Stan Lee has been a hero of Tim Quinn’s since he read one of his comics when he was just seven…
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Limited Edition Will Eisner’s “A Contract with God” Curator’s Collection released
Will Eisner is one of the comic industry’s all-time greats. He has been held in high regard by fans and pros alike for many years to the point where the most prestigious awards in the comic industry were named after… Read More ›
Delivering the goods: Don Heck, a much under appreciated artist
Donald L. “Don” Heck was an American comics artist best known for co-creating the Marvel Comics character Iron Man (not the character’s design, but plenty more that shaped him), and for his long run penciling the Marvel superhero-team series The… Read More ›
Steve Pugh to draw Mariko Tamaki’s new DC story “Harley Quinn – Breaking Glass”
DC Entertainment’s plans for its new DC Zoom and DC Ink titles, announced this week, look promising for younger comic readers, with some great creators attached, including Harley Quinn – Breaking Glass, written by award-winning Canadian comics writer Mariko Tamaki… Read More ›
WebFind: Gene Colan: Visions of a Man Without Fear
If you’re a fan of artist Gene Colan like me, then this 48-page exhibition catalogue on offer from the San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum is a bit of a gem. Gene Colan: Visions of a Man Without Fear features high-quality… Read More ›
Rocket Raccoon storms Blackpool’s Madame Tussauds, Groot stunned!
Suit up, grab your Awesome Mix Vol. 1 – and jet your way to Madame Tussauds Blackpool as it welcomes two new Guardians of the Galaxy figures. The brand new Marvel Super Heroes area, which opened earlier this year, is an… Read More ›
Creating Comics: Atomeka publisher Dave Elliott’s plan to save the US comics industry
Over the last few years, Atomeka Press publisher Dave Elliott has stood by and frustratingly watched as the US comic book industry continues to devour itself like the mythical Ouroboros, the snake that ate its own tail. Last week, he… Read More ›
Coverless Batman #1 sells for £8200 in UK comic auction
A coverless copy of Batman #1, estimated to sell for between £2000 – 2,500 (somewhat less than its US valuation) has just sold for an astonishing £8,200 in an online auction yesterday. Comic Book Auctions offered the rarity along with… Read More ›
Roads Not Taken: Edmond E. Good’s “Knight Masters”
Canadian illustrator, writer and co-author of more than a dozen comics Edmond Elbridge Good (1st July 1910 – 22nd September 1991) created the Rex Baxter feature for Bell Publishing in 1942 and drew the Scorchy Smith strip (taking over from… Read More ›
Neil Gaiman, Brian Michael Bendis, Kelly Sue DeConnick and More Join Forces in Comic Anthology to Benefit Las Vegas Shooting
US publisher Image Comics has announced the forthcoming Where We Live anthology curated by JH Williams III, Wendy Wright-Williams, Scott Allie, Dave Stewart, and Image Comics’ Publisher, Eric Stephenson. Due for release in June 2018, proceeds for the anthology will… Read More ›
Nominees Announced for 2018 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards
Comic-Con International has announced the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2018, and a number of British creators are honoured, including John Allison, Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie. The Spirit anthology, edited by artist Sean Phillips and published… Read More ›
Dark Horse’s New Series Journeys Into “The Quantum Age”
Dark Horse has announced the next adventure in Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston’s beloved Black Hammer universe, The Quantum Age: From the World of Black Hammer. The Quantum Age follows Sherlock Frankenstein & The Legion of Evil and Doctor Star… Read More ›
Doug Braithwaite “Paradise X” art, and other British artists, feature in latest ComicLink auction list
Auction house Comic Link have some interesting art coming up for auction soon that includes a number of British artists, some noted below. Fellow artist David Roach spotted this mightily impressive spread from Marvel’s Paradise X by Doug Braithwaite, inked with… Read More ›
Out This Week: American Gods – My Ainsel #1 – Preview Pages
The comic book adaptation of American Gods, the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula Award-winning novel and hit Starz television series by Neil Gaiman, returns with American Gods: My Ainsel #1, on sale from tomorrow in all good comic shops…. Read More ›
In Pictures: DC Exhibition – Dawn of Super Heroes opens in London
We trailed its opening a couple of weeks back, but the DC Exhibition: Dawn of Super Heroes has now opened at the O2 in London – and looks really good, Tripwire magazine’s Joel Meadows was at the launch and has kindly… Read More ›
In Review: Punks Not Dead #1
Written by David M Barnett Art by Martin Simmonds Colour Flats by Dee Cunniffee Cover A by Martin Simmonds Cover B by Bill Sienkiewicz Letters by Aditya Bidikar Published by Black Crown and IDW Advance warning: a smattering of adult… Read More ›
Leah Moore and John Reppion back on the case with Sherlock Holmes: The Vanishing Man
Nine years after Leah Moore and John Reppion‘s first Sherlock Holmes series arrived on comic shop shelves, the dynamic writing duo are back at US publisher Dynamite Entertainment, writing a brand new mystery –Sherlock Holmes: The Vanishing Man. Dynamite continue… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Kicking Ice, a Graphic Novel About Women’s Hockey
Ron Marz is, perhaps, better known as a comics writer, but he’s also an editor – and as Editor-in-Chief for Ominous Press, and one of the projects he’s currently editing is an original graphic novel called Kicking Ice. “I think… Read More ›
Latest ComPalcomics auction offers Beanos, Dandys galore – and Black Panther, Batman comics too!
The latest ComPalcomics auction (February/March 2018 catalogue) has just launched, and if you’re a fan of the Beano or Dandy, or after some classic US comics, then it’s well worth checking out. There’s some great art on offer too, including… Read More ›
Al Ewing pens Marvel’s new You are Deadpool title
Remember The Warlock of Firetop Mountain? Diceman? Well, it seems Marvel has decided to take a leaf from those old dice roll-decided, choose your own path tales. Look out for a new Deadpool weekly mini series in comic shops, launching… Read More ›