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Continuing Panel Borders month of shows about collectives and anthologies, the team have a recording of a panel discussion from Sci-Fi London in 2010, celebrating the continuing popularity of the iconic British Space Hero Dan Dare, whose first appearance in… Read More ›
Batman Live Opening Put on your apron, dust off your mixing bowls: it’s competition time and National Family Week is looking for a cooking hero – who could win a VIP pass to the Batman Live Arena show when it… Read More ›
Hellblazer writer Jamie Delano will be making a rare public appearance in the UK this weekend at in London. For those who don’t already know, John Constantine: Hellblazer, published by DC Comics, centres on a magus who investigates occult crimes,… Read More ›
The Boys: Highland LaddieWriter : Garth Ennis Artist: John McCreaCollecting issues #1-6 of the Highland Laddie series, along with a complete cover gallery.by Darick RobertsonOut: 22nd April 2011 (Titan edition) The Book: Mind reeling from recent events in The Boys… Read More ›
The new issue of Jeff Hawke’s Cosmos has just been released with its usual selection of complete stories from artist Sydney Jordan’s Daily Express strip, detailed background notes on the strips themselves as well as other articles. Volume 6 Number… Read More ›
At the time of writing the royal wedding is less than two weeks away and Markosia’s Kate and William: A Very Public Love Story written by Bleeding Cool’s Rich Johnston and illustrated by Mike Collins (on the bride’s side) and… Read More ›
Eagle Times, the journal of the Eagle Society, reaches its 24th year of publication (Volume 24, Number One) with three articles on British artists – from original Eagle, cutaway artist Hubert Redmill and the rather better known Brian Lewis, plus… Read More ›
2000AD editor Matt Smith, photographed at Bristol UK Comics Festival, 2004, holding a copy of small press comic FutureQuake Add a Caption Save CaptionCancel This summer, a unique event takes place at The Studio, Birmingham, bringing together seasoned professionals and… Read More ›
After a long wait, Titan Books has published a full, uncensored collection of Darkie’s Mob, John Wagner and Mike Western’s hard-hitting Far East World War 2 adventure, first published in Battle Picture Weekly. In the hellish, humid jungles of Burma,… Read More ›
The latest issues of Commando are on sale in all good newsagents and includes a tale written by occasional downthetubes contributor Matthew Badham. Editor Calum Laird tells us the Commando iPad and iPhone app has just been updated and improved… Read More ›
Scouting through the large number of graphic novel publishers at the London Book Fair, I came across news of a graphic novel competition being run by Brighton-based publisher Myriad Editions, publishers of the brilliant Rumblestrip album by Woodrow Phoenix some… Read More ›
The London Book Fair will again be promoting graphic novels tomorrow (13th April) with a seminar entield The Graphic Novel Renaissance, chaired by Paul Gravett. Has a “tipping point” been reached for graphic novels? Leading editors and publishers from the… Read More ›
Advance ticket sales for next month’s MCM Expo London Comic Con – which includes the presentation of the Eagle Awards – have just topped an incredible 15,000, the highest recorded at this stage in the show’s decade-long history. The event’s… Read More ›
Here’s the full, final rundown of events at the International Alternative Press Festival in London, which begins at the end of May. We’ve mentioned some of this before but the project deserves as many plugs as it can get… The… Read More ›
Four new shiny Commandos, including a new ‘Convict Commados’ story, ‘Mask of Death’ by Alan Hebden with art from Benet, are on sale today – in newsagents and online. As usual, the releases include two carefully selected reprint titles –… Read More ›
The Bonds Of Friendship sees the return of The Bellybuttons in their third book with high school girl talk, fights over boys, bitchy asides and heavily stylised art. Indeed everything that I would normally avoid like the plague in a… Read More ›
The latest issue of the top 2000AD inspired indie comic Zarjaz (Issue 11) is now available from the FQP Shop. Wrapped within a cover by ace 2000AD artist Clint Langley, you will find: Joe Pineapples – Tin Man by Lee… Read More ›
Artist Keith Page, best known for Commando but who has also illustrated Thunderbirds and Dan Dare over the years, has an unusual character in the form of dimension hopping French agent Charlotte Corday whom Page considers to be something of… Read More ›
The Crusade that is missing from history continues with its second book Qa’Dj, named for the demon that hid in the shadow of Christ’s cross. After the massive battle of the first book this time around writer Jean Dufaux and… Read More ›
One of the fastest growing events of recent years, the next installment in the Wales Comic Con saga lands in Wrexham this Summer. “We plan to bring fans more of ‘everything’ trying to make the show the best possible day… Read More ›