of many Marvel UK characters in Revolutionary War, a new comic from Alan Cowsill and Andy Lanning, launching next year. The series will feature many characters first created back in 1992 in a line of… Read More ›
Rough Cut Comics will collect Jim Alexander’s GoodCopBadCop series into a prestige trade paperback for worldwide release at the end of the year. The Glasgow-based publisher will re-package the Marvel/DC writer’s off-beat Jekyll and Hyde revision of the Scottish crime… Read More ›
Titan Comics has revealed another wave of titles by a host of stellar writers and artists at San Diego Comic Con 2013, including Pat Mills‘ Accident Man and strips drawn by Britain’s Paul McCaffrey – along with a new chapter… Read More ›
Cliff Robinson has provided a stonking cover to the latest Judge Dredd Megazine (Issue 313) on sale now in all good newsagents and digital platforms. In this issue: Judge Dredd // Downside (Part 1) Mega-City One, 2130 AD. This vast… Read More ›