Kazuo Koike’s samurai epic Lone Wolf and Cub has long been considered a masterpiece of graphic fiction, a title I enjoyed reading in English back when First Comics began to publish the story in the 1980s. Well, good news –… Read More ›
US Comics
Sneak Peek: Breaking the 10 Volume Two by Sean Michael Wilson and Michiru Morikawa
The second volume of Breaking the 10 by Sean Michael Wilson and Michiru Morikawa debuts in February 2018, published by NBM. When David loses his wife and child in a tragic car accident he decides to turn against God. He… Read More ›
Sneak Preview: Jack Kirby and Wally Wood’s Sky Masters – Sunday strip collection coming from Amigo Comics
US publisher Amigo Comics are to publish an English language collection of Sky Masters of the Space Force: The Complete Sunday Scripts in Colour: 1959-1960, edited by Ferran Delgado in January 2018, featuring self-contained stories from an amazing newspaper strip drawn… Read More ›
Marvel’s revived Excalibur superteam get Trafalgar Square “Fourth Plinth” treatment thanks to Alan Davis
Ace artist Alan Davis appears to have tipped a hat to Trafalgar Square’s famous, empty Fourth Plinth with Big Ben for his smashing new cover for the upcoming X-Men Gold Annual #1, which sees the return of Britain-based superhero team Excalibur after a 20 year… Read More ›
Netflix orders “Raising Dion”, based on director Dennis Liu’s young superhero comics project
Netflix has ordered a ten-episode season of Raising Dion, a new SF drama series based on a comic book of the same name by award-winning director Dennis Liu, illustrated by Jason Piperberg. In the comic, Nicole, a young, African American single… Read More ›
Lakes Festival Focus 2017: An interview with cartoonist Lynn Johnston
An interview with the creator of “For Better of Worse”
Vault Comics issues rallying cry in defence of comic creators under attack from “fans”
US publisher Vault Comics has issued a statement condemning harassment and intimidation of comic creators – and have called on larger publishers to follow suit. The statement highlights attacks on creators who identify with one or more minority group, describing some… Read More ›
Neil Gaiman’s American Gods returns
Last year at New York Comic Con, Dark Horse announced the comic adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods. Ahead of this year’s New York Comic Con, Dark Horse has just revealed more details about the next nine-issue story, American Gods:… Read More ›
Out Now: Pierce Brown’s Red Rising – Son of Ares #5
Pierce Brown’s Red Rising continues with Sons of Ares, written by Rik Hoskin. in #5, the penultimate issue of the series on sale now from US publisher Dynamite, featuring a lead cover by Toby Cypress and interiors by Eli Powell, Fitchner’s quest to… Read More ›
Taschen’s The Marvel Age of Comics 1961–1978 by Roy Thomas released
It was an age of mighty heroes, misunderstood monsters, and complex villains. With the publication of Fantastic Four #1 in November 1961, comics giant Marvel inaugurated a transformative era in pop culture. Through the next two decades, the Hulk, Spider-Man,… Read More ›
Back Read: American Eagles by Garth Ennis and Simon Coleby
Garth Ennis returned to his roots of creating compelling and gripping war comics with Dreaming Eagles from US publisher Aftershock Comics, drawn by Simon Coleby. The collection was published last year and if you missed it, then track a copy… Read More ›
Growing old disgracefully: DC comics’ Harley Quinn turns 25
Andrew Ross, Graduate Tutor and Lecturer in Film at Northumbria University, discusses how Harley Quinn is not just a side-kick to The Joker, but is now a multi-platform anti-hero…. The joke’s on Batman this year. Fans of the Caped Crusader… Read More ›
Lakes Festival Focus 2017: An Interview with MAD magazine artist Tom Richmond
There’s not long to go now until this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October (13th – 15th). The downthetubes “Kendal Calling” interviews continue with a chat with top MAD magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond… Caricaturist, cartoonist and humorous illustrator,… Read More ›
Green Arrow’s history charted across 75 years in new Sequart book
Sequart Organization has just released Moving Target: The History and Evolution of Green Arrow by Richard Gray, featuring numerous interviews with the creators involved in the character down the decades, including Neal Adams and Mike Grell. For 75 years, Green Arrow… Read More ›
John Allison’s Giant Days Special announced for November release, tips a hat to Richard Curtis’ films, Bridget Jones
US publisher BOOM! Studios has just announced a Giant Days 2017 Special, on-sale in November 2017. Just in time for the holiday season, Eisner Award-nominated Giant Days creator John Allison (Bad Machinery) is teaming up with Jem & the Misfits artist Jenn St-Onge for a… Read More ›
Dark Horse and Moebius Production add to Moebius Library
US publisher Dark Horse has announced the third volume in the Moebius Library with Moebius Library: Inside Moebius Part 1. Dark Horse is working closely with Moebius Production in France to produce the beginning of Moebius’s intensely personal project in… Read More ›
TwoMorrows Jack Kirby tribute debuts this month
Marking the centennial of US comic artist Jack Kirby‘s birth, TwoMorrows Publishing and Jack Kirby Collector magazine will release KIRBY100 later this month, an incredible tribute to the influential artist and writer featuring articles by 100 top comic creators, including Britain’s… Read More ›
Star Trek Discovery comics launch in October from IDW
IDW Publishing has announced it will launch its first Star Trek: Discovery on 25th October 2017, just a month after the series launches on CBS All Access in the United States and Canada, and on Netflix worldwide. Written by Mike Johnson… Read More ›
IDW and Glénat announce Original Graphic Novel partnership
US company IDW Publishing and French publisher Glénat are launching a new joint initiative, “Original Graphic Novel”, focused on the creation of original comic books, to be published both in France and the United States. The partners say the main… Read More ›
New James Bond tale, “Kill Chain”, launches this week
When a counterespionage operation in Rotterdam goes catastrophically wrong, James Bond finds himself in the crosshairs of a plot to smash NATO in Kill Chain. The latest secret agent tale from US publisher Dynamite Entertainment written by Andy Diggle, with art… Read More ›