If you’re looking for something a little bit special for the British comic fan in your life this Christmas, how about one of these limited edition The Beano and The Dandy figurines from Robert Harrop Designs?
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Kev’s Comic Art MasterClass: 2009 Dates
Beano comics artist Kev Sutherland has been in touch to say he has a fair cluster of his Comic Art Masterclasses in 2009 that will be open to the public, rather than just being in schools and colleges. Wednesday 18th… Read More ›
Ken Barr Prints On Sale
Comicsmagazines.com and comics artist Ken Barr have jointly pubished a limited edition art print, “Para Sarg” painted by Ken. The release is the first of a planned series of limited edition prints based on great British regiments and landmark battles… Read More ›
Thought Bubble This Saturday
The Thought Bubble One Day Comic Convention is tomorrow (Saturday 15th November) in Leeds. If you didn’t buy a ticket yet don’t worry, there will be plenty on the door. Price will be £6/£4.50 concession. Cosplayers get in free! Guest… Read More ›
Win Tickets To New Wallace And Gromit Film Preview
Leonard Cheshire Disability and Aardman Animations are offering one lucky winner two tickets to preview the new Wallace and Gromit film, A Matter of Loaf and Death, at the Aardman studios in Bristol on 22 December. The competition is part… Read More ›
In Review: The Leather Nun and Other Incredibly Strange Comics
It’s not just leather nuns that provide the strange fare that makes up this fun title from Paul Gravett & Peter Stanbury (released as Holy Sh*t! by St. Martins Press in the US): for just under ten quid you can… Read More ›
Marvel Reveals some Digital Costs
The Paid Content website recently reported that Marvel Comics plans on investing upwards of $10 million in the digital media aspect of their company, including digital comics. Despite the initial investment’s affect on their current profit loss, Marvel forecasts a… Read More ›
Erotic Comics, Round Two
Picking up from where the international best-selling Erotic Comics: A Graphic History (Volume 1) left off, Ilex press have just announced Volume 2 will reveal how European, American and Asian artists have explored the possibility of the form in the… Read More ›
In Review: Charley’s War Volume 5 – Return to the Front
In the week of Armistice 90, the arrival of the latest collection of Pat Mills and Joe Colquhoun’s brilliant First World War series Charley’s War, first published in Battle Picture Weekly in 1981, seems more than apt. Return to the… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: 9 November 2008
• Forbidden Planet International has posted up a new competition to win one of five copies of the new Vertigo Encyclopedia. “It’s pretty good,” feels FPI’s Joe Gordon, “obviously no in depth on each series, but it’s a good a-z… Read More ›
Andy Capp, Jane and More Now Available Online
Newspaper strips from a range of British daily newspaper strips are now available to view online as part of the newly launched UK Press Online web site, a vast subscription-based PDF archive. The archive features PDF versions of the Daily… Read More ›
Dave Stevens Bio Gets Publication Date
After the untimely death of iconic US comics artist Dave Stevens earlier this year (see news story), there was some doubt his planned collection of his work, tentatively titled Dave Stevens: A Creative Life, would see publication. There was no… Read More ›
Foss First for Compalcomics Auction
Rare triptych cover art by acclaimed science fiction illustrator Christopher Foss for 2000AD is just one item in the Winter 2008 auction of London-based Compalcomics that also includes Dan Dare and Desperate Dan art and a number of first issues… Read More ›
In Review: Watching the Watchmen
Fans of the seminal graphic novel Watchmen, written by Alan Moore and drawn by Dave Gibbons, first released in 1987, are sure to enjoy this new celebration of the series just released by Titan Books. Watching the Watchmen by Dave… Read More ›
Catch up on the Clone Wars Comic
With the latest issue of Titan Magazines’ Star Wars Comic firmly moving to Clone Wars mode (it’s a giant-sized issue with two cover variants available, coming with a free Star Wars sweatband), Star Wars fans might also be interested in… Read More ›
Crikey! to Continue
(via Forbidden Planet International): Crikey!, the comics magazine devoted to British comics of yesteryear and today, is set to continue, despite rumours to the contarary. In a posting on the Forbidden Planet International blog, editor Glenn B Fleming has announced… Read More ›
Two Chance to Meet the author of Nemi
Norwegian superstar comic creator Lise Myhre will be signing copies of her new book Nemi Volume 2 on Thursday 13th November in Forbidden Planet, 179 Shaftesbury Ave, 6-7.00pm and on Saturday 15th November in Borders, 120 Charing Cross Road, 1-2.00pm…. Read More ›
Mine’s A Paul Temple!
Crime novelist and detective Paul Temple made his first appearance on BBC Radio in 1938 and went on to appear in novels, film, television and a daily newspaper strip. Now, there’s even a cocktail named after him – and an… Read More ›
Baillie debuts in 2000AD
Comics artist and writer David Baillie, creator of indie strips such as Writer and Monkey and already a contirbutor to titles such as Judge Dredd: The Megazine, Tripwire and Accent UK’s anthologies Zombies, Robots and Westerns, has his first ever… Read More ›
Peanuts for Free
(with thanks to Norman Boyd): Web site Drawn! reports United Features’ website has gone free to view, including 50 years of Peanuts. Taking a nod from the webcomics world and in response to the declining sales of newspapers the syndicate… Read More ›