2000AD, Battle and Count Duckula rub shoulders with Deadpool and X-Men!
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Liverpool based artist Callum Seymour provides art for upcoming Star Trek novel
British illustrator delivers knockout Star Trek art
In Review: Marty Supreme
A film about ping-pong that definitely hits its mark…
The Bay International Film Festival Returns to Morecambe
Third outing for northern film event!
In Review: illustrators Number 49, featuring Frank Cho, and more
Graham Baines reviews the latest issue of the excellent Book Palace periodical
Latest issue of ZARJAZ, the 2000AD-inspired comic zine, kicks 2026 off with a bang!
Kick the New Year off with a dose of thrill-power with this 2000AD-inspired comic zine!
Latest Drawn Under The Influence anthology offers new strips from the Awesome Comics Podcast community
Ace looking anthology available now, fundraising for London’s Cartoon Museum
2026 opens with an awards win for downthetubes
Thank you for voting for us!
Eagle Times sees out 2025 with Keith Page interview, classic strips features
The latest issue of Eagle Times, the magazine of the Eagle Society, arrived over Christmas to the downthetubes dungeon, offering a wide range of features on EAGLE comic. If you’ve ever considered joining the Eagle Society, now’s a good time… Read More ›
Fumettomania Factory’s Dan Dare project draws to a close, Modesty Blaise to follow
A guide to the Fumettomania Dan Dare article series
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Odysseus In Defiance of the Gods – Book Four
PSYComics kick off 2026 with the finale of “Odysseus – In Defiance of the Gods”
Angoulême announces “Le Grand Off”, free event replacing annual festival
Plans for a huge free comics festival revealed
Who Remembers “Time Bank”, Look-in artist Mike Noble’s comic strip for NatWest bank?
Warp your way back to the 1980s for some piggy bank related nostalgia!
In Memoriam: Belgian artist Jean Claude Block
Comic creator turned artist passes
Thorgal creator Grzegorz Rosiński in the spotlight in major new exhibition
Major exhibition will open in June
GoFundMe launched for family of Boston cartoonist Dan Moynihan
Boston-based cartoonist and designer passes suddenly
Take the EAGLE jigsaw challenge!
Fiendish vintage comics fun…
Doctor Who: Battles in Time game returns
The popular trading card game returns, but what about the comic strip?
AQUILA Magazine kicks off 2026 with “Heroes & Villains”, “Aliens” issues
Award-winning magazine probes the topic of superheroes
A Book That Never Was: The Comic Art of Roy Wilson – Centenary Edition
What a book this Might Have Been…